Stories from Monday, July 23, 2007

Don't look anytime soon for the Fort Scott City Commission to consider an ordinance banning smoking in businesses and public places. Commissioners are reviewing ordinances enacted in 16 other cities in Kansas. Information from that study is expected to provide them with a foundation of facts upon which to decide whether a similar ordinance is a right fit in Fort Scott...

Two local residents are now prepared to handle emergency situations. Cliff Kendrick and Patricia Wallace, both clients at Tri-Valley Developmental Services in Fort Scott, recently asked to be included in a training course on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that was offered earlier this month by certified trainers at the center. ...

Donald O. Austin, 74, of Pittsburg, Kan., died at 3:35 a.m., Sunday, July 22, 2007 at Sunset Manor Nursing Home in Frontenac, Kan. Donald was born Nov. 26, 1932 in Hume, Mo., to Rufus and Ruby (Overton) Austin. He attended area schools, graduating from Pittsburg High School with the class of 1951...

Mary Jo Pierce, 80, passed away in her home in Springfield, Mo., with her family and caretakers by her side on Friday evening, July 20, 2007. She was a former resident of Parsons, Kan., and Erie, Kan. She lived a life of service to her family, her community and her profession...

Bill Eldon Reasoner, age 79, a resident of Bronson, Kan., died Friday, July 20, 2007, at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kan. He was born February 3, 1928, in Redfield, Kan., the son of Wesley Norval Reasoner and Marjorie Evelyn Lathrop Reasoner. ...

Ethys May Miller, 97, formerly of Fort Scott, died at the Aberdeen Village Nursing Home in Olathe, Kan. Funeral arrangements for Ethys are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral home.

TOPEKA -- Water right holders who would like some leeway in how they use their water appropriation from year to year have until Oct. 10 to apply for a term permit that allows for more flexible water use over a five-year period that begins Jan. 1, 2008...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) Oversleep--eh? A sure cure is furnished by the jeweler, Vern Q. Powell. Listen to what he says and you won't be late for work! "We are not giving anything away this week--neither have we a profit-sacrificing sale--but we are selling a $1 alarm clock that will keep as good time as a $50 watch. Guaranteed. Get one before they are all gone."--Verne Q. Powell, 7 South Main Street. Phone 441...

The Fort Scott National Historic Site is stepping up this summer to complete much-needed maintenance projects. Nineteen college students representing about six different colleges in the United States have been employed by the fort this summer to help with the upkeep of the grounds as well as yearly maintenance projects, FSNHS Facility Manager Jackie Messer said...