Stories from Monday, January 28, 2008

MORAN, Kan. -- Pleasanton's teams were swept by Marmaton Valley here in a non-league doubleheader between the Three Rivers League rivals Friday night. Marmaton Valley's boys took a 65-29 win while Wildcat girls gained their first victory of the season, 45-35...

RICHMOND, Kan. -- Jayhawk-Linn's boys stepped back into Pioneer League play here Friday night only to find themselves on the short end of a 47-25 loss to Central Heights. The Vikings (2-1 league, 6-6 overall) led 33-7 at halftime. Jayhawk-Linn (0-3, 3-10) saw no one reach double figures in scoring. Kris Bogan led with five points...

UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Pittsburg Colgan's boys, the top-ranked team in Kansas Class 2A, capped a Panther sweep of Uniontown with a 72-46 win at the West Bourbon Elementary School gymnasium Friday night. Colgan's girls opened things up with a 20-point win over the Eagles, 67-47...

Tigers move into tie for SEK lead after Labette County loses at Iola

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- The Fort Scott High School student section came dressed as firemen for Homecoming Friday night. At first, it looked as if it was going to take high-powered water cannons to stop the visitors from Pittsburg as the Purple Dragons jumped out to a 17-2 lead in what seemed like the blink of an eye. But the Tigers rescued themselves from the brink of disaster and blazed back for a 48-47 Southeast Kansas League victory...

Visiting Cowley started the second half of play by hitting nine of its first 10 shots from the field, overcoming a seven-point deficit and going on to a 65-55 win over Fort Scott Community College's women in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play at Arnold Arena Saturday afternoon...

Fort Scott Community College's men led several times in the first half of play against 11th-ranked Cowley in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play Saturday afternoon at Arnold Arena. But the visiting Tigers would catch up every time and took the lead for good with a 15-2 first-half ending run on their way to an 82-70 win...

L.D. Feagins and Cynthia Poyner were united in marriage Jan. 19, 1968, at the First Missionary Baptist Church in Uniontown. During their 40 years together, L.D. and Cynthia have raised two children and have become the proud grandparents of four grandchildren...

L.D. Feagins and Cynthia Poyner were united in marriage Jan. 19, 1968, at the First Missionary Baptist Church in Uniontown. During their 40 years together, L.D. and Cynthia have raised two children and have become the proud grandparents of four grandchildren...

Amanda Ann Brown and Nicholas Michael Johnson exchanged marriage vows on the evening of May 26,2007, at Christian Gospel Chapel, Fort Scott. The bride is the daughter of Danny and Julie Brown of Fort Scott and the granddaughter of Fred and Ellen Geneva and Jane Brown. ...

Marmaton Watershed board member Bob Love explains the Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) program to members of the Hiattville 4-H Club during a club meeting Jan 2. The Marmaton Watershed District received a $60,000 WRAPS grant that will fund the development phase of the program, a project that is formally sponsored by the Marmaton Watershed Joint District No. ...

Doris Irene Purvis, passed away Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008 at Palm Grove Healthcare, Beaumont, Calif. She was 93 years old and had been in failing health for the past few years. Doris was born June 29, 1914 in Edna, Kansas to Sidney Harlow Hunziker and Freda Edna Massey Hunziker. ...

Melvin Eugene McReynolds, age 68, resident of Weir, Kansas, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008 at Mt. Carmel Medical Center in Pittsburg, Kansas. He was born July 28, 1939 in Fort Scott, the son of Herbert McReynolds and Hazel Lucille Bolin McReynolds. Melvin married Ida Mayberry on Nov. 16, 1957 in Miami, Okla. He operated a wood cutting business in Olathe, Kansas prior to being disabled and retiring to Weir, Kansas. His enjoyment was spending time with children and grandchildren...

GOODWIN -- Haylee Nichole Goodwin, a girl, was born at 10:26 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008, at Mercy Health Center to parents Bryan and Jillian Goodwin, Franklin. She weighed 8 pounds, 2.5 ounces at birth. She joins a brother, Blake Allen. Maternal grandparents are Tom and Dee Zortz, Pittsburg. Maternal great-grandmother is Dorothy Smith, Ossian, Ind. Paternal grandparents are Rick and Kay Goodwin, Arcadia...

BURNS -- Kaden Aaron Burns, a boy, was born at 11:06 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008 at Mercy Health Center to parents Scott and Tanya Burns, Nevada, Mo. He weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces at birth. He joins a sister, Kaitlynn Johnmeyer. Maternal grandparents are Tekla Johnmeyer, Boonville, Mo., and Greg Johnmeyer. Paternal grandparents are Patty and Ralph Burns, Stockton, Mo...

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By Michael Glover The Fort Scott Tribune _ The goal of the Fort Scott City Commission was to have hired a city manager by now, but the commission has hit obstacles in the search. Commissioners last month were ready to hire a candidate who they felt would've been a good fit for Fort Scott. However, a major health crisis struck the applicant's immediate family that prevented him from relocating to Fort Scott, according to commissioners Gary Bukowski and Nick Graham...

By Jason E. Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune _ Local health officials are reminding area residents that they have more than enough quantities of the influenza vaccine still available as the flu season continues. "We have been administering flu shots since October," Bourbon County Public Health Nurse Alice Maffett said. "We still have plenty of the vaccine available that will carry people through until March."...

By Rayma Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune _ A former Kansas governor warns area residents that since the water in Kansas flows into other states, the impact of Kansas water quality far exceeds the state's borders. Saturday night at the Bourbon County Conservation District's 62nd annual meeting at Uniontown High School, Kansas Secretary of Wildlife and Parks Mike Hayden warned those in attendance about the water hazards facing Kansans today. ...