Stories from Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Leonard Lemmon leans against the side of his old pickup truck and chuckles when asked what he remembers the most about Pioneer Harvest Fiesta founder George Jackson. "Well, I remember a lot in 50 years," Lemmon said. Lemmon and other members of the Pioneer Harvest Fiesta Inc., along with other community members, will honor Jackson, the original founder of the annual steam-and-gas engine show during its 50th anniversary celebration this weekend, Sept. 29-Oct.1, at the Bourbon County Fairgrounds...

Unified School District 234 officials are still in contract discussions with SBC/AT&T regarding the potential installation of fiber optic cables, which would allow each of the district's four schools to enjoy more Internet bandwidth and possible Internet speeds that are up to 20 times faster than the current system, USD 234 Business Manager Alan Drake said...

HIATTVILLE -- Cheryl and Robert Leonard said they want to become Hiattville rural firefighters but they're being denied by department officials who claim that's not the case. A war of words involves the couple and Hiattville fire chief Jerry Page and assistant chief Lou Howard, with both parties claiming different versions of what happened at a department meeting held several weeks ago...

One hundred minutes of play was not enough to produce a winner in a Southeast Kansas League soccer match between Fort Scott High and Coffeyville at Ellis Park Tuesday evening. Chris Brown's fifth goal of the season during the 67th minute of regulation play leveled the scores at 1-1 and the remaining 13 minutes plus two 10-minute overtime periods could not produce a winner...

Speculation that began last year when Pittsburg was moved down to Class 4A in football became reality Tuesday morning when the 2006-07 Kansas State High School Activities Association classification assignments were released. Pittsburg, a Class 5A school ever since the six-class system was instituted in 1978, dropped into 4A in all sports with an enrollment of 516 in grades 10-12...

The United Methodist Women of the Uniontown, Methodist Church met Wednesday, Sept. 20, in the Church Annex, with nine members present. President Pauline Hartman called the business meeting to order. All read the purpose in unison, and the president gave a prayer from the new program book. ...