Stories from Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Sometimes kids say it best. Here is one child's response to the beginning of the well-know saying, "A penny saved ... is not much." Mellody Hobson, president of a financial investment firm in Chicago, taught that the best way a child can learn about a budget is through watching their parents' example...

I received the following in an email and found it quite humorous. Why we love our children: 1) Nudity I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked!...

2nd Semester "All A" Honor Roll Kristin Leigh Allen Jacob T. Bradbury Chase D. Brown Michelle Buntain Taylor Dayle Cation Preston Levi Church Jessica Elaine Combs Courtney M. Crain Syndney A. Cullison Paige Nicole Denton Zachary D. Denton Kirk Austin Durnal...

Jason Ray Mayes, 29, Fort Scott, was arrested by Fort Scott Police Department at 4:27 p.m. Thursday on a Bourbon County bench warrant. He is still being held at this time with no bond. Shani Dawn Dale, 33, Fort Scott, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office at 1:50 a.m. Saturday on a warrant out of Newton County, Mo. She is still being held at this time with no bond...

Ruth E. Creighton, 89, of Pittsburg, Kan., passed away Saturday, June 9, 2012, at Freeman West in Joplin, Mo. She was born Aug. 13, 1922, in Fort Scott to Harley and Catherine (Cory) Kinney. She had been a Pittsburg resident since 1943. Ruth married R. Wayne Hamm. They later divorced. On Dec. 30, 1971, she married James Creighton in Miami, Okla. He preceded her in death in 1994...

The Rev. Paul Rooks and Shelley Rooks, Fort Scott, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Brittani Rooks to Beau Garber, Torrington, Wyo., son of John and Beth Garber, Greeley, Colo. Brittani graduated from Fort Scott High School in 2008 and graduated from Heartland Baptist Bible College in May 2012 with a bachelor's of arts in church music...

Betty Louise Johnson, 82, of Kansas City, Kan., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., died Saturday, June 9, 2012, at her home. Services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, June 13, 2012, at the Schneider Funeral Home & Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time at the chapel...

Charles Bowman, 63, of Fort Scott, died at his home Sunday morning, June 10, 2012. Funeral arrangements for Charles Bowman are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

John Radford Walker III, 71, formerly of Fort Scott, died June 9, 2012, in Baltimore, Md. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home

Natasha Thompson and Kenny Wolf, Fort Scott, and siblings Fayth, Evan, Kaitlyn, Hannah, Chevelle, Desiree and Aiden are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter and sister Piper Grace Wolf at 12:07 p.m. June 9, 2012, at Mercy. Piper Grace weighed 6 pounds and 5 ounces at birth...

Rebecca Barentine and Lance Clay, Mound City, Kan., and siblings JoJo, Ethan and Searra are pleased to announce the birth of their son and brother Gage Stephen-Isaac Clay at 5:30 a.m. June 8, 2012, at Mercy. Gage Stephen-Isaac weighed 6 pounds and 15.5 ounces at birth...

Brooklyn Trollope and Dustin Whitcomb, Moran, Kan., are pleased to announce the birth of their son Marccus Anthony Whitcomb at 9:04 a.m. June 9, 2012, at Mercy. Marccus Anthony weighed 7 pounds and 5.5 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Howard Alumbaugh, Moran, Kelly Alumbaugh, Moran, and Michael Trollope, Independence...

The Bronson Culture Club met in Iola June 4. The meeting took place at the B and B Café. Six members and three guests, Elaine Stewart and granddaughter McKenna Powell and Teri Williams, attended. Following lunch, the regular meeting was held. President Julia Ann Rhoton opened with a thought for the day. ...

The Hume High School class of 1962 held its 50 year reunion on May 26 at the home of Lavoy and Harriet Bogan, Prescott, Kan. After a noon luncheon, a special cake was displayed and served. Graduates received a special red notebook (designed by Laina Bogan Miller) filled with 14 biographies and mementoes and pictures of each graduate, which had been saved by Harriet for just such a moment. ...

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce Coffee will be hosted by the Bourbon County Relay for Life chapter at 8 a.m. Thursday at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the Fort Scott Community College campus, 2108 S. Horton. Members can make an announcement about their business, organization or community event by donating a dollar toward "Dollars for Dolly."...

Tribune Staff Report Two local residents were hurt in a two-vehicle accident Saturday evening at the bypass of Third Street and U.S. Highway 69. A Fort Scott Police Department report said Royce Hyer, 26, and Danielle Hyer, 26, both of Fort Scott, were injured in an accident that took place about 6:30 p.m. Saturday. The two were later transported to Mercy Hospital to be treated for injuries...

The Fort Scott Farmers' Market's first festival of the season brought a busy and successful day for market vendors, event organizers said. "I thought it went really well," Fort Scott Farmers' Market Association spokeswoman and vendor Mary Corpstein said...

MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Kirk H. Schulz, president of Kansas State University; Bruce Weber, men's basketball head coach; Brad Sidener, senior vice president and CFO of the K-State Alumni Association; and student-athlete ambassadors will be the guest speakers at the alumni/student/Catbackers banquet in Pittsburg June 26. Earlier in the day, there will be a Power Catbackers of Southeast Kansas golf tournament...

Recently-graduated Uniontown senior Hope Jurgensen was recently honored by the Kansas Softball Coaches Association with a spot onthe All-Class 2-1A Second Team. Jurgensen, a first baseman, was one of just two players from the Three Rivers League to receive honors. Chelsea LaPee, a junior from Chetopa, was named to the Second Team as a pitcher...

The USD 234 Board of Education approved the district's participation in the Save the Children's Early Steps to School Success program on Monday night. The program seeks to serve the youngest and neediest families in the community by providing children and parents with the skills necessary to achieve school success...

"Fort Scott: The Industrial Mecca of Eastern Kansas," will be presented at 7 p.m. today by local author and historian, at the Old Fort Genealogical Society, Memorial Hall, Third Street and National Avenue. Locations of industries in Fort Scott, plus other memorabilia from the turn of the 20th century will be presented, as well as a guide of resources available when researching historical events and family history...