Stories from Tuesday, September 29, 2015

The Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees took action Monday that FSCC President Alysia Johnston said will improve the college's cash flow. The board voted to structure the refinancing of the Ellis Fine Arts Center at Fort Scott Community College...

Melvin R. Lounsbury, age 86, passed away Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015. Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Littell Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. to service time at the chapel. The family suggests contributions to Wayside Waifs. On line condolences for the family can be left at www.schneider.com. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel...

Ernest "LaVern Cox, age 90, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015. Funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015 at the Fontana Christian Church. Burial will be in the Prairie Home Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. ...

Fort Scott Community College will host exhibition baseball games at Dave Regan Stadium Sunday afternoon with proceeds to help defray medical costs for Blake Shepard, an FSCC baseball player who was injured earlier this month. Shepard, a freshman from Ponca City, Okla., was involved in a vehicle accident as he was returning to practice at FSCC on Sept. 20. The initial prognosis is that he will be paralyzed from the neck down...

CHERRYVALE -- Uniontown High School's volleyball team split four matches in a tournament here Saturday. The Eagles (10-8)defeated Howard-West Elk 25-22, 25-14, with Lindsay Nietfeld serving for 14 points. Class 4A-Division I Independence turned back the Class 2A Eagles, 25-13 25-11. Kate Coll had 3 points...

CHETOPA -- Uniontown's football team went into the Hornets' nest Friday night and came away with a big win over the two-time defending champion of the Three Rivers League. The Eagles routed Chetopa, 50-0, in a game that ended shortly after halftime. Uniontown scored 22 points in each of the first two quarters...

RURAL JEFFERSON COUNTY -- Fort Scott High senior Cassidy Westhoff finished second in the Girls' Blue Division race at an event hosted by the University of Kansas at Rim Rock Farm here Saturday. The Blue Division is for top programs in Kansas classes 4A on down or the equivalent classes in other states. There were 256 competitors in the girls' race and 271 in the boys' race, which included Fort Scott junior Devin Brooks...

Fort Scott Community College's football game Saturday night may have come down to one play. With about 1:40 remaining in the game, trailing by 6 points, the Greyhounds had forced Highland to punt. Or so it appeared. But coming out of their third and final time out, Fort Scott was called for having 12 players on the field...

Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team raised shoes, money and heart rates at Monday night's Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division match versus Neosho County at Arnold Arena. Both team's coaching staffs coached in their bare feet to raise awareness for Samaritan's Feet, a campaign to raise awareness for the plight of impoverished children who suffer needlessly from foot-borne diseases and infections due to a lack of shoes. ...

Funeral services have been arranged for JoAnn Stookey. Visitation will be from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015 at Osage Mission Museum, 203 Washington St., St. Paul, Kan., with graveside services following immediately at St. Francis Cemetery...

Lester Charles Young, 66, of Fort Scott died early Tuesday morning Sept. 29, 2015. He was born Dec. 21, 1948 in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Earl Wayne and Lona Marie (Burrell) Young. He married Alice May Agnew Oct. 12, 1972 in Miami, Okla., and she preceded him in death Dec. 16, 2011...