Stories from Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Submitted to The Tribune _ Mercy Health Center Auxiliary, Fort Scott, conducted its All-member Annual Meeting March 3 with 43 members and eight guests present. Highlighting the meeting was a report from Betty Reed, Scholarship Coordinator, which reported the Auxiliary awarded six $1,000 FSCC scholarships to area students pursuing medical careers during 2009. ...

Army PFC Bradley J. Woody has returned to Fort Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska, after being deployed to Afghanistan for one year. The soldier is one of 3,500 members of the 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division stationed at Fort Richardson. Airborne combat team members included soldiers assigned to one of six battalions and regiments of the 25th Infantry Division...

It's that time of year again for the annual Good Samaritan fundraising event on April 29 at the Fort Scott Presbyterian Village. This year's auction will be filled with antiques, collectables and some new items, as well. The event will also feature a few select items on a silent auction table inside on the lower level of the Village, as well...

The Senior Swingers held its first dance night on Monday night, April 5. The band members were all present. Joe Willis, guitar player and singer from Nevada, came with Marion Shrimplin and sang and helped with the band. He has been with us before. Marion was unable to sing but played his guitar...

Lewis Edward Baucom, age 84, former resident of 802 S. Barbee, Fort Scott, and more recently of Wichita, Kansas, died Monday, April 05, 2010, at Wichita Veterans Hospital. He was born September 29, 1925, at Crandall, Kan. He was the eldest son out of 7 boys and 2 girls born to Lewis Joseph and Bertha Baucom of Fort Scott, Kansas...

HOWARD -- Kirbie and Jordan Howard, Fort Scott, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Korbyn Lexi Howard. Korbyn was born at 2:02 a.m., March 25, 2010 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. She weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Lisa and Randy McAtee, Girard, and Virge and John Macary, Frontenac. Maternal great-grandparents are Jean Macary, Arma, and Gailand and Evelyn Johnston, Lamar, Mo...

To preserve and protect Kansas communities, Governor Mark Parkinson signed HB 2468 into law today, requiring a convicted person to register as a sex offender for life. "Keeping our communities safe is one of my utmost priorities as governor; therefore, I am glad to sign this legislation that helps keep Kansans informed about people living in their neighborhoods," said Parkinson. ...

USD 234 will be conducting preschool screenings for children up to 5 years of age on April 16. 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 and/or related services...

A local educational center is seeking help from the public for one of its latest endeavors. The Lowell Milken Education Center, 4 S. Main St., is attempting to find any details on descendants of the many orphans who rode the Kansas Orphan Train from New York to Bourbon County in the spring of 1879. ...

The final numbers of the Jason Aldean concert fell on the ears of the Fort Scott City Commissioners Tuesday night for the first time. Youth Activities Team Co-Convener Clayton Tatro was joined by several other members of the group to publicly announce for the first time the final numbers of the Ropin' & Rockin' for Pennies for the Park event held in November 2009. Tatro said that after all expenses were paid, the concert raised $56,600 toward the completion of Ellis Park...

Palmer, Grant, Marshall to assess 2010 Kan. legislative session

PLEASANTON -- Pleasanton Junior High's girls track team competed in its home meet Monday night. The seventh-grade girls finished in first place while the eighth-grade team was second. SEVENTH GRADE Team 1. Pleasanton, 2. Jayhawk-Linn, 3. Crest, 4. Uniontown, 5. Marmaton Valley...