Stories from Thursday, January 25, 2007

A silent auction that begins Thursday is one step in the complete remodeling project currently under way at the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce. A recent statement from FSACC President and CEO Gary Emry said the remodeling project, which began Jan. ...

Teachers sang and danced, students clapped their hands and stomped their feet, and the sound of a motorcycle revving its engine filled the gymnasium at Fort Scott Middle School on Wednesday during the school's first-ever academic pep rally. FSMS Principal Barbara Albright said the goal of the pep rally was to get students excited about school and their education, and it comes as students are preparing to take the state assessment tests that are mandated by President George W. ...

The field is set with five city residents who hope to challenge three incumbents vying to retain their seats on the Fort Scott City Commission. Eight city commission candidates completed the first phase of the election process by filing for office by the deadline, which was Tuesday...

According to the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office, a 71-year-old Fort Scott man was accidentally struck and run over on 205th Street Wednesday by a vehicle driven by his son. Shortly after 8 a.m., Charles Colvin and his son, Brian Colvin, 34, were trying to get a truck unstuck from ice and snow buildup at his driveway at 1272 205th St., Bourbon County deputy sheriffs said...

Oscar Frederick Mills, age 93, of Fort Scott died Tuesday morning, January 23, 2007. He was born June 28, 1913 in rural Fort Scott the son of Oscar Sheridan and Anna Maud (Jewsbury) Mills. He married Sylvia Pearl Hawkins March 3, 1934 in Girard, Kansas. She preceded him in death February 10, 2003...

CORMODE -- Roy Samuel Cormode, a boy, was born at 6 p.m. Friday, January 12, 2007 at Mt. Carmel Regional Medical Center to parents Daniel and Amy Cormode, Pittsburg. He weighed 5 pounds, 2.5 ounces at birth. He joins one brother, Charlie Cormode. Maternal grandparents are Dave and Debby Birk, Fort Scott. ...

JOHNSON -- Kaleigh Aniyah Vandala Johnson, a girl, was born at 11:42 a.m. Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at Mercy Health Center to mother Dashonna Johnson, Fort Scott. She weighed 6 pounds at birth. She joins four brothers, Demitrious, age 10, Krishawn, age 8, Zarius, age 5, and Jordan, age 1 1/2. Maternal grandparents are Georgellen and Henry Raskin, Fort Scott; Steve Young, Fort Scott; and Terry Johnson, Denver, Colo...

EASTWOOD -- Abigail Elaine Eastwood, a girl, was born at 9:29 p.m. Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at Mercy Medical Center to parents Jason and Kim Eastwood, Fort Scott. She weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Dan and Carol Ruble, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Jim and Paula Eastwood, Fort Scott...

If you were wondering how the snow and ice seems to be melting around Arnold Arena faster than anywhere else in town today, look no farther than wherever Fort Scott Community College freshman wing Kyle Cooper is standing. In the first six minutes of the Greyhounds' Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division meeting with Johnson County Wednesday night, Cooper nailed his first five shots from the field, four of which were three-point goals, as the 'Hounds, 5-2 in the East and 13-6 overall, jumped out to a 19-0 lead on the way to an 88-73 win over the Cavaliers.. ...

A 12-2 run midway through the second half gave Fort Scott Community College's women control of a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division contest at Arnold Arena Wednesday night. The Greyhounds went on to a 77-57 win that puts them in third place in the division at 5-3 with a 13-7 overall record...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) Robert Fitzsimmons, erstwhile champion heavyweight slugger of the world, and a party of 12, will arrive here tomorrow afternoon for their engagement in the evening. They come from the South. If the present weather continues the chances for the budding of fruit trees is promising. ...