Stories from Tuesday, January 15, 2013

100 YEARS AGO (1913) To more fully show the high appreciation in which Judge Cannon is held by members of the bar of both Bourbon and Linn counties, the court attaches of those counties and the newspaper men who have been closely associated in the court work, almost a hundred in number, gathered at the Goodlander Hotel Saturday evening as the guests of attorney J.I. ...

Most people do what they can to keep themselves and their families healthy and safe. We bundle up in warm clothes during cold weather, buckle seat belts and change smoke alarm batteries periodically. One potential danger which is often overlooked is the exposure to radon in homes...

The family of Mary Elizabeth Stoughton is requesting a card shower for her 90th birthday on Jan. 16, 2013. Please send regards to 2509 Highway 31, Mapleton, Kan., 67754.

Stephen Dale Sisk, 76, of Joplin, Mo., died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013 at his home after a battle with mesothelioma. He was born March 11, 1936 in Licking, Mo. to Virgie and Utah David Sisk. They preceded him in death. He married Nadine Joy Butler on Oct. 8, 1958. She survives of the home...

Charlene Louise (Odell) West, 77, of Iola, Kan., died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, at the Allen County Hospital. Charlene was born August 25, 1935, at Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Roy and Letha (Hills) Odell. She grew up in the Fort Scott area. Charlene married William Harry "Blackie" Smith, Sr. ...

The First Presbyterian Church, 308 S. Crawford announces the installation of Rev. Dr. Jared Witt. Witt will be installed in a ceremony held at 4 p.m on Sunday, Jan. 20. The community is invited to attend. A celebration in Witt's honor will be held afterward in Zimmerman Hall. Witt has been serving at the First Presbyterian Church since July 1, 2012...

Rosalyn Maurine Fornwalt, 96, died at 1:10 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at Southern Oaks Health Care Center in St. Cloud, Fla., where she had been a resident since Sept. 29, 2011. Prior to that she had lived with her daughter, Ida, for 15 years in Oviedo, Florida. ...

Marlin L. Kerrick, age 75, a resident of rural Deerfield, Mo., died unexpectedly Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at his home. He was born April 16, 1937, in Reeds, Mo., the son of Benjamin Kerrick and Lula Smith Kerrick. Marlin graduated from Fort Scott High School and Fort Scott Junior College...

Wanda Louise Carter, age 60, resident of Bronson, Kan., died early Friday morning, Jan. 11, 2013, at her home. She was born June 13, 1952, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Louie Harris and Trevah Powell Harris. She enjoyed fishing, camping and spending time with her family. She attended the Mapleton United Methodist Church...

Gladys Marian Strahan, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Jan. 13, 2013, with her family at her side. She was born May 2, 1931, in Gentry, Ark., to Gladys "Tex" Marion Beaver and Grace Nan (Parker) Beaver. She grew up in Pittsburg, Kan., where she met and later married her husband Morris "Joe" Strahan on April 5, 1953...

Kenneth Eugene Hartman, age 88, of Moran, Kan., passed away on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. at Windsor Place in Iola, Kan. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel in Moran, Kan.; burial to follow in Oakwood Cemetery, Centerville. The family will be present to greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday evening at the funeral home in Moran...

Donald James McClain, 67, of Windsor, Mo., died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Mo. Services will be held at 6 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 17, at the Schneider Funeral Home & Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. until service time. Memorial contributions are suggested to the American Diabetes Association...

Nadine Beatrice Conner, age 93, formerly of Fort Scott and more recently of Cimmeron, Kan., died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, at the Western Plains Hospital in Dodge City. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

Charlotte Cameron, 75 of Fort Scott, died Sunday evening, Jan. 13, 2013, at the Guest Home Estates. Funeral arrangements for Charlotte Cameron are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

David Lee Ransier, 52, Pleasanton, was arrested at 1:23 a.m. Saturday by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office for DUI, transporting an open container, possession of hallucinogenic drugs and trafficking in contraband into a correctional facility. He is still being held at this time with no bond...

The USD 234 School District will have a little extra to add to its coffers, thanks to a $212,486 Early Childhood Block Grant from the Children's Cabinet and Trust Fund. The grant is intended to be used for a myriad of programs revolving around early childhood education, including professional development for staff and kindergarten teachers, parental education and the Literacy First instructional framework...

"The black devils fought like tigers." These were the words of William Truman, leader of a group of guerillas that were allied with the South during the Civil War, as read during a program Saturday at the Fort Scott National Historic Site. Truman was referring to soldiers in the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment, an African-American unit that served in the Union army during the Civil War...

There will be no school for USD 234 students on Monday, Jan. 21, due to teacher in-service activities.

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Coffee weekly coffee will be hosted by Big Brothers/Big Sisters this week. It is scheduled for 8 a.m. at the Fort Scott Middle School media center, 1105 E. 12th St. Members may make an announcement about their business, organization or community event by donating $1 toward "Dollars for Dolly...

The city of Fort Scott will be closed on Monday, Jan. 21, in observance of the Martin Luther King Day Jr. holiday. Offices will reopen on Tuesday, Jan. 22. Also, a city commission meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. today at City Hall, 123 S. Main.

Bourbon County Register of Deeds Lora Holdridge told commissioners Monday that she has received information about a bill introduced in the Kansas Legislature that could alter how her department is funded. The deeds office, which is presently self-sufficient, is funded through the fees it collects from mortgage taxes and also adds to the county's general revenue fund...

Bourbon County ushered in a new era Monday as District Court Judge Mark Ward swore in the county's first female commissioner, Barbara Albright, during a ceremony at the county courthouse. Albright, who takes the second district seat vacated by Jingles Endicott, said, "There are a lot of accomplishments that he (Endicott) has made for Bourbon County and the people in the second district and they did very well in selecting Jingles. I hope I can live up to what he has done."...

-- To Friday's article looking ahead to this week's Frontenac Kansas National Guard Invitational: The "Douglass" listed on the tournament bracket is not Douglass, Kan., as was stated in the article. It is actually Frederick Douglass High School of Oklahoma City that is the top seed in the boys' bracket...

BASEHOR -- Five states and 36 schools were represented at the Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Classic over the weekend. Fort Scott High school's team had four medalists and finished in 13th place. Fort Scott was one of 13 schools ranked by a state coaches' association at the tournament. ...

Maintenance will cause brief disruption in KDOT services Wednesday night Maintenance will cause a disruption in services offered by the Kansas Department of Transportation between 9 and 10 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 16. The maintenance will be performed on the networking equipment at the Eisenhower State Office Building in Topeka. This will impact all services including the website (www.ksdot.org), email and phone services...

The Kansas Department of Transportation's 2013 annual report, which details the agency's progress, accomplishments and challenges of the past year, has been posted on the KDOT website. In 2012, KDOT continued transportation progress across the state through the T-WORKS program, strengthened the commitment to reducing traffic fatalities, worked to improve efficiencies throughout the agency, increased economic development opportunities and strived to take care of state resources. ...

D'Shawna Lee was able to return to Fort Scott Community College's lineup Saturday afternoon. But Malori Gales couldn't play due to a concussion, so the Greyhounds still had only five players for its Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division game against Allen, which used all 14 players on its roster...

Austin Danner made a pair of free throws with 36.4 seconds remaining and Fort Scott's defense held Allen without a field goal in overtime as the Greyhounds picked up their third conference win of the season, 63-61, at Arnold Arena Saturday afternoon...

An open house/card celebration for Darrel and Dale Taylor, both of Garden City, will be held from 1-3 p.m. Jan. 19. Their daughters will be hosting the event for their 80th birthday at the Garden City Senior Center. They were born Jan. 14, 1933, in Uniontown to Frank and Fannie (Comstock) Taylor...