Stories from Wednesday, September 5, 2007

There's more to Fort Scott Airport Day than just airplane aerobatics. The 10th annual Airport Day, starting at 7 a.m. Saturday at the Fort Scott Municipal Airport, will also feature vintage aircraft from World War II. The aircraft from that war includes a BT-13 "Vultee," a PT-23 "Cornell" and a Beech C-45 "Expeditor."...

Kansas Legal Services in Pittsburg helps people who otherwise couldn't afford legal representation. To do that, the agency must depend on outside charitable support. According to its Web site, the Kansas Legal Services agency is a non-profit organization that operates statewide, offering a variety of legal help to low-income individuals and people with special needs. The Web site said that the agency has served a large number of individuals in the different counties across Kansas...

PITTSBURG -- Pittsburg State University officials said Tuesday that students who shared their concerns about another student in their residence hall on Monday allowed them to move swiftly to prevent a possibly dangerous situation. In the early morning hours, members of the University Police assisted by the Pittsburg Police Department executed a search warrant for the car and room of Nathan L. ...

DEERFIELD, Mo. -- Prairie Pride, Inc., a combination soybean oil extraction-biodiesel refining facility near Deerfield, Mo., is tentatively scheduled to begin operations in early October, company officials said Tuesday. The company, which is already marketing its products, is a new generation producer cooperative that requires a producer to be a member in order to sell to the plant. ...

Ronald Dean Reed, 69, of Pleasanton, died Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007 at Medicalodge South, Pittsburg. Ronald was cremated. A gathering for family and friends will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007, at the First Christian Church, Pleasanton. Contributions are suggested to the Harry Hines Hospice...

Charles E. Giddens, 79, a resident of Frontenac, Kan., died early Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2007, at the Girard Medical Center in Girard. Funeral services for Charles Giddens will be announced by the Cheney Witt Memorial Chapel.

Noelle Lauren Banwart, a girl, was born at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott at 6:28 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007 to parents Trenton and Kristi Banwart, Fort Scott. She weighed 6 pounds and 8 ounces at birth. She joins siblings Benji and Josiah. Maternal grandparents are Dr. Rick and Karen Kellenberger, Fort Scott. Maternal great grandmother Hazel Geyer, Peoria Ill. Paternal grandparents are Lon and Debbie Banwart, Fort Scott...

Don and Carrie Elbrader, Fort Scott, accompanied by Lloyd Elbrader, Neosho, Mo., and Delbert and Dorothy Elbrader, Burlington, drove to Crawford, Colo., last weekend to visit their sister, Mildred Harris. They also attended the 50th wedding anniversary of Kenneth and Dianne Harris. They reported a great trip...

School is back in session. Kids are playing football, volleyball, or like the 8th grade students selling cookie dough. Yum! The daytime study group of the Diamond Community Church met with Esther Secrest, Aug. 15. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hays and Josh took a recent trip to visit relatives in Tennessee. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) There is very naturally a great deal of sentiment attached to the dismissal from service of anything connected for years with the fire department. Thus it is with Dave, the reliable horse for many years driven by Chief Ausman. Dave has been hauling the chief to fires for about 16 years. ...

IOLA -- Fort Scott High's freshman volleyball team won two of three matches played here Tuesday, beating Chanute and Coffeyville but losing to Iola. In the first match of the evening, Iola defeated the Tigers, 28-26, 25-16. Peyton Riedel served for 12 points for FSHS while Campbell served 11 and also had three kills...

Fort Scott High School's junior varsity football team made short work of Parsons in a game at Frary Field Tuesday night, going out to an 18-0 lead after one period on its way to a 38-0 win. Halfback Mitchell Stoughton scored a 64-yard touchdown run just two plays and 42 seconds into the contest. He was followed by Kolby Allen, who went in from 23 yards with 4:43 to go in the first period. Chris Archie scored on a 22-yard run with 2:27 remaining in the quarter...