Stories from Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Margaret A. Travis, age 99, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., went to meet her Lord and Savior on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, at Medicalodges of Fort Scott. She was born Nov. 29, 1915, in Arma, Kan., the daughter of Jess and Ethel Siple Swartz. She married Roy Travis in 1938. ...

Lloyd Allen Jameson Sr., 66, went to be with the Lord Jan. 16, 2015 in his home after a long illness. He was born on May 21, 1948 to Roy and Leona Jameson in Boise, Idaho. Lloyd graduated from Fort Scott High School and was a U.S. Army veteran. He owned and operated Jameson Tree Service for 40 years...

Leslie Judy, age 56, a former resident of Fort Scott and more recently of Vidor, Texas, died unexpectedly, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, at his home in Vidor. Funeral services for Les Judy will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott...

Gerald Dwayne Beerbower, age 65, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died unexpectedly, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, at the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room. He was born March 27, 1949, in Fort Scott, the son of Earl Beerbower and Ida Mae "Heidi" Atkins Beerbower. ...

Dixie Diane Hixon, age 55, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed from this life, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, at the Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. She was born March 13, 1959, in Fort Scott, the daughter of William L. Gates, Jr. and Dixie Auluwee Dill Gates. ...

Rowena F. Hines, age 79, passed away Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at the Sion Medical Center in Beavercreek, Ohio. She was born Feb. 10, 1935, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Arthur H. Pitts and Nola Inman Pitts. Rowena was a true woman of strength and courage who was tough as nails but had a heart of gold. She will be dearly missed by all of her family and friends...

While 2014 was the year for asphalt, Bourbon County Public Works Director Jim Harris wants 2015 to be a year for gravel. In order for that to happen, commissioners agreed to buying some used equipment. "I've mentioned to you folks, I believe in 2014, we failed our gravel roads because of our aggressive asphalt program," Harris said Friday. "It's not a bad thing, but it's not a good thing. I want to go in a different direction in 2015."...

Last year was a pretty normal year for the Fort Scott Fire Department, according to Fort Scott Fire Chief Paul Ballou. In terms of numbers of fire calls Fort Scott firefighters responded to in 2014, Ballou said when compared to 2013 figures, there was no large increase or decrease in number of responses in a particular incident category...

Brothers Donald and Raymond Harper are enjoying a 60-degree January day playing a game of backyard basketball Monday evening.

NEVADA -- Nevada won the eighth-grade boys "A" game here Monday night, building a 12-5 lead after one quarter and making it stand up. Although Fort Scott got within 16-12 at the half, Nevada pulled away again by outscoring the Tigers 11-4 in the third...

NEVADA -- The Fort Scott Middle School seventh-grade "A" team coasted to a 39-23 win over Nevada here Monday night. The Tigers (4-1) started the game on a 12-1 run, capped when Drew Rhoades scored on a spin move from the right block. Fort Scott turned the ball over in the back court on their first possession of the second quarter, leading to a Bash lay-in at the other end, trimming the home-team deficit to 12-5...

Fort Scott Community College's basketball teams split a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader with Allen at Arnold Arena Saturday afternoon. Greyhound women took a 65-52 victory while Allen's men prevailed, 88-75. For the women, it was the first time Fort Scott (2-4 East, 11-10 overall) won back-to-back conference games. ...

FRONTENAC -- Saturday afternoon was the first day of a new season, according to Fort Scott High head girls' basketball coach Pechone Stepps. And that new season started off with a 56-47 victory over Kansas City (Mo.)-Hogan Prep in the seventh-place game of the Frontenac Kansas Army National Guard Invitational...

PAOLA -- Derek Bollinger and Zarek Fewell finished in second place in their respective weight classes for Fort Scott High at the Paola wrestling tournament here Saturday. In all, seven of 12 Tigers place in the top eight in their weight classes and Fort Scott finished 11th in team standings...

FRONTENAC -- Fort Scott High's boys held the lead briefly in the championship game of the Kansas Army National Guard Invitational here Saturday night. But Pacific's Cullen VanLeer sparked his team to an 11-0 run midway through the quarter and the Indians never looked back in a 55-31 victory...