Stories from Friday, December 15, 2006

By the time they have reached elementary school, most children are probably fully aware of all the Christmas traditions in the United States. What they may not know, however, is how Christmas is celebrated in other parts of the world. Teaching the holiday traditions of various countries is the goal for next week's "Christmas Around the World" project at Eugene Ware Elementary School...

Once Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Justin R. Olberding finishes his field training course, Bourbon County will have three full-time troopers. Col. William Seck, KHP superintentent, assigned Olberding to Bourbon County following completion of 50 days of field training supervision with trooper Jeff Scott, who is also stationed in Bourbon County...

Mabel Louise Springer, age 90, died Wednesday, December 13, 2006, at the Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kansas, where she was surrounded by her family. She was born January 9, 1916, in Forrest Township, Illinois, the daughter of David Hartrnan and Mary Peters Hartman. ...

Mary E. Standish, age 79, of Kansas City, Kansas died Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at Medical Lodge Post Acute Care Center, after a brief battle with leukemia. The Funeral Mass will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19 at Christ the King Catholic Church. Burial in Leavenworth National Cemetery. Visitation after 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to the church...

MORILLO -- Kathryn May Morillo, a girl, was born at 6:57 p.m. on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at Mercy Health Center, to parents Amanda and James Morillo, Fort Scott. She weighed 8 pounds, 7.4 ounces at birth. She joins siblings Vanessa, age 3, and James, age 1 1/2. ...

SEROY -- Julius Martin SeRoy, a boy, was born at 11:33 a.m. on Thursday, December 14, 2006 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, to parents Rachel Smiley and Cody SeRoy, Arcadia. He weighed 8 pounds 2.2 ounces at birth.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas up and down Jayhawk Road. Lots of homes are beautifully decorated and looked beautiful when we had the big snow storm last week. The Diamond Community Church had their annual Christmas program Sunday evening, Dec. ...

Fort Scott Community College Athletic Director Bob Marshall told the Tribune late Thursday morning that the search for Rion Rhoades' successor as head coach of the Greyhound football program is already underway. "We're just advertising now for new candidates," Marshall said. "We're very optimistic and hope to start interviewing by the middle of next week. We have lots of names who are good candidates. We've been deluged with applications from very qualified people in the past."...

MOUND CITY -- Jayhawk-Linn High School hosted a wrestling dual for the first time here Thursday night. And the more experienced team from Fort Scott showed the Jayhawks how things are done in an 84-6 win. The Tigers, 1-0 in duals this season, recorded either a pin or a forfeit in every weight class. Jayhawk-Linn got its only points as the result of a double forfeit at 130 pounds...