Stories from Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Canaan Colby Rons was born into heaven at 11:07 a.m., May 8, at Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg, Kan., weighing 7 pounds, 5 ounces, 19 inches long, and with bright blonde hair. Our hearts our broken, but God gave us such a perfect baby boy that Earth was not worthy of him. ...

Sister Mary Bernadette Karleskint, age 99, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., and more recently of St. Louis, Mo., passed away Saturday, May 6, 2017, four days prior to her 100th birthday. She was born Anna Cecilia Karleskint on May 9, 1917, in Miami, Okla., the daughter of Joseph Karleskint and Mary Hickman Karleskint. ...

The Bourbon County Commissioners on Tuesday held off on making a decision on two requests from Public Works Director Jim Harris. For several weeks, Harris has spoken to the commissioners about updating the county’s longevity policy and on May 2, he asked about creating permanent barricades – similar to railroad crossing arms – on roads that are prone to flooding...

USD 234 officials plan to sell some surplus district items at auction next month. At Monday’s USD 234 Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Bob Beckham discussed auctions planned for June 13 and June 27. “The goal is what staff doesn’t claim or is sold, it will be disposed,” he said...

Attendees socialize Saturday during opening day of the Fort Scott Farmer’s Market in Skubitz Plaza. The opening day also featured a Bourbon County Garden Club plant sale. The market is open from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays through October...

Morgan Carr and her grandpa, who served as her escort, smile for a photo at the walk-in for the 2017 Fort Scott High School Prom Saturday night at Fort Scott Middle School.

Registration is currently taking place for a junior golf camp to be held at Woodland Hills Golf Course, 2414 S. Horton, over the course of the summer. The cost of the camp is $50 per child with payment due to registration and is limited to the first eight juniors in each of two age groups, 8-to-10 years old and 11-to-13 years old...

The Sixth Annual Tiger Baseball Golf Tournament will be held at 8 a.m. June 3 at Woodland Hills Golf Course, 2414 S. Horton. The tournament is a 3-man scramble with the number of flights depending on the number of teams. All profits go to the benefit of Fort Scott High School’s baseball program...

ALTAMONT — Fort Scott High School’s softball team swept Labette County in a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader here Friday by scores of 11-1 and 13-3. Fort Scott was swept by Girard Monday in Girard, 7-1 and 11-2 but information from that doubleheader was not available at press time...

GIRARD — Fort Scott High School baseball improved to 10-8 on the season here Monday night after scoring all of its runs in the third inning and later of a 13-5 rout of Girard. Fort Scott had 15 hits, 3 by Kieran Houlihan in 4 at bats, although none of them were for extra bases...

CHANUTE — Fort Scott High’s track teams earned a total of 10 medals at the Thad Clements Invitational here Friday with the girls winning seven of them. Gabrielle Allen had the best finish for the girls with a third-place result in javelin with a mark of 94 feet, ˝ inch. Kelsey Carpenter was fourth in the girls’ 1,600 meters in 5:51.69 while Paxsten Eads was fourth in the 3,200 in 12:33.94...

CHANUTE — Fort Scott High’s tennis season ended here Thursday and Friday as the Tigers were stuck with tough draws in the Chanute Class 4A Regional Tournament. Both wins came from Fort Scott’s doubles teams in a field that included Independence, Parsons, Chanute and Winfield...

COLBY — Fort Scott Community College’s baseball team defeated Colby in 11 innings here Sunday to win a first-round Region VI Tournament first-round series 2-1 and advance to bracket play this weekend at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium in Wichita. Fort Scott (37-22), which finished fifth in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division, was the only road team to win a first-round series, although a few others were also taken to a third game...