Stories from Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Later this summer, two local girls will compete against each other for the honor of serving as the 2007 Bourbon County Fair Queen. On June 14, Fort Scott High School student Holly Schnichels and Uniontown Junior Senior High School student Holli Zellner will be judged on a series of qualifications to determine which of them will be crowned queen during the second annual Bourbon County Fair Queen Contest to take place the week of the Bourbon County Fair, July 15-21...

The first Echoes of the Trail student cowboy poetry contest wrapped up May 1. Members of the Echoes of the Trail Steering Committee said they want to thank each student who entered and each teacher who encouraged the students. After a very difficult deliberation, the committee selected the first, second, and third place winners. The poems were to be at least 12 lines, rhyme, tell a story with a western theme, and the entrants were either in 5th or 6th grade or age 10 or 11 in 2007...

Dorothy Ketner, Anna Rourk and Esther Secrest enjoyed dinner at Chicken Annie's, Girard, May 9. Pastor Muhota's sermon at the Diamond Community Church on May 13, was "Hats Off To Mothers." The special was sung by Bro and Rahab Muhota. Each mother present received a flower. The oldest mother was Edna Mae Marsh and the youngest mother attending was Clara Schofield...

Monday night was the ending of a holiday weekend for many and our dance at Buck Run Community Center was just that. Our attendance was 68 and I was pleased for the turnout. A nice shower of rain was the start of the evening too but people came from many directions...

The Bourbon County 4-H Junior Leaders will again be sponsoring One Day Camp to be held in Gunn Park. The annual event will be held Friday, June 15, beginning at 8 a.m. for 7 to 10 year old youth. Youth do not have to belong to 4-H to attend Day Camp...

Host members of the Fort Scott Garden Club met with Beulah Queen for their monthly meeting. The president opened the meeting with all members saying the club collect. Roll call was naming your favorite flower. The treasurer gave the report. The secretary gave the report...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) May 30 of every recurring May is observed as Decoration Day and this was no exception even though the weather was unfavorable. The residences and downtown places were decorated with bunting and as a token of respect to the old soldiers there was a general holiday declared at noon when almost all of the business establishments and offices closed at noon for the remainder of the day. ...

Fort Scott voters will decide, on June 5, whether to fund a new indoor-outdoor community aquatic center through a 10-year, 1-cent sales tax. A fierce debate has been raging, with impassioned arguments on both sides. Proponents and opponents, alike, have purchased advertising or placed signs in local yards in efforts to persuade voters toward their ways of thinking on this matter...

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