Stories from Wednesday, August 3, 2011

In honor of the 61st wedding anniversary of John and Vera Parrish, their family gathered at the Lodge Restaurant in St. Paul, Kan. Those present were Wayne and Christie Parrish, Jenny and Ryan; Allyson and Karter Dugan; Janet and Mark Vanleeuwen. Christie presented the couple with a beautiful, homemade, decorated cake that was served in their honor. On Sunday, the couple gave their anniversary offering as the congregation sang the anniversary song in Arcadia Christian Church...

Nellie Lucille (McKinnis) Lewis, 92, of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday evening, Aug. 1, 2011, at the Mercy Health Center. She was born Feb. 9, 1919, in Uniontown, Kan., the daughter of Robert Roy and Ruth Marie (Kirker) McKinnis. She married Joe J. Lewis Aug. 7, 1943, in Olympia, Wash. He preceded her in death Aug. 23, 1991...

On Saturday, July 23, the Workman-Palmer cousins were treated to dinner at Chicken Mary's by cousin Charles Workman. Those attending were Lora and Cory Strong; Loma Marvin; Sid Smith Jr.; Charles and Christine Bailes; Jon and Rosetta Bailes; Wilma Workman; Opal Smith; Retha McGee; Alice Stanger; Agnes Armstrong and Charles and RoseAnna Workman...

Paris Junior Neal, 86, of Mound City, Kan., died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, at his home. Services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, Aug. 8, at the First Baptist Church, Mound City. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday at the Coffel-Schneider Chapel, Mound City. Memorial contributions are suggested to "Everybody's Trailer," c/o the funeral home...

Natasha Kay Reed, 32, 304 S. Judson, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Fort Scott Police Department on Aug. 1 at 1:20 p.m. on a Bourbon County warrant for worthless checks and released the same day at 2:41 p.m. on a $238.22 bond. Jacob Newton Rank, 26, 13118 Raintree, Olathe, Kan., was arrested by the Kansas Highway Patrol on Aug. 1 at 9:40 p.m. for driving while suspended and released the same day at 11:20 p.m. on a $1,250 bond...

A Fort Scott High School graduate will travel to the land Down Under next week to show that Americans can excel in one of Australia's national games. Ryan Kastle will be a member of the American Revolution team in the 2011 International Cup -- an Australian Rules Football tournament -- which will be the largest ever spanning across two weeks in both Sydney and Melbourne from August 12-27...

WICHITA -- Fort Scott Community College's football team -- which opens its season August 25 against Blinn (Texas) at Frary Field -- was picked to finish in fifth place in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College pre-season coaches poll here Friday. Defending champion Butler, which has won 11 of the last 13 regular-season titles, was the unanimous choice to win the KJCCC once again. Hutchinson was picked to finish second with Coffeyville third and Independence fourth...

Enrollment will be held for students in all grade levels in the Fort Scott High School Commons from 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 3 and 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 4. Students cannot enroll prior to those dates. Anyone who will miss enrollment due to camps, vacations, etc., should go to his/her individual school office upon their return and enroll...

The dust has only just settled from this year's Bourbon County Relay for Life event, but big changes are already afoot for the 2012 campaign. A meeting to kick off the new campaign, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Fort Scott Community College Heritage Room, 2108 S. Horton, will include discussion on proposed goals and changes for the campaign, including higher numbers of teams recruited and dollars raised than in recent years...

When Pat Wheeler had her stroke about a year ago, it affected her right side and she lost control of her speech. The only word she could utter was "why." Now Mercy Health Center speech and language pathologist Kimberly Biller has worked with Wheeler enough that she can speak in full sentences. Augmenting the work Wheeler and Biller have done are an iPad and Lingraphica system, which help Wheeler speak in short phrases. The Lingraphica system is synched to an iPod Touch...

Fort Scott Assistant City Manager Susan Brown took the opportunity to shed a little more light on the mill levy increase during a public hearing Tuesday. The city had published a 2012 proposed budget which reflected a .37 mill increase, of which .26 came from the Public Library Board which has taxing authority through the city. ...

A Mapleton man died Tuesday afternoon following an accident on U.S. Highway 69 about six miles south of Fort Scott that set off a multi-vehicle collision, Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper David Petrey said. Mark Scharenberg, 59, was driving his 2004 Nissan pick-up truck southbound on U.S. 69 and went left of center on the road, striking a Westar Energy pick-up truck head-on, Petrey said. He died in the crash...