Stories from Tuesday, September 1, 2009

MURPHY -- Patrick and Jaymie Murphy, Walnut, and sister McKenzie, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Ryan Patrick Murphy. Ryan was born at 10:25 a.m., Aug. 31, 2009 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He weighed 7 pounds at birth...

Robert L. "Bob" Adams, 84, of rural Arcadia, died at 11:35 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009 at Mt. Carmel Regional Medial Center at Pittsburg, Kan. Mr. Adams was born Dec. 20, 1924 at Arcadia, the son of Bert and Tillie V. (Martin) Adams. Bob was a retired businessman, cattleman and rancher...

Hayward Lee "Red" Thomas, 96, of Pleasanton, Kan., died Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009 at Medicalodge Nursing Home, Fort Scott, Kan. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009 at the Curry Cemetery, Mound City, Kan. Visitation will be from 7-8 p.m., Wednesday at the Coffel-Schneider Chapel, Pleasanton, Kan...

Gary Dean Frydendall, 72, of Pleasanton, Kan., died Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009 at the Veterans Hospital, Kansas City, Mo. Memorial graveside and inurnment will be held at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009 at the National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kan. Memorial contributions are suggested to the American Cancer Society...

GIRARD -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team learned what it will need to do in order to compete in the Southeast Kansas League here Saturday as the Tigers opened the season at a non-league quadrangular here. The Tigers lost to defending SEK champion Pittsburg, 25-11, 25-11, defending Crawford-Neosho-Cherokee league champion Girard, 25-15, 25-18, but beat Columbus, 25-15, 25-21. Girard was also a Class 4A State Tournament qualifier last season...

EL DORADO -- It's been a long time coming for head coach Sonya Petroski, but she finally gained her first victory as Fort Scott Community College's head volleyball coach here this past weekend. Although FSCC went just 1-2 in the Butler Invitational, the victory over Labette broke a 37-match losing streak overall and 59 matches to junior colleges. Petroski suffered through 31 of those losses herself as a first-year head coach last season...

PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's volleyball team won all five matches it played and took first place at the Three Rivers League Pre-Season Tournament here Saturday. Host Pleasanton, meanwhile, lost all five matches it played. Uniontown's path to the title was via a 25-17, 25-6 sweep of Oswego, a 25-16, 22-25, 25-20 win over St. ...

A 75-yard scoring pass from transfer quarterback Dominque Davis to freshman receiver Malcom Moulton with just under 4 1/2 minutes remaining in the contest gave No. 15 Fort Scott Community College a 21-17 victory over visiting Kilgore (Texas) at Frary Field Saturday afternoon...

USD 234 personnel will conduct preschool screenings for children up to 5 years of age on Friday, Sept. 11. Children may have vision, hearing, speech and communication, motor skills, socialization skills, and general development screened. The purpose of the screenings is to locate and identify children with possible developmental delays who may need special education preschool and/or related services...

Fort Scott City Commission looks to revise two ordinances during Tuesday evening's meeting at 6 p.m. in the Commission Room at City Hall, 1 E. 3rd St. The commissioners will have the first reading of an amendment to the ordinance providing for regulation of private garbage collection service in which they will look at the following changes:...

The first annual Trike Motor Poker Run raised funds for a local toy drive. The Bourbon County Sheriff's Department Corrections Division annual Christmas toy drive was given $1,877.50 to go toward buying gifts for children in the Southeast Kansas area...

Area drivers and passengers who remember to buckle up in the coming days will be rewarded for their awareness. The Safe Kids Kansas organization, State Farm Insurance and the Kansas Department of Transportation have joined forces to create a safety awareness campaign to encourage families to buckle up and drive safely to protect themselves...

It was early summer. The sun was shining brightly. A light breeze was wafting through the trees, and they were casting lacy patterns onto to the freshly mown grass. I had been working in my flower garden, weeding, breaking up perennials and re-planting them, and was in the process of planting some annual seeds...

Fort Scott High School's volleyball team won both matches at its first home triangular of the season Tuesday night at the FSHS gymnasium. The Tigers beat Southeast Kansas League rival Chanute in a non-league dual, 25-21, 26-24, and Pittsburg Colgan, 25-19, 25-22. Chanute beat Colgan, 25-19, 29-27...