Stories from Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Here a nibble, there a nibble, everywhere a nibble ... From Halloween until the end of play at the Super Bowl is often referred to as "the eating season." Adding a few extra pounds is easy to do. Spending time with family and friends is enjoyable, but most activities include seasonal foods that often are high in calories, sugar and fat...

I can't believe it is that time of the year already. Dec. 2nd we received four Christmas cards. It seems like I just blinked and it is the Christmas season again. Which means it is time to get my Christmas letter written. I shared it with all of my readers last year and decided to do it again this year. Although you will be getting some things that I have written about in my weekly column...

Activity in the Arcadia Community Center has been busy the last of November and into December. The chicken noodle dinner was delicious, and thanks to the Bridgewater family, Santa will be near the Christmas tree with treats for all on the evening of Dec. 11 at 6:30 p.m...

WILLARD, Mo. -- Fort Scott High School's basketball teams finished up their annual appearance at the Willard Tri-State Classic here Saturday. Fort Scott's girls played first and suffered a setback at the buzzer to Drew Central (Ark.), 37-35. Tiger boys got their first victory of the season with a 62-54 victory over Drew Central...

Glen Rolan Herman, age 79, resident of Lake Fort Scott, died Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010, at his home following a cancer illness. He was born Sept. 30, 1931, in Butler, Mo., the son of George G. Herman and Mildred Morris Herman. He graduated from Butler High School in 1949...

It was an odd weekend for Fort Scott Community College's basketball teams. In a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader that took two days to complete, Johnson County swept the Greyhounds. Cavalier women, ranked No. 1 in the country in NJCAA Division II, defeated Fort Scott, 51-29, in a game that was suspended at halftime Saturday and finished on Sunday. Then the 10th-ranked Johnson County men's squad pulled away in the second half to beat the 'Hounds, 72-53, Sunday night...

Doris June "Billie" Cole, age 88, a former resident of Cavalry Crossing Apartments in Fort Scott, died Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010, at the Arma Care Center in Arma, Kan. She was born June 12, 1922, in Ada, Okla., the daughter of Edward Rice McCoy and Daisy Herrin McCoy...

To win a dual meet, a wrestling team needs its best effort from all 14 of its athletes. To win a tournament, it might only need to enter eight or nine athletes. To win a dual tournament, a team sometimes needs something from more than 14 wrestlers. Fort Scott High School won its home tournament for the first time since 2005 Saturday afternoon, using 16 men. ...

Eldon Leon Davis, age 77, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died unexpectedly Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, at his home. There was cremation. There will be a committal service for Eldon Davis in the U.S. National Cemetery, Fort Scott, at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8...

Chad Judy and Rachel Judy of Redfield, Kan., are proud to announce the birth of their son, Cooper Michael Judy. Cooper was born at 7:44 p.m. Dec. 6 at Mercy Health Center. He weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Bill and Christine Branham of Joplin, Mo...

Deandre Daran Cornelius, 21, 317 S. Main, Fort Scott, was arrested Dec. 6 at 12:27 by the Fort Scott Police Department on a Bourbon County Sheriff's Department warrant and is still being held at this time. Kenneth Bryan McClure, 39, 609 W. Sixth, Fort Scott, was arrested Dec. 6 at 3:11 p.m. by the Fort Scott Police Department on a charge of sexual exploitation of a child and still being held at this time...

The Emporia State University Math Day was held Oct. 27 with 38 schools and 450 students participating. Uniontown High School math students placed in several activities including: Algebra Team: 3rd Katelyn Vincent, Seth Bartlett, Ashley Nietfeld Geometry Team: 1st Jacob Sutterby, Colby Barrett, David Ericson...

With the coming of December, the Fort Scott debate team headed in two directions. At Lawrence, four Tiger teams competed in the 38-team varsity division. Daniel Lyon and his partner Baker Weilert were joined by teammates and partners Matt Carrillo and Glenn Gaeke III to go 4-1 in the preliminary rounds and earn their way into the top-eight to compete in quarterfinals. Unfortunately in quarters, both teams were defeated ending their tournament run...

President Reed Gleason called the November meeting of the Uniontown 4-H Club to order. Twelve members answered roll call by telling their favorite winter activity. Madelynn Ard led the flag salute and Daniel Nading, the 4-H pledge. Chase Gleason gave the treasurer's report and Cole George, the reporter's report. Drew George and Caitlin Jackson reported on the council meeting...

At least 50 people attended the Collegiate Farm Bureau at Fort Scott Community College's 3rd Annual Chili Cook-off and Feed Tuesday at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on campus. Proceeds go toward agriculture scholarships. Livestock Judging Coach and ag instructor James Thompson said there were 12 entries in the cook-off and two judges ranked the cook's creations...

Students throughout the community are invited to compete in a Martin Luther King Jr., essay and poetry contest sponsored by Fort Scott Community College. Entries for the contest will be divided into two divisions -- high school (any high school students in the FSCC service area) and FSCC students...

Local coach Jeff Sims has been tapped as the newest member of the USD 234 Board of Education. During its regular meeting, the board approved the appointment of Sims, the head football coach at Fort Scott Community College, to fill the district 3-6 board seat left vacant due to the death of Becky Weddle on Oct. 14...

Just days after Dale Bunn's resignation as Fort Scott director of eeconomic development, the city is now making plans to move ahead. The separation, which Bunn called "a joint decision," came Friday after both the city and Bunn agreed to move in different directions. Bunn's resignation ends his four-year tenure with the city...

During Tuesday's Fort Scott City Commission meeting, commissioners discussed an ordinance, which if passed, would increase water and sewer rates for all Fort Scott residents. The increases were not up for vote during Tuesday's meeting, although the ordinance was read. A second reading of the ordinance will be conducted at the commission's Dec. 21 meeting, at which time it will be voted upon...

TRENTON, Mo. -- Fort Scott Community College's men broke a 13-game losing streak as part of a Greyhound sweep of North Central College here Monday night. 'Hound men (1-11) took a 68-62 victory. Fort Scott's women (2-9) started the evening off with a 53-47 win over the Pirates (8-3)...

What started out as a slugfest turned into a rout in the second quarter Tuesday night as Fort Scott High's boys rolled by Labette County, 53-30, in a non-league contest at the FSHS gymnasium. Fort Scott (2-2) shot 50 percent from the field and connected on 7 of 13 3-point attempts. They scored 21 points in the third quarter...

Fort Scott High's girls outrebounded Labette County by 17 in their non-league contest at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night. But none of them were more important than Megan McDer-med's last one of the night. The score was tied with 18 seconds remaining. McDermed stole the ball, drove to the other end but missed a layup. However, she hustled and tipped the rebound out of bounds off a Labette County player...