Stories from Friday, February 8, 2008

Chanute head wrestling coach Andy Albright has a lot of good memories about his wrestling experiences from when he competed for Fort Scott High School. Thursday night, he added another one at the expense of his alma mater, as his Blue Comets won the Southeast Kansas League championship by sweeping Columbus and the host Tigers in a league triangular...

Many times the diligence of school teachers goes unnoticed. However, one teacher's dedication has caught not only the attention of the school's principal, but also the attention of the Kansas State Department of Education. Winfield Scott Elementary kindergarten teacher Joy McGhee was notified at the end of January that she had been chosen to receive the 2008 Kansas Horizon Award. ...

Bourbon County registered Republicans may participate in the Republican presidential caucus Saturday in Labette County. The Kansas Republican Party is encouraging party members to participate in the presidential nomination process by attending and voting in their area's caucus...

A series of town hall meetings featuring U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, are scheduled to take place Feb. 18-19 in several Kansas towns. According to a statement from Robert's office, stops on the tour include Burlington, Yates Center, Eureka, Ottawa, Garnett and Iola...

Sarah Elizabeth DeBerry, 96, daughter of John and Enola Miller Vandergriff, was born November 29, 1911, in rural Stoutland, Mo. She died Tuesday, February 5, 2008, in St. Benedict's Center, in St. Cloud, Minn. On July 3, 1936, in Stoutland, Mo., she was united in marriage to Frank E. DeBerry, and to this union one daughter was born...

The Bronson Ruritan board met at the David Wilkins home Jan. 9 to get committees and meeting places for the 2008 year. The December meeting was conducted in the Bronson Community Center with Betty Camac and Janice Fibern serving, and there were 14 people attending...

The Mt. Carmel mobile mammography van will be at the Fort Scott Wal-Mart Supercenter Wednesday, Feb. 20, to provide mammograms, clinical breast exams, pap tests, and bone mineral density tests. All insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid will be accepted. In addition, uninsured women who meet the income guidelines may qualify to have their mammograms and pap tests paid for by the Early Detection Works program...

During the month of February, the Linn County Museum, 307 E. Park St., Pleasanton, is showing "Fashions in Fur," an exhibit of bearskin, beaver, mink, and other furs from a century ago! The fur exhibit includes 12 coats, capes and collars worn by both men and women...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) There were several persons from Fort Scott to attend the wolf drive down in the Hiattvile-Hepler region today. The lines were formed at 10:30 as programmed and commenced to move. The round-up was to be held in a big pasture. It is expected that a great number of wolves will be killed today in the gigantic movement. There were scores of men and boys in this drive...

After a one-year absence, the popular Knights of Columbus fish fries are back. The fish fries will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Kennedy Gymnasium located at 716 S. Eddy St. They will be held each Friday for six weeks throughtout the Lenten season. However, there will be no fish fry on Good Friday, March 21...

The expiration date for filing applications for Emergency Disaster (EM) loans by farmers and ranchers in Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, and Neosho counties is Feb. 15, according to Farm Service Agency Farm Loan Manager Robert E. White. White said those needing farm credit as a result of warm temperatures followed by prolonged freezing from March 4-10, 2007, and who think they are eligible for FSA assistance, should make their applications at the FSA Farm Loan Division Office, 207 S. ...

Dear Editor, Mike Huckabee is the real conservative of record in this presidential race. A true "social conservative", and a leader for the REAL fix to the recession in our economy i.e. the FairTax Act. And he knows we are in a war for survival with Islamic extremists and a religion of deadly intolerance to our free, liberty-driven, form of representative government. ...