Stories from Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Local high school students are learning about the functions of the brain in addition to learning what happens to the brain after drug usage. On Dec. 20, Catherine Swanwick, a postdoctoral fellow with the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., delivered a presentation to teach Fort Scott High School students about the brain and its many functions...

Local authorities are still investigating the cause of a structure fire that occurred late Monday in the 200 block of South Eddy street. At about 11:30 p.m. Monday, shortly before fireworks went off in the area at midnight Tuesday as part of a New Year's celebration, power lines that fell on the roof of a shed or garage-like structure behind a house at 215 S. ...

Mary Lou Smith, age 82, a resident of Fort Scott, Kansas, went home to be with the Lord early Monday, December 31, 2007, at the St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri, as a result of a head injury from falling on the ice. She was born December 26, 1925, in Fort Scott, the daughter of William Jones and Martha Norris Jones. ...

Joe Hall, age 83, a resident of Bronson, Kansas, died Monday, December 31, 2007, at the Mercy Health Center. He was born November 15, 1924, in Devon, Kansas, the son of Chase Edgar Hall and Dottie Josephine Calvin Hall. He married Marybelle Snyder on June 28, 1947, at Fort Scott, Kansas. ...

Sydney Paige Bradley, a girl, was the first baby born at Mercy Health Center in 2008. She was born at 11:49 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008, to parents Gloria Swartz and Jeffrey Bradley, Butler, Mo. She weighed 6.2 pounds at birth. Maternal grandparents are Lavona Gilkey, Pleasanton, and Larry Dennis, Butler, Mo. Paternal grandparents are Wendy Bradley, Butler, Mo., and Don Bradley, Kansas City, Mo...

Justin Cody Busse, Jr., a boy, was born at 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Justin Busse, Sr., and Stephanie Casey, Arcadia. He weighed 5 pounds, 11 ounces at birth. He joins three siblings; Angela Casey, Xander Saker, and Crystal Harrison. Maternal grandparents are Sharon Casey and Jimmie Casey, Arcadia. Paternal grandparents are Mary Garcia, Dallas, Texas, and George Busse, Jr., Neodesha...

Jewel Elena Kay Endicott, a girl, was born at 7:37 a.m. Monday, Dec. 24, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Tim and Ashley Endicott, Uniontown. She weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces and measured 19.5 inches at birth. Maternal grandparents are Leon Lemmon and the late Julie Lemmon, Fort Scott. Maternal great-grandparents are Raymond and Barbara Schmidt, and Leonard and Amor Lemmon, all of Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Oscar and Ruth Endicott, Fort Scott, and Beverly Ard, Elsmore, Kan...

Gregory James Gauthier, a boy, was born at 4:08 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Daniel and Joanna Gauthier, Fort Scott. She weighed 7 pounds, 14.5 ounces at birth. She joins a brother, Robert. Maternal grandparents are Dennis and Sherry Lipke, Haysville. Paternal grandparents are Don and Patty Gauthier, Fort Scott...

Isabelle Faye Haberstroh, a girl, was born at 8:34 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents T.J. Haberstroh and Micki (Casper) Haberstroh, Kansas City, Mo. She weighed 8 pounds, 14 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Frank Casper, Oakland, Ark., and Patricia Casper, Mountain Home, Ark. ...

Alex Robert Lowe, a boy, was born at 7:17 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Tom and Jennifer Lowe, Prescott. He weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces at birth. She joins a brother, Hayden. Maternal grandparents are Fred and Peggy Emmerson, Fort Scott. Maternal great-grandparents are Dan and Irma Stumfoll, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Bob and Lena Lowe, Prescott...

Macey Corinne Ward, a girl, was born at 3:15 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 22, 2007, at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Mo., to parents Matthew and Melissa Ward, Springfield. She weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces and measured 21 inches at birth. Maternal grandparents are Gary and Carla Marshall, Springfield. ...

Hayden James Ward, a boy, was born at 12:37 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe to parents Timothy and Cathy Ward, Overland Park. He weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and measured 20 inches at birth. He joins a brother, Coen. ...

The early round of wintry weather in our area was a reminder of the need to plan ahead to handle emergencies that may occur without much warning in our state. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers some tips to help people prepare for bad weather...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) Two of the five young men arrested on a charge of hunting on Sunday entered pleas of guilty in Justice Volker's court today and were fined $5 each. The cases against three small boys were dismissed as the elders agreed to pay the costs accruing in the arrests. The men will perhaps profit from this experience and discontinue Sunday shooting. They asked to have their names kept from the papers...

Margaret "Peggy" Boyle Good, 84, died at her home in rural Fort Scott, Kansas, Dec. 31, 2007. She was born on the family farm at Boyle, Kan., Feb. 6, 1923 to her parents Charles Grant Boyle, farmer and lay preacher, and Grace Elizabeth Irwin Boyle. Her mother died 18 months after her birth and she was raised and cared in her early years by her mother's cousin, Scott and Louise Spencer. ...

On Christmas Day, two traffic accidents occurred on U.S. Highway 69 near La Cygne, the second of which left a man dead and a woman and her young children traumatized. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol crash report, the man had been driving southbound with three adult family members as passengers, when his vehicle left the road and overturned around 7:20 p.m...