Stories from Wednesday, April 23, 2008

All went well as usual for the Senior Citizen Monday Night Dance at Buck Run Community Center. The floor was a busy place until 5:30 with big basketball boys. At that time they all left and there were three dance couples to put up tables and chairs and help me on the stage, getting ready for the dance. The coffee was already made, ice water was put out and Lucille had the tables ready with plastic cloths for the snacks the dancers would bring in...

The Historic Preservation Association of Bourbon County will be having a TurpinTyme Ragsters band, 7 p.m. April 30, at the Fort Scott High School Auditorium. This event features toe tapping percussion from the early 1900's. It's an event for the whole family. Tickets will be $5...

Cindy Clements has filed by petition for 2nd District County Commissioner. Clements, a Democrat, is vying for the seat currently held by Bill Brittain, who is a republican. The filing deadline for all offices is Noon, Tuesday, June 10, 2008.

The Chamber Coffee for Thursday, April 24, 2008 will be hosted by Care 4 All, located at 2 W. 18th Street. The Coffee will be held at 8 a.m. Members can make an announcement about their business, organization, or the community by donating a dollar toward "Dollars for Dolly"...

Barbara Jean Aydelotte, 83, of Fort Scott, passed away Sunday April 20, 2008 at the Mercy Health Center. She was born December 6, 1924 in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Elmer and Mildred (Richardson) O'Connor. She married Richard Leigh Aydelotte April 30, 1949, in Fort Scott. He preceded her in death January 17, 1997...

Shirley Jean Bates Sciortino, 82, of New York, formerly of Fort Scott, died April 12, 2008 in New York City. She was born July 3, 1925 in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of G. Daniel and Alta Mae Bates. She married Lew Sciortino in 1945. They later divorced in 1974...

Libbie "Ann" (Rutherford) Scott was born on January 13, 1947. She left our world on a Saturday morning (garage sale day), April 19, 2008. Her family is pretty sure she got to Heaven just in time for the next Bingo game. In her final hours, she informed her family that if we decided to have a funeral, we better make sure she wasn't there. This statement is just a small example of the humor that she maintained right up until the end of her battle with cancer...

Helen Charlene Motley, age 74, a resident of Fort Scott, died Sunday, April 20, 2008, at Fort Scott Medicalodge. She was born September 15, 1933, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Shirley Alanzo Sanborn and Helen Christine Coyle Sanborn. Charlene was a 1951 graduate of Fort Scott High School. ...

UNIONTOWN -- Jayhawk-Linn's boys and girls' track teams once again both claimed championships at the same meet. Monday, it was at Uniontown's 20th annual invitational. Jayhawk-Linn's boys won only one event but claimed 23 medals as they scored 139 points to finish ahead of Uniontown in the nine-team meet. The Eagles scored 100 points, winning four events and 15 medals...

COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott High's softball team swept Coffeyville here Monday to claim a share of third-place in the Southeast Kansas League going into Tuesday's league doubleheader at Parsons. Fort Scott took the opener 7-3 and the night cap 9-1 to improve to 3-1 in the league and move into a tie with rival Pittsburg. The Tigers are 5-2 overall...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team extended its winning streak to 14 games when it defeated Kansas City Kansas, 7-6, in a make-up game here Monday afternoon. The game went back and forth. The Blue Devils led 3-0 after two innings and 5-3 after four...

Vitamin D has been recognized for a long time as being very important, along with calcium, for healthy bones. Known as the "sunshine vitamin," it is made in the body after sunlight, or ultraviolet light, hits the skin. Vitamin D helps with calcium absorption. Only 10-15 percent of the calcium taken into our bodies is absorbed without Vitamin D...

Emery Kathryn Leachner, a girl, was born at Shawnee Mission Medical Center at 12:53 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, 2008, to parents Wade and Bethany (Fritzler) Leachner, Stillwell, Kans. She weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces and was 18 1/2 inches long at birth. ...

KHP Police report...

The clopping of hooves that belong to some of the beverage industry's most recognizable mascots will echo through the streets of downtown Fort Scott this summer. Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce officials have booked the Budweiser Clydesdales to appear in Fort Scott starting June 2. ...

The Fort Scott Lake Steering Committee, the city of Fort Scott and Bourbon County are all taking proactive strides to preserve the water quality in the area. According to Bourbon County 2nd District Commissioner Bill Brittain, the county's current water quality is not in poor condition; however, it is important for county and city officials to plan for the future. Taking preventive steps now can ensure that the residents of Bourbon County have long-term water quality...

Kerri Cassett received a five year sentence to be served in a state prison Monday for the molestation of an 11 year old at her house last year. The victim was reportedly a friend of Cassett's son. Bourbon County District Judge Mark Ward sentenced Cassett,31, to the 61 month sentence on one count of felony aggravated indecent liberties with a child. It was the maximum sentence the judge could impose on Cassett...

PARSONS -- Fort Scott High's softball team swept Parsons by identical 13-0 scores in a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader here Tuesday night. With that sweep and the split recorded between Iola and Pittsburg, the Tigers moved into second place in the league behind undefeated Columbus...

It was neither a win nor a loss. It was just the last game. The last home game of the junior college softball careers of Fort Scott Community College sophomores Sam Ribas and Ashley Harris were played at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Wednesday afternoon. It ended a couple of hours sooner than they probably wished and it did so without any real decision...