Stories from Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Julie Ann Gorman, 74 of Mound City, Kan., died Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, at the Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Mound City Kan. Rosary will be at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. ...

Coetta Louise Young, 84, of Fort Scott, passed away Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, at Mercy Health Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Earl Walker Jr., 89, of Pittsburg, Kan., passed away Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg. Earl was born Oct. 10, 1922, in Mound City, Kan., the son of Earl and Daisy Tyhurst Walker. He worked for Thompson Walters Construction Company in Kansas City. He was a member of The Church of God in Mindenmines, Mo...

Alice May Young, 59, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Dec. 16, 2011, at the Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. She was born July 19, 1952, in Grandview, Mo., the daughter of Jack Evans Agnew and Dixie Mae Milor. She married Lester Charles Young on Oct. ...

Natasha Robertson, Nevada, Mo., along with sibling Memphis Lane Parcell, are pleased to announce the birth of their son and brother Autisin Dale Robertson on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, at 1:03 p.m. at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kan. Autisin weighed 6 pounds. Maternal grandparents are Cynda Robertson and Rich Williams, Nevada, Mo...

Crystal and William Hathaway, Fort Scott, along with siblings Torrie and Graham, are pleased to announce the birth of their son and brother Kaidden Mathews Hathaway on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, at 7:33 p.m. at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kan. Kaidden weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces...

Hubert Wayne Sawyer Jr., Fort Scott, was arrested on Dec. 16 at 1:20 p.m. by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on a Bourbon County bench warrant. He is still being held. Jonathon Sky Kilpatrick, 23, Mapleton, was arrested on Dec. 16 at 5:52 p.m. by the Bronson Police Department on a Bourbon County warrant. He is still being held...

Submitted to The Tribune Autumn Finley, granddaughter of Judge Sam and Mrs. Lora Mason and daughter of Mike and Lizabeth (Mason) Finley graduated summa cum laude from Pittsburg State University with her master's in English literature on Saturday, Dec. 17...

The Christmas season has arrived in all its glory. But it doesn't seem possible that a week from today we will be celebrating Jesus' birthday. The time seems to fly by. I have been playing my Christmas records off and on each day. They really get a person in the Christmas spirit. I even found an old Elvis Presley Christmas record. I had forgotten what a nice voice he had...

This week, I'd like to share a blog post from a co-worker from across the state. The following was written by Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent Linda Beech in Finney County about a recent experience she and her husband had in their hometown that is both humbling and inspiring. I hope it will encourage you, as it did me, to be kinder and more generous as we celebrate the spirit of the season that is upon us. It is shared with Linda's permission...

The Bronson Order of the Eastern Star met Wednesday evening at Bronson with 12 officers present. The meeting opened in form. Initiation was performed. Under sickness, Brother Glenn Smith reported that his wife, sister Retta Smith, fell and hurt her knee...

100 YEARS AGO (1911) A two-alley bowling alley has been bought by the directors of the Y.M.C.A. and it will be installed January 20th. Only members of the association will be permitted to use the alleys and they will be charged a nominal fee for playing to maintain a man in charge and to help pay the cost of the installation. When the Y.M.C.A. building was erected space for a two-alley bowling alley was left along the north side of the basement...

As a frequent columnist for The Fort Scott Tribune and several other publications I have learned that there are certain topics that are out of bounds. These are topics that elicit heated debate, irate emails and phone calls and the occasional cancelling of a newspaper or magazine subscription...

The 2012 SEK Inc. Annual Meeting & Banquet is set for Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at Triple S Steakhouse in Girard. The annual business meeting will begin at 4 p.m., followed by a social hour at 5 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m. The theme is "Western Round-up." Tickets are $28 for Southeast Kansas Inc. ...

With the help of Doug Moeckel from the Kansas Association of School Board's Leadership Services, the USD 234 Board of Education began to evaluate district goals and its current mission statement, adopted in July 1994. According to Moeckel, the basis for the evaluation was to define "who do we serve and why are we here" as a district...

A clean audit was reviewed by the Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees during their meeting Monday night. Terry Sercer of Diehl, Banwart, Bolton Certified Public Accountants in Fort Scott who conducted the financial review, said there were "no issues with the audit" and he "thoroughly enjoyed" working with Dean of Finance Karla Farmer. Trustees praised Sercer, Farmer and Mindy Russell, FSCC director of business operations, for their work...

Revised to correct an error concerning the day's record for three of the wrestlers.