Stories from Friday, April 27, 2012

Randi Jean Mistler, 27, Pittsburg, was arrested by the Fort Scott Police Department at 12:03 p.m. Wednesday on two Bourbon County bench warrants for theft. She is still being held at this time with no bond. David Earl Ross, 41, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office at 10:08 a.m. Wednesday for a Vernon County warrant for passing a bad check. He is still being held at this time with no bond...

100 YEARS AGO (1912) NEW YORK, April 25 -- Two-hundred-and-five bodies of Titanic victims recovered by the Mackay-Bennett are being taken to Halifax. The Mackay-Bennnett captain confirms the identification of George D. Widener in a wireless to the White Star. He says the majority of the bodies will never come to the surface...

During an expedition or "scout" into Missouri in April of 1862, a battalion of the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry was fighting more than just the Confederate guerrillas or "bushwhackers" (if you are of the northern persuasion.) The second and third enemies facing the "Blue Bellied Billy Yanks" were the torrential spring rains and the mud, mud and more mud they created. ...

Last weekend in Wichita, Kan., 900 women came from across several states to listen to powerful testimonies of God's grace. I was hired to be the "humorist" for this event, and I had prepared for months getting my two routines ready. My friends Kelli and Jamie had helped me figure out what "reads" funny versus what "performs" funny, and Ellen, Brian, and my husband Dave had come alongside me as angels of encouragement when I began to listen to that pesty demon of insecurity that promised me I would fail. ...

Submitted to the Tribune The Fort Scott Kiwanis Pioneers Club has set Thursday, May 3, for this year's Community Prayer Breakfast, in conjunction with the 2012 National Day of Prayer. This year's theme is "One Nation Under God." The event is co-sponsored by the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce and Fort Scott Ministerial Alliance...

Stephen Muhota, pastor of Diamond Community Church on Jayhawk Road, Fort Scott, and his daughter Grace, a nurse at St. Luke's College of Nursing in Kansas City, have put together a medical team to go to Nakuru, Kenya, May 28 to offer a desperately free medical clinic for 10 days...

Hope Chapel Assembly will host a gospel singing at 6:30 p.m. April 29. If you know anyone who sings and would like to sing at this special service, you may invite them (gospel music only). Ask them to contact Pastor Raymond Yates at Hope Chapel Assembly of God, (620) 939-4828...

The annual Elks Lodge Fishing Derby is set for Saturday, May 5, at Fort Scott Community College Lake. Registration will be at 9 a.m. and fishing from 10 a.m.- noon. Kids ages 2-15 can participate and all participants will win a prize. Lunch will be served after fishing to the kids and their families. The VFW Mens Auxiliary is also part of event...

Hope Chapel Assembly of God in Moran will have a USDA commodities distribution on April 28. Food will be distributed from 1 p.m.-2 p.m. at the Hope Chapel Assembly of God Blessing Center. The distribution is for low-income households in the Moran area...

If you want a lesson in World War II Pacific island combat, ask Fort Scottian Jack E. Scott. A U.S. Marine who fought on Roi, Namur, Tinian and Saipan, the retired educator has collected a surfeit of souvenirs from his adventures -- things a visitor might not see outside a museum...

Preschool-aged children at the Fort Scott Preschool Center welcomed about 50 community members into their little worlds this week. In celebration of Week of the Young Child, sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children and observed annually April 22-28, educators at the preschool center invited city officials and employees to spend time with some of Fort Scott's younger citizens...

The Fort Scott Community College women's and men's basketball teams will host the Second Annual Pechone Stepps Senior All-Star Girls and Boys Basketball Games Sunday at Arnold Arena. The games are for high-school seniors. According to FSCC men's head coach Michael Cook, the boys' contest will include 10 players who have committed to playing for the Greyhounds next season. ...

Another new amenity could be rolling into Fort Scott later this year. Plans by local residents David and Julie Saker to convert the building that once housed the Good Shepherd Thrift store, located at 301 S. Crawford St., into a bowling alley and fun center are in the early stages...

C.L. Akin, 74, of Overland Park, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, after a courageous battle with cancer. Visitation will be held Saturday, April 28, 2012, at 10:30 a.m. followed by the funeral at 11 a.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church, 9101 Lamar Ave. Private burial to follow...