Stories from Friday, June 20, 2008

Carrie Aldine Ross, 76, of Gardner, Kan., died Wednesday, June 18, 2008, at the Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kan. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, June 21, 2008, at the Coffel-Schneider Chapel, Pleasanton, Kan. Visitation will be from 1:30 until service time at the chapel. Contributions are suggested to St. Jude's Children's Hospital. Interment will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery...

REDDY -- Liam Paul Reddy, a boy, was born at St. John's Mercy Medical Center, in St. Louis, Mo., at 5:09 a.m., Wednesday, June 18, 2008, to parents Brian and Kate Reddy, Chesterfield, Mo. He weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Ron and Marilyn Bailey, Phoenix, Ariz. ...

MEYERS -- Isabel Ashley Meyers, a girl, was born at North Florida Regional Hospital, in Gainesville, Flor., at 9:36 p.m., Saturday, June 7, 2008, to parents Daniel and Courtney (Wimmer) Meyers. She weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces at birth and was 20 and 3/4 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Gary and Sheila Wimmer, Fulton...

Don and Mona Stern, of Fort Scott, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Friday, June 20. Donald R. Stern and Mona Lee George were married June 20, 1948 in Aliceville, Kan., with their families and friends. The couple has lived in Fort Scott for 44 years. Don is a retired teacher and coach from Fort Scott High School and Fort Scott Community College. Mona was employed by Western Insurance Company...

Descendents of Carl and Sophia Eshelbrenner enjoyed a family reunion on June 14, at the First Presbyterian Church, Fort Scott, Kan. 123 family members and friends enjoyed visiting and reminiscing about the good old days. Carl and Sophia Eshelbrenner, both born in Lancaster, Pa., were married in 1917 in Kansas City, Kan.In 1923, the family moved to Fort Scott where Eshelbrenner and his father-in-law, Charles William Leitz, formed the Fort Scott Wholesale Sausage Company which later became the Fort Scott Packing Company.. ...

Area law enforcement agencies conducted a drug enforcement operation on Poplar Road and U.S. Highway 69 Thursday. Kansas Highway Patrol, Bourbon County Sheriff's Office, Pittsburg Police and Fort Scott Police K-9 Units participated in the operation...

The Kansas Department of Revenue is reminding Kansas residents who are preparing to renew their driver's licenses of a relatively new state and federal requirement that requires motorists to provide proof of identity, proof of Kansas residency, and a valid Social Security number or other proof of lawful presence in the United States...

Descendents of Carl and Sophia Eshelbrenner enjoyed a family reunion on June 14, at the First Presbyterian Church, Fort Scott, Kan. One hundred, twenty-three family members and friends enjoyed visiting and reminiscing about the good old days. Carl and Sophia Eshelbrenner, both born in Lancaster, Pa., were married in 1917 in Kansas City, Kan.In 1923, the family moved to Fort Scott where Eshelbrenner and his father-in-law, Charles William Leitz, formed the Fort Scott Wholesale Sausage Company which later became the Fort Scott Packing Company.. ...

Don and Mona Stern, of Fort Scott, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Friday, June 20. Donald R. Stern and Mona Lee George were married June 20, 1948 in Aliceville, Kan., with their families and friends. The couple has lived in Fort Scott for 44 years. Don is a retired teacher and coach from Fort Scott High School and Fort Scott Community College. Mona was employed by Western Insurance Company...

The Bourbon County Conservation District will receive an allocation in state cost-share funds from the State Conservation Commission to assist landowners in installing enduring soil and water conservation structures. The State Water Resources Cost-Share Program for applying conservation practices is an asset in the important task of protecting the soil, water, and related natural resources of Bourbon County...

Local husband and wife musicians Don and Mim Carlson are making a return engagement at the Friday night concert series in downtown Fort Scott. During the concert, which is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Heritage Park Pavilion near the corner of First and Main streets, the Carlsons will perform a variety of musical styles, including folk and country. ...

A fundraising event that was began in 2004 has evolved into something bigger and better this year. Fort Scott Tourism Committee Coordinator Martha Scott said this year the committee is not conducting a fundraiser as they have done in years past, but rather they are orchestrating a FUN-raiser...