Stories from Friday, December 21, 2007

Memories of childhood, along with movies and television shows, all instill Americans with the idea that the holidays are a time of magical adventures, and that everyone should be feeling joyous and happy. This is a misconstrued idea, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center, www.umm.edu...

The preliminary hearing for Floyd "Xan" Gibson on Wednesday was delayed until next month because his recently-acquired defense attorney didn't have enough time to prepare for the trial, according to court documents. Bourbon County District Judge Mark Ward granted the continuance and rescheduled the hearing for 1:15 p.m. Jan. 16...

Fort Scott Police officers Wednesday arrested 18-year-old Breonna Martinez and a juvenile while serving a narcotics search warrant at 608 S. Holbrook St. Martinez was arrested on suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia, marijuana, contributing to child misconduct and endangerment, and sale of narcotics within 1,000 feet of a school. She is still being held at Southeast Kansas Regional Correctional Center on no bond...

The Kansas Safe Routes to School program, which is designed to improve the health of children, has received national recognition for its development and management, according to a statement from the Kansas Department of Transportation. Recently, the Kansas program was bestowed the top rating of four stars by the SRTS National Partnership for the outstanding implementation and responsiveness of its program, which was launched in 2006. ...

Doris M. Pierce nee Greenfield, 81, of Louisville, KY, formerly of Hammond, died Monday, Dec. 10, peacefully in her home. Born June. 3rd, 1926, in Garland, Kan., the daughter of F. Dwight and Marcella Greenfield, she married Carol Nathan 'Nate' Pierce in Kansas City, on Oct. ...

Mary Florence Spencer, 82, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 24, 2007, at the Coffel-Schneider Chapel in Pleasanton. Friends may call from 9 a.m. until service time. Contributions are suggested to the Bykota Southern Baptist Church. Interment will be in Littell Cemetery, Pleasanton...

William Christopher Maycumber, a boy, was born at 6:04 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007, at Overland Park Regional to parents Chris and Deidra Maycumber, Fort Scott. He weighed 5 pounds, 6 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Sy and Robyn Beko, Portland, Ore., and Terry and Noro Idso, Bradenton, Fla. Paternal grandparents are John and Joyce Maycumber, Fort Scott...

Abbie Kate Gorman, a girl, was born at 3:28 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Jason and Krista Gorman, Fort Scott. She weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces at birth. She joins three siblings; Katie Marie Gorman, Tyler Denis Gorman, and Andrew Jason Gorman. Maternal grandparents are Denis and Sherry Geubelle, Lakin, Kan. Paternal grandparents are Tom and Jill Gorman, Fort Scott. Paternal great-grandmother is Lucille Lewis, Fort Scott...

Jude Mac Wade, a girl, was born at 1:19 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Roy and Heidi Wade, Prescott. She weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces at birth. She joins a sibling; Bowen. Maternal grandparents are Alex and Barbara Golladay, LaCygne, and Dale Neal, Pleasanton. ...

Caleb William Dintelman, a boy, was born at 3:04 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Rusty and Nicole Dintelman, Frontenac. He weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces at birth. He joins two siblings; Bryan and Bradley Dintelman. Maternal grandparents are James VanWyck, El Dorado Springs, Mo., and the late Bonnie VanWyck. Paternal grandparents are George Dintelman, Stuttgart, Ark., and Sherry Clemons, Newton, Kan...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) "Hello, is this 831?" asked a sweet voice over the phone of Franz Bachmann, the candy maker and confectioner. "It is," was the prompt reply. "Well, do I understand that you are selling candy in your own boxes, filled with your own candy?"...