Stories from Monday, June 18, 2007

Fort Scott's entry in the 2007 'Hounds Classic baseball tournament won its first game on Thursday but was unable to win again the rest of the tournament and finished 10th in the 10-team field. This was a tough tournament with several teams representing baseball schools which had students paying large amounts of money to receive instruction. The tournament served as a fundraiser for Fort Scott Community College baseball...

CASPER, Wyo. -- Fort Scott Community College's Jared Keylon scored an 82 in the short-go of the bareback competition of the College National Finals Rodeo at the Casper Events Center here Saturday night and finished sixth overall. Keylon scored 82 points in the finals, which gave him an overall score of 308 points. His scored tied for third-best in the round with Jared Smith of Ranger, Texas...

As the campaign for the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center Community Wall of Honor campaign rolls on, the community committee that is working to raise money for the fine arts center met last week to discuss recent accomplishments, a Fort Scott Community College statement said...

With summer's arrival on June 21, can overheated cars be far behind? "Hot weather brings unique challenges," Ray Palermo, the director of public relations for Response Insurance, a national car insurer, said. "It can present dangerous conditions for both the vehicle and its occupants."...

Georgie V. "Fowler" James, 81, of rural Arcadia, died at 10:25 p.m. Wednesday, June 13, 2007, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. James was born September 10, 1925 at Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Gordon and Iva A. Humphrey Wood. Georgie was a long-time employee of KG and E in Pittsburg. She also worked at the Ammunition Plant in Hasting, Nebraska. She was raised in Arcadia and graduated from Arcadia High School. She was baptized at the Arcadia Methodist Church...

Charles Albert "Bob" Durbin, age 72, resident of 509 Ransom, Fort Scott, Kansas, went to be with his Lord on Saturday, June 16, 2007, at his home following a cancer illness. He was born September 23, 1934, in Fulton, Kansas, the son of Ward A. Durbin and Ethel Phillips Durbin. Bob married Mary Lois Johnston on March 2, 1953. They later divorced...

Patty L. Tate, age 55, a former resident of Fort Scott, and more recently of Nevada, Mo., died Friday, June 15 at the Christian Care Center in Nevada. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. at the Arnold Funeral Home in Mexico, Mo...

SHEPARD -- Madison Ray Shepard, a girl, was born at 9:59 a.m. Thursday at Mercy Health Center to parents Samantha Pritchett and Luke Shepard, Uniontown. She weighed 6 pounds, 1 ounce at birth. She joins a brother, Kane Shepard. Maternal grandfather is Danny Pritchett, Fort Scott. Maternal great-grandfather is Earl Pritchett, Uniontown. Paternal grandparents are Nita and John Campbell, Uniontown, and Steve and Debbie Shepard, Bronson...

UHS class of '77 planning 30-year reunion

More than 100 people attended the Fulton High School Alumni Banquet and Dance May 26 at the old school gymnasium in Fulton. Jayhawk Inn in Mound City catered the event, and alumni enjoyed dance music and entertainment by Bill Duling's Band from Erie...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) There were nine persons in police court this morning arraigned on charges ranging from the unpardonable offense of harboring a dog to the common matter of wife beating. A couple were fined for street walking. They didn't think they were guilty and later today will be given a trial. A well known young man about town was picked up on a charge of vagrancy. He put up $25 for his appearance in court this morning and didn't show up and the amount went into the coffers of the city...

Bourbon County Relay for Life participants lassoed in about $64,000 during it's 2007 "Ropin' for a Cure" campaign, which culminated this past weekend with the annual all-night relay walk. Earlier this year, relay organizers set a $75,000 goal for total fund raising and donation money, and they nearly achieved that goal. The organization raised more than $57,000 during its 2006 campaign...

The public at the Fort Scott City Commission meeting Tuesday may find out who will be serving on a committee that will determine what direction to take in regard to a new city hall building. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 1 E. Third St. Mayor Dick Hedges suggested at the last meeting that each commissioner bring in the name of a nominee to be considered for the committee...