Stories from Wednesday, August 22, 2007

There will be a special Youth Dove Hunt on Saturday, Sept. 1. Participants must also attend a Pre-Hunt Workshop starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25 at the Shawnee Trail Shop. The workshop will cover dove identification, management, hunting basics, gun/hunting safety and each youth will then participate in trap shooting. ...

A community wedding shower for Christal McClure and Seth Martin is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26 at the First Missionary Baptist Church.

Marjorie Wiggans is turning 99-years-young Aug. 23, 2007. Marjorie was born in 1908 to parents, Anna and Edward Gibson in Allen County, Kan. We would like to celebrate her accomplishment over the past 99 years with a card shower. Please address cards to her at the Medical Lodge, 915 South Horton, Fort Scott, KS 66701...

Community members join together for some fun and games. Pinochle games run from 9-11 a.m. Monday through Friday at Buck Run Community Center. New players are encouraged to join any day of the week.

Over 60 years ago the Kansas National Guard was activated for service in WWII as part of the 35th Infantry Division. The connection of the 35th with Kansas goes way back. In WWI Captain Harry S. Truman commanded an Artillery Battery in the 35th. In WWII the 35th helped spearhead General Patton's Third Army breakout of Normandy and sweep across France. When the "Battle of the Bulge" threatened our forces, the 35th counter attacked and helped relieve the 101st in Bastogne...

MANHATTAN -- For returning soldiers, even the happiest homecoming may also yield some disappointments. Imagine stepping back into family life after being gone for 18 months -- birthdays, graduations, holidays and other life events have occurred without you being there, said Ann Domsch, state coordinator for Operation Military Kids (OMK), an outreach effort sponsored by the U.S. ARMY Child and Youth Services that focuses on helping communities develop support systems for military personnel...

The Fort Scott City Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved the 2008 budget that reduces the mill levy by 2.62 mills and allots more money for street upgrades and personnel for the codes department. The mill levy will go from this year's 43.7 mills to 41.08 mills. ...

Fourteen Scott Township Fire Department firefighters have finished Fire Fighter I training, a training course which covers the many aspects of fire fighting, Scott Township Fire Chief Jackie Messer said. The course conducted at the Scott Township Fire Department, located at 2060 Highway 54, was scheduled to span 120 hours; however, the Scott Township participants trained beyond the required amount of time. ...

Over the past decade, the Ellis Foundation has committed more than $1 million toward the higher education of students from its home city, Fort Scott. The foundation awarded college scholarships to 18 graduating seniors from Fort Scott High School at its awards ceremony in May. ...

UNIONTOWN -- After the carefree summer break, USD 235 administrators said they are glad to be back at work at the start of a brand new school year. "It is always great to be back with a fresh new start," West Bourbon Elementary School Principal Marianna Daugherty said...

Dorothy Ellen Wilson, 87, former resident of Fort Scott, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2007, at the Serverin Nursing Home in Benton, Ill., with her daughter and granddaughter at her side. She was born May 24, 1920 in Fort Scott, the daughter of Samuel L. Monroe and Nellie A. Dunlap Monroe. Dorothy was a 1938 graduate of Fort Scott High School. She married Wray Wilson on April 16, 1938, at Mapleton, Kan. He passed away on Sept. 20, 1996...

John William Dyche, 73, a resident of rural Fort Scott, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2007, at the Mercy Health Center. He was born July 12, 1934, in Kansas City, Kan., the son of Joseph Dyche and Roseleetta Perkins Dyche. He married Velma Chaplin on Sept. 17, 1962, at Fort Scott. ...

Susie Wiggans, 94, resident of Bronson, Kan., died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007 at the Mercy Health Center. She was born Sept. 28, 1912 in Dadeville, Mo., the daughter of Thomas William Gray and Martha Ellen Stewart Gray. She married Henry Coulter on May 24, 1927 at Greenfield, Mo. He died in a truck accident on Jan. 30, 1959. She then married Russell Wiggans. He preceded her in death. Susie worked as a cafe waitress. Her hobbies include quilting and playing bingo...

WINNINGHAM -- Shyann Ray Winningham, a girl, was born at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007 at 1:18 a.m. to parents Virina Stewart and Jaramie Winningham, Fort Scott. She weighed 6 pounds and 9.2 ounces at birth. She joins siblings Jayce Stewart, Joshua Elliott and Kaitlyn Elliott. ...

Clara Marie Meek, 90, a former resident of 920 Margrave more recently of the Medicalodge, died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007 at the Mercy Health Center. funeral services for Clara will be announced by the Cheney Witt Memorial Chapel.

Earl Dosstter, 81, a resident of Fort Scott, died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007 at the Mercy Health Center. Funeral arrangements for Earl will be announced by Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan

100 YEARS AGO (1907) The Sunday School of the Congregational church will hold a picnic Tuesday afternoon at Bridal Veil Park. The side organization of the Elks Lodge held the annual crawdad bake yesterday and it was one of the best successes since the Big Nine has been doing business. ...

2007 FSHS Girls Tennis Preview

Fort Scott City Manager Richard Nienstedt announced on Tuesday that long-time Fort Scott firefighter Amanda Profitt has been hired as the city's new codes director. Profitt will start in her new position on Sept. 4. Profitt has been a Fort Scott Fire Department firefighter since 2001. ...

Richard Wayne Bonner, 82, died Aug. 19, 2007, at the Grove Nursing Center in Grove, Okla. Graveside services will be held at a later date at Rose Hill Cemetery in Mount Ayr, Iowa. The family requests donations to the American Cancer Society or the American Kidney Foundation in lieu of flowers. Online condolences can be made at www.honoringmemories.com. Services by Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, Okla...