Stories from Saturday, January 18, 2014

Reuben Harry Lowery, age 84, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday morning, Jan. 16, at his home. He was born Sept. 23, 1929, the son of Albert Dewey and Odessa Bryner Lowery. He married Ruth Caroline Dennison on May 23, 1959, in Overland Park, Kan. ...

Delbert J. Hart, 66, Topeka, passed away Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. He was born Oct. 8, 1947, in Dallas, Texas, the son of Jack Hart and Myrtle Martha Morgan. He was a U.S. Army veteran serving during Vietnam War. He is survived by his children, Ethan D. Hart, Fort Scott, Kan., and Jennifer R. Hart, Texas and four siblings. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Bobby Hart and step-father, Edward Joe Morgan...

Dr. David Arthur Otto, formerly of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Jan. 15, 2014, in Charlotte, N.C. He was born in Fort Scott, Kan., Feb. 19, 1934 to Clifton Crain Otto and Marie Armentia (Dellinger) Otto. He graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1952. ...

Fort Scott Community College will be observing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with the showing of films and an evening program called "Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Words and Music." All events will take place on Monday, Jan. 20, at the college. The films, which are open to anyone, will be shown in the Gordon Parks Museum in the Ellis Family Fine Arts Center and are as follows:...

Friends (from left) Howard Kivett, Audrey and James "Tex" Crutcher and Glenn Newcomer enjoy conversation following a warm meal during the Friendship Soup Lunch on Friday afternoon at the First United Methodist Church. The meals take place on the third Friday of each month through March...

The Class 1-3A and 4A Kansas State Debate Tournaments, currently taking place this weekend at Fort Scott High School and Fort Scott Middle School, should undoubtedly be a boon to the local economy. USD 234 is hosting about 200 debate teams from across Kansas and nearly all of the classrooms at both schools have been occupied for the event, which began Friday...

An estimated 1,200 high school students, coaches and parents from around the state, flocked to Fort Scott for this weekend's Debate State Championship for classes 4A and 3-2-1A. During the debate tournament kickoff assembly in the FSHS auditorium Friday morning, Amber Toth, FSHS debate and forensics team coach, implored participants of the state debate tournament to thank their respective debate team coaches for the effort they have made to get them to this point, and most of all, for believing in them.. ...

Fort Scott High School's freshman girls' basketball team has started the season off well, winning four of its first five games. The Tigers defeated Labtte County at home on December 13 by a score of 46-38. Karlee Stanley led Fort Scott with 14 points that night followed by Emily Hale with 11 and Kelsey Carpenter with 10...

The Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament has only seven teams this season and has undergone a format change to accommodate that fact. In essence, there will be two tournaments played during the week. The field has been split into two pools on both the boys' and girls' sides. There will be a "championship" pool of four teams for the top four seeds and a "consolation" pool of three teams for the bottom three seeds...

Fort Scott boys draw top-seeded Riverton Thursday

gins Wednesday night, Fort Scott Community College's women had a combined 42 points and 20 rebounds from its post players in a 72-54 victory over the Missouri Valley College junior varsity at Arnold Arena Friday night. Jessica McAdams a 6-foot-1 freshman from Miller, Mo., finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds. ...