Stories from Thursday, October 3, 2013

Joe Salomon Martinez, age 90, retired Boeing Company employee, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Rosary 7 p.m. Friday, Funeral Mass 10 a.m. Saturday, both at St. Michael Catholic Church, 525 E. Main, Mulvane. Joe is preceded in death by his parents, Apolonio and Julianita Martinez, two brothers and six sisters. ...

As the federal government shutdown, which began Tuesday, Oct. 1, continues, some federally affiliated sites in Bourbon County have been affected, but others have not. The National Cemetery at Fort Scott continues to operate as normal, according to Debbie Williams, administrative officer of the Leavenworth National Cemetery Complex, which includes Fort Scott...

Area fire departments have received some assistance in the promotion of National Fire Prevention Week, which this year is Oct. 6-12. The Fort Scott Fire Department and Bourbon County Fire District No. 3 both recently received $200 mini-grants which can be used to purchase materials to promote Fire Prevention Week and fire safety. The grants are awarded by the National Fire Protection Association Fire Education Association of Kansas...

What began as an outgrowth of a 1973 genealogy class at Fort Scott Community College, continues to assist people in discovering information about ancestors in Bourbon County. The Old Fort Genealogical Society (OFGS) was formed in May 1974 as a result of the genealogy class taught by Keitha Bohlander, longtime history teacher at the college...

COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott High's soccer team nabbed its first Southeast Kansas League victory of the season here Tuesday, beating Coffeyville 4-1. The Tigers (1-3-1 SEK, 4-5-1 overall) got a hat trick from Tyler Endicott, his first three goals of the season, all of which were assisted by Marcus Brennon. Coincidentally, Endicott assisted on a goal by Brennon, which was his second goal of the year...

CHETOPA -- Uniontown's volleyball team won two of three matches here Tuesday night but one of the losses may have cost the Eagles an opportunity to win the Three Rivers League championship. In the first match of the night, Uniontown lost to Jayhawk-Linn, ranked No. 8 in Class 3A by the Kansas Volleyball Association this week, in two sets by scores of 25-17, 25-13...

PITTSBURG -- Coffeyville's Anna Pool became the first player to win the Southeast Kansas League girls' golf championship twice as she led the field with a 74 in the fifth and final league designated tournament here Tuesday. Pool shot 39 on the front nine and 35 on the back. ...

NEVADA -- Fort Scott High's tennis team took a best-of-nine dual from Nevada here Tuesday, winning eight matches. Doubles matches were played first with the Tigers taking all three matches. Kenna Savage and Courtney Crain (13-4) defeated Jessica DeCocq/Megan Payne, 8-3, and Char Hutchison and Emmah Reeves (8-11) beat Kiersten Lanham/Ellie Pruitt by the same score. ...