Stories from Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Musical and dramatic presentations will be among the many activities scheduled for this weekend's Frontier Days celebration at the Fort Scott National Historic Site. Frontier Days events will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday on the historic site grounds. There will also be a special campfire program at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, which will include various music and dramatic performances. Events on Sunday will run from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m...

The student-driven "Life in a Jar" project, which tells the story of Irena Sendler, a Polish woman who saved more than 2,500 Jewish children during the Holocaust, is entering its eighth year of spreading Sendler's story to the world. The project centers around a stage play, performed by area high school students and former students, which is set during the Holocaust, a period during World War II in which millions of people were killed by Nazi German dictator Adolph Hitler's troops...

The City of Fort Scott wants to ensure that it's fully involved in the planning process if a U.S. Highway 69 corridor runs through town. As evidence to back that claim, Fort Scott City Manager Richard Nienstedt at Tuesday's commission meeting disclosed a letter requesting that the Kansas Department of Transportation start a corridor study. ...

The Fort Scott Community College campus in Pittsburg has seen increases in the number of students and credit hours so far this year, FSCC officials said. During the Monday meeting of the FSCC Board of Trustees, FSCC Associate Dean of the Pittsburg Campus Judy Collins presented a current enrollment report on some of the college's occupational programs in Pittsburg and Frontenac...

BYBEE -- Chandler Ryan Bybee, a boy, was born at 9:14 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006, at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott to Jessica Bybee, Fort Scott. He weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Elizabeth Beerbower, Fort Scott and Tracy Bybee, Nevada, Mo. Maternal great-grandparents are Elda and Tom Roark, Fort Scott and Connie and Pete Moffett, Nevada, Mo...

DOHERTY -- Hali Rae Doherty, a girl, was born at 7:51 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott to parents Adrian and Candice Doherty, Fort Scott. She weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces at birth. She joins one sibling, Hannah Doherty. ...

GAVIN -- Damion Russell Gavin, a boy, was born at 9:05 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott to parents Mathew Gavin and Rebecca Bowerman, Fort Scott. He weighed 9 pounds, 2 ounces at birth. He joins two siblings, Austin Gavin and Essance Bowerman. Maternal grandparents are Edith Diana Bowerman and Thomas Bowerman, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Gary and Donna Gavin, Pewaukee, Wisconsin. and Tim and Vicki Tureskis, Fort Scott...

BENNER -- Cavin Lee Benner, a boy, was born at 10:52 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott to parents Charles and Stephanie Benner, Fort Scott. He weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces at birth. He joins two siblings, Casey and Sarah. Maternal grandparents are Christy Phillips and William Phillips, both of Fort Scott and Chuck Nelson, Girard. Paternal grandparents are Marie Arnold and Charlie Benner, Sr., both of Pittsburg...