Stories from Thursday, August 23, 2007

The Starlite Family and Community Education (FCE) Club met Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007. After prayer, led by Betty Johnson, 14 members and eight guests enjoyed cooling refreshments served by Sandra Haimerl, Jan Patterson and Estalee Simpson. One of our guests, Helen Long -- a sister of member Clarice Russell, presented a very interesting program on Living History. ...

There will be something for everyone in this Friday's concert. Starting at 7:30 p.m. the show will include old time cowboy music and poetry by John, Jackson and Sam Kendrick, Arnold Schofield, Carolyn and Jimmie Tucker, Floyd and Terri Feezell and Jesse Crum. ...

Knights of Columbus Charity Gold Tournament is scheduled for an 8 a.m tee-off, Shotgun start, Saturday Aug. 25 at Four Oaks Golf Course. The tournament will consist of four man scrambles with a donation of $160 per team. Entry fee includes green fees, cart and hotdogs...

The word is out that most people need to eat more fruits and vegetables as part of a healthy and balanced diet. With all the fresh produce so readily available, summer seems an easier time of the year to include more fruits and vegetables. Tomatoes and watermelons are rich in lycopene. ...

Fort Scott native Nick Magee has taken his knowledge of art and crafted it into his own local business. About two weeks ago, the young artist, a 2003 graduate of Fort Scott High School, opened his own art gallery located at 311 E. Sixth St. For the last 10 years, Magee's father, local resident Dick Magee, owned and operated an antique store out of the very same building...

The deadlines for the USDA, Farm Service Agency (FSA) to accept applications under the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) for this year's crops have been established by the Kansas State FSA Committee. The application closing date of September 1st applies to the following crops: All small grain crops, except Oats, plus Aquaculture, Canola, Christmas Trees, Nursery Crops, Speltz and Turf Grass Sod...

The Kansas Forest Service has begun to offer fall sales of container grown plants consisting of evergreens as well as newly added hardwoods. All species are a solid 2 feet tall with a very good root system; the English Oak however, range from one to two feet, but still with a great root system...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) Arch Davenport, Bert Smith, Frank Manlove and Sam McWilliams took advantage of the fine day yesterday and went fishing. They hiked off to Mill Creek and besides having a fine time they brought home some 18 fine fish which were on the table at noon today. Arch was teaching the other boys the real way to catch fish...

This time last year, the city's codes department consisted of a full-time codes director and a part-time assistant. This time next year, the city will have a full-time codes director, a full-time codes assistant and a newly created position called a community development officer...

A reader's theatre production titled "I Rise" will be a feature of the four-day 4th Annual Gordon Parks Celebration of Culture and Diversity, scheduled for Oct. 3-6 at Fort Scott Community College. The production will be directed by Fort Scott High School speech and theatre instructor Patty LaRoche, Gordon Parks Center for Culture and Diversity Executive Director Jill Warford said in a written statement...

Professional bareback rider Bo Casper, a Fort Scott Community College graduate, is on his way to the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. Born in Oklahoma and raised in Arkansas, Casper was not raised in a rodeo family, but that did not stop his interest in rodeos from bucking him into a successful bareback riding career, he said. ...

It's almost time, once again, for local residents to prepare their taste buds for the wide array of food and beverages that are coming this way soon. The Fourth Annual Taste of Fort Scott fund-raising event is scheduled to take place from 6 to 9 p.m. ...

Earl R.Dosstter, 81, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007, at the Mercy Health Center. He was born Feb. 8, 1926, in Philadelphia, Pa., the son of Lyman Dosstter and Elizabeth Halman Dosstter. He married Patsy Ruble on Aug. 27, 1966, in Hammond, Kan...

Richard Wayne Bonner, 82, died Aug. 19, 2007 at the Grove Nursing Center in Grove Oklahoma and was a former resident of Fort Scott. Richard was born June 6, 1925 at Kellerton Iowa to Johnie and Alma (Axtell) Bonner. His father, mother and brother Raymond preceded him in death when Richard was very young. ...

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 in Fort Scott, Kan. She was born Feb. 14, 1917, in Richards, Mo., the daughter of Allen Tucker and Ruth Smading Tucker. ...

Grady Franklyn Elder, 58. died Aug. 21, 2007 at his home in La Cygne, Kan. A Memorial Party will be held at the LaCygne Community Building on Saturday, Aug. 25 at 6 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations be made in Grady's name to "Kids In Need," a community fund, of which he was a founder. ...

An automobile accident Wednesday killed two adults and an 8-month-old boy on Katy Road near Richards, Mo. Callie J. Dobbs, 32, and passengers Kristle D. Pearson, 20, and 8-month-old Cecil Dobbs, all of Richards, Mo., died from unspecified injuries from the crash...