Stories from Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Former Fort Scott Community College players LaVonte David and Coryell Judie recently received honors from the Big 12 Conference. Nebraska's David, who played for FSCC in 2008 and 2009, was named the Big 12's Newcomer of the Year and was also named to the First Team defense at linebacker. David led the Cornhuskers with 128 tackles, 14 for a loss. He also had 6 sacks...

PITTSBURG -- The 11-0 and No.1-ranked Grizzlies from Butler Community College will square off against No. 2 and once-beaten Navarro College (Texas) Bulldogs in the 2010 Citizen's Bank Bowl Sunday at Carnie Smith Stadium. Game time for the national title tilt is set for 1 p.m...

Joe and Shirley White attended a birthday party for Lucas Dark's third birthday. The party was at the home of his parents, Mike and Marsha Dark in Fort Scott. Sue and Jerry Mildfelt hosted Thanksgiving dinner for the following family, Leanne Burris and Tyler, Tom and Sandy Mildfelt and family, Irwin Diedrick, all of Parsons; and her mother, Buena Karleskint. Joining them in the afternoon was Sue's sister, Pat and Mike Worford, Springfield, Mo...

Mrs. Debbie Buckley of Liberty, Mo., and Mr. and Mrs. Don and Gwen Lancaster of Fort Scott, announce the engagement of their children, Sarah Nicole Buckley and Kyle Otis Lancaster. Sarah, a 2004 graduate of Liberty High School, received her bachelor of arts in English from Northwest Missouri State University in 2008 and her mortuary science degree from Kansas City Kansas Community College in 2010. ...

Christmas Adopt-a-Child still has children of low-income families who need adopting. Contact the The Beacon at (620) 223-6869, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Friday, if you wish to adopt. You will get a child's name, clothes sizes, gift ideas and guidelines of what is expected. If you do not wish to personally shop, purchase, wrap and deliver the gifts, you may sponsor a child instead. The suggested donation is $25 for a child...

Raymond William "Junior" Foster, Jr., age 78, resident of Fulton, Kan., died Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, at the Freeman West Medical Center in Joplin, Mo. He was born July 8, 1932, in LaJunta, Colo., the son of Raymond William Foster, Sr. and Catherine Foster...

HAVRON -- Tom Havron and Kristen O'Dell, Fort Scott; and siblings Ashlynn and Emersyn, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Harper James Havron. Harper was born at 9:09 p.m., Nov. 29, 2010 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He weighed 9 pounds, 12 ounces at birth...

Chamber Coffee is scheduled today The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce will host its weekly Chamber Coffee at 8 a.m. today at Citizens Bank, 200 S. Main St.

Breakfast with Santa Fort Scott Community College will host its annual Breakfast with Santa from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 11 in the cafeteria of the Dick Hedges Administration Building on the FSCC campus, 2108 S. Horton. For $3, children can have a breakfast of pancakes, sausage and eggs, have their picture taken with Santa and receive a gift...

The Bourbon County chapter of the American Red Cross will host a community blood drive Dec. 16 and 17 at Scottish Rite Temple, 110 S. Main St. Hours are 1 p.m.-7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16 and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 17. Visit redcrossblood. org, or call (800) 733-2767 to schedule an appointment...

An Arcadia was listed in critical condition at a Springfield hospital burn unit after being injured in a fire at his home. Shortly before 9 p.m. Nov. 30, the Crawford County Sheriff's Department responded to a report of a structure fire in Arcadia. Upon arrival, according to the Crawford County Sheriff's Department, deputies arrived on the scene, they noticed the residence at 605 S. Nelson St. fully engulfed by fire...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has announced the release of the 2009 Annual Summary of Vital Statistics. "This report serves as a baseline document that will be used to assess the health of Kansans," KDHE Acting Secretary John W. Mitchell said in a news release. "Two key highlights of the report show that there is a decrease in both heart disease and the infant mortality rate."...

Fort Scott High School students are making the holidays a little brighter for U.S. soldiers overseas. Through a contest held by the Fort Scott High School chapter of Family Career and Community Leadership of America (FCCLA) more than 3,000 items have been collected to be sent to U.S. troops serving overseas, according to FCCLA chapter advisor Rita Nienstedt...

COFFEYVILLE -- Wednesday night's Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division openers did not go smoothly for Fort Scott Community College's basketball teams. Coffeyville's men, ranked 13th in the nation, routed Fort Scott's men 78-41 as the Greyhounds failed to score at least 50 points for the fourth time this season...

The Historic Preservation Association of Bourbon County now has a new technological tool at its disposal. The association recently announced the completion of its new website, www.hpabc.org. Created by local web designer and host John Boswell, the site is designed to perform a variety of functions...