Stories from Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Ronald Marion Jones, age 65, resident of rural Deerfield, Mo., died Sunday, Sept. 6, at his home. He was born Sept. 1, 1944, in Devon, Kan., the son of Alfred Marion Jones and Opal Gillenwater Jones. Ronald married Sue Hurd in 1962. They later divorced...

Willard Lee Palmer, 84, died Sept. 6, 2009. Visitation with family will be from 6-8 p.m., Thursday, with the funeral service at 11 a.m., Friday, both at Broadway Mortuary Chapel, Wichita, Kan. Burial will follow at 3:30 pm at Centerville Cemetery in Devon, Kan...

Bernice Esther Miller Tuggle, age 92, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, Sept. 7, at the Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott. She was born Dec. 15, 1916, in Hiattville, Kan., the daughter of Fredrick Neth and Delia Crays Neth. Bernice graduated from the Fort Scott High School in 1935...

Howard Dean Stucky, age 78, a former resident of Penalosa and Hutchinson, Kan., went home to be with the Lord on Friday, Sept. 4, 2009, in Fort Scott, Kan. He was born Feb. 12, 1931, at Pretty Prairie, Kan., the youngest son of Amos and Ida (Graber) Stucky...

Independence controlled play most of the game at Ellis Park Tuesday afternoon as the Bulldogs rolled to a 4-1 victory over Fort Scott High School's soccer team in the Tigers' home opener. The Bulldogs (1-0 Southeast Kansas League, 1-1 overall) took 36 shots at the Tigers' goal while Fort Scott (0-1, 0-2) mustered only four in the game and one in the second half, although that did result in the Tigers' lone goal, a hard charge by Chris McAllister in the final minute of play...

One play can make a big difference. A young Fort Scott Community College volleyball team discovered that for itself at Arnold Arena Monday night. The Greyhounds were coming off a Saturday sweep of Cottey and Labette at Nevada. They were trailing 1-0 in a dual with Longview after losing a hard-fought first game by five points...

The rain didn't keep the golfers off the course at Fort Scott Country Club Tuesday afternoon as the Fort Scott Invitational went on as scheduled. It also didn't prove much of a handicap to Caney Valley's golfers as five of the six Bullpups finished in the top 10, giving it the team title easily with a score of 205...

COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott Community College head coach Jeff Sims has always wanted to run the ball first. And so far this season, the Greyhounds have been running the ball better than ever. The 15th-ranked Greyhounds saw two backs rush for over 150 yards in a 37-20 victory over Coffeyville at Veterans' Memorial Stadium here Saturday night in the Jayhawk Conference opener for both schools. ...

NEVADA -- The Community Council on the Performing Arts will present "Cheaper by the Dozen" starting Thursday at the Fox Playhouse, 110 S. Main St. The play is a comedy adapted by Christopher Sergel from the book by Frank Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. The play is directed by Tony Wagner, sponsored by Metz Banking Company and produced by special arrangement with The Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Ill...

Fort Scott Community College Environmental Technology Director Scott Flater recently awarded the Jim Current Professional Excellence Award to Garry Turner, a retired water superintendent for the City of Olathe. The award was presented during the general session at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment's 90th Annual Water and Wastewater School conducted Aug. 4-7 at the University of Kansas in Lawrence...

Enrollment in USD 234 schools this year is down slightly from this time last year. According to a district head count of students in four schools on Aug. 17, the first day of school, there are 1,948 K-12 students attending classes this year, down from last year's 1,997 student total...

A rash of arsons was reported over the Labor Day weekend in Crawford and Neosho counties. At 5:30 a.m. Saturday, Crawford County 911 received a call of a structure fire at 497 S. 40th St., McCune. Upon arrival, a mobile home was found to be fully engulfed. ...

After two months of silence, two more window shootings causing nearly $1,000 in damages to local businesses were reported Tuesday morning. The old Boot Jack building, 2 S. State St., now owned by Danny Ellis, was damaged over the weekend as the smallest window on the north end of the building was shot. ...

Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team played tough for several stretches while hosting No. 18-ranked Butler in a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division match at Arnold Arena Wednesday night. Butler, however, had longer stretches of dominant play and went on to a 25-19, 25-10, 25-18 sweep of the Greyhounds...

The Ellis Foundation is continuing with their mission to invest in future leaders. This year, 55 students from the Fort Scott area are attending college as Ellis Scholars, according to a statement by from the foundation. The distinction as an Ellis Scholar provides the students with a cumulative of $440,000 in "venture capital" towards a college education. In addition the financial assistance, the students also receive the guidance to help them succeed...

A mixed quartet and a woodwind trio will perform at 7 p.m. Friday as part of the weekly Friday night concert series at the Heritage Park Pavilion near the corner of First and Main streets. The quartet consists of members and local residents Jesse Crum, Terri Crum, Bryan Lowry, Jimmie Tucker and accompanist Carolyn Tucker. ...

Jill Warford is happy the new Gordon Parks Museum and Center at Fort Scott Community College is nearly complete. "I'd say it's about 85 percent (complete)," Warford, the director of the center, said Wednesday. "I'm glad that it's open. Now we have enough space to have groups in and not be cramped."...

Former Fort Scott Police Chief Merle Young will soon be included in the African American exhibit at the Lowell Milken Center. His youngest son Philip and wife Coetta along with former co-worker and friend Ned Caldwell visited Maria Bahr at the Lowell Milken Center Wednesday afternoon to talk about Young's history with the community...

Mercy Health System of Kansas President and CEO John Woodrich announced Wednesday his resignation from the position. Woodrich's last day at his post is scheduled for Nov. 18, after which he will assume an administrative role with a health system in Nebraska, according to a Mercy statement on Wednesday...