Stories from Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Students at Fort Scott High School are excited about the possibility of being able to work harder than ever before. Monday night at the monthly USD 234 board meeting, Fort Scott High School social science teacher and football coach Don Epps discussed with the board members the importance of upgrading the existing weight lifting room. ...

Bonnie Coleen Young, age 64, resident of 120 Lincoln, Fort Scott, Kansas died Saturday, February 2, 2008 in Mena, Arkansas as the result of an accident fall. She was born July 4, 1943, in Fort Scott the daughter of Clark Lewis and Opal Magee Lewis. Bonnie married William Carl Thorne. ...

Retta Smith was again the speaker at worship Jan. 20 at the Hiattville United Methodist Church in the absence of pastor Andy Smith. Her sermon was titled "Discouraged But Not Defeated." Scripture was read from John 1:29-42 and Isaiah 49:1-7. She encouraged the congregation to keep on pushing, "praying until something happen." Her husband was a welcome visitor...

The legislative session is in full swing with the completion of its third full week. For me personally, it was a very busy week. On Wednesday morning I had two gifted students shadow me at their request. They were Jamie Barnes from Oskalosa High School and Eli Johns from Iola High School. I also had two personal pages, Lauren Rockhold and Ashley Nietfeld from the Uniontown school district spend the day with me. They were accompanied by Lauren's parents, Randy and Tina Rockhold...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) No arrests have been made in connection with the burning of the old Labor Exchange Colony at Fulton. Officers are still at work on the case. Garland Items: Dr. A.C. Wise, the traveling medicine vendor of Uniontown, has been in this section the past week...

With the risk of bone fractures due to falls increasing as a person ages, it may be important for senior citizens to ask their physicians about beginning a vitamin regimen. According to information found at America's Seniors, www.TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com, approximately one-third of women older than 65 years fall each year, and six percent of these falls are a cause of fractures. Vitamin D2 supplements may help prevent high-risk older women from falling...

The Bourbon County Courthouse is undergoing a security makeover. The courthouse, 210 S. National Ave., has recently added security cameras and soon will be adding a bailiff and reducing access to the building to one entrance-exit point. Last week, workers finished installing 30 cameras at various locations inside the facility. ...