Stories from Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Fort Scott High School's junior varsity volleyball team took fifth place in the Southeast Kansas League Junior Varsity Voleyball Tournament at the FSHS gymnasium and at Buck Run Community Center Saturday. The Tigers finished in the fifth place in the tournament. They were 1-1 in pool play...

Fort Scott High School's freshmen football team suffered a 21-0 shutout at the hands of Pittsburg at Frary Field Monday night. The Purple Dragons led 14-0 at the half as Jordan Elliott scored from short distance on a dive play and RaShawn Davis bolted in from 75 yards out with three seconds remaining in the half. Davis added a 24-yard scoring run with 3:16 left in the third quarter...

Kolby Allen's two-yard touchdown run with just under 4 1/2 minutes remaining gave Fort Scott High's junior varsity football team a 26-21 victory over Pittsburg at Frary Field Monday night. The Purple Dragons led most of the game, with their first score set up when they recovered a muffed punt at the Tigers' 21-yard line late in the first quarter. Four minutes later, Wesley Slavens hauled in a three-yard scoring pass from Blake Wilson to put Pittsburg up 7-0...

NEVADA -- Uniontown had two medalists after battling three other teams and a strong south wind at the Frank Peters Municipal Golf Course here Monday. The Eagles saw Kiersten Elder finish fourth in the nine-hole affair with a score of 54 while Taylor Hanson earned her first medal of the season with her fifth-place score of 57...

Local resident Ottis Allen may be retired from the workforce, but he is definitely not retired from the political world. On Oct. 1-3, Allen will travel to Topeka as a member of the Kansas Silver Haired Legislature. Although this will only be Allen's fourth year to participate in this event, this year will mark the 25th session of the Kansas Silver Haired Legislature, according to a written statement...

Presbyterian Village celebrated National Assisted Living Week Sept. 10-14 with various activities. The week of Sept 9-15, 2007 was declared to be National Assisted Living Week by the U.S. Senate, a Web site that can be found at http://www.ncal.org/news/releases/nr070907.cfm said. Presbyterian Village Activity Coordinator Jamie Stucky organized a week full of events centered around different legacies, she said...

There are several ways to find dental care at reduced or waived fees. Not attending to dental problems can create serious health problems, even affecting the heart. Please act now to get the care you need...

The weekend of Arcadia's Old Settler's Festival, guests of Forrest and Ernestine Berkey were her sister, Ruby Van Dusen, Ruby's son Jim Ward, his daughter Dierdre Ward all from Kansas City, Mo., and Jim's Granddaughter, Tia Brummitt from Dixon, Mo. On Friday, the guests rode Dolly The Trolley around the scenic route in Fort Scott...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) Now in our display window is a real life-size teddy bear which will go to a lucky boy or girl. How you can get it? Come to our store and get a package of coupons FREE. Get your friends to bring the coupons back to us. With only 25 cents and one package of coupons a friend can buy six solid nickle-silver spoons or forks. The child who spends the most coupons gets the bear.--The Davis Hardware Co., 16 North National Avenue...

Edward Fengler, 84, Moundville, Mo., passed away suddenly Monday morning, September 17, 2007, at his home. He was born on July 8, 1923 in Moundville, Mo., the son of Erich and Amanda Kuhlman Fengler. He was married to LaRue Young on February 22, 1947 in Fort Scott, Kansas, and she survives of the home...

The Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees meeting that was scheduled for Monday has been postponed due to the lack of a quorum, or the minimum number of members of a governmental agency needed for the proceedings of the meeting to be valid. The meeting will be 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24 in the FSCC Heritage Room, 2108 S. Horton...

The Fort Scott High School Tigerland Band will hold a scrap metal drive Friday and Saturday at Galamba Metals, one mile south of the U.S. Highway 69 and Jayhawk Road intersection on the west side of U.S. Hwy. 69.

George Lee Cooper, 77, a former resident of Fort Scott, and more recently of Merriam, Kan., died unexpectedly Sunday, Sept. 16 at the Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21 at the Centerville Cemetery. Friends and family may meet at the cemetery...

Wiley J. Teague, 94, of Arcadia died at 4 a.m. Monday, September 17, 2007 at the Arma Care Center at Arma. Mr. Teague was born October 11,1912 at Arcadia the son of James David and Bertha Berry Teague. Wiley wrked for many years for Dunton's Furniture Store in Arcadia. ...

Patrick Eldon "Pat" Arnold, age 68, a resident of rural Fort Scott, died unexpectedly Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, at his home. He was born Sept. 26, 1938, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of Lewis and Susie Kelley Arnold. He married Kay Hutchison on Nov. 23, 1958, at the Cherry Grove Baptist Church. ...

Each year in the United States, about 70 children 14 years of age and younger die from injuries sustained on a farm, according to a written statement from Safe Kids Kansas, Inc. In 2001, nearly 16,000 children in this age category were injured on a farm. In Kansas, about 155,000 (or 28 percent) of children live in rural areas. During National Farm Safety and Health Week, Sept. 16-22, Safe Kids Kansas encourages parents to focus on injury prevention, the statement said...

The 10th annual Fort Scott Airport Day on Sept. 8, once again, was a success despite rain showers early in the day. The rain, however, caused several key aspects of the event to be canceled. A couple of F-16 fighter jets from Tulsa were supposed fly over the Fort Scott Municipal Airport but canceled because of the rain. ...

Local United Way volunteers are getting ready for the 2007 fundraising campaign. This year's United Way fundraising drive will kick off with a free breakfast that will be open to anyone who would like to attend. The kick-off breakfast, which will take place at 7:30 a.m. Thursday at the Fort Scott Community College Cafeteria, will include motivational speeches, honors and entertainment, Bourbon County United Way Executive Secretary Whendi Embry-Martin said...

Fort Scott Community College officials have found a way to save the college money and also finance the proposed $7 million Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center. FSCC officials have chosen to use industrial revenue bonds to finance the proposed fine arts center that is scheduled to begin construction next month...

Results of Fort Scott Middle School volleyball matches of September 11: Sixth-grade matches. Seventh-and eighth-grade matches. FSMS volleyball matches are played each Tuesday...