Stories from Monday, March 19, 2007

UNIONTOWN -- A public forum to educate citizens about candidates running for public office and the USD 235 Board of Education is planned for 7 p.m. March 30 at the Uniontown Junior Senior High School commons area, 601 Fifth St. The Uniontown Ruritan Club is sponsoring the candidates' forum, which will be moderated by area resident Daryl Roller, club secretary Jake Underwood said. ...

Note: This is the first profile on each of the six candidates running for Fort Scott City Commissioner at the general election on April 3. Fort Scott City Commission candidate Gary Bukowski says he's the accountability candidate. Anything the city wants to improve has a price tag. Tax money, therefore, must be well spent, he said...

The Fort Scott City Commission on Tuesday will consider passing a resolution that would a proposition put on the ballot asking residents at a special election for a 1-cent sales tax increase over a 10-year period to pay for a multi-million dollar aquatics center...

In the late 1980s, the U.S. Congress approved a resolution to set March as National Women's History Month. On Saturday, the Fort Scott National Historic Site will present a program in observance of the milestone in women's history. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. ...

Rowena Mae Neil, age 91, of Fort Scott, died Friday, March 16, 2007, at the Mercy Health Center. She was born September 2, 1915, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Bert Sanford and Blanche Pearl (Russell) Carnes. She married Carl William Neil May 5, 1946 in Fort Scott. He preceded her in death May 26, 1977...

Mary Ellen Cavett Waldroupe, age 101, former resident of the Hiattville area, died early Sunday, March 18, 2007, at the home of a niece in Valley Center. She was born April 11, 1905, in Pawnee, Oklahoma the daughter of James Franklin Cavett and Goldie Ethel Haga Cavett. ...

Sam Charles Wutke, age 61, resident of Fort Scott, died Friday, March 16, 2007, at Mercy Health Center following a lengthy illness. He was born December 22, 1945, in Columbia, Missouri, the son of Clarence S. (Red) Wutke and Nelle Virginia Comelison Wutke...

Janice Jo Wood, age 57, Prescott, Kansas died March 16, 2007 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born November 18, 1949 in Walnut, Kansas the daughter of Edward and Georgetta Tobaben Thiesing. She graduated from Girard High School. ...

LOAR -- Destany Dian Loar, a girl, was born at 5:05 p.m. on Friday, March 16, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to mother, Sierra Loar, Fort Scott. She weighed 9 pounds, 10 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Gerold Russell, Fort Scott, and Murl and Tammy McKibben, Redfield...

MILLER -- Payton Abigale Miller, a girl, was born at 8:16 a.m. on Friday, March 16, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Frank and Shana Miller, Fort Scott. She weighed 7 pounds, .5 ounce at birth. She joins siblings, Luke, Tori, Tanner and Frank. Maternal grandparents are the late Kim and Sherry Meads. Paternal grandparents are Frank and Bobby Miller...