Stories from Wednesday, August 11, 2010

The Fort Scott Family Video will host a back-to-school carnival and school supply drive Saturday, Aug. 14, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The carnival will include a bean bag toss, hula hoop contest, balloons, free posters and lemonade. Door prizes will be awarded every 15 minutes, with prizes donated from local businesses...

Michael Guilfoyle, 63, of Fort Scott, died at his home Monday evening, Aug. 9, 2010. He was born Oct. 6, 1946 in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Thomas Joseph and Rosalea Virginia (Hereford) Guilfoyle. He married Martha Lou Royston June 24, 1967 in Fort Scott. She survives of the home...

Eva Mae Moore, 86, of Chanute, passed away Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010 at the Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center in Topeka, Kan. Eva was born in Chanute on Oct. 24, 1923, the daughter of Homer and Maude Frances (Chaney) Matlock. She graduated from Chanute High School...

VANDENBERG -- Brian Vandenberg and Charity Dollar, Pleasanton, and siblings Alicia, Christian, Nicholas and Connor, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Caden Michael Vandenberg. Caden was born at 2:50 p.m., Aug. 9, 2010 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott...

KOEHN -- Jerel and Lana Koehn, Rich Hill, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their son, Wyatt Todd Koehn. Wyatt was born at 5:40 p.m., Friday, Aug. 6, 2010 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He weighed 7 pounds, 5.5 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Dwight and Doris Koehn, Butler, Mo...

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce coffee for this week will be held at Edward Jones Investments, 111 S. Main, at 8 a.m. Thursday. Chamber members can make an announcement about their business, organization or the community by donating a dollar toward "Dollars for Dolly."...

The City of Fort Scott will shut off water at Meadow Lane and Fairway Street beginning at 10 p.m. Thursday in order to repair a water line. The work is expected to take 4 to 6 hours. Questions may be referred to Public Works at 223-4360.

WICHITA -- Kansas law enforcement agencies have seen enough; enough people killed and maimed by impaired driving. So they are cracking down. Under Kansas law, all impaired drivers go to jail. The minimum sentence is two days; the maximum is six months. Law enforcement and public safety officials will assemble Aug. 12 in Wichita to discuss upcoming enforcement efforts that will put more offenders behind bars...

Pet owners in the area who have not had their animals spayed or neutered will have a chance to have the procedure done next week. The Pawprints on the Heartland's Frank and Isabelle Rinehart low-cost spay and neuter van will be operating on Tuesday in Fort Scott. Pawprints is a non-profit organization based in Pittsburg dedicated to helping control the overpopulation of animals. The organization also parnters with the Southeast Kansas Humane Society of Crawford County in Pittsburg...

With the subtraction of the music act which helped get it all started, a local annual music festival is adding several different acts. According to Del Potter, organizer of the Fourth Annual St. John's United Methodist Church Music Festival, the event is going to be much more diverse in regards to the entertainment options after Brass Art, a brass group from Chanute, declined to participate for a fourth year...

TOPEKA -- Supporters cheered as the Road Map for Kansas Bus Tour rolled out from the Brownback for Governor Campaign headquarters in Topeka a little after 8:15 a.m. Wednesday. On board the bus were Kansas Republican Gubernatorial Nominee U.S. Senator Sam Brownback and Lieutenant Governor Nominee State Senator Jeff Colyer and their families...