Stories from Thursday, April 23, 2009

Many parents whose children are getting ready to enter kindergarten may find themselves a little overwhelmed by this milestone. In order to lessen the amount of first-day anxiety for both the students and their parents, Winfield Scott Elementary School and Eugene Ware Elementary School will be conducting Kindergarten Roundup events...

City tables negotiations on golf course purchase after offer comes from Lenexa for $250K more

It's a busy, eventful time of year for Fort Scott Community College. FSCC officials recently announced plans for the grand opening event of the new Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center, which is scheduled to take place at 1 p.m. Saturday at the center, 2108 S. ...

Although they work behind the scenes unseen by the general public, the communications officers at Fort Scott Police Department play a crucial role in keeping local residents safe. According to a FSPD press release, as part of National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, FSPD showed its appreciation to the department's communications officers last week...

INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's softball team swept Independence, 7-0 and 14-4, in a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader here Tuesday. The Tigers (4-0 SEK, 5-1 overall) took advantage of Bulldog errors in the opener. However, they struggled a bit with errors of their own in the second game before pulling away...

NEVADA -- Fort Scott Community College's softball team built upon its school-record victory total with a sweep of Cottey College here Tuesday, 10-0 and 12-1. The Greyhounds finished the regular season with a 32-21 record and will host a Region VI Tournament first-round playoff series Saturday at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex...

HIGHLAND -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team scored 23 runs in a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division sweep of Highland here Tuesday. Scores were 11-1 and 12-1. Both Fort Scott pitchers hurled complete games. Sean Felt allowed five hits and no walks in the opener while striking out eight Scotties. Ryan Prickett allowed only two hits and didn't walk anyone while punching out six in the second game...

JV tennis players win 22 matches in home tourney Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team played host to a tournament Monday and came away with good results. The Tigers fielded two teams, Red and White, and won 22 of the 34 matches they played...

Kenneth Michael "Buddy" Gould, resident of Fort Scott, died unexpectedly Tuesday morning, April 21, 2009, at the Mercy Health Center emergency room. He was born September 21, 1941, in Wichita, Kan., the son of Kenneth Max Gould and Emma Grubb Boone Gould...

Eula Maude Wright, 97, of Hume, Mo., died Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at Shawnee Gardens Health Care and Rehabilitation, Shawnee, Kan. She was born Dec. 16, 1911 in Bates County, Mo., the daughter of Samuel and Emma Morgan Adams. She was married to Elmer Lee "Mike" Wright who preceded her in death on Oct. 2, 1952...

LOCKWOOD -- Jack and Stephanie Lockwood, Fort Scott, and big sister Mackenzie, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Brayden Scott Lockwood. Brayden was born on March 30, 2009, at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He wieghed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and was 21 and 1/2 inches in length at birth...

Over the past month or so the FFA has been busy participating in many activities. On March 26 Fort Scott FFA officers participated and members and parents watched in the Donkey Ball games held at Moran high school. We had teams of four playing against other officer teams like Uniontown, Jayhawk-Linn and Moran. Each member of the team would get a donkey and a helmet and would play a game of basketball while on the donkeys...

Fort Scott Pioneer Kiwanis announces plans for this year's Community Prayer Breakfast to be held in conjunction with the National Day of Prayer. The 58th Annual National Day of Prayer will take place Thursday, May 7th. Millions will unite in prayer as thousands of events will take place from coast to coast. ...

PITTSBURG -- A rain-interrupted Pittsburg Invitational was finished up here Wednesday with Fort Scott High's tennis team finishing one point behind host Pittsburg for first place. Individually, the Tigers were led by Ben Bristley, who was 4-0 in No. 2 singles. Brian Gorman and Colton Grillott were second in No. 1 doubles...

IOLA -- Allen County dealt a blow to Fort Scott Community College's hopes of hosting a first-round series in the upcoming Region VI Baseball Tournament by sweeping the Greyhounds 6-3 and 12-3 here Wednesday. The sweep keeps the Greyhounds in fifth place in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division at 18-16 (25-23 overall). ...