Stories from Thursday, December 2, 2010

Glen Eugene Jackson, 85, of Pleasanton, Kan., died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 at Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park, Kan. Services will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010 at the Coffel-Schneider Chapel, Pleasanton, Kan. Visitation will be from 1 p.m., until service time at the chapel...

H.L. "Kid" Dennis, age 85, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, at the Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. Funeral services for Kid Dennis will be announced by the Cheney Witt Memorial Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.

Jean S. Shields, 75, of Mapleton, Kan., passed away peacefully in her home on Wednesday, Nov. 30. She was born Jan 18, 1935 and adopted five days later by Mr. and Mrs. George C. Stine of Kansas City, Kan. She graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1952 and Emporia State University in 1956. She was a member of the Sigma Kappa sorority...

CARMEAN -- Chris and Bayly Carmean, Erie, Kan., and big brother Weston, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Owen Pruitt Carmean. Owen was born at 5:36 p.m., Nov. 23, 2010 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces at birth...

Mildred Florence Leamon, 89, of Arma, Kan., died Wednesday morning, Dec. 1, 2010 at the Guest Home Estates. She was born Jan. 2, 1921 in Arma, Kan., the daughter of Joseph and Nancy Eva (Fox) Lessen. She married Charles Omer Leamon July 24, 1946 in Arma, Kan. He preceded her in death Aug. 24, 2006...

Mrs. Eugene (Irene) Boyd will be celebrating her 80th birthday in early December. Irene and Gene Boyd lived and worked in the Redfield area before retiring to Fort Scott. Her family hopes her friends and loved ones will help her celebrate with a card shower to honor her...

The commodity markets are always a puzzle, with this year confirming that most of us will never be able to out-guess what will exactly come to pass in this area. These markets have been up and down this fall, fluctuating noticeably, but fortunately continuing to trend upward as we progress through the 2010 harvest...

A roller-coaster economy, plus volatile commodity, fuel and fertilizer markets are making business planning for agricultural producers especially difficult. Help for Kansas farmers and ranchers is available in the form of membership in the Kansas Farm Management Association (KFMA), based at Kansas State University's Department of Agricultural Economics...

LAWRENCE -- The Financial Aid and Scholarships office at the University of Kansas has announced the names of new students earning the prestigious National Merit and National Hispanic scholarships and the university's merit scholarships for top graduates of Kansas high schools...

The Hiattville 4-H club met Wednesday, Nov. 3. Members answered to the roll call of "Your Favorite Holiday.'' Members were reminded of upcoming dates including: Officer Training Nov. 16, County 4-H Day at Uniontown High School on Feb. 19, and Regional 4-H Day Feb. 26...

The 31st Annual Homes for the Holidays and Moonlight and Mistletoe tours kick off today and tickets are still available, said Don Miller, Historic Preservation Association of Bourbon County president. Activities, which will continue through Sunday, feature home tours, shopping, music, crafts and food...

Mercy Health Center Nutritional Department has announced it will offer summer produce throughout the winter months. Mercy will provide a centralized location in Catherine's Café where community members can choose from a wide selection of fresh fruits and vegetables at a very reasonable cost. In addition there will be many recipes on how to make dishes with your produce and healthy eating tip lists compiled by a registered dietitian...

Due to system upgrades, the Bourbon County Vehicle Office will be closed Monday for renovations. Bourbon County Treasurer Susan Quick said the Bourbon County Vehicle Office, located on the first floor of the Bourbon County Courthouse, will be closed all day Monday for renovations...

Starting out, Nell Dikeman had no intention of becoming a journalist. But destiny had other plans. "It fell in my lap," said Dikeman, who began her 48th year as a Fort Scott Tribune reporter and columnist Dec. 1. Her job came about as a result of answering a blind ad. Her late husband, Howard, received a call that the owner of the paper, Watson Marble, wanted to see her. He told Dikeman while she and her two children were on a Thanksgiving trip to Texas...

WILLARD, Mo. -- Fort Scott High School's basketball teams opened the season with a split on the first day of the Willard Tri-State Classic here Thursday night. Senior Megan McDermed scored a personal-best 29 points for Fort Scott's girls as they defeated Arkansas Baptist, 57-52, in the opening game of the tournament. But the Eagles' boys squad rallied from a first-half deficit that was as large as 17 points to take a 72-65 victory in the final game of the evening...