Stories from Thursday, April 19, 2007

Fifth graders at Eugene Ware Elementary School received an expanded history lesson on Thursday during a trip to the state capital. Eugene Ware fifth-grade teacher Glenda Miller said that the trip to Topeka was aimed at giving students a more hands-on history lesson as they toured the Museum of History and the State Capitol...

A 19-year-old defendant waived his right to preliminary hearing in Bourbon County District Court on Wednesday, and a judge bound him over on felony counts alleging that he sodomized and sexually exploited a 15-year-old. The case against Corey W. Davis now heads to formal arraignment, where he will enter a plea. Arraignment is scheduled for 10 a.m. on May 17...

Commissioner Nick Graham hopes for a new beginning. That's one reason he decided to take back his resignation from the commission and finish his term. The fresh beginning started April 3, at the general election. Two new commissioners were elected. New ideas. New concepts. Progress. Graham hoped to bring those to the commission when he was elected two years ago. Now, he sees an amenable environment in which they can flourish...

During his 31-year teaching career at Fort Scott Community College, Rod Peterson made a lasting impact on many of his friends, former students, and colleagues. Later this month, many of those people will get together to honor the long-time speech and drama instructor...

Donald L. Hoy, age 77, a resident of Fort Scott, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 17, 2007, at the Mercy Health Center. He was born December 12, 1929, the son of Hans T. Hoy and Zola M. Thompson Hoy. He was a member of the Community of Christ Church in Fort Scott...

POOLE -- Kelsee Marie Poole, a girl, was born at 1:43 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, to parents Kristi and Brandon Poole, Prescott. She weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces at birth. Maternal grandfather is Mike Mertell, Blue Mound. Paternal grandparents are Dee Ann and Jim Poole, Fulton. Maternal great-grandmother is Dorothy Kincaid, Mound City...

CHANUTE -- Local physician Christy Parham-Vetter opened a full-service dermatology clinic last year, giving Southeast Kansas residents the opportunity for improved health care. Panacea Dermatology, PA, opened its doors in January 2006, at 321 E. Main St. in Chanute. In September of that year, Vetter added a satellite clinic at Labette Health (formerly known as Labette County Medical Center) in Parsons, according to a statement from agency administrative assistant Sue Jobe...

INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team completed a tournament Wednesday that was suspended due to rain here March 29. The Tigers finished up in third place behind winner Independence and runner-up Arkansas City. All of the players had played Arkansas City and Fort Scott's singles players has just finished with their opponents from Independence when the rain came. ...

BURLINGTON -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls and Uniontown's boys won the team titles at the Waverly Invitational, which was held here Monday.

A periodcial report on the LaRoche brothers in professional baseball. This edition was published in the April 19 edition.

100 YEARS AGO (1907) Harry Bush, the boss barber, who has been located near the corner of Main and Wall streets for several years, has leased the room recently vacated by .C. Rose and will install his effects there. The Elks will tonight give a dance to the young ladies who recently participated in the production of the Mikado show. A large number of invitations has been issued...

Southeast Kansas, Inc. was presented with a "Community Leadership" award from the Huck Boyd institute in Manhattan. Each year the Huck Boyd Institute for Rural Development provides special recognition to the most outstanding of those individuals who have been featured on their "Kansas Profile" radio program during the past year. ...

Farm News By Doug Niemeir U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency County Executive Director One of the most common, most perplexing, and most expensive problems found on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres this past year was the ever worsening infestation of sericea lespedeza. This plant seems to be aggressively invading most fields in eastern Kansas including the CRP fields...

Records Police report * Stanton, Kevin E.,36,301 E. 12th St., Pleasanton,was arrested at 2:33 p.m. Tuesday by Fort Scott police for driving with suspended license, no liability insurance coverage. He was released Tuesday on $1,000 bond.

The weather during the past few weeks has done some damage to area crops and gardens. There are several variables which play into how the plants were affected; those being stage of maturity, location, variety, actual temperatures, etc. Each field, garden or flower bed will be affected differently...

FORT SCOTT -- John Woodrich, president and CEO of Mercy Health System of Kansas, has named Becky Davied director of home care services for Mercy Health Center. swing bed units. In 1995, she transferred to home care to work part time while completing her Masters of Science in social work at the University of Kansas." "I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Becky to this directorship," said Woodrich. ...

Tribune Staff Report As part of Community Bank Month in April, Union State Bank in Fort Scott will join other members of the Community Bankers Association of Kansas in special celebrations designed to show appreciation for bank customers. These events increase awareness of the crucial role community banks play in the nation's economy, a USB statement said...

The Board of Directors of the Resource Center for Independent Living, Inc. (RCIL) selected Chad Wilkins, former Chief Financial Officer, as the new Executive Director in August 2006. Wilkins had been serving as Interim CEO since January of 2006...