Stories from Monday, March 12, 2007

Organizers of the 2007 Bourbon County Fair Queen Contest are looking for a few outstanding young women. Last year, four local teenagers -- who are also 4-H and FFA members -- competed in a contest for the Bourbon County Fair Queen title, which was won by Fort Scott High School student Elizabeth Meech. ...

Wilma Joan Westhoff, age 71, of Parsons, died at 1 a.m., Thursday, March 8, 2007, at the Granbury Care Center in Granbury, Texas. She had been in failing health. She was born July 7, 1935, in Richards, Missouri, to Thomas Leo and Ruth May (Webster) Hibdon. As a young girl, she moved with her family to Hepler, Kansas, graduating from Hepler Rural High School...

COMSTOCK -- Kylee BriAnn Comstock, a girl, was born at 5:16 p.m. on Sunday, February 25, 2007 at St. Luke's South Hospital, Overland Park, to parents Brian and Becky Comstock. She weighed 7 pounds, 8.2 ounces at birth. She joins one sister, Jescie. Maternal grandparents are Ed and Joyce Westfall, Riverton. Paternal grandparents are Jim and Jeanie Comstock, Fort Scott. Paternal great-grandparent is Mac Comstock, Fort Scott...

FOSTER -- Ansley Addica Foster, a girl, was born at 8:07 p.m. on Thursday, March 8, 2007 at Mercy Health Center, to parents David and Addi Foster, Fort Scott. She weighed 7 pounds, 9.5 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Doug and Denise Whiteaker, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Gary and Lynda Foster, Fort Scott...

SALINA -- Fort Scott High's boys were playing for the school's third Class 4A State championship in four years when they met Thomas More Prep of Hays in the finals at the Bicentennial Center here Saturday night. Instead, 77-percent first-half field-goal shooting held up for the second-seeded Monarchs and they won their second State title in three years with a 58-44 victory over the Tigers...

Martha Sue Morris, age 64, of Fort Scott, died Friday evening, March 9, 2007, at the Mercy Health Center. She was born March 30, 1942, in Nevada, Mo.,the daughter of Harry Robert and Lily Mae Irwin Shrewsbury. She attended Nevada High School.