Stories from Wednesday, April 2, 2008

My name is Marilyn Pulliam Miller I grew up in Fort Scott and married my high school sweetheart, Bob Miller. We lived in Fort Scott 'til 1958 when the Western Insurance Company transferred Bob to Wisconsin as a payroll auditor. We lived in Wisconsin Rapids until 1964 when we purchased a 120 acre farm between the two wee towns of Vesper and Pittsville in central Wisconsin, we named our farm Ironquill and have lived there ever since. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) Early today, in reply to inquiries filed at this office, the Tribune obtained an official statement from Mr. Shaver, the weather observer for the government, as to the exact temperature of last night. The government's register caught a seven degrees below freezing record, or 25 degrees above zero, sometime during the early hours of the morning. ...

Michael Boge--Gloryanna Wilson Carol Sanborn, Fort Scott and Matthew Wilson, Dickson, TN., are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Gloryanna Wilson to Michael Boge, son of Bill and Jan Boge, Fort Scott. The couples wedding date is set for December 27, 2008...

The last Sunday in March, guests for Sunday dinner in the home of Larry and Vickie Shead were Steve and Annette Miles, Sarah and Ezra Miles, Brian and Gabrielle Studer; Terry and Rene Husberg, Mark and Haley and Katy Shead and Diana Goodbody. Annette and Gabrielle, teachers, spent 10 days in England with a fellow teacher, Polly Hermane, of Fort Scott. The two guests told of their adventure at the dinner table...

OSWEGO -- Uniontown's track teams opened their seasons here Tuesday with the girls' team finishing in second place while the boys placed third. Eagle girls scored 94 points to place behind Wyandotte, Okla. The boys scored 102 points while Wyandotte was first and Quapaw, Okla., was second. Eight schools competed in the meet, including Altoona-Midway, Chetopa, Longton-Elk Valley and St. Paul...

SPRING HILL -- Stephen Buntain's first-place finish in No. 1 singles helped lead Fort Scott to a second-place finish at the Spring Hill Tournament here Tuesday. Buntain won all three matches in his division, losing only three of 27 games, improving to 8-3 on the season in the progress...

WICHITA -- The Kansas Rural Water Association (KRWA) has awarded its 2007 Rural Water Operator of the Year Award to Rick McDaniel, Bourbon County Consolidated Rural Water District No. 2. The presentation was made at the awards ceremony on Wednesday, March 26, during the Association's 41st Anniversary Conference and Exhibition, held at the Century II Convention Center in Wichita...

By Delta George K-State Research and Extension Agent There are many ways to put a value on crop residue. To determine a value, producers could calculate: the amount of nutrients in the residue; the amount of organic carbon in the residue, then estimate how much the residue might increase organic matter levels in the soil; the tons of soil saved through reduced water and wind erosion; or the increase in soil moisture levels, and the potential effect on yield. ...

A few times throughout my life (which has been the larger part of recorded history according to my daughters), I have had the impression that I am living through an historic time or event. For Kansas basketball fans, the hope and expectation is this will be one of those "historic" times when the Jayhawks make it to the Final Four and perhaps win the championship. (Go Jayhawks!)...

The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled unanimously to indefinitely suspend local attorney Pat Bishop from practicing law in the state for engaging in conduct that caused serious injury to his client, David Fletcher. The Supreme Court handed down the ruling on March 28...

Zelma Lucinda Foote, 89, of Hume, Mo., died Thursday, March 27, 2008, at Country View Nursing Home, Prescott, Kan. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m., Monday, March 31, 2008, at the Coffel-Schneider Chapel, Hume, Mo. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Hume United Methodist Church or Country View Nursing Home Activity Fund...

Bryan Kent Keal, 53, formerly of Fort Scott, and most recently of Overland Park, Kan., passed away Friday, March 28, 2008, at the Life Health Center in Grandview, Mo. Services are scheduled following cremation on 12:30 Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at the Fort Scott National Cemetery, with a visitation from noon until 1:15 p.m. at the funeral home. Complete obituary will appear in the Tribune on Friday, April 4, 2008. Services are under the direction of the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home...

The Bourbon County Arts Council has announced it will open the 16th Annual Fine Art Exhibit and Sale with a reception honoring the artists and this year's juror at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, at the Scottish Rite Temple, 110 S. Main St. in Fort Scott...

For a group of local high school students, on-the-job experience does not have to wait until after their high school graduation. Fort Scott High School's construction trades program is currently in its third year of operation. According to program instructor Michael Hansen, the construction program offers students exposure that will help them work in numerous career fields. ...

CHEROKEE -- Pleasanton's track teams combined to win 44 medals at the Southeast High School Invitational here Tuesday. Blu-Jay girls finished first in the 10-team meet after winning three events and 25 medals on their way to scoring 134 1/2 points. Host Southeast was second with 74 points followed by Columbus with 71 and Liberal, Mo., with 60...

GARNETT -- Anderson County swept a doubleheader from Jayhawk-Linn here Tuesday afternoon, taking the first game 8-5 and the second 12-2. The Bulldogs held an 8-2 lead after three innings. The Jayhawks tried to rally, scoring four times in the sixth and once in the top of the seventh before falling short...

OVERLAND PARK -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team moved into a third-place tie in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division after splitting a conference doubleheader against Johnson County here Tuesday. The Greyhounds are now 9-7 in the East and 17-14 overall. They're tied for third with Kansas City Kansas (15-8 overall). Both teams are ahead of Independence and Allen County, both 10-8 in the division, on percentage points (.563 to .555)...

IOLA -- Fort Scott High's Cole Murrin won the second of the four Southeast Kansas League designated golf tournaments here Tuesday by five strokes, leading the Tigers to a second-place team finish one stroke behind league leader Chanute. The Tigers shot 316 as a team, taking second over Parsons by 22 strokes. Chanute, led by four individual medalists who shot 80 or better, had a score of 315...