Stories from Monday, June 4, 2007

The ninth Secret Gardens of Fort Scott tour, to take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 16 and noon to 4 p.m. June 17, will feature seven gardens selected for their charming elements and their overall visual appeal. This year's tour gardens include Heritage Park, the garden of Elaine Kirby and Chrystal Mason, the Kent and Kris Gant garden, the Becky and Dean Mann garden, the Woodland Walking Trail at Mercy Health Center, the Kristy and Gary Bolden garden, and the Bob and Carol Beckwith garden...

Olive LaVaughn Ruble, 82, of Hiawatha, formerly of Topeka, passed away Thursday, May 31, 2007. Olive was born October 14, 1924 in Pittsburg, Kan., the daughter of Robert O. and Elna Josephine Erickson Dean. She graduated from Fort Scott High School...

HILL -- Landon James Hill, a boy, was born at 7:20 p.m. Thursday at Mercy Health Center to parents Blynn James Eugene Hill and Kayla Lynn Hill, Fort Scott. He weighed 5 pounds, 8 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Tim and Cheryl Hawkins, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Chip and Lisa More, Fort Scott...

The public is cordially invited to attend the quarterly meeting of the Mine Creek Camp No. 6 of the Sons of Union Veterans at 7 p.m. on Tuesday evening, June 5, in the Cheney Witt "Carriage House" on Main St. in Fort Scott. Anyone interested in the study of the Civil War, who is a descendent of a Civil War veteran, or is interested in veterans organizations is welcomed to attend the meeting...

Community Outreach from Girard Medical Center will be in Arcadia Autumn Leaves Senior Center from 11 a.m. to noon, June 11, to give free blood pressure screenings. All are invited to bring a covered dish and stay for food and fellowship. Mark, Haley and Katherine Shead returned home from a business trip in Detroit and to see relatives in Minnesota. They were house guests of his uncle Don Applegarth and family and grandmother, Shirley Applegarth...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) There was consternation in the Frisco region today when it was learned that Brakeman Breece of the southbound train No. 157 was missing. The 157 is a fast freight and runs between Kansas City and Springfield. Breece works for Conductor Clark and resides in Kansas City. ...

To the editor, I just recently came across a letter to the editor from Patty LaRoche written some time ago. This is an expansion of some of her observations and comments. I, just as Patty did, moved back to Fort Scott from Texas about 10 years ago to raise my children in my smaller hometown of Fort Scott. She and I lived only a few miles apart in the Houston suburbs and we laughed about the fact we were returning to Fort Scott at the very same time.....

The Fort Scott Tribune encourages all registered voters residing in Fort Scott to go to the polls June 5, if they have not already done so, and cast their votes on the 1-cent sales tax increase proposed for the purpose of funding a new aquatic center and to increase funding for economic development in Fort Scott...

Persistent rain showers drenched entrants in the 26th annual Good Ol' Days parade on Friday, but sunny skies on Saturday and Sunday greeted the more than 9,000 people who attended this year's festival last weekend. "Mother Nature rained on our parade, but she couldn't dampen our spirits," a statement from Good Ol' Days Steering Committee Secretary and Treasurer Janet Braun said. "Good Ol' Days 2007 went on as planned for the 26th year."...

On May 10, 1LT Curtis A. Hervey, age 39, former Fort Scott Police officer, graduated from the late Jerry Falwell's Liberty University's Distance Learning Program with a Multidisciplinary (MLDS) bachelor's of science degree with concentrations in religion and business. ...

An advertisement in Friday's edition of The Fort Scott Tribune was intended to thank businesses and individuals that have supported bringing an aquatic center to a vote. However, the ad has caused an uproar among some who say the people and businesses listed do not support the initiative...

OLIVE LAVAUGHN RUBLE Olive LaVaughn Ruble, 82, of Hiawatha, formerly of Topeka, passed away Thursday, May 31, 2007. Olive was born October 14, 1924 in Pittsburg, Kan., the daughter of Robert O. and Elna Josephine Erickson Dean. She graduated from Fort Scott High School...