Stories from Tuesday, October 2, 2007

For Norm Conard and his staff, the effort to help educate students and teachers across the country and even the world begins in a small building in downtown Fort Scott. About a month ago, Conard, who resigned earlier this year from his teaching post at Uniontown Junior Senior High School, along with his staff, opened the Milken Education Center, 4 S. Main St., in downtown Fort Scott...

Donald L. Carpenter, 83, of Arma died at 1:45 a.m., Monday, October 1, 2007 at the Arma Care Center in Arma. Mr. Carpenter was born March 8, 1924 at Fort Scott, Kansas the son of Lloyd and Jessie M. Welty Carpenter. Mr. Carpenter was a sheet metal worker who worked for Cessena, Beech and Helio Aircraft. He lived in the Arcadia-Arma area most his life. He was raised in Vernon County, Missouri and attended Missouri schools...

Julie Marie Walker Moss, 44, of Lanagan, Missouri, departed this life on Sunday, September 30, 2007 at the St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri after a courageous battle with melanoma cancer. Julie entered this life on May 28, 1963 in Kansas City, Missouri born to Robert Leroy and Martha Jane (Golding) Honn. ...

HAWKINS -- Austina Jade Hawkins, a girl, was born at Mercy Health Center, on Monday, October 1, 2007 to parents Lacyna Glaser and Clarence Hawkins of Fort Scott. She weighed 7 lbs 14 oz at birth. She joins siblings, Garent, Jamie and Blake Hoover. Maternal Grandparents are Cindy Lottmann of Fort Scott and Kelly Glaser of Pittsburg. ...

Thirteen people from Fort Scott attended the State PRIDE Day in Junction City on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007 at the Courtyard by Marriott. The group included parents, sponsors, middle school students and high school students. The youth and the sponsors attended workshops relating to the "Ownership of Leadership" theme. Everyone who attended took part in a noon luncheon...

Eleven Bourbon County 4-Hers and FFA members exhibited in the Kansas Junior Livestock Show in Wichita September 21-23, 2007.  There were over 1,350 entries during this three day show held at the Kansas Coliseum; which set a 20 year record. Haley Melton was named Champion Senior Showman in the meat goat division. ...

Effie Mitchell and Pat Vincent gave birthday offerings during worship services Sunday, Sept. 16. Pastor Andy Smith's sermon was titled "Will We Look for Them?" Scripture was read from Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 and Luke 15: 1-10. The monthly administrative board meeting was held immediately following Sunday School hour, with Ronnie Brown presiding...

The regular monthly meeting of the Uniontown 4-H Club was held Sept. 14, 2007. Roll call was answered by "Your favorite subject at school." There were 17 members and two leaders present. Drew George led the flag salute and Caitlin Jackson led the 4-H pledge...

Twenty-two members and guests of the Starlite F.C.E. met Sept. 20, 2007 for an evening meeting and cookout. This was conducted at the home of Betty Johnson. Betty Ruddick, Joan Isaac, Clarice Russell and Sandy Rylander CO-hosted the event. Spouses were invited and Betty Ruddick presented and interesting and informative lesson on "Men's Health: a Guide to Living Long, Strong and Well." The lesson highlighted several medical conditions which men and in some cases women experience. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) Justice Walter L. Simons, today notified Sheriff Hesser that the October term of district court would not convene until October 21, two weeks from the time originally agreed upon as court day. The postponement is necessary, as the repairs at the court room have not been completed. The court was kept busy today calling up jurors and litigants, notifying them of the delay...

To the Editor, The City of Prescott would like to thank the Linn County Sheriff's Department for the money they donated to help make this year's Crime Stoppers Party a success. A very special thank you goes to Irma Bloomfield for baking all the cookies. ...

Local senior citizens may have a tax free source of income right in their own homes. Senior citizens who are 62 years of age or older and own their own home can apply to receive a reverse mortgage. This government approved mortgage is a guaranteed source of tax-free income and is a way to benefit from the equity in the senior's home, Ted Koller, a loan officer with Carteret Mortgage, 323 South Main St., said...

Local senior citizens get together regularly at Buck Run Community Center, 735 Scott Ave., to play card games and enjoy each other's company. Anyone who would like to join them is invited to come by the community center when the card games are under way, between 9 and 11 a.m. daily...

The Senior Swingers Monday night dance at Buck Run Community Center had a nice attendance and the band was in good performance. Wes Coleman, who plays the mandolin and sings, was a little late.  He has quite a way to drive from near Butler, Mo.  There were two birthdays this week, John Carson and Leo Lauger and both received a hand of welcome. ...

Local college students are provided tips by Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger to avoid identity theft. According to a recent press release, identity theft is growing at a higher rate than most crime in the United States. "Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States, costing victims more than $5 billion annually. ...

An elderly Bourbon County man survived a horrific wreck Monday as his dump truck struck an embankment on Kansas Highway 7. Ben Culbertson was driving north on K7 about 1 1/2 miles from U.S. Highway 54 when the truck's left front tire blew out before he reached the Mill Creek bridge. Culbertson lost control of the truck and slammed into a steep embankment on the left side of the road...

Herald-Tribune BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. -- Uniontown could only cross its fingers and hope that somehow, Riley Edmondson would miss the extra point in the waning seconds of Friday night's game here, perhaps salvaging the possibility that the Eagles could still prevail in overtime...

In Thursday's Fort Scott Middle School football action, the Gators avenged their defeat by the Bulls on Monday with a 20-12 victory. Meanwhile, the Huskers narrowly escaped a similar fate at the hands of the Battlecats by scoring a fourth-quarter touchdown and winning in overtime 14-8...

GARNETT -- Fort Scott's Adrianne Tourtillott and Uniontown's Kiersten Elder posted the same score at the Anderson County Invitational golf tournament here Monday. Tourtillott won the scorecard tie-breaker and received the fifth-place medal her score of 98...

The Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) announced its reclassification of member schools on its web site, www.kshsaa.org, Thursday afternoon. The KSHSAA reclassifies its member schools every year for sports other than football using enrollment numbers in grades 10-12. It reclassifies football every two years using numbers in grades 9-11...

HUTCHINSON -- As much as some people may have wished it to be, Saturday night's Jayhawk Conference football game between Fort Scott Community College and Hutchinson at Gowans Stadium here was not "The Revenge Bowl." No, the returning sophomores weren't especially happy when former FSCC head coach Rion Rhoades left to return to Hutch after just one season in charge of the Greyhounds. ...

Updated with team scores and round-by-round results courtesy of the Independence Daily Reporter (1:20 p.m., Tuesday).

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Miracles do happen. And from now on, Alex Bowman will believe in them for he was involved in one Friday night at Frary Field. Fort Scott High scored two touchdowns in the final 3:46 with Bowman's fourth-and-20, 36-yard reception from quarterback Matt Wheeler in the end zone with no time left giving the Tigers a comeback 33-32 victory over Labette County on Homecoming night...