Stories from Friday, March 7, 2008

100 YEARS AGO (1908) Harry Bamberger has worn a mustache for 17 years until yesterday when he had the mower clip it off. A large number of residents of adjoining towns and cities had business in the Solid City today, among them to include J.W. Grubb, Fulton; R.H. Elder, Redfield; C.D. Kirby, Devon; J. Sessler, Uniontown. and A.W. Post, Redfield...

Many people have partial memories from when they are small children. For some it may be the remembrance of a special event, and for others it may be a recollection of a special toy. For Beverly Smith Wright, childhood memories have created a mystery, which has sparked an urgency within her...

Josara Rose Forester, a girl, was born at 10:32 a.m. Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at Mercy Health Center to parents Robert and Felicia Forester, Fort Scott. She weighed 7 pounds, 8.8 ounces and measured 19 inches long at birth. She joins a brother, Dylan Forester. Maternal grandparents are Lisa Hall, Fort Scott, and Randy Deburgur. Paternal grandparents are Tom and Rita Headly, and Gene Forester, all of Fort Scott...

Ronald D. Womelsdorf, age 68, a resident of Iola, Kansas, died Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at the Allen County Hospital in Iola. He was born February 16, 1940, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of Isaac William "Boone" Womelsdorf and Rosa Viola McReynolds Womelsdorf. ...

Outdated equipment at the Fort Scott Municipal Airport will soon be replaced thanks to a grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation. The airport, located at 932 187th Terrace, is one of 34 public use airports across Kansas that will receive matching funds to address maintenance, runway, facility and equipment needs through the Kansas Airport Improvement Program, a KDOT statement said...

Aaron Myers pleaded no contest Wednesday on a charge he solicited sex from a 15-year-old last summer. Myers, 27, Fort Scott, entered a no contest plea on one count of indecent solicitation of a child, a severity level 6 person felony. A no-contest plea is where the defendant neither admits nor disputes a charge. It serves as an alternative to pleading guilty or not guilty...

According to an Associated Press report on Thursday, a bill encouraging development of more nuclear power plants in this state has passed the Kansas Senate by a 32-8 vote, sending the bill to the House. Specifically, it would allow utility companies to recover, through increased electric rates, the cost of studying the feasibility of building a nuclear power plant. In addition, it would set rules for depreciation that would encourage nuclear power plant construction...