Stories from Saturday, May 31, 2008

Hi neighbors. Another chance at a million dollars has passed me by. Do you buy lottery tickets? I usually buy one or two a year for no obvious reason. Once in a while I'll see in the newspaper where some lucky local person has won several thousand dollars. I don't recall if anyone has won several millions or not...

In today's world, drugs and delusions are normally associated with each other in which delusions and hallucinations can be created by the ingestion of drugs. However, delusions can also be created without drugs by visual perceptions and deceptions of reality. ...

The following is a note from Donna Long: At our house, we have a small table located between two big easy chairs. This table pretty much holds all the essentials of life: reading glasses, pens and pencils, the telephone, favorite drinks, letters, bills, newspapers, and, most importantly, the remotes for the TV. This table is usually stacked pretty high with all this stuff, and it takes some doing to keep it all in place...

Eugene "Vernon" Speakes, 97, of Prescott, Kan., passed away Thursday, May 29, 2008, at the Prescott Countryview Nursing Home. He was born May 12, 1911, in Hume, Mo., the son of Clyde and Jane Reynolds Speakes. He graduated from Hume High School and attened Pittsburg State Teacher's College. He married Mary Rebecca Bell, September 1933, at Mound City, Kan. She receded him in death on June 16, 2004...

Dr. Kenneth "Ken" John Stanage, 53, of LaCygne, Kan., died Thursday, May 29, 2008, at his home in LaCygne, Kan. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, June 3, at the Coffel-Schneider Funeral Home, in LaCygne, Kan. Visitation will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Monday, June 2, at the Coffel-Schneider Funeral Chapel, in LaCygne...

Megan and Andy Smith, of Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Aidan Andrew Smith. Aidan was born on May 20, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces and measured 20 inches. Maternal grandparents are Bill and Cindy Wynn, of Nevada. Maternal grandparent is Maxine Chesnut, of Lamar, Mo...

Kristian and Sean Fretwell, of Bloomingdale, Ga., and big brother Forrest, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Bear William Fretwell. Bear was born at 6:27 p.m., on May 21, 2008, at St. Joseph's Candler Hospital, in Savannah, Ga. He weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces and measured 21 inches...

Randy and Carolyn Morris Moundville, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Randi Danielle to Kent Lee Ryan, son of Buddy and Mickie Ryan Arcadia, Kan. The bride elect is a 2007 graduate of Bronaugh High School and currently attending Fort Scott Community College, Fort Scott, Kan. The prospective groom is a 2002 graduate of Northeast High School Arma, Kan., and is currently employed at CDL Electric Pittsburg, Kan...

Fred and Linda Symes are pleased announced the engagement of their daughter, Monica Krista, to Joshua Michael Krasovec, son of Mike Krasovec and Mary Ellen Miller, of Lake Tapawingo, Mo. The future bride is a graduate of Nevada High School and Pittsburg State University, where she obtained a master's of science degree, and an educational specialist degree in school psychology. ...

Jim Shannon and Mary Alice Hensley were united in marriage on June 6, 1958, in the Mansfield Methodist Church, by the Rev. Carlton Knight. A reception open house celebrating their 50 years together will be held June 8, from 2 to 4 p.m., at the United Methodist Church, in Nevada...

Fort Scott, Kan. -- Bourbon County residents are being asked to spend about one hour of their time to rock and roll. From 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., on June 19, the Bourbon County Chapter of the American Red Cross is conducting a "Rock and Roll up Your Sleeves" blood drive event at Buck Run Community Center, 735 Scott Avenue...

Fort Scott, Kan. -- The wheels of transportation on the frontier during the 19th century carried the dreams of Americans heading west -- wheels that helped a nation span a continent and transform it into a world power. Transportation will be the theme of events scheduled at the Fort Scott National Historic Site that will be conducted this year in conjunction with the annual Good Ol' Days celebration on June 7-8. ...

Nevada, Mo. -- Nevada Regional Medical Center CEO Judy Feuquay told the board of directors that several departments will go live with the Meditech system Sept. 1: Admissions, Medical Records, Performance Improvement, Bill-ing/Accounts Receivable, Order Entry, Central Scheduling, Abstract-ing, Imaging, Pharmacy, and Laboratory. ...

REDFIELD, Kan. -- The small Redfield Fire Department recently received some big assistance from the federal government. In January, the Bourbon County District No. 4 fire department received a $40,000 Assistance to Firefighters Operations and Safety Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA awards the grants to fire departments across the country to enhance their ability to protect the public and fire service personnel from fire and related hazards...

Fort Scott, Kan. -- Bourbon County residents are being asked to spend about one hour of their time to rock and roll. From 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., on June 19, the Bourbon County Chapter of the American Red Cross is conducting a "Rock and Roll up Your Sleeves" blood drive event at Buck Run Community Center, 735 Scott Avenue...

St. Louis, Mo. -- They file through the exhibit, pointing, commenting, and pausing for long moments at many of the photographs. It's clear the viewers are engaged. Not just some of them. Nearly all of them. Even the children. They're looking at "Bare Witness," the exhibit of 50 photographs on display at the St. Louis Art Musuem, now through Aug. 3, hand-picked for the traveling exhibit by one of Fort Scott's most famous sons, Gordon Parks himself, prior to his death in 2006...