Stories from Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Anna Brumback and Josh Anderson, Fort Scott, and sibling Sofeea Leeann Anderson are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter and sister Lucillia Sueann Anderson at 9:13 a.m. May 11, 2012, at Mercy. Lucillia Sueann weighed 5 pounds and 14.5 ounces and measured 19.5 inches in length at birth...

Donovan Lee Zornes, 22, Redfield, was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office at 3:29 p.m. Monday on two Bourbon County bench warrants for theft and criminal damage to property. He is still being held at this time. His bond is $805.50, cash only. He is also being held on a warrant out of Jasper County and has no bond on that warrant...

To honor Helen Sisney on Mother's Day, her daughter Sherry Sisney, Courtney Sisney , Jeff Sisney and Mrs. Chris Payne and two little sons enjoyed dinner on Sunday at the Rocking K in Cockerill, Kan. The children of Earl and Marilyn Williams will honor the 60th wedding anniversary of their parents with an open reception from 2 to 4 p.m. ...

Joe and Shirley White attended the "walk in" for the Fort Scott High School prom Saturday evening. Their grandson, David Goff, participated in it. Mary Jo and Robby Clements, Willard and Kathy and Ron Higgins, Tulsa, visited and had Mother's Day dinner with their mother, Buena Karleskint. Sue and Jerry Mildfelt joined El Charro for lunch...

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...

Submitted to the Tribune MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Students from 48 Kansas communities, including Uniontown, have been selected to share in $41,150 in scholarships being awarded by the Kansas 4-H Foundation. The scholarships can be used to fund post-secondary education during the 2012-13 academic year and will be awarded at the 2012 Emerald Circle Banquet, May 31 in Manhattan...

100 YEARS AGO (1912) Because their full time will be required in the fields this season if they are to make a success of their crops against the adverse weather conditions, Judge Cannon this afternoon announced that the entire civil docket will go over until June 3rd, and that it will then be tried with a jury composed of men from town. ...

By Ron Brown The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee recently approved its version of the 2012 Farm Bill. In today's partisan climate where everything seems to turn into a political issue, Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and the other members of the committee deserve high accolades for their swift bipartisan passage of a commonsense plan that protects American agriculture while at the same time reducing our nation's debt by an estimated $23 billion...

The Bourbon County Chapter of the American Red Cross needs volunteers. An informational meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Hawkins Public Safety Building (Fort Scott fire station), 1604 S. National Ave. For more information, or to become an American Red Cross volunteer, call Susan Davis at 224-7954...

Registered nurse and certified diabetes educator Alice Helton will facilitate a diabetes support group at 6 p.m. Monday, May 21, in McAuley Room A and B at Mercy Hospital. The public is invited and individuals with diabetes or caregivers are encouraged to attend...

A reception for retiring Fort Scott Middle School Principal Barbara Albright is scheduled for 2 p.m.-4 p.m. Sunday at the middle school, 1105 E. 12th St., Fort Scott. Musical performances and tributes begin at 3 p.m. Punch and cookies will be served...

The Kansas Historic Sites Review Board voted to keep the Long Shoals Bridge on the National Registry of Historic Places on Saturday. Local historian and Fort Scott Bourbon County Riverfront Authority board of directors member Arnold Schofield traveled to Topeka this past weekend to attend the hearing...

The Fort Scott City Commission voted Tuesday to deny a local citizen's request to include his utility vehicle in the city's golf cart ordinance. During the May 1 commission meeting, Gary Wilson appeared before the panel to request that his Kawasaki Mule be licensed as a golf cart. He told commissioners he reviewed the city ordinance regarding golf carts and believes his vehicle fits the definition...

It's time to cue "Pomp and Circumstance" for area students as they grab their caps and gowns in preparation for the commencement season. Students from area high schools and Fort Scott Community College will be attending their respective ceremonies throughout the rest of this week and into the next to celebrate the culmination of their education careers...

The Youth Activities Team is bringing back two previous headliners this fall in its continuing effort to complete the development of Ellis Park. YAT Co-Convenor Diana Mitchell said the group is organizing a concert, scheduled for Nov. 10, that will feature country music stars Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan. The two headlined shows at the Bourbon County Fairgrounds in 2009 and 2010, respectively. The 2010 show included opening act Craig Campbell and an appearance by Aldean...

LINN VALLEY -- Jayhawk-Linn finished second in the Pleasanton Class 2A Regional Golf Tournament here Monday to earn one of the three team berths into the State Tournament. Meanwhile, three Pleasanton golfers will be in attendance as three of the five best-scoring players from teams that did not qualify...

PAOLA -- Fort Scott High School's softball team moved past sixth-seeded Iola, 12-8, Monday in the first round of the Paola Class 4A Regional Softball Tournament. The Tigers (12-7) advanced to a Tuesday semifinal with No. 2 seed Prairie View (15-4), which bounced Anderson County, 14-4. Top-seed Paola (20-1) routed Osawatomie, 20-0, and No. 4 Louisburg (8-13) beat Ottawa, 9-4...

OTTAWA -- Sixth-seeded Fort Scott High bounced third-seeded Paola, 5-4, in the first round of the Ottawa Class 4A Regional Baseball Tournament here Monday afternoon. Paola (13-8) scored twice in the bottom of the seventh inning and had the tying run on third with one out. Justin Uhler (4-3) brought things to an end by inducing a pop up for the second out and striking out the last batter of the game...

An 11-and-under traveling baseball team from Fort Scott took first place at a USSSA Tournament in Topeka May 12-13. The team has also won tournaments held in Kansas City May 5-6 and Nevada April 28-29. Members of the team are (from left): FRONT -- Treyton Wilson, Nick Deloney, Graham Hathaway and Tyler Gorman; BACK -- Christion Ashe, Chandler Defebaugh, Carter Goldston, Kieran Houlihan, Matt Campbell and Mason Couch. ...

There will be no school for Winfield Scott and Eugene Ware elementary school students on Friday, May 18, due to an elementary teacher planning day. Fort Scott Middle School and Fort Scott High School students will still have classes.

To show appreciation to those who serve in the U.S. military, on May 19 -- Armed Forces Day -- the National Park Service will begin issuing an annual pass, offering free entrance to all 397 national parks for active-duty military members and their dependents...

Now that the Kansas Historic Sites Review Board has voted to keep the Long Shoals Bridge on the National Register of Historic Places once it is relocated to Fort Scott, the National Register in Washington, D.C., must also accept the proposal. The 11-member board unanimously approved the Fort Scott Bourbon County Riverfront Authority's request on Saturday in Topeka...

Morris J. "Jack" Hayward, age 88, died Friday, April 13, 2012. He was born October 14, 1923, at Needmore, MO, the son of Morris and Mary Hayward. Since September 2011, he was lovingly cared for at the Ash Grove Healthcare Facility where he made many new friends. ...