Stories from Tuesday, September 27, 2016

For Heather Smith, it was not so much a decision to leave Fort Scott as it was a chance to pursue a new endeavor. Smith, director of economic development for Fort Scott since 2013, is leaving her position next month and heading to Wisconsin, where she will work at the Chippewa Valley Technical College to manage a $5 million grant from the department of labor for workforce development in a consortium of technical colleges...

The Eastern Kansas Timed Event Circuit rodeo finals were held Saturday and Sunday at the Bourbon County Fairgrounds.

INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott Middle School's football teams both beat Independence here on Thursday. The seventh-grade team (2-1) defeated the Bulldogs, 18-6. Scott Tome had 161 yards rushing for the Tigers and scored two touchdowns on runs of 24 and 75 yards. Justin Miller returned an interception 55 yards for the other score...

The Kansas State High School Activities Association released enrollment figures for the 2016-17 school year Monday. These numbers determine the classifications in which each member will compete in all sports other than football for the school year. Football classes, which are effective for two seasons, were determined last year and will be in effect this season and next season...

LOUISBURG -- Fort Scott High's volleyball team was unable to win a match here Saturday in a Louisburg Tournament fill of larger and state-ranked schools. The Tigers (7-13) fell to Olathe South, 25-8, 25-10, Shawnee Mission East, ranked No. 4 in Class 6A, 25-16, 25-11), Basehor-Linwood, 25-17, 27-25, Louisburg, ranked No. 8 in Class 4A-Division I, 25-21, 25-22, and Leavenworth, 25-8, 25-20...

JEFFERSON COUNTY -- Fort Scott High School's Devin Brooks finished in 10th place in the Varsity Blue Division here Saturday as he and Gavin Smith participated in an annual meet hosted by the University of Kansas. Brooks turned in a time of 17:27.00 on the same course KU races on and which the Kansas State Championships are held for Classes 6A, 5A and 3A. Smith finished with a time of 19:01.10, which put him in 72nd place. There were 304 competitors in this division alone...

CHERRYVALE --Uniontown's volleyball team posted a 2-2 record in pool play at a loaded Cherryvale Tournament here Saturday. The field included three Southeast Kansas League schools and the Wichita Defenders. The Eagles (15-5) defeated Southeast in their first match, 25-20, 25-9, with Holy Shinn posting 9 kills. Kate Coll handed out 9 assists and Jimme Keller had 8...

Lynn Salvo went on a cross-country bicycle trip last year. After she was done, she had a question. "I wondered if I might be the oldest female person to do it. And I started investigating," Salvo said Saturday afternoon as she stopped at Martin and Kristi Hudacek-Ashwill's home at 21 N. Caldwell St. "I talked to the Adventure Cycling Association and Terry Bicycle and a few organizations and nobody knew who the oldest female was...

Russell Wayne Car-Skaden, age 38, resident of Bronson, Kan., died Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, at the Mercy Hospital emergency room. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.

Bourbon County Commissioners got another lesson on composting toilet systems when they met with Environmental Services Coordinator Eric Bailey Tuesday. The discussion is one of several that have taken place in recent years. It resurfaced on Sept. 27 when Third District Commissioner Harold Coleman questioned whether the county should allow the alternative waste management system...

Jason E. Silvers/Tribune photo Kylene Palmer of Fort Scott snaps a cell phone photo of her daughter, Lexi Marchiano, a sixth grader at Fort Scott Christian Heights, in the pumpkin patch during a school field trip Tuesday morning to the site of the 10th annual Relay for Life/The Sharing Bucket Fall Festival, which takes place Saturday...