Stories from Wednesday, April 27, 2011

100 YEARS AGO (1911) The track meet of the southeastern Kansas high schools will be held at Pittsburg tomorrow. A number of students went down from here today and will compete tomorrow. Harold Calhoun will play at tennis in the singles and Guy Pawling and William Hale will play in the doubles. Ernest Blincoe and other athletes will compete in races, jumping and pole vaulting...

To the Editor: Well Easter has come and gone. Like my children before them, some of my grandchildren have become sick from gorging on too much of the Easter Bunny's candy again this year year. This sad but entirely predictable occurrence brought to mind the recent tax increase that was overwhelmingly passed, nearly three to one I think, by the rather small fraction of the eligible electorate who bothered to vote in the recent elections...

Eloyce Laverne Pellett Brown Parker, age 91, resident of Fort Scott, died Monday, April 25, 2011, at the Guest Home Estates, Fort Scott. She was born on Nov. 11, 1919, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Henry and Bertha Marsh Pellett. She was a member of the V.F.W. Women's Auxiliary, as well as a member of the Cherry Grove Baptist Church...

Billy Gale Minor II, 21, 1301 Scott Ave., Fort Scott, was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on April 25 at 10:25 p.m. on five Bourbon County warrants and is still being held at this time.

The Hiattville 4-H Club met Wednesday April 6. Roll call was answered with "the year I was born." In the council report, Hannah Fry reported numerous upcoming events: camp orientation is May 25; fair paper is coming out the last week of April; Fashion Revue Clinic; Barnyard Olympics; and the 4-H Council Garage Sale and Bake Sale...

The Fort Scott Community College Jazz Band will perform its annual Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28. The concert will be held at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on campus, 2108 S. Horton. Admission is free. The band, under the direction of Betty Jo Laflen, will feature music from a five-day cruise the group performed on during spring break...

Piano students of Carolyn Tucker presented their annual recital last Saturday at First Church of the Nazarene. Tucker welcomed guests and Jimmy Tucker offered the invocation. Kelcie Bailey played "From Pole to Pole" by Chopin and Paderewski, and "Red River Valley," an American folk song. Kiran Bailey performed "Swans on the Lake" by John Thompson. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. Eric Bailey...

Area residents interested in starting their own business are encouraged to attend a free two-hour "How to Start Your Own Business" workshop from 1-3 p.m. May 19 in the Greyhound Room of the Administration Building on the Fort Scott Community College campus, 2108 Horton...

Fort Scott Community College is bringing back a popular annual event that raises money to provide assistance to the two-year institution. FSCC will host "A Summer Bash," a silent and live auction, from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at the Liberty Theater, 113 S. Main St. FSCC once conducted similar auctions annually for several years and officials are working to revive the popular tradition. The auction will include a variety of items donated by several area businesses...

Nearly 2,000 pair of shoes were available for sale at a two-day event hosted by the Mercy Health Center Auxiliary. This was the first time the volunteer organization had hosted an event like it. Part of the proceeds will go to the auxiliary, which will use it for projects like the expansion and relocation of Mercy Cancer Care...

Many residents along the 12-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 69 between Fort Scott and Arma made their voices heard Tuesday evening at an open house hosted by the Kansas Department of Transportation. The event was held to seek community feedback about the expansion of U.S. ...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball team split a Three Rivers League doubleheader with Northeast here Tuesday, taking game one 6-5 but dropping the second game 7-3. The doubleheader was originally scheduled to be played at Arma but was switched to Uniontown due to bad field conditions. Northeast played as the home team...