Stories from Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Roberta Marie VanBuskirk, age 68, a resident of rural Mapleton, Kansas, died Sunday, October 22, 2006 at the Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. She was born September 5, 1938, the daughter of Harold Hewlett and Ethel M. Carpenter Hewlett. She graduated from Prescott High School in 1956. ...

Mickey Pillot Jent was born on March 12, 1925 in Chanute, Kansas. She married Raymond Jent on January 29, 1944 in Corpus Christi, Texas. During their 62 years of marriage, Ray and Mickey were blessed with three children, a son Jerry Jent, Seagraves, Texas; and two daughters, Karen Pollard, Lubbock, Texas and Vicki Kirby, Humble, Texas...

Jeremy Amos Smith, age 28, a resident of Garland, Kansas was found dead Saturday, October 21, 2006 just south of Fort Scott, having been missing for several days. He was born June 5, 1978 in Fort Scott, and graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1995. ...

HAMILTON -- Lillian Elizabeth Hamilton, a girl, was born at 9:33 p.m. on Monday, October 16, 2006 at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Missouri, to parents Sean and Beth Hamilton, Webb City, Missouri. She weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Tom and Pat Christy, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Thomas and Debbie Hamilton, Pittsburg...

MURPHY -- Graci Kay Murphy, a girl, was born at 4:06 p.m. on Monday, October 23, 2006 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, to parents Jess and Cindy Murphy, Arcadia. She weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces at birth. She joins two siblings, Kelci and Mitchell Murphy. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1906) The registration office at the city clerk's office will remain open at night until next Friday when the books will close. Mr. Brown is not compelled to keep the books open at night but he does for the accommodation of those who are unable to register during the day. The total registration should be about 2,500. At noon today the registration was 2,053...

Yes, Fort Scott High's football team can still make the playoffs. But winning may not be enough to do so. Chanute visits Frary Field Thursday night at 7 for the final round of Class 4A, District 3 play. The other district game has Anderson County playing host to Iola...

Almost every member of the 1996 Class 4A State champion Fort Scott High School football team has been located for a planned reunion that will be held in conjunction with the Tigers' football game versus Chanute Thursday night at Frary Field. It appears from a list provided by a couple of people involved in organizing the reunion that only four members of the team remain to be found: Torben Zimpel, who was a senior that year, Kevin Eason, a junior, and Bill Elliott and Josh Schoemig, both sophomores.. ...

Choosing a more healthy diet doesn't necessarily mean giving up favorite foods. Sometimes, modifications to favorite dishes can make a big difference in nutritional value. Here in the Extension office I use a computer program to figure the nutritional analysis of recipes. It's quite easy to change an ingredient and determine the difference that change makes in calories, fat, sugars, and other nutrients...

A family gathering was held in the home of Lorene Gibson and grandson Clay Carrington in Arcadia on Sunday, Oct. l5, to celebrate the Fort Scott couple, Xan and Toni Gibson's first wedding anniversary and the recent marriage of Allan and Barbara Jo Pederson now living in Salome, Ariz. Congratulations to both couples...

Health officials agree that older senior citizens who catch the flu are at a greater risk of dying. That's why officials encourage seniors to get flu shots. Shortage of the flu vaccine is not expected to be a problem in Bourbon County this year, Bourbon County Health Director Maffett said. That's a marked improvement from the last two years ago, when the county and country suffered a shortage of the flu vaccine...

Early next month, Bourbon County students, teachers and staff will honor the nation's military veterans through a variety of special programs. Starting at 7:30 a.m. Nov. 9, parents and grandparents of students at Winfield Scott Elementary School, 316 W. 10th St., will be able to visit those students' classrooms before a Veterans Day assembly scheduled for 9 a.m. that day in the school's gymnasium...

WITT -- Cole Matthew Witt, a boy, was born at 12:20 p.m. on Monday, October 16, 2006 at the Shawnee Mission Medical Center to parents Aaron and Heather Witt, Olathe. He weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces and was 19.5 inches long at birth. He joins one brother, Jack Preston Witt. Maternal grandparents are Harold and Barbara Aker, San Diego, Calif. Paternal grandparents are Jerry and Judy Witt, great-grandparents are Roy and Dorothy Armstrong and Lela Witt, all of Fort Scott...

While continuing to iron out the details of the proposed renovation project at the Southeast Kansas Regional Correctional Center, SEKRCC officials and Bourbon County commissioners are now looking into the option of having an entire new correctional facility built...