Stories from Wednesday, June 8, 2011

During the last week of May, grandson Drew Carpenter stayed with Jack and Mary Lee Payne and helped paint their LP gas tank and wash down their north garage. Drew did a lot of hard work and was a great help. He was grandpa's guest at Kiwanis Club on Thursday and then played golf at Four Oaks in Pittsburg. That evening they enjoyed a steak fry with his mother Amy and brother Lane Carpenter who joined the family...

Caitlin Jackson, a Bourbon County 4-H member and 11-year member of the Uniontown 4-H Club, was recently awarded a state 4-H academic scholarship. The award was presented at the annual 4-H Emerald Circle Banquet held June 2 in Manhattan, Kan. Fifty-three Kansas 4-H members received scholarships...

Harry Dee and Janet Carpenter, 701 Lowman, Fort Scott, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their families. With them were their sons Jon, and his wife Kim, and Jim, with his wife Dianne. Also sharing the day were grandchildren Jana Carpenter and her fiancee Michael Johnson, Kyle Carpenter and his fiancee Anna Marie Bahr, Crystal and Mark Feagins, Jon Thomas, Kelsey and Adrian Carpenter...

Marjorie Grace Black, 87, of Pleasanton, Kan., died Monday, June 6, 2011, at the Countryview Nursing Home, Prescott, Kan. She was born July 18, 1923, in Augusta, Kan. She was the daughter of Elmer and Bessie Meachem Berg. She married Weslie Black on Nov. 10, 1940, at Eldorado, Kan...

This week's Chamber Coffee is hosted by Mallory Allen at Shelter Insurance, 1 E. Wall St. The coffee will begin at 8 a.m. Chamber members can make an announcement about their business, organization or the community by donating a dollar toward "Dollars for Dolly."...

Susan and Boon Wedel of Mapleton along with siblings William, Cody and Baylie are pleased to announce the birth of their son and brother Daniel Cash Wedel III on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at 12:24 p.m. at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. Daniel weighed 5 pounds, 11.5 ounces...

Brad and Ronda (Danley) Jantz are pleased to announce the birth of their son Ezra Alvin Jantz on Thursday, May 26, at 9:44 p.m. at Via Christi Hospital, Wichita. Ezra weighed 7 pounds, 15.4 ounces. He joins a 2-year-old sister, Rachel. Ezra's grandparents are Janette Danley of Fort Scott and Marlin and Betty Jantz of Wichita...

Mapleton Homecoming 2011 is scheduled for Saturday, June 11, and Sunday, June 12. A garden tractor pull is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday with weigh-in at 1 p.m. All rules and regulations of the Bourbon Country garden Tractor Pullers Association apply...

The official end of the 2011 session was last Wednesday. The last day, there was a motion in the House to reinstate funding for the Arts Commission that the governor had line-item vetoed. The motion failed by 34 votes. The governor had attempted to work with the Arts Commission for a transition to a private, non-profit organization. ...

As a result of hard work by Fort Scott Assistant City Manager Susan Brown and other city staff members, the city's 2010 budget passed its annual audit without any infractions. According to Terry Sercer, of Diehl Banwart Bolten CPAs, the city's budget was examined for any violations under several budgetary laws including the Cash Basis Law and Kansas Statutes. Sercer found the city had accurately documented the income and expenditure of funds without any deficiencies...

Winners of the baby contest at Good Ol' Days were announced Tuesday. Results follow: Boys 0-3 months: First place: Maverick Wright, parents, Paul and Crystal Wright, Fort Scott Second place: Bradyn Wyatt, Krista and Shawn Wyatt, Fort Scott Third place: Gavynn Tena, Jessica Allmond and Seth Tena, Fort Scott...