Stories from Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Between 50 and 75 young area 4-H and FFA members will get a chance to show off their best animals during a prospect show this weekend in Fort Scott. The 2007 Bourbon County Steer, Lamb and Meat Goat Show, sponsored by the Fort Scott and Uniontown FFA chapters, is scheduled to take place from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Bourbon County Fairgrounds, 2102 S. Huntington Blvd. The fairgrounds are located across Horton Street from Fort Scott Community College...

A bolt of lightning Friday ignited the attic area of a house at the 1100 block of east Wall Street, causing severe damage to the two story structure. Shortly after 10:30 p.m., Fort Scott fire and police responded to 1102 E. Wall St. in reference to the structure fire...

Melvin F. "Brownie" Brown, 81, beloved husband, dad, grandpa and papa and brother, passed on to his Heavenly Home on Monday, June 4, 2007, with his family by his side. He was born on September 18, 1925 at Tribune, Kan., and was the son of Marion Brown and Stella "McDaniel" Brown. ...

Olive LaVaughn Ruble, 82, of Hiawatha, formerly of Topeka, passed away Thursday, May 31, 2007. Olive was born October 14, 1924, in Pittsburg, Kan., the daughter of RObert O. and Elna Josephine Erickson Dean. She graduated from Fort Scott High School...

A car driven by a motorist suspected of drunken driving struck a county bridge on Saturday that severed a Fort Scott woman's feet, according to the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office. Around 4 a.m. Saturday, Michael Clark, 45, of Fort Scott, was driving north on the 800 block of 245th Street when the 1988 Mercury Grand Marquee veered off the edge of the road. ...

The Mo-Kan Square Dance Club will host a square dance from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Friday at the Home Economics Building on the Vernon County Fairgrounds in Nevada, Mo. Cost per person is $4. All area square dancers are welcome to attend this mainstream/plus dance...

MISTLER -- Meadow Lillian Mistler, a girl, was born at 7:08 p.m. Monday at Mercy Health Center to parents John and Randi Mistler, Fort Scott. She weighed 6 pounds at birth. She joins a brother, Ashton Lee Mistler, and a sister, Reese Lynn Elizabeth Mistler. Maternal grandmother is Linda Jane, New York, N.Y. Paternal grandmother is Debra Younce, Butler, Mo...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) J.W. Huffman, the official home finder for youths, believes that it is a bad idea of sending incorrigible boys and girls to the reformatory. He says if a child is given a new home with moral environments and allowed a chance to begin life anew that many times they reform. ...

To the Editor, The United States Postal Service letter carriers organize annual food drives throughout the nation each May. This past May 2007, the Fort Scott Post Office letter carriers completed another successful food collection in our area. In addition to their regular duties of mail delivery, the carriers collected food left by postal patrons. ...

Disc golf league begins play Tuesday at Gunn Park The Fort Scott Disc Golf Club will begin league play Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at Gunn Park and is still looking for anyone interested in playing. The league will be held Tuesday evenings at 5:30 and Saturdays at noon on the Gunn Park disc golf course. Anyone who is interested in participating and has questions about the league or the game itself is encouraged to call (620) 719-6828...

Taylor Bailey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Bailey, Fort Scott will represent Kansas in the Junior Performance Category at National History Days, June 10-14 in College Park, Md. This is Taylor's second consecutive year to compete in this category on the national level. ...

They jump for the adrenaline rush. But they also jump for the spectators. Members of the Green Beret Parachute Team who performed at the Good Ol' Days festival over the weekend sat down with The Fort Scott Tribune on Sunday to discuss their role, both as representatives of the U.S. military and as performers...

On May 12, Brook Bradbury received an Associate of Science Degree from Coffeyville Community College. She is an Honor and Phi Theta Kappa graduate. She was also presented with a bronze medallion by the college president Dr. Don Woodbum for maintaining a perfect 4.0 GPA throughout her community college course work. ...

Daniel Levi Swanwick graduated last month with a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. He graduated Cum Laude and with a Certificate in Refugees and Humanitarian Emergencies. He fulfilled a Pro Bono Pledge, which requires 75 or more hours of law-related volunteer work. ...