Stories from Wednesday, January 9, 2008

MOUND CITY -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls staged a furious fourth-quarter rally but it wasn't enough to overcome a two-point effort in the third period and the Jayhawks lost to Osawatomie, 44-42, in Pioneer League play here Tuesday night. After their two-point third period, the Jayhawks (0-1 in the Pioneer League, 4-2 overall) scored 19 in the fourth...

OSWEGO -- Nine-of-29 free-throw shooting proved deadly here Tuesday night as Uniontown's boys fell to Oswego, 44-38, in Three Rivers League play. It continued a trend that developed Friday night in the Eagles' loss to Erie, when they were just 10 of 22 from the charity strip in a 45-40 loss to the Red Devils at home...

PITTSBURG -- Pittsburg Colgan's teams swept Pleasanton in non-league make-up games at the St. Mary's Activity Center here Tuesday night. Blu-Jay girls gave Colgan a good test in the first half, trailing just 17-15 at intermission. But the Panthers took control in the second half and went on to win, 51-21...

IOLA -- Jordan Stockebrand scored the first four points of the fourth quarter here Tuesday night, bringing her Iola Fillies back from a 26-18 deficit with 4:22 left in the third period to tie this Southeast Kansas league game at 26-26 with 6:19 remaining...

IOLA -- If you thought Fort Scott High's boys were dominant against Parsons, it turned out you hadn't seen anything yet. The Tigers allowed just 10 field goals here Tuesday night -- fewer than in any game in the past three years -- as they dominated Iola, 66-25, in Southeast Kansas League play...

New owners will soon bring a familiar local restaurant back to life about a month after the business was closed down by the Kansas Department of Revenue for its failure to pay delinquent taxes. The owners of Eilend Investments, LLC, based in Edmund, Okla., plan to reopen the Taco Tico restaurant, located at 1804 S. ...

Edna L. Miller, age 78, a former resident of Uniontown and more recently of Valencia, Calif., died Friday, Jan. 4, 2008, at her home in California following a brief illness. She is survived by Don Sauer, the love of her life for 19 years; a son, Steve Miller and wife Cyndi; three grandchildren, Angela Davidson, Dustin Miller and Nina Sauer. Also surviving are two step-sons, Frank Sauer and Dennis Sauer and two sisters, Julia Blythe and Nancy Loveall...

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Andrew Jacob Streeter, a boy, was born at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, at Mercy Health Center to parents Dawn and Jimmie Streeter, La Harpe, Kan. He weighed 8 pounds at birth. He joins two brothers; Nathaniel and Tyler Streeter. Maternal grandparents are Leonard and Marsha DeLaughder, Thyar, Kan. Paternal grandparents are Glenn and Mary Streeter, Topeka...

Eliana Esther Marie Harrell, a girl, was born at 2:18 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, at Mercy Health Center to parents Matthew Harrell and Rebecca Harrell, Fort Scott. She weighed 9 pounds, 6 ounces at birth. She joins a brother, Elijah David Harrell. Maternal grandparents are Merle and Patsy Raymond, Fort Scott. ...

The Fort Scott High School debate team was recognized by USD 234 Superintendent Rick Werling at the monthly USD 234 board meeting on Monday. The FSHS debate team had six members who qualified to move on to the national competition in Las Vegas, Nev. this summer...

A group of local young men has recently completed a full-length film that will be aired Wednesday evening in Fort Scott. The film, produced by former Fort Scott High School students Logan Payne, Alex Ward and Austin Ward, is titled "Jimmy Flash: The Movie" and tells the story of a middle-aged rock and roll star wannabe who tries to reunite his old band in order to win a Battle of the Bands contest...

The Senior Swingers dance at Buck Run Community Center was a good one and a big one. There were many comments such as "We're sure glad to be back in the swing of things" or "It has been ages it seems since the dance here." At 5 p.m. when we started gathering in the kitchen and getting things ready for the dance at 6:30 p.m., the sun was still shining and all was going OK...

Tips can make healthy resolutions a reality New Year's resolutions may have been made with good intentions, but they often do not last long. Over time, it may just be too difficult to actually carry through on what seemed like a good idea. Weight loss and eating more healthy foods are common resolutions made at the start of a new year. Sandy Proctor, Kansas State University Research and Extension nutrition specialist, encourages making change gradually to build on those good intentions...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) Abe Kinlex, the old reliable barber, who has been located in the Ohio Block for some time, has rented the Klingbell building formerly occupied by the Federa Clothing Company on East Wall Street and has moved his furniture and fixtures there. He has fitted up a fine place and is bidding for many new customers to add to his long list of old ones. He is contemplating putting in baths but has not fully decided...

Fort Scott City Commissioner Gary Bukowski asked interim City Manager Bob Farmer for a report about how the city is handling an apparent feedlot on Jayhawk Road. Farmer briefed Bukowski and his four fellow commissioners at their Tuesday meeting in City Hall...

Local victims of domestic violence, who find themselves needing police attention, may soon be able to receive more in-depth help. The Crisis Resource Center of Southeast Kansas, Inc., an organization dedicated to serving the adult and child victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and stalking, is currently organizing a Police Response Advocacy task force in Bourbon County. ...