Stories from Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Robert Leon Stockstill, Jr., age 61, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. He was born Sept. 25, 1952, in Norfolk, Va., the son of Robert Leon Stockstill Sr. and Pearl Jones Stockstill. He served his country in the U.S. Army. Robert enjoyed football, baseball and golf, and was very involved in charity work...

Wanita Faye Sluder, age 81, of Mound City, Kan., died Sunday Oct. 6, 2013 at her home. She was born on July 10, 1932 at Iola, Kan., the daughter of Lloyd and Opal Dizmang Morrell. She married Joseph Sluder on Feb. 23, 1951 at Wichita, Kan., he preceded her in death on Nov. ...

Gene Charles Sloan, 73, of Canon City, Colo., passed away peacefully, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013 in his home surrounded by his wife and children. Gene was born July 8, 1940 in Uniontown, Kansas to Henry O. and Mona (Barrett) Sloan. He graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1958 and attended Junior College for two years...

A Fort Scott man was flown from the scene of an accident involving a semi-trailer Saturday evening west of Fort Scott. Donald Schroeder, 58, of Fort Scott, was driving east on U.S. Highway 54 near 155th Street when he swerved to avoid hitting a vehicle that had stopped to make a left turn. Schroeder left the roadway to avoid hitting the car, ended up in a ditch, damaging some fence and fence posts, Bourbon County Sheriff Bill Martin said Monday...

After 22 years, Susan Quick walked away from her desk in the Bourbon County Treasurer's office for the last time today. After being defeated in the November 2012 election to Rhonda Dunn, Quick said she is ready for retirement. "I'm ready," Quick said. "I hated that I lost the election, of course, but I'm ready now. I've worked a long time."...

During a speech Friday night at a banquet on the campus of Fort Scott Community College, former U.S. Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker displayed her admiration for Gordon Parks in accepting the prestigious "Choice of Weapons" award. "I believe smaller communities are absolutely essential to the strength of our state, and what we think of as the heartland and the Midwest," Kassebaum Baker said...

COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott High School's soccer team finished in second place in the Coffeyville Tornado Tournament, winning its first-round match by shutout in overtime but losing the championship game while suffering a shutout. Fort Scott (5-6-1) took the opener over Pittsburg, 1-0 in "golden-goal" or sudden-death overtime. Tyler Endicott scored the game's only goal, assisted by Jonah Jones, and his fourth of the season...

COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team split four matches in a tournament here over the weekend. Friday, the Greyhounds swept Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in the third of four meetings this season, 25-15, 25-19, 25-21, and lost to Allen, 25-15, 25-22, 16-25, 25-23...

INDEPENDENCE -- Jennifer Harrison finished second in the No. 1 singles bracket and Fort Scott High's girls finished in fourth place at the Southeast Kansas League Tennis Tournament here Saturday. Harrison's only loss came to the defending league champion and Class 4A State runner-up, Abbi Groff of Independence, in the finals. Each of the other Tiger entries finished in a position equal to or higher than their seed in their respective brackets...

Alford, Dangerfield each score 3 TDs in 2013 home finale