Stories from Thursday, October 11, 2007

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Even an excellent night by Uniontown High graduate and Bronson sophomore Chelsea Welch couldn't prevent the 13th consecutive loss for Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team at Arnold Arena Wednesday night. The Greyhounds lost to Labette, 30-24, 30-25, 30-28. Welch had eight kills, seven blocks and three aces in the match...

Applications for grants from transient guest tax funding for the 2008 calendar year are now available at the Fort Scott Office of Tourism and Visitor Information Center located at 231 E. Wall St., according to a written statement from the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce...

THATCHER -- Sheldon Robert Thatcher, a boy, was born at 8:52 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Shaunna Chartier and Aaron Thatcher, Fort Scott. He weighed 10 pounds, 2 ounces and measured 21 1/2 inches long at birth. Maternal grandparents are Larry and Coleen Chartier, Pratt. Maternal great-grandparents are Shirley and DeWayne Jantz, Greensburg, and Darrel and Ruth Chartier, Deer Creek, Okla. Paternal grandparents are Jay Thatcher and Rita Holland, both of Wichita...

KINSLEY -- Quentin Allen Kinsley, a boy, was born at Shawnee Mission Medical Center, in Shawnee Mission, Kans, on Sept 30, 2007 to parents Allen and Stephanie Kinsley of Mounds City. He weighed 7 lbs. and 4.7 oz. at birth. Maternal Grandparents are Robert and Anita Thomas of Fort Scott. Paternal Grandparents are Marty and Sharon Kinsley of Osage City, Kans...

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RAY -- Darrell M. Ray, 89, of Carl Junction, Missouri, formerly of Fort Scott, Kansas, died on Tuesday evening, October 9, 2007, at the Greenbriar Nursing Home in Joplin, Missouri. He was born on October 4, 1918 in Coffeyville, Kansas, the son of Montie W. and Virginia Lea (Herman) Ray. He grew up in Coffeyville, and graduated from Field Kindley Memorial High School, and then attended Coffeyville Community College...

For some students, the enthusiasm about a new school year may be tempered by fear of the school bully. A bully can make life miserable for another student in face to face encounters. Now, in the age of technology, harassment can continue long after the school day has ended...

Katelin Daino, 8, a fourth grader at Wea Ridge Elementary School in Lafayette, Ind., has written a poem titled "Relatives" that appears in the 2007 edition of the "Anthology of Poetry by Young Americans." Daino is the daughter of Vince and Julie Daino, and the granddaughter of Lloyd and Sally Olson, Fort Scott...

To the Editor, The Fort Scott Scottish Rite Masonic bodies will conduct their 218th reunion on Saturday at the Scottish Rite Masonic Temple, 110 S. Main St. The reunion class is named in honor of former 33rd Degree Scottish Rite Mason Earl Dosstter, who died in August...

Each year, local Fort Scott Middle School students are given the opportunity to experience culture at each grade level. In 1989, FSMS Principal Barbara Albright, who at the time was a teacher at the school, began developing a vision concerning the middle school students. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) This morning the ticket men in the three railroads that operate through Fort Scott placed on sale, in compliance with the recent rulings of the state authorities, flat two-cent railroad tickets. This marks another epoch in railroading in that it shows how the lines have been shorn of their power. ...

A plan to deposit several hundred trout into Fern Lake at Gunn Park this week for the upcoming trout season has been postponed until next month, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks officials said Tuesday. Due to higher-than-expected water temperatures in the lake, KDWP officials have decided to wait until Nov. 1 to stock the lake with between 400 and 500 trout, according to KDWP District Fisheries Biologist Don George...