Stories from Thursday, April 24, 2008

Area residents will soon have another option at their disposal when it comes to urgent medical care needs. Brent Cosens, Arma, an emergency medical physician and Fort Scott native who currently operates a Pittsburg-based urgent care center, plans to open up a new local facility in June. The new Southeast Kansas Urgent Care Center will be located at 1624 S. National Ave...

A program packed with useful information for beef cattle and forage crops producers is scheduled for Thursday, May 1, 2008 when K-State Research and Extension's Southeast Agricultural Research Center will host its annual field day. Registration begins a 8:30 a.m. at the Mound Valley Unit, located two and one-half miles west of Mound Valley on highway K-96, and one-quarter mile south of Elk Road...

Wal--Mart, in conjuction with Frito--Lay, presented a gift card to Fort Scott Middle School in the amount of $500. This award was the result of a contest sponsored by Frito--Lay. Each Wal--Mart store was given a sales increase goal for Lay's products as part of a back to school promotion. ...

At last, April brought some sunshine, warmer days, birds singing, and flowers blooming! Let's see if this is an inspiration to our writers. Nine members of the Fort Scott Writers Club met on April 19, 2008, in the Community Room at Presbyterian Village. Attending members were President/Secretary Kathleen Durbin, Treasurer/Reporter Joy Melendy, Marie Marshall, Ruth Bahr, Caroline Lowery, Evelyn Nelson, Kathy Crozier, Grace Myers, and Velma Reavis...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) Charles Williams, E.J. Edmundson, Bryan Patterson and M.L. Ange, accompanied by their wives, attended a Masonic function at Mapleton, Saturday evening. A small boy, probably 10 or 12-years-old, was soliciting funds on the street this morning. He said he was the youngest of eight or 10 children who, with his father, mother and grandfather, were on the road and had reached here stranded and destitute...

We need a better and bigger downtown. I know that the buildings in downtown Fort Scott are the owner's obligation to fix and spruce up. The city needs to contact these building owners and let them know what resources are available to allow these actions to be performed. ...

As a parent of a teenager I feel that the people of Fort Scott are more worried about downtown then our children and our children's children. Fort Scott must focus on building something or bringing something into the community for our children that will be born here. ...

As a parent of a teenager I feel that the people of Fort Scott are more worried about downtown then our children and our children's children. Fort Scott must focus on building something or bringing something into the community for our children that will be born here. ...

e While local students were enjoying the nice springtime weather on Friday, USD 234 employees were inside stocking up on much needed information that will enable them to live healthier lifestyles. District employees gathered at 8 a.m. on Friday at the Fort Scott Middle School to receive an important health warning from one of the keynote speakers for the day. ...

It's springtime and that means the City of Fort Scott will be adminsitering two annual citywide clean up programs next month. The city will be providing its annual Spring Cleanup program throughout the month of May. Residents who live south of Sixth Street can place discarded items at their curb, April 30 to May 4. ...

PARSONS -- Fort Scott High's baseball team run-ruled Parsons in the first game of a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader here Tuesday. But the Vikings bounced back to salvage a split with a 3-1 win in the nightcap. The Tigers (2-5 in the SEK, 3-6 overall) led 7-0 after two innings and needed only six innings to dispatch the Vikes (4-2, 6-3) in the opener...

COFFEYVILLE -- A challenging layout at Coffeyville's home course may have hurt the effort of Fort Scott High's golf team a bit here Tuesday as the Tigers finished in third place behind Pittsburg and Chanute. The Tigers shot 339 as a team while champion Pittsburg shot 324 and runner-up Chanute came in at 334...

Fort Scott Police, Wednesday, arrested two people in suspicion of drug-related offenses. At 9 a.m., officers served a narcotics search warrant at 521 Pyle St., and arrested Donald L. Sprague,32, and Kelly L. Black,43. Sprague and Black were arrested in connection with possession of methampethamine, drug paraphernalia, and possession of drugs with intent to deliver. As of press time ,Wednesday night, they were being held at the Southeast Kansas Regional Correctional Center...

The Fort Scott Middle School and Fort Scott High School orchestra students will present their spring concert at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 28 in the FSMS Commons. Also performing at the concert will be fifth grade students from Winfield Scott, Eugene Ware and St. Mary's elementary schools...

Karen L. McQuitty, 67, OF Roeland park, Kans., died Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam, Kans. Services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 26, 2008 at the Coffel-Schneider Chapel, Pleasanton, Kans. Visitation will be 10 a.m. until service time. Contributions are suggested to the Midwest Transplant Network. Interment will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery...

Seth Daniel Shadden, a boy, was born at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott at 8:32 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, 2008 to parents David and Jackie Shadden, Fort Scott. He weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Dan and Ruby Gerant, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Sid and Douie Shadden, Fulton...

Gavin Mykel Miles, a boy, was born at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott at 2:55 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, 2008 to parents Danyell Tanner and Michael Miles, Fort Scott. He weighed 5 pounds, 14 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Flo Tanner and Larry Cox, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Anna and Les Miles, Fort Scott...

Nine years after starting their project to find an unsung hero, Norm Conard and a group of former Uniontown High School students are returning to visit the person who inspired that project. Conard, the director of the Lowell Milken Center, and the students will travel to Warsaw, Poland next week to visit Irena Sendler, a Polish woman who rescued 2,500 children from Nazi Germans during World War II. ...

PARSONS -- Fort Scott High's junior varsity tennis team took part in its final tournament of the season here Monday, an eight-team bracket-format tournament hosted by Labette County High School. Both doubles teams posted 2-2 records on the day. The No. ...

Fort Scott High School's baseball doubleheader at Coffeyville scheduled for Thursday was postponed due to bad field conditions. It has been rescheduled for Monday. This means that the Tigers will be playing doubleheaders on consecutive days as the make-up of last Friday's home doubleheader with Labette County will be played at 4:30 Tuesday at Ty Cullor Field...

The Greyhounds have designated Saturday as "'Hounds Family Day at the Ballpark." Kids will be able to run the bases between games. There will also be drawings for prizes and Greyhound players will sign autographs. Any boy or girl who arrives at the ball field before and reports to the first-base dugout 12:45 has a chance to join the players on the field for pre-game introductions...

Fort Scott Community College's baseball team has had to scramble a little bit to get some games in with all the rain that fell overnight. Wednesday, the Greyhounds were scheduled to play Hutchinson, the second-place team in the Jayhawk Conference-Western Division, in a non-conference doubleheader. But, according to FSCC head coach Chris Moddelmog, it started to rain almost as soon as the 'Hounds got there. The games were, of course, cancelled...

The Fort Scott Tribune On April 12, the Kansas Press Association held its annual convention in Junction City to honor members of the Kansas press. During the convention KPA presented several newspapers with Awards of Excellence. Two Fort Scott Tribune staff members were included in those honored with this award...

By Rayma Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune In order to help local residents become more energy efficient, the Fort Scott Housing Authority is purchasing energy efficient light bulbs to be placed in all of its housing units. As the result of a recent energy audit, according to Fort Scott Housing Authority Director Sharon Stewart, the agency has created a five-year plan, designed to help its residents save energy...