Stories from Wednesday, February 8, 2012

First of all I need to apologize in advance for what I am about to say, but I am mad as hell. I feel like I am watching a train wreck right before my eyes and there is nothing I can do about it except help clean up after the disaster. I dislike writing negative columns, but something has to be done about managed care...

100 YEARS AGO (1912) Engineer Samuel Lowe, of this city, who for years has been running on the Missouri Pacific proved a hero yesterday when after his engine had crashed into a trolley car in East Iola, demolishing the car and overturning his engine, pinning him beneath the wreckage. ...

The Arcadia Christian Church had a special guest speaker on Sunday, Feb. 5, with a chicken dinner following. Forty attended church and 29 were at the noon hour. Ralph Shead was the speaker, assisted by his wife Lucenda Shead, representing LATM of Joplin...

Robert Douglas "Doug" Ingram, age 51, a resident of rural Bronson, Kan., died Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, at his home. He was born May 6, 1960, in Lebanon, Ky., the son of Robert Ingram and Ada White Ingram. He had been a dairy farmer. Survivors include a son, Jared Ingram and wife, Jere, Bardstown, Ky., and a sister, Jada Fuhrman and husband, Dave, Bronson, Kan...

Marceline "Marcy" Johnson, 83, Lamar, Mo., passed away Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, at Mercy Hospital Springfield, Mo. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, at Konantz Warden Funeral Chapel. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at Konantz Warden Funeral Home. Contributions can be made to Methodist Church, Lamar, Mo., Iantha Methodist, Iantha, Mo., Christian Church, Lamar, Mo., or the American Red Cross...

Logan and Kyla Probasco, Fort Scott, are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Ethan James Probasco, at 9:17 a.m. Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, at Mercy Health Center. Ethan weighed 9 pounds, 9 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Don and Rachel Park and Joe Neden, all of Fort Scott. Maternal great-grandparents are Wayne and Margaret Neden, Forsyth, Mo...

A Tampa, Fla., minister who has written a well-known Sunday school study guide will be the guest speaker during Margrave Church of Christ's annual spring lecture series April 8-13. Church elders John Durling and Jim Gerteis announced Monday that Ken Weliever (pronounced Well-aver) will preach on the universality of the local church and other topics...

The date in a news item published Tuesday about a Fort Scott Planning Commission was inadvertently omitted. The session regarding city property at Lake Fort Scott is scheduled for 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, in the City Commission meeting room, 123 S. Main St. No action will be taken...

Bourbon County Conservation District administers a state cost-share program designed to conserve soil and protect water resources. The district will conduct a sign-up for cost share funds beginning Wednesday, Feb. 8, and continuing through March 31. These funds will be available for use after July 1, 2012, a news release said...

James Leeper recently received some encouragement from local emergency personnel before he participates in a Special Olympics event later this month in Pittsburg. Fort Scott Police and Fort Scott Fire Department employees honored Leeper, a client at Tri-Valley Developmental Services, Monday afternoon at the Hawkins Public Safety Building. Staff met with Leeper to celebrate and present him with a basketball signed by police and fire personnel...

Although it's been a time commitment, contestants in "Dancing with Our Stars" say all the rehearsals have been worth it and they're looking forward to raising funds for local charities. The second annual event, sponsored by the Fort Scott Rotary Club, is set for Saturday, Feb. 11, with performances at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the Fort Scott Community College campus, 2108 S. Horton...

Two representatives of the Southeast Kansas Regional Leadership Academy First Impression Team gave a generally favorable report on the city during a presentation to the Fort Scott City Commission on Tuesday evening. Daniel Crook and Jane Brophy, representing the team, revealed the findings of a study that detailed the squad's first impressions of Fort Scott following a visit on Nov. ...

PARSONS -- Kiralyn Mosier scored 17 of her game-high 19 points in the first half at Harold C. Johnson Gymnasium Tuesday night, while Taylor Kemp added 10 of her 12 points in the second half as Parsons defeated Fort Scott High's girls 58-49 in Southeast Kansas League play...

PARSONS -- Fort Scott High's boys moved into second place in the Southeast Kansas League Tuesday night, beating Parsons 49-44 in league action here at Harold C. Johnson Gymnasium. SEK leader Independence received a scare from Labette County before prevailing in overtime at Altamont, 61-55. Pittsburg beat Coffyville, which entered the night tied for third with Fort Scott, 81-74 in overtime...