Stories from Saturday, January 5, 2013

Is the cup half empty or half full? The answer depends on whether you're an optimist or a pessimist. There are those who are an optimist by nature, so they tend to look at things in a more positive light. Then there are those who are pessimists and can't see the good in anything. Their negativity overflows and takes others around them down to their level...

A friend of my brother's shot a deer and had it processed. Then my brother called me and asked me if I'd be willing to pick it up and get it to him so he could help deliver it. As it turned out, it was more complicated than it sounded. Not only did this deer get hunted in a field, it managed to elude us in the locker...

Tammy Sue Merriman, 50, Fort Scott, was arrested at 11:37 a.m. Thursday by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on a Bourbon County warrant for possession of stolen property and is still being held at this time.

The Bourbon County Republican Central Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, in the Heritage Room at Fort Scott Community College administration building. All interested Republicans and Independents are welcome to attend and be part of the local party...

TFI Family Services Inc. will be offering PS MAPP -- foster parenting -- classes beginning Jan. 29 from 6 to 9 p.m at 102 S. Judson in Fort Scott. The class is designed for those interested in becoming licensed foster or adoptive parents. Classes will meet every Tuesday evening for 10 consecutive weeks. RSVP at 1-877-931-1069, or www.tfifamilyservices.org. The class is free...

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce coffee will be at Tri-Valley Developmental Services, 4305 Campbell Drive, at 8 a.m. Jan. 10. Members can make an announcement about their business, organization or community event by donating $1 toward "Dollars for Dolly."...

Charles Arthur Gift, 98, of rural Fort Scott, died Thursday afternoon, Jan. 3, 2012, at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. He was born Aug. 31, 1914, in rural Fort Scott the son of Arthur Samuel and Anna May (Taylor) Gift. He married Mae Ellen Large Sept. 1, 1940 in Centerville, Kan. She survives of the home...

Ruby Oleta Fink, age 93, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, at Guest Home Estates. She was born March 11, 1919, in Uniontown, Kan., the daughter of Edwin Hartman and Belle Kirker Hartman. Ruby graduated from Uniontown High School. She married A.G. Fink on Dec. 25, 1941, at the Uniontown United Methodist Church...

Shepherd Team Auto Plaza has joined Ford Motor Company in its ongoing commitment to the National FFA, formerly known as Future Farmers of America. Ford has committed to a 16th year of the Built Ford Tough-FFA collegiate scholarship program, which will award $1,000 scholarships to hundreds of FFA members, each co-sponsored by Ford dealers like Shepherd Team Auto Plaza...

I love to have company, especially friends for lunch. And unlike what the experts recommend, I always try new receipes when I have company. They (the company) are really the reason to try something new. And once the invitation has been issued (usually a written invitation but sometimes just a phone call, but never an email one) I start going through cookbooks for dishes for the party...

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback announced numerous appointments to boards and commissions Friday. Among them is Fort Scott Community College Athletic Director J.D. Ettore. Ettore was appointed to a four-year term on the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame Board of Trustees...

ERIE -- Uniontown head girls' coach Dustin Miller said his team came out "flat" here Friday night in a 34-23 loss to Erie in a non-league contest. The boys' teams also played but a result was not available to the Tribune in time to meed Friday night's deadline...

INDEPENDENCE -- During one long stretch that began late in the first quarter and extended into late in the third here Friday night, Fort Scott High School's girls made just one of 24 field-goal attempts. But while the Tigers were missing shots, they were making free throws and playing good defense. ...

INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High's boys trailed by 8 points early in the first half here Friday night but rallied for a 49-43 victory over Independence in Southeast Kansas League play. The Tigers (2-2 SEK, 2-5 overall) have won two straight after starting the season with five consecutive losses...