Stories from Saturday, June 7, 2008

The thing I miss more than anything from the paper, is Kelly Bradham and his baseball articles. His love of the game and the historical figures who played it remains beyond compare. That's why I think he will enjoy my modest attempt to honor one of the legends of the game this week...

Local support ensures cross-country bicycle race will pass through area once moreBy Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- The annual Race Across America (RAMM) started here this morning, once again with about 250 entrants seeking to complete a 3,000-plus-mile cross-country journey to Annapolis, Md. This course is longer than the total distance riders travel in the more-famous Tour de France...

Herald-Tribune The Lion's Club is hosting their annual high school basketball all star game. The game is an invitation only event for players and coaches, and is reserved for the graduating class of each year it takes place. Nevada High School has 3 players who were selected to play this year, on the girls' and boys' teams. ...

This past week I tried something that I hadn't done in awhile and I don't know why. With all the high water in the big impoundments, I dug out my fly rod and hit several area ponds and had a ball catching big bluegill and bass. Usually, around the Memorial Day Weekend, the insects are falling into the water creating a feeding frenzy among the panfish and bass. That's when I bring out the underused fly rod and head out to a pond for lots of action...

George and Sibyl Graham observed their 60th wedding anniversary on June 6, 2008. They celebrated with their family, which includes four children, Bill Graham and wife Sherry, of Platte City; Bob Graham and wife Kathi, of Greenwood; Jim Graham and wife Christy, of Mexico; and Jane Ann and husband Terry Hancock, of Nevada. ...

Dean and Barbara Henry, of Nevada, will observe their 50th wedding anniversary on June 8. The couple were married on June 8, 1958.

Maurice and Charlene Bruns, of Fort Scott, Kan., will celebrate their 25th anniversary, with a reception hosted by their children and grandchildren, on Saturday, June 14, 2008. The event will take place from 2 to 4 p.m., in the banquet room of the Fort Scott Inn, Fort Scott, Kan...

Army National Guard Pfc. Jaimi L. Lurten has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.. ...

Larry and Martha Bledsoe, of Nevada, Mo., along with Dan and Donna Thornton, of Marshall, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Abrielle Thornton, to Mike Flavin, Springfield, son of Tim and the late Margaret Flavin of St. Louis, Mo. The groom-to-be graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing Management from Missouri State University, and is the owner of Flavin Wirt Real Estate. ...

Ashly Delmez and Chris Farmer announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. The wedding will take place on Aug. 9, 2008, at Timmons Chapel in Pittsburg, Kan. Ashly is the daughter of Philip Delmez of Pittsburg, Kan., and the late Penny Delmez. The bride-to-be is a 2004 graduate of Pittsburg High School...

Robert and Jennifer Hamilton, of Bartlesville, Okla., announce the upcoming wedding of their daughter, Madison Ruth, to David Matthew Goodyear, son of David and Gretchen Goodyear of Fort Scott, Kan. The wedding will take place on Aug. 2, 2008, at Rosies Cabin in Uniontown, Kan...

Jessica Dawn Prine and Joseph Lee Luther were married May 31, 2008, at the Metz Methodist Church. The bride is the daughter of Angela Prine, of Nevada. The groom is the son of Billie Luther, of Nevada, and Paula Zallejo, of Kansas City, Kan. Connie Locke officiated the ceremony. Maid of honor was Jennifer Prine, of Archie, sister of the bride. Groomsman was Lee Prine, brother of the bride. The bride was given in marriage by her brother Lee Prine...

Fort Scott is participating in "Our Community -- A More Colorful Place" and so we plant more flowers in front to beautify our community and we Master Gardeners plant more flowers in public places to make our town a more beautiful place. However, I like to think of our back yard as "Our Garden -- A More Colorful Place" not because of the flowers that we have planted there but because of our bird visitors. The colors range from blue to red to yellow to orange to iridescent green...

As has been mentioned before, if the situation warranted it, some of the Union "Hounds" in Missouri would disguise themselves in civilian clothes to deceive, capture or kill any Confederate "Foxes" (bushwhackers) they could find. Occasionally in the middle of a mission or patrol it was determined that a civilian disguise would be the best course of action and this after action report describes such an incident...

Special to the Herald-Tribune Although early season trapping of moths indicated Spring infestations of armyworms would be small, some southwest Missouri wheat farmers are still reporting army worm damage. In fact, according to Jay Chism, agronomy specialist with University of Missouri Extension, some area wheat fields may need insecticide because the armyworms are at threshold...

Herald-Tribune The season to watch for spotted knapweed has arrived according to Eldon Cole, University of Missouri extension livestock specialist. "Knapweed is fairly easy to spot now as it's 2 to 4 feet tall with a pale green color and buds are just beginning to form. The pink to purple flower start appearing in mid-June and that's when most people will be able to positively identify it," said Cole...

Police June 5 4:40 p.m.: An accident occurred at Austin and Osage involving a car driven by Krystal D. Armstrong, Moundville, and a van driven by Teena M. McLeroy, Nevada. McLeroy was listed with probable not apparent injuries. 6:21 p.m.: An accident occurred in the Wal-Mart parking lot involving a pickup driven by David C. Edwards, Nevada, and a parked van owned by James Long, Walker. No injuries were reported...

Kenton W. "Bud" Pettibon, 78, of Nevada, formerly of the Deerfield area, passed away on June 5, 2008, at Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada, following an illness of several months. He was born on March 13, 1930, the son of Herbert and Lela Peters Pettibon. On May 4, 1952, he married Helen Ripley in Fort Scott, who survives of the home...

Minnie Louisa Joy, 81, formerly of Fort Scott, and more recently of Pittsburg, Kan., died Friday, June 6, 2008, at Carrington Place in Pittsburg. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Local support ensures cross-country bicycle race will pass through area once more

The criminal case against a Fort Scott man who had charges against him stemming from a Bourbon County Grand Jury investigation will be dropped, according to a deputy Kansas Attorney General. Greg Kuplen, who was charged by the Kansas AG's office with two felony counts of presenting a false claim, died May 6...

You cannot miss his 40-foot teepee, nor the stories he tells. Ron McMillian of Garden City, Mo., has made it his life's work to teach all who will listen about his ancestry. Hagaoda, which means "Turtle," represents the clan his family comes from in the Kiowa Indians...

The entrance to the Vernon County Public Defender's office is like many others in Nevada, except for the name inlaid in tile at the entryway -- Talbot. The vagaries of wind blow grass, leaves and other debris into the entrance, often obscuring the name. But it takes more than a little clutter to blot out the Talbot name or lessen the impact it had on turn-of-the-century Nevada...

On Wednesday, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment identified three cases that are linked to a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul bacterium infections. Kansas is currently one of nine states affected by the outbreak. Two of the cases are in South-central Kansas, and one is in Southeast Kansas, a KDHE statement said...

The Muscular Dystrophy Association, in conjunction with local businessmen and women, is hosting an MDA Lock Up, a fundraising effort that takes place all across the country that works to raise money for MDA. Business men and women volunteer their time to be "locked up" in a designated location until they raise their bail...

The Neighborhood Revital-ization action team from Fort Scott Community Visioning has an incentive to get more people involved in revitalizing Fort Scott. The NR team has service projects planned throughout the summer, including park clean up, neighborhood clean up block parties, tree planting, inoperative vehicle disposal drives and clean sweeps...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Nikki Earll from Nevada High School, and Breanna Watkins from Sheldon High School, have been selected to participate in the 23rd annual Missouri Business Week to be held in Columbia, June 29 to July 3. More than 160 students from 100 Missouri high schools will attend the five-day event, held on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia. ...