Stories from Monday, October 22, 2007

EL DORADO -- Fort Scott High senior Catherine Sercer and sophomore Kaylie Harper both qualified for the Class 4A State Cross Country Championship at Wamego this coming Saturday as a result of her eighth-place finish in the El Dorado Class 4A Regional Meet at El Dorado State Lake here Saturday...

ERIE -- Second-seeded Jayhawk-Linn knocked off top seed Frontenac in two games in the finals of the Erie Class 3A Sub-State Volleyball Tournament, earning a trip to this weekend’s Class 3A State Tournament at Salina. The Jayhawks, 30-11, will be the No. 6 seed at State as they are one of five teams with 30 victories...

Fort Scott Community College’s offense didn’t have one of its best days Saturday. Greyhound head coach Jeff Sims and most of the offensive players will probably admit that. But great teams are great because they make plays in all aspects of the game when they have to. And Fort Scott’s defense and special teams played key roles as the Greyhounds thumped Highland, 50-0, in Jayhawk Conference play on Homecoming at Frary Field...

As smoke filled the room that they were sitting in, a group of local students had to find a way out of the building. Since the stairs contained smoke, students climbed out of a window and down a ladder in order to free themselves from the danger. The building the students were in was the Fort Scott Fire Department’s Fire House. ...

Every community has a history, of course, but for some, like Fort Scott, that history is still very much a part of its residents’ lives today. People here have a strong bond to the past and to those who dwelled here before them. Members of the First United Methodist Church are no different...

On any given day, about 20 percent of a community’s population is gathered in school facilities, according to a statement from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. While the potential for natural disasters and other emergencies can pose risks to students and faculty, parents and community leaders expect schools to provide safe learning environments for children, and to be prepared to take actions to protect them, the statement said...

Kansas Coordinated School Health Program is striving to better the health of Kansas students because it is hard for children to learn if they are hungry, tired, or suffering from the affects of violence or alcohol. According to the KCSH Web site located at www.ksde.org, the objective of the program, which is a collaboration between the Kansas State Department of Education and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, is to provide various health related aids to schools...

Lester Bellmont Crane, age 67, a resident of Clinton, Missouri, died Saturday, October 20, 2007, at his home in Clinton following a cancer illness. He was born April 15, 1940, in Independence, Missouri, the son of Jessie Crane and Vera Davis Crane. In his earlier years, Lester had worked at Bruce Marble and Granite Works. ...

John A. Stephens, 72, formerly of Farlington, Ks., died Saturday morning, Oct. 20, 2007, at the Fort Scott Manor. He was born Sept. 22, 1935 in Arcadia, Ks., the son of Herbert Dewey and Hattie M. Copeland Stephens. He married Shirley Freer Boyles on July 19, 1972 in Girard, Ks. She survives of Fort Scott...

BROWN " Lillian Ray-chelle Brown, a girl, was born at 12:05 a.m. Saturday at Mercy Health Center to parents Keith and Julia Brown, Fort Scott. She weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Billy Joe and Kathy Johnson, Robert and Kathy Underwood, Richard and Mary Ellen Harper, and Wilma Underwood, all of Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Ronald and Beverly Brown, Fort Scott. Paternal grandmother is Dora Page, Fort Scott...

The Fort Scott Garden Club met Oct. 15. at the home of Debbie Marquardt. The meeting was opened with roll call being a trick or treat bag. Members talked about the pleasure of working at the fair this year. They enjoyed the weather was nice and cool...

A community meeting was held at the Paint Creek church, near Redfield Oct. 13. A delicious soup and dessert supper was enjoyed along with an evening of visiting and catching up with friends. Those attending were Pastor Chub and Helen Boiling and her mother, Newella Clark, Bronson. ...

Bill and Phyllis Cambers, of Mapleton, Kan., announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Cambers, to Graham Hutton, son of David and Kathy Hutton of Lebanon, Mo. Elizabeth is a 2003 graduate of Uniontown High School, Uniontown, Kan., and a 2007 graduate of College of the Ozarks. Graham is a 2003 graduate of Lebanon High School, Lebanon, Mo., and a 2007 graduate of College of the Ozarks...

The Senior Swingers Dance Monday Night at Buck Run Community Center was still a good one with about 70 present.    We were glad to see Jessie and Jim Streeter back from their Square Dance trip  to some foreign countries.    They belong to a square dance group and  the group they went with were all square dancers and their callers.  Nothing like comming home and dancing the night away.  ...

The regular monthly meeting of the Hiattville 4-H club met Oct. 3rd The meeting was called to order by President Bethany Ericson. Roll call was answered by your favorite holiday, 12 members and 5 leaders were present. Katelyn Vincent gave a secretaries report, and David Ericson gave a reporters report...

Uniontown Junior Senior High School students who made the first quarter “All As and Bs” honor roll include Raylene Crystal, Abigail Dixon, Brenton Esslinger, Nicole Harris, Zakary Hueston, Chance Kimrey, Jennifer Kiser, Clayton Nading, Caleb Sutterby, Colby Barrett, Seth Bartlett, Jacy Ermel, Cole George, Veronica Harrison, Joseph Kuns, Robert Kuns, Kelsey Mathis, Sabrena McAnulty, Mitchell Newman, and Brenden Wood...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) Fire Chief Ausman has discovered a defect in the alarm station at headquarters and whenever an alarm is sounded the larger bell gives a deceptive signal, many times ringing so rapidly that it is difficult to tell which box has been touched off. Last evening the chief had the bell thoroughly checked and adjusted. The deceptive signal has brought about every school boy and girl in town rushing to Scott Avenue thinking they would get to see the big horses make a wild run...

Doris Smith was shocked when she got a piece of mail from the City of Fort Scott. It was a past-due notice from the utility department saying she owed an unpaid amount from the previous month’s bill. The amount: 1 cent. On Sept. 27, Smith wrote a check for that months utility bill. She wrote the check for $41.25. The bill was $41.26. One penny difference...