Stories from Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Loyd Eugene Dighero, 87, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, at the Galacia Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kan. Services were held on Monday, Oct. 24, at 10 a.m., at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home. The family received friends prior to service time. Graveside services and interment were held at the National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kan., at 2:30 p.m...

Patrik Francis Jackson, 27, resident of Kansas City, Mo., died Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. He was born Nov. 8, 1983, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Patrick R. and Debra L. Lloyd Jackson. He was a graduate of Fort Scott High School and Pittsburg State University...

Rachel Marie Hall, 42, 808 Shepard St., Fort Scott, was arrested by the Fort Scott Police Department on Oct. 21 at 11:08 p.m. for battery and disorderly conduct. She bonded on Oct. 22 at 10:06 a.m. for $750. Michael Alan Gill, 46, 12 W. Fourth, Chanute, Kan., was arrested on a bench warrant by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on Oct. 21 at 9:07 a.m. He is still being held...

Kayla and Justin Bolden, Fort Scott, along with sibling Gage, are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter and sister Sophia Lynn Bolden on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, at 3:12 p.m. Sophia weighed 5 pounds, 15.5 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Lori Culp and Charles Monroe...

Irene Ermel of Bronson, Kan., will celebrate her 100th birthday Nov. 9. A card shower for her is planned. She would enjoy hearing from her friends and relatives. She was married to Ernest Ermel for 66 years before his death in 1996. Cards may be sent to P.O. Box 55, Bronson, Kan., 66716. No gifts requested...

Uniontown High School senior Drew George roasts marshmallows at the 4-H Officer Training event. The Southwind Extension District hosted its first joint 4-H Officer Training on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 16, in the Bronson City Park. Seventy-seven officers attended to gain knowledge on their officer duties, to set club goals and to get to know 4-Hers from across the district. Participants ended the afternoon with a leadership discussion based on s'mores...

And the big band era plays on. The "Readers Digest" pamphlet continues . . . It began in 1936 and came to an end in 1945. All in all, there were 37 famous bands and 120 top tunes during that time. Huge ballrooms, often lavishly designed, were an essential part of the big band era. Two of the most famous were the Aragon and the Trianon in Chicago, Ill...

The season will soon be getting colder and bring with it wintery weather. One slip of the foot could be disastrous for anyone, at any age. Of course, the likelihood of falls and breaking a bone from a fall increases with age, no matter what the weather is like...

"What's your favorite Halloween candy?" was the roll call question which was answered by 38 members of the Northeast Scott 4-H Club on Oct. 12. Song leaders John Emmerson and Wil Wunderly opened the meeting by leading the club in singing "Old MacDonald Had a Farm."...

This Thursday's (Oct. 27) Chamber Coffee will be held at EPOCH MedPlans, 2801 S. Horton, at 8 a.m. Members can make an announcement about their business, organization or community event by donating a dollar toward "Dollars for Dolly."

GARNETT -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team was confident that they could reach the finals of the Anderson County Class 4A Sub-State Volleyball Tournament here Saturday. However, top-seeded Chanute wouldn't let the Tigers advance any further and earned the berth to the Class 4A State Tournament at Salina this weekend...

MOUND CITY -- Three runners from three area schools will participate in this Saturday's Class 2A State Cross Country Meet at Wamego. All three moved on as at-large qualifiers out of the Jayhawk-Linn Class 2A Regional Meet, held Saturday at Sugar Valley Golf Course...

OSWEGO -- Jayhawk-Linn defeated Uniontown two games to one in the final of the Oswego Class 2A Sub-State Volleyball Tournament here Saturday. It was the third meeting of the season between the top-seeded Eagles (27-10) and second-seeded Jayhawks. Jayhawk-Linn won each time but it always took three games to do so...

OTTAWA -- Fort Scott High School sophomore Katren Rienbolt finished in sixth place at the Ottawa Class 4A Regional Cross Country Meet here Saturday to qualify as an at-large entry into this Saturday's Class 4A State Meet at Wamego. Rienbolt, this year's Southeast Kansas League champion who had not competed in the sport prior to this season, turned in a time of 16 minutes, 34.96 seconds on the four-kilometer course at the Eisenhower Road Course. ...

TOPEKA -- Deer can be spotted near our state's roadways any time of the year. However, in the fall, motorists should be especially vigilant for deer crossing the highways. Deer breeding season peaks in mid-November, and this marks the period when deer-vehicle collisions are highest. ...

According to the American Red Cross, the supply of blood for emergencies is getting smaller every day and they are in need of donations. The American Red Cross will be hosting a blood drive Tuesday from 12:45 p.m. to 7 p.m. and again on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Fort Scott High School, located at the corner of 10th and Main streets...

Nearly two months have passed since a host of concerned citizens packed the Bourbon County Commission meeting will allegations of tax interest manipulation and questionable tax practices by Bourbon County Treasurer Susan Quick. As the allegations were being made the information was flowing quickly, however once Terry Sercer of Diehl Banwart Bolton CPAs, was instructed by the commission to conduct an audit into Quick's office, progress seemed to hit a wall. ...

Fort Scott is preparing for its 31st annual Good Ol' Days celebration, set to run from May 31-June 2, 2012. Festival organizers have shortened the main days to Friday and Saturday only this year. "We have had low attendance on Sunday for many years," acting chairperson Millie Lipscomb said in a news release. ...

Another successful Taste of Fort Scott event is in the books. The seventh annual event, sponsored by the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce and titled "Forks and Corks," took place Friday evening at the Liberty Theatre. Attendees enjoyed food specialties provided by 14 local restaurants and caterers, as well as unique beverages and liquors provided by a beverage distributor...

100 YEARS AGO (1911) Last evening, robbers entered the Hahn Millinery store on South Main Street and carried away with them willow plumes to the value of over $200. There is absolutely no clue to the robbers. Miss Anna O'Conner, trimmer at the Hahn store, discovered the loss of a valuable pin about 8 o'clock this evening, and after telephoning Miss Sadie Hahn decided to go to the store to look for the pin. ...

Attorney General Schmidt to visit Kansas communities Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt will visit Fort Scott today at 4 p.m. on his tour of several southeast and south central Kansas communities this week. "An important part of public service is spending time throughout our state to stay focused on what is important to Kansans," Schmidt said. "I'm looking forward to keeping in touch with several Kansas communities next week."...

Gibson, Vergil L., 87, retired Cessna sheet metal worker, passed away Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, in Andover, Kan. A service for Vergil will be at 9:30 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 27, at Downing & Lahey Mortuary East. Vergil was a B17 tail gunner during WWII. Vergil was preceded in death by his wife Eva Lucille Gibson; sisters, Helen Cecil Nulph, Nila Nadine Wilson and Marjorie Alice Wiggans; brothers Corwin K. Gibson and Lawrence E. Gibson...