Stories from Wednesday, February 4, 2009

It was a tale of two players in two halves Tuesday night as Fort Scott High's girls remained unbeaten in Southeast Kansas League play with a 55-52 win over Labette County. While Jolee Sharp was in foul trouble in the first half, Kori Page Rienbolt helped keep the Tigers (9-0 SEK, 10-3 overall) in the game. When Rienbolt was in foul trouble in the second half, Sharp came through to score 17 points and help her team complete the rally...

Fort Scott High's boys broke a two-game losing streak at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night when the Tigers defeated Labette County, 61-46, in Southeast Kansas League action. The victory avenged a 57-43 loss at Altamont on Dec. 12 and also ends the Grizzlies' hopes of going through the 16-game SEK schedule undefeated...

By Jason E. Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune The GED program at Fort Scott Community College continues to grow at a rapid rate. The program, which is offered through a partnership between FSCC and Neosho County Community College, is currently in its second year of helping area residents earn a General Educational Development diploma...

The Fort Scott Tribune Mercy Health Center will unite the region's women with 70 other communities across the U.S. through the fifth annual national Spirit of Women Day of Dance for Health on Saturday, Feb. 28. The event will combine the fun of dancing to different forms of music, such as ballroom dancing, rock 'n' roll, country-line, Zumba, clogging and even belly-dancing, with health screenings and consumer education on heart disease and other women's health issues...

Megan "Shorty" Werner, age 30, of Howard, Ohio passed away on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009 at Knox Community Hospital in Mount Vernon. She was born on May 16, 1978 in Fort Scott, Kan., to the late Terry and Melissa (Nichols) Price. Megan was a 1996 graduate of Fredericktown High School...

Cecil Glasner Blackmore, 86, of 610 Orchard Lot 33 Odessa, Mo., formerly of Fort Scott, Kan. died Jan. 28, 2009 at Golden Age Living Center in Odessa. He was born Aug. 5, 1922 in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Anna May and Arthur R. Blackmore. He is survived by his children, Cecil O.M. ...

Cathern Armatha Smith, age 78, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, at the Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home in Fort Scott, Kan. She was born Sept. 12, 1930, in Hutchison, Kan., the daughter of I. W. Ward and Marjorie Siegle Ward. She married Delbert Lowell Smith in May of 1951. They were later divorced...

This obituary was written by Ron Danley before he passed away. Ronald R. Danley, 68 of Pittsburg, Kan. passed away Monday, Jan. 26, 2009 at his residence following a period of illness. Ron was born Oct. 4, 1940 in Ft Scott, Kan., the son of Roy William and Marie (Faulhaber) Danley...

CRAYS -- Dustin Crays and Megan Goodson, Fort Scott, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Chandler Eugene Crays. Chandler was born at 4:59 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009, at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces at birth...

It was a wonderful winter evening for our Monday night dance at Buck Run Community Center. We had to cancel the dance last week on account of the ice and snow. It just wasn't fit for any body to get out of the house. We had a good attendance and good music...

PITTSBURG, Kan. -- The Nobles of the Mystic Shrine better known as Shriners, elected Stan Jahay, as the 100th Potentate to serve Mirza since its beginning in 1909. Stan and wife Debbie are long time residents of Arcadia, Kan. were they have been very active in the community. Stan joined Mirza in 1995 and has worked hard toward their cause of helping children...

100 YEARS AGO (1909) A vast number of owners of property abutting upon West Sixth Street are of the opinion that the street from National Avenue to Couch Street the terminal of the west paving extension should be paved with brick instead of macadamized. ...

Welcome Irene "Becky" Simons, age 82, resident of 714 S. Margrave, Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, at her home. She was born May 15, 1926, in Linn County, Kan., the daughter of John Floyd and Lilly Straughn Floyd. Becky was a graduate of Fort Scott High School...

By Michael Pommier The Fort Scott Tribune Commissioner Jim Adams presented the commissioners with photographs of the intersection of 1st Street and Scott Street to show the failing brick and concrete produced in the Downtown Streetscape Project at Tuesday's regular meeting of the Fort Scott City Commission. Adams told the commissioners he was concerned with the quality of the project as areas have begun to fail just three months after completion...

The Fort Scott Tribune Notify the local Fire Station by calling Fort Scott Dispatch at (620) 223-1700. Tell them the location and area to be burned. Notify all neighbors and nearby property owners. Plan for the smoke. Know what direction the wind is blowing, and what or who is in that direction...

McCune Mayor Don Call was arrested today on two counts of animal Cruelty and one count of criminal discharge of a firearm. Calls arrest comes three days after he shot and killed two dogs in McCune. According to Crawford County Sheriff's office, call shot and killed the two animals after receiving reports they chased two young children...

MANHATTAN, Kan. -- "Growing Together" is the theme for the 2009 Kansas Farmers' Market Conference scheduled for Mon., Feb. 23, at the Topeka Public Library. Keynote speakers for the event are Kevin and Charuth Loth, owners of ShadowBrook Farms, a 34-acre diversified, organic farm near Lincoln, Neb...

Dr. Roger Edward Gillett, 75, of 20462 St. Lawrence Park Rd., Alexandria Bay, and Cary, NC, died Saturday morning, January 31, at Duke University Medical Center in Raleigh, NC. Calling hours will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 4, from 6-9 pm at Costello Funeral Home in Alexandria Bay. The funeral service will be held at 11 am on Thursday at Costello Funeral Home with Rev. Walter Giles officiating. Burial will be at Union Cemetery in Slatington, PA...

Ronnie R. Danley, 68, of Pittsburg, Kan., passed away Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. He was born Oct. 4, 1940 in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Bill and Marie (Faulhaber) Danley. He graduated from Fulton High School in 1958 and worked as a heavy equipment operator and mechanic...

Nettie Ruth Culbertson, 81, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, Jan. 30, 2009. She was born May 3, 1927, in Nevada, Mo., the daughter of Webb and Laura (Turner) Cartwright. Nettie married Ben Culbertson on Nov. 14, 1959 in Miami, Okla. Her primary joy in life was spending time with her family and grandchildren. She also enjoyed reading and sewing, but her favorite place was in the garden...

Amber Callahan-Cisneros, age 28, of Lubbock, Texas, passed away Jan. 28, 2009. She is mourned by her husband Mario, her children Dru, 11 and Mia, 8; her father Bryan Lee Callahan of Tahoka, Texas; her mother Sharon, stepfather David Hankin, sisters Sarah Hanking and Lisa Callahan, of Bartlett, Tenn., brother Michael Callahan of Jasper, Texas; paternal grandparents Lee and Mary Ann Calahan of Pleasanton, Kan.; maternal grandparents Phyllis and Ernie Oshel of Eudora, Kan.; and many aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives.. ...

By Rayma Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune ocal fire officials are urging area residents to use extreme caution when conducting any type of controlled burn, as the weather conditions are conducive for spreading fires. According to District 3 Fire Chief Delwin Mumbower, the District 3 rural department has been overly busy fighting fires lately. Since Saturday, Mumbower's firefighters have responded to more than 23 fires in the rural area...

CHETOPA -- Uniontown's girls broke a nine-game losing streak by beating Chetopa here Tuesday night, 60-39, in a Three Rivers League contest. Meanwhile, Uniontown's boys won their second game in a row, a 67-49 win over the Green Hornets, after they had dropped five of their previous six...

Brandon Kinnie signed a letetr of intent to play football next season at the University of Nebraska Wednesday morning. Wednesday night, Kinnie returned to the basketball court and provided an initial boost before Fort Scott Community College's men fell to visiting Cowley, 93-77, in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play...

Fort Scott Community College's women were close to getting one of their biggest victories of the season Wednesday night at Arnold Arena. But Cowley jumped out in front at the start of the second overtime and held on for an 85-81 victory in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play...