Stories from Thursday, May 10, 2012

This is a recap of what the FFA has been up to the last few months. The team went to Fort Scott Aggie Days on March 30 and Allen County Aggie Days on April 4. Their banquet was April 17 and state degree winners went to the district banquet on April 18...

Beth and Chris Hoglund of Olathe and brother Abram announce the birth of their son and brother Asher Lawrence Hoglund on April 18 at 8:11 a.m. at St. Luke's South Hospital. Asher Lawrence weighed 7 pounds and 11 ounces and was 20 inches in length at birth...

Brittney Jackson and Tyler Cruz are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Leon Michael Alexander Cruz at 10:32 p.m. May 4, 2012, at Mercy Hospital. Leon weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Shon Jackson, Fort Scott and Sonya Jackson, Fort Scott...

Iva Eathel Price, 99, of Fort Scott, died Wednesday morning, May 9, 2012, at the Franklin House Care Home. Funeral arrangements for Iva Price are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Kolby Harris, a 2012 graduate of Fort Scott High School and FFA member, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship by Shepherd Team Auto Plaza and Ford Motor Company. Harris' parents are Chuck and Darlinda Harris of Hepler. Harris plans to study at Kansas State University...

MIAMI -- The American Welding Society, the world's largest organization dedicated to advancing the science, technology and application of welding, announces the election of Fort Scott native Dennis Wright as the District 16 Director of the American Welding Society...

April showers bring May flowers... and ball games, graduations, grilling season and Beef Month. For the 28th year, Gov. Sam Brownback has followed suit and named May as Beef Month in Kansas. Cattle production is the largest agriculture commodity in Kansas representing 47 percent of the 2010 Kansas agriculture cash receipts...

To the Editor: May is National Foster Care Month, a time to raise public awareness of the 400,000 American children in foster care. These young people are living away from home because their own families are in crisis and unable to provide for their essential well being...

The following remarks were made recently by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. Mr. Vilsack is the 30th Secretary of Agriculture, having served in this position since 2009. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Mr. Vilsack graduated from Albany Law School (New York) in 1975, and then settled in to practice law in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, (his wife's home town) where he also served as mayor in the late 1980s. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1912) This evening, if you are a light sleeper, you are liable to be awakened with cold chills running up and down your back or you are liable to sleep on in blissful ignorance. Several boys in the high school have organized a serenade club and this evening will try to impress the public in general with the rich qualities of their voices...

Fort Scott Community College's annual commencement ceremonies will be held at 9 a.m., noon and 4 p.m. Friday, May 18. The 9 a.m. ceremony will include those receiving certificates and associate of applied science degrees. There are approximately 69 students who are eligible to partake in the 9 a.m. ceremony...

A Breakfast Club for Alzheimer's caregivers will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 16, in the Xavier Room of Mercy Hospital. The breakfast club offers an opportunity to talk with people who share similar issues while enjoying a free breakfast. Anyone may attend who serves as a caregiver to someone with a dementia like Alzheimer's...

MANHATTAN -- It happens once a year, yet typically reflects years of time and effort. In announcing the 2012 state 4-H project award winners, Pam Van Horn noted that each of the recipients has demonstrated leadership, citizenship and personal growth during their 4-H career...

Helping people put their lives back together after they abandon their homelands and strike out bravely to uncertain new existences has given new lives to a couple who formerly ran a pizza restaurant in New Jersey. For the past 16 years, Tim and Donna Sirinides have been serving the Lord in Greece, devoting their lives to helping refugees from around the world...

A recently-formed local chapter of the Emporia-based Hunt 4 Hunger organization will conduct a fundraiser for people of all ages Saturday in Uniontown. The nonprofit organization, made up of hunters and outdoorsmen, will host an archery shoot from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at local resident Matt Noll's residence, 946 Maple Road. A free kids fishing derby will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Uniontown High School pond...

Fort Scott High School's baseball team still had a shot at at least a share of the Southeast Kansas League title if it could sweep Iola in a make-up doubleheader at Lions Field Tuesday and some other games went their way. Instead, it was Iola that kept its hopes alive by sweeping the Tigers 10-2 and 9-2. The Mustangs (10-4 SEK, 13-5 overall) can move into a tie with Independence if it sweeps another make-up twinbill at Columbus Friday...

Fan Appreciation Day moved to softball games

Fort Scott High School seniors Kyle Altic and Bryce Daly will be playing at the Kansas Class 4A State Tennis Tournament this weekend, representing the Tigers in doubles play. Last season, Altic was a first-time qualifier paired with a returning State participant, Colton Grillott. This year, Altic is the one with State experience while this will be Daly's first trip...

REDFIELD -- Redfield Fire Department Chief Gary Judd recently announced that he will not be responding to any calls for the department until further notice. When contacted by the Tribune, Judd had no comment regarding his temporary leave of absence. He would only say it was for "personal reasons."...