Stories from Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Fort Scott High School's softball team managed to get in a make-up Southeast Kansas League doubleheader with Coffeyville Friday night at Don Hewett Field. The Tigers (14-1 SEK, 15-2 overall), who clinched the SEK championship by sweeping Chanute on Thursday, won game one 2-1 in eight innings. They won the second game 5-2...

Fort Scott High School's golf team won its home Class 4A Regional Tournament at the Fort Scott Country Club Monday, shooting 333 as a team and seeing three of its players finish in the top 10. All six members of the team qualify for the Class 4A State Tournament at El Dorado next Monday. Also qualifying as a team was runner-up Paola, which shot 342...

Missed opportunities hurt Fort Scott High School's baseball team in a 9-4 loss to top-seeded Prairie View in the first round of the Fort Scott Class 4A Regional Baseball Tournament at Lions Field Monday night. The Tigers (3-16) left 11 runners stranded on base, including three in the first inning and two in each of the last five innings...

Fort Scott High School debate and forensics students attribute much of their successful year to their coach, Brian Weilert. According to several of Weilert's students, his caring attitude and excellent coaching skills have been the key to taking the team all the way to the top. FSHS debate and forensics students Sterling Braun said Weilert works diligently to make the debate and forensics program the best it can be...

With the summer months approaching, many area residents will be getting outside to enjoy the sunshine. But it is important for people to remember to be cautious when enjoying time outdoors to help prevent skin cancer. In Kansas, more than 500 cases of melanoma are diagnosed each year, with nearly 100 deaths due to the disease annually. ...

To raise awareness and reverse a dangerous traffic trend, the Kansas Highway Patrol, as well as other federal, state and local highway safety, law enforcement, and motorcycle organization are recognizing the month of May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month...

GARNETT -- Fort Scott High will face off against Iola this afternoon at 4:45 in a semifinal of the Anderson County Class 4A Regional Tournament here. The Tigers (16-2) advanced by beating seventh-seeded Anderson County Monday, 6-1, despite committing four errors. Iola, the No. 3 seed, beat Chanute, 9-2, in their first-round game...

Fort Scott Police officers used a search warrant Saturday evening to arrest two people for possession of narcotics. At 9:30 p.m., police officers responded to a report of possible marijuana and other narcotics present at a residence located at 121 N. ...

Twelve new cases of the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus have been confirmed in Kansas since Friday, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Two cases have been identified in adults living in Geary County, and four cases have been identified in children living in Geary County. ...

Connie Banwart attended the May 12 meeting of the Bourbon County Historical Preservation Association to give a Freedom's Frontier presentation and found out there was more in store for her. HPA President Arnold Schofield presented Banwart with a photograph of a Fort Scott street scene from the early 1900s. The photograph was presented to her to show the HPA's appreciation for everything she has done as an amateur historian...

After a tornado that ripped through the local area caused the Fort Scott High School Choir to cancel the concert it was supposed to have on Wednesday, May 13, the choir has rescheduled its performance for Wednesday at the new Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center, 2108 S. Horton...

"I challenge you to continue on the path you have chosen," - FSCC President Clayton Tatro

Nearly 140 students said goodbye to teachers and classmates on Saturday night during the Fort Scott High School graduation ceremony. During the ceremony, USD 234 Superintendent Rick Werling addressed the students, encouraging them to be all they can be...

Elizabeth Jane Judd, age 82, resident of Redfield, Kan., died Saturday, May 16, 2009, at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., following an accidental fall earlier in the day. She was born June 18, 1926, in Hepler, Kan., the daughter of Andrew Joseph Heckman and Mae Dunbar Heckman...

Kenneth Ray McClure, age 62, a resident of Fort Scott, Kansas, died Saturday, May 16, 2009, at his home following a cancer illness. Kenneth was born March 11, 1947, at Webb City, Missouri, the son of Hunter Campbell McClure and Margaret Inez McClure...

Doris Lorraine Linville, age 78, resident of 914 W. 5th Street, Fort Scott, died Sunday, May 17, 2009, at the Eureka Springs Hospital, Eureka Springs, Ark. Doris was born Nov. 1, 1930, in Petersburg, Kan., the daughter of Byron Francis Bolling and Lucille Julia Judy Bolling...

Jayhawk-Linn's girls passed a tough first-round test at the Central Heights Class 3A Regional Softball Tournament Monday night, getting by sixth-seeded Pomona-West Franklin, 2-1. In other Regional results, Uniontown's baseball team received a forfeit from Altoona-Midway and did not have to play Monday night at Bronson. No reason was given for why the forfeit was given...

GARNETT -- Third-seeded Iola scored a run in the fourth inning and made it hold up as Fort Scott High fell 2-1 to the Fillies in an Anderson County Class 4A Regional Softball Tournament semifinal here Tuesday night. Iola (18-3) went on to gain the school's first State softball berth by knocking off top-seeded Paola in the final, 2-1. Paola (18-3) defeated No. 5 Louisburg (9-11) by a 10-4 margin in the first semifinal. Class 4A State is at Salina...

The Bourbon County Chapter of the American Red Cross will conduct a blood drive from 12:45 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, June 11, at the Community Christian Church, 1919 S. Horton St. Each donor is asked to give one pint of blood. ...

Women's health will be the focus of an upcoming educational seminar in downtown Fort Scott. Mercy Health Center will host the second Spirit of Women event of 2009, a program titled "How to Wear Your Genes," at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 11, at the Liberty Theater, 113 S. ...

Eight structures were given their time before the Fort Scott City Commission at Tuesday evening's meeting. The commission decided unanimously on all eight properties to proceed with the condemnation process which allows the owner 90 days to make substantial and noticeable progress toward the repair of the structure...

With the help of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Fort Scott neighborhoods will be getting cleaned up. The City of Fort Scott has now entered into a contract with KDHE for corrective action at an illegal dump site at the residence of Frank and Laura Miller, 523 S. McCleverty St., according to the contract...

About 65 preschool students from Sunbeam Christian Preschool recently donned caps and gowns in order to participate in the school's three separate graduation ceremonies. According to Sunbeam director, Marilyn Barker, who began the school in 1979, the school has grown during the last 30 years. ...

Preschool students who graduated from New Generation Preschool on Tuesday took time out of their day to perform several songs for parents and grandparents during a special graduation program. During the program, the students sang academic songs about colors, numbers, letters and the weather. The graduates also recited the days of the week and the months of the year for those in attendance...

Retired United States Army Lt. Gen. Richard Keller will be the featured speaker during Memorial Day services Monday at the Fort Scott National Cemetery. Keller, 70, a Montana native who retired in 1996 after 35 years of active military service, will present the Memorial Day address during a ceremony scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. ...