Stories from Thursday, October 4, 2007

Colgan, Uniontown, Pleasanton to be joined by Northeast in 2008-09 setup

Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team lost its 11th consecutive match Wednesday night as the Greyhounds were swept by Highland in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play at Arnold Arena, 30-19, 30-27, 30-22. Fort Scott, which has been swept in each of its last four matches and six of its last seven, fell to 0-6 in the division and 1-18 overall...

Sheriff's report Police report KHP...

PRITCHARD -- Kenzie Dawn Pritchard, a girl, was born at 4:23 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Jennifer Pritchard and Joseph Bresee, Fort Scott. She weighed 7 pounds, 11.8 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Linda Main and Daniel Dungca, Olathe; Debera Cook and Kenneth Cook, Fort Scott; Sharon Evans, Zephyrhills, Fla.; and Regina Ingle, Olathe. Paternal grandmother is Arma Bresee, Hawaii...

Next week, Oct. 7-13, is National 4-H Week. One may think of 4-H as green clovers and county fairs. These are important parts of the 4-H program, but there's much more. As one of the largest youth programs in the United States, 4-H provides many activities in which youth can grow and learn...

Betty Hixon was hostess to members of the Garden Club with a salad supper. After enjoying the salad supper, a short business meeting was conducted. A show and tell was presented by Pam Kornek of the flower arrangements at her daughter's wedding. The beautiful arrangement was made by one of our members, Charlotte Thompson.The hostess served ice cream with strawberries and cake. ...

The Fort Scott Library will have a used book sale from Oct. 6 to Oct. 13 in the Children's Story Room of the library, which is located at Sixth and National Avenue. Hardback books will be 50 cents each and paperbacks will be 25 cents each. The library uses the proceeds from this fundraiser to purchase new materials. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) County Treasurer Stapleton steps down and out of the office next Tuesday. Mr. Stapleton has had four years as custodian of the county funds and has made an efficient public servant. He has not fully made up his find as to what he will do, but will return to his home in Fulton, probably. He has formed many pleasant relations in Fort Scott,...

The graduating class of 1952 held a 55th graduation reunion this past weekend in Fort Scott. Twenty-eight classmates and fourteen of their spouses met for the three-day event. The reunion started with an informal gathering on Thursday evening at the Fort Scott Inn with breakfast and lunch the next day also at the Inn. ...

During the 1999-2000 fiscal year, Tri-Valley Developmental Services created a strategic plan to move the agency into the future. The time is right to take those plans to the next level, with a new strategic plan. Committing our ideals, plans and dreams to paper helps to clearly define and establish realistic goals and objectives in keeping with the mission of the agency...

DCP enrollees: USDA officials announced last week that approximately $4 billion in final 2007 direct payments will soon be issued to producers with base acres enrolled in the Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP). To receive direct payments, producers with base acres must be enrolled in the DCP for an eligible commodity for the respective program year. Direct payments are tied to historical acreage bases and yields established for a farm, rather than the current farm's production...

Volunteer wheat serves as a 'green bridge' that allows for disease spread and insect infestation from this years' harvested crop to the wheat planted later in the year. As a result, control of volunteer wheat should be an important part of your management program...

The Fort Scott City Commissioners voted unanimously to make Bob Farmer the interim city manager until they fill the position. Commissioners went into executive session following their regular meeting Tuesday to discuss the topic. Farmer, who currently is the city attorney, will be taking over as interim on Oct. 15. Two days prior to that, Oct.12, is Richard Nienstedt's last day as city manager. He accepted a job as Ottawa's next city manager...

The Fort Scott City Commission Tuesday approved the first application for the city's downtown facade improvement program. Frank and Cheryl Adamson, owners of the Courtland Hotel and Day Spa, applied for the grant on Sept. 20 for limited assistance to improve the look of the front of their building at 121 E. First St...

The USD 234 school district shows a 28-student increase in enrollment from last year's count. USD 234 Superintendent Rick Werling relayed a growth in student enrollment for the 2007-08 school year, during the school board's monthly meeting on Monday. ...

With the upcoming departure of City Manager Richard Nienstedt next week, the Fort Scott City Commission is actively searching for his replacement. Commissioners have been meeting in regular executive sessions to review applications. On Sept. 24, they met for more than an hour to review applicants for the job...