Stories from Friday, September 18, 2009

A first ever "Fall Crawl" Rock Crawling Competition was held at Kansas Rocks Recreation Park near Mapleton Sunday. Participants from all over the four-state area, including those from the Brush Beater Jeep Club, Kansas City Four-wheel Drive Association (KC4WDA), Kansas City Jeep Club, and KAMO Jeep Club along with several others, attended the event. ...

Several years ago, Chip Gross asked Dave and me to watch his boat, docked at Fort Scott Lake, while he was out of town. We were to check on it every few days, just to be sure it had not been stolen. The first couple of trips were uneventful, but the third venture, following a night of high winds, was a different story -- the boat was missing. The ropes were dangling from the dock's hooks, but there was no boat...

NJCAA/jcfootball.com Poll "Next game" is this Saturday unless noted. Others receiving votes: Georgia Military (12), 1-2, 8; Coahoma, Miss., 3-0, 6; Central Lakes-Brainerd, Minn., 3-0, 5; Tyler, Texas, 2-0, 4; Louisburg, N.C., 2-0, 2; Iowa Central (18), 1-1, 2...

EUREKA -- Uniontown's golf team finished fifth in an eight-team field here Wednesday. The Eagles finished with a team score of 267 over 9 holes. Bethany Ericson had the Eagles' best score of 64, which was 25th. Emily Simpson followed with a 65, Brooke Murrow with a 70, Sabrena McAnulty 79 and Ravon Hixon 81...

GIRARD -- Fort Scott High School's golf team struggled in its first 18-hole tournament of the season, finishing seventh out of nine full teams and unable to crack the top 20 individually. "We didn't play nearly as well (Wednesday) as we did at Chanute on Monday," Fort Scott head coach Karen Curran said. "So goes the game of golf...lots of ups and downs. Hopefully, the girls will rebound (at Joplin) and fair better at Shifferdecker."...

When Fort Scott Community College head volleyball coach Sonya Petroski called time out in the fifth game of a non-conference match with Cedar Valley (Texas) at Arnold Arena Thursday night, the huddle formed with the Greyhounds leading 13-12 on the scoreboard...

Patrons can take sneak peek at Ken Burns' latest documentary

Engineers conducting the U.S. Highway 69 Corridor Study were on hand Thursday evening to answer questions and take input from the community. An open house was held in the River Room with the goal of obtaining input from the community as well as give an update on the progress of the study. Kyle Anderson of Felsburg, Holt, and Ullevig said the open house is important to get the information out to the community because there may be some important decisions to be made in the future...

The United Way of Bourbon County kicked off its 2009 "101,000 reasons to give to the United Way" campaign on Thursday at Fort Scott Community College. The FSCC cafeteria was packed for the event, which featured a free community breakfast, special speakers and entertainment, and information for attendees about the United Way organization and the 15 area agencies it helps fund throughout the year...

Both Fort Scott City Manager Joe Turner and Human Resources Director Robert Johnson remain tight-lipped regarding the Fort Scott City Commission's request to eliminate the position which Johnson has held for more than 15 years. "I don't have any comments," Turner said...