Stories from Monday, August 21, 2006

Twenty-eight people assembled inside the First Christian Church Saturday to hear details and become involved in a Neighborhood Watch Program that has started in the northwest section of Fort Scott. The watch program will cover neighborhoods from Wall Street south on Judson, Crawford and Eddy streets all the way to Sixth Street...

Every year, proceeds from the Capture the Sprit Gala, Mercy Health Center's premier fund raiser event, go towards providing new equipment or more extensive health care services for the community. This year, the money raised at the 17th annual event will go toward helping out the community's young athletes, both in school programs and in community recreational programs...

After nearly two weeks of hitting teammates, Fort Scott Community College's football players relished the chance to run into, over and through other players in a scrimmage with Baker University Saturday afternoon at Frary Field. "It gets kind of stale playing against each other during camp," Greyhound head coach Rion Rhoades said. ...

Dorothy Anne Kirkwood, age 80, of Fort Scott, Kansas died early Thursday morning, August 17, 2006 at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. She was born September 4, 1925 in Fort Scott, the daughter of Fred Higbee and Hazel Irene Roy Lewis. She married John Thomas Kirkwood September 18, 1983 in Las Vegas, Nevada. ...

Glen Oscar Banwart, age 83, resident of 1275 S. Crawford, Fort Scott, Kansas, died Sunday evening, August 20, 2006, at his home following a cancer illness. He was born May 15, 1923 in Fort Scott, the son of Joseph Roy Banwart and Ella Mae Cordill Banwart...

Lucy Ruth (Reynolds) McCollam, age 96, resident of Medicalodge, Fort Scott, formerly of Kincaid, Kansas, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 2006 at Mercy Health Center. She was born on Oct. 24, 1909 on a farm south of Kincaid in Anderson County, to parents George and Eda May (Porter) Reynolds. ...

James Edward Keal, age 80, a resident of Houston, Texas, died Thursday, August 17, 2006, in Houston. He was born October, 31, 1925 in Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of Charles Keal and Maude Lockridge Keal. Following graduation from Fort Scott High School, Jim joined the United States Navy. He served during WWII from 1943 to 1946...

Alma Fern Mann, age 96, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother passed away Friday, August 18, 2006. She was preceded in death by her father, Abe Smith; mother, Nellie Smith; sisters, Irene Smith, Essie Niemeir; brother, Harry Smith; and daughter Barbara Magruder...

It's almost hard to believe there's still two weeks before Fort Scott High School plays a football game that counts. If the crowd that gathered at the lawn chair scrimmage at the FSHS practice field Saturday morning is any indication, there's a lot of anticipation in the air...

100 YEARS AGO (1906) When Everett Blakeley returns from Colorado he will have the trimmings entitling him to use "Mr. Everett H. Blakeley and wife," he having been married to Miss Mary S. Burt in Denver last Saturday. After spending a few days in Colorado Springs the couple will return to Fort Scott to make their home. ...

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As Russ Aufderheide flips through a book of memories about World War II, he is reminded of a time when he was injured during one of his unit's stints in Europe. Aufderheide, who is from St. Louis, Mo., was a surgeon in the U.S. Army 273rd Field Artillery Battalion. ...