Stories from Monday, May 7, 2007

According to a new study released last week by Safe Kids Worldwide, Kansas ranks 31st out of all 50 states and the District of Columbia in children's accidental injury deaths during the summer -- a dangerous time of year for children. The study, called The Safe Kids U.S. ...

The 2007 Good Ol' Days announces a new event: Kiss the Pig. This contest will serve as a fundraiser for the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce Tourism Committee. Fort Scott High School principal Bob Beckham, Fort Scott Middle School principal Barbara Albright, and, Fort Scott Director of Public Safety Jeff Davis have all agreed to be contestants...

Shirley June Simpson, age 72, Blue Mound, died Friday May 4, 2007. She was born November 20, 1934, in Crescent Lake, Missouri the daughter of Edgar and Gertrude Chaney Denton. This union ended and Shirley was raised by her mother and second father Edward Shields. ...

SCHOENBERGER -- Macy Nicole Schoenberger, a girl, was born at 3:12 p.m. on Wednesday, May 2, 2007, at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott to parents David and Kim Schoenberger, Bronson. She weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces at birth. She joins one sibling, Karleigh Schoenberger...

CHASE -- Robert Samuel Chase, a boy, was born at 2:22 p.m. on Wednesday, May 2, 2007, at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott to parents David and Amanda Chase, Liberal, Mo. He weighed 7 pounds, 8.2 ounces at birth. He joins one sibling, Madison Joyce Chase. Maternal grandmother is the late Linda Brooks. Paternal grandparents are Randy and Carolyn Morris, Moundville, Mo. Maternal great-grandfather is the late Sam Brooks. Paternal great-grandmother is Barbara Morris, Arcadia...

IOLA -- Uniontown and Pleasanton finished as the top two teams in both boys' and girls' competiton at the Crest Invitational held at Riverside Park here Friday. Uniontown's boys scored 170 points to finish ahead of Pleasanton, which scored 108. Iola's junior varsity was third...

INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's softball team swept Independence here by identical 6-1 scores in a Southeast Kansas League make-up doubleheader. These were the second and third games of the day for Indy, which also beat Coffeyville, 6-0, in a make-up game earlier in the day...

By Scott Nuzum Tribune Sports Editor About 150 people, many of them boosters and parents, turned out for the Spring Bash at Fort Scott Community College's football practice field on West 18th Street Saturday afternoon. The bash was conceived by the FSCC football staff as a way to showcase the final practice of the spring as allowed under NJCAA and KJCCC rules. The Greyhounds went through unit drills, then held a full-contact scrimmage...

CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School's girls won 15 medals at the Thad Clements Invitational here Friday and tied for Coffeyville for eighth place with 38 points. Breianna Jones won four of those medals. She finished second in triple jump as she cleared 33 feet even. She took third in the 400 meters in 1:01.65, fourth in the 200 meters in 27.43 seconds and sixth in the 100 meters in 14.10...

Tribune Staff Report The defining statement of Kiwanians is "a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time." Therefore, May 4, 2007 was designated as the Power of One Book Campaign Day throughout the state of Kansas. ...

Beverly Davis, Lynda Foster, Shirley Palmer and Clara Brewer attended the 131st annual session of Kansas Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star April 19- 21 in Topeka. This was known as the Spirit of Christmas session. Mrs. Davis was responsible for the decorations for the grand officers banquet April 17 and Mrs. palmer was in charge of the decorations for the Past Grand Matron and Past Grand Patrons Association banquet on April 20...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) Railroad Notes: The Industrial Department of the Frisco Road has issued a 150 page pamphlet entitled "Opportunities" which goes into detail in showing the business opportunities that are offered at the various points along the Rock Island and Frisco railroad lines. ...

James Clinton "Jake" Bishop, age 64, of Olathe, formerly of Pleasanton, died Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe. Services was held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 5, 2007, at the First Baptist Church, Pleasanton. Contributions are suggested...