Stories from Friday, January 8, 2010

Mass of Christian Burial for Maria-Teresa "Tess" Barbara Wisler Keane, 25, Lawrence will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. She died Jan. 5, 2010 at University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kan...

Normally, during the severe winter months of January, February & early March, the large Union & Confederate Armies went into "Winter Quarters" & the major campaigns & fighting were not resumed until the spring. However, the "Guerrilla War" in Missouri often went on unabated and the following incident of "Winter Killings" is described on Pages 17 & 18 in Series L Vol. 48. Part I of the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion...

June Hereford, Scott, Kacy, James, Ronette, Ron and Linda Center and Kelsie Jo Collins attended James' Christmas Program at Precious Lambs Pre-School at Trinity Lutheran Church, Sunday afternoon, Dec. 20. Joe and Shirley White hosted a Christmas morning breakfast for all of their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren living in Fort Scott...

At the December meeting of the Northeast Scott 4-H club, roll call was answered by "something you would like to give to someone." Kolby Seastead gave an illustrated talk., Kamryn Combs gave a Demonstration, and Lute Karleskint gave a project talk. Community Service project is Christmas cards for nursing home residents...

It's called the Dump Ministry, and it is literally that. A group of volunteers make food for the dozens of Mexicans who spend their days scrounging through the Mazatlan dump for recyclable materials. On Christmas Eve, Dave, our son-in-law Randy, and I joined 40 others for the Vineyards Church mission trip there. We met in the morning to prepare sandwiches and fill plastic water bottles before we boarded the bus for the hour-long trip...

Fort Scott Community College wants to know the answer to the question, "Sprechen sie Deustch?" Area residents who don't know the meaning of that phrase -- which means "Do you speak German?" -- but are interested in learning, may be just the people FSCC is looking for when the Community Education Department at the college starts up its newest foreign language course offering next month...

Homes in the northeast portion of Fort Scott could be getting some needed improvements. Fort Scott was one of three Kansas communities to be awarded funding for housing rehabilitation projects through the Kansas Department of Commerce. In his letter to Mayor Bukowski, Governor Mark Parkinson said, "Congratulations! I am pleased to award the City of Fort Scott a grant for $400,000 through the Kansas Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program for its Housing Rehabilitation project."...

Throughout 2009, the Fort Scott Tribune covered a wide range of events. From the passing of local icons to the community coming together for a common cause, The Tribune was there to tell the story. The staff of The Tribune has put together these summaries of the top 10 stories of 2009 in Fort Scott and Bourbon County....