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FSCC credit offered for European cruise (03/09/10)
A new opportunity is available for local residents who want to travel and earn college credit from the experience. Don Miller, a former instructor at Fort Scott Community College, and Karen Keen, a local travel agent, are offering a cruise on the Norwegian Jade from July 16-25. ...

FSCC sees increased enrollment again (03/04/10)
There are a few reasons why spring enrollment numbers are up again this year at Fort Scott Community College, according to FSCC President Clayton Tatro. "There has been much more brand awareness, and that's due in large part to our admissions and public relations departments," Tatro said. "We've had success with our athletics and other programs ... we've been able to set and achieve some goals that are getting some attention. It's better in terms of selling the college."...

Air Force band to perform at FSCC (03/04/10)
The United States Air Force Heartland of America Band will offer a community outreach performance by the New Horizons Clarinet Ensemble at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 14, at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the Fort Scott Community College campus, 2108 S. Horton St...

Friday final day for traveling exhibit (03/02/10)
A reception for the exhibit "Kansans Tell Their Stories" will be held this Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Charlotte and Ken Lunt Lobby of the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center at Fort Scott Community College. This is the last week that the exhibit will be in Fort Scott as it moves on to a new location on its state-wide tour. FSCC has hosted the exhibit since January 25. The public is invited to attend and the event is free of charge...

History Day at FSCC Saturday (02/26/10)
Fort Scott Community College will host its seventh annual History Day celebration on Saturday. Kansas National History Day gives students across the state a chance to celebrate, explore and exhibit history. The competition will take place on the FSCC campus and the theme for this year's competition is "Innovation in History: Impact and Change."...

FSCC sign fundraising nearing goal (02/23/10)
A fundraising committee at Fort Scott Community College is nearing the end of its first major campaign that began nearly a year ago. A group of several FSCC employees, called the Hound-Tron committee, has been working since early 2009 to raise money for an outdoor electronic one-color LED sign and billboard that would be installed on the college's main campus. ...

FSPD, FSCC ... who will get the armory? (02/16/10)
The Fort Scott City Commission has a tough decision to make as two local agencies express their interest in the former Kansas National Guard Armory building. Fort Scott Community College President Clayton Tatro and Fort Scott Police Chief Ron Puterbaugh each made their case in front of the commission Tuesday evening as to why they would be the best fit for the armory, which is now vacant and will be under the city's ownership by the end of the month...

FSCC expresses interest in armory (02/16/10)
As the Fort Scott City Commission prepares for the first public meeting on the future of the Kansas National Guard Armory, another interested organization has entered the picture. Fort Scott Community College President Clayton Tatro will be presenting the college's proposal to turn the vacant building into the Fort Scott Community College Occupational Center, a consolidation of three occupational programs in one building...

Chili cook-off serves as fundraiser (02/16/10)
A tasty fundraiser next week will help students in the agriculture program at Fort Scott Community College. The Collegiate Farm Bureau at FSCC will host its 2nd Annual Chili Cook-Off starting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, in the lobby of the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center at FSCC, 2108 S. Horton St. The event is open to the public, and each entry of chili costs $10...

FSCC forensics enjoying success (02/05/10)
The Fort Scott Community College forensics team is enjoying success near the end of its season. "I'm really proud of the team this far," coach Nathan Magee said. "Four of the five are freshmen and they're all learning and working hard." The four freshmen members -- Brittney Doherty, Jo Reichard, Keifer Cruse and Kurtis Bryan -- traveled to St. ...

FSCC Trustees to hold special meeting Thursday (02/03/10)
Members of the Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees will conduct a special meeting at 9 a.m. Thursday. Trustees will be traveling to Paola to inspect a building at 25955 W. 327th for consideration as the location of a possible second facility in the FSCC Truck Driving Program. ...

FSCC issues casting call for 'Yankees' (01/21/10)
Fort Scott Community College will conduct auditions for its spring production of "Damn Yankees" at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31 and at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1 in the theater of the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center, 2108 S. Horton St. The auditions are open to the community. ...

FSCC students receive honors (01/19/10)
Four Fort Scott Community College students are among 49 other community college students across the state who will be honored next month for their academic accomplishments. Kansas will salute 49 top community college scholars during an award ceremony Feb. ...

Cool runnings (01/14/10)

Modern dance company to perform (01/13/10)
The 2010 performance tour of a globally-known modern dance company includes a stop next month at Fort Scott Community College. The Alvin Ailey II Dance Company, based in New York City, will give one special performance at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at the Fort Scott Community College Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center, 2108 S. ...

Top 10 stories of 2009 (01/08/10)
Throughout 2009, the Fort Scott Tribune covered a wide range of events. From the passing of local icons to the community coming together for a common cause, The Tribune was there to tell the story. The staff of The Tribune has put together these summaries of the top 10 stories of 2009 in Fort Scott and Bourbon County....

German course offered at FSCC (01/08/10)
Fort Scott Community College wants to know the answer to the question, "Sprechen sie Deustch?" Area residents who don't know the meaning of that phrase -- which means "Do you speak German?" -- but are interested in learning, may be just the people FSCC is looking for when the Community Education Department at the college starts up its newest foreign language course offering next month...

Crowder Jazz Orchestra to perform here Dec. 15 (12/09/09)
The Crowder Jazz Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, in the theatre of the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the Fort Scott Community College campus, 2108 S. Horton St. The 18-piece orchestra, which is led by Pittsburg State University trumpet professor Todd Hastings, was formed in the fall of 2005 and grew out of a love for traditional big band jazz music and a need for a community/professional-based ensemble at Camp Crowder, which is just south of Neosho, Mo., and the surrounding four-state area, an FSCC statement said.. ...

FSCC gains another enhancement for lab (11/30/09)
The Fort Scott Community College Nursing Department continues to enhance its human simulation laboratory. The department was recently awarded a $29,850 Carl D. Perkins Reserve Funds grant to assist in funding for audio and visual equipment in the department's lab. The new equipment is designed to enhance simulation teaching and the nursing students' learning environment, officials said...

Christmas portion of 'Messiah' to be presented by FSCC choir Dec. 6 (11/30/09)
Fort Scott Community College Choir Instructor Gregory Turner will present the Christmas portion of Handel's "Messiah" on Dec. 6. The performance will include a choir and orchestra made up of musicians from the college and the community. Soloists for the event will include Ryan Goodbody, James Beltz, Amy Bradley, Treva Williams, Robert Nelson, Linda Jackson, Amber Goodbody, Alanna Masterson, and Greta Adams. ...

Collegiate Farm Bureau Chili cook-off at FSCC (11/30/09)
The Collegiate Farm Bureau at Fort Scott Community College will conduct its 2nd Annual Chili Cook Off. The event will take place starting at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Fort Scott Armory, 2301 S. Horton St. The cost is $10 per entry. Cash prizes will be awarded to the winners. For more information, contact Kyle Jacobs at (580) 829-2100...

FSCC making plans for Parks' birthday (11/24/09)
The Gordon Parks Center at Fort Scott Community College plans to celebrate the anniversary of the Fort Scott native's birthday on Monday, Nov. 30. The event, which is free of charge and open to the public, will feature various films about Parks or directed by Parks that will be shown throughout the day...

Bowl game looks for wins in tourism, economy (11/18/09)
Craig Hull, the hospitality committee chair for the Citizens Bank Bowl, which will be held Dec. 6 at Carnie Smith Stadium in Pittsburg, is looking at much more than a football game. No. 1-ranked Fort Scott Community College and No. 2-ranked Blinn (Texas) will provide the competition. Their fans are expected to provide a major boost to the economy of Southeast Kansas...

Greyhounds No. 1 in latest poll (11/17/09)
There are four quarters remaining in Fort Scott Community College's football season. Officially, they won't know where those quarters will be played until this afternoon. But they know that they will begin the first of those four quarters as the No. 1-ranked team in all of junior college football...

FSCC Holiday Pops Sunday (11/17/09)
The Fort Scott Community College choir and chamber orchestra will perform their Holiday Pops concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, in the theater of the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center, 2108 S. Horton St. The performance is free of charge and open to the public...

Dallas photographer wins Parks contest (11/05/09)
The winners for the 21st Annual Gordon Parks International Photography Competition have been announced. 98 entries were received this year from both amateur and professional photographers from all over the United States and several foreign countries...

Painting the town maroon (10/28/09)

FSCC sponsoring several theater trips (10/26/09)
Fort Scott Community College sponsors a variety of events related to theater and cultural arts throughout the year for the community to enjoy. Prices for the trips include transportation and tickets. This year, FSCC will sponsor trips to see the following shows: "It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play," "A Branson Christmas," "Run for Your Wife," "Cactus Flower," "Becky's New Car," and "The Buddy Holly Show."...

Tatro receives PSU Outstanding Alumni Award (10/22/09)
Fort Scott Community College President Clayton Tatro recently received an honor that, according to him, is one of the best accolades a person can receive. Tatro is one of four graduates of Pittsburg State University who will receive a 2009 Outstanding Alumni Award during homecoming festivities at PSU this week. ...

MILL moves to new location (10/22/09)
The Fort Scott Community College Maximized Individualized Learning Laboratory (MILL) has moved from the second floor of the FSCC Administration Building to the ground level. FSCC officials said the MILL is now more accessible to all students and is closer to the college's Student Services department which allows staff a better opportunity to serve students and the community...

A Happy Homecoming for Everyone (10/20/09)

Employees 'feel good' about college (10/20/09)
The Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees heard details on Monday about the first employee satisfaction survey conducted at FSCC in several years. FSCC Director of Human Resources Cheryl Combs was present during the board's regular meeting to discuss results of the survey with the board. The survey was conducted in May by an employee relations committee at the college...

Nominations sought for Outstanding Alumnus and Young Alumnus awards (10/20/09)
The Fort Scott Community College Alumni and Friends Association is seeking nominations for the 2010 Outstanding Alumnus and Young Alumnus awards. Anyone may nominate a candidate with final selection being made by the Alumni and Friends Association Board of Directors. Nominations are due by Oct. 30...

FSCC ag department takes time to inform community about program (10/20/09)
The Fort Scott Community College Agriculture Department hosted local community members during a dinner on Sept. 27. The evening provided an opportunity for the department's four instructors: Ryan Edgecomb, meats judging coach, James Thompson, livestock judging coach, Rachel Martin, horse judging coach, and Chad Cross, rodeo coach, to inform community members about the success and future direction of the FSCC Agricultural Department, an FSCC statement said...

FSCC's 90th anniversary part of Homecoming (10/15/09)
Fort Scott Community College will be celebrating more than usual during this year's homecoming activities. FSCC will celebrate the college's 90th anniversary during an all-school and alumni tailgate party prior to the FSCC football game on Saturday. Festivities will begin at 11 a.m., and kickoff for the game is scheduled for 1 p.m...

FSCC Homecoming candidates (10/13/09)

Talent, dignity her Choice of Weapons (10/12/09)

Nichols offers insights to career, her choices at Parks event (10/12/09)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Fans of the original "Star Trek" television series, which aired from 1966-69, will remember Nichelle Nichols as Lt. Uhura. What many people may not know is that Lt. Uhura is not the role that Nichols originally read for when the show was being cast in the mid-1960s...

Mentor for the students (10/08/09)

FSCC Gordon Parks 5th-Grade Poetry Contest winners (10/08/09)
Submitted to the Tribune _ Fort Scott Community College has released the winnng entries in its recent Gordon Parks Fifth-Grade Poetry Contest. The winning contributions are shown below. SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES By: Seth Cross Instructor: Mrs. Linda Jackson, Eugene Ware Elementary School...

Gordon Parks Celebration has new home (10/07/09)
The Gordon Parks Celebration of Culture and Diversity has a new home this year. Much of the sixth annual celebration, which began Wednesday, will take place through Saturday at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center at Fort Scott Community College, 2108 S. Horton St. The celebration was created in 2004 to honor Parks, a Fort Scott native and noted photographer, writer, poet, musician and filmmaker who died in 2006...

Enrollment numbers mixed (10/01/09)
Recent enrollment counts at area schools show mixed results. Fort Scott Community College has an enrollment of 2,017 students this fall, an increase of 278 students from last fall and the first time that enrollment at the college has broken the 2,000 student mark, according to FSCC officials...

Mentor to perform at Gordon Parks Celebration (10/01/09)
Noted baritone Phillip Mentor will take part in two activities during the Sixth Annual Gordon Parks Celebration at Fort Scott Community College next week. He will sing at the Celebration of Faith service at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the FSCC Ellis Family Fine Arts Center, 2108 Horton, and he will give grade-level presentations to Fort Scott Middle School students from noon to 3 p.m. Oct. 8...

FSCC approves plan to encourage fishers (09/21/09)
The Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees has lent its support to a plan designed to get more people fishing on FSCC-owned ponds. During their regular meeting on Monday, the board heard a report from Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks District Fisheries Biologist Don George about a potential agreement between FSCC and KDWP for the Community Fisheries Assistance Program...

FSCC to host first math relays contest Nov. 6 (09/21/09)
For the first time ever, Fort Scott Community College will host a math relays contest this fall. This contest, which is scheduled to take place Nov. 6, is open to all area high school students. To enroll students, instructors can visit www.fortscott.edu to fill out an online registration form...

FSCC football aiding Beacon with pre-game food drive (09/21/09)
The Fort Scott Community College football team will sponsor its second annual community food drive to help The Beacon Saturday. The Beacon is a non-profitable community assistance agency and food pantry, located at 526 E. 6th Street, that helps low-income families in the Fort Scott and Bourbon County area...

FSCC preparing for Constitution Day (09/15/09)
Students who are enrolled in history classes at Fort Scott Community College are learning about the United States Constitution this week. Thursday is National Constitution Day and FSCC is celebrating the event by hosting different activities throughout the week, according to an FSCC statement...

Auditions for FSCC's 'Our Town' held Oct. 1 (09/15/09)
Auditions for "Our Town," this year's fall production at Fort Scott Community College, are scheduled to take place from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1. Auditions, which are open to the public, will take place in the theatre of the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the FSCC campus, 2108 S. ...

Parks museum nearly complete (09/09/09)
Jill Warford is happy the new Gordon Parks Museum and Center at Fort Scott Community College is nearly complete. "I'd say it's about 85 percent (complete)," Warford, the director of the center, said Wednesday. "I'm glad that it's open. Now we have enough space to have groups in and not be cramped."...

FSCC award goes to Olathe man (09/09/09)
Fort Scott Community College Environmental Technology Director Scott Flater recently awarded the Jim Current Professional Excellence Award to Garry Turner, a retired water superintendent for the City of Olathe. The award was presented during the general session at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment's 90th Annual Water and Wastewater School conducted Aug. 4-7 at the University of Kansas in Lawrence...

FSCC receives $900K Challenge Grant (08/26/09)
Fort Scott Community College President Clayton Tatro received the Kresge Foundation Annual Report this week, which listed FSCC prominently as one of the first grant recipients from a community college. "We were very pleased to see FSCC as one of the four community colleges to receive a Challenge Grant since the category was opened up this year for community colleges to apply," Tatro said. ...