Stories from Tuesday, September 25, 2007

The Bourbon County Commission has committed five years to a Neighborhood Revitalization plan. According to minutes from the Sept. 17 commission meeting, Fort Scott Economic Development Director Dale Bunn made an appearance at Friday's meeting to discuss the Neighborhood revitalization plan. The county is currently a partner with the revitalization plan only as it pertains to the downtown area. This partnership commenced in 2005 after the downtown fire, the minutes said...

Sixth Judicial District Judge Mark Ward on Monday sentenced David N. Woodall to 18 months probation for selling marijuana in March. Ward also ordered Woodall, 47, Fort Scott, to perform 40 hours of community service, pay court costs, attend alcohol and narcotics anonymous, and follow recommendations of his drug and alcohol counselor. He also must stay away from drugs or alcohol, and submit to random drug and alcohol testing...

CHERRYVALE -- The little things hurt Uniontown's volleyball team again, according to head coach Jackie Hall, and the Eagles put up a 1-3 mark at the Cherryvale Invitational here Saturday. The Eagles lost their first match to Independence, 25-19, 25-21. Abbie Smith served for 10 points...

Area radio listeners will be able to tune in Friday for a chance to bid on a variety of different donated items during the first-ever Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce radio auction. The auction, which will take place from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday at KOMB-KMDO, 2 N. ...

LOUISBURG -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team faced some stiff competition at the Louisburg Tournament here Saturday and finished with a 1-5 record on the day. Fort Scott's only win of the day came against Prairie View, 28-26, 24-26, 25-11. The Tigers, 6-13, lost a three-game match, 25-11, 23-25, 25-13 to Anderson County. They also had a 25-11, 33-31 loss to Class 6A Blue Valley-Stilwell...

Senior Kiersten Elder played in her home tournament at Fort Scott Country Club Monday despite an injured wrist and won her fifth medal of the season at the Uniontown Invitational. Meanwhile, Fort Scott High School sent four individuals here and placed third in the team standings as senior Adrianne Tourtillott shot 60 on the front nine and 51 on the back to finish with a score of 111, good for 12th place...

WYATT -- Jadyn Marie Wyatt, a girl, was born at 5:35 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Robert Wyatt and Megan Floyd, Fort Scott. She weighed 6 pounds, 10 3/4 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Vickie Floyd and Gary Floyd, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Jeanine Wyatt and David Wyatt, Fort Scott...

HALL -- Baylee Marie Hall, a girl, was born at 9:08 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Jerried Hall and Jamie Hall, Mound City. She weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces at birth. She joins two siblings, Madisyn Hall and Tucker Hall. ...

After Regent Mary Ann French called the meeting to order and members recited the Pledge of Allegiance, she read the president's general message, "Constitution Mandate in Schools," from National. Nolene Whiteside read the national defense report. Attendance was taken, showing five members present. Nolene Whiteside then gave the treasurer's report...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) Shortly y before daylight this morning a large crowd at the Frisco station, whose vigil for the incoming circus had dated back to that time of the night when everything was in inky darkness, heard the long blast of a locomotive and within a few minutes the first section of the Barnum-Bailey Circus, long heralded as the "greatest show on earth," was in Fort Scott. ...

One evening, when local resident Betty Austin was watching the KOAM television news on Channel 7, she was impressed by the story that unfolded on the screen in front of her, she said. The story was about several women in Carthage, Mo., who had been sewing "cool ties" to help soldiers stationed in the Middle East to keep cool in the desert heat. ...

Edna Chriselda (Wolfe) Pierce, 92, formerly of the West Liberty area near Hammond, Kansas, passed away in Phoenix, Arizona, Sunday morning, September 23, 2007. She was born June 24, 1915, the youngest child of Elmer J. and Cora B. (Oman) Wolfe, in El Dorado Springs, Missouri. She married Dixie J. Pierce December 6, 1936 in Fort Scott, Kansas. He preceded her in death February 23, 1991...