Stories from Friday, October 17, 2008

100 YEARS AGO (1908) The other day out at the Uniontown Fair a drink dispenser liberally sold a concoction termed "Cream Ale" which later, it was discovered, produced drunkenness. Pure Food Inspector A.G. Pike is having the beverage tested. Farmers are indeed busy hauling sugarcane to the syrup works. The place is one of the busiest to be seen about town. Scores of loads of cane are hauled every day...

An evening of chills and thrills awaits those who are looking forward to a Halloween experience in Fort Scott later this month. The Fort Scott Gunn Park Event Committee and the City of Fort Scott have once again teamed up to present the Third Annual Halloween in the Park, which is scheduled to take place Oct. ...

Local residents interested in Southeast Kansas' manufacturing future are being invited to the upcoming Manufacturers' Forum of Southeast Kansas, Inc. were Kansas Labor Secretary Jim Garner will be hosted as a guest speaker. Secretary Garner will discuss work he has recently completed which compiles Labor Market Information on Southeast Kansas. ...

Fort Scott Community College's Agriculture Department is in the final stages for a lease agreement that could ultimately offer students a "classroom outside the classroom," according to school instructors. The barn, located just south of highway 54, on 215th Street, is currently owned by Bourbon County resident Larry Martin...

Area residents will have an opportunity to make a contribution to the medical costs of a Fort Scott Community College alumnus at a rodeo event this weekend. With afternoon events beginning at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday in the FSCC Arnold Arena and evening activities starting at 7:30 p.m., the FSCC Dan VandeWynkel Alumni Rodeo will give FSCC Rodeo coach Chad Cross and his rodeo team a chance to raise funds for Julian Whitcher, an FSCC graduate...