Stories from Wednesday, August 7, 2013

A community event to illustrate that everyone has creativity in them is being sponsored by the Bourbon County Arts Council (BCAC). Wanting to involve more people in its activities, the BCAC is planning an art event in what will become an annual fundraiser called "Bad Art By Good People."...

Due to possible bad weather, organizers of the Friday Night Concert Series have moved the location of this week's show. This week's concert, which will feature several regular series musicians and performers, will take place at 7 p.m. Friday at the Clarksburg Valley Chapel located southeast of Fort Scott. The shows normally take place at the Heritage Park Pavilion in downtown Fort Scott...

With little discussion and no comments from the public, the Fort Scott City Commission approved adoption of the 2014 city budget Tuesday evening. Last month, commissioners conducted a work session in which they poured through the city's budget, discussed assessed valuations, revenue and expenses, the mill levy and other financial matters. The commission approved publication of the budget at that meeting and set Tuesday as the date for a public hearing on the budget...

Loretta George/Tribune photo Swimmers enjoy the last full week of the Fort Scott Aquatic Center on Tuesday afternoon. This Sunday ends the regular schedule at the aquatic center. After this weekend the pool will be open only on weekends from 1 to 6 p.m. The swim season ends on Labor Day, Sept. 2...

Jim Keith, 64, Richards, Mo., passed away on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, in Bourbon County, Kan., following an automobile accident. He was born Oct. 13, 1948, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Alfred Allen Keith and Thelma Florence Bloesser Keith. He married Becky Sheehy on June 3, 1967, in Nevada, Mo., and she survives of the home...

Ruby Geraldine "Jeri" Marsh Skinner Scholfield Sanders departed this life to live with her Lord on Sunday, July 13, 2013, in Providence Hospital in Mobile, Ala. She was 81. She was born on Jan. 23, 1932 to Clifton and Ida Marsh at Wheatland, Mo. She lived in Monroeville, Ala...