Stories from Friday, February 20, 2015

Damien Patrick, left, and Oliver Witt, center, Fort Scott Middle School sixth grade students, play their bass instruments during the Middle School Mass Orchestra Festival held Thursday at FSMS. Other middle schools participating in the festival were Independence, Iola, Parsons and Riverton. Besides bass, the students played cello, viola, violins and some percussion for the event...

The four candidates for the Fort Scott Community College president position will be in Fort Scott beginning next week. FSCC received more than 20 applications for the position. The list was narrowed to four applicants: Slade Griffiths of Arkansas City, Sara Harris of Independence, Alysia Johnston of Edna and James Genandt of Chanute...

The Fort Scott Police Department will join the Kansas Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies across the state for a seatbelt enforcement initiative next week around area high schools. The enforcement, which starts Monday and runs through March 6, is an effort by KHP troopers and other officers to monitor compliance of teen drivers with state seatbelt laws. ...

Craig Campbell, volunteer leader for the Good Neighbor Action Team (GNAT), attended the Fort Scott City Commission meeting Tuesday to garner support for the upcoming neighborhood improvement blitz being offered to those living or doing business on east Wall Street...

Lamae (Neas) Bryant, 72, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 at her home in Nevada. Service times and additional family information will be announced by Ferry Funeral Home at a later date. You may view obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Clarence Earl Williams, Jr., age 67, a resident of rural Mapleton, Kan., died unexpectedly, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, at his home. He was born July 15, 1947, in Emmett, Idaho, the son of Clarence E. Williams, Sr. and Birdie Thomson Williams. He had served with the United States Navy in the Vietnam War. Clarence later worked as a truck driver for various trucking companies for many years. He enjoyed farming and raising cattle as well as photography...

Belva Mae Pruitt, age 75, a lifelong resident of El Dorado Springs, Mo., died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, at the Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott, Kan. She was born Feb. 19, 1939, in El Dorado Springs, Mo., the daughter of William and Edith Lackey. Belva married Bill Pruitt on June 23, 1956, in El Dorado Springs. They loved to travel and square dance. Bill preceded her in death in 2004...

Kenneth Eugene Milburn, 90, of San Diego, Calif., and Fort Scott, passed away Saturday, Feb. 15, 2015 at the Fort Scott Medicalodge. He was born Dec. 14, 1924 in Fort Scott, the son of Aubrey Glen and Ruby Elizabeth (Gunsolley) Milburn. He married Ruth Vera Leady and she preceded him in death Dec. 25, 2004...

Andrew Lee Callahan, age 39, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, at Mercy Hospital. He was born March 23, 1975, in Iola, Kan., the son of Theadore and R. Rella Holmes Callahan. He graduated from Jayhawk Linn High School with the class of 1993. ...

Charles Wesley Bruner, 88, of Uniontown, Kan., died Wednesday evening, Feb. 18, 2015 at the Medicalodge Nursing Home in Fort Scott. He was born Sept. 4, 1926 in Uniontown, Kan., the son of Clarence Orville and Dorothy (Barnhard) Bruner. He married Mary Jane Atchison Nov. 21, 1982 in Uniontown, and she survives of the home...

Fort Scott Community College's baseball team has announced changes for this weekend as a result of the forecast for bad weather Saturday and Sunday. The home games scheduled for Saturday and Sunday versus Muscatine (Iowa) have been cancelled. These were to be the first true home games for the Greyhounds (3-1) following the opening weekend games versus Cloud County and North Central Missouri that were held at Pittsburg's Jaycee Ball Park last Friday and Saturday...

For while, this game didn't know what it wanted to be -- a nail-biter or a blowout. In the end, after the margin went up and down most of the night, it settled for something in between as Fort Scott Community College's women broke an 11-game region losing streak with an 83-69 victory over Labette in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play...

A Fort Scott Community College men's basketball player hadn't registered a triple-double in at least 20 years prior to last week. Sophomore guard Will Harrington's done it twice in the Greyhounds' last three games. Harrington scored 17 points, hauled down 10 rebounds and handed out 11 assists in the Greyhounds' 83-74 victory over Labette at Arnold Arena Wednesday night. One week earlier, in a win over Johnson County, Harrington had 13 points, 11 boards and 12 assists...