Stories from Saturday, September 27, 2014

Norma Lorraine Vacca of Fort Scott died Friday, Sept. 19, 2014 at Fort Scott, Kan. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 at Shiloh Cemetery, 145th Lane and 95th Road in Liberal, Mo. The service will be officiated by Roger McKee under the direction of Konantz Warden Funeral Home, Lamar, Mo., (417) 682-23344...

Buena Carolyn Baird, 92, of Fort Scott, died Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 at Mercy Hospital. She was born Sept. 23, 1922 in Fort Scott, the daughter of Dr. John Michael and Hazel Marie Bower, Warren. She married Charles George Baird July 20, 1947 in Girard, Kan., He preceded her in death on Sept. 14, 2005...

Sept. 20 is a red-letter day in any school calendar for funding purposes. Official enrollment counts are taken on Sept. 20 each school year, according to the Kansas Department of Education website. "Basically the state funds us locally for each student in attendance on that date - and - for anyone who attended at least one day before the 22nd and one day after the 22nd if before Oct. 6," Bob Beckham, superintendent of USD 234 School District in Fort Scott, said...

Valorie LeBlanc is sworn in Friday as a Sixth Judicial District Magistrate, replacing Rebecca R. Stephan who recently retired. Leading the ceremony was Richard M. Smith, chief judge of the Sixth Judicial District, left, while Valorie's husband, Pierre LeBlanc watches. A reception was held following the ceremony in the courtroom, which was filled to capacity with friends, family and associates...

The Bourbon County Commissioners signed off on a report that shows the number of adult criminal cases handled by Cathy Cooper, Director for the 6th Judicial District Community Corrections program, provided commissioners with a copy of the Fiscal Year 2014 Year End Outcomes Report, which she said shows the outcomes from the comprehensive plan for the adult program...

The next chapter in the lives of about 90 new U.S. citizens began Friday on the grounds of the Fort Scott National Historic Site (FSNHS). The historic site hosted U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas naturalization proceedings in which about 90 people representing 36 countries became naturalized U.S. ...

Editor's Note: This summary was originally scheduled to be published in Friday's edition but was moved out when coverage of Friday night football warranted a longer summary. The Tribune will include this in Tuesday's print edition. INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott Middle School's eighth-grade football team dominated Independence here Thursday, winning 32-0. In the first game of the night, the FSMS seventh grade dropped a narrow 16-6 decision...

Editor's Note: This summary was originally scheduled to be published in Friday's edition but was moved out when coverage of Friday night football warranted a longer summary. The Tribune will include this in Tuesday's print edition. FREDONIA -- Uniontown's Kyley Brown just missed a medal here Thursday, finishing 11th in the field at the Fredonia Invitational after getting bumped down following a scorecard playoff. ...

UNIOTOWN -- Uniontown's Junior High's football team scored the game's first two touchdowns here Thursday evening. Then after visiting Marmaton Valley broke through for a score, the host Eagles continued to pull away. The result was a 48-18 victory, the Eagles' fourth in four games. Previously, Uniontown had dispatched Altoona-Midway 38-8, Oswego 50-18 and Northeast 30-8...

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High tennis player Jennifer Harrison is on a big-time roll. She won the No. 1 singles pool for the third time in her last four outings as she went 4-0 in the Pittsburg Invitational here Thursday, dropping just 2 games the entire day...

COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team took the lead in the Southeast Kansas League as league play got underway here Thursday night. The Tigers (2-0 SEK, 12-8 overall) swept Coffeyville, 25-14, 25-17, and Parsons, 25-10, 25-11. As this triangular was the only one held Thursday night in which all three teams were from league schools, the Tigers lead by one match over Chanute and Independence...

UNIONTOWN -- Chetopa showed why it's the No. 1 team in Eight-Man Division II in the Wichita Eagle rankings, staying unbeaten in a 56-8 mercy rule victory over host Uniontown Friday. The Eagles faced a Hornet team with a 2,000-yard career passer (senior Philip Moses), a running back who is closing in on 4,000 career yards (senior Derrick Cassell) and a top-notch transfer from Pittsburg (junior Sherrick Rogers)...

The 99 was the big play in a game that saw 88 points go up on the scoreboard. Alex Fink caught a 22-yard touchdown pass from Mason Knopp on the "99" route with 22 seconds on the clock at Frary Field Friday night to give Fort Scott High a 46-42 victory over Coffeyville in one of the highest-scoring games in school history...