Stories from Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Disabled American Veteran Paul Fox speaks with U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda, D-Kan., at the spring meeting of the DAV State Executive Committee on Saturday at the Fort Scott Inn. Fox is a 37-year member of the DAV. In addition to Boyda, State Rep. Shirley Palmer, D-Fort Scott, and Ann Emerson, community development director for U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, spoke to the group after the meal about various legislative issues...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) G. Sherman Knox, of the Katy station, recounts an incident which shows Arch Davenport's originality. When the main portion of Kansas City was washed away, Mr. Knox and Arch decided to hold a benefit baseball game here for the devastated people. ...

Early Monday, the Bourbon County Commission hired local resident Keith Jeffers to fill the vacancy left by former Bourbon County Emergency Preparedness Manager Laura Hyer. Jeffers, who will begin his new position on April 16, is currently employed at the Scottish Rite Temple, 110 S. Main, as an executive secretary...

More than 30 area high school students had a chance to show their skills in a variety of subjects during an academic competition earlier this month at Independence Community College. More than 20 Uniontown Junior Senior High School students and five Fort Scott High School students qualified to participate in the competition, which took place March 4. In the contest, students take exams testing their knowledge in a wide range of subjects including art, math, geography and computers...

Wayne Eudell Robertson, age 79, a resident of Fort Scott, Kansas, died Monday, March 31, 2008, at the Mercy Health Center. He was born July 6, 1928, in Clarksville, Ark. Wayne had worked as a brick layer and stone mason. He had also retired from the Civil Service at the El Toro Marine Base in Orange County, Calif. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and had served during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the American Legion Post NO. 636 at Boron, Calif...

An informational meeting for people interested in becoming resource foster or adoptive parents is scheduled to take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Fort Scott Community College, 2108 S. Horton St. Representatives of the Pittsburg-based KVC Behavioral Healthcare, Inc., a foster care licensing agency, will present information on training classes to begin April 14 in the Greyhound Room at FSCC. These free classes will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. once a week through June 16...

The Fort Scott Public Library will have a used book sale April 5-12 in the children's story room of the library, Second and National Avenue. Hardback books are 50 cents and paperbacks are 25 cents. Starting April 10, each customer may select a bag or a box of books for just a dollar. The proceeds are used to purchase new library materials. Sale hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday...

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce Coffee for Thursday, April 3, will be hosted by Tri Valley Developmental Services, at 8 a.m. at 4305 Campbell Drive in the Industrial Park. There will also be a ribbon cutting ceremony and an after hours mixer on April 10, for the grand opening of their Greenhouse. Details will be announced at the coffee...

Fort Scott Community College will present opening night of the FSCC spring theater production, "The Curious Savage," at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Zimmerman Hall of the Presbyterian Church, 308 S. Crawford St. The play, written by playwright John Patrick, follows the curious actions of a wealthy widow who gives away most of her estate to the needy, infuriating her children...

The east side fire station is nearly completed, but a contract change order is needed for the city to get more use out of the facility, Interim City Manager Bob Farmer said. He presented the Fort Scott City Commission Tuesday with the change order totaling $63,682. The change will allow the city to finish the upstairs of the fire station with a sprinkler system. The upstairs area will be used as a training room for public safety employees, Farmer said...

WaKEENEY -- Two Pleasaton athletes set state meet records in winning titles at the Kansas Class 2A State Weightlifting Meet here Saturday. Alex Richmond was one of the record setters as he bench pressed 315 pounds in the 165-pound weight class. He also took fourth in the squat at 320 pounds and was third overall with 850 total pounds lifted...

Two Uniontown athletes recently signed scholarship letters of intent to play softball at Kansas junior colleges.