Stories from Tuesday, August 5, 2008

On August 4, the Kansas Payment Center announced a new product designed to simplify the collection of child support funds. The new NOW Visa card is being distributed by JPMorgan Chase and is available to all child support recipients. The NOW card is said to be safer, easier and faster to use than paper check payments through electronic transfers...

A new educational facility was the topic of conversation on Monday night at the USD 234 Board of Education meeting. Local board members assembled at the new Sek-Cap Head Start facility located in the northeast corner of the annex behind the former middle school building. As the board toured the new preschool, Sek-Cap Executive Director Steve Lore explained to those present the different aspects of the school...

MOUND CITY -- The Demolition Derby kicked off the 2008 Linn County Fair, Friday, Aug. 2. "We aren't the oldest or the biggest, but no one has challenged our claim of 'World's Largest Little County Fair and Rodeo,' said Linn County Fair Board President Danny Troth, LaCygne. ...

As the use of the Internet continues to grow in the business world, so does the need for business owners to learn more about effective uses for their business' Web site. To help area business owners learn more about the important role that Web sites play in a business' marketing plan, the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce is planning to conduct the "Web Savvy Sandwich Seminar," a training session scheduled to take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. ...

A local resident was taken into police custody during the weekend because of his alleged participation in illegal drug activities. According to Fort Scott Police Lt. Shaun T. West, at 10:21 a.m. on Friday, August 1, local resident Robert Short was arrested for possession of drugs with the intent to manufacture. West said after Short was arrested, his house was searched, which resulted in the discovery of other drug-related items...

William Jack Simons, age 84, of Fort Scott, died early Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kan. He was born March 4, 1924, in Richards, Mo., the son of Alva C. Simons and Jessie A. Proctor Simons. Jack was a graduate of Fort Scott High School. He served during World War II in the United States Air Force as a machine gunner on the B-25 aircraft. He served mostly in the South Pacific...

Vyrel Yenzer Bradbury Nitcher, 95, of rural Uniontown, Kan., died at her home Saturday morning, Aug. 2, 2008. She was born June 24, 1913, the daughter of Seward and Margaret Wilson Yenzer on the family farm at Saffordville, Kan. She graduated from Toledo Township High School with the class of 1931 and was honored as Salutatorian of her class...

Randy and Margaret Hensley, of Pleasanton, Kan., and siblings, Tammy, Brandon, Martina and Ryan, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Samantha Ellen Hensley. Samantha was born at 12:24 p.m., on July 31, 2008, at Mercy Health System, in Fort Scott. She weighed 7 pounds, 1.8 ounces...

Kara Schnichels and Mario Trejo, of Fort Scott, Marco Zacatecas, Mexico and big sister Maria, are proud to announce the birth of their son Noah Antonio Trejo-Schnichels. Noah was born at 8:22 a.m., on July 31, 2008, at Mercy Health System, in Fort Scott. He weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) Will Barr, the expert drummer, has been signed by the manager of the Vaudette Theatre to play at the performances Saturday evening. Mr. Barr operates the drums and bells. When the show opens for nightly performances after Sept. 1, Mr. Barr will be the regular musical attraction...

The mystery of the 'lost American Legion hat.' It all began one day when Bob decided to repair a chest that we use for various things. The top drawer is definitely Bob's. It is full of a little bit of everything, including walkie talkies, receipts, clippings, radios, well you get the picture. The next is full of gloves, hats, scarfs, (and his Legion hat) the next is full of mostly all sorts of work gloves...

July 23 afternoon callers at the home of Elmer and Mabel Miller were Julia Blythe of Uniontown, Betty Horning Smith of Mt. Carroll, Ill., Betty's daughters, Jeanette Ames, Tuscan, Ariz., and Brenda Gable of Mt. Carroll. Betty, Julia, Mabel and Elmer were classmates at Uniontown High School in the 40s. Betty and her daughters were visiting her sister Earnestine Eden and family...