Stories from Friday, August 19, 2011

The Battle of Wilson's Creek on Aug. 10, 1861, near Springfield, Mo., was one of the largest and most significant battles of the Civil War that occurred west of the Mississippi River. Kansas was well represented in that battle by the participation of the 1st and 2nd Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiments that were in some of the most fiercest, horrific combat of the day...

The children and grandchildren of John and Jackie Allison invite friends and relatives to join them in celebrating John and Jackie's 50th wedding anniversary which will be held at Gunn Park Shelter House 6, Fort Scott, on Saturday, Aug. 20, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m...

For the sixth year in a row, the Fort Scott Church of the Nazarene will be hosting its annual Motor Sunday. Fort Scott Church of the Nazarene Pastor Scott Moore said the annual car and motorcycle show, slated for Aug. 28 at the church's west campus at the corner of 18th and Horton streets, is held as a way to invite the community to the church, as well as to celebrate the community that supports the church...

It was the same group of men, game after game, all of them laboring to nab the attention of the ballplayer as he entered or left the ballpark. They were baseball card fanatics, carrying with them notebooks with the visiting team pictures alphabetized and placed inside protective, plastic sleeves...

Emmitt David Leihsing, 73, of Paola, Kan., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., died Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, at his home. Graveside memorial service and inurnment will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, at the Centerville Cemetery, Centerville, Kan. Friends and family will gather at 9:30 a.m. at the Coffel-Schneider Chapel, Pleasanton, until departure to the cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to St. Jude's Children's Hospital...

Robert LeRoy Coffman, 48, 2384 Juniper Rd., Fort Scott, was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on Aug. 17 at 11:44 a.m. on a Bourbon County warrant for battery and released the same day at 12:20 p.m. on a $2,500 bond. Brandon Lee Hall, 22, 808 Shepard St., Apt. 3, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on Aug 17 at 9:17 a.m. on a Bourbon County warrant for possession of opiates and is still being held...

Leslie Edwin Seaver, 92, a resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011, at the Freeman Medical Center in Joplin, Mo. He was born March 1, 1919, in Fort Scott, the son of Charles Seaver and Mamie Klontz Seaver. He married Mary Johnston on Oct. 12, 1946, at Fort Scott...

As children around the nation return to school, many will be spending time home alone after school until their parents get home from work. The American Red Cross has steps parents and children can take to make these after-school hours safer and less stressful...

Once again, my blunders in the kitchen should provide a bit of joy to your life. My wife and I bought some frozen fish, cod to be specific, from the store with the intent of cooking it up and enjoying a healthy dinner or two. That was about two months ago, and the fish just sat in the freezer the whole time ... until last week when I decided to bake it...

To the Editor: Is our National Cemetery important to us? Food for thought. If the VFW loses its charter, what happens? Will our VFW represent our dead at the National Cemetery? No 21-gun saluate? No flags on holidays? No one in Fort Scott to represent the first national cemetery in the United States? Shame on us!!...

A group of case managers at Tri-Valley Developmental Services recently achieved 100 percent completion of the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS) Case Management Assessment Testing. Six targeted case managers completed the new online case management assessment. ...

The early Sisters of Mercy were known as the "Walking Nuns" because they ventured into the communities to heal the underserved. Today the methods of delivering health care are very different, but at Mercy the mission has remained the same for nearly two centuries...

A new fishing spot will be opening next Wednesday in Linn County. Critzer Lake will have its inaugural day Wednesday, Aug. 29 and angling begins at 8 a.m., said Don George, district biologist for the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism...

After turning a profit at last year's event, the Airport Advisory Board is gearing up for what they hope will be another successful Airport Day. Featuring many of the same attractions as last year, the airport board hopes to have as good a turnout as last year for the Sept. 10 event, Fort Scott Airport Manager and Airport Day co-organizer Kenny Howard said. The Fort Scott Airport is located one mile south of the city on U.S. Highway 69 and three miles west on Indian Road...

Summer is officially over for USD 234. On Thursday, students, faculty and staff began a new school year. Eugene Ware Principal Dave Elliott and Winfield Scott Principal Billie Jo Drake said late Thursday morning they were thrilled to see students back in their respective buildings. Elliott added both administrators and many of their staff members have been working in the buildings "well in advance" of the first day of school making preparations for the new year...

Minnie Sutton's grand champion cross sheep was purchased by Brad Guinn, Everett Wolfe and Drew Montague of Producers Grain in Nevada. Sutton is the daughter of Sheri Sutton and a member of the Northeast Scott 4-H Club. Her photo was left out of the recent Fair Results tab due to space limitations.(Ruth Campbell/Tribune)...

Students and parents met with teachers, found their classrooms and lockers and socialized during the Fort Scott High School open house earlier this week. Other USD 234 campuses also hosted open houses. Pricipal Bob Beckham said several hundred people attended the FSHS event.(Ruth Campbell/Tribune)...

First-year Fort Scott Community College head football coach Curtis Horton said Thursday evening that the coaching staff has made most of their decisions about the 55-man active roster that the team is allowed to have under Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference rules...