Stories from Monday, February 4, 2008

Coffeyville's women are going to have to get used to being on top of the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division. Red Raven head coach Emily Washburn has only one sophomore who knows the pressure of being at or near the top of the conference race and that may have shown somewhat as it took a late spurt for Coffeyville to escape an upset bid by Fort Scott Community College, 87-79, at Arnold Arena Saturday afternoon...

Fort Scott Community College's men rallied early in the second half of Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play against Coffeyville Saturday afternoon but the Red Ravens were finally able to secure victory in the final seconds in a 69-65 nail-biter at Arnold Arena...

Nell Dikeman and I have had this running joke for the past five or six years about how the Tigers were going to win their games "by a field goal," no matter how much they should actually be favored by. So when I was asking for predictions from Tribune and Nevada Daily Mail staffers for last Sunday's edition of the Herald-Tribune, Nell naturally said that the winner would win "by a field goal."...

The Fort Scott City Commission will decide Tuesday whether to support a recommendation by the Fort Scott Airport Advisory Board to discontinue credit sales for airplane fuel at the airport. The commission meeting will start at 6 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 1 E. Third St...

The local camp of the Sons of Union Veterans will hold its first meeting of 2008 at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, at the Carriage House, Third and Main in Fort Scott. The camp is looking for new recruits and would like to invite any man who has an ancestor who fought for the Union during the Civil War to come to the meeting and learn about the activities of the SUV...

Fort Scott resident Jim Covey on Thursday filed paperwork to run for Bourbon County Sheriff. Covey worked 26 years as a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper, retiring in 1999 as a master sergeant. Before his long run with KHP, he worked one year as a police officer with Fort Scott Police Department...

Kinley Rae Taylor, a girl, was born at 11:59 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, at Mercy Health Center to parents Carl and Natalie Taylor, Fort Scott. She weighed 6 pounds, 9.8 ounces at birth. She joins two siblings; Caleb and Riley. Maternal grandparents are Jeff and Glennda DeRousse, Louisburg. Paternal grandparents are Ken and Kim Taylor, Randolph, Minn...

Cadence Linn Hull, a girl, was born at 7:25 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008 at Mercy Health Center to parents Jason Hull and Megan Robinson, Redfield. She weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces at birth. She joins a sister, Lauren Hull. Maternal grandparents are Mike and Tonya Dixon, Uniontown, and Rusty Robinson and Jen Richards, Chanute. Paternal grandparents are Chuck and Toni Hull, Redfield, and Linda Hull, Fort Scott...

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Cub Scout Pack No. 114 conducted its annual Pinewood Derby Saturday morning, Jan. 26, in Fellowship Hall of the First United Methodist Church, Third Street and National Avenue. Seventeen boys participated in four divisions of the double-elimination event organized and supervised by Conrad Wright and Michele Lyon...

Violet Chapter No. 200, Order of the Eastern Star, Fulton, held two meetings in January with Worthy Matron Karen Demm and Associate Patron G. C. Smith presiding. At the Jan. 9 meeting, "In Memoriams" were read for Past Grand Patron Buford M. Strader and for Mary F. ...

We had a small group at the dance last Monday at Buck Run Community Center. The weather didn't cooperate too well and people hated to get out in the freezing rain I am sure. However with coffee made and th e table set for snack time all went well. Marion Shrimplin, our singer and bass guitar player, was still under the weather. ...

Johnny and Sandra Stoneking Sr., of Webster City, Iowa, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Feb. 6. A reception planned and hosted by their children will take place later in the summer. The couple does not request gifts, but cards may be sent to 1301 Elm St., Webster City, Iowa, 50595...

Dorothy DeCoudres will be celebrating her 90th birthday on Feb. 11. Anyone who would like to wish her a happy birthday is invited to a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at 612 Wilson St. Those cannot attend may send a birthday card to Dorothy at 2001 Maple Road, Fort Scott, KS 66701. For more information, call Betty Hixon at (620) 223-4174...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) Post Master Cheney entertained all of the employees of the post office at a supper last evening. They all went in a body to the G.A.R. Hall where the ladies of the Congregational church served an elaborate luncheon. Unique Restaurant, H.H. ...

As President Bush proclaims Feb. 3-9 National Burn Awareness Week, the Safe Kids Kansas organization reminds parents and caregivers that fire is just one cause of burn injuries -- children can also be seriously injured by hot liquids, heating appliances, hot pots and pans, electrical currents and chemicals...

With Super Tuesday arriving tomorrow, some area residents are still confused about where Kansas stands in the presidential primary. Bourbon County Clerk Joanne Long, who is also the Bourbon County election officer, has issued a written statement in an attempt to help locals understand what will take place...