Stories from Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Jayhawk-Linn and Uniontown's track teams have the most State Meet veterans while Fort Scott and Pleasanton will send mostly-new contingents to the Kansas State Track and Field Meet that begins Friday morning. Jayhawk-Linn's boys finished sixth as a team while the girls tied for sixth in Class 3A last season. The Jayhawks will have seven girls and two boys (in individual events) with previous State experience...

EL DORADO -- Fort Scott High School's golf team finished fourth at the Class 4A State Tournament here Tuesday. The top five teams were separated by only eight strokes. Andover, the runner-up last year, shot 319 as a team. Second-place Chanute and defending champion Topeka Hayden tied for second at 322 with Chanute winning the tie-breaker. The Tigers were fourth at 3245 and Buhler was fifth at 327...

The Friday night concert at the Heritage Park Pavilion will feature music performed by area musicians Floyd Feezell, Charlotte Eichelberger, John Stubenrausch on tuba and guitar, Steve Sweyko on guitar and vocals, Ray O'Dell on vocals and guitar, and LaDonia Carlson who plays fingerstyle guitar and sings lead and harmony parts on various songs. ...

The seniors who recently graduated from Fort Scott High School were sent off in style on May 16. According to Lana Beerbower, one of the organizers for the Send Off Seniors party, the event, which was conducted at Buck Run Community Center the night of graduation, offered the graduates and their dates an evening of entertainment...

Area residents who want to be prepared in an emergency situation will have the opportunity to receive training that will make them invaluable during a medical crisis. According to a press release from the Bourbon County Chapter of the American Red Cross, the agency will be offering an adult CPR class for area residents at 6 p.m. ...

Students from Fort Scott Christian Heights recently put their creative abilities to the test to become winners in a literary competition. According to FSCH teacher Maria Bahr, the students competed in Crowder College's Crowder Quill competition. FSCH student Josh Schellack received an honorable mention for his nonfiction category-essay called "Defying Stereotypes." Leah Zimmerman was awarded second place for her photography entry, "Future Skater Punk," and Patricia Schafer earned second place in the competition with her poem, "Asking Makes Me.". ...

Local resident Josh Rauscher approached the Fort Scott City Commission May 19 to bring to the commission's attention of the mauling of his grandmother's dog on Pine Street by a pit bull. He was representing his neighborhood to try to put a stop to the attacks...

In a special graduation ceremony on Friday, a long journey came to an end for two Fort Scott Christian Heights students. With teachers, friends and family members assembled together in the school's gymnasium, Nathan Smith and Aaron Tucker both FSCH seniors were presented with their high school diplomas. In addition, Tucker was named the 2009 FSCH valedictorian...

The growing construction trades program at Fort Scott Community College recently received a little extra help. The program recently received $600 worth of Kobalt tools as part of the new Tough Tools for Cool Schools program, a partnership between Lowe's, Kobalt Tools and the Skills USA organization. ...

City, Chamber to discuss what kind of music is right to play in area

Fort Scott residents are concerned about damage to benches at Heritage Park. During the May 19 meeting of the Fort Scott City Commission, local resident Jim Shoemaker complained about the damage to the benches at Heritage Park caused by local skateboarders...