Stories from Saturday, January 9, 2010

Heather and Paul Russell, of Nevada, and siblings, Mary Kate, Braden and Molly, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Andrew Joseph Russell. Andrew was born at 7:29 a.m., on Jan. 5, 2010, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces, and measured 20 inches...

Hi neighbors. Do you remember the 1930's show "Lassie Come Home" with Roddy McDowell as a little boy whose dog has to overcome all types of obstacles to make it back home after getting lost? The show has been remade several times, including another version called "The Incredible Journey" that was itself redone twice...

Gordon Lightfoot starts a popular song by saying, "The legend lives on." Legends live on in sports for many years and from generation to generation. People still talk about Babe Ruth pointing to a spot where he was going to hit a homerun. All of us have heard the George Gipp story which Knute Rockne so successfully used when he urged the fighting Irish to win one for the "Gipper"...

The Nevada chapter of the American Red Cross is ready to open the Vernon County Senior Center if it is needed according to executive director Peggy Tedlock, but so far it has not been needed. "We'll open it if we need to but we haven't needed to yet," Tedlock said. "We're ready day or night to do it. I keep in touch with Dennis Kimrey and Barbara Long who would know of people needing help and so far there has been nobody needing a place to stay."...

The Girl Scout Cookie Crunch-Off, originally scheduled for yesterday, has been rescheduled for Jan. 17, at the Vernon County fairgrounds. The time of the event will be released as soon as it becomes available.

A break in the extremely cold temperatures is expected on Sunday, when the high is forecast at 27 degrees, and high above the freezing mark at 36 degrees forecast for Tuesday. Ice is forming over many waterways and lakes. In fact, the Missouri State Water Patrol says some of Missouri's waterways will become completely ice covered, but cautions the public about the dangers of going out on the frozen water...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- A record number of cases filed has created the need for more volunteers in the Bourbon County Court Appointed Special Advocates program. In 2009, a little more than 100 Child In Need of Care cases were filed in Bourbon County with the local CASA chapter, about 20 more cases than the chapter filed in 2008 and the most in the chapter's 20-year history, Bourbon County CASA Program Director Christa Horn said...

"Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness," said Dr. Jeremy Fast of Eye Care Professionals, Nevada. It's Glaucoma Awareness Month, and a good time to be tested for and to share information about the disease. Glaucoma can sneak up on a person, most of the symptoms don't develop until the disease is fairly far along and even then they are easy to miss. Glaucoma is an eye condition that develops when too much fluid pressure builds up inside of the eye...

TOPEKA, Kan. -- With campaign season rapidly approaching, Brownback for Governor, Inc. has announced the launch of "SamForGov", the first iPhone application in America for a gubernatorial candidate. The application offers a range of updated content and social media with the ability to sign up as a campaign volunteer and collect mobile contributions. ...

The latest snow storm and single-digit or sub-zero temperatures late this week have created some hazardous driving conditions, caused school closings, canceled organizational meetings, closed offices and led to slow retail sales for some stores in the city of Nevada...

Doug and Barbara (Counter) Story will observe their 50th wedding anniversary on Jan. 11, 2010. The Storys' children and grandchildren hosted a special dinner in their honor. The Storys were married Jan. 11, 1960, in Carson City, Nev. The Storys have four children, sons Chris and wife Kristi of Marietta, Ga., Doug Story Jr. ...

Rod and Jennifer Hoover, Bolivar, announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Adrienne Elizabeth, to Scott Timothy Mark, son of Tim and Jeanne Mark, Sheldon. The bride to be is a graduate of Bolivar High School and a 2004 graduate of Drury University. She is employed by Bolivar R-1 Schools...

Jerry and Francine Riggs, of Nevada, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Shea, to Brandon Moore, of Greenfield, Mo., son of the late Larry and Debra Moore, of Greenfield. Bride-elect Riggs is a 2008 Nevada High School graduate and is currently a sophomore at Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, Mo...

Christina Elyse Martin and Kenny Leon Horning exchanged wedding vows on the beautiful landscape of Linganore Winery in Mt. Airy, Maryland, on Nov. 1, 2009. The 1 p.m. ceremony was officiated by pastor Brent Rawson, amid floral decorations of chocolate brown, ivory hydrangea, and burnt orange rose petals. A wedding reception followed in the Abisso Room in Mt. Airy where the guests were treated to wine, appetizers, and a family-style country dinner...

Cold-weather policies forced the postponement of every event that was scheduled on the Kansas side of the state line Thursday and Friday. Fort Scott High School's wrestling team was to have taken part in a Southeast Kansas League triangular at Pittsburg Thursday night. ...

National Hot Rod Association Pro Stock Motorcycle rider David Hope and team owner John Hammock began Vroom Racing in 2004 as little more than a hobby after Hope was granted a chance to follow in the footsteps of his father, Dan Hope Sr., and get into drag racing. That hobby has now evolved into a full-time job that has progressed at an incredible pace...