Stories from Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Turnaround The seventh week of the session included an important marker: a major deadline known as "Turnaround". Turnaround marks the date that most bills must clear their house of origin. Beginning next week, the House of Representatives will begin to consider legislation approved by the Senate, while the Senate will begin to consider bills approved in the House of Representatives...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) E.D. Webb, 109 Main Street--Good things to eat! Meats: brains, sweetbreads, beef tenderloin, calf and hog liver, beef heats, boiled ham, smoked beef, tongue, spare ribs, Vienna sausage and choice cuts of beef, pork, mutton and veal. Fruits and vegetables: Fancy eating apples, grapes, grapefruit, oranges, lemons, bananas, cranberries, coconuts, leaf and head lettuce, cauliflower, radishes, onions, celery spinach rutabagas and turnips...

According to an Associated Press report on Thursday, a bill encouraging development of more nuclear power plants in this state has passed the Kansas Senate by a 32-8 vote, sending the bill to the House. Specifically, it would allow utility companies to recover, through increased electric rates, the cost of studying the feasibility of building a nuclear power plant. In addition, it would set rules for depreciation that would encourage nuclear power plant construction...

Sharon S. Elder has filed for the office of Bourbon County Register of Deeds. Elder, a Republican, is the current register of deeds, having been elected to the office in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. The filing deadline for all offices is noon on June 10...

There will be an elementary teacher planning day for Winfield Scott and Eugene Ware elementary schools on Friday, March 7. There will be no classes for elementary students that day. Fort Scott Middle School and Fort Scott High School will have classes on March 7...

The Chamber Coffee for this week will be at 8 a.m. Thursday and will be hosted by Bourbon County United Way, 116 S. Main St. Members can make announcements about their businesses, organizations, or the community by donating a dollar per announcement toward "Dollars for Dolly."...

Bourbon County Appraiser Judy Orton reminds personal property owners and commercial property owners that their assessment forms are due in the office by Monday, March 17. Rendition forms were sent out earlier this year. Anyone with trucks running over a 12M tag, boats, mobile homes, or golf carts are required to report these to the appraiser's office, or a penalty will be applied. ...

The Bourbon County Democratic Party will hold a meeting Tuesday, March 4, at 7 p.m. in the Heritage Room at Fort Scott Community College. All registered Democrats in the county are welcome to attend.

The Bourbon County Master Gardeners and Garden Club's Annual Public Event will be at 6 p.m. Monday, March 10, in the Citizens Bank lobby, Third and Main St. The program topics will be "Our Community, A More Colorful Place" and "2008 Prairie Star Annuals -- Success in Kansas Gardens."...

Connor Wade Karleskint, a boy was born at Mercy Health Center, on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008 to parents Josh and Amanda Karleskint of Fort Scott. He weighed 8 pounds and 2.5 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Steve and Beverly Scott, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Kenny and Anita Karleskint, Fort Scott...

Alli Marie, a girl was born at Freeman Hospital, Joplin, Mo. on Monday, Feb. 25, 2008 to parents Matthew and Kati Jo Karleskint, Joplin, Mo. She weighed 7 pounds and 13 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Gene and Joyce Todd, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Jack and Gena Karleskint, Fort Scott. Paternal great-grandparents are Tony and Buena Karleskint, Fort Scott and Jim and Madelyn McNeley, Fort Scott...

During the month of March, in observation of Women's History Month, National Park Service personnel at the Fort Scott National Historic Site have arranged to host a new exhibit on loan from the Kansas State Historical Society. The exhibit, titled "Reflections on the War: Women and Their Civil War Quilts," depicts the turbulence that was taking place in Kansas during the Civil War...

Domestic violence victims in Bourbon County will soon find help more accessible. In an attempt to move forward on a Bourbon County Police Response Advocacy (PRA) Program, employees of the Crisis Resource Center of Southeast Kansas are organizing a PRA Task Force...

Iola officials issued arrest warrants for four teenagers in connection with a string of home invasions in Southeast Kansas and criminal damage crimes in Allen County. The Iola Police Department filed requests with the Allen County Attorney's Office on Monday for arrest warrants to be issued for Eric James, 18; Dominick Robinson, 19; Christopher Lindsey, 18; and Timothy Rogers, 16. No places of residence for the suspects have been provided...

HUTCHINSON -- The season came to an unfavorable end for Fort Scott Community College's women here Tuesday night in the first round of the Region VI Tournament. Hutchinson (24-7) dispatched the Greyhounds by a score of 87-48. The Blue Dragons led 50-26 at halftime...

HUTCHINSON -- A few minutes into the first half of a Region VI Tournament first-round game here Friday night, Fort Scott Community College's men were in a position to stun the junior college world. The Greyhounds, who finished in ninth place in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division, were leading Western Division runner-up Hutchinson 43-39 with 17:27 remaining in the second half...

Now that Fort Scott Community College's bats have gotten going, they might be difficult to stop. After scoring only six total runs in their three previous games, Fort Scott's bats have produced 19 in their last two outings. That includes Tuesday's 9-1 bashing of visiting Crowder (Mo.), which avenged a last-at-bat 3-2 loss to the Roughriders on Feb. 28...

Aiden Robert Koppa, a boy was born at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, on Wednesday, Feb.. 27 2008 to parents Richard and Bobbie Koppa. He weighed 7 pounds and 15 ounces at birth. He joins a sister, Addison. Maternal grandparents are Robert and Jo Fowler, Fort Scott. ...