Stories from Friday, October 24, 2014

Debbie Karnes' Winfield Scott Elementary second-grade class practice a safe fire route during a simulation of a building fire Wednesday as part of Fire Prevention Education Month. Fort Scott fire fighters used a fire safety house simulator to teach students about fire safety...

During Tuesday's regular monthly meeting, the Uniontown City Council approved an ordinance that will effect every dog and cat owner in the city limits, starting Jan. 1. Ordinance 169 provides public safety by requiring all dogs and cats kept within the city limits to be registered with the city and vaccinated for rabies, at annual cost of $5 for each spayed or neutered animal and $7 for each that haven't been spayed or neutered...

The final public forum on a proposed $40.8 million school bond issue drew further discussion on the tax impact and purpose behind the planned district-wide improvement projects. About 10 people turned out for the final forum on the school bond issue, which will go before voters on the Nov. ...

Stephanie Renee Beerbower, age 41, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo. She was born March 19, 1973, in Nevada, Mo., the daughter of John Taylor and Nova Taylor Higgins. She married Jesse Eugene Beerbower on Aug. 31, 1999. She was a loving, caring, wife mother and friend...

Fort Scott Middle School's football teams experienced extreme opposites in their final games of the season at Frary Field Thursday evening. The seventh-grade team has most things go their way as the Tigers rolled over Iola, 28-6. But almost nothing went the way of the eighth-grade squad in a 36-0 loss...

CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity football season concluded here Monday night with a 38-0 shutout of Chanute. Vince Tome scored the first two touchdowns for the Tigers. The first came on a 60-yard run play. The next came on a 97-yard pass from quarterback Grant Goldston. Two-point conversions failed after each, leaving the score at 12-0...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's volleyball team tuned up for Sub-State play with a sweep of Pleasanton and Moran at home Tuesday. These were non-league matches among the Three Rivers League rivals. The Eagles (15-19) went three sets with Pleasanton, winning 17-25, 25-8, 25-7. Holly Shinn had 9 aces during a 13-point run in the second set. Shinn was also 27 of 31 on attacks, with 14 kills. Lindsay Nietfeld finished 24 of 25 on attacks with 7 kills. Jana Wilkinson handed out 12 assists...

Fort Scott High's volleyball team has drawn the No. 2 seed in a Class 4A-Division I Sub-State Tournament that will be held in Paola Saturday. The Tigers (20-16) will face the host school, Paola (17-20), in the first round. This will be the second match of the day as top-seeded Louisburg (26-11), ranked No. 4 in 4A-I by the Kansas Volleyball Association, opens against Spring Hill (14-24) at 2 p.m...

Uniontown and Waverly should be able to stay on course for a potential winner-take-all Eight-Man I District 1 contest next week if they both win tonight. It's Uniontown's senior night and Pleasanton, led by former Fort Scott Tiger Trent Stepps, will be the opponent. Meanwhile, Waverly will be playing at Marmaton Valley...

OK, so Labette County is just 2-5 on the season. And, OK, the Grizzlies are just 2-5 and on a three-game losing streak. And, yes, the teams they've beaten -- Iola and Parsons --are a combined 1-13. But somehow, no matter the records, Jesse Ybarra always has his team ready to play Fort Scott High tough. And tonight's Class 4A-Division I District 4 battle at Frary Field -- which also doubles as a Southeast Kansas League game -- isn't expected to be a night off...

nning back Devin Taylor leads the nation in rushingwith 1,317 yards. He's had four 200-yard rushing games this season, the most of any Greyhound rusher in a career sinc the 1995 season (see chart at right). With three games left in the regular season (see note below about the third one), it's not entirely out of the realm of possibility that Taylor could get very close based on his per-game average of 188 yards an outing...

Community College volleyball team knocked off No. 10 Johnson County Community College, 20-25, 25-22, 25-17, 25-18 Wednesday at Arnold Arena, on Dig Pink Night at Arnold Arena. "It was our biggest win of the year," Greyhound coach Lindsay Hill said of the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division battle between the nationally-ranked Division II teams. ...