Stories from Friday, May 9, 2014

Last year, Steve Anthony organized a charity golf tournament to benefit Hunter Holly, a cancer patient, and raised $9,000. This year, Anthony is hoping to benefit local high school and middle school students with another tournament which he plans to hold at Woodland Hills Golf Course on May 24...

COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott High School's golf team struggled to a fifth-place finish at the Coffeyville Invitational here Tuesday as the Tigers shot 369 to finish almost 35 stokes behind winner Independence. "It was an difficult day for the boys," Fort Scott head coach Ken Klassen said. "The windy conditions were challenging, but we collectively had problems we hadn't seen yet this year."...

The 11th Annual Dave Regan Memorial Softball Tournament will be held June 7 with all proceeds going to the Dave Regan Tiger Tough Scholarship, awarded every year to a senior at Fort Scott High School who has overcome adversity. The tournament is a co-ed slow-pitch softball tourney. ...

A raffle is underway to benefit St. Mary's Catholic School now through May 23. Winners will receive two tickets to each game between the Washington Nationals, featuring Fort Scott High School graduate Adam LaRoche, and the St. Louis Cardinals on June 14 and 15 in St. Louis. Chances are on sale for $5 for one ticket or $20 for five tickets...

NEVADA -- Fort Scott High School's baseball team, ranked No. 1 in Class 4A-Division I by the Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches, avenged one of their two season losses here Tuesday by beating Nevada, 7-2. Nevada won the season opener between the two schools 11-1 at Lions Field on March 31, but Nevada head coach Danny Penn knew his team wasn't going to have such an easy day of it a second time...

Fort Scott Community College acting classes will present an acting showcase of dramatic and comedic one acts on May 9 at 7 p.m. The evening will contain a lot of adult material and is meant to showcase the actor and their process in approaching scene and character work. The night will include a full meal on stage while watching the work these actors have put into these scenes throughout the semester. Laugh, cry and be moved by the talent in FSCC actors...

The Fort Scott Aquatic Center will open Monday, May 26. Season passes and pool parties can be booked on the following times and dates: 9 a.m. to noon Friday, May 23 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 24 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 25 9 a.m. to noon Monday, May 26...

Area residents will once again have the opportunity to join in a nationwide effort to combat hunger. The National Association of Letter Carriers and Rural Carriers "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive is set to take place Saturday and local mail carriers are once again planning to participate in the annual event, the nation's largest one-day food drive. Carriers will collect non-perishable food items that residents leave near their mailboxes...

Officials are still ironing out details of an agreement to bring a new baseball park to Fort Scott. City Manager Dave Martin provided an update on the proposed "LaRoche Baseball Complex" to the Fort Scott City Commission during their Tuesday meeting. An inter-local agreement is being hammered out between city officials and USD 234 for the proposed $2 million baseball field. Martin said the complex would be "jointly owned" by both entities once the agreement is finalized...