Stories from Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Fort Scott Community College's softball team dropped both ends of a non-conference doubleheader here Sunday to East Central, Mo., losing the opener 5-4 and the second game 6-0. The winning run in the opener scored in the top of the seventh and stuck Christa Merriman (2-10) with her 10th loss of the season, even though just 2 of the runs she was charged with were scored...

Coffeyville took three out of four games in the season series with Fort Scott Community College's baseball team, winning both games in Coffeyville Thursday and splitting with the Greyhounds at Lions Field Saturday. Coffeyville entered the weekend in a three-way tie with Cowley and Johnson County atop the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division standings and left it alone in first place. ...

Seven Fort Scott High School athletes recently received All-Southeast Kansas League honors from league basketball and wrestling coaches. Wrestling had Fort Scott's greatest representation with three named to the First Team and one receiving Honorable Mention status. ...

Patrick R. Jackson, age 65, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, March 23, 2014, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Rev. Chuck Russell will conduct a memorial service at 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 28 at the First Presbyterian Church. ...

Eva Mae Wheeler, age 83, resident of Fort Scott, died Saturday, March 22, 2014, at Mercy Hospital. There was cremation. Private family burial will take place in Ava, Okla. Local arrangements are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

Editor's Note: This story was published in a previous edition of the Tribune but was not placed online at the time. The Tribune apologizes for the delay in posting this story. Several key injuries have slowed the Fort Scott Community College baseball team's early season momentum...

Chester Eugene Crim, age 79, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, March 22, 2014, at the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room in Fort Scott. He was born Jan. 19, 1935, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Virgil Ross Crim and Pearl Inez Harvey Crim. Chester spent 23 years in military service. ...

Kathleen Ann "Kathey" Weddle, age 60 resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, March 21, 2014, at her home. She was born Aug. 24, 1953, in Phoenix, Ariz., the daughter of John Clifton and Helen Louise Hunt Kisner. She married Ray Weddle on Oct. 11, 1991, in Miami, Okla. She enjoyed traveling and spending time with her grandchildren, family, and friends. She was a member of the Community Christian Church where she enjoyed helping with the M.O.P.S. program...

Howard R. Beerbower Jr., 71, of Springfield, Mo., died at 6:48 p.m., Friday, March 21, 2014, at Memorial Medical Center. He was born Sept. 5, 1942, in Ardmore, Okla., to Howard Sr. and Betty Patton Beerbower. He married Lisa Goltz on Aug. 10, 1973, and she survives...

Though the group that organized the community garden at 915 S. Horton St. has disbanded, the opportunity for those who like to garden, but don't have the space, will continue. The Bourbon County Community Garden Committee is still under the leadership of Jody Brillhart, but the Visioning a Healthier Bourbon County group no longer exists...

Bourbon County Commissioners on Monday decided it is time to increase fees at the county landfill. The increase comes after a year when, thanks to the April 7, 2013 hailstorm, the landfill revenue increased -- but so did the cost of operation and the wear and tear on equipment...

During the FSCC Board of Trustees' regular meeting Monday night, employees from Crossland Construction, based out of Columbus, Kan., gave trustees as well as various FSCC faculty and staff a tour of the remodeled Vocational Technology building, which will house the Cosmetology department. The Cosmetology department is currently located at 7 S. National Avenue, in downtown Fort Scott. It has been nearly 25 years since the department was on campus...