Stories from Wednesday, December 10, 2008

YATES CENTER -- Uniontown's girls lost their first-round game of the Yates Center Wildcat Classic here Monday night by a score of 43-40. Later in the night, Eagle boys fell to Erie, 55-53, in overtime. Eagle girls (1-1) fell behind 8-0 early on by fought back and were within 32-31 by the end of the third quarter...

Early in each half of Fort Scott High's Southeast Kansas League game at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night, the Tigers came out and smothered visiting Pittsburg with so much defense that the Purple Dragons couldn't even take a shot from the field for at least the first four minutes...

Fort Scott High's boys gave head coach Jeff DeLaTorre the 200th win of his coaching career with a 52-31 victory over Pittsburg in a Southeast Kansas League game at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night. DeLaTorre has a 200-98 record that includes the early years of his coaching career at Yates Center. As Fort Scott's head coach, DeLaTorre is 148-43...

Memories of the Western Insurance have been preserved thanks to the son and daughter of Clifton Crain Otto. The Clifton Crain Otto Collection of Western Insurance Companies was gifted to the Kenneth Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas by Otto's son David Otto of Fort Mill, S.C. and daughter Marie Kliewer of Omaha, Neb...

Frigid temperatures on the horizon mean a time to bundle up and stay warm, but they can also mean potential dangers, including the risk of poisoning or death from carbon monoxide. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment offers several precautions local residents can take to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning during severe winter weather, when there is an increased risk for poisoning or death from the dangerous gas...

On Tuesday, students at Eugene Ware Elementary were taken on extraordinary adventures which resulted in their digesting the importance of making healthy choices. To emphasize the need to maintain a healthy diet and remain physically active, the local elementary schools participated in the Body Venture program, sponsored by the Child Nutrition and Wellness Department at the Kansas State Department of Education. ...

The Fort Scott Community College Student Nurses Organization is one local group that is working together with USD 234 to help provide services and programs for school children throughout the district. On Dec. 4 at the 4-year-old preschool building, located near the corner of 5th and Judson streets behind the old Fort Scott Middle School building, eight FSCC nursing students and Student Nurses Organization members administered early childhood vision screenings to about 30 area preschool children as a volunteer community service.. ...

MOUND CITY -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls defeated Pleasanton, 64-30, on the first night of the round-robin Linn County Tournament here Tuesday night. In other games, Pleasanton's boys got by Jayhawk-Linn, 43-41, and Drexel (Mo.) girls downed Prairie View, 51-26. No score was provided from the Drexel-Prairie View boys' game...

Fort Scott Community College's 30-14 victory over Southwest Junior College Football Conference champion Blinn (Texas) in the C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl Saturday was impressive enough to boost the Greyhounds (9-2) up eight places to No. 6 final poll National Junior College Athletic Association/jcfootball.com poll of the season. ...

Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series on the opinions and plans of area legislators as they prepare to head into the 2009 session of the Kansas Legislature next month. Look for continuing articles in the series in future editions of the Tribune...

By Justin Messner The Fort Scott Tribune WASHINGTON -- As the nation watches and waits for a Congressional decision regarding the bailout of America's "Top 3" auto manufacturers -- Ford, General Motors and Chrysler -- one local resident has put his knowledge to work...

By Michael Pommier The Fort Scott Tribune During the Fort Scott City Commission meeting held on Dec. 2, a change order was approved for the Downtown StreetScape Project. Bruce Remsberg of Professional Engineering Consultants, P.A. presented the commission with a change order to fix some issues regarding the additional block which was added to the project...

The Fort Scott Tribune Attorney General Steve Six is notifying Kansans of a new twist on an old scam using well-recognized business names. If a consumer receives notice of winnings from such a lottery or sweepstakes entry, Six warns that the winnings may be fraudulent and any check or notice may contain false information...

By Rayma Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune The Fort Scott Police Department and the Kansas Highway Patrol are taking great strides to ensure drivers and passengers arrive at their destinations safely. Both law enforcement agencies participated in the Kansas Thanksgiving Enforcement Campaign which was conducted Nov. ...

Mary Cecilia Bollinger Ellsworth Mason passed away peacefully at her home in Murrieta, Calif. on Dec.1 at age 91 of complications from a fall. Mary Bollinger was born in Fort Scott, Kan., Oct. 15, 1917 to Lee Liborius Bollinger and Mary Anne Stephenson who farmed outside of town...

Steven Richard Hoyt, 48, Hamilton, Mo., passed away at his home on Dec. 6, 2008. He was born on April 29, 1960 in Kansas City, Mo., to parents Jack and Louise (Sheehy) Hoyt. He married Debbie Stevenson and to this union two boys, David and Troy Hoyt of the home, were born...