Stories from Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The downtown portion of Fort Scott is in the process of getting a holiday face-lift. According to Cheryl Adamson, the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce Downtown Division Executive Chair, Manneco, an Independence, Mo. based company, arrived in Fort Scott on Tuesday to begin a Christmas light renovation in downtown Fort Scott...

Action taken by the United States Senate last week to shore up the federal Highway Trust Fund will keep Kansas highway and bridge projects on track. Late Wednesday, the U.S. Senate approved an $8 billion transfer of money into the federal fund from which states are reimbursed for highway projects. ...

Fort Scott welcomed more than 20 racers to town on Tuesday as the city was the scheduled sixth-day check point for the 2008 Scooter Cannon Ball Run. During the coast to coast endurance event, which is conducted every two years, scooter riders are making their way from San Francisco, Calif. to Ocean City, Md. The ten-day event covers more than 3,600 miles, and participants are awarded points based on miles completed and the ability to maintain a standard pace...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) The C.C. Crain Hardware Co. has adopted a novel method of giving away one of its superb $35 Garland Steel Ranges, reputed to be the very best to be had. In fact, the ranges are called the world's best. Those who have used them are out with such testimonials. ...

All went well with a very good turnout at the Senior Citizens Monday night dance at Buck Run Community Center. The weather was fine. The big fans were put out and turned on, but it soon cooled down and they were shut off for the evening. There were guests from Chanute and Pittsburg that hadn't been present for some time...

Family meals provide much more than the vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients children need to grow up healthy. Research by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University consistently finds that the more often children eat dinner with their families, the less likely they are to smoke, drink or use drugs. ...

The final concert in the 2008 summer series of Friday Night Concerts in the Pavilion will begin at 7 p.m., this Friday. The concert has been moved from the Heritage Park Pavilion to the First Church of the Nazarene, 3rd and Margrave Streets. The Senior Band is set to hit the stage for this final performance under the direction of Lorna Carlton. ...

Tuesday evening's Fort Scott City Commission meeting was slated to be the resurrection of televised commission meetings. However, the recording was not possible due to the ordered equipment not arriving in time. The target date has been reset for October 7...

Fort Scott Community College students are taking a different approach this week to learning about one of the most important documents in United States history -- the U.S. Constitution. As part of national Constitution Week, which begins Wednesday and continues through Sept. ...

CHEROKEE -- Uniontown's JV volleyball team won one of three matches in a quadrangular here Tuesday night. The Eagles defeated Riverton in their first match, 25-14, 25-14. Casey Bradbury served 13 points and Jessica Harrison had a kill. Southeast-Cherokee beat Uniontown in three games, 25-14, 21-25, 15-11. Kelsey Mathis served seven points. Harrison picked up three kills...

GIRARD -- Fort Scott High School's freshmen football game tonight (Sept. 18) at Girard has been cancelled because there is no power in the city and is it not expected to be restored in time for the beginning of the school day today. Girard has a no-school, no-play policy, so even if power were restored in the afternoon, the game could not be played...

INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High's tennis team was winless here Tuesday in a tournament hosted by Independence. This was, however, the first varsity outing for three of the players, Kalia Dancy, Kelsie Hess and Sammi Carr. Taylor Bailey played the first singles matches of her career while Lauren Caulfield was also in attendance...

There was only one significant change in the NJCAA/jcfootball.com poll this week as only one team in last week's top 20 lost and none of them dropped out of the poll. All three Jayhawk Conference schools in the poll -- Fort Scott, Butler and Garden City -- are in the same positions as last week after all three one...