Stories from Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Sonya Petroski has been reinstated as Fort Scott Community College's volleyball coach and resumed her coaching duties beginning with Tuesday's non-conference road match at Evangel University in Springfield, where the Greyhounds were scheduled to face the Evangel JV...

CHENEY -- Fort Scott High School senior Kacie Brown finished in a tie for 47th place here Monday at the Class 4A State Golf Tournament. Brown shot 51 on the front nine and 54 on the back to finish with a total of 105. According to head coach Karen Curran, Brown had some trouble on three of the first four holes on the front nine but regrouped on No. 5...

The Molly Foster Berry Chapter of DAR (Daughter of the American Revolution) met Sept. 17 in the home of Avis Stradley. The Chapter Regent called the meeting to order and the group joined in the opening ritual, the Pledge of Allegiance and the American's Creed. ...

The Bronson Chapter No. 65, Order of the Eastern Star, met Wednesday evening at the Bronson Hall for a regular meeting with 11 officers present and with Ednamarie Jackson as Worthy Matron and Glenn Smith as Worthy Patron. A welcome was said to all and Ednamarie's reading was "A woman was asked by a coworker, 'What is it like to be a Christian?' The coworker replied, 'It is like being a pumpkin. ...

At the Northeast Scott 4-H Club October meeting, officers for the new 4-H year were elected. Results are as follows: President, Whitney Heckman; vice president, Chelsea Wollenburg; secretary, Grant Hill; treasurer, Cassidy Westhoff; reporter, Amber Wunderly; council: John Emmerson, Dawson Minor, Christian Guilfoyle; song leaders: Kinede Ross, Brooklyn Sheehy, Layna Thompson; recreation leaders: Mallory Westoff, Lauryn Madison; sunshine: Krista and Cole Wallenburg; historians: Ryann Allison, Kendall Madison; alternate council: Hayden Cole and Joseph Wunderly.. ...

This Thursday evening, members of the FSHS drama program will present a "Whose Line Is It Anyway" night of improv as a fundraiser for Aaron Cowlishaw. Cowlishaw was critically injured in an automobile accident last month and is currently rehabilitating at Mercy Hospital...

Glenda Wood DeHerrera, 53, went to be with the Lord Oct. 13, 2010, in Olathe, Kan., after fighting cancer. She was born Glenda Ranae Wood, July 17, 1957, in Pittsburg, Kan., to Walter H. and Georgia Mathews Wood. In 1958, she moved with her family to Ames, Iowa, where she went to grade school and high school, graduating in 1975...

Dora Ellen Henning, age 76, a former resident of Fort Scott and more recently of DeSoto, Kansas, died Monday, October 18, 2010, as the result of an automobile accident. Funeral services for Dora Ellen Henning will be announced by the Cheney Witt Memorial Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott...

William Marion Eugene Fowler, age 78, resident of 2135 Native Road, Fort Scott, died Tuesday, October 19, at Mercy Health Center. Services for William Fowler will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan., 66701.

Lola May Andrews, age 90, a resident of Lansing, Kan., died Monday, Oct. 18, 2010, at the Golden Living Center in Lansing. She was born May 21, 1920, in rural Walnut, Kan., the daughter of Otis Merrill Johnson and Mary Etta Cook Johnson. She first married Marshall H. Moor in 1938, at Waverly, Kan...

Eva Isabell Atherton, 88, of Pleasanton, Kan., died Friday, Oct. 15, 2010 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kan. She was born Dec. 6, 1921 in Mapleton, Kan., the daughter of Arthur and Belle Post Plain. She was a graduate of Fulton High School She married Otto Atherton on Jan. 2, 1941. He preceded her on April 5, 1988...

Although it seems like a repeat article, it is not. The Tiger debate team won another sweepstakes title and had individual teams succeed at multiple levels. At Osawatomie, Fort Scott's top-three pairings accounted for a 12-3 record that was good enough to win the overall title. The teams that contributed all came away with 4-1 records and medals: Reed Ramsey/Glenn Gaeke, second; Alan Pearson/Eric Garner, fourth; and Caleb Moore/ PJ Self 4-1, eighth...

A suspicious device was identified in a white SUV in the parking lot of Girard Medical Center at 1:30 p.m. today. A hospital official said the facility is working with local, state and federal agencies to determine the safest way to dispose of it while maintaining the safety of patients and staff...

The Kansas Department of Transportation expects to start a resurfacing project on K-31 and K-65 in Linn and Bourbon counties, weather permitting, on Oct. 26. Work will start at K-31/K-52 junction and continue south to the K-65 junction. K-65 will then be resurfaced from K-31 west for 10 miles to K-3. To complete the project, the contractor will return to K-31 and resurface the section from K-65 to the east junction of K-7...

The Crawford County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call at 1:20 p.m. Wednesday from an individual saying he was on his way to Girard Medical Center with a friend who had been burned by a cylinder-type device they were taking apart. Deputies and Girard police were called to Girard Medical Center and found the individual had brought one of the devices with him. Not knowing what the device was, the area where the vehicle was parked on the hospital's west side, was closed off...

By Jason E. Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune Several local schools have a variety of activities planned next week to help educate students about the dangers of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs and violence. Schools and communities across the United States will celebrate Red Ribbon Week Oct. ...

Local Bourbon County residents could see a decline in their property insurance rates, thanks to the construction of a new fire training facility in Devon. Delwin Mumbower, county coordinator for Bourbon County Rural Fire District No. 3, said the training facility may not be large, but it boosted the district's rating from the Insurance Services Office. The ISO rating is used by insurance companies to determine property insurance rates and premiums...