Stories from Wednesday, June 6, 2012

The Sharing Bucket's Annual Spring Fishing Tournament was held June 3 by Ronnie Marsh and Kent Hardesty resulting in a $255 donation to The Sharing Bucket. Twenty-seven fishermen attended the event including Doug and Frank Miller, Mike Dunn, Travis Schilling, Jay Hymer, Ronnie Marsh, Kent Hardesty, Jason Bolton, Josh Karleskint, Kenny Karleskint, Dustin Hall, Ryan Stuart, Don Marsh, Donnie Marsh, Jerry Simmons, Chris Cook, Garry Cook, Kyle Martin, Ron Hurd, Joe Wimmer, Dustin Harper, Chris Karleskint, Lake Karleskint, Lute Karleskint, Tony Karleskint, Skyler Cruse and Cole Stewart.. ...

On June 3, the first Sunday in June, special guests in Arcadia Christian Church were Mae Watt and her two sons, Bill and Delton Watt Jr. from the Kansas City area. To celebrate Mae's 88th birthday, she gave her offering. Wayne and Christie Parrish gave for their 38th wedding anniversary. ...

The American Red Cross is offering a babysitter's training course that will give 11-15 year-olds the skills and confidence to safely and responsibly care for children and infants, as well as some tools to help them get started in their own babysitting business...

When Kansas SkillsUSA gathered in Wichita earlier this year, they had a special award for Ron Downing, associate professor of automotive technology at Pittsburg State University. The group honored Downing with a hand-crafted trophy and an honorary life membership in the organization, which is a career and technical organization with more than 300,000 members...

Robert (Bob) Kent Guilfoyle passed on into God's care June 3, 2012, after his year long fight with cancer. His parents James Ed Guilfoyle and Genivieve Louise (Hereford) Guilfoyle were living in Harding, Kan., when he was born in the Old Mercy Hospital on Main Street in Fort Scott, Kan., on June 15, 1952...

G.K. and Sharon Miller invite friends and family to join them as they celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at a cake reception hosted by their children and grandchildren on Saturday, June 23, from 1-3 p.m. at the Lyons Twin Mansions at 742 S. National, Fort Scott...

The families of the couple would like to announce the wedding of Travis Proctor and Casey Rickerson on June 18, 2011, at First United Methodist Church, Fort Scott. The maid of honor was Heather Rickerson. The attendants were Kristin Downing, Beth Womeldorff, Mackenzie Nafzger and Amanda Snyder. The best man was Jacob May. The groomsmen were Ricky Salgado, Matt Wong, Rob Kern and Adam Blandin...

100 YEARS AGO (1912) The financial condition of the city of Fort Scott is not the most desirable at the present time, and as a result various funds, especially the general revenue fund, have been practically depleted. The appropriation ordinance for the current expenses of the city last night included aggregate payments of $3,291 from the general revenue fund, and until additional taxes are to be had, that fund, as well as the others, will be very low. ...

Student members of local FFA chapters recently traveled to Manhattan, Kan., for the 84th annual Kansas FFA Convention at the Kansas State University campus. Two area students, Frank Scott, Fort Scott, and Drew George, Uniontown, participated in the State FFA band...

The Fort Scott Public Library will once again be partnering with the Fort Scott elementary schools' PTOs for the 2012 Summer Reading Program, which gets under way on this week. The theme for the eight-week program is "Dream Big- READ!," focusing on all things nocturnal -- dreams, stars and planets, fairy tales, spooky stories and more. It is free of charge and open to youngsters from infant to 12 years old...

Dressed in intricate, brightly-colored outfits and telling tales of how their dances came to be, the Connywerdy family -- members of the Oklahoma Fancy Dancers -- held rapt an audience of about 200 at Fort Scott National Historic Site. The Fort on Saturday paid tribute to Native Americans with "The American Indian: Then and Now," featuring two demonstrations, presentations and two performances by the Fancy Dancers, which attracted some 500 spectators total...

Fort Scott city commissioners gave the go-ahead to replace the lighting structures at the Fisher Park ball fields during their meeting on Tuesday night. Assistant City Manager Susan Brown said for safety purposes, it is a "very important project". "The lights that are currently down there, and at a lot of our ball parks, are too low," Brown said. "It's amazing we haven't had more accidents."...

Kara Eldridge and Clint Wheeler are pleased to announce their engagement. The wedding will be at 6 p.m. June 9, 2012, at the Scottish Rite Temple, Fort Scott. Eldrigde is a 2008 graduate of Basehor-Linwood High School and a 2011 graduate of Kansas City Kansas Community College. She is currently employed by Eldridge Enterprises...

The Fort Scott Police Department, in conjunction with the Fort Scott Farmers' Market, will sponsor the fourth annual Summer Bicycle Safety Rodeo from 8 a.m.-11 a.m. June 9 on Skubitz Plaza. The Fort Scott Police Department will offer free bicycle registration, mandated by city ordinance. There will also be an obstacle course for the kids, which will help them learn about proper street riding rules and test their biking skills and knowledge, a news release said...