Stories from Friday, January 11, 2008

The First United Methodist Church, 301 S. National Ave., will hold a soup lunch fundraiser Jan. 18. The event, called the Friendship Soup Lunch, will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the church's Fellowship Hall located on site at the church. The menu will include a variety of soups, chili, pies, and coffee or tea...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) The peafowls, which are owned by the manager of the Tremont Hotel, were enjoying themselves up on top of the fire department building yesterday evening and didn't seem to mind the height in the least. At present the birds are wearing a very beautiful lot of plumage and excite a great deal of admiration by everyone who sees them...

In the absence of president Matt Wood, the December meeting of the Uniontown Ruritan Club was called to order at 7 p.m. Dec. 18 in the Fellowship Hall of the United Methodist Church by vice-president Lawrence George. Dale Jackson led the club in the singing of "America." The invocation was voiced by David Kuns. ...

PV2 Jacob R. Allen is currently serving in with the 82nd Airborne Division of the U. S. Army. Presently, he is stationed at Camp Taji, near Baghdad, Iraq. Jacob fulfilled a long-time dream of becoming a soldier shortly after his May 2007 graduation from Fort Scott High School. Upon his completion of basic training and airborne school at Fort Benning, Ga. in September and October (respectively), Jacob received his first assignment to Fort Bragg, N.C. He was deployed to Iraq in December 2007...

William (Bill) K. Leitz, age 67, of Billings Mo., passed away on Saturday, January 5, 2008, in St. John's Regional Health Care Center in Springfield, Mo. with his family by his side. He was born October 10, 1940, the son of William H. and Leta M. (Wilson) Leitz of Fort Scott, Kansas. ...

Edna L. Miller, age 78, a former resident of Uniontown and more recently of Valencia, California, died Friday, January 4, 2008, at her home in California following a brief illness. She was born March 1, 1929 on the family farm near Uniontown the daughter of Loran Edward Ramsey and Eva Wilson Ramsey. She married Joseph Miller. He preceded her in death in 1979. Mrs. Miller had worked for the telephone company in California for thirty-five years...

The American Red Cross will conduct adult and infant and child CPR classes this month. Beginning at 6 p.m. on Jan. 17, adult CPR will be taught, and at 6 p.m. on Jan. 18, an infant and child CPR class will begin. Both classes will be conducted at the American Red Cross office at 116 S. ...

Luke Gabriel Bowman, a boy was born in Menonomee Falls, Wis. on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, to parents Cole and Catherine Bowman of West Bend, Wis. He weighed 7 pounds .06 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Gary and Cindy Van Leeuwen of St. Paul, Kan. Paternal grandparents are John and Cindy Bowman of Fort Scott. Maternal great grandmother is Lorene Van Leeuwen of St. Paul, Kan. Paternal great grandmother is Clara Campbell of Fort Scott...

Jack Warner IV, a boy, was born at 7:32 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008, at Mercy Health Center to parents Jolene Tanner and Jack Warner III, Fort Scott. He weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces at birth. He joins a sister, Jayla Warner. Maternal grandparents are Flo Tanner and Larry Cox, Fort Scott. ...

Nevin Eugene Jackson, Jr., a boy, was born at 11:51 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008, at Mercy Health Center to parents Nevin Jackson and La Cheole Glaze, Bronson. He weighed 6 pounds, 4 ounces at birth. He joins two siblings; Tremayne and Tayonna. Maternal grandparents are Dinah Glaze, Bronson, and John and Margaret Allen, Mapleton. Paternal grandparents are Angie Jackson and Ethel Jackson, Kansas City, Mo...

Easton Bo Rhodes, a boy, was born at 6:13 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008, at Mercy Health Center to parents Trenton and Summer Rhodes, Fort Scott. He weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces at birth. He joins a brother, Nova. Maternal grandparents are Terry and Susan Fyock, Prescott. ...

Alex Robert Lowe, a boy, was born at 7:17 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007, at Mercy Health Center, to parents Tom and Jennifer Lowe, Prescott. He weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces at birth. He joins a brother, Hayden. Maternal grandparents are Fred and Peggy Emmerson, Fort Scott. Maternal great-grandparents are Dan and Irma Stumfoll, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Bob and Lena Lowe, Prescott...

For several area college students, Christmas vacation does not involve returning home to prop their feet up on the coffee table and do nothing. According to Fort Scott National Historic Site Facility Manager Jackie Messer, several college students have been working at the historic site, helping to make much needed repairs...

The Kansas Department of Transportation has released a draft of the state's new Long Range Transportation Plan for public review and comment. The plan is now available online at www.kansaslrtp.org., and can be viewed starting Friday at any of 32 KDOT regional offices across the state, a KDOT statement said...

The Fort Scott Community College nursing program is preparing to take advantage of one of the newest forms of education technology. Program officials, who recently received a $32,127 grant from the Kansas Board of Regents and the Kansas Postsecondary Technical Authority, said they plan to use the money to install an interactive distance learning (IDL) laboratory inside a classroom at the Burke Street Campus, 810 S. Burke St., the facility that houses the nursing program...