Stories from Thursday, February 7, 2008

Some local students have become taste testers for the Kansas State Department of Education. Winfield Scott Elementary has been chosen as one of two Kansas schools to test four weeks of menus that meet the criteria for the HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC) program. The HUSSC program was developed to provide recognition to schools for good nutrition practices, according to written information provided by the Kansas State Department of Education...

The city's downtown facade grant program has received a boost in financial support from the Historic Preservation Association of Bourbon County and local residents. The City of Fort Scott, in a written statement, announced that HPA will match the city's amount for each individual grant for downtown businesses. The maximum amount a building owner can get is $500, so an owner now can get a maximum of $1,000 toward fixing up his or her building...

The City of Fort Scott, starting Feb. 15, will put up no parking signs on the west side of Heylman Street from Second to Sixth streets to provide a safer traffic flow on the road. A resident asked the city to check out traffic flow on that stretch of road because the resident claimed there's insufficient width for approaching vehicles when cars are parked on both sides of the street, according to a letter that was sent out Tuesday to Heylman residents, informing them of the change...

Julia Marie McAdam Barnett of Moran was born east of Bayard, Kan. on Aug. 10, 1919, and was the daughter of Andy and Bessie Schuessler McAdam. At an early age, she with her family moved to the old farmstead of her Grandfather Schuessler located one mile west of Lone Elm, Kan. where she grew to womanhood...

Austin Scott Brooker and Logan Dwayne Brooker, boys, were born Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2008, at Mercy Health Center to parents Scott and Amanda Brooker, of Fort Scott. Austin weighed 4 pounds, 6 ounces and Logan weighed 4 pounds, 14 ounces. They join siblings Brayden Jackson, Silas Jackson and Hattie Jackson...

Soraya Belen Gallegos Infante, a girl, was born at Mercy Health Center , on Wednesday, Feb 6, 2008, to parents Maria De Jesus Infante and Isidro Gallegos of Fort Scott. She weighed seven pounds, 7.2 ounces at birth. She joins siblings Alondra Guadalupe Gallegos and Misael Gallegos Infante. Maternal grandparent is Antonia Mendoza of Gomez, Mexico. Paternal grandparents are Isidro Gallegos of Leon, Mexico, and Guadalupe Arellano from Hortega, Mexico...

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Fort Scott Police took a report of a counterfeit $20 bill that was passed at a downtown shop on Tuesday. Kevin Everett, employee at Books and Grannies at 11 N. Main St., noticed several irregularities on the bill. It has a blue tint and looked different when lined up beside other bills, Everett said. There was no water mark and ink around the border appeared to be smeared...

The Community Gospel Sing on Saturday evening, Feb. 2, was a blessing to all who attended and enjoyed the evening. Mark your calendars for the first Saturday evening, March 1, for the next gathering. The Old Settler's Committee reminds all of the pancake breakfast to be held in Arcadia Community Center on Feb. ...

The VFW Ladies Auxiliary meeting for Jan. 28 was opened by Sharon Reed with 13 members found in good standing. Chaplain Margaret Carter read the opening prayer. Secretary Maurita Russell called order of officers. One trustee, Hazel Swarts, and Senior Vice Maxine Wilson were absent. ...

The community breakfast held each month on the second Sunday was hosted by the Mapleton United Methodist Church on Jan. 13. The tables were full of wonderful food prepared by blessed hands, and the chairs were full of family and friends from the three area churches and the community. ...

Ham, beans and cornbread prepared by John and Margaret Alien and Diana Glaze was enjoyed by 25 senior citizens at the monthly Senior Citizens covered dish dinner held in the Bronson United Methodist Church annex on Jan. 18. Julia Ann Rhoton gave the invocation Ms Rhoton and Diana Glaze recited several readings for the program...

The January meeting of the Uniontown 4-H Club was called to order by President Riley Stephens. Twenty members answered roll call by telling their favorite NFL team. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Jessie Camac led the flag salute and Kelli Wilkinson led the 4-H Pledge. ...

The Fort Scott Nile Club met Monday Jan. 28 at the home of Pam Lyons with Ruby Myers as co-hostess. Pam served a delicious dinner to the members. After dinner President Bemita Hill opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance. She also gave the devotions in the absence of Chaplain Jeannine Seal...

Members of the Garden Club met with Beulah Queen. The president opened the meeting by repeating the "Club Collect." Roll call was answered by telling of your favorite Christmas other officers gave their reports. Election of officers was held and officers elected were as follows: Pam Korinek, president; Chris Judy, vice president; Marie Wiley, treasurer; Jeanette Hixon, secretary; Beulah Queen, sunshine chairman. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) The Company G basketball team left this afternoon for Yates Center where a game will be played with the state militia boys of Yates Center this evening. Bert Potts, who has been one of the city's leading hot tamale merchants for the past decade, has decided to open a place nearer the center of the city but with this aim in view his efforts are meeting with numerous obstacles. ...

To the Editor, The Bourbon County Chapter of the american Red Cross would like to thank all donors, volunteers and the folks at Fort Scott Community College who helped make our recent blood drive a success. Our goal for this drive was 150 units and we collected 152 units for the two-day event! To exceed our goal this time of the year is truly outstanding. ...

To the Editor, At 43 years of age, a man from Hope, Ark. became a two-term, Republican governor in a heavily Democrat state, and with 40 percent of the black vote. His Democrat predecessor left behind a $200 million state debt, but the man from Hope left behind an $800 million surplus...

Over the past couple of months, USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices have been taking applications for benefits authorized by implementation late last fall of the Livestock Compensation Program (LCP). This program offers some reimbursement for grazing losses and additional feed costs suffered during declared disaster periods...

Cattlemen do a good job of managing grass for their cattle. The acres in grass help to protect soil from erosion. Most of the grass land that producers use for brome or fescue hay land was likely converted from cropland. The change from cropland to grassland reduces the erosion of soil to those acres, as well...

The outcome of a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division meeting between host Fort Scott Community College and visiting Highland was pretty much determined in the first 12 minutes of play at Arnold Arena Wednesday night. The Scotties (5-6 in the East, 9-14 overall) nailed eight of their first 11 shots from the field with DeWayne Wright leading the opening blitz, hitting five threes and scoring 17 points in that opening stretch to spark Highland to an 80-62 win and a sweep of the season series...

Freshman center Ashley Jappa returned to Fort Scott Community College's lineup Wednesday night and the timing could not have been better as she helped preserve a 69-68 victory over Highland. Jappa, who had been out of the Greyhound lineup since breaking her left thumb prior to the Jan. 16 meeting with Neosho County, was fitted with a soft cast. Her play in the final minute of Wednesday's Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division clash with Highland was anything but...