Stories from Friday, December 30, 2011

When our children were younger, they typically failed to recognize the benefits of the "life lessons" their frugal father was determined to teach them. Take for instance, the car Dave bought for Adam, our middle son, who was then in high school. The ultimate goal was for Adam to hand it down to his brother Andy who would drive it for several years...

Alen Joseph Gilbert, 47, Murfreesboro, Tenn., was arrested by the Fort Scott Police Department for DUI and refusal to submit to breath test. He was released at 9:02 a.m. Saturday for time served. Tiffani Lynn Hull, 23, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Fort Scott Police Department at 7:14 p.m. Sunday for domestic battery. She is still being held at this time...

Shannon and Kyle Hathaway, Fort Scott, and sibling Kaelynn are pleased to announce the birth of their son and brother David Blaine Hathaway on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, at 8:07 a.m. at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kan. David weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces...

Kelli Lawrence and Jacob Frayer, Pittsburg, are pleased to announce the birth of their son Brian Taliesin Frayer on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, at 7:21 p.m. at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kan. Brian weighed 7 pounds, 3.5 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Dana and Jimmy Pryor, Mulberry, Kan...

Nadine Ison, 88, of Mound City, Kan., died Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011, at her home. Services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 31, at the United Methodist Church, Mound City, Kan. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday at the church. Memorials are suggested to the Mound City United Methodist Church. Interment will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Agnes Lucille Buchanan, 90, of Liberty, Mo., died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011, at the home of her son, in Liberty. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 31, at the Hume Cemetery, Hume, Mo. Visitation will be from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the Schneider Funeral Home, Pleasanton Chapel...

Kevin Martin Thomason, 37, resident of Leavenworth, Kan., died unexpectedly Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, in Kansas City, Mo. He was born April 11, 1974, in Leavenworth, the son of Larry Cheek and Kathy Thomason. Survivors include his mother, Kathy Hahn, and friend Robert Roberts, Fort Scott; one brother, Bobby Cheek; and two sisters, Kathy Diane Cheek and Kimberly Dawn Cheek. Also surviving are several aunts, uncles, and cousins...

Mae Susong was born Dec. 26, 1907, in Jones County, Texas, to parents, John and Martha Davis. She celebrated her birthday Monday at Medicalodges of Fort Scott with the following family members: Art and Cora Mae Collins, Fort Scott; Gary and Melanie Wilson, Fort Scott; Rachelle Barker and children Adam and Hope, Spokane, Mo.; Roger and Mary Collins, Iola; Rocky and Valerie Randall and children Cherise, Zachary and Braeden, Iola; and Monica and Jude Buffington and son Gregory, Oklahoma City, Okla...

During the Civil War, by December of 1861, things were getting organized in Missouri and eastern Kansas from the "Union" perspective. The disorganized discontent of the summer and fall of 1861 was in the past and even though Confederate Gen. Price and his army were now in southwestern Missouri, they were still on the mind and a major concern of Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck who commanded the "Union" Department of the Missouri from his headquarters in St. Louis...

100 YEARS AGO (1911) Tribune market reports furnished by A.B. Shipp, weighmaster: Poultry -- hens and pullets, 8 1/2 cents; young cocks, 6 cents; old cocks, 4 cents; turkeys, 12 cents; geese, 8 cents, ducks, 7 cents. Livestock -- fat heifers, 3.75; cows, $3.50; hogs, $5; sheep, $4; lambs, $5...

To the Editor: They keep saying on the radio there are seven billion people on the Earth now. Food and shelter and seven billion people is mind boggling. I can remember when there were 130 million people in the United States. Now there are over 300 million...

The Kansas Highway Patrol recently released its annual report on activity over the Christmas holiday weekend. The reporting period for the holiday weekend ran from 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23, through 11:59 p.m. Monday, Dec. 26. Preliminary KHP results indicate it was a fairly safe weekend on Kansas roads, with the patrol working no fatal crashes...

From now until the end of January, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 25 in Fort Scott will be collecting used cell phones. Old cell phones and accessories can be taken to Woods Supermarket, 2322 S. Main St., or Gene's Heartland IGA, 911 E Sixth St. Boxes are already in place at each of these locations to collect the phones...

A tragic house fire and the arrest of a former Fort Scott High School teacher's aide are among the top five stories of 2011. This is the second part of a two-day look back at the top 10 stories of the year. Stories in the top 10, other than letters to the editor, obituaries and follow-up stories, are chosen according to the number of hits the articles got on the newspaper's web page. ...