Stories from Tuesday, June 16, 2009

CASPER, Wyo. -- Fort Scott Community College's two-man contingent struggled in their first rounds of competition at the College National Finals Rodeo here Sunday and Monday. James Bond represents FSCC in bareback riding while Carrson Hiatt is competing in bull riding...

The Hiattville 4-H club met Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at the Hiattville Fire Station. Roll call was answered by saying "what you wish your first name could be." David Ericson, club secretary, read last month's minutes. The club was reminded of several upcoming dates: County 4-H camp-June 12-15, Fair entries due June 15; Day Camp-June 19, 8 a.m.-noon; Bourbon County Fair, July 12 to 18; and Friends of 4-H Dinner-July 28. ...

The Buck Run Community Center provides local senior citizens many choices to keep busy and enjoy the company of friends. Seniors have the opportunity to enjoy Breakfast Bingo at the BRCC. Attendees will enjoy playing bingo while drinking coffee and carrying on conversations. Bingo is held at 9 a.m. on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. Prizes are provided by the Southeast Kansas Agency on Aging and the event is free...

During the upcoming Relay for Life event, area residents will have an opportunity to make a special donation that will be used to help children who are survivors of cancer or other illnesses that have caused them to lose their hair. The After Affect Salon, 14 E. ...

No person or organization is an island, functioning only within itself, and Tri-Valley Developmental Services is strengthened because of the dedication to the organization shown by many individuals within the communities we serve. It is through the connection with others that we learn, grow and achieve great goals, and TVDS is fortunate to have had such associations for 35 years. ...

More than 100 farm animals herded into Fort Scott during a recent farm animal show for area youth, event organizers said Friday. The Old Fort Classic Swine, Beef, Sheep and Goat Show, which took place June 6 at the Bourbon County Fairgrounds, was a huge success, Uniontown FFA instructor and event co-organizer Kevin Gleason said...

The 28th Annual Good Ol' Days Festival baby contest had an above-average turnout last weekend. Despite the addition of a $1 entry fee, the contest received 122 entries. Event Coordinator Lynette Emmerson said this year was a slight increase from last year...

Fort Scott National Historic Site amonth those participating

"Fifteen dollars for the whole weekend? I can't believe it. I would have paid that just for Friday night!" an attendee from Florida said after hearing event co-founder Johnny Kendrick and his sons play and sing western and bluegrass music during the 13th annual Echoes of the Trail Cowboy Gathering Friday night at Fort Scott Community College...

The annual gala, a Fort Scott tradition for the past 19 years, will continue to provide a special and unique evening for area residents while benefitting worthwhile projects in the community, according to organizers. The steering committee for the Fort Scott Community Gala, the former Mercy gala steering committee, is preparing for yet another gala on Saturday, Aug. 22, at the new River Room Event Center, 3 West Oak, but with a broader vision...

The Fort Scott City Commission will meet Tuesday to discuss street improvements and an ordinance amendment. Commissioners will be discussing an alley paving proposal. Seven of the nine alleys requested to be paved were previously approved by the commission but were not completed during the annual street improvement programs due to budget cuts and time constraints. ...

Bill Watt, director of FROGG Golf tournament for 13 years in Raytown, Mo. held the Annual Regional Golf Tournament on June 6. Members chose this name for Fired, Retired Or Otherwise Good Guys. Of the 85 who attended the dinner on the golf Course, 72 of them were golfers...

I have a new bracelet! So, what's the big deal? Well, this bracelet is different: It is a magnet bracelet. As we enter these "golden years," our body seems to take on a life of its own. All sorts of things happen when we least expect it. By the time we reach retirement, we think we know our bodies pretty well when all of a sudden it begins to act like it doesn't even belong to us. You know what I mean?...

The Bourbon County Fair Association is excited to announce that it will again sponsor the Bourbon County Fair Association Ambassador Program. This program is open to all Bourbon County 4-Hers. Again this year, Bourbon County 4-H members will be asked to sell tickets to the evening's events held during the Bourbon County Fair in support of the Fair Association...

Margaret Ellen Thiebaud, 94, former resident of Fort Scott, died Saturday, June 13, 2009, at Woodstock, Georgia. Funeral arrangements for Ellen Thiebaud will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

COLE -- Travis and Erin Cole, Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, McKenzie Rae Cole. McKenzie was born June 8, 2009, at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. She weighed 6 pounds, 8.5 ounces and was 20 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Dennis and Nancy Price, Alton, Ill.. Paternal grandparents are James and Joline Price, Nevada, and Joe Cole, Nevada...

Kamrynn Rae Mumbower Wyatt, one-week-old infant daughter of Krista Mumbower and Shawn Wyatt died Friday, June 12, 2009, at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born Thursday, June 4, 2009, at Mercy Health Center. She was baptized this past Wednesday at Children's Mercy Hospital by her great-uncle, Jeff Leslie...

Lonna Irene (Webb) Bush, age 61 of Afton, Oklahoma passed away Saturday, June 13, 2009 at her residence. Lonna was born December 10, 1947 in Fort Scott, Kansas to Lonnie and Alta Webb. She married Charles Bush on July 29, 1966. Lonna is survived by her children, Lonnie Bush of Emporia, Kansas, Charla Grove of Grove, Oklahoma and Angela Sadd of Grove, Oklahoma, six grandchildren, Shuncy Grove of Osawatomie, Kansas, Kayla Grove of Grove, Oklahoma, Logan and Madyson Sadd of Grove, Oklahoma, Alexus and Jesse Duncan of Emporia, Kansas, two sisters, Mary Ann Kahler of Kansas City, Missouri and Ludella Hoggatt of Olathe, Kansas.. ...

Douglas L. Thompson, age 78, a resident of Fort Scott, Kansas, died Sunday, June 14, 2009, at his home. He was born May 28, 1931, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of Levi Albert Thompson and Elnora Josephine Lewis Thompson. He married Patty Feagins on May 28, 1953, at Nevada, Missouri. ...

A house fire that destroyed a family's home on June 8 gave the local Red Cross an opportunity to do what they do best -- help area residents overcome when disaster strikes. "We are there in a disaster, whether it be of a storm nature, or whether it be a home fire or flood," Whendi Martin, Executive Director of the Bourbon County Chapter of the Red Cross said. ...

Loyd Joseph "Joe" Taiclet, Lebanon, Missouri, passed from this world on Friday, June 12, 2009. Joe was born September 22, 1942, the son of Loyd Jay and Mable Taiclet. He was raised in the West Liberty Community. He attended Fulton High School and graduated in 1960. Joe joined the Navy and was a "Seabee" serving in Okinawa. He lived most of his life in the Richland, Missouri and Lebanon, Missouri area. His favorite pastimes included an interest in guns, hunting, fishing and camping...

At 2 p.m. Central time Tuesday, the 2009 Race Across America coast-to-coast bicycle race got underway as the women and the 60-and-older men's solo racers left the starting point at Oceanside, Calif. Since 2003, the RAAM has placed one of its time stations in Fort Scott and will do so again this year. A time station is a place where riders must check in as their progress across the country is recorded...

CASPER, Wyo. -- Fort Scott Community College's entrants in the College National Finals rodeo find themselves in tough positions as they seek to advance in their events. Bareback rider James Bond fell 10 positions in the standings to 23rd place after riders who hadn't taken their second go already produced better results. ...

Area golfers will need to make sure their putters are warmed up for a Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce-sponsored golf tournament next month. FSACC officials are currently preparing for the 15th Annual FSACC Golf Classic, which is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. ...

The Fort Scott Community College horse judging team hosted an all-day summer youth horse judging clinic June 1. Participants represented five towns in Kansas and Missouri. Campers learned skills such as how to improve their reasons, and also received video instruction on topics such as stock-type halter, Arabian halter, hunter under saddle, and western pleasure. Tucker Quarterhorses of Fort Scott provided live horses which helped enhance the instruction participants received from the videos...

The Bourbon County Sheriff's Department suspects the involvement of alcohol in an accident Thursday night. Bourbon County Sheriff Deputy Michael Feagins responded to a call at 8:50 p.m. regarding a one-vehicle accident on Indian Road. Brandi Saker of Uniontown was traveling west-bound on Indian Road when her vehicle went off the north side of the road and struck a guardrail. ...

The children of two Mercy Health Center employees are among 20 students who were recently named recipients of the Charles E. Thoele Scholarship Program offered by the Sisters of Mercy Health System. Recipients will receive $1,000 each to be used toward educational expenses at undergraduate and vocational-technical schools during the upcoming school year...

Even though Kansas has seen a decrease in the number of homeless individuals who are living in the state, results of the 2009 Kansas Point-In-Time Count revealed thousands of people across the state who still need help. On Jan 28th, the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation and the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services sponsored the count, which was conducted in 36 Kansas counties. ...

More waterline improvements and alley repairs were the topics of discussion during Tuesday evening's meeting of the Fort Scott City Commission. Fort Scott Public Works Director Eric Bailey and Fort Scott Director of Finance Susan Brown addressed the commission to discuss a change order to the Wall Street Waterline Project. ...

The Food and Drug Administration put out a warning Tuesday morning regarding the use of an over-the-counter nasal spray. According to the FDA, three Zicam Intranasal Zinc products may cause anosmia, or loss of smell. Because of this, the FDA is warning consumers to stop using the products and discard them...

Area residents who visit the six gardens on the 2009 Secret Gardens of Bourbon County tour on June 20 and 21 will have the opportunity to visit a garden full of precious memories. "I'm sometimes out there by 7 a.m. before I go to work in the mornings," Gwen Chance said. "That's my place; it's where I need to be."...

Bourbon County Sheriff's Office was dispatched at 9:29 a.m. Tuesday in response to an accident in rural Bourbon County. Bourbon County Sheriff's Deputy Bob Jackson responded to the two vehicle accident at the intersection of 175th Street and Tomahawk Road and found one vehicle laying on the passenger's side...

I have a new bracelet! So, what's the big deal? Well, this bracelet is different: It is a magnet bracelet. As we enter these "golden years," our body seems to take on a life of its own. All sorts of things happen when we least expect it. By the time we reach retirement, we think we know our bodies pretty well when all of a sudden it begins to act like it doesn't even belong to us. You know what I mean?...