Stories from Monday, April 13, 2009

The ambulance service issue was brought up again during the Bourbon County Commission meeting Friday. The commission has agreed to a new contract with Mercy Health Systems of Kansas for an ambulance service. The new contract states that the county will pay MHSK $23,000 per month to operate the service...

Fort Scott residents are invited to come together for a special TEA Party on Wednesday. At noon April 15, tax day across America, local residents will assemble together in front of Fort Scott Memorial Hall, 3rd and National streets, to participate in a nationwide endeavor to speak out against the amount of taxes the federal government is imposing on American citizens...

USD 234 is scheduled to receive additional state funds due to a slight increase in enrollment this year. During their regular Monday meeting, the USD 234 Board of Education approved a proposal to republish the district's amended $12 million budget for the 2008-09 school year to accommodate about $440,000 in added state revenue the district is slated to receive this year due to increased enrollment in several instructional areas, including the district four-year-old at-risk program, the K-12 at-risk program, and the special education program.. ...

High school students who attend Fort Scott Christian Heights, 1101 S. Barbee, practice scenes from their upcoming theatrical performance, "Inspector Incognito and the Kansas City Kid" written by Tim Kelly. The production, which will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 17, and at the same time on Saturday, April 18, is a musical comedy...

The City of Fort Scott and the Fort Scott Country Club are close to an agreement that would open the club's golf course to the public. Fort Scott Mayor Gary Bukowski said the decision to purchase the golf course was a quality of life issue as well as an economic development issue. ...

EDMONSON -- Katherine A. Edmonson announces the birth of son Miles Dominic Edmonson at 2:57 p.m. April 13, 2009, at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. He weighed 8 pounds, 7 1/2 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are DeWayne and Yvonne Edmonson of Fort Scott...

Shelly Lynn Lowry, 45, of Chanute, passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at her home. Shelly was born in Fort Scott, Kansas on November 19, 1963, the daughter of Larry Dean and Vivian Ann (Nichols) Bloesser. She graduated from Fort Scott High School...

Alice Ames, 87, died Sunday morning, April 12, 2009 in Olathe, Kansas. She was born December 7, 1922 in Waterman, IL the daughter of Edward J. and Bertha (Fundberger) Arnold. She married Robert 'Bob' Ames December 16, 1980 in Miami, Okla. He preceded her in death May 17, 2000...

William O. 'Bill' Ewald, 76, formerly of Mapleton, Kan., and most recently of Alamo, Texas, passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at the Solara Hospital McAllen Medical Center, McAllen, Texas. He was born in New York City on January 16, 1933, the son of William and Elley (Langue) Ewald. When Bill was four years old, his family moved to Hoag's Corners, New York. There, he lived close to his grandparents' farm and helped with the farm work, and knew early on in life he did not want to be a farmer...

Violet Naomi Gaston, age 83, resident of Fort Scott, died Monday morning, April 13, 2009, at the Fort Scott Manor. She was born January 18, 1926, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of William Sherman Bolden and Eva Elizabeth Hampton Bolden. She married William Fountain. ...

Loveta May Parker, 85, of Lee's Summit, Mo. passed away April 12, 2009. Visitation will be 10:00 to 11:00 am Wednesday, April 15, at Park Lawn Funeral Home, 8251 Hillcrest Rd in Lee's Summit. Graveside services will be 2:00 pm at Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kan. Officiating Reverend R. B. Shoemaker...