Stories from Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Matthew and Meghan Allen, Lawrence, Kan., and sibling Meaa Allen are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter and sister Madyson Ayleen Allen at 2:59 a.m. on Saturday, March 3, 2012, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Madyson weighted 8 pounds, 4 ounces and was 20.75 inches in length. Maternal grandparents are Tony and Brenda Augusto and Rick and Chris Ingrim. Paternal grandparents are Martha Wrenn and Mike and Jean Allen...

Submitted to The Tribune The Osaga Historical Society met Feb. 27 with four members present. In old business, a new printer was purchased for the computer. In new business, calendars for 2013 were discussed. It was decided to not make them as it costs too much and people would not want to pay as much as it would cost. There are still a few 2012 calendars for sale...

Joshua Michle Leighty, 22, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Fort Scott Police Department at 7:08 p.m. Monday for battery. He posted a $500 bond at 8:47 p.m. Monday and was released. Jarrod Wayne Eastwood, 39, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Fort Scott Police Department at 6:48 p.m. Monday on a warrant out of Vernon County for nonsupport of a child. He is still being held at this time...

Joseph Morris Kennedy, son of Roy Lee Kennedy and Mabel Hamrick, was born Aug. 10, 1931, in Fort Scott, Kan., and died Jan. 24, 2012, in Cameron, Mo. Memorial Chapel of Waynesville, Mo., is in charge of burial services, which will be held at Hazelgreen Cemetery, south of Richland, Mo...

Robert B. Higgins, 86, of Olathe, Kan., passed away Friday, March 9, 2012, at the Kansas City Hospice House. A memorial service will be held at 11a.m. Thursday, March 15, at the Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, Olathe Chapel. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Inurnment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo...

Leo Brownback, son of William H. and Josie Browning Brownback, was born June 21, 1914, near Centerville, Kan. Leo grew up on the family farm southwest of Centerville, helping his loved ones with the many joys of farming. He attended the Oakwood Country School as a young man and enjoyed learning the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic. He would either walk, or ride his mule named Ben to school...

By Lynn A. Wade Special to The Tribune Business leaders from Nevada and Fort Scott gathered together for a joint chamber after-hours mixer at Hoffman Financial Resources in the Carnegie Building in Nevada on Friday. It's the second time in a year the two organizations have conducted the cross-border networking event...

Submitted to The Tribune Fulton Community Center members met at Dean and Fern Brown's home Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. Fern called the meeting to order. Virginia gave roll call with eight members present. Minutes were read and approved. Janice gave the treasurer's report. The group cleared $600.40 at the chili and vegetable soup lunch and silent auction...

Submitted to The Tribune "New and Exciting Flowers for Your Home Landscape" will be presented by State Floriculture Specialist Alan Stevens on Thursday, March 15, at Fort Scott Community College, Bailey Hall -- Room A128, beginning at 6 p.m. Stevens will highlight the Prairie Star flowers, which is a collection of annual flower varieties best adapted to the challenging prairie climate and which have exhibited superior performance for two or more years in the Kansas State University bedding plant research trials. ...

The Redfield Ruritan Club met at the Redfield Community Building March 8. The meeting opened with the members singing "America," which was followed by the club president, Roy Johnson, giving the table grace. During the business meeting following the meal, the secretary and treasurer's reports were read and approved...

On Friday evening March 9, the JOY Sunday School class celebrated their 56th anniversary with a buffet dinner at Chicken Mary's in Yale. Wayne and Christie Parrish were in charge of the preparation of decorations and dessert. Balloons were tied to pretty plastic bags of colored candies. Little plastic pots with tiny animals waving in the breeze, beside bright colored napkins. Nineteen attended and enjoyed a fine evening...

100 YEARS AGO (1912) According to advice received here this afternoon Fort Scott is expected to be in the grip of another blizzard tonight as it has been snowing hard all of the morning at Kansas City while Western Kansas is experiencing one of the worst storms of the year. ...

This seemed like a much more productive week for your legislators back in the Capitol. Most of the committees met more than once this week and all held hearings and/or passed out bills to go to their respective chamber floors for final votes. We did pass out several bills this week in the Senate, but not as many as one would think. ...

The Elks Lodge and the Modern Woodmen of America, along with the Care to Share cancer support group and The Sharing Bucket, will host a chicken noodle lunch and dinner for Ty Lundberg and his family from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday. Lundberg was diagnosed with neuroblastoma -- a cancerous tumor that develops from nerve tissue and occurs in infants and children -- at three weeks old...

MANHATTAN -- The Johnson Cancer Research Center at Kansas State University is giving 47 undergraduates, including two from the Bourbon County area, a chance to conduct cancer research projects. The center's Cancer Research Award program promotes undergraduate participation in laboratory research and encourages students to consider careers in cancer research and medicine...

The Greyhound forensics squad headed to Hutchinson, March 9-11, to compete at the Second Annual Junior Varsity National Tournament. The tournament allows students in their first and second year of college to compete against each other, a news release said...

Although Fort Scott National Historic Site's exhibits focus mainly on the 1840s before the Civil War, a new display brings them closer to the time period of the conflict. At 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, the Fort took delivery of a reproduction of a Tripler Wagon used to transport wounded troops to hospitals. It is now housed next to a Civil War-era freight wagon in the carriage house. Werner Wagonworks of Horton, Kan., created and delivered the conveyance...

UNIONTOWN -- USD 235 Board of Education members approved the republishing of the school's annual budget for a second time at their regularly scheduled monthly meeting Monday evening. A higher head count for student enrollment led to the republishing of the budget the first time. But this time was due to the state of Kansas' readjustment of their reimbursement rate for transportation, Superintendent Randy Rockhold said...

Local law enforcement agencies are joining a statewide initiative to cut down on the number of teens driving without seat belts. From March 5-19, law enforcement across Kansas will be participating in an aggressive enforcement in and around schools to both educate and enforce restraint laws. Officers are trying to stop what has been an epidemic for the past several years -- an increasing number of unrestrained teens...

A one-vehicle accident has left one Bourbon County youngster in the hospital. The accident occurred at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday on Kansas Highway 39 at mile post 57 or four miles north of Hepler and .4 miles east of the Kansas Highway 3 junction, a Kansas Highway Patrol Crash Log report said...

UNIONTOWN -- USD 235 students in preschool through second grade will be traveling to Iola today for a free theatrical performance at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. "As much as we can expose kids to the arts, I like it," West Bourbon Elementary School Principal Tracy Smith said. "And free? We like it even more."...

The Fort Scott Planning Commission will at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, in the City Commission meeting room at City Hall, 123 S. Main. The meeting is open to the public.

The Golf Course Advisory Board will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, at Woodland Hills Golf Course. The meeting is open to the public.

The Bourbon County Democrats are sponsoring a St. Patrick's Day Luck of the Irish Breakfast/Brunch from 8 a.m.-noon Saturday at Buck Run Community Center, 735 Scott Ave. A free-will offering will be accepted. The public is invited.

UNIONTOWN -- The Department of Homeland Security recently assessed the safety and security of schools in the Uniontown USD 235 school district. During the all-hazards assessment which took place last Wednesday and Thursday, local law enforcement and emergency management officials worked with school officials to evaluate the districts ability to handle serious, life-threatening situations...

Three local firefighters were recently given a special honor for their work in rescuing a local woman from her burning home in early 2011. Fort Scott Fire Department Lt. Darren Hutchison, FSFD Lt. Clint Roberts, and reserve firefighter Clint Wheeler were recognized at last week's meeting of the Fort Scott City Commission with the Tom McGaughey Fire Service Award, an annual laurel that honors firefighters for bravery and courage "above and beyond the call of duty."...

A Bourbon County teen was flown from the scene of a one-vehicle accident Tuesday evening on Kansas Highway 39. A 1999 Chevrolet Venture van, driven by Westina R. Wilson, 16, Savonburg, was westbound on K-39 when she and her passenger, 13-year-old Cody Wilson, both fell asleep, according to Kansas Highway Patrol report...