Stories from Friday, September 21, 2007

LaCYGNE -- Every Pleasanton athlete who entered earned a medal at Prairie View's Darryl Ramsey Invitational here Thursday. Travis Bradley finished 21st in the five-kilometer varsity boys' race with a time of 20:12. Kelly Wadel won the 5K boys' junior varsity race in 20:58 with teammates Dennis Moore finishing 10th in 22:43 and Cole Nickell 15th in 23:43...

IOLA -- Fort Scott High's Catherine Sercer finished second in the varsity girls' race at the Doc Stiles Invitational hosted by Iola High School at Riverside Park here Thursday. Sercer completed the four-kilometer course in 17 minutes, 16.74 seconds. Alicia Whitehurst of Independence, the dominant runner in the Southeast Kansas League so far this season, was the winner in 16:47.25. Teammate Julia Stafford was third in 17:21.61...

Seventh- and eighth-grade volleyball, played Tuesday:...

Fort Scott High School's freshman volleyball team won two of three matches in a home triangular Tuesday night at the FSHS gymnasium. In their first match, the Tigers defeated Independence, 25-14, 25-12. Megan McDermed served 17 points and Brook Gillen served 10. McDermed, Jenna Campbell and Kori Allen each had two blocks...

FREDONIA -- Adrienne Tourtillott scored a season-best 50 to finish sixth individually here Thursday as she helped lead Fort Scott High's golfers to a fourth-place finish at the 11-team Fredonia Invitational. Fort Scott head coach Karen Curran was not available for comment prior to the print edition's deadline this morning. The Tribune will post her remarks online at www.fstribune.com/sports should they become available later today...

It was just a case of Indy being Indy -- at least in the first half of play at Ellis Park Thursday evening. The Bulldogs, who have won or shared the last four Southeast Kansas League championships, took a 9-0 win over Fort Scott High in a league soccer match. The Bulldogs, 3-0 in the SEK, 5-1-1 overall, had beaten the Tigers 10-0 in the first meeting of this season...

Rain came down in fat droplets from a steel gray, cloud-covered sky. Then it stopped. The sky cleared. All this occurred just hours before they gathered that first night. Starting Sunday, hundreds of Christians flocked to Heritage Park night after night -- five nights, to be exact. They sat in their lawn chairs. Some stood...

Cherry Grove Baptist Church will observe its annual Homecoming services and activities on Sunday. Sunday morning services will be held as usual with Sunday School at 10 a.m. and worship services starting at 10:50 a.m. Other homecoming activities will include the traditional carry-in Big Church Dinner at noon followed by a short service and sharing of talents...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) Some of the dealers who handle hard cider and who were ordered by the city authorities some time ago to discontinue the sale of the same, are complaining that the city has no right to issue orders. They claim that the cider handled by them is non-intoxicating and that it contains no alcohol. ...

The Fort Scott High School debate squad was in action for the opening weekend of the season. The Tigers continued their trend of high participation as they ventured to three different tournaments. The varsity saw action at Blue Valley West and Independence High Schools, where novice team members joined them. Another group of novices also competed at Louisburg...

Tiffany Lewis, a third-year medical student in Kansas City, won first place in the the Osteopathic History and Identity History Essay contest. She will receive a $5,000 cash prize on Sept. 29 at the National AOA Convention in San Diego, Calif. This honor will be reviewed for possible publication in the Journal of American Osteopathic Association...

There will be a dinner and reception for Dani Coleman and Jimmy Kelly, who were married July 7 in Long Island, N.Y. It will be conducted from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at her parents' home in Prescott. Everyone is welcome at attend. Please bring lawn chairs. In case of bad weather, it will be held at the Prescott Senior Citizens Center...

The Fort Scott Chapter of Ducks Unlimited will conduct its annual banquet and auction on Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Liberty Theatre in downtown Fort Scott. The doors will open at 5 p.m. with dinner being served at 7 p.m. by Good Ol' Days BBQ champion Mike Coyan...

Jorja Reneé Griffiths, a girl, was born at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mercy Health Center to parents Douglas and Priscilla Griffiths, Bronaugh, Mo. She weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces at birth. She joins a brother, Beau. Maternal grandparents are Mark Wiggans and Carol Gilbreth, Fort Scott, and Brenda and Mike Call, Fort Scott. Maternal great-grandfather is Elmer Beal, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Robert and Shanna Griffiths, Bronaugh, Mo. Paternal great-grandmother is Marilyn Culp, Bronaugh, Mo...

Carl Swanson, 88, of Topeka, formerly of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, at Stormont Vail Medical Center, Topeka, Kansas. Funeral services for Carl Swanson are pending under the direction of the Coffel-Schneider Funeral Home, Pleasanton, Kansas...

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The National Park Service at Fort Scott National Historic Site will host Frontier Days on Sept. 29 and 30. Guests will be able to visit the site and learn more about American Indian culture and history from Indian Removal to the Civil War. Family, religion, heritage, the earth -- all of these things are important to Native American culture. ...

Autumn begins Sunday and, as it approaches, some area residents have begun to suffer the misery of running noses, watering eyes and stuffy noses. Local physician's assistant Kelly Seifert said with the onset of autumn, residents may begin to experience allergies related to weeds or molds. ...

Longtime ranger bids farewell to job as clothing, equipment coordinator.

Updated with comments from head coach Carol Bingesser at 3 p.m. Friday afternoon.

Fort Scott Middle School's intramural football program will play make-up games Monday on the FSMS field. These games were scheduled for the first week of play but postponed due to sever storms in the area. The Battlecats will play the Huskers at 3:30 p.m. with the Bulls and Gators to follow at 5 p.m...