Stories from Wednesday, December 9, 2009

The griddles will be warmed up on Thursday for the Fort Scott Kiwanis Club's biggest fundraiser of the year. The 88th Annual Fort Scott Kiwanis Club Pancake Feed is scheduled to take place from 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Scottish Rite Temple, 110 S. Main St. The event is designed to help raise money for about 15 area youth-related organizations, programs, and groups, as well as schools and charitable events in Bourbon County...

As the thought a beautiful snow covered lawns, it is important that winter weather require special caution when taking to the streets. Bourbon County Undersheriff Bill Martin said motorist should use common sense and slow down when the roads are snow covered or icy...

The Fort Scott Rotary Club recently completed its seventh year participating in the third-grade dictionary project. Rotarian Ken Lyon, the club's project officer, reports that the club personalized and presented 215 dictionaries to all third-grade students and their teachers in six schools in Bourbon County. He was assisted in the presentations by fellow Rotarians, Jim Adams, Buck Fischer, and Stephen Sweyko...

The Crowder Jazz Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, in the theatre of the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the Fort Scott Community College campus, 2108 S. Horton St. The 18-piece orchestra, which is led by Pittsburg State University trumpet professor Todd Hastings, was formed in the fall of 2005 and grew out of a love for traditional big band jazz music and a need for a community/professional-based ensemble at Camp Crowder, which is just south of Neosho, Mo., and the surrounding four-state area, an FSCC statement said.. ...

Emergency personnel had a busy night Monday as two significant accidents left one man dead and several injured. Emergency crews responded to a fatal accident shortly before 6 p.m. Monday on Kansas Highway 7 near the Linn County line. Billy Joe Miller, 33, of Pleasanton, died after being involved in a head-on collission on K-7 about 1.5 miles north of Kansas Highway 31...

Mary Helen (Pence) Ebersole, of Harrisonville, Mo., formerly of Independence, Mo., went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 at Cass Regional Medical Center in Harrisonville. Graveside services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 at the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Arma, Kan...

Billy Joe Miller, 33, of Pleasanton, Kan., died Monday, Dec. 7, 2009 as the result of an automobile accident. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, Dec. 11, 2009 at the Pleasanton Cemetery. Contributions are suggested to the Miller Children's Fund...

William Earl "Bill" Hamilton, 64, of Mound City, Kan., died Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 at his home. Services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009 at Coffel-Schneider Chapel, Pleasanton, Kan. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m., Friday at the chapel...

As the cold weather approaches, the City of Fort Scott Water Department offers a few tips to help prevent frozen water pipes in local homes. The typical symptom of a frozen water line is that one or more of the water fixtures in a building or a residence will not provide water. ...

Members of the USD 234 Board of Education met Monday for their regular monthly meeting. The board approved the official consent agenda, which included the treasurer's report and the $1.1 million November district payroll. The board also approved Dec. 15 as the date for the district Christmas dinner...

Members of the Fort Scott High School choir are getting their first chance to perform in a new local venue. The FSHS Holiday Choral Concert is scheduled to take place at 8 p.m. Monday in the auditorium of the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center at Fort Scott Community College, 2108 S. ...