Stories from Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Mark Schultz combines bike, singing tour to benefit widows, orphans

A recent drug search of two USD 234 schools by K-9 dogs netted zero drug busts, according to Fort Scott Police. On May 1, two German Shepherd drug dogs with the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department roamed through Fort Scott Middle School and Fort Scott High School. The dogs searched the school commons areas at the two schools, as well as restrooms, lockers, and hallways. The dogs also roved the parking lots for student and faculty vehicles...

After originally being passed over for another bidder, a Missouri man is getting a chance at owning the former Fort Scott Middle School building, 412 S. National Ave. During Monday's USD 234 Board of Education meeting, the board approved a contract with Fairplay, Mo., native James Mayfield to purchase the building for $45,000. ...

Kansas Highway 31 is impassable in low-lying areas west of Fulton as a result of heavy rainfall during the weekend, and the Marmaton River is close to flood stage as of Tuesday morning. According to Bourbon County Emergency Manager Laura Hyer, readings in the Marmaton River Tuesday morning indicated a depth of 38.45 feet, not yet flooding the Belltown area, but close to cresting...

Margaret Mary Butler, age 58, resident of Fort Scott, died Saturday, May 5, 2007 at Fort Scott Medicalodge following a lengthy illness. She was born October 1, 1948 in Fort Scott, the daughter of John Dudley Reagan and Mary Virginia Rea Reagan. Margaret was a 1966 graduate of Fort Scott High School. ...

Minnie LeVerne Holmes, age 94, resident of Pleasanton, died Sunday, May 6, 2007, at the Residencies Assisted Living in Pleasanton. She was born February 4, 1913, in Boise, Idaho the daughter of George Samuel Ashley and Lula Annis Epps Ashley. LeVerne married Vernon Holmes on August 26, 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri. he preceded her in death March 3, 2006. She was a member of the Pleasanton First Baptist Church. Her hobbies included raising birds...

Gathered in Lynn Barr's classroom at Fort Scott Middle School Monday afternoon were Fort Scott High's four state-qualifying tennis players: seniors Bryce Hart, Corey Chandra and Sam Johnson and junior Stephen Buntain. They and Barr were going over various seeding scenarios for the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament, which will be held at Topeka Hayden High School this weekend. ...

CARL JUNCTION, Mo. -- Jake Hale held Fort Scott High to five hits and a walk as he pitched Carl Junction, Mo. to a 7-1 win here Saturday afternoon. The game was arranged as both schools have been plagued by rainouts perhaps more than other schools in the area. ...

Two series remain to be completed in the first round of the Region VI Baseball Tournament. It's just a matter of finding a place that's dry enough to play the games. Bracket play starts Friday at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium in Wichita, leaving a limited amount of time for Hutchinson and Neosho County to play the third game of their first-round series and for Dodge City and Kansas City to complete the third game of their's...

Records Police report Sheriff's report KHP...

The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today launched A Healthier US Starts Here, an initiative focused on motivating seniors and others with Medicare to make the most of Medicare's preventive services...

The rain stopped and the sun came out making it a perfect evening for the senior citizen dance at Buck Run Community Center Monday night. The attendance was a little better and the dancers were all ready to go when the band started playing at 6:30 p.m. The bright lights were turned off and the setting was perfect for the evening...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) L.D. Huffaker, cashier of the Bank of Richards, yesterday picked up a chip piece of Bourbon County land, and a big one. He bought the E.C. Hepler tract of 415 acres southwest of Uniontown which was sold at Sheriff's Sale. Mr. Huffaker bid it in at a little over $9,000 and he feels that he got a bargain. Mr. Huffaker will keep the land for an investment...

SGT. Clint Callanan earned his Green Beret April 13, 2007. The graduation ceremony was held at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg, N.C. Callanan is assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, N.C...

Last week I received a sample copy of a health and nutrition newsletter. It was one I hadn't seen before. The headlines with words like "healing secrets," "permanent cure," and "doctor's secret remedy," quickly caught my attention. I began looking for an author, publisher, or editor and found none. ...

HOGAN -- Maleah Denise Hogan, a girl, was born at 5:11 p.m. on Monday, May 7, 2007, to parents Jeremy and Marlene Hogan, Deerfield, Mo. She weighed 7 pounds at birth. She joins one sister, Hanna. Maternal grandparents are Everett and Rita Wolfe, Deerfield, Mo. ...