Stories from Thursday, April 12, 2007

Star educator Conard among nation's best teachers Uniontown teacher to be inducted into National Teachers Hall of Fame By Jason E. Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune UNIONTOWN -- Norm Conard was more than a little surprised on Tuesday when he learned about his latest honor, induction into the National Teachers Hall of Fame...

The recently constructed Fort Scott Water Treatment Plant has earned the distinguished American Public Works Association Environment Award. A member of the Kansas Chapter of the APWA will present the award to a representative of the city along with engineers with Professional Engineering Consultants at a meeting Thursday, April 19...

The USD 234 Food Service Department will be recognized in a state publication to be published later this month. During Monday's regular Board of Education meeting, it was announced that Karen Works, area consultant for the Kansas Department of Education Nutrition Services, wrote an article to be published in the Sunflower Health Power newsletter about the district's wellness programs. ...

Joan Ann Wheeler, age 68, of Walnut, passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at the Wilson County Hospital in Neodesha. Joan was born in Fort Scott on April 29, 1938, the daughter of Basil and Mildred Eva (Beggs) Hill. She attended schools in Fulton. She was united in marriage to Joel Gammill on April 9, 1955, they were later divorced. ...

Attention area shoppers! The wait is almost over. After many delays and rumors swirling about town as to when the new Wal-Mart Supercenter would open, and eight months after construction on the new store began, it was announced on Monday that a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new 159,000- square foot facility in Fort Scott is scheduled for 7: 30 a. m. Wednesday, April 18, a Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce statement said...

PENNISTON -- Brayden Ryan, a boy, was born at 5:23 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, to mother, Debra Penniston, Nevada, Missouri. He weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces at birth. He joins siblings Tiara and Kendrick. Maternal grandparents are Dave and Darlene Leimkiller, and Dorothy Wagner, Nevada, Mo. Maternal great-grandparents are Loretta and Cecil Painter, Nevada, Mo. Maternal great-great-grandmother is Lois Ross...

MOUND CITY -- JayhawkLinn's track and field teams swept the team titles at its home invitational at Donald Hoppes Field Tuesday. The girls were especially dominant, winning seven events, including all three relays, on their way to finishing with 147 points. Cass-Midway, Mo. was a distant second with 94 points...

By Delta George Special to The Tribune Brush control is a major problem is Eastern Kansas. The major species involved are buckbrush, locust, dogwood, hedge, elm, red cedar, brambles, oaks and sumac. The main objective of brush control is to obtain an acceptable population of woody plants on rangeland to increase or maintain an optimum amount of area available for livestock grazing. ...