Stories from Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Lila Rosalie Stanley, 76, Emporia, Kan., died Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at the Holiday Resort, Emporia. Surviving family members include two sisters; Bonnie Irby, Fort Scott and Norma Ewing, Topeka, nieces; Linda Lungstrum, Lawrence, Kan. and Louise Poehlman, Tucson, Ariz. Also surviving are nephew Steve Irby, Eureka Springs, Ark., six great-nephews, two great-nieces, three great-great-nephews, and one great-great-niece...

Marvin "Harold" Burtman, age 73, resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, July 14, 2008, at his home. He was born October 22, 1934, in Pocahontas, Ark., the son of Charles Burtman and Orpha Whitrock Burtman. He married Dorothy Brimhall on May 13, 1959, in DeKalb, Ill...

Jason DeWayne King, age 62, a resident of Redfield, Kan., died Friday, July 11, 2008, at the Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He was born James Edward Duggins, Jr., on August 17, 1945, at Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of James E. Duggins, Sr. and Velma Virginia Fillmore Duggins...

Barbara Jean Amer Yoos, age 75, a former resident of Mound City, Kan., died Friday, July 11, 2008, at the Medicalodge in Nevada, Mo. She was born September 10, 1932, on a farm west of Mound City, the daughter of Laurence Amer and Beulah Phelma Johnson Amer. She was a graduate of Mound City High School...

Edna Ruth Clark, age 92, a resident of Deerfield, Mo., died Saturday, July 12, 2008, at her home. She was born July 27, 1915, in Rushville, Ill., the daughter of Jess David Gillenwater and Hazel Eleanor Tucker Gillenwater. She married Walter E. Clark on September 1, 1934, at Nevada, Mo. He preceded her in death on December 6, 1996...

BENNER -- Charles Bruce Benner III, a boy, was born at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, at 5:55 p.m.,Thursday, July 10, 2008, to parents Charles and Stephanie Benner, Fort Scott. He weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces at birth. He joins siblings Casey, Sarah and Cavin Benner. ...

It's that time of the year, garage sales galore, and I was raring to go. The Pittsville Record was full of garage sales. I looked them all over and mapped out the course that I would take. I decided to go to one on County Trunk Q across the road from the Homestead Golf Course. In fact, there were six of them all right in a row. I love those kind, you don't have to waste time or money for gas, driving all over creation...

Ed and Opal Brillhart enjoyed July 4 with their sons and families, at the home of Mark and Diane and family, Hiattville, and Matt and Teresa Brillhart, Iva and Hadley, Independence, Mo. Others joining in the fun were Brianne Brillhart and Cooper, Tammy and Ryan Bobbett, Riley and Trevor, Nevada Mo. Megan Brillhart, Overland Park and John and Lorna Slater, Hiattville. Matt and his family came home with Ed and Opal and spent the rest of the weekend...

The Community Sing that was held on Saturday evening, June 12 was well attended and had a very interesting program for the audience. Former Pastors of Arcadia Christian Church, Willa and Charles Cable, were among the performers that night. Folks who would like to be on the programs in the future are welcome to join the group on June 28, when the practice is held at 6:30 p.m., in the Arcadia Community Center...

Fort Scott Presbyterian Village has issued a call for entries in its 28th annual Art is Ageless™ juried exhibit to be held July 28 through August 5 during Artists' Appreciation Month. Entries of artistic works will be accepted from any area artist who is 65 years of age or older to exhibit and/or compete for an opportunity to be featured in the 2009 Art is Ageless calendar...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) While in Los Angeles the other day Fred Hornaday came across several Fort Scott men. When he struck town Fred called up Harry Wing and Mr. Wing, who is a traveling salesman, came down to meet Mr. Hornaday. They went around to Lamb Brothers offices, which seem to be a rendezvous for Fort Scott boys. ...

By Rayma Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune The Bourbon County Rock Quarry now has the capabilities to almost double its rock production. Since Bourbon County recently purchased a new screening plant for its rock quarry, the new rock equipment will double rock production making it possible for county road crews to put more rock on the roads, Bourbon County Commissioner Bill Brittain said...

Tribune Staff Report Local youths are being offered the chance to explore history at the Fort Scott National Historic Site. The FSNHS has begun registration for its annual five-day educational camp, Trailblazer. Participants in the camp will have the chance to dig for buried treasure, learn how a cannon is fired, find bugs, take a prairie safari and discover ways in which they can help save the planet along the way...

By Jason E. Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune Construction on the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center at Fort Scott Community College is slightly ahead of schedule, FSCC officials said Monday. Barring any severe weather that could deter construction during the fall and winter months, construction crews should have the 33,000-square foot facility completed by March 2009, a month before the center's original targeted completion date of April 2009, FSCC Dean of Finance and Operations Darcy Baldonado said.. ...

Tribune Staff Report As many Fort Scott residents know, the Youth Activity Team has been charging up the community for almost 14 weeks in preparation for the July 7-11 attempt at breaking two world records. Many also know that these attempts turned into successes Thursday night and Saturday morning, when the YAT first laid 1 mile of pennies in 2 hours, 23 minutes, one second, then completed a chain of pennies stretching more than 40 miles...

Cal Ripken State Tournament

OSAWATOMIE -- Fort Scott's 11-year-old Cal Ripken Baseball team won the four-team District Six Tournament here over the weekend and earned a berth into the Kansas 11-year-old State Tournament, which will be held in Peabody beginning Friday. The State Tournament will have eight teams split into four pools. Fort Scott is in a pool with host team Cottonwood Valley, Rose Hill and Wellington. The first game will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday against the hosts...