Stories from Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Clint Walker just smiles when he thinks about the bond he shares with many area veterans and members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1165 in Fort Scott, which is celebrating it's 75th anniversary this year. "I tell you, I get goosebumps," the VFW Post No. 1165 commander and Mapleton resident said Tuesday. "These members out here, they're just like me -- you just hope you can fill the shoes of the guys before you."...

During a special meeting on Tuesday afternoon, the USD 234 Board of Education conducted a hearing to republish the district general fund budget from the 2006-07 school year, due to a change in the previously approved budget. The board voted to amend the district's current general fund operating budget, which stands at a little more than $11.1 million, almost a $36,000 increase from the budget figure the district projected to have in its coffers at the end of the school year, school officials said. ...

Bourbon County Junior Leaders held their monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 23, at 8 p.m. at the 4-H Building at the Bourbon County Fairgrounds in Fort Scott. Austin Schofield conducted the meeting. Sixteen members answered roll call. Katelyn Vincent, secretary, read the minutes of the April meeting. Elizabeth Meech gave the treasurer's report; Caitlin Jackson did the reporter's report...

The Marmaton Valley Chapter of the Old Time Fiddlers and Pickers met Sunday afternoon June 10, at the Senior Citizen Building in Fort Scott. There were 13 entertainers and 27 guests. Several won door prizes. We were very pleased to have Mary Woodard from the Columbus Kansas Chapter with us. ...

It was a nice evening and the attendance was better at the Monday night dance at Buck Run Community Center. The floor was in good shape and with a little wax over in the corner for dancers that needed to make their feet glide better all went well. We had two new guests tonight. Faye Arkes from Pittsburg and Rose Mary Carruthers from Fort Scott. They both were good dancers and seemed to enjoy the evening. I am sure they will be back again...

Artie F. Collins and Cora Mae Morrison were married Friday, June 13, 1947 in Kilgore, Texas. They have resided in Fort Scott for the past 42 years. He pastored the Grace Baptist Tabernacle in Fort Scott from 1965 to 1997. They have three children, Melanie Wilson and husband Gary, Artie F. Collins, Jr. (Chip) and wife Jeanette, and Roger Collins and wife Mary. They have nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) Harvey Bromegan, a farmer living on one of the rural routes out of Fulton, yesterday lost a pocketbook on the road between Glendale and the Charles Young coal banks. It contained $25. Mr. Bromegan offers a liberal reward for its return to this office or at the Bank of Fulton...

The 11th annual Echoes of the Trail Cowboy Gathering was a rousing success June 8-10. About 650 fans came from the all over the four states and as far away as South Dakota. A touching highlight of the weekend came Friday night when co-founder Johnny Kendrick, Richards, Mo., brought his two sons, Jackson and Sam, on stage with him. Sam played fiddle, and Jackson rivaled his Dad with his singing talent...

Wearing a cap and polo shirt bearing the Del Mar horseracing track logo, the newest winner of the fifth-wheel camper and truck given away annually by the Friends of Tri-Valley Foundation, will likely utilize the fancy rig at racetracks across the country...