Stories from Friday, September 4, 2015

Bids to demolish a dilapidated former apartment building in the downtown area have been put on hold for now, city officials said. During the Fort Scott City Commission meeting Tuesday, City Manager Dave Martin brought up the issue of the Stout Building located on the corner of First Street and National Avenue. The fate of the old building, which has yet to be determined, has been discussed by city officials in recent weeks...

Bourbon County residents can now get a glimpse of the proposed 2016 budget, as the final draft was submitted for publication in today's Tribune. The 2016 proposed budget has a mill levy of 63.641, which is a .662 mill increase from the 2015 mill levy of 62.979...

Workers from Marbery Concrete Inc. start digging holes where anchors were placed Tuesday to help support the south parking lot of the Bourbon County Courthouse. Also pictured at left is Bourbon County Courthouse Maintenance Supervisor David Neville. In July, county commissioners approved to spend $5,900 from a contingency fund to preserve the wall, which has begun to lean towards the parking lot. The work was completed in one day...

While we would like to give you a comprehensive preview of Friday night's season-opening game between Altoona-Midway and Uniontown, there are two problems: 1) Everything you want and need to know about Uniontown appears in the article that ran in the 2015 Fort Scott Tribune Football Preview that appeared in this fine publication in Wednesday's edition, so there isn't anything to add about the Eagles (if you did not get a Tribune on Wednesday, copies are available at the office at 12 E. ...

Last season, Fort Scott High School and Parsons were teams with new offensive formations. And they were the same offense: the Flexbone. Tonight at Marvel Park in Parsons, both of these teams will again use offenses different from last season. But this time, they're extremely different...

itewashing of the Sterling College junior varsity in its season opener on Aug. 27, Hutchinson climbed two spots from its pre-season poll ranking of No. 6 into a tie for No. 4 with Copiah-Lincoln, Miss. Saturday at Frary Field, Fort Scott Community College (1-0) hopes to christen the new artificial turf with the biggest upset of the young season. The Greyhounds opened the season last Saturday with a 21-10 victory over Iowa Western in Fort Dodge, Iowa...

LaCYGNE -- Fort Scott Middle School volleyball won all four matches versus Prairie View held here Tuesday in season-opening matches. The seventh-grade B team opened things up with a 25-23, 25-16, 22-25, 23-25, 16-14 win over the Buffalos. The seventh-grade A team won in four sets, 25-20, 25-22, 17-25, 25-17. No statistics were reported...

Fort Scott High School's soccer team fell in its home opener at Ellis Park Thursday afternoon by a score of 6-0. The Tigers fell to 0-2 coming off a 10-0 loss at Louisburg in Tuesday's season opener. Coffeyville (1-0 Southeast Kansas League, 1-1 overall) dominated play, barely allowing the Tigers to get into the attacking half of the field in the first half. The Golden Tornado put up 25 shots on goal, forcing Fort Scott goalkeeper Briant Martin to make 19 saves...

OSWEGO -- Fort Scott and Uniontown both opened the varsity portion of their schedules here Tuesday but neither chose to send full teams. Kyley Brown meadled for Uniontown, which sent just two golfers. She shot a 51 in the nine-hole tournament, which tied with Caney Valley's Kelsey Wyant and Pittsburg's Jamie VanWyck. After a scorecard playoff, Wyant was placed seventh, Brown eighth and VanWyck ninth...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown High's volleyball team might be small in numbers but veteran coach Jackie Hall is hoping her team can provide some surprises during the season for their opponents. Hall, who is in her 33rd year coaching, has Amber Ericson to assist. The pair welcomed 15 girls out for the upcoming season. The Eagles held their first home triangular of the seasonTuesday night at Uniontown...

Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team swept visiting Cottey College at Arnold Arena Tuesday night, 25-20, 25-11, 25-17. Brette Moore led the Greyhounds (8-2), ranked No. 20 in the NJCAA Division II Pre-season Poll, with 13 kills while Brandi Huesman had 6. Mickey Trimble handed out 20 assists while Morgan McNeeley dished out 11...

Mary Louise Herrill Thompson, age 84, a former resident of Kansas City, Mo., died Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, at the Medicalodge of Frontenac. She was born Feb. 11, 1931, in Garnett, Kan. She married Freddie J. "Fritz" Thompson on July 14, 1950, in Bentonville, Ark. ...

Pauline W. Duenkel, age 72, resident of Fulton, Kan., died Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, at Mercy Hospital of Fort Scott, Kan. There was cremation. The family will receive friends beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, at Fox Run in Fulton, Kan. Memorials are suggested to the Pauline Duenkel memorial fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, P.O. Box 347, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...