Stories from Thursday, November 8, 2007

Fort Scott Community College's football team moved up three spots to No. 7 in the national rankings after thumping Garden City, 55-28, in the Region VI Semifinals Sunday. The Greyhounds, 9-1, currently have their best record since the 1973 team finished 10-1. But they face a tough challenge Sunday afternoon as they will face Butler in the AT&T Region VI Championship Game for the second consecutive season...

For the third straight year, the Old Fashioned Downtown Christmas Parade will kick off the holiday season in Fort Scott. The third annual parade, which follows a route down National Avenue and Main Street, is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, at the Nu Grille Restaurant, 24 N. National Ave. Parade entrants will line up at the restaurant about an hour before the parade begins...

Lucas Shaffer Clark, a boy, was born at 12:46 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Michael E. Clark and Marsha L. Clark, Fort Scott. He weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces at birth. He joins two siblings; Colby and Jayden Clark. Maternal grandparents are Susan and John Whitehead, Garland, Kan. ...

Hunter Allen Maslen, a boy was born at Mount Carmel Hospital in Pittsburg on Friday, Nov. 2, 2007 to parents Robert Allen and Rosalea Anne Maslen of Pittsburg. He weighed 6 lbs. and 9 oz. at birth. He joins a sister Caitlin Ranae Parker. Maternal grandparents are Jim and Roseanna Newberry of Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Tom and Carol Maslen of Pittsburg...

The Thanksgiving Day menu -- turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans--typically stays pretty much the same. But some of the recommendations for preparing the meal have changed this year. The United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service has eliminated the recommendation for washing raw meat and poultry, including raw turkey, before placing it in the oven. ...

Frank Hays and his son Josh reported very good results on their trip to South Dakota to hunt pheasants. The Red Hat ladies from this area spent Wednesday afternoon playing bingo with patients in the rehabilitation department of the Mercy Health Center...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) The fall reunion of the Scottish Rite Masons has passed into history where it will be accorded a niche far above the record of any previous reunion that bears records in the lodge archives. This was the most notable reunion ever held in the history of the Fort Scott Consistory. A total of 132 took work at this assembly. The visitors were royally entertained every minute they were the guests of the local people...

As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, all of us at Tri-Valley welcome the opportunity to show our appreciation to everyone who supports our mission of improving the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities. We have much for which to be grateful:...

Kansas ranks 30th in the nation in terms of its public policy climate for small business and entrepreneurship, according to a study by the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council. Last week, the SBE Council released its 12th annual rankings of all states according to their public policy climates for small business and entrepreneurship in the Small Business Survival Index 2007. The index ranked Kansas 30th in the nation with a 59.85 overall rating...

The deadlines for the USDA, Farm Service Agency (FSA) to accept applications under the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) for next year's crops have been established by the Kansas State FSA Committee. The application closing date of Dec. ...

Life on the street…it can be a rough existence. Even for trees. Leafy city dwellers face a variety of assaults--from daily foot traffic pounding their roots, to the extreme weather events such as limb-busting ice storms and debilitating drought. Add to the list of stressors invasive insects--like the Asian longhorned beetle--or devastating disease, and it's a wonder there's any green life sprouting up from our cities at all...

A national study released Monday shows that the overall health of Kansas residents has declined over the past year, a statement from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said. According to the 18th annual edition of America's Health Rankings, Kansas is ranked 23rd in overall healthy nationally compared with last year's 17th place ranking, the statement said...

Two local teachers asked the members of USD 234 Board of Education if they would rather have a physical or an autopsy. Fort Scott Middle School teachers Joyce Cowen and Patty Giltner spoke with the board concerning assessments for learning on Monday night. As illustrated by the demonstration they conducted, there are two ways to discover if students are learning the required information...

A Bourbon County judge said she needs to review case law before deciding whether to bind over a Fort Scott woman on allegations of payroll theft. Sixth Judicial Magistrate Judge Rebecca Stephan will decide whether enough probable cause exists to send the case against Denise Kase to jury trial...