Stories from Thursday, March 28, 2013

Neither veteran girls' head coach Tracey Bogina nor first-year boys' head coach Jeff Armstrong will use a lot of the athletes they take with them to today's season-opening Labette County track meet at the varsity level. The season-opening LCHS meet runs both varsity and junior varsity divisions and the lower level is where most of the evaluation will be done. Both coaches said earlier in the week that they would each only use five athletes in the varsity division...

Since beginning her post as Superintendent of USD 234, Diane Gross said she has been committed to taking a look at the district's finances. On Wednesday, the 234 Board held a special meeting to address the financial direction of Fort Scott Schools. "We have been looking at the programs and processes of what is working, what is not working and where potentially we need to make some changes," Gross told the board...

Every two years, gardening enthusiasts from all over the area head out to Tri-Valley Developmental Services for an event to celebrate the upcoming growing season. The biennial Gardener's Christmas event is scheduled to take place from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 6, at the TVDS Service Center, 4305 Campbell Dr. ...

Nole Edward Beerbower, Sr., age 85, a resident of Ft. Scott, died Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. He was born Sept. 28, 1927, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of John Henry Beerbower and Ivy Myrtle Key Beerbower. Nole had served with the United States Navy during World War II. ...

Koltan James Trantham, son of Jennifer Hall and Michael Trantham, was stillborn, Friday, March 22, 2013, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan. His twin brother, Kolesan survives. Also surviving beside the parents Mike and Jennifer are brothers, Tristan Stone, Haydan Stone, Kaleb Trantham, Treytan Hall, Kaydan Hall and Kolesan Trantham; two sisters, Kaylan Hall and McKinly Stone. ...

Marvin Winfred Ward, 83, died March 26, 2013, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born May 17, 1929, in Hutchinson to Isaac Winfred and Marjorie Regina Siegle Ward. He graduated from Graber High School in 1947. On February 12, 1950, he married Edna Clare Stanley in Alva, Okla. She died Sept. 26, 2010...

Morgan Dean Johnson, age 52, Pleasanton, Kan. died Sunday March 24, 2013. Funeral Service will be 11 a.m. Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the Pleasanton First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. ...

The Gordon Parks Museum at Fort Scott Community College will host "African American Women Domestics: The Story of Two Kansans," a presentation and discussion by Angela Bates on Thursday, April 4 at noon at the Gordon Parks Museum, located in the Ellis Family Fine Arts Center. Members of the community are invited to attend this free program, which is made possible by the Kansas Humanities Council...