Stories from Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Three new cases of infection with the 2009 H1N1 flu virus were identified in Kansas over the weekend, bringing the total count of confirmed and probable cases in the state to six. The three cases, which are all "presumptively confirmed," were reported from Johnson County, Sedgwick County and Wyandotte County, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment...

Fort Scott Mayor Gary Bukowski will proclaim May as Tourism Month at Tuesday's Fort Scott City Commission Meeting. In celebration, Tourism Committee Chairwoman Martha Scott will be in attendance to present to the commission The Top 10 Reasons to Visit Fort Scott and Bourbon County...

Several Fort Scott Christian Heights students brought home the gold during the Pittsburg State University Science Day on April 23. FSCH junior Patricia Schafer, who competed in the pathology category for the first time, earned first place with her written exam. Schafer said the exam consisted of case study questions about certain conditions. She said she had to describe how she would diagnose each condition...

Teachers in the USD 234 school district are Teaching with Love and Logic. According to Winfield Scott Elementary School Principal Dave Elliott, teachers in all of the district's schools have been implementing a new discipline program. Elliott told members of the USD 234 Board of Education on Monday night that the new discipline procedures, inspired by the book Teaching with Love and Logic, written by Jim Fay and David Funk, have been making a difference in the schools' classrooms...

Georgetta Ada Thiesing, 97, of Walnut, Kansas died at 4:37 a.m., Friday, May 1, 2009, at her residence in Walnut. She was born June 27, 1911 at rural Walnut, a daughter of Herman and Margaret (Koester) Tobaben. She attended schools in Brazilton. She married Edward Warren Thiesing on August 8, 1936 at Brazilton, Kansas. He preceded her in death on February 7, 1984...

Madeline Louise Osborne, age 6, Kansas City, Missouri, passed away suddenly May 1, 2009, at North Kansas City Hospital after collapsing from unknown causes on the school playground at Outreach Christian School. She was born at NKC Hospital on May 27, 2002, to parents Noel Gregory and Jennifer Louise Lundeen Osborne...

Smith, Paul Eugene "Corkey", 79, died April 28, 2009 at the Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul, Kan. Diagnosed with MS in 1954 then retired from Boeing, Paul enjoyed traveling, working around the house and in the yard. Born May 13, 1929 in Blue Mound, Kan. ...

Leo O. Cranston, 85, of Fort Scott, died Saturday, May 2, 2009 at the Mount Carmel Regional Medical Center in Pittsburg, Kansas. He was born September 20, 1923 in Partridge, Kansas, the son of Charles C. and Vena (Carmichael) Cranston. He married Lilly May Augerot March 8, 1942 in Garden City, Kansas. She preceded him in death May 30, 2008...

SMITH -- Travis and Misty Smith of Hepler are proud to announce the birth of their son, Teddy Allen Smith, born May 4, 2009, at 11:28 p.m. at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. Teddy joins three siblings, Benjamin, Courtney and Rebecca. Maternal grandparents are Teddy Lee of Pittsburg and Cindy Lee of Pittsburg. Paternal grandparents are Jim and Margaret Smith of Grain Valley, Mo...

MIRABAL-THOMAS -- William Tyler Thomas of Butler, Mo., and Ashley Michelle Mirabal of Fort Scott are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Kaylee Esther Rae Mirabal-Thomas, born April 28, 2009, at 10:39 a.m. at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott...

HARRIS -- Nick and Jeanna Harris, Hepler, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Kole Eugene Harris, born May 1, 2009, at 4:06 a.m. at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. Maternal grandparents Kurt Ziegler of Girard and Jamie Ziegler of Girard. Paternal grandparents are Doug Harris of Hepler and Kim Harris of Hepler...

"She opens her mouth with wisdom and the teaching Of kindness is on her tongue." (Proverbs 31:26) On Mother's Day in 1983, President Ronald Reagan gave a stirring tribute to his mother during a national radio address. He stated that it is often mothers who teach values, nurture care for others and demonstrate the belief in God for guidance in life...

Literature and Teaching Ministries (LATM) were represented by Doug Reed, Cindy and Ralph Shead on the first Sunday in May when they visited Community Christian Church in Ft. Scott. Doug is the new director of Development at LATM in Joplin, Mo. The three attended morning services and told of their work during the evening meeting with church dinner and fellowship greeting long time friends. In the afternoon they visited Mark, Haley and Katy Shead at the Shead farm and Mary V. Shead in Arcadia...

Don't lose your loose change We all have some--in a jar on the dresser, in a desk drawer, in the car, maybe even in the cushions of the couch. Loose change accumulates in various locations of our household. It's money saved, but it is not working for us...