Stories from Thursday, May 6, 2010

COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott High's golf team saw improvement from their fourth, fifth and sixth golfers, according to head coach Ken Klassen, but the Tigers did not have an individual medalist as they finished seventh at the Coffeyville Invitational here Tuesday...

INDEPENDENCE -- Colt Bartlett won two events and Griffin Knopp won one event and three total medals at the make-up of the Independence Invitational here Tuesday. Bartlett won Discus and shot put while Knopp won high jump and took second in the triple jump and the 300-meter hurdles. Those five medals scores over half of Fort Scott High's 81 points, which were good for third place in the seven-school field...

The Fort Scott Community College Theatre Department will present "The Spider and the Bee," a performance by the FSCC Children's Theatre class, at 2 p.m. Saturday in the theatre of the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center at FSCC. Admission is free and donations will be accepted. ...

In recognition of Kansas Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony on Friday, May 7 and National Peace Officer's Memorial Day on Saturday, May 15, Governor Mark Parkinson has ordered flags on state buildings be flown at half-staff from sunup to sundown on both of those days...

The Fort Scott Post Office is once again joining a nationwide effort to help end hunger in the United States. For the seventh straight year, the FSPO will join hundreds of other post offices across the country to participate in Stamp Out Hunger, the nation's largest single-day food drive, which is co-sponsored by the Campbell Soup Company, the U.S. ...

At the Fort Scott City Commission's request, city staff are working on ways to sell surplus property. The city was successful in selling several items earlier this year through an online auction company out of Manhattan and they are now looking toward city owned real estate...

With the Cigna Healthcare lease running out at the end of June, many are left wondering what will happen to the building located at 2801 S. Horton. According to Fort Scott Director of Economic Development Dale Bunn, there could be a new resident. Although no details have been released, Bunn said the State of Kansas, the City of Fort Scott, and the Bourbon County Economic Development Council have made a proposal to a company which is similar to Cigna Healthcare. ...

It was a nice evening at the Senior Swingers Monday night dance. Mary Sue had help with the tables and chairs. Carol and George Davenport were special guests and Carol played the piano some for me. They come quite often and he is doing good with his exercising. He has been in and out of the hospital too...

Before an audience of 100, piano students of Carolyn Tucker presented their annual recital April 23 at the First Church of the Nazarene. Mrs. Tucker welcomed the guests and Jimmy Tucker offered the invocation. Kelcie Bailey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Bailey, performed "Pachelbel Canon" by Johann Pachelbel...

Garrett Crane, 2007 Grove City High School graduate, recently received The Merle Brown Award, this is for recognition of Outstanding Service in Intercollegiate Debate. Garrett also was inducted to the Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha, National Debate Honor Society...

Vivian Mildred Ralls, age 95, a former resident of rural Uniontown, Kan., and more recently of the Fort Scott Manor, died Sunday, May 2, 2010, at the Fort Scott Manor in Fort Scott, Kan. She was born April 23, 1915, in at the family home Pittsburg, Kan., the daughter of Russell Pryer and Ethel Evaline Spencer Pryer...

Richard Donald Fitzsimmons, 80, of Fort Scott, died Tuesday afternoon at the Mercy Health Center. Arrangements will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home, Fort Scott, Kan., 66701.

MORAN -- A co-ed softball tournament will be held at Kansas Ball Fields here May 22. The tournament format will be determined by the number of teams entered. The entry fee of $80 is due by May 19. Teams must provide their own softballs (.44/375 ASA). There will be a home-run rule...

IOLA -- Pleasanton's girls missed out on the team title by just four points here Thursday in a very competitive Crest Invitational. The boys side was more spread out as Southern Coffey County took the team title. Uniontown attended this meet as well...

ARKANSAS CITY -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team will begin post-season play against a nationally-ranked opponent in the first round of the Region VI East 2 Sub-Regional here Saturday afternoon. Instead of a best-of-3 first-round playoff series this season, there are four four-team Sub-Regionals held at the home field of the top two finishers in the Eastern and Western Divisions of the Jayhawk Conference. ...

With about a month to go, the Good Neighbor Action Team is not quite halfway toward the group's monetary goal for this year's Good Neighbor Blitz, a six-day home improvement plan scheduled for June 10-15. Organizers of the project are currently trying to bring in volunteers and donations in order to help meet the team's $32,000 goal. ...

The Fort Scott Knights of Columbus have announced the winners of the 2010 Substance Abuse Awareness poster contest. The students of Saint Mary's Catholic School learned about awareness of substance abuse by taking part in the contest. Overall winning posters sent to the district competition include: Matthew Campbell in the eight to 11-year-old alcohol awareness division; Mary Elizabeth Kerr, Megan Smith, and Padraig Holland in the eight to 11-year-old drug awareness division...

Jean Armstrong is woman of incredible wisdom. I once heard her share with a group of younger women advice I wish I would have had as a new mother: "Never make a big deal out of something unless it has eternal consequences." Had I put that into practice, our home would have run much smoother. I realize that when I compare myself to others who did it so much better than I...

The cafeteria at Fort Scott Community College was full Thursday morning but not with students. Local residents filled the cafeteria to participate in the 59th Annual National Day of Prayer Breakfast. This year's theme to the event was "Prayer for such a time as this." The event was sponsored by the Fort Scott Pioneer Kiwanis, Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Ministerial Alliance...

Fort Scott Community College recently announced the 2010 Outstanding Alumnus and Outstanding Young Alumnus who will speak during graduation ceremonies next week. Barbara Albright was chosen as the 2010 Outstanding Alumnus and will speak at the graduation ceremony at 11 a.m. Friday, May 14, in the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center at FSCC. Nichola Traul, the 2010 Outstanding Young Alumnus, will address graduates at the 4 p.m. ceremony that day...

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