Stories from Friday, July 18, 2008

The Ecumenial Women's annual coffee was held Thursday, July 10, at the First Christian Church. Attendance came from the First United Methodist, The First Presbyterian and The First Christian Churches. The First Christian Church ladies served as hostesses. ...

Due to unforeseen circumstances, organizers of the Christian Concert Series have changed the location of their upcoming concert that will feature Downhere, a Christian rock group from Canada. The concert, which was originally scheduled to take place at Memorial Hall, will now take place at 7 p.m. Friday, July 25 at the Liberty Theatre, 113 S. Main St...

Thursday Nite Live met at the home of State Representative Shirley Palmer for the monthly meeting. Several items of business were discussed with Joyce Davenport, President, presiding over the meeting. Several donated cookies for the Chamber Tourist Center in the past month...

Amanda and Natalie Wolf and their mother, Glenda, were busy last week helping with the Vernon County Youth Fair at Nevada. Both girls had several entries in the fair and Amanda was one of the queen candidates. They brought home several ribbons. Carol Jean Mooney and son, Spencer, Independence, Kan., recently spent the weekend with Debbie Marquart and family and visited Lucille Wolf...

Bourbon County announces that Jayhawk Road, between US 69 Hwy. and 240th Street, will be closed down to one lane traffic, Friday, July 18, from 9 a.m. to approximately 4 p.m., for repairs to cracks in the center of the roadway. We apologize for any inconvenience...

Members of the USD 234 Board of Education met on Thursday, July 17, 2008, for a special noon meeting. Alan Drake, Business Manager, reviewed the preliminary 2008-09 budget. Board members approved the purchase of a bus and the district health insurance rate structure...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) A financier of this city, in talking about city parks, says he has a scheme for a public park which, if carried to execution, would provide an uptown park. He would make into a park all that portion of Judson Street between the courthouse and Central School. This would mean that a whole square would be cleared off and some pretty nice residences removed, but a fine park site would be the result. A good scheme, but likely one that will not be undertaken this generation...

Nine area women were recognized as Ageless Beauties Thursday night as part of Mercy's Spirit of Women program

By Justin Messner The Fort Scott Tribune At 11 p.m. Tuesday night Bill Lemke, Fort Scott water distribution supervisor, received a call explaining that a water main had burst near the intersection of National Ave. and Wall Street. Lemke would soon find out that this was just the start of his trouble...

By Rayma Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune Relaxing mornings spent lounging in bed, sunny days spent outside playing with friends or family pets, and extra time spent on special hobbies will soon be replaced with early morning bus rides and school days spent reading and writing...

By Rayma Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune Early this summer, through its Spirit of Women initiative, Mercy Health Center sought nominations for women in the region who demonstrate an inner spirit that makes her an example of "Ageless Beauty" inside and out...