Stories from Wednesday, May 4, 2011

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High's junior varsity tennis team completed its season schedule here Friday in a tournament at Pittsburg. Fort Scott had six entries, two of them playing with a group of extra players from each of the schools. Austin Sather finished second in No. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1911) The Boston Bloomer Girls are to appear at Fulton on May 10th in a game of baseball with the Grays of that city. The fans there are expecting a large attendance, as the game of baseball with the Grays has not been played for many years...

The legislature was off for a few weeks and started back this week with veto session. Veto session is supposed to be when bills that have been vetoed are worked. Instead, it has become a time when bills that didn't make it through regular session are worked...

Scott Ball, Arcadia, was recently pictured in the Pittsburg Morning Sun as one of the weightlifters who competed in the Special Olympics Regional Competition in Pittsburg. He also carried the torch and lit the flame to start the day's activity. JOY Sunday School class held its April l8 meeting with eight present for the dinner meeting. ...

The Osaga Historical Society met April 25 with five members present. There will be 2012 calendars for sale in the Osaga room at the alumni banquet for $12.50. There was no other busines. The next meeting will be May 23 at 12:15 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend...

The Fulton Community Center met April 28 with six members present. A sale is planned for June 4. Reservations were given. The west half of the gym still needs roof repair. Donations will be appreciated. There was no other business. The next meeting will be May 26 at 7 p.m. Everyone in the community is welcome to attend...

Freddie Joe (Fritz) Thompson, age 80, resident of Kansas City, Mo., died Monday, May 2, 2011, at his home. He was born May 24, 1930, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of William Miles Thompson and Eva Ruth Shannon Thompson. He married Mary Louise Herrill on July 14, 1950, in Bentonville, Ark. ...

Josh and Tressa Fleischer of Butler, Mo., are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter Presley Monroe Fleischer at 5:47 p.m. on Monday, May 2, 2011, at Mercy Health Center. Presley weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Frank and Terri Keehner, Mountain Grove, Mo. ...

Faith Thomas and Ashton Holtz of Fort Scott are pleased to announce the birth on their son Masson Michael Dean Holtz at 7:59 p.m. on Monday, May 2, 2011, at Mercy Health Center. Masson weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces. Maternal grandmother is Carrie Thomas, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Amber Clark, Florida, and Michael Holtz, Fort Scott. Maternal great-grandmother is Judith Parnell, Fort Scott. Paternal great-grandmother is Patsy Holtz, Fort Scott...

Dale and Jennifer Louk and siblings Zachary, Ashtynn and Nathan of Moran, Kan., are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter and sister Emma Irene Louk at 6:20 a.m. on Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at Mercy Health Center. Emma weighed 6 pounds, 13 1/2 ounces...

Elsmore Ruritan Club will cosponsor a cat and dog vaccination clinic Saturday, May 7, with Deer Creek Animal Hospital. Dr. Carol Hines from the Chanute clinic will be available at the Elsmore fire barn from 9 to 11 a.m. to administer vaccinations. The fire barn is across the street from the Elsmore community building...

The Fulton Alumni group wants to announce its alumni banquet and dance on Saturday, May 28, at the Fulton Community Center. The dinner is from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. and will be catered by the Jayhawk Inn. Entertainment will be provided by the Bill Duling Country Music and Family Fun group; it will begin at 7:30 p.m. ...

Two tax seminars will be held on Wednesday, May 25, at Coffeyville Communtiy College, 600 Roosevelt, Coffeyville. A "Sales and Withholding Tax Seminar" will begin with sign-in at 12:45 p.m. The program will go from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. This session will ease the time the small business person spends filing tax reports and cover Kansas withholding tax and sales tax. Participants will gain a basic understanding of business tax responsibilities, record keeping and filing requirements and form preparation...

With the National Day of Prayer approaching Thursday, the community will have several opportunities to participate. The National Day of Prayer was first observed in the United States 60 years ago and has been celebrated in Fort Scott through the annual Community Prayer Breakfast and the time of prayer on the steps of Memorial Hall for many years. This year, a Prayer Walk on the Fort Scott Community College campus has been added...

For the first time in 24 years, visitors to the Fort Scott National Historic Site will not be charged fees to enter the park. The site, a unit of the National Park Service, recently discontinued admission fees that have been in place since 1987 and will now allow members of the public to visit the site free of charge. After careful analysis of administrative costs associated with the collection of entrance fees, it was determined that costs exceeded the amount of funds collected...

Fort Scott's city-wide clean-up yielded at least 90,000 pounds of everything from brush to furniture and scrap metal. Conducted this year over a two-week period, it covered the area south of Sixth Sixth Street on the east and west side and north of Sixth Street also on the east and west side. The sweep wrapped up last Friday...

Giving themselves a tool for economic development, the Fort Scott City Commission on Tuesday approved a resolution adopting a policy to offer manufacturing firms property tax exemptions for expansion purposes. City Manager Dave Martin said the resolution could most immediately be used for an expansion at Labconco, which makes medical cabinets in Fort Scott. City Attorney Bob Farmer said a 41,000-square-foot expansion has been discussed...