Stories from Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Joyce Elaine Westhoff, 76, of Hepler, Kan., passed away at 11:25 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017 at the Girard Medical Center. Joyce was born Feb. 2, 1941 in rural Hepler, Kan., a daughter of Arthur and Myrtle (Guss) Hays. She attended school in Hepler, graduating from the Hepler High School...

Samuel I. Mason, age 84, a native and longtime Judge of Fort Scott, died Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, at Mercy Hospital. He was born on March 23, 1933, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Raymond and Florence Wyckoff Mason. He graduated from Fort Scott High School with the class of 1951. ...

Larry Eugene Bates, 65, went home to be with the Lord, Thursday evening Aug. 31, 2017. He was born March 1, 1952, to Raymond and Helen (Lewis) Bates, in Fort Scott, Kan. Larry was a beloved son, father, brother, and friend. After attending Fort Scott High School, Larry became a student at Fort Scott Community College. He later worked for some time at Boeing, and spent more than 30 years lending his hands to the work of construction...

John Shepard Baker, 88, of Fort Scott, died early Tuesday morning, Sept. 5, 2017 at Guest Home Estates. He was born March 5, 1929 in Henrietta, Okla., the son of Isaac Lee and Mary Ann (Hook) Baker. He married Norma Louise Betty Long April 29, 1950, in Eureka Springs, Ark. She preceded him in death April 9, 2007...

A Fort Scott resident voiced his concerns with bicycles on city sidewalks at Tuesday’s meeting of the Fort Scott City Commission. Joe Jolly, who said he lives on National Avenue where sidewalk improvements were completed in 2016, said he is becoming concerned with the number of bikes being ridden on those sidewalks...

The Uniontown Old Settlers Picnic was held Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Activities during the weekend included games, food, entertainment, parades and rodeos.

The Fort Scott National Historic Site hosted Labor Day weekend activities that included living history demonstrations, music and a variety of interpretive programs.

Fort Scott Community College’s football team outgained Independence in all aspects in the second half of their Jayhawk Conference contest at Frary Field Saturday night. But for that effort, the Greyhounds scored but 6 points and lost to the Pirates, 30-16...

NORFOLK, Neb. — Fort Scott Community College’s volleyball team knocked off two of the three nationally-ranked NJCAA Division II teams they faced here over the weekend at the Northeast Invitational. In their first match on Friday, the Greyhounds (8-1) swept Iowa Lakes, 25-13, 25-16, 25-14, as Kayln Beel recorded 12 kills. Deardin Kelley had 9 kills. Hanna White handed out 23 assists while Karlee Stanley dished 19. Katie Gorman recorded 21 digs while Megan Turner came up with 13...

Lauren Madison won a scorecard tie-breaker to emerge as the champion of the Fort Scott Invitational at Woodland Hills Golf Course Tuesday and also came out of it as the leader in the Southeast Kansas League girls’ golf standings. It was the first title for the sophomore and her score of 43 was 11 strokes better than her eighth-place finish here last season...