Stories from Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Mary Jean Hewett, age 85, formerly a resident of 923 Burke and most recently of Presbyterian Village, Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009, at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Mary was born Feb. 25, 1924, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Stanley and Amy Armstrong...

Ronald Shaw Townsend, age 74, resident of 403 S. State, Bronson, Kan., died Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, at the Moran Manor Nursing Home. He was born April 9, 1935, in San Diego, Calif., the son of Gilbert Townsend and Gladys Lowe Townsend. Ronald married Jean Thomas on Sept. 20, 1986...

Katherine L. LaBelle., 87, bookkeeper, Catholic Book Store and Zieglers died Sept. 10, 2009. Rosary will be at 7 p.m., Sun. Sept. 13, with Funeral Mass at 10 a.m., Mon. Sept. 14 both at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Memorial may be send to to St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church 861 N. Socora, Wichita, Kan. 67212...

PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Josh Buller scored twice and goalie Brett Allen posted a shutout as Fort Scott High's soccer team posted a 4-0 Southeast Kansas League victory over Pittsburg. Buller scored his first goal at about the 24th minute, which held up as the only goal of the first half. ...

ALTOONA, Kan. -- Uniontown's volleyball team validated its recently-gained No. 5 ranking in the Kansas Volleyball Coaches Association Poll by sweeping Altoona-Midway and Oswego in Three Rivers League play Thursday night. The Eagles (2-0 TRL, 8-1 overall) swept Midway, 25-14, 25-14. Abbie Smith had 14 kills in that match for Uniontown...

INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School tennis coach Lynn Barr had an opportunity to give several of his players different kinds of experience at the Independence Invitational here Thursday. Medals were not awarded at this tournament, so Barr treated the round-robin tournament basically like four duals. He used one lineup for the first two rounds and another for the final two...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's football team is a team of two halves. In the first half of both their games this season, they have shown a strong effort. Unfortunately, they have taken steps back in the second half of both games. After thwarting Independence three times in the "red zone" in the first half Friday night and going into the locker room with a 7-6 lead, the Tigers were unable to stop the Bulldog running game in the second half nor could they get much offense going against them.. ...

Fort Scott High School hosted a junior varsity tennis tournament Monday. No team scores were kept but the Tigers had a bracket winner in No.1 doubles and a pair of thirds. There were four teams entered. Sammi Carr and Corina Harrison were the winners of the No. ...

Diana Couch has been announced as the new head women's basketball coach at Fort Scott Community College, replacing Stasha Richards, who had been the head coach the past two seasons. Richards compiled a record of 28-31 during her tenure, including 15-16 last season. Her departure was announced in August...

CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School's girls' golf team took third place in the first-ever Southeast Kansas League designated girls' golf tournament here Monday. But because second-place Caney Valley is not a member of the SEK, the Tigers are actually in second place in team standings...

With Halloween just around the corner, the Kansas State Fire Marshal will be visiting haunted houses and other similar amusements. The Kansas State Fire Marshal, Dan McLaughlin, urges everyone that even though haunted houses are intended for family fun, they are considered high risk occupancies with regard to fire and life safety...

Area golfers who hit the local links to play in a special tournament next month will be able to help the Fort Scott Elks Lodge 579 raise money to conduct its annual community Christmas basket program. The Elks Lodge will conduct an 18-hole three-person scramble golf tournament in order to raise needed funds for the Christmas basket program, which provides turkeys and trimmings needed to make Christmas meal baskets that are distributed to needy area residents...

Auditions for "Our Town," this year's fall production at Fort Scott Community College, are scheduled to take place from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1. Auditions, which are open to the public, will take place in the theatre of the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the FSCC campus, 2108 S. ...

The Safe Kids Kansas organization is making rural injury prevention a top priority during National Farm Safety and Health Week Sept. 20-26. In Kansas, nearly 160,000 children live in rural areas and these kids are at greater risk of injury-related death that is not intentional than children living in urban areas, a Safe Kids Kansas statement said...

Students who are enrolled in history classes at Fort Scott Community College are learning about the United States Constitution this week. Thursday is National Constitution Day and FSCC is celebrating the event by hosting different activities throughout the week, according to an FSCC statement...

Each year the City of Fort Scott honors the dedication of its long serving employees. This year Tom Coffman, Fort Scott Public Works Fleet Maintenance Supervisor, was honored for his 10 years of service. In addition, Fort Scott Fire Department Lt. Dave Bruner and Johnny Keating were honored for their 15 years of service. ...

With the Ropin' & Rockin' for Pennies for the Park event getting closer, the Fort Scott City Commission approved a host of street closures and parking restrictions during Tuesday's meeting. Youth Activities Team Co-convener Clayton Tatro approached the commission for permission to close streets surrounding the Bourbon County Fairgrounds and regulate the parking in the area as well...

On the same night that Fort Scott City Commissioners recognized seven employees for their service to the city, one employee's future is now in limbo. The mood in the room during Tuesday evening's meeting of the Fort Scott City Commission quickly turned somber when Commissioner Jean Parker made a motion to instruct Fort Scott City Manager Joe Turner to eliminate the Fort Scott Human Resources Director position currently held by Robert Johnson...