Stories from Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Editor's note: The following article contains a 1918 letter, quoted in its entirety, which contains a racial term commonly used during that era. The Fort Scott Tribune does not recommend the modern use of this term but has retained it in the quoted letter for reasons of accuracy...

Norman "Sonny" Atha, age 79, retired supervisor for 23 years at Winfield State Hospital, died Feb. 17, 2008 at his home in Mulvane. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Senter-Smith Mortuary, Mulvane; graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mulvane Cemetery with military honors conducted by the United States Air Force...

Kansas recently saluted 46 community college scholars, including two Fort Scott Community College students, for their academic accomplishments. The 13th Annual Phi Theta Kappa Honors Luncheon was conducted Feb. 14 at the Ramada Inn Hotel in Topeka in conjunction with February's Kansas Board of Regents meeting. Those in attendance were able to hear from Kansas Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson. FSCC sophomores Anna Bahr and Casidey Clay are representing FSCC this year in the PTK All-Kansas Academic Team...

Stewart Thomas Davenport, a boy, was born at 6:07 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, 2008 at Mercy Health Center to parents Sam and Maggie Davenport, Fort Scott. He weighed 8 pounds, 5.6 ounces at birth. He joins two siblings; Emily Davenport and Benjamin Davenport. ...

On Sunday Feb. 17, the theme in Arcadia Christian Church was God honors humble service. Both the Sunday School Lesson and Pastor DAvid's sermon were taken from Luke 14. The birthday song was dedicated to Carole Garrison, Delton Watt Jr. Allyson Dugan, Chelsea Due, Mitzi Shead and Tara Van Leeuwen...

It takes more than a day and one party when Dorothy DeCoudres turns 90 years of age. She was pleasantly surprised when her two daughters from Texas, Shirley McMillan, Fort Worth, Roberta, Stan and Scott Armstrong, Arlington, came in Friday, Feb. 8. That evening they were joined by Esther Secrest, Mike Hixon, Dale and Betty Hixon, all of Fort Scott; Denton and Annette Hixon and Raven, and Lois Reader all of Uniontown; Dana and Barry Button Alissa and Alex, Redfield; at Chicken Mary's. ...

Bourbon County 4-H Club Days was held Feb. 9 at the Uniontown High School. Event results are as follows: Other Dance -- (Junior Division) Purple -- Holly Shinn and Jana Wilkinson, Uniontown 4-H Club; Alternate Blue -- Kamryn Combs, Kelsie Nelson, Megan Smith, and Laryn Thompson, Northeast Scott 4-H Club; Blue -- Natalie Carr, Kourtney Heaton and Morgan Manly, Pawnee 4-H Club. (Senior Division) Purple -- Amanda Brown, Hiattville 4-H Club and Lindsey Brown, Northeast Scott 4-H Club...

Everyone was ready to dance when the band started at six thirty Monday evening at Buck Run Community Center. It is surprising how everything falls into place soon after 5:30 when the basketball boys leave. Tables and chairs are set up by whoever comes in and the coffee is done...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) Orlando Cheney went down to Hiattville this afternoon on business for the Goodlander Supply Company. The Goodlander Undertaking establishment today sent its funeral car to Hiattville where a funeral will be conducted tomorrow. The roads are so rough that it was considered impassible to start the car in the morning and have it reach Hiattville in time for the obsequy. The driver had a breezy time of it going to Hiattville...

Valentine's Day for the residents at Fort Scott Manor was a special treat this year. Although many activities were made available to the residents throughout Valentine's Day week, Thursday afternoon held the highlight of the holiday events. The residents were treated to a special Valentine's Day dinner at the manor, in which spouses and family members were invited to attend. ...

The United States is in the midst of a crisis, which continues to worsen. Childhood obesity has tripled in the last 30 years for children who are six to 11 years old, according to the Kansas Health Institute, www.khi.org. For youth 12 to 19 years of age, obesity has doubled. Although attempts have been made to correct this problem, progress has been slow, the KHI said...

UNIONTOWN -- The USD 235 Board of Education voted on Monday to republish the 2007-08 district budget due to additional state funds the district is scheduled to receive this year. Following a state enrollment audit in November, the USD 235 Board of Education voted to amend the district's current budget to acquire about $42,478 in additional state funds that will be used to provide support for district at-risk programs, technology, academic remediation, and general academic instruction. ...

A few turnovers can make a world of difference in a basketball game. And a stretch late in the first quarter and early in the second where Parsons had trouble holding on to the ball allowed just enough of a cushion for Fort Scott High's boys here Monday night that the Vikings couldn't come all the way back when they rallied in the third quarter of a Southeast Kansas League make-up game at Harold C. Johnson Gymnasium...

PARSONS -- The measure of great teams isn't so much what they can do when everything is going right. It's what they can do when things aren't quite as should be and they're struggling for every little thing. Fort Scott High's girls had their fast-breaking, full-court pressing style taken away from them for the most part Monday night and found themselves instead playing the type of game host Parsons waned...