Stories from Wednesday, February 17, 2010

This is the third story in a series. It is a letter written by Gloria (Stanley) Dalton Hi Marilyn, When I first thought about writing this, I was going to write about school years, but everyone else has written about childhood years, so guess I will too. ...

Private First Class Cody L. Lawrence recently completed the basic training program for the United States Marine Corps at the Marine Corp Recruit Depot located at San Diego, Calif., on Jan. 22. He is currently receiving additional Marine Combat Training at Camp Pendleton in California and will then be transferred to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri for more advanced military training in combat engineering...

Harvey Wayne Hall, age 75, a resident of Fort Scott, died Monday, Feb. 15, 2010, at his home. He was born April 14, 1934, in Fort Scott, the son of Charles Edward and Virginia Thompson Hall. He was a graduate of Fort Scott High School. He was employed by Peerless Products...

Robert James "Bob" Tuchscherer, age 67, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, Feb. 15, 2010, at his home. Bob was born on June 20, 1942, in Breckenridge, Minn., the son of Sylvester "Tuck" and Isabel Tuchscherer. While attending Anamoose High School, he was a four-sport athlete...

GARNETT -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls won their 12th game of the season here Tuesday night as they defeated Anderson County, 44-37, in Pioneer League play. The Bulldogs led 14-11 after one period but the Jayhawks rebounded to take a 24-20 lead at halftime...

ARKANSAS CITY -- Cowley College won its fourth straight game Wednesday night, defeating Fort Scott Community College's men, 74-58, in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play. The Greyhounds played well early, leading 15-9 after eight minutes as Jacob Gougler hit back-to-back 3-point shots...

ARKANSAS CITY -- Cowley's women improved more offensively in the second half than Fort Scott Community College's women did and went on to a 47-37 victory in a very defensive-oriented Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division contest here Wednesday night. The halftime score was 15-13 in Cowley's favor even though the Tigers didn't make a field goal in the final 15 minutes of play...

The Fort Scott Middle School and Fort Scott High School orchestras will present their winter concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, in the FSMS commons area, 1105 E. 12th St. A variety of music will be performed by students in 6th through 12th grades. The FSHS orchestra and chamber orchestra will feature strolling musicians performing show tunes and fiddle tunes. ...

It won't be a typical evening at work on Friday for Fort Scott Tribune employee Scott Nuzum. Nuzum, a long-time sports editor and current interim managing editor for the Tribune, will receive the Kansas State High School Activities Association's 2010 Oscar Stauffer Sportswriter Award for his coverage of interscholastic sports during an awards ceremony scheduled to take place following the Fort Scott High School Tigers girls basketball game against Iola High School. ...

The future of the former Kansas National Guard Armory building was not the only item on the agenda Tuesday night for the Fort Scott City Commission. Laura Moore, of the Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission, was at the meeting to get the city's approval of the agreement with the Kansas Department of Commerce regarding a grant which would provide $400,000 for housing rehabilitation in Fort Scott...