Stories from Wednesday, October 13, 2010

KOVACIC -- Ruger Alan Kovacic arrived to Jason and Paula Kovacic on Aug. 12, 2010 at 11:50 p.m. He weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches in length at birth. His grandparents are Paul and Jeanie Johnson and Janet and Ernie Kovacic. His great-grandparents are Clyde and Pat Woods and August and Evelyn Kovacic...

Leonard E. Lucke, 81, of rural Girard, Kan., died at 2:43 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 in the Girard Medical Center. Obituary details and funeral arrangements will be announced by the Smith-Carson-Wall Funeral Home in Girard.

Betty June Conway, age 84, a resident of rural Uniontown, Kan., died Monday, Oct. 11, 2010, at the St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. She was born June 23, 1926, in Salina, Kan., the daughter of John Ross Addo Antill and Veda Mae Koenig Antill...

Harold Lloyd Culp, 76, formerly of Fort Scott, died in Sunnyvale, Texas Oct. 9, 2010. He was born in Fort Scott, Kan., May 7, 1934 the son of Christopher Allen and Edith Cora (Moore) Culp. He married Shirley Jean Cowan Oct. 3, 1954 in Fort Scott. She survives of the home...

I have been collecting "tidbits" to write about, but I have found that they in themselves, are not quite enough for a column, so I have decided to put several "incidents" or "tidbits" together. First, I forgot to mention in my column last week about Bob's doing the washing while I was unable to. ...

On Sept. 30, local Modern Woodmen of America gave a lasting gift to the community. Members of the Fort Scott Modern Woodmen Youth Service Club gathered at Fort Scott Middle School to plant five trees, including redbud, oak, maple, willow and plum trees...

For the third week of the season, the Tiger debate squad splintered into two separate squads. One group headed to Kansas City to compete at Olathe North. After five rounds of competition, the top-four records for Fort Scott gave them a 17-3 overall win/loss total, which was good enough for the tournament sweepstakes title...

CHANUTE -- Kacie Brown qualified for her third consecutive trip to the Kansas Class 4A State Golf Tournament by placing fourth at the Chanute Class 4A Regional here Monday. Brown, a senior, shot 50 on the front nine but came back with a 44 on the back to finish at 94. She has medaled in every tournament this season. She qualified from the third-place spot as a sophomore and finished 31st at State in Cheney, which is where this year's State tournament will be held...

It's been nine years since Fort Scott High School's girls' tennis program has had a qualifier for the State Tournament. But last weekend at Parsons, senior Kalia Dancy and freshman Courtney Crain broke the drought with their sixth-place finish in doubles at the Chanute Class 4A Regional Tournament...

Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team swept Labette, the last-place team in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division, at Arnold Arena Wednesday night. However, Sonya Petroski, the Greyhounds' third-year head coach was watching the match from the stands. ...

Each year in October, newspapers across the country take advantage of National Newspaper Week to reach out to the communities they serve. This year's theme is "Bringing it All Together," and so The Fort Scott Tribune is taking the opportunity get together with the people served by the newspaper and to say thank you to its customers through a customer appreciation event this Friday...

By Michael Pommier The Fort Scott Tribune The Christmas season will be a little brighter for a few nearby military families as proceeds from a local law enforcement fundraiser were donated to the Kansas Army National Guard. The Bourbon and Cherokee County sheriff's offices each donated $1,000 to the Kansas Army National Guard Tuesday in a ceremony held at the Kansas Army National Guard Armory in Iola. ...

State Sen. Kelly Kultala, running mate for Democratic gubernatorial candidate and state Sen. Tom Holland, said she believes their campaign is gaining ground on that of Republican nominee U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback and his running mate, state Sen. Jeff Colyer...

"Good night, sleep tight; Don't let the bed bugs bite." As a child growing up I never worried about a bed bug bite, but now it's a common topic on the news stories and papers. K- State Research and Extension has taken a lead to provide updated, useful information to our clients, and a new publication to help homeowners, business owners and others identify and learn how to prevent or manage infestations was created...

Eric B. Banks, state conservationist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), recently announced that the application evaluation cutoff date will be November 15, 2010, for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP). These programs were authorized under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Farm Bill)...

In conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Mercy Health Center will host a 24-hour Mammogram Marathon on Thursday, Oct. 21. The startling fact is that more than 40,000 women will die of breast cancer this year in the United States, according to a news release...

Leonard E. Lucke, 81, of rural Girard, Kansas, died at 2:43 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 in the Girard Medical Center. He was born October 9, 1929 at rural Girard, a son of Elmer Frederick and Linda Mary (Kroenke) Lucke. He attended Immanuel Lutheran Grade School, Hepler and Girard High Schools...

Daniel Lee Green, 70, of Mound City, Kan., died Oct. 11, 2010, at Mercy Hospital in the Pelliative Care Unit. As per his wishes, Mr. Green was cremated. Private family inurnment will be at a later date. Coffel Schneider Funeral Home is handling arrangements...