Stories from Tuesday, January 20, 2009

By Rayma Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune Local law enforcement officers recently participated in a specialized training session which helped prepare them for possible future large-scale emergencies. On Saturday, Jan. 10 and Jan. 17, at Fort Scott High School, both city and county officers underwent the Law Enforcement Response to the Active Shooter training. ...

The Fort Scott Tribune According to a press release from the Fort Scott Police Department, at 4:50 p.m., Friday, Fort Scott Police officers took Jean Martinson, Fort Scott, into custody for Martinson's alleged involvement in an aggravated robbery, Thursday night at Louderman's Liquor. ...

By Jason E. Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune Robert Nelson has a unique connection to Martin Luther King, Jr. Two years ago, Nelson, 74, portrayed the late civil rights leader in a local community theatre production of "I Rise," which documents the pivotal people, places and events that made up the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Through the use of songs, poems and facts, the play helped illustrate the commitment and sacrifice many people made for civil rights...

The Fort Scott Tribune The Fort Scott Tribune is adding another member to its ever-expanding group of writers this week with the introduction of new religion column by Patty LaRoche. LaRoche, a speech and drama teacher at Fort Scott High School for the past 13 years, has been writing for the last four years and is currently compiling her first Christian based autobiography...

By Justin Messner The Fort Scott Tribune Just one year after district and state victories, a Fort Scott brother and sister team, are looking for another run at the National History Day Competition Nationals. Enlisting the help of fellow students Keenan Gregory and Grant Stucky, Reanda Simmons-Mims and Kai Mims are currently preparing a performance to bring the work of unsung hero Will Counts to light...

Frances Colegrove, age 80, resident of 224 Steen, Fort Scott, Kan., died unexpectedly Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, at her home. She was born April 28, 1928, in Noble, Mo., the daughter of Russell Gilliland and Mary Angie Ferrell Gilliland. She married Marvin Colegrove on Dec. 24, 1946, at Girard, Kan. He preceded her in death on Oct. 15, 1996...

Dr. Guy Isaac Akers, age 88, passed away Friday, Jan. 16, 2009, at Brandon Woods Health Center, in Lawrence, Kan. Dr. Akers was born Oct. 2, 1920, in Coffeyville, Kan., the son of Oliver Bryon Akers and Mary Lilly Keller Akers. Dr. Akers married Lorene Cox on Dec. 24, 1946, at her parent's home, near Mound City, Kan...

Theodore "Ted" Callahan Jr. of Pleasanton, Kansas died Friday January 16, 2009 at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. Services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday Jan. 21, 2009 at the Coffel-Schneider Funeral Home Pleasanton, Kan. Visitation will be Tuesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Coffel-Schneider Funeral Home...

Many years ago, before our daughter Susie was married she began dating a fellow by the name of Mike Sutor. She was getting ready for a date with him one night, and said she would invite him in so we could meet him. After the introduction, we walked them to the door to wave goodbye. It was a cold rainy night. They hurried out to the car and began to back up and drive around our circle drive...

Consumers have more options when shopping for light bulbs for their home. Switching from traditional light bulbs (incandescent) to compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) is an effective, simple change everyone can make right now. Making this change will help to use less electricity at home and prevent greenhouse gas emissions that lead to global climate change. Lighting accounts for close to 20 percent of the average home's electric bill...