Stories from Friday, December 18, 2009

MERRIMAN -- Jacob Jay and Whitney Lyn Merriman, Fort Scott, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Natalee Nicole Merriman. Natalee was born at 5:21 p.m., Dec. 9, 2009 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. She weighed 7 pounds, 15 and 1/2 ounces at birth...

FRANKLIN -- Jessica Franklin, Fort Scott, is proud to announce the birth of her son, Josiah Ricklyn Franklin. Josiah was born at 11:35 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He weighed 5 pounds at birth. Maternal grandparents are Carolyn Franklin, Fort Scott...

CONNER -- Randy and Robin Conner, Shawnee, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Carson Ray Conner. Carson was born at 6:02 a.m., Nov. 15, 2009 at Shawnee Medical Center, Shawnee. He was 8 pounds, 1 ounce and 21 inches in length at birth. Maternal grandparents are Gary and Elaine Cline, Kansas City, Kan...

Arrest Reports: Burns, Butch Allen, 18, 401 N. Cedar, Redfield, was arrested by Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on Dec. 5, 2009 at 1:19 a.m. for criminal restraint and minor in possession of alcohol. He was released the same day at 2:26 a.m. on a $1500 bond...

Now wait just a minute! How on earth could anyone be "WORSE than GUERRILLAS" in the Civil War? Now if one was from Missouri & of the "Southern Persuasion, this would make perfect sense when referring to the "Kansas Jayhawkers" or "Red legs" as many of these soldiers were 'Bad to the Bone" because that is the way they & YES, the "Guerrillas" of Missouri waged war! However, this statement was made by a loyal MISSOURIAN who was a "Union" officer who described the specific way soldiers from a Kansas regiment waged war in 1864! Now let's just think for a minute! Who was one of the most despised "Union" officers in Missouri, who was from Kansas & conducted periodic raids into "The-Show-Me State" in 1861 & whose name lived on in infamy when he did the same thing as a civilian after he resigned from the "Union Army" in the spring of 1862. ...

Services for Christopher B. Berry, 29, Houston, formerly of Tyler, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount Zion CME Church. Burial will be in Johnson Cemetery under direction of Brooks-Sterling & Garrett Funeral Directors, Tyler. Mr. Berry died Nov. 10, 2009, in Houston. He was born April 20, 1980, in Gladewater. He attended Chapel Hill High School, Fort Scott Community College and Southern University. He was a member of Mount Zion CME Church...

I am currently reading a book called "Echoes of Notre Dame Football: The Greatest Stories Ever Told." This book is a compilation of stories from other publications such as Sports Illustrated and The New York Times which date back to the days of the Notre Dame introducing an offense which utilized the forward pass to beat Army in the early 1900s...