Stories from Friday, June 15, 2007

UNIONTOWN -- Earlier this month, Uniontown Junior Senior High School graduate Lacey George was elected to the 2007-08 Kansas FFA Officer Team during the 79th Annual Kansas FFA Convention on June 1 in Manhattan. George, who was the only candidate from Uniontown, and the other five elected state officers will lead the 7,000-member Kansas FFA organization during the coming year, a statement from UJSHS FFA advisor and instructor Kevin Gleason said. ...

"It's garden time, rain or shine," Secret Gardens of Fort Scott Garden Tour Chairman Priscilla Sellers said. "Gardeners are used to being outside, and a little rain never dampens their enthusiasm. "Some days the long range forecast for this weekend has scattered thunderstorms, some days it says that it will be partly cloudy," Ms. Sellers said, "but we have always maintained that the garden tour will go on whether it rains or not...

Fort Scott Police officers executed a search warrant early Thursday that resulted in the arrest of two people on narcotics charges. At 7 a.m., police officers swarmed a house at 524 S. Eddy St. and arrested Joei R. Johnson, 24, and Brandon M. Barfield, 23. Police said Johnson, who lived at the house, was apparently harboring Barfield, who had a warrant out of Wyandotte County Kan...

The Bourbon County Conservation District is going to have a sign-up period for cost-share funds from the Kansas State Conservation Commission to assist landowners in installing enduring soil and water conservation structures. The State Water Resources Cost-Share Program for applying conservation practices is an asset in the important task of protecting the soil, water, and related natural resources of Bourbon County. ...

Charles Albert "Smokey" Smith of Neodesha, KS, died Wednesday, June 13, 2007, at the Wilson County Hospital. He was 81. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, June 18, 2007, at Christ Church under the direction of Penwell-Gabel Loran Fawcett Chapel. The Reverend Dave Cheshier will officiate. Interment will be in Neodesha Cemetery...

WEDDLE -- Jaidyn Lea Crumby, a girl, was born at 4:15 p.m. Friday, June 8, 2007, at Mt. Carmel Regional Medical Center, Pittsburg, to Stephanie Weddle and Zac Crumby, Fort Scott. She weighed 7 pounds, 6.2 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Albert and Susan Weddle and Tawnja and Ray Smith. Paternal grandparents are Robert and Melanie Crumby...

MOSS -- Levi Colt Moss, a boy, was born at 7:54 a.m. Thursday at Mercy Health Center to parents Tara Murray and Louis Moss, Prescott. He weighed 6 pounds, 11 1/2 ounces at birth. He joins 13 siblings. Maternal grandparents are Phyllis Santerle, Prescott...

Bourbon County residents Henry and Doris Ericson have been honored as the 2007 Kansas 4-H Family of the Year, according to a statement from the Kansas State University Research and Extension Office. Each of the Ericsons' six children, and 15 of their 17 grandchildren, have either volunteered in 4-H in the past, or are currently 4-H members and volunteers, Kansas State University Research and Extension 4-H Youth Development Professor Gary Gerhard said in the statement. ...

Three former Kansas 4-H members, including Bourbon County native Linda Biles, were awarded Kansas 4-H Alumni Awards during the 2007 Emerald Circle Banquet May 31 in Manhattan. State 4-H award recipients are chosen through a nomination process, Kansas State University Research and Extension 4-H Youth Development Professor Gary Gerhard said. Gerhard, who manages the annual 4-H awards program, shared brief summaries of the award recipients' nominations...

WICHITA -- Clinton Lyle Seifert, Fort Scott, Kan., was among the 157 medical students who made up the class of 2007 for the 135th Commencement of the University of Kansas, Sunday, May 20, at Memorial Stadium in Wichita. Seifert was one of 52 medical students graduating from the University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) A special received today by The Tribune indicates that the bandits, who on April 14 blew up the Redfield Bank, have been captured at Bolivar, Mo. There are four in the party. A complete confession has been obtained from one of the quartet. ...

Fort Scott Mayor Dick Hedges is one of six Kansas residents recently appointed by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to the Kansas Board of Regents. Hedges, 68, who replaced former mayor Gary Billionis in April, is now retired after a lifetime of experience in the education field, which culminated with a second term as president of Fort Scott Community College. ...

The Fort Scott Dragoons split their two games in the 2007 'Hound Classic baseball tournament Thursday night, beating the Springfield (Mo.) Generals 5-1 in the first game but dropping a 6-5 decision to the MacNSeitz baseball academy team in the nightcap...