Stories from Thursday, August 9, 2007

The Fort Scott Recreation Commission held a home run derby at Fisher Park July 30 and has announced the placers in each age group.

JV/freshmen football schedule change Fort Scott High School has announced that its scheduled freshmen/junior varsity football doubleheader October 15, scheduled to take place in Iola, will instead be played at Frary Field. The scheduled game times will remain the same: 5 p.m. for the freshmen with the JV to follow...

Fort Scott High School has announced that fall sports pictures will be taken at the following times:...

WICHITA -- The Plaza Tire Capahas of Cape Girardeau, Mo., remain alive in the National Baseball Congress World Series after a 12-9 win over Beatrice, Neb., here Wednesday morning.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has gotten a bad rap following their handling of the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort two years ago. However, several residents who have applied for flood aid have had positive experiences with the agency. Dennis Clayborn and Kevin Russell both applied for federal assistance following last month's flood that ruined portions of their properties. Both have received money from FEMA that will help them begin repairing the damage...

Early enrollment numbers for the fall semester this year at Fort Scott Community College are slightly lower than normal, but are expected to increase within the next few weeks, FSCC officials said. College officials have more than a month before they must report final fall semester enrollment figures to the state, officials said...

Ann Francis Casner, 81, resident of Guest Home Estates, Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007, at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo. She was born Jan. 26, 1926 in Brooklyn. Ann worked as a beautician for many years with Ruby Palmer Beauty Shop. She then opened her own beauty shop on East Wall Street. She worked her later years in housekeeping at Mercy Hospital. She was a member of the First Christian Church. Her hobbies include reading, knitting and crocheting...

Norma Ruth Gall-Strickland, 77, died on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007 at Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City, Kan., after a lengthy illness. Norma was born on Aug. 1, 1930 in Garden City. She was the second of five children born to Ernest H. and Ruth M. (Kincheloe) gall who were pioneers of Grant County. Her family homesteaded land and were early residents of Grant County...

MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University is making it easier to find out what it's like to take a course online. K-State's Division of Continuing Education has developed two online videos that help explain how KSU distance education works and how to succeed in taking courses online...

Birthday offerings given the first Sunday in August in Arcadia Christian Church were for Mikey Foster, Chelsea Watt, Joseph Meave Watt and Akasha Boles. The birthday song was dedicated to them. Special guests that Sunday morning were the granddaughter of Donald and Terry Bright, Madison Bright of Oologah, Okla., and her friend Kennedy Reynolds. She is the daughter of Mike and Missy Reynolds of Fort Scott...

Spencer Lee, 15, recently competed July 29 in the 2007 Ozark Empire Fair Talent Show in Springfield, Mo. Spencer competed in the youth category along with 14 others. Talents ranged from singing and dancing to bands and instrumental solos. Spencer won first place and a cash prize of $500. With his vocal rendition of Michael Buble's "Feeling Good."...

The Aug. 1 meeting of the Hiattville 4-H club was called to order by acting President Cassie Schwalm. Roll call was answered by your favorite 4-H project. There were nine members and three leaders present. Katelyn Vincent gave a secretaries report. Ronnette Vincent gave a leaders report and reminded everyone to thank their livestock buyers and to turn in record books at the September meeting...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) George Pond presented City Clerk Brown with a petition signed by numerous residents of Pecks Villa asking that the electric light over the stone arch bridge near the Main Street school not be moved. It was recently decided to have the light moved to the end of the Fourth Ward...

Three local beauticians, fresh out of college, are ready to cut their own path through the hair care industry. Last week, local residents Shelly Tucker, Katie Hubbard and Sherri Krebs opened up their new hair styling salon, aptly named The After Affect Salon, located at 14 E. Wall St...

Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns recently reminded anyone needing local soils information that USDA for offers a Web Soil Survey site that will provide secure public access to the national soils information system. This site is a simple yet powerful way to access and analyze soils data that contributes to every aspect of public and private land use and development...

In many animal production facilities, fly populations are continuing to increase. Before fly control can be effective, it is important to know which species of fly is causing problems. For Kansas cattle, there are three major species that can be pests for cattle on pasture -- stable flies, face flies, and horn flies...

Washington, D.C. -- Jill E. Sommers and Bart Chilton were sworn in yesterday as Commissioners of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal agency that regulates commodity futures and option trading in the United States. Sommers was nominated by President Bush on May 3, 2007, to a term expiring April 13, 2009 as was Chilton...

Undefeated for seven years in a row and league champions for six years, the Fort Scott Hurricanes, part of the Southeast Kansas Swim League, have much to be proud about, Hurricanes Head Coach Tim Free said. About 70 swimmers who range in age from four to 18 years of age spend two months every summer practicing each morning with Free and fellow coach Jared Leek...