Stories from Monday, June 25, 2007

The Fort Scott Lady Tigers 14-and-under softball team won the First Annual SEK Shootout at Chanute, Kan., June 9. The Lady Tigers were undefeated against a five-team field which also included teams from Frontenac, Neodesha, Cherryvale and another Fort Scott squad...

Heather Davis, a 2006 graduate of Fort Scott High School, is one of three finalists for the College Female Athlete of the Year, which will be awarded at the 10th Annual Greater Wichita Sports Banquet to be held at Wichita's Hyatt Regency Hotel Wednesday...

Team Type I, which was first featured in last week's edition of the Sunday Herald-Tribune, succeeded in its goal to break the record it set last year when it won the eight-person Corporate Challenge division of the 2007 Race Across America (RAAM) coast-to-coast endurance bicycle race...

Carrel William Baker, age 91, of Humboldt, passed away Wednesday, June 20, 2007, at the Arrowood Lane Residential Care Facility in Humboldt. Carrel was born in Humboldt on April 26, 1916, the son of Carrel Harvey and Etta Sylva (Likens) Baker. When he was two years old, his parents passed away in the Flu Epidemic of 1918. ...

Riley Elizabeth Findley, a girl, was born at 6:14 p.m. Thursday, June 21, 2007, at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott to Adina and Jason Finley, Fort Scott. She weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce at birth and joins sisters Maggie and Aliyah Findley. Maternal great grandmother is Ethel Smith of Fort Scott. Maternal grandparents are Jeff and Debbie McCoy of Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are John and Connie Findley of Fort Scott...

James Christopher Morris, a boy, was born at 8:08 p.m. Wednesday, June 20, 2007, at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott to Sarah Ann Morris and Christopher Ray Morris of Nevada, Mo. She weighed 9 pounds, 5 ounces at birth and was 22 inches long. She joins sisters Annabelle and Emma Morris. ...

Lillian Renee Hughes, a girl, was born at 7:52 a.m. Thursday, June 21, 2007, at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott to Kimberly and John Hughes, Pittsburg. She weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces at birth and joins a brother, Trenton Hughes. Maternal great-grandparents are Kenneth and Lois Akers, Arma. ...

Weston James Schnichels, a boy, was born at 12:32 p.m. on Thursday, June 21, 2007, at Mercy Health Center, to parents Stacey Murrow and Glen Schnichels, Fort Scott. He weighed 7 pounds, 8.75 ounces at birth. He joins two siblings, Holly and Emily Schnichels. ...

Levin Daniel Boyd, a boy, was born at 4:05 p.m. on Friday, June 22, 2007, at Mercy Health Center, to parents Brandy Berry and Torie Boyd, Fort Scott. He weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces at birth. He joins two siblings, Lee Parrish and Lance Berry. Maternal grandparents are Jill Berry, Houston, Texas and Mitch Berry, Kansas City. Maternal great-grandparents are Gloria Leach and Bill Leach, both of Houston, Texas...

Fort Scott National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park Service, needs a volunteer to assist in enhancing the quality of its slide and image collection including reviewing and organizing its photographs. This will provide meaningful project assistance to the staff and provide documentation of park resources and activities...

The descendants of Fred and Myrtle Stewart, formerly of Xenia, gathered at the home of Bob and Karen Stewart at Fulton on June 10, for a family reunion. Those attending from Xenia were Barbara Stewart, Rob and Jeanette Church, Preston Church, Chad Church and sons, Brandon and Trenton Church, Adam and Lisa Church and children, Kennedy, Treyton, Ashton and Kirston Church...

The Bourbon County Conservation District has received an allocation in state cost-share funds from the 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...

Editor's Note: Story by Leah Bond, K-State Research and Extension, www.oznet.ksu.edu. K-State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well-being of Kansans. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) City Assessor C.B. Drake, this morning filed his report before County Clerk Holstein and the document shows an increase in population of 943 or a total populate of 14,547, over 13,604 last year. Last year there was a falling off in population. Also this year it is acknowledged that there is an increase in population in almost every township...

To the Editor, Relay for Life committee says "thank you" to all who helped in any way to make this year a success! This year began for us in January, with Chamber Coffee at Woods Supermarket, compliments from Woods with a wonderful buffet of donuts, fruit, coffee, and juice, with a wonderful attendance from Fort Scott Chamber members. We began to recruit...

Bourbon County residents who set off fireworks for residential purposes this Independence Day are urged to follow safety guidelines that might prevent injuries and fires. Adults should handle fireworks, but if children are to discharge fireworks, as many do, they should be supervised by an adult, according to Safe Kids Kansas, Inc...