Stories from Wednesday, November 14, 2007

The Wal-Mart Supercenter, 2500 S. Main St., suffered three consecutive shoplifting incidents Friday, resulting in the arrest of a Richards, Mo., woman. Fort Scott Police officers responded to the first theft at 1:12 p.m., then two others at 3:44 p.m. and 5:09 p.m. Friday. Wal-Mart personnel contacted police about the incidents...

Planners of the 5th Annual Christmas in the Park have a few surprises in store at this year's event. The free event, which is sponsored and organized by the Gunn Park Event Committee, includes an evening of holiday music, decorations, and other activities related to the Christmas season. ...

This year's Homes for the Holidays Tour, to take place Dec. 8 and 9 in Fort Scott, can claim two "firsts." For the first time ever, all three homes on the tour are within a half-block of each other, all on the same street. They are the home of Nate Lyons and his daughter, Addison, 750 S. ...

Local children accompanied by their fathers gathered at the Fort Scott Community College Rodeo Arena on Saturday. Mother to Mother Ministry, in conjunction with Southeast Kansas Community Action Program that provided a $500 grant for the event and the Fort Scott Community College rodeo ream, sponsored an event that provided an opportunity for fathers to spend quality time with their children...

Edna Ellen Adamson, age 95, a former resident of Devon, Kansas, and more recently of Fort Scott Manor, died Monday, Nov. 12, 2007, at the Fort Scott Manor. She was born Jan. 16, 1912, in Mapleton, Kansas, the daughter of Alva Deeds and Mary Agnes Farrell Deeds. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) The local truancy officer reports but little trouble in enforcing children to attend school. The officer avers that parents are more to blame for the non-attendance of children than the youngsters themselves. Too many parents allow their children to remain away from school for days at a time with no valid excuse. ...

It's finally official: Fort Scott Community College's football team will go to Mesa, Ariz., to play in the Valley of the Sun Bowl on Dec. 1. The Greyhounds, who fell two spots into a tie with Iowa Central for No. 9 in this week's NJCAA/JCFootball.com poll, will be taking on Mesa, the highest-ranked Arizona school in the poll. Mesa moved up five spots to No. 8 after beating Arizona Western in its final regular-season game Saturday...

Helen Lucile Toner, 96, of Fort Scott, died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007 at the Medicalodge of Fort Scott. She was born Oct. 13, 1911 in Hiattville, Kansas, the daughter of Geral E. "Buck" and Frances A. (Strawn) Toner. She married Clarence W. Thompson in Fort Scott on June 30, 1935. He preceded her in death Oct. 6, 1981...