Stories from Wednesday, July 8, 2009

The Southwest Missouri Team Penner's Association recently presented the winners of a sorting competition with Montana Silversmith buckles. According to SWMTPA Secretary and Treasurer Teresa Klumpp, on June 27, the association recognized the winners of a recent Buckle Series competition. ...

The Rooks family, along with Allen and Mary Jo Pruitt, all of Fort Scott, will perform during a special concert at 7 p.m. Friday at the Heritage Park Pavilion near the corner of First and Main streets. The five-member Rooks family, who have been singing together for three years, consists of Paul Rooks, the pastor at Grace Baptist Tabernacle, his wife, Shelley, and their three children; Brittani, Chase and Courtney...

The Bourbon County Chapter of the American Red Cross is looking for blood donors to join it's life-saving team. The agency's next blood drive will take place from 1 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, at Firstsource Solutions USA, 4500 Campbell Dr...

FSPD, Mercy, and Farmers Market team up to promote bicycle safety

Virginia May Allen, age 91, a former resident of the Highrise Apartments, Fort Scott, died Wednesday, July 01, 2009, at Medicalodge of Fort Scott. She was born September 17, 1917, in Billings, Missouri, the daughter of Clyde Phillips and Jennie Kelley Phillips, and has been a resident of Fort Scott nearly all her adult life. ...