Stories from Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Fort Scott Community College's 2008 Homecoming celebration will start Sept. 29 and continue through Oct. 4. Activities will include attendees participating in the Pioneer Harvest parade at 6 p.m. Thursday. On Sept. 29, FSCC will host a Guitar Hero tournament from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in the FSCC cafeteria. On Tuesday, Sept. 30, the college will host a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in the FSCC cafeteria, 2108 S. Horton St...

The Bourbon County R/C Flyers, a local radio control model airplane club, will hold their fifth annual precision aerobatics pattern competition Sept. 27-28 at the Bourbon County R/C Flyers field located at the Southwest corner of the Fort Scott Airport...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Sam Brownback today introduced legislation that would establish the National Center for Strategic Communications, an agency similar to the now defunct U.S. Information Agency. "As America continues to fight the war on terrorism, we cannot rely upon military force alone to defeat the threat posed by Islamist extremism," said Brownback. ...

Local residents who have a desire to see a transformation take place in America will have the opportunity to voice their concerns and offer solutions which could bring change to the nation. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27, area citizens are invited to participate in American Solutions Day. The second annual event will be conducted in Room A-129 at Fort Scott Community College...

Who is Barbara Wood? She is a mother, grand-mother, quilter and a Fort Scott City Commissioner. Wood was born and raised in Fort Scott. In fact, she has lived in Fort Scott all of her life with the exception of a few years when she moved to Kansas City after getting married. Wood and her husband returned to Fort Scott and raised their three children. Wood is now the proud grandmother of five grandchildren...

By Jason E. Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune he United States economy is currently undergoing its largest hit in years, and the effects are far-reaching. Following the announcement last week that the Dow Jones industrial average had plummeted more than 500 points, and that Lehman Brothers, Bear Sterns, Merrill Lynch, and other major institutional investors had filed bankruptcy, one local investment advisor said several of his customers had felt the impact...

OSWEGO -- Pleasanton's volleyball team salvaged a split when it beat Marmaton Valley in Three Rivers League action here Tuesday. The 25-22, 22-25, 25-21 win over the Wildcats gave the Blu-Jays their sixth victory of the season. They had won six matches in the previous four seasons combined...

INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team traveled here Tuesday to make up a rained-out tournament originally scheduled for Sept. 11. Host Independence -- the defending league and State champion -- won the tourney with 15 points followed by Pittsburg with 11 and Chanute and Iola tied with seven each. Fort Scott did not score any points...

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's soccer team took a 2-0 loss to Pittsburg in Southeast Kansas League play here Tuesday. Fedelix Kyaw scored for Pittsburg (1-2 SEK, 3-2 overall) in the 55th minute of play. Javier Reyes scored in the 70th minute...

Although they competed hard, Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team remained winless on the season after Cloud County posted a 25-15, 25-17, 25-17 sweep in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play at Arnold Arena Wednesday night. The Greyhounds (0-5 East, 0-19 overall), who have lost 24 straight matches going back to last season, had occasional runs but only one of more than three points. ...