Stories from Thursday, October 26, 2006

Despite three months of advertising the damaged Miller and Nelson Block buildings on the Internet and no developmental proposals to show for it, city officials have suggested the possibility of demolishing the structures. City Manager Richard Nienstedt has advised city commissioners at previous meetings to begin thinking about tearing down what's left of the buildings, located at the corner of Main and Wall streets...

State political candidates sounded off Tuesday on a variety of issues ranging from expanded gambling in Kansas to urging the Kansas Legislature to regulate home schooling for students across the state. During a public forum Tuesday evening at Buck Run Community Center, area candidates for the Kansas House of Representatives joined others running for state offices in a question-and-answer session that focused on issues considered to be important to Kansas voters...

Wilma Jane Bartelsmeyer, age 85, of Fort Scott, died Tuesday, October 24, 2006, at the Franklin House in Fort Scott. She was born January 24, 1921, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Fred A. and Alma Belle Ellsworth Hare. She married Merwin Henry "Bart" Bartelsmeyer on July 4, 1943, in Fort Scott. He preceded her in death May 4, 1990...

MILLMAN -- Sadé Nicole Millman, a girl, was born at 7:42 a.m. on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, to parents Bethany Weber and Nick Millman, Bronaugh, Missouri. She weighed 7 pounds 11.5 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Leah Wilson, Fort Scott, Ed Weber and Vicky Smith, Moundville, Mo. ...

BORING -- Emilly Scott Boring, a girl, was born at 6:46 p.m. on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, to parents Joseph and Korra Bunn Boring, Garland. She weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Bunn, Deerfield, Mo. and Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Rainey, Kansas City. Paternal grandparents are Jerry Boring, Kansas and Mr. and Mrs. Wade Barner, Alabama...

LESTER -- Katelyn LeeAnn Lester, a girl, was born at 1:58 p.m. on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, to parents Kevin and Amy Lester, Walker, Missouri. She weighed 7 pounds at birth. She joins one sibling, Devin Blake Lester. Maternal grandparents are Eddie and Beverly Reasoner, Harwood, Missouri. Paternal grandparents are Harold and Lois Lester, Willowshade, Kentucky...

100 YEARS AGO (1906) The City Federation of Women's Clubs will be entertained by members of the Pierian Club Friday at the home of Mrs. Grant Hornaday, 123 North Eddy St. A discussion on "The Garbage of Fort Scott" will be led by Federation President Mrs. C.E. Benton...

Kellye Barrows said she didn't feel any pressure when she took over coaching duties for Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team in a match against the defending NJCAA Division II national champions, Johnson County, at Arnold Arena Wednesday night...