Stories from Saturday, May 24, 2014

Michael Wayne Gilchrist, age 60, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, May 22, 2014, at the North Kansas City Hospital. He was born July 21, 1953, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of James Richard Gilchrist and Marjorie May Pippin Gilchrist. In addition to farming and raising cattle, Michael had owned and operated a feed store in Blue Mound, Kan. He was a member of Community Christian Church...

After learning that Bourbon County Public Works Department is in need of a loader to rent, lease or purchase, representatives from three equipment dealers made their way to the Bourbon County Commission meeting Friday armed with proposals. After hearing the presentations, Commission Chairman Allen Warren said the information would be reviewed and a decision will be announced at the June 2 meeting...

St. Mary's Cemetery is shady spot along a quiet road just west of Fort Scott. And in this tranquil place lies a rich Fort Scott history that few folks may know. Here, 79 modest tombstones give recognition to the women who founded, built and maintained the Mercy health care legacy in southeast Kansas and expanded it beyond its humble beginnings...

A find in an old grain bin turned out to be a treasure for Karen Saker. Saker is the long-serving postmistress in Uniontown but lives in eastern Allen County. Saker was visiting her sister-in-law Sherry Elmenhorst in LaHarpe. Elmenhorst's friend, Lori Stephens, had purchased property near the Allen-Bourbon county line and found many old dishes and materials in a grain bin on the property...

The Fort Scott High School baseball and softball team buses will both depart for Salina at 10 a.m. Wednesday morning from the FSHS parking lots. The baseball team will be participating in the Class 4A-Division I Baseball Tournament (details in the story at the top of the page) and the softball team will be playing in the Class 4A-Division I Softball Tournament (details provided in Friday's edition and still available online at www.fstribune.com/sports)...

When: Monday. Where: Firekeeper Golf Course, Mayetta. Fort Scott qualifiers: Junior Conner Antonetti, on the basis of an eighth-place finish at the Independence Class 4A Regional Monday. Senior Jonathan Allen on the basis of finishing in a tie for 10th place in that same tournament. This will be Allen's second appearance, qualifying last year and finishing with a score of 86 at Cheney...

The Martin Rohde All-Sports Memorial Trophy, given annual to the Southeast Kansas League member school which performs the best in all the sports the league offers, was decided by the slimmest margin in the history of the award...

Fort Scott High School's baseball team was awarded the No. 1 seed Friday morning and will face eight-seeded Andover Central in the first round of the Kansas Class 4A-Division I State Baseball Tournanent at 11 a.m. Thursday. The Tigers and the Andale/Garden Plain co-op program have the same record, 19-3, but Fort Scott was awarded the higher seed. Andover Central, meanwhile, was one of four teams with a 15-7 record and the Jaguars got the short end of the stick, so to speak...