Stories from Thursday, September 27, 2012

T.J. Allen Jr., age 79, of rural Fontana, Kansas, died Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, at North Point Skilled Nursing, Paola, Kan. T.J., also known as "Jay", was born May 4, 1933, at Richards, Mo. He was the second of seven children born to John Thomas and Ruth Juanita (Norris) Allen. He grew up in Richards, Missouri and graduated from high school there in 1951...

Spc. Justin Michael Hueston, age 22, a resident of Mapleton, Kan., died Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, at the Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., following injuries received in a motorcycle/auto accident earlier in the day. He was born Nov. 15, 1989, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Michael R. Hueston and Ginger E. Button Hueston...

All members of the Fort Scott Scottish Rite are asked to attend the Stated Dinner and Meeting on Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Scottish Rite Temple, 110 S. Main St. The dinner menu includes vegetable beef soup, crackers, celery and carrots, fruit and cinnamon rolls. Those wishing to attend should RSVP by Wednesday, Oct. 3, by calling (620) 223-1330, or emailing fsscottishrite@sbcglobal.net...

Blanca Jean Herrera, 35, Coffeyville, was arrested at 4:23 p.m. Tuesday by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on a Bourbon County warrant for giving a worthless check and is still being held at this time. Retha Lynn Ross, 40, Fort Scott, was arrested at 2:44 p.m. Tuesday by the Fort Scott Police Department on a Crawford County warrant and was released at 3:47 p.m. Tuesday on a $1,000 bond...

100 YEARS AGO (1912) Passenger business on the M.K.&T. has increased due to the approach of winter months. Many go there to spend the cold weather. The increase has been such this fall that two new passenger trains are to be placed in service giving the Katy service along the main line second to none in the west. The Katy management is planning for extensive improvements along their system which are expected to prove very beneficial to Fort Scott...

Seems Mother Nature has an eye on the calendar and has noticed that Sept. 22 was the autumnal equinox commonly known as the first day of fall. Already the weather here in Michigan has changed from the longer daylight days we experienced which meant that in our part of the country the sun did not set until around 9:15 p.m. And, of course, going out in the morning to retrieve the daily fish wrap meant we did so in daylight. As the raven would state: "Nevermore."...

Finally! Fall is here. I don't think I can recall a year that I have been more ready for fall to come than this year. More than anything, I think I'm optimistic that with the fall season, rain will come too. With the change of season, now is the time to do some tidying up around the home, tuck things in for winter, and yes, start making plans for the next growing season...

My younger daughter is a graduate of the University of Nebraska, and while there, became a fan of Huskers football. Going to a game there is always fun with a sell-out crowd of 85,000 fans. Since she graduated a few years back, we have continued to attend a football game or two each year when we can get tickets. The game we got tickets for this year was last Saturday, so we took off for Lincoln on Saturday morning, attended the game, then drove home following the afternoon contest...

Twenty Bourbon County 4-H members exhibited at the 80th annual Kansas Junior Livestock Show in Wichita Sept. 21-23. There were more than 1,453 entries during the three-day event, held at the Kansas Coliseum. There were 124 steers, 272 heifers, 251 barrows, 75 gilts, 257 lambs, 213 ewes, 192 goats, and 69 does exhibited...

Other musical acts scheduled to perform at the entertainment tent during the Pioneer Harvest Fiesta Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Bourbon County Fairgrounds are: Saturday, Sept. 29 9 a.m.- Cody Toll directing the Fort Scott High School Orchestra...

By Nov. 30, Jill Warford, the director of the museum that bears the name of one of Fort Scott's most famous native sons hopes to have a replica of Gordon Parks' New York apartment and an exhibit about his life completed. Parks, who died March 7, 2006, at the age of 93, was a noted photographer, writer, musician and filmmaker...

A local committee's idea to help beautify the downtown area and stir up patriotism recently took flight. The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce recently announced the kick-off of the Plaza Flag Project, which is based on a vision originated by a group of local residents several years ago to adorn the light standards on Skubitz Plaza with U.S. flags and donor plaques in honor of those who have served -- or are currently serving -- in the military...

Rick Culler's mantra is "everything starts from the ground up," so it makes perfect sense that he named his new gym on the 1500 block of East Wall street The Ground Up Boxing Gym. At first sight, it's simplistic -- a three-sided building with a concrete floor, sheltered from the elements by corrugated aluminum and two-by-fours, all housing a massive boxing ring where Culler trains potential fighters of all ages, genders and sizes. ...

CHICOPEE -- Fort Scott High School's golf team saw two players finish with All-Southeast Kansas League honors while three others earned Honorable Mention as league play wrapped up with the fourth and final SEK Designated Tournament at Crestwood Country Club here Tuesday...

On the same day that Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team fell out of the NJCAA Division II poll, the Greyhounds dropped a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division match to seventh-ranked Johnson County in three sets Wednesday night at Arnold Arena...

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