Swope retirement celebration

Friday, May 13, 2011
Longtime friends and colleagues Marcel Normand (left) and Kevin Swope share a hug during a retirement reception Thursday for Swope in the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center at Fort Scott Community College. Swope is retiring at the end of this year after a 25-year career teaching at the college. Swope also coached women's basketball and volleyball at different points during his FSCC tenure. Several of Swope's friends, family and current and former FSCC colleagues, and officials attended.(Jason E. Silvers/Tribune)