Stories from Tuesday, July 16, 2013

OSAWATOMIE -- Fort Scott American Legion Post 25's baseball team finished in second place at the Kansas Amateur Baseball Association post-season tournament here over the weekend. Fourth-seeded Fort Scott (16-9) began the weekend Saturday with a 5-0 shutout win over No. 5 Garnett. Ryan Pickert allowed just 5 hits while striking out 4. He faced only 27 batters...

Geraldine Ray, age 71, former resident of Fort Scott, died Sunday, July 14, 2013, at the Serenity Hospice House in Victor, N.Y. She was born July 24, 1941, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Gerald Forrester and Velma Hazlett Forrester. Geraldine was a 1959 graduate of Fort Scott High School. She married Raymond Ray in March of 1989. He preceded her in death on June 30, 2003. She was retired from working in food service at nursing homes...

Roger Duane Griffith, of Prescott, Kan., died June 10, 2013 at his home surrounded by family. At the time of his death, he was under the care of Mercy Hospice of Fort Scott, Kan. He was born June 2, 1947 in Aurelia, Iowa, the son of Larry and Annette Griffith. ...

Russell Howard Anderson, age 82, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, July 13, 2013, at the Mercy Health Center Emergency Room in Fort Scott. He was born Aug. 30, 1930, in La Cygne, Kan., the son of Clemmit Anderson and Edith Reynolds Anderson. ...

Oda Dorris (Harlow) Keeney, 92, of Fort Scott, went to be with the Lord, Friday afternoon, July 12, 2013. She was born May 27, 1921 in Vesper, Kan., the daughter of Elbert James and Anna Patrina (Hansen) Harlow. She married Donald Lester Keeney on June 27, 1948 in Pawnee Station, Kan. He preceded her in death on June 30, 2011...

Bourbon County Undersheriff Bill Martin continued his long fight Monday to convince commissioners to build a new jail for the county and this time he brought backup. Martin, along with Southeast Kansas Regional Correctional Jail Administrator Bobby Reed, SEKRCC Director of Security Julie Miller and James Cianciaruso, of JE Dunn Construction of Kansas City, Mo., were present at Monday's Bourbon County Commission meeting to discuss options for a new correctional center for the county...

The Bourbon County Fair opened Saturday with the dog show, followed by an ATV Shodeo. The horse show was held Sunday. Today's schedule includes the rabbit show at 8 a.m., followed by the poultry show at 10:30 a.m., and the sheep and meat goat shows at 5 p.m. The fair continues through Saturday...

Caroline Flynn, a representative for Enbridge Energy, Inc., visited with Bourbon County Commissioners during their regular Monday meeting to review permit guidelines for the company's Flanagan South Pipeline Project, which is slated to begin Aug. 7 in Linn County and proceed toward Bourbon County...

Bourbon County Undersheriff Bill Martin continued his long fight Monday to convince commissioners to build a new jail for the county and this time he brought backup. Martin, along with Southeast Kansas Regional Correctional Jail Administrator Bobby Reed, SEKRCC Director of Security Julie Miller and James Cianciaruso, of JE Dunn Construction of Kansas City, Mo., were present at Monday's Bourbon County Commission meeting to discuss options for a new correctional center for the county...