Stories from Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Pauline Bloom, 94, formerly of Fort Scott, died early Sunday morning, Oct. 11, 2009, in Mesquite, Texas. She was born Oct. 12, 1914 in Claremore, Okla., the daughter of Abner Baker and Nancy (McAtee) Lunsford. Survivors include her daughter; Shirley Culp and her husband Harold of Balch Springs, Texas, a grandson; Kevan Culp of Mequite, Texas, eight grandchildren; Nathan Culp, Sam Culp, Monica Brockman, Kylee Culp, Dusty Scott, Raven Culp, Mike Book, and John Irwin, and a great-great granddaughter; Alexa Culp.. ...

Wanda Marcella Leonard, age 93, former resident of Fort Scott, and more recently of Osawatomie, Kan., died Friday, Oct. 9, 2009, at the Miami County Medical Center in Paola, Kan. She was born Feb. 5, 1916, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Arch F. and Martha Ann Hillman Cottrell...

William "Wild Bill" Soltren, age 56, resident of 323 N. Cleveland, Fort Scott, died Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009, at Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home following a cancer illness. Bill was born May 27, 1953, in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, the son of Cosme Soltren and Julia Redillo...

HALL -- Dustin Allen and Kayla Nicole Hall, Fort Scott, and big sister Mallorie, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Libbie Addison Hall. Libbie was born at 11:31 a.m., Monday, Oct. 12, 2009 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. She weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces at birth...

KNIPP -- Blythe Holland and Jeremiah Knipp, Fort Scott, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Analina Rayne Knipp. Analina was born at 4:15 p.m., Monday, Oct. 5, 2009 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. She weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces...

This is the first part of a two-part series. The following trip took place in 2001 (before Katrina). Friends Barb and Al Schmidt were going on an Elderhostel trip to New Orleans and invited us to go along. The following column was taken from notes that I took during some classes we attended plus a booklet that was given to us at one of our seminars...

This week I am traveling to neighboring counties and within Bourbon County to present programs as part of our Extension annual lesson series. The program I've developed this year is on the broad topic of "going green." "Green" from an environmental and consumer standpoint can mean many different things. ...

MOUND CITY -- Fort Scott High's cross-country team joined the crowd at the make-up of Jayhawk-Linn's invitational meet here Monday. Jayhawk-Linn was set to host this meet Thursday with Pleasanton participating while Fort Scott was originally scheduled to be at Independence that day. Rain made the courses at both sites unsafe for the runners. Independence chose not to reschedule its meet so Fort Scott joined this meet...

GIRARD -- Fort Scott junior Kacie Brown finished third in the Girard Class 4A Regional Golf Tournament here Tuesday and earned a berth into the State Tournament, which will be held at Hutchinson Monday. The Tigers finished sixth as a team and were not able to return to State as a team. Brown was the only individual qualifier...

The top seven teams in the NJCAA/jcfootball.com national poll remained in the same places as last week and none of the top 12 teams fell more than one spot in the poll released Tuesday. Blinn (Texas) received all seven first-place votes for the second week in a row and now enjoys its sixth consecutive week at No. 1. The Buccaneers are followed by Navarro (Texas) at No. 2, Fort Scott No. 3, Butler fourth, Arizona Western fifth, Mississippi Gulf Coast sixth and Snow in the seventh spot...

Two Fort Scott residents were arrested Sunday following a fight at a night club north of Pittsburg. Zachary Crumby, 26, and Stephanie Weddle, 25, were arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office after leaving the Twisters Night Club, on U.S. Highway 69 north of Pittsburg, where they were allegedly involved in a fight which left three individuals injured...

The Bourbon County Relay for Life organization's annual Fall Festival is scheduled to take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at 2478 Limestone Road, the home of local Relay for Life member and event co-organizer Lavetta Simmons. The festival will feature a wide variety of games and activities for people of all ages and will also serve as a way to raise money for the organization's mission to one day find a cure for cancer. ...

Students in the debate and forensics program at Fort Scott High School can add another honor to their growing list of accomplishments. The FSHS program was recently recognized as one of the top 100 programs in the nation by the National Forensics League (NFL). FSHS ranks 70th out of more than 3,000 schools nationwide based on student participation and excellence in speech and debate activities, according to a statement from the NFL...