Stories from Monday, February 25, 2008

HAYS -- Jayhawk-Linn's Alan Johnson had a 1-2 record in the 215-pound bracket at the Class 3-2-1A State Wrestling Tournament here over the weekend. Jackson, the only Jayhawk qualifier, won his first match by pinning Matt Bosworth of Central-Burden Johnson's next match was against Oakley's Aaron Racette, who took that by a 13-2 score...

SALINA -- Fort Scott High School's trip to the Class 4A State Wrestling Tournament here over the weekend turned out to be one of the shorter-lived ones in recent years. It was a small contingent, just four competitors. But only one of them was able to advance to the second day of competition Saturday and none won a match on the mat...

PARSONS -- Arsenio Williams' 15th double-double of the season helped Fort Scott Community College's men break a seven-game losing streak as the Greyhounds defeated Labette, 81-76, in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play. Fort Scott's women held a six-point halftime lead but were outscored 45-25 in the second half of a 71-57 loss to No. 24-ranked Labette...

Lions Field remained covered with snow and ice Sunday afternoon, wiping out any chances Fort Scott Community College's baseball team had of finally getting its season underway. The Greyhounds had single games scheduled against Iowa Central and Hutchinson for both Saturday and Sunday, then pushed each one back a day in the hope that the white stuff would melt. When it didn't and it became apparent the Greyhounds couldn't play Monday either, the games were cancelled...

More Fort Scott Community College graduates will now find it easier to earn four-year degrees from Pittsburg State University, FSCC and PSU officials announced Friday. FSCC President Clayton Tatro and PSU President Tom Bryant signed an articulation agreement Friday that makes it possible for FSCC graduates who earn associate of applied science degrees to enter PSU's bachelor of applied science degree programs as juniors...

Sunbeam Preschool owner and teacher Marilyn Barker has a contagious condition that has now spread to many of her students in addition to their families. No, Barker is not afflicted with a debilitating disease, she is combating diseases and helping to inspire hope in the hearts of many...

Jack C. Dunn, age 66, resident of Monroe, Ark. died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008, at Ada, Okla. following a stroke illness. He was born Aug. 5, 1941, near Fort Scott, Kan. the son of Clarence C. Dunn and Nema Mae Comstock Dunn. He attended the Fort Scott schools. Jack moved to the Fittstown, Okla. area in 1972 from Burlington, Kan. He was the retired owner of Dunn's Fish Farms of Fittstown, Okla. and later Monroe, Ark...

A boy was born at Mount Carmel Hospital in Pittsburg on Friday, Feb. 22, 2008, to parents Michael and Lindsay (Kerley) Waterman of Croweburg, Kan. He weighed 6 pounds and 15.4 ounces and joins one sibling Grant Michael Waterman. Maternal grandparents are Richard and Mary Ann Kerley, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Terry and Edwina Waterman, Croweburg...

Several guests from area Eastern Star Chapters braved the cold weather February 13th, to attend the Valentine Friendship meeting of Violet Chapter, Fulton. They were welcomed with a friendship poem by Karen Demm, Worthy Matron and Raymond Flanner, Worthy Patron, who presided at the meeting...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) E.A. Kaufman, of East Third Street, who is down with the smallpox, was reported in a much improved condition today. The health officers think that they have the disease well in hand and do not anticipate any spread from this case...

John and Terri Townsend, Fort Scott are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kimberly Townsend to Adam Hull, the son of Linda Hull, Fort Scott and Chuck Hull, Redfield. The couple's wedding date is set for April 26, 2008. The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Leon and Helen McBride and Alice Townsend, and the late Lloyd Allen Townsend...

Law enforcement authorities have determined the home invasion of an elderly couple in Pittsburg late Wednesday was connected to the home invasion of a Fort Scott woman about an hour later. At 11:32 p.m. Wednesday, officers of the Pittsburg Police Department responded to a residence in the 500 block of south Olive Street. ...