Stories from Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Chales Dean Large, 40, 18 S. Barbee, Fort Scott, was arrested on Nov. 23, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on a warrant and was released on a $500 bond on Nov. 24. Kenneth Eugene McQueen, 25, 106 W. 13th St., Pleasanton, Kan., was arrested on Nov. 28, 2010 at 1:49 a.m.. by the Fort Scott Police Department on an Allen County warrant and is still being held at this time...

Louis Albert "Bud" Schafer Jr., age 86, resident of Fort Scott, died Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010, at the Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott, Kan. He was born March 20, 1924, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Louis Albert Schafer, Sr. and Corinne Maguire Schafer...

Jack Clarence McGrew, age 91, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010, at the Fort Scott Medicalodges. He was born Nov. 9, 1919, in Fort Scott, the son of Thomas McGrew and Maude Mae Carson McGrew. He graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1937...

Patrick James Carney, 54, of Mound City, Kan., passed away Nov. 22, 2010 at the Kansas City Hospice House. He was born Sept. 17, 1956 in Minneapolis, Minn., son of Clifford and Agnes Carney. He was the youngest of nine siblings. On May 21, 1982 he married Cindy Zimmerman...

Patricia Victoria Romines, age 60, of LaCygne, Kan., died Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010 at her home. There will be a visitation held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, 2010 at the Coffel-Schneider Funeral Home LaCygne, Kan., with a rosary to follow from 8 to 8:30 p.m. at the funeral home...

Raymond William Foster Jr., age 78, resident of Fulton, Kan., died Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, at the Freeman West Medical Center in Joplin, Mo. Services for Raymond Foster will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan., 66071...

With so many good things to do during the holiday season, no one wants to be sick. But viruses, the flu and winter bugs are more likely to get us down during the winter months. This is due in large part to people spending more time indoors with others when the weather gets cold...

The final results of the deer season 2010. As I mentioned in last week's column, grandson David was the only one to get a deer on opening weekend. Everyone left on Sunday to head for home. The only ones who returned the following Wednesday was our son Rob, sons Daniel, Ben and BobKat. They were up and on their way back to their stands by 6 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day...

The city of Bronson will host a Christmas celebration, Saturday, Dec. 4. Santa will come to town on a fire truck at 11 a.m. Santa will be at the Bronson Community Center until 12:30 p.m. to visit with children. A free-will offering soup and chili feed will be at the community center from 11:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. and all the proceeds from dinner will go to the Bronson Fire Department...

Army National Guard Pfc. Benjamin T. Gettler has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. He is the son of of Joe and Angie Dauben, of Marble Falls, Texas; and Bryan Gettler of Fort Scott. He is the grandson of Rita Emmerson, James Emmerson, Verdon and Chelsa Dauben and Dean and Marlene Gettler, all of Fort Scott. ...

JOPLIN -- Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Be it declared that Historic Murphysburg Preservation, Inc. (HMP) will present DickensFest -- a holiday destination for all lords, ladies and urchins. The festival will be on Friday through Sunday, Dec. 10, 11 and 12, between 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., on Moffet Avenue between Third and Fourth Street, in Joplin, Mo...

Our Gang of AHS fame has decided to have a gathering on Dec. 4, 6:30 p.m., at Gebhardt's, rural Mulberry. Reservations are under the name Virginia Smith and have been made for 15-20. If you want to attend, let Virginia know by Thursday, Dec. 2 to be included...

"I am a girl, but I can fire a pistol." These were words of Sene Campbell, whose fiancée was killed in Fort Scott in 1858. The words will again be heard during the 2010 Candlelight Tour this weekend at Fort Scott National Historic Site. The dramatic reading of Campbell's letter will be one of five scenes presented on this year's tour...

Although Bourbon County surpasses its peers and the state in percentage of mothers who get prenatal care and has a lower percentage of low birth-weight babies than the rest of Kansas, its infant mortality rate rate is among the worst in the state, according to data from a Kids County report released Tuesday...

Demographics Median household income for Bourbon County: $37,575; Peers: $45,607; Kansas, $50,174 Total population of county (all ages) Bourbon: 14,884; Peers: 424,298; Kansas: 2.818 million Population of county under 18, Bourbon: 25.17 percent; Peers, 25.89 percent; Kansas, 25.01 percent...

Hundreds of area residents braved chilly weather Tuesday evening to watch the annual downtown Christmas parade. The theme for this year's parade was Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree. The parade, which was witnessed by about 200 people who assembled downtown in brisk 31-degree temperatures, featured numerous floats and attractions, the Fort Scott High School Pride of Tigerland Band, and of course, the jolly old elf, Santa Claus. ...