Stories from Monday, February 18, 2008

Local organization representatives gathered at the Feb. 6 Bourbon County Coalition meeting to learn about how to promote healthier lifestyles in Bourbon County. According to information provided by the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas, the CFSEK is currently working with the Kansas Health Foundation's "Change SomethingSM" campaign. The purpose of the campaign is to create healthier communities by emphasizing better nutrition and increased physical activity...

One lucky local resident will become the new owner of a luxury vacation rig this spring -- courtesy of Tri-Valley Developmental Services. This is the eighth year the agency has given away such a vehicle through an annual company fund raiser. TVDS officials said they are hopeful the winner will be from Southeast Kansas...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-- Firstsource Solutions Vice President of Client and Strategic Relationships Nancy Maze announced today that Barclays U.S. credit card business and Firstsource Solutions Limited have entered into a partnership to manage a Barclays operations center in Colorado Springs, Colo...

Marjorie Maxine Clark, 93, formerly of Fort Scott and Fulton, Kansas and Hume, Mo. died Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, at the Willow Lane Nursing Home in Butler, Mo. She was born Sept. 14, 1914, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Lewis S. and Cora E. Spearman Wadley...

The Fort Scott class ring for the year 1950 has been sent on to Donald Janes, New London, Connecticut. The ring was found by a man at Lake Tapering, near Blue Springs. Juanita Schroeder, who was also in the class of 1950, set out to find out just who the ring belonged to. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) George Starne, the veteran drayman, had a narrow escape from instant death this afternoon. With his men, he was unloading a massive marble slab at the new Bachmann Building on East Wall Street. When the men who were assisting him thought the slab was up to its proper place in the house, they released their hold slightly and the heavy slab fell on Mr. ...

UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Uniontown's girls took a 45-33 win over Crest while Eagle boys fell on Homecoming, 44-31, here Friday night. Eagle girls gained their first Three Rivers League victory of the season behind the 18-point effort of Riley Stephens. After failing to convert on 11 field-goal attempts in Thursday's make-up game at Altoona-Midway, Stephens made seven of 11 fielders as well as four of six free throws...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Alex Barner paced Fort Scott High's attack with 24 points as the Tigers rolled over Iola, 58-36, in Southeast Kansas League play at the FSHS gymnasium Friday night. This was the Tigers' 36th consecutive victory over Iola, which hasn't beaten the Tigers since February 1985...

Fort Scott Community College's softball team was going to go to Texas to open its season over the weekend but didn't go after the tournament was cancelled. The Greyhounds then scheduled Independence for a non-conference doubleheader on Sunday but couldn't make a go of that due to rain...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Kori Page Rienbolt and Elizabeth Meech must have had some sort of mental connection going Friday night. In the overtime period of a battle for second place in the Southeast Kansas League battle with Iola, Rienbolt found Meech for easy layups on a couple of occasions as the Tigers went on to a 62-59 victory...

Fort Scott Community College's baseball team was unable to open its season as scheduled Saturday afternoon due to rain. The Greyhounds will attempt to get the season underway Thursday afternoon at 1 p.m. at Lions Park against Carl Albert State (Okla.), which was also Saturday's scheduled opponent...

IOLA -- It seems lately that even when Fort Scott Community College's men get an effort from one person or in one area that is a notable effort, that will still not be quite enough to pull out a victory. Arsenio Williams scored 33 points against Allen County here Saturday night and the Greyhounds shot 52 percent from the floor (23 for 44) as a team in a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division game with Allen County...

EUREKA -- Alan Johnson will represent Jayhawk-Linn at the Class 3-2-1A State Tournament at Hays this weekend after finishing in third place in the 215-pound weight class at the Eureka Class 3-2-1A Regional Tournament here Saturday. Johnson (21-4) pinned Nathan Foster of Wichita Independent just 43 seconds into the third-place match. ...

COLUMBUS -- Four members of Fort Scott High School's wrestling team will be going to Salina this coming weekend after finishing in the top four positions in their respective weight classes at the Columbus Class 4A Regional Tournament here over the weekend...