Stories from Thursday, March 5, 2009

Juanita May Roosa, age 72, resident of Hemet, Calif., died Sunday, March 1, 2009, at her home. She was born Jan. 29, 1937, in Shippensburg, Pa., the daughter of Ray Mervin Piper and Reba Irene Cooper Piper. She married Harold E, Rossa, Jr. on June 24,1961, in Chambersbwg, Pa...

Monte Fox, 57, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2009, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Mo, following a lengthy illness. He was born Feb. 17, 1952, in Nevada, Mo., to Delmer William and Helen Marie Lehmkuhl Fox. He married Nancy M. Johnson on April 20, 1989, in Nevada, Mo., and she survives of the home...

EL DORADO -- Fort Scott Community College's men lost to Butler, 74-65, here Wed-nesday night in the first round of the Region VI Tournament. Caleb Walker scored 27 points for the Grizzlies (23-8) as he made 10 of 12 shots from the field and seven of eight at the free-throw line. Maurice Colter added 12 points for Butler...

OSAGE CITY -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls defeated Allen-Northern Heights, 45-41, here Thursday night to move into Saturday's Osage City Class 3A Sub-State championship game. The Jayhawks' opponent will be Burlington (16-6), the tournament's No. 5 seed, which upset top-seeded Pioneer League champion Central Heights, 35-31, in overtime in Thursday's other semifinal...

OTTAWA -- Fort Scott High's boys rallied from a 17-point deficit to get within two points late in the fourth quarter of a Ottawa Class 4A Sub-State semifinal game here Thursday night. But while the Tigers gave everything they had in their rally, they were unable to sustain the momentum and third-seeded Osawatomie went on to a 50-42 win...

Two summers ago I flew to Pennsylvania to babysit my grandkids, Drake and Montana, when their parents went on a baseball roadtrip together. One morning, after we made cupcakes, I read to the kids a children's version of the Good Samaritan parable. Towards the end of the story... ...

MOUND CITY -- The community is invited to participate in a wellness fair that will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 25 at Jayhawk-Linn High School, 14675 Kansas Highway 52. People who wish to have blood drawn for laboratory work may do so from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. ...

More than 50 students from 15 counties in Southeast Kansas brought history to life on Saturday. According to John Seal, the local coordinator for the Sixth Annual Kansas History Day event, the students who participated in this year's event worked diligently to produce superior history day projects...

The Historic Preservation Association of Bourbon County, Inc., presented matching grants Tuesday to two local businesses for the restoration of their buildings. HPA Chairman of the Board Arnold Schofield met with John and Cindy Bowman, owners of NuGrille, and Frank and Cheryl Adamson, owners of the Courtland Hotel and Day Spa, to present a check for $500 to each of the businesses as part of a matching grant with the City of Fort Scott's Facade Grant Program...

For those who knew him best, Ray Shepherd had made a big impact on a small community. "He was a fine man," Shepherd's son, David, said Thursday, just a few days after his father died at the age of 89. "He tried to do what was best." David, now the president of Shepherd Team Auto Plaza, said his father, a local business leader who started Ray Shepherd Motors in 1952, was a man who spent a great deal of his time being involved in the community, being active in several area groups and organizations, and helping to grow his business to what it is today.. ...