Stories from Monday, August 27, 2007

100 YEARS AGO (1907) Sheriff Hesser went to Uniontown this afternoon to serve some papers. The Fort Scott Board of Education may decide to do away with the position of supervisor of music. The teacher who held the position last year has resigned and Superintendent Bowen stated today that there was a probability of the job going by default. This does not mean that music will be discontinued in all schools. But then again, the board may decide to have another supervisor employed...

About 600 people captured the spirit on Saturday evening at the 18th annual Mercy Health Center Foundation Gala. Guests began arriving at the former Wal-Mart building, this year's gala site, at 7 p.m. Saturday. Many of the guests were dressed in formal attire; the women in cocktail dresses or floor-length gowns, complimented with elaborate hairstyles, and the men in a various array of attire...

The second phase of the Kansas Highway Patrol's "Trucks on Patrol for Safety" program has been traveling through Southeast Kansas since Aug. 20, a KHP statement said Friday. The program will travel through Kansas for one more week. The TOPS program pairs companies and drivers that operate large trucks with KHP in an effort to reduce injuries and deaths related to large truck crashes on Kansas roadways, the statement said...

A judge on Friday bound over for trial three of the five defendants charged with alleged crimes relating to the downtown fire over two years ago. Fort Scott residents Greg Kuplen, Don Russell and Tim Allison at the Bourbon County Courthouse were bound over for trial on their respective charges...

Maurice Milan Ripley, 87, resident of Moundville, Mo., died Friday, Aug. 24, 2007 at Mercy HEalth Center in Fort Scott. He was born February 9, 1920 in Moundville, the son of Alvia Ripley and Tina Folk Ripley. He was a graduate of Bronaugh High School. ...

Destany Ray Star Wheeler, a girl, was born at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. to parents Sarah Spear and Justin Wheeler, Arma. She weighed 6 pounds and 2 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Leah Spear of Arma and the late Raymond Spear. Paternal grandparents are Karen Letchworth, Scammon, Jack Clay, Scammon, and Betty Wheeler, Mulberry...

Payton Dwane Bowling, a boy, was born at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007 at 11:31 a.m. to mother Stephanie Bowling, Fort Scott. He weighed 7 pounds and 13 and one half ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents Danny and Anita Hall, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Steve and Toni McNeal, Poplar Bluff, Mo...

Kylie Suzanne Caudell, a girl, was born at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007 at 1:06 p.m. to parents Dereck Caudell and Hannah Platt, Colony, Kan. She weighed 7 pounds and 9 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Donnie and Susan Platt, Iola, and Joe and Mona Spurlock, Independence. Paternal grandparents are Rick and Tammy Horn, Colony, and the late Terry Caudell...

Samuel Robert Love, a boy, was born at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007 at 5:48 p.m. to parents Jason and Kelly Love, Fort Scott. He weighed 8 pounds and 8 ounces at birth. He joins sibling Adriana and Gabrielle Love. Maternal grandparents are Ed and Bernadine Post, Bronaugh, Mo. ...

The Fort Scott High School Class of 1957 has scheduled a special 50-year reunion and memorial service that will take place Oct. 18-20 in Fort Scott. Event planners have scheduled a variety of activities to take place the first two days of the reunion, which will conclude on the third day with a special memorial service for members of the Class of 1957 who have died, class member Leon Sinn said...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team opened its season with an 0-4 mark at the Lincoln Land Tournament here Saturday. The Greyhounds lost to host Lincoln Land 30-18, 30-25, 30-21, John A. Logan (Ill.) 30-20, 31-29, 30-19, Florissant Valley (Mo.) 25-30, 21-30, 30-22, 30-25, 15-12, and Kaskaskia (Ill.) 30-32, 30-12, 30-15, 30-19...

PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's volleyball team opened the season with a 3-3 record, finishing in fourth place at the first Three Rivers League Pre-Season Tournament here Saturday. The Eagles lost their first three matches. Southern Coffey County took a 22-25, 25-13, 25-17 win in the opening match. St. Paul took a 25-22, 25-21 win. Then Oswego picked up a 25-20, 25-16 sweep...

Fort Scott High School's volleyball team showed that it's ready to more than just compete in a home quadrangular at the FSHS gymnasium Saturday. The Tigers beat Columbus and defending Southeast Kan-sas League champion Pittsburg. The Columbus scores were 25-22, 28-26. Fort Scott beat Pittsburg 11-25, 25-23, 29-27...

Blocked kick with no time left preserves 'Hound victory