Stories from Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Halloween usually involves lots of candy and sugary treats -- more than children need. All the sweet treats can be especially hard for children who have food allergies or have food limitations because of a chronic health condition, such as diabetes...

There was the usual crowd at the senior dance Monday at Buck Run Community Center. It is nice to have the tables and chairs up and ready for coffee when it is done. Some of the ones that come early to help bring some nuts and candy to snack on and we all visit and we hear the latest news, hospital and otherwise...

Virgil and Donna (Scott) Spencer will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008. Their children, Steve and Sherri Spencer and family, Kathy and Mike Workman and family, Larry and Shannon Spencer and family, and Keri and Dan Purinton and family, will host a reception in their honor at the home of their son, Larry, 330 Hemlock, Mound City, from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m., Sun. Oct. 26. The couple requests no gifts. Everyone is invited to attend and share their memories...

WHEELER -- Jaxson Kale Wheeler, a boy, was born at 12:34 p.m., Friday, October 10, 2008, at William Newton Memorial Hospital, Winfied, Kan., to parents Ryan and McKenzie Wheeler, of Winfield. He weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces and was 20 and one half inches in long at birth...

The Fort Scott City Commission faced a light agenda during their meeting Tuesday evening. Although Commissioners Jim Adams and Dick Hedges absent from the meeting, the commission went on with business as usual. There were no public comments nor any appearances to come before the commission at Tuesday's meeting...

Local humanitarian Charles Lifer is working diligently with Simon and Margaret Muhota from Kenya, Africa to make a difference in the lives of many Kenyan residents. For some residents in Kenya, receiving much needed medical attention is too costly and often an unattainable necessity, the Muhotas said...

Kansas District No. 2 Rep. Bob Grant, D-Cherokee, said he has enjoyed serving in the Kansas Legislature the last 17 years and wants to continue doing so if area voters give him the chance. "I enjoy my job and I enjoy representing the people of the Second House District in Topeka," Grant said during a Tuesday interview with The Fort Scott Tribune. "I feel I have done a good job in Topeka."...

TOPEKA -- Representatives of the insurance industry, law enforcement and advocacy organizations gathered Oct. 20 at the Statehouse for a proclamation signing by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. In the proclamation, the Governor designated the third week of October (Oct. 19-25) as "Teen Driver Safety Week." The designation in Kansas is part of a nationwide movement to focus attention on the importance of properly preparing teens for the responsibility of driving...

CHENEY -- Fort Scott High School's golf team finished 10th out of the 12 teams that took part in the Class 4A State Golf Tournament here Monday. The Tigers shot 435 as a team, which placed them ahead of both of the other qualifiers from their Regional, Columbus (445) and Anderson County (454)...

Members of the Unified School District 234 Board of Education met Monday night to discuss what the board's position will be when an advisory committee is formed in the near future to discuss what needs to be changed or clarified, if anything, in Fort Scott High School disciplinary policies...