Stories from Thursday, March 17, 2011

Edwin Upton, 90, longtime Independence resident, died early Tuesday morning at Wilson Medical Center in Neodesha, Kan. Graveside funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Mt. Hope Cemetery with the Reverend D.L. Mitchell, officiating. ...

Juanita M. Hoaglan, age 95 of LaCygne, Kan., died Tuesday March 14, 2011 at the North Point Skilled Nursing Center at Paola, Kan. Services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, March 19, 2010 at the Calvary Baptist Church LaCygne, Kan. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday March 18, 2011 at the Coffel-Schneider Funeral Home LaCygne, Kan...

Felicia R. Forester, 25, of 19 N. Margrave, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Fort Scott Police Department on March 16 at 12:56 a.m. for DUI and transporting an open container and is still being held. John Marcus Daniel O'Rear, 51, 223 Crawford No. 1, Fort Scott, was arrested on March 15 at 7:42 p.m. by the Fort Scott Police Department on two Bates County, Mo., warrants and trafficking contraband into a correctional facility and is still being held...

ALLEN -- Joseph and Mallory Allen, Fort Scott, and big brother Tayton, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Kyler Joseph Allen. Kyler was born at 5:11 p.m., March 10, 2011 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He weighed 6 pounds, 6 1/2 ounces...

WELLS -- Michael and Jessica Wells, Fort Scott; and siblings Sean and Eliza Wells, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Thomas Dean Wells. Thomas was born at 11:26 a.m., March 15, 2011 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces at birth...

Kenneth Schwartz will celebrate his 100th birthday on March 19. Friends and relatives are invited to attend a reception in his honor from 2 to 4 p.m. March 20 at Presbyterian Village, 2401 S. Horton, Fort Scott. The reception will include a roast of his life beginning at 2:30. ...

The 31st Annual Fort Scott Area Home and Garden Show is scheduled March 19-20 at Arnold Arena on the Fort Scott Community College campus, 2108 S. Horton St. Hours on Saturday are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. About 1,000 people are expected and some 25 exhibitors will be featured, Chairwoman Dola Cress said Wednesday...

Representatives from the Kansas Small Business Development Center at Pittsburg State University will be in Fort Scott from 9 a.m.-noon Thursday, March 31 for free individual counseling sessions. The sessions will be held in the Greyhound Room of the Administration Building at Fort Scott Community College, 2108 S. Horton. Contact the KSBDC at PSU, (620) 235-4921...

Several local students have received Alumni Legacy License Plate scholarships from Pittsburg State University for the 2010-2011 academic semester. They include: Erica L. Davis, a first-semester junior majoring in nursing. She attended Fort Scott High School and Kansas State University. She is the daughter of Tom and Cindy Davis of Fort Scott...

The Fort Scott Good Ol' Days Committee is adding a new event called "Dance Fort Scott" to the 30th annual celebration scheduled for June 4-5. The competition will take place starting at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 5, at Memorial Hall, 1 E. Third St. This new event will give area dancers an opportunity to "show their stuff," a news release from event organizers said...

The Gordon Parks Museum and Center for Culture and Diversity at Fort Scott Community College recently announced that entries are now being accepted through June 20 for the 23rd Annual Gordon Parks International Photography Contest. Held annually since 1989, the contest has attracted photographers both locally and from around the world. The annual competition is a tribute to Parks, a Fort Scott native, and is open to both amateur and professional photographers...

This time of year is a good time to evaluate alfalfa stands for winterkill and heaving as well as start to watch for insect activity. As soon as the soil thaws in March and April, producers can evaluate their fields. It is important to look at the crown and root system in several plants. In healthy plants, the buds will be firm and have a white to pinkish color. When split in half, a healthy root will be white to creamish and the bark of the root will not peel away easily when scratched...

Late last year, the first Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general sign up in four years was offered. With the current high commodity prices and reasonably favorable weather for the past several years, producers were looking long and hard at their options and possible benefits concerning this long-term conservation/wildlife/water quality program...

UNIONTOWN -- Imagination Station Daycare LLC in Uniontown has been awarded a federal Enhancing Childhood Quality Grant. The grant, which was part of funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, was awarded by Child Care Aware of Kansas, formerly known as Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies...

INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High's tennis team started the season by winning the Independence Invitational here Tuesday afternoon. The Tigers finished ahead of Chanute by one point and Pittsburg by two. Independence, which was unable to field a full lineup due to a conflict with the school's honor banquet, finished fourth in the five-team field. Since the Bulldogs are usually a deep team, wins over backup players are still good wins...

Volunteers for Fort Scott Community College's 29th annual Dollars for Scholars Phone-A-Thon recently raised $21,475 in pledges for student scholarships, but more is expected to come in. The goal of the four-day event, which ended March 10, was to raise $100,000 by having dozens of volunteers contact FSCC alumni and other people in the community and across the country who are associated with the college to ask for assistance...