Stories from Wednesday, November 28, 2007

One local school is participating in a program that has been developed as a fundraiser in addition to an environmental aid. Fort Scott Christian Heights has signed up to participate in a program called Cartridges For Kids. Through this program, the school not only is able to raise much-needed funds for school operational costs, but it also is able to participate in a huge recycling program, which will help the earth's environment...

After a nearly seven year hiatus, the Renaissance Feasts at Fort Scott Community College are making a grand comeback. The FSCC choral department plans to provide two evenings of food and musical entertainment celebrating the Renaissance period that will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday in the Zimmerman Hall of the First Presbyterian Church, 308 S. Crawford St...

Fort Scott Community College officials have announced that the Gordon Parks Center at Fort Scott Community College will celebrate the anniversary of the late Fort Scott native's birthday on Friday with several planned activities throughout the day. The public is invited and encouraged to take part in one or more of the free events, officials said...

The Bourbon County Attorney's Office filed charges Monday against a Fort Scott man accused of slashing an acquaintance with a knife over the weekend. Albert L. Arvizu, 24, was charged with one felony count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. On Monday a judge at Arvizu's first appearance in Bourbon County District Court ordered a bond screening. In the meantime, he is in custody at Southeast Kansas Regional Correctional Center...

Two Fort Scott Community College students have been selected as nominees for the All-USA Academic Team, an FSCC statement said Wednesday. Anna Bahr and Casidey Clay were chosen to represent FSCC this year in the All-Kansas Academic Team as well as nominees to the All-USA Academic Team...

Kathryn DeLano Hudson Smith, 63, of Fort Scott, passed way Monday, Nov. 26, 2007, at St. Luke's Medical Center, Kansas City, Mo. She was born Jan. 18, 1944 in Fort Scott, the daughter of Howard Carleton and Dorothy (DeLano) Hudson. She married Thomas William Smith on Feb. 2, 1963, in Fort Scott. He preceded her in death April 12, 2003...

Tessa Margaret Barker, a girl was born on Nov. 16, 2007 to parents Mark and Renea Barker of Ankeny, Iowa. She weighted seven pounds and eight ounces at birth. She joins a brother, Ethan. Paternal grandparents are Melvin and Marilyn Barker of Fort Scott...

A stepped-up traffic enforcement initiative by the Fort Scott Police Department last week resulted in 110 traffic stops that produced 92 citations, according to police. Extra patrol officers performed what the department calls "saturation patrols" all over Fort Scott from Nov. 19 to 25. They aggressively enforced safety belt laws, impaired driving laws and other traffic laws...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) As The Tribune was going to press this afternoon at 3 o'clock when the football game between the "Has Beens" and Hiattville had just started at Athletic Park. The game is being witnessed by one of the largest crowds that was ever marshaled together for a gridiron battle in Fort Scott. ...

The Bronson Seniors enjoyed a Thanksgiving dinner on Friday, Nov. 16, with turkey and all the trimmings. Glenn and Retta Smith prepared the turkey (that was furnished by Ed Bliznick) and dressing. Covered dishes brought by others rounded out a bountiful meal with many vegetables and desserts...

Amanda and Ethan Smilie, Irving, Texas, spent a weekend the last of September with their parents, Dave and Sheila Blubaugh and Dale and Patty Smilie. Amanda Smilie celebrated her birthday at McDonald's, Saturday at noon with, Dave and Sheila Blubaugh, Brad and Bethany Blubaugh and Max, Dale and Patty and Kip Smilie, Bob and Francis Fursman, Colony, and Don and Sharon and Sam Madison, Wichita. ...

Fort Scott Community College's men had to fight off a tough Benedictine junior varsity at Arnold Arena Wednesday night, prevailing 66-58 after the visiting Ravens got within four points with half a minute remaining in the contest. The Greyhounds, 3-3, led 33-18 at halftime after shooting 56 percent from the field in the first 20 minutes while holding the Ravens to eight of 33 for 24 percent...

Fort Scott Community College's football team boarded a pair of buses in front of Arnold Arena Tuesday night to hit the long, winding road to Mesa, Ariz., where they are set to take on eighth-ranked Mesa College in the Valley of the Sun Bowl Saturday afternoon...