Stories from Tuesday, September 4, 2007

ERIE, Kan. -- Uniontown failed to take advantage of at least a couple of scoring opportunities here Friday night and had to settle for a 14-8 loss to Erie in a non-league, season-opening football contest. The Eagles scored first on Shawn Pritchett's one-yard run in the first quarter with his two-point conversion catch from Travis Aikins making it 8-0...

Fort Scott city workers labor in various kinds of weather in order to keep the city's streets repaired and in working condition. Todd Farrell, street supervisor for the public works department, works alongside his men in the summer heat repairing some streets and laying new asphalt on other streets, Public Works Director Eric Bailey said...

ALTHAUSER -- Althea Ellen Althauser, a girl, was born in Columbia, Mo., at 7:14 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 10, 2007 to parents Jon Althauser and Amy Randles, Hermann, Mo. She weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces and was 20 and one fourth inches long. Maternal grandparents are Tim and Jeanne Randles, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Don and Anne Althauser, Hermann, Mo...

Dorothy E. Leek, 89, of Fort Scott, died Friday evening, Aug. 31, 2007, at her home. She was born in Bronaugh, Mo., on Aug. 13, 1918 the daughter of Arch B. and Helen L. Couch Gordon. In 1962 Dorothy began a Day Care. She has taken care of dozens of children over the years, treating them as she does her own grandchildren and adopting their parents as her second set of children...

Martha Joann Houk, 70, of Topeka, Kan., was lovingly taken home by her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sept. 1, 2007, at Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka, Kan., following a battle against cancer. JoAnn was born on June 4, 1937, to Martin Joseph and Mary Kathryn (Frewing) Werner at the family farm located at the first corner north and one mile west of St. ...

The Senior Swingers Monday Night Dance at Buck Run Community Center was a good one. We were glad to have Jim and Joan Feighner present from Yates Center. He plays a rhythm guitar and sings and has been with us many times. He used to be with us all the time, but for the past couple years he has a full time job playing and singing at a restaurant in Burlington and just comes down to play with us when the restaurant is closed...

Fort Scott High School's junior varsity golf team took first place at a tournament hosted by Uniontown High School at the Fort Scott Country Club Friday. Tiger girls took four of the top eight spots and finished with a team score of 290 over nine holes. Oswego was second at 313 followed by Girard at 316 and Marmaton Valley at 338...

Fort Scott High School's freshmen volleyball team opened the season Thursday with two wins in three matches at the FSHS gymnasium. The Tigers defeated Parsons in a sweep, 25-13, 25-13. Peyton Ridel served 21 points and Jenna Campbell 16 for the Tigers. Campbell, Morgan Tourtillott and Kori Allen each had three kills...

GARNETT -- Both Pleasanton and Jayhawk-Linn opened their cross-country seasons here Thursday at the Anderson County Invitational. Jayhawk-Linn ran four girls in the varsity race and saw Meriel Long finish 17th, Stephanie Mayhugh 28th, Madison Beckman 29th and Sylvia Grant 30th...

INDEPENDENCE -- Jeff Schibi's 49-yard touchdown pass to Andre Simmons with 5:02 left in a Jayhawk Conference football contest here Saturday night gave Independence the lead and the Pirate defense held Fort Scott Community College out of the end zone on two drives inside the 25-yard line after that to hold on for a 20-16 victory at Emmot FIeld...

UNIONTOWN -- More than 500 people attended one of the oldest community celebrations in Kansas during the holiday weekend, organizers of the 102nd Annual Old Settlers Picnic said. Attendance at this year's festival, themed "American Pride -- Old Trails Leading to a Promising Future," was about the same as last year's event, while the number of arts and crafts booths and other vendors who were present each day of the event increased from last year, publicity coordinator Tina Rockhold said. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) The removal of C.C. Goss from Fulton to Mapleton to accept the position of cashier of the Mapleton bank created a vacancy in the trusteeship of Freedom Township, Mr. Goss having held that office. This morning the board of county commissioners listened to the claims of three applicants for the place and finally appointed Patsy Gorman, son of Pat Gorman, the big farmer of that township. ...