Stories from Tuesday, January 8, 2013

By Mary V. Shead Arcadia News Jack and Mary Lee Payne enjoyed celebrating Christmas the last weekend in December at the home of David, Amy, Drew, and Lane Carpenter near Stockton, Mo. Also visiting were Chris, Mindy, Jaxson, and Thomas Payne, Arma; Ron, Cindy, and Seth Morton, Excelsior Springs, Mo.; Jeff and Sherry Sisney, Arcadia; and Steve and Kelly Base, Excelsior Springs...

Recently, Kansas Bureau of Oral Health and the Ellis Foundation partnered to offer scholarships to students with an interest in dental careers. One of these Ellis Scholars, Kori Page Rienbolt, was accepted into the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry this year and will be attending next fall. The following was used with permission from KBOH...

100 YEARS AGO (1913) Yesterday was a day of accidents for the fire departments. One of the large wagons, the new one, is sitting on Scott Avenue with a broken axle. Only a short time will be required to repair it, but until that can be accomplished the fire protection will be lessened, as only the one wagon and the old hose reel are available. ...

In Loving Memory Of Ray Leland Aikins 1925-2013 Ray Aikins, 87, of LaHarpe, Kan., passed away Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at his residence. Ray was born at South Mound, Kan., on Sept. 30, 1925, the son of Oliver and Anna (Beecher) Aikins. He married Zana Neagle on June 29, 1945, in Girard, Kan. To this union, his children were born. They later divorced. On Feb. 5, 1982, he married Helen Christy in Miami, Okla. She preceded him in death on May 14, 2001...

Alice "Elaine" Lhuillier, 87, of Lenexa and formerly of Overland Park, Kan., passed away on Jan. 4, 2013. Elaine was born Jan. 8, 1925, in El Dorado, Kan. She was raised in Fort Scott, Kan., where she met and married Clayton "Lou" "Monk" Lhuillier. Elaine was a longtime volunteer at St. Joseph Medical Center and a lifelong member of P.E.O...

, 84, of Fort Scott, passed away Friday morning, Jan. 4, 2013, at Fort Scott Mercy Hospital. Harry was born May 8, 1928, in Columbus, Kan., the only son of Harry Milton and Lacy Neal (Elliott) Jarrett. He married Donna Mae Olson on April 4, 1948. She preceded him in death on July 31, 2006...

Mavin Anne Chupco passed away at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, at the age of 72 years. Mavin was the daughter of Marvin and Alma (Hartman) Beck, born on Jan. 20, 1940, in Enid, Okla. She was brought up in Enid and in Prescott, Kan., and was a graduate of Prescott High School. ...

East Tennessee Foundation has announced the availability of the Strader Family Fort Scott High School Scholarship for Fort Scott High School students for the 2013-2014 school year. East Tennessee Foundation scholarship information and applications for 2013 are now available at www.easttennesseefoundation.org...

NEWTON -- Josh and Trisha Newton, and siblings Ryder Thomas and Rush Tennyson, Fort Scott, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Ridge Timothy Newton, at 5:01 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. Ridge weighed 9 pounds, 7 1/2 ounces at birth...

Lowell Hilton Carson, 61, Fort Scott, was arrested at 3:23 p.m. Friday by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on a Bourbon County warrant for nonsupport of a child and is still being held at this time. Kyle Douglas Green, 35, Fort Scott, was arrested at 5:47 p.m. Sunday by the Fort Scott Police Department on a Bourbon County warrant for nonsupport of a child and was released at 6:34 p.m. Sunday on a $391.90 bond...

A Business Leadership Network meeting will follow the Jan. 10 Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce Coffee at Tri-Valley Developmental Services, 4205 Campbell Drive. You need not be a chamber member to attend the roughly hour-long gathering. The focus will be on building the Business Leadership Network in Southeast Kansas and sharing best practices on employment of people with disabilities...

Fort Scott National Historic Site Historian Bill Fischer has a resume that reads like the old country song "I've Been Everywhere," along with a new one that he could write himself titled "I've Done Everything." A retired Air Force officer, Fischer wears many hats at the site...

The 150th anniversary of the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment, which mustered in on the grounds of Fort Scott National Historic Site on Jan. 13, 1863, will be commemorated in a special program Saturday. The free program, scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. ...

Bourbon County Attorney Terri Johnson informed county department heads of an ongoing criminal investigation of an as-yet unnamed former non-elected employee of the Bourbon County Clerk's office during a short meeting Monday morning in the County Commission room...

ERIE -- Uniontown's boys outscored Erie 15-5 in overtime here Friday night to come away with a 64-54 victory in non-league play. The Eagles (3-4) had an up-and-down night. They scored 16 points in the second period and 20 in the fourth. But they scored just 13 points combined in the first and third quarters...

ARKANSAS CITY -- Fort Scott Community College's basketball teams will be playing in a new division beginning next season under a realignment plan approved by Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference presidents recently. The 19 members of the KJCCC will be split into three divisions: West, East and a new division called -- at least tentatively -- East Division II...

COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott Community College brought just five players here Saturday night and the Greyhound women's basketball team fell in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play to Coffeyville, 80-44. Fort Scott began the season 3-0 but has since lost 10 consecutive games. In many of those losses, the 'Hounds have had just six or seven players dressed...

COFFEYVILLE -- Coffeyville, the No. 12-ranked team in NJCAA Division I, held Fort Scott Community College's men to the fourth-lowest point total since the advent of the shot-clock era in a 71-38 Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division contest here Saturday night...

BONNER SPRINGS -- Fort Scott High's wrestling claimed the team title and four individuals won their weight classes at the Bonner Springs Dick Burns Mat Classic here Saturday. Of the 11 wrestlers head coach David Brown brought here, nine earned medals. This helped the Tigers score 204 1/2 points to win the title by 28 1/2 points over the host school, which is ranked second in Class 4A by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association...