Stories from Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Max Ray Brinkman, 72, formerly of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014 in Kansas City, Mo. He was born Feb. 27, 1942 in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of devoted and loving parents Ray Norbert and Maxine Kay (Gooch) Brinkman. Max attended the University of Kansas, earning a BA degree in chemistry in 1964 and was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. ...

Viola May Jones, age 93, a former resident of Cavalry Crossing Apartments and more recently of Fort Scott Manor, died Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, at Fort Scott Manor in Fort Scott, Kan. She was born March 8, 1921, in Hepler, Kan., the son of Joseph Page and Anna Laura Goff Page. ...

Ruth Bloomcamp, 88, of Pittsburg, Kan., passed away Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014 at 11:28 a.m. at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. Ruth was born Oct. 20, 1925 in Hepler, Kan., a daughter of John (Jack) Absolum Attkisson and Jennie Susan (Byers) Attkisson...

Gladys Miller, of Guest Home Estates, Fort Scott, Kan., passed away on Sept. 3, 2014, after a short illness. On May 16, 1924, Gladys was born to John and Anna (Lieffring) McKenzie in Saint Joseph, Mo. She was the oldest of three girls. At a young age the girls lost their father. Not many years later their mother also died. This resulted in a lifelong close bond between the sisters...

The Bourbon County Commissioners made the 2015 budget official Monday following a public hearing during their regular meeting. Terry Sercer of Diehl, Banwart and Bolton CPAs said the final valuation will determine whether the mill levy will remain at 63.085 as was published. The budgeted Ad Valorem Tax is $5,743,846 and net expenditures are set at $11,470,080...

The public is invited to Fort Scott's second annual event to honor those lost in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. on the bricks in front of the Fort Scott National Historic Site. In the event of rain, the event will be held in the sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church located at Third and Crawford streets, according to event organizers...

A week of patriotism and remembrance starts this week in Fort Scott. Several events and activities will tie into the Symbols of Sacrifice event planned for Saturday at the Fort Scott National Historic Site. Thousands of flags recognizing those who have died during the War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan will stand on the parade grounds of the historic site from Sept. ...

Fort Scott High School's volleyball team bounced back from an 0-2 start for the season last week at Chanute to sweep their first home event of the season Saturday, taking down Columbus and Girard in 2 sets and rival Pittsburg in 3 in non-league action...

The Fort Scott Middle School girls' volleyball team played at Pittsburg Thursday, with three of the teams earning victories. "All four teams of girls played very well," head coach Kelly Toll said. "This was their second playing date this season." The seventh-grade B team squeezed by Pittsburg 25-19, 25-22...

Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team swept the first two sets with visiting Cottey College Friday night at Arnold Arena in decisive fashion, then rallied from a third-game deficit to prevail 25-16, 25-10, 25-19. The Greyhounds (9-2) never trailed in either of the first two sets. They pulled away from a 9-9 deadlock in the first game and built an insurmountable 19-11 lead. The Comets were never able to get closer than 8 points...

HUTCHINSON -- Two Blue Dragon running backs gained 100 or more yards here Saturday night as No. 11-ranked Hutchinson dispatched Fort Scott Community College, 45-10, in the Jayhawk Conference opener for both teams. Travis Custis, a transfer from Georgia Tech, rushed for 146 yards on 13 carries and scored two touchdowns. Alvin Kamara, a transfer from the University of Alabama, added 100 yards on 12 rushes and scored once...