Stories from Thursday, June 10, 2010

Tyler Barrett and Fred Closs, two students from Fort Scott Community College's Construction Trades program, will travel to Kansas City, Mo., the week of June 21 as delegates and competitors at the 46th Annual National Leadership and Skills Conference sponsored by SkillsUSA...

Rep. Shirley Palmer, Fort Scott, announced Tuesday that she has filed by petition for re-election to the Kansas House of Representatives. Palmer represents the 4th House District, which includes all of Linn County and most of Bourbon County. She was first elected in 2006...

It appears that politics and athletics are once again about to become intertwined. In the past two days, Kansas U.S. Senators Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts and Representatives Jerry Moran and Lynn Jenkins have issued statements urging the universities of Nebraska and Missouri to remain in the Big 12 Conference...

Tribune Staff Report _ MAPLETON -- The town of Mapleton will be bursting with activity this weekend. The 44th Annual Mapleton Homecoming celebration is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. The theme this year is "On The Move -- Then and Now." Grand Marshall for the events this year will be Anna Mae Cobler, a former Mapleton community member...

President Glenn Smith called the Bronson Ruritan Club meeting to order with the song "America" led by Julia Ann Rhoton and prayer by Geri Reeder. Seventeen mebers and two guests enjoyed the evening meal served by Elaine Stewart and Betty Camac. The Ruritan Scholarship of $530 was presented to Du Shaun Robinson, his grandfather Charles Williams was present for the presentation. ...

Uniontown Saddle Club will host a team penning on Sunday, June 13 to raise money for future scholarships starting at 1 p.m. A silent auction will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. Gate admission is free, concessions will be available. For more information, contact Cliff Hall at (620) 939-4934...

The Hammond School Reunion will be June 27, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hammond Community Center. All past students and community friends are welcome.

Peggy Kathleen (Kathy) Millard was born to Cleta Fern Leonard Howell on Sept. 8, 1950, in Amoret, Mo. She attended area schools and graduated from Pleasanton High School. Kathy was united in marriage to Delbert Millard on Aug. 16, 1992. In healthier years, Kathy worked in the health care field and volunteered at the Liberty Worship Academy. She was a member of the Liberty Worship Center in Pleasanton...

James Franklin Comstock, 65, of Fort Scott, died early Tuesday morning, June 8, 2010 at the Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He was born Aug. 23, 1944 in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Mack Franklin and Pansy Pearl (Harris) Comstock. He married Jeanie Singmaster Sept. 16, 1967 in Fort Scott. She survives of the home...

Grace Woodward Young, 91, longtime Winnetka, Ill., resident, died peacefully after a brief illness with her children at her side. Born in Lost Springs, Wyoming, her parents were homesteading at the time. In 1923 her father rode a horse across the Wyoming plain and was never heard of again...

William Joseph "Joe" Van Leeuwen, age 76, resident of Uniontown, Kan., died Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at the Baptist Regional Hospital in Miami, Okla. Funeral arrangements for Joe Van Leeuwen will be announced by Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

The wait is over, the winners of the 29th Annual Good Ol' Days baby contest are in. In the photos provided by Magic Wand Photography, the winners are shown from each category. The winners are shown in the following order, unless otherwise noted: from left to right, third place boy, second place boy, first place boy, first place girl, second place girl, and third place girl...