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Pastor Moyers takes mission trip to Santiago, Chile
(Local News ~ 10/30/06)
Community Christian Church Pastor Kevin Moyers used the words "inspirational" and "fulfilling" to describe his recent mission trip to Santiago, Chile. Moyers traveled to Santiago earlier this month to visit Metropolitan Church of Christ, a Chilean church that Community Christian Church in Fort Scott has helped fund and operate for the past 12 years. This year marked the 25th anniversary of the Chilean church...
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Hart retiring after 21 years as judge
(Local News ~ 10/30/06)
Judge Gerald W. Hart on Friday afternoon stood in the courtroom, his hands gripping a framed certificate. The courtroom that had become his home for the last 21 years, the courtroom in which he said he has spent more time in than his living room at home, the courtroom that was the venue on Friday for a recognition party attended by about 100 friends, family and colleagues...
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Halloween in the Park event draws more than 1,700
(Local News ~ 10/30/06)
The Gunn Park Committee knows what it takes to get Bourbon County residents involved, as evidenced by the huge turnout at the first-ever Halloween in the Park event on Saturday in Fort Scott. Gunn Park was covered in Halloween-themed decorations and lights for the event, which saw adults and children enjoy hayrack rides, spook rides and other ghoulish treats, such as a costume parade and various children's games, put on by the Gunn Park Committee and several hundred other local volunteers...
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Historic site makes preparations for annual Candlelight Tour
(Local News ~ 10/30/06)
Each year, the Fort Scott National Historic Site Candlelight Tour takes its visitors on a trip through life on the fort during the early-to-mid 1840s. For this year's 25th anniversary of the tour, the tour itself will take a trip down memory lane. The tour, to be conducted on Dec. ...
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VERNON "TOMMY" JENKINS SR.
(Obituary ~ 10/30/06)
Vernon "Tommy" Jenkins Sr., age 96, formerly of 417 South Little, Fort Scott, Kansas died Thursday, October 27, 2006, at the Cornerstone Village in Pittsburg, Kansas. He was born February 13, 1910, in Pittsburg, Kansas, the son of Will Jenkins and Laura Hill Jenkins. He married Dorothy Long...
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GEORGE MANSFIELD TIMMINS
(Obituary ~ 10/30/06)
George Mansfield Timmins, age 81, resident of 912 Park, Fort Scott, died early Sunday, October 29, 2006 at Mercy Health Center. He was born November 13, 1924, in Prescott, the son of George Luke Timmins and Marilla Chadwick Timmins. He graduated from Prescott High School. ...
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MARGARET JOSIE ROBERTS
(Obituary ~ 10/30/06)
Margaret Josie Roberts, age 77, of Prescott, Kansas, died Saturday, October 28, 2006, in Prescott. She was born on September 3, 1929, in Prescott, the daughter of Karl Ermel and Alta Mae Phillips Allen. She married Bobby D. Roberts on September 2, 1949, in Prescott. He survives of the home...
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Amelia May Van Sickle
(Obituary ~ 10/30/06)
VAN SICKLE -- Amelia May Van Sickle, a girl, was born at 3:32 p.m. on Thursday, October 19, 2006 at St. John's Health Center in Springfield, Missouri to parents Jeff R. and Tiffany L. Van Sickle, Springfield. She weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20 inches long at birth...
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Dallas Joseph Wayne Gulick
(Births ~ 10/30/06)
GULICK -- Dallas Joseph Wayne Gulick, a boy, was born at 12:31 p.m. on Thursday, October 26, 2006 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott to parents Darin and Sherry Gulick, Girard. He weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces at birth. He joins siblings Dylan, Bryan, Jordan and Kimberly. Paternal grandparents are Don and Veda Gulick, Fort Scott. Maternal great-grandmother is Shirley Houston, Tucson, Ariz...
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Jacksen Irene and Masen Jo Powell
(Births ~ 10/30/06)
POWELL -- Twins Jacksen Irene and Masen Jo Powell, girls, were born on Thursday, October 26, 2006 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott to parents Zach and Kelly Powell, Fort Scott. Jacksen was born at 8:17 a.m. and weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces at birth. ...
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Brayden Alexander Yoder
(Births ~ 10/30/06)
YODER -- Brayden Alexander Yoder, a boy, was born at 5:08 p.m. on Friday, October 27, 2006 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, to parents Bart and Jennifer Yoder, Fort Scott. He weighed 6 pounds, 15.2 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents ae Jim and Janice Fewins, Redfield. Paternal grandparents are Steve and Sharon Yoder, Shawnee...
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Alexis Machelle Page
(Births ~ 10/30/06)
PAGE -- Alexis Machelle Page, a girl, was born at 6:28 p.m. on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott to parents Cassie Proctor and Josh Page, Mulberry. She weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces at birth. She joins siblings Dylan, Kolton, Colin, Cobie, Jaelynn and Rylea. ...
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'G.C.', defense have way with G.C.
(College Sports ~ 10/30/06)
Fort Scott 34, No. 10 Garden City 7; Greyhound quarterback passes for 229 yards; 'Hounds get four INT's, five sacks.