Stories from Monday, November 20, 2006

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce is expected to release its position regarding the dilapidated Miller and Nelson Block buildings at the Fort Scott City Commission meeting starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 1 E. Third St. Although that position is, as yet, unknown, it's expected that the chamber will recommend tearing down the structures, since commissioners at the last meeting voted 4-1 to advise staff to continue seeking necessary steps in safely taking the buildings down...

UNIONTOWN -- USD 235 schools are hitting the mark this year. While many Kansas school districts failed to meet student performance goals on standardized tests this year, two Uniontown schools met adequate yearly progress this year, as required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act implemented in 2002, USD 235 Superintendent Randy Rockhold said. School districts across the state received results last week from tests taken by students during the 2005-06 school year...

It's not uncommon for adults to include things in their home that bring back certain memories from their childhood, and Fort Scott resident Mark Denton is no exception. However, while pictures or home movies serve as memorabilia for many, what takes Denton back is not a particular item, but the house itself...

Beverly Davis and Lynda Foster drove to Ozawkie on Nov. 5 to attend the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Adams. This past weekend they were shopping in Wichita and on Saturday night, attended the six-way meeting of Eastern Star chapters in the Wichita area. Sunday they attended church services in the chapel at the Kansas Masonic Home. After lunch they joined other grand officers in entertaining the residents of the home...

100 YEARS AGO (1906) About 25 feet of stove pipe is required to connect the stove at the M.K.&T. depot with the flue. Last night while all was quiet about the station, there came a sudden crash, smash and bang. A dark cloud enveloped the office, but Night Operator Tom Barrett was unharmed. The stove pipe had fallen without the least warning and that ticket office looked like the interior of a soft coal burner...