Stories from Wednesday, April 20, 2011

100 YEARS AGO (1911) Mr. Schoen, the new chief of police, assumed the duties of the office today. He was sworn in by the police judge at the court room. Mayor Brooks had instructed all the police officers to be present at that time and he took occasion to issue some instructions to the police and the new chief in the following words:...

To the Editor: National Volunteer Week -- the third week in April -- is set aside to recognize volunteers across the country. We in Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland celebrate April 22 as Girl Scout Leader's Day, a tribute to the Girl Scout troop leaders, service team members, Board of Directors members, trainers, voting representatives, program facilitators, committee and task force members, community partners, and United Way Day of Caring volunteers who help girls make the world a better place. ...

George Dudley Connolly, age 93, resident of Fort Scott, died Monday, April 18, 2011, at Medicalodges of Fort Scott. He was born February 13, 1918, at Fort Scott, Kan., the son of James B. Connolly and Emma Welch Connolly. George married Mary Ruth Morehead on June 22, 1946, at the Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Fort Scott. She preceded him in death on Sept. 1, 2005...

Leonard George Cowlishaw, age 87, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday morning, April 19, 2011, at his home. He was born December 16, 1923, in Nevada, Mo., the son of Leonard and Margaret Baldwin Cowlishaw. He married Jeanette Allene Sandifer on April 6, 1950, in Eureka Springs, Ark. She preceded him in death on Dec. 8, 1994...

Dorothy Turner Evans, age 90, resident of Chanute, Kan., died Monday evening, April 18, 2011, at her home. Funeral arrangements for Dorothy Evans will be announced by Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.

Ryan and Sara Werth of Prairie Village are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Mary Katherine Werth, at 3:15 p.m., Wednesday, April 6, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. She weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces at birth. She joins an older sister, Cecilia Ann...

The Fort Scott Recreation Commission and Buck Run Community Center is hosting the 2011 Corporate Laugh Olympics, this year benefiting the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The Olympics started April 16 and run April 20, 26 and 27. Cost to enter is $150 per team and $100 of each entry fee will be donated to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The remaining $50 will be used to offset supply cost and awards, said Tom Robertson, Fort Scott Recraetion director and Buck Run Community Center manager...

The Fort Scott High School forensics team competed in the final leg of the NFL national qualifier tournaments on April 15-16 in Derby. Up for grabs were the events of humorous interpretation, dramatic interpretation, original oration and international and domestic extemporaneous. The FSHS team was well represented in each discipline...

In preparation for the 41st celebration of Earth Day on Friday, April 22, the University Sustainability Committee and a number of student groups have come together to sponsor a week of events that highlight sustainability. Thursday, April 21 Festivities begin with Science Day for area high schoolers, featuring Biology Bowl, Chemistry Capers and Physics Events...

The Fort Scott Design Review Board will meet at 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 25. The meeting will be held at City Hall, 123 S. Main, and is open to the public.

In his farewell speech Tuesday evening, Former Fort Scott Mayor Dick Hedges cited remarks at Former U.S. President Richard Nixon's funeral which referenced a quote from the Italian poet and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero. Hedges paraphrased the quote saying that sometimes you cannot tell the value of a day until it over. Tuesday night, Hedges' 14 years of service to the city of came to an end...

Mercy Health Center Auxiliary will host a Shoe Roads Productions shoe sale from 12:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Monday, April 25, and 6 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, in the Mercy Health Center main lobby. Both women's and men's shoes will be available in a large variety of sizes. Cash, checks and credit cards will be accepted...

Fort Scott High School's varsity tennis team won every match at its home invitational Saturday. And the Fort Scott junior varsity, filling in for one of the teams which could not make it, didn't fare badly, either. "Although the day started out a little rough weather wise when we began play, it ended up being a good day for tennis and the boys did a great job in their home tournament," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. ...

Neosho County swept a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader from Fort Scott Community College at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Tuesday by scores of 2-1 and 11-6. Fort Scott's only run in the opener came in the first inning when Cassie Sharon drove in Aubrie Duval with a single to center. Neosho County (12-13 East, 23-16 overall) got both its runs in the top of the third...

TOPEKA -- The Kansas Energy Office, a division of the Kansas Corporation Commission, has approved Westar Energy's plan to expand its statewide Building Operator Certification program (BOC) training to include municipal and cooperative utility customers. ...

Kathryn I. (Rose) Tanner, 82, of Gas, Kan., died Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at the Kansas City Hospice House. Kathryn was born April 27, 1928, at Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Andrew J. and Veneta M. (Anderson) Rose. She grew up at Fort Scott. On June 22, 1945, Kathryn married Lloyd M. Tanner and they moved to Iola on Aug. 5, 1955. He preceded her in death in September of 1966...