Stories from Thursday, May 8, 2008

By Delta George K-State Research and Extension Bourbon County Extension Agent Agriculture and 4-H Houseplants, just like people, enjoy a vacation to the outdoors during the summer. Many times they need this time to recover from the low light levels they received during the winter months...

Fort Scott, Kan. -- Citizens Bank, N.A. announces the promotion of Carrie Allen to Vice President. Allen supervises the deposit operations for all nine Citizens' branch locations. She is responsible for all of the bank's electronic delivery channels, as well as the development and implementation of new products...

The Fort Scott chapter of the Daughters of the Nile, Azrim Temple No. 81 welcomed Queen Sheri Smith to their annual dinner held in the First Presbyterian Church and catered by Kathy Reed, Monday, April 28. Accompanying Queen Sheri were Princess Royal, Dee Zortz and Princess Badoura, Desiree Kepley...

Martha Lou Parker, age 74, a resident of the Fort Scott Manor, died Monday, May 5, 2008, at the Mercy Health Center. She was born February 12, 1934, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of James Lewis Parker and Lillie Mae Chambers Parker. Martha was survived by three sons; Carl Hardwick, Phoenix, Ariz., Donald Hardwick, Manhattan, Kan., and Randy Rector, Fort Scott; and five daughters, Carolyn Edwards, Aurora, Mo., Terry Lynn Jones, Waco, Texas, Patty Grant, Cassville, Mo., Toni Reinerson, Overbrook, Kan., and Penny Blake, Olathe, Kan. ...

Martha J. Banghart, 68, of Fort Scott, Kansas died at 3:32 p.m., Monday, May 5, 2008, in the Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday at the Evergreen Cemetery in Fort Scott with Pastor Rick Prideaux officiating. Friends are asked to meet at the cemetery...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) Ever hear Hank Rice tell about the Herculean strength of his only son, Russell? Well, you probably never will -- not that he is proud of the boy, but the facet is there is quite a joke in connection with Hank finding it out, wherein the sire was very much the victim. It happened some time ago when Russell was fresh from School. Russell is quite an athlete and while at school he was on the field a good deal, so when he arrived home he was right in trim...

The newly expanded Nu Grille Restaurant is expected to open within the next couple of weeks, co-owner Cindy Bowman said Wednesday. "We'd like to be open by May 19," she said. "I sure hope so." Construction crews and other workers have been laboring the last several weeks building an extension onto the current restaurant, which is located at 24 N. ...

At the end of each school year, high school juniors and seniors all across the nation enjoy attending their junior and senior proms. Unfortunately, a night that is supposed to hold fairytale endings can sometimes end in tradgedy. Local high school girls, who will be attending the 2008 Fort Scott High School Junior Senior Prom on Saturday, have undoubtedly spent hours looking for just the right dress for the occasion. ...

Fort Scott received good news from an independent auditor's report Tuesday, which found the city to be clear of any state or federal statute violations regarding financial bookkeeping. Terry Sercer, an accountant for Diel, Banwart and Bolton accounting firm, gave his annual audit report finding at the city commission meeting...

About 35 million Americans are hungry or living on the brink of hunger and the United States Postal Service is once again doing something about it. For the 14th consecutive year, the Campbell Soup Company and U.S. Postal Service are partnering with the National Association of Letter Carriers to co-sponsor "Stamp Out Hunger," the nation's largest single-day food drive...

Cole Murrin, in his second tournament back from knee surgery, recorded his second consecutive tournament victory, shooting a 38-32--70 to take the Fort Scott Invitational at Fort Scott Country Club Thursday. That score helped the Tigers win the team title by five strokes over Chanute, 312-317. Pittsburg was only one stroke farther back in third place at 318...