Stories from Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Investing time and energy in preserving this summer's fresh fruits and vegetables can add variety and nutrition and health benefits to fall and winter meals. Doing so also can trim grocery bills, said Karen Blakeslee, K-State Research and Extension food scientist, who explained that seasonal produce is typically less expensive when at its peak production and supplies are more available. ...

Another Father's Day has come and gone, one we thought would be just a "run of the mill" mundane day. Usually the family tries to get together, at least some of them, but this year they all seemed to be going in every which direction. So we hadn't really planned anything special -- thought we might go across the road to the supper club and have a fried chicken dinner...

100 YEARS AGO (1912) Eighty-five officers of the Kansas National Guard spent a busy week at Fort Leavenworth. A very interesting talk was made by Major Fuller. He said in part: "The government is desirous of getting soldiers with brains in time of war. Should the occasion arise, this government would require the services of 2,500 additional officers and most of them would come from the National Guard. Some of them would at once take high rank because of this training."...

First Southern Baptist Church, next to Pizza Hut and U.S. Highway 69, will hold a cookout, magic show and fireworks display starting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 4. The event is free.

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce's weekly coffee will be held at 8 a.m. Thursday at Hospice Care of Kansas, 12 E. National Ave. Members can make an announcement about their business or organization by contributing $1 toward "Dollars for Dolly."...

Mercy Hospital has announced LaShawn Miller has joined the Mercy Hospice staff. Miller's responsibilities began May 1. The hospice staff at Mercy will begin patient visits July 1. Miller is a licensed social worker with more than 20 years of experience working with people of all ages in southeast and south-central Kansas. ...

The Fort Scott City Commission is scheduled to meet today to consider a resolution to set a public hearing date for the new Neighborhood Revitalization Program, and applying for a $250,000 housing grant from the Kansas Housing Resources Corp. The meeting, set for 3:45 p.m., in the City Commission Meeting Room, 123 S. ...

Having enjoyed debate and forensics as a Fort Scott High School student -- and later as a teacher and coach-- Lori Bolton Fleming found the best outlet for her talents was the law. She's now reached a pinnacle of that profession by being appointed a judge...

Asking for strength, health, peace and safety for motorcyclists, bicyclists and tricyclists, the Rev. Kenneth Van offered a blessing of the bikes Sunday at First United Methodist Church. For this first annual event, eight to nine motorcylces turned out, along with about the same number of bikes. "I expect we'll grow as time goes on," Van said...

The National Junior College Athletic Association has released its list of athletes on its NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Awards list. This was previously called the Academic All-American list. Six members of Fort Scott Community College's athletic teams were honored. Dallas Buck of the football team and Kathleen Tyler and Brandi Wiley of the softball team received Superior Academic Achievement awards for having grade-point averages between 3.80 and 3.99 on a 4-point scale...

Fort Scott High School catcher MacKenzie Jackman was named to the All-Class 4A First Team by the Kansas Softball Coaches Association recently. Jackman, a junior last year, was one of four players from the Southeast Kansas League chosen. The other three were from SEK champion Labette County. Class 4A State Champion Andale/Garden Plain also had two selected...

Fort Scott Community College President Clayton Tatro announced Monday evening that the college plans to bring water technology training, free of charge, to 96 participants during a two-year period starting in January. "Sometimes it pays to work on grants," Tatro said at the monthly Board of Trustees meeting...

Heather Hobbs, 18, Fort Scott, was arrested at 12:50 p.m. Saturday by the Fort Scott Police Department for criminal damage to property and two counts of battery. She is still being held at this time. Rhonda Tinkey, 42, Fort Scott, was arrested at 4:28 p.m. Friday by the Fort Scott Police Department for assault and was released at 7:35 p.m. Friday on a $250 bond...

Regina Rea Toson, 60, a former resident of Fort Scott, and more recently of Blakely, Ga., died unexpectedly Tuesday, June 12, 2012, in Blakely. She was born June 2, 1952, in Wichita, Kan., the daughter of Minnie and Woodrow W. Wrenn Sr. She attended public schools in Fort Scott and received her LPN from Fort Scott Community College in August of 1979. ...

Perry J. Embry, 81, Lamar, Mo., passed away Saturday, June 24, 2012, at his home surrounded by his family, following a lengthy illness. Perry, one of five children, was born Jan. 9, 1931, in Fairview, Mo., to Luther and Hazel (McCartney) Embry. He married Rita Shanklin, Feb. 2, 1950...

Harvey Lee Hosler, 82, a resident of rural Fort Scott, died early Monday, June 25, 2012, at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He was born July 15, 1929, in South Bend, Ind. He married Margurite Clements in 1951 in Michigan. He served our country in the U.S. Army, where he was stationed in Japan and Korea. Throughout his life, he worked as truck driver, welder, machinist and an electrician. He also constructed his own 98-ton salvage vessel and captained this ship for several years...

Elizabeth Gentry Newman Toms, of Richmond, Va., widow of Everett Carson Toms, died Sunday, June 24, 2012. She was born Dec. 25, 1919, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Dr. John Ross Newman and Mary Josephine Buffington Newman. Mrs. Toms grew up in Fort Scott and graduated from the University of Kansas, where she was a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority...

George Barker Jenkins Jr., 79, a resident of rural Blue Mound, Kan., died Sunday, June 24, 2012, at his home. He was born Aug. 24, 1932, in Kansas City, Kan., the son of George Barker Jenkins Sr. and Nancy Fern Boring Jenkins. He married Sylva Hawkins on Sept. 26, 1952, in Kansas City, Kan...