Stories from Thursday, April 4, 2013

Francis Marion "Cisco" Read, age 82, resident of Fort Scott, died Wednesday morning, April 3, 2013, at Medicalodge of Fort Scott. He was born Oct. 17, 1930, in Fort Scott, the son of Charles M. Read and Idessa Mable LaRue Read. He graduated from Fort Scott High School and Fort Scott Junior College. He obtained his Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Industrial Education from Pittsburg State University. He married Ruth Groner on July 10, 1955, in St. Paul, Kan...

Three soldiers with Fort Scott ties will receive some long overdue local recognition thanks to the efforts of a local committee. Committee member Ken Lunt informed the Fort Scott City Commission Tuesday of a project that is in the works to have a Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial placed in Skubitz Plaza. ...

USD 234 Superintendent Diane Gross said she hopes to avoid cutting programs in Fort Scott schools, but admits the harsh reality that some staff cuts may be necessary because of declining enrollments in the district. "I want to be able to do justice in providing a quality education for every single student that we have," Gross said. ...

Whether the April 2 election ballots will be recounted for the Fort Scott Board of Trustees has yet to be determined. That's not a decision to be made by Bourbon County Clerk Kendell Mason, she said on Wednesday. John Kerr barely got hold of a seat on the board, beating out Randall Readinger by nine votes. Kerr received 706 votes and Readinger had 697...

Hard core yard-salers, get ready. A weekend in May is coming where you can shop in Fort Scott and four little burgs all along Highway 54, west to Moran, 28 miles away. On Saturday, May 11 in Fort Scott, Uniontown, Bronson and Moran, those who have extra 'stuff' can make plans to sell it. All four towns will be having town-wide yard sales along the Highway 54 corridor...

Lee's Paws and Claws interim director Ann Gillmore-Hoffman can't say enough good things about the support her shelter has received from a local car dealer, Shepherd Team Auto Plaza. "Nothing seems to be too much for them," Gillmore-Hoffman said. "They have been very good to us."...

First Presbyterian Church, Fort Scott, has called Holly Samborski to serve as their new youth director. Samborski started in her new position on April 1. Her duties will include "mainly youth but helping to oversee all the Christian education along with the Christian Education Committee. Youth group and Sunday School will fall under my duties," Samborski said...

ARMA -- Uniontown's baseball team dropped both ends of a Three Rivers League doubleheader here Monday, 14-4 and 11-1, to host Northeast. This was the Eagles' season opener after two earlier doubleheaders had been postponed. The young Eagle team, which started five freshmen, trailed 9-1 after three innings of the opener and 8-0 after four in the nightcap...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball team opened Monday night by scoring 38 runs in a triangular sweep over Northeast and Altoona-Midway in Three Rivers League play at George Warren Field. Uniontown defeated Northeast 18-0 in five innings and Altoona-Midway 20-0 in three...

SPRING HILL -- Although the format for the day's play changed, Fort Scott High School head coach Lynn Barr said that playing a triangular with best-of-9 duals gave the Tigers an opportunity they normally wouldn't have. "This was a good chance for our players to get to play both singles and doubles in the same day and to get four matches in," Barr said...

LOUISBURG -- Fort Scott High's baseball team split a non-league doubleheader here Tuesday with each game ending with 7-5 scores. The Tigers (2-1) won the opener while host Louisburg won the nightcap. The games were moved here from Ty Cullor Field in Fort Scott due to early-morning rain. They started earlier than usual in Louisburg to avoid potential lightning delays...

IOLA -- Four members of the Fort Scott High School golf team finished in the top 10 here Tuesday as the Tigers claimed the team title at the Iola Invitational. The Tigers had a four-man score of 334, one stroke better than Iola, which was led by individual champion Kaden Macha, who finished with the only score under 80: 35 on the front nine, 36 on the back for a total of 71. Independence was third out of five complete teams at 353...

Fort Scott Community College's baseball team moved up two places in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division Wednesday when the Greyhounds stunned No. 6-ranked Cowley 13-4 and 6-3 in a make-up doubleheader at Lions Field. The Greyhounds began the day in sixth place in the division but now stand in third place. ...