Stories from Monday, December 3, 2007

100 YEARS AGO (1907) R.M. Wing should be reported to Carnegie as deserving of one of those hero medals. Much has been said about hunters who shoot quail in violation of the law. But the critics have doubtless never appreciated the almost irresistible temptation to bring down a bunch of birds out of a covey that flies up in front of the innocent hunter of rabbits. ...

The City of Fort Scott has entered into an agreement to sell its wastewater to a biodiesel refining plant in Missouri. The Fort Scott City Commission at its last meeting, Nov. 20, approved the agreement between the city and Prairie Pride Inc., a combination soybean oil extraction and biodiesel refining facility near Deerfield, Mo...

Supporters of Kansas Rep. Shirley Palmer, D-Fort Scott, showed their approval for Palmer's candidacy for re-election Thursday night. Palmer, a retired school teacher who sought and won election to the Kansas House of Representatives in 2006, has begun the fundraising process for re-election in 2008. About 170 supporters assembled at the Liberty Theatre on Thursday night to partake in an "Evening of Elegance."...

MORAN, Kan. -- Uniontown's girls won their season opener here Friday night, defeating rival Marmaton Valley, 33-31, in a non-league contest. The Three Rivers League changed its league schedule this season and it is the second meeting of the season, to be held Feb. 1, that will count in league play...

COFFEYVILLE, Kan. -- Only two Greyhounds scored more than three points -- and one of them had just seven points -- as Fort Scott Community College's men took a 60-37 drubbing at the hands of Garden City in the final game of the first day of the Jayhawk Conference Shootout here Friday night...

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WILLARD, Mo. -- Fort Scott High's boys have set themselves up to win the championship of the 20th Annual Willard Tri-State Classic as a result of defeating the host school, 51-36, here Friday night. The Tigers were 2-0 in the tournament -- and for the season -- going into Saturday evening's contest with Greenwood (Ark.)...

Newcomer Webb City (Mo.), competing for the first time in the Fort Scott Dual Wrestling Tournament, won the team title Saturday as the Cardinals went unbeaten. Fort Scott finished in third place, behind the Cards and second-place Shawnee Mission West, which gave Webb City its closest dual of the day...

Melvin O. Payne, 67, of Arcadia, died at 11:11 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007, at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. Mr. Payne was born Dec. 6, 1939, in Pittsburg, the son of Elmer and Opal Cox Payne. Mr. Payne was a retired serviceman for Pepsi Cola in Pittsburg for 15 years...

WILLARD, Mo. -- Fort Scott High's girls fell to Greenwood, Ark., 58-46, Saturday night in their final game of the round-robin Willard Tri-State Classic but played their best game so far in this young season. The tournament had the exact same order of finish as last season with Greenwood winning the title without a loss and the Tigers again going 0-3. Shiloh Christian of Springdale, Ark., was second with Willard in third place...

Eva Fern Hazelton, 82, of Fort Scott, died Sunday morning, December 2, 2007, at the Medicalodge Nursing Home. She was born in Fort Scott on December 22, 1924, the daughter of George Henry and Mary Olive Quigley Dickmann. She married James B. Hazelton on July 3, 1951, in Fort Scott, he preceded her in death on March 23, 1997...

Roland "Keith" Daniels, age 83, a resident of rural Redfield, Kansas, died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007, at Mercy Health Center. He was born July 6, 1924, in Bronson, Kan., the son of John and Ruby Huff Daniels. He married Patricia Ellen Potter on April 3, 1946 in Iola, Kan.. Keith graduated from Bronson High School and attended Fort Scott Community College. He was a World War II veteran, serving as chief mechanic and gunner on B-24 Bomber airplanes in the U.S. Army Air Force...

WILLARD, Mo. -- Fort Scott High's boys lost the battle but won the war here Saturday night. Even though the Tigers lost to Greenwood, Ark., 54-45, on the final night of the round-robin Willard Tri-State Classic, the tournament ended with three teams with 2-1 records...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- No. 2 Butler laid claim to the NJCAA national championship with a dominating 56-27 win over No. 1 Snow College in the Top of the Mountains Bowl played Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium here. "It feels awesome; very awesome. It's unbelievable," said Coach Troy Morrell, who also led Butler to the 2003 national championship. "I felt like our guys played really good from beginning to end. They were bound and determined that they were going to find a way to get it done."...

MESA, Ariz. -- By all accounts, the Fort Scott Community College football team enjoyed its stay near Phoenix this past week. But it didn't come back with what it wanted and Greyhound wide receiver Nicholas Adams feels that the team might have enjoyed Arizona a bit too much...