Stories from Thursday, October 21, 2010

Lee Roy "Bud" Wright, 67, of rural Arma, died at 11:20 p.m., Monday, Oct. 18, 2010 at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo. Mr. Wright was born March 13, 1943 at Fort Scott, Kan., the son of John and Thelma Pyle Wright. Lee was retired from the Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Society in Fairway, Kan., where he was director. He also had worked in the oil fields in Western Kansas...

William "Bill" Fowler, age 78, resident of 2135 Native Road, Fort Scott, died Tuesday, Oct. 19, at Mercy Health Center. He was born March 1, 1932, in Moundville, Mo., the son of John Fowler and Mazie Clack Fowler. He married Marilyn Hurd on June 28, 1950. They divorced in December of 1960, and remarried on July 2, 1993...

Dora Ellen Henning, age 76, a former resident of Fort Scott and more recently of DeSoto, Kan., died Monday, Oct. 18, 2010, as the result of an automobile accident. She was born Jan. 30, 1934, at Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Harry E. Wilson and Pearl Gunsolley Wilson...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced that during the month of October, USDA will distribute approximately $1.6 billion in annual Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) rental payments and $3.8 billion in final 2010 direct payments to America's farmers and ranchers...

Rural communities are important to farmers. They give farmers a place to call home, a place to meet with friends for breakfast, a place to raise families. Now Kansas farmers in 81 counties have the opportunity to win $2,500 awards for their favorite nonprofit organization...

PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's volleyball squad swept through its opponents here Tuesday night in a final tune-up before Class 3A Sub-State play begins Saturday at Arma. The Eagles, who will be the top seed in the Northeast Class 3A Sub-State with a 32-5 record, swept Marmaton Valley, 25-10, 25-13, and Pleasanton, 25-8, 25-14...

Despite the return to the bench of head coach Sonya Petroski, Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team could not avoid elimination from post-season play here Wednesday night as Neosho County defeated the Greyhounds, 25-17, 25-15, 25-27, 25-13 in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play...

Editor's note: Due to time constraints, not all candidates' views are presented, but a follow-up story is planned. By Jason E. Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune Candidates running for local, state and federal offices debated and presented their stances on important issues during a candidate forum Thursday evening at Fort Scott Middle School...

Bourbon County Commissioners recently approved a request from the Bourbon County Extension Council to join the Southwind Extension District. This will give extension agents across county lines a chance to share ideas and expand programming. Southwind is currently comprised of Allen and Neosho counties. Commissioners adopted the resolution Oct. 8...

Inviting service men and women to join the American Legion -- and keeping them in the organization -- is something the group should strive for, National Commander Jimmie Foster said Thursday. As part of a Kansas tour, Foster spoke to members of Fort Scott American Legion Post 25 at the American Legion room at Memorial Hall. About 15 people attended...

A local man is set to go to trial in Bourbon County District Court Monday after being arrested more than two years ago for his alleged involvement in several sex offenses and child abuse, court records show. Douglas Page was arrested in September 2008 and charged with one count of child abuse, one count of aggravated criminal sodomy, one count of aiding and abetting aggravated criminal sodomy, and one count of indecent solicitation of a child, records state...