Stories from Friday, June 5, 2009

(Charity) Joyce Singmaster, 81, of Fort Scott, passed away Wednesday morning, June 3, 2009 at Medicalodge Nursing Home in Fort Scott. She was born November 10, 1927 in Prescott, Kan., the daughter of Eldon 'Ed' Leroy and Jessie Mae (Smith) Brillhart...

Erma Bombeck was one of my favorite writers. When she was dying of cancer she scripted what would be considered some of her best advice which she titled "If I Had My Life To Live Over." This is what she wrote: "I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day. ...