Stories from Tuesday, March 9, 2010

William Lewis May, 71, of Fort Scott, Kan., died at 2:10 p.m., Friday, February 26, 2010 in the Medicalodge in Fort Scott. He was born March 4, 1938 in Webb City, Mo., a son of Elvis Lee and Nellie Marie (Lewis) May. At an early age, he moved with his family to Parsons, Kan., and attended Garfield Grade School, East Junior High School, Parsons High School and Parsons Junior College, now Labette Community College...

Lois Naydean Conrad, age 81, former resident of 105 Archer Road, Fort Scott, died Saturday, March 6, 2010, at the Sharon Lane Health Services in Shawnee, Kan. She was born May 13, 1928, in Douthat, Okla., the daughter of Dewey Fraizer and Beulah Rakestraw Fraizer...

Margaret N. Cruse, 74, of Parsons, died at 3:15 a.m., Monday, March 8, 2010, at Labette Health. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, March 12, 2010, at Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Parsons. Burial will be in Springhill Cemetery near Parsons...

Sheila Marie McIntier, 62, of Pleasanton, Kan., died Friday, March 5, 2010 at her home. Cremation memorial gathering was held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Contributions are suggested to the Sheila McIntier Memorial Fund c/o the funeral home. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.coffelschneider.com...

Garnett E. Bloomcamp, 90, of Pittsburg, Kan., died at 2:08 a.m., Sunday, March 7, 2010 in the Mt. Carmel Regional Medical Center in Pittsburg. He was born April 17, 1919 at Cole Camp, Mo., a son of John H. and Anna (Hashagen) Bloomcamp. The family lived at rural Farlington, Kan., before moving to the Hepler, Kan., area...

DOHERTY -- Andrew and Kaitlyn Doherty, Fort Scott, and brother Landon, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Eisley Loren Doherty. Eisley was born at 12:32 p.m., Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. She weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce at birth...

POTTER -- Doug and Shelly Potter, Fort Scott, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Lanie Nicole Potter. Lanie was born at 2:32 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. She weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces at birth...

STEWART -- Ray and Teri Stewart, Fort Scott, and big brothers Dylan and Logan, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Mikaela Renč Stewart. Mikaela was born at 7:09 a.m., Monday, March 8, 2010 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott...

Thirty-two enjoyed the First Sunday in March dinner in Arcadia Christian Church following the morning worship service led by Charles Cable with Stuart Semple assisting Willa Cable in leading the singing. Cable sang a solo before the sermon entitled "Walking The Jesus Road." He read from Matthew 7 and Romans 12...

This is our sixth story in our series on Fort Scott and school days. This story was written by Lawrence Allen, Class of '49. Hi Marilyn: I have really enjoyed the letters from our classmates, and always enjoy your regular articles in the Tribune. I have a lot of memories and will tell of some of them, and if you need to shorten my comments please do so as I am sort of windy in my old age...

A key to healthy eating is choosing foods lower in salt and sodium. Most Americans consume more salt than they need. Many people frequently eat meals on-the-go and do very little cooking from scratch, making it difficult to control the amount of sodium in their diets. As a result our taste buds have grown accustomed to a higher level of salt than is needed for good health. In fact, some scientists believe that some of us are almost "addicted" to the pleasurable effect of salt...

Fort Scott Community College's baseball team finally got a chance to play some home games as they hosted Southwestern Iowa for a three-day series at Lions Field. The Greyhounds had tried to play at home a few times before but had to cancel due to weather...

WICHITA -- Fort Scott Community College's women's basketball team was playing its best at the end of the season. Friday afternoon at Wichita State University's Koch Arena, they faced Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division champion Labette in the quarterfinals of the Region VI Tournament and had their best effort of the three meetings with the No. 21-ranked Cardinals this season...

The Painted Blackboard will soon be filled with art and the halls of the old Fort Scott Middle School will once again foster the education of artists from across the country ... as soon as it is finished. With the anticipated opening of the all-inclusive community art center passing, owner Marie Papa-Vavrovsky, said she and her husband Igor plan to keep working on the project...

The Bourbon County Arts Council will open its 18th Annual Fine Art Exhibit and Sale with a reception honoring the artists and juror at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Scottish Rite Temple, 110 S. Main St. About 50 artists from Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and North Carolina will have their work on display and for sale during the multi-media exhibit. ...

Two Bourbon County projects are among $86 million worth of state-funded projects that the Kansas Department of Transportation has removed from its list of 2010 projects due to budget cuts within the department. One of the projects, at a cost of $430,000, would provide for a one-inch overlay on a 6-mile stretch of Kansas Highway 31 from the Bourbon and Linn county line to the east junction of K-31 and Kansas Highway 7. ...

Just two weeks after getting smoked by Iowa Central, the No. 6-ranked team in NJCAA Division II in its home opener, Fort Scott Community College's softball team gave No. 8-ranked Johnson County a substantial challenge in a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Monday afternoon...

The 29th Annual Fort Scott Community College Spring College Rodeo will take place this weekend at Arnold Arena on the FSCC campus. The rodeo will feature bareback riding, calf roping, breakaway roping, saddle-bronc riding, steer wrestling, goat tying, team roping, barrel racing and bull riding. ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Fort Scott High School graduate L.C. Davis won a majority decision over Lithuanian fighter Deividas Taurosevicius at WEC 47 Saturday night. Davis now has a professional MMA record of 16-2. The judges' scorecards had one 29-29 tie and two 29-28 decisions in Davis' favor...

GIRARD -- The 17th Annual Girard Strength and Speed Meet was held February 20 at Girard High School. Over 200 students participated in the meet including Uniontown, Pittsburg, Columbus, Girard, Baxter Springs, Oswego, Northeast-Arma, Southeast-Cherokee and St. Paul as well as Missouri schools Webb City McDonald County, Carl Junction, Carthage, Lamar, Liberal, and Seneca...

The Kansas County Clerks and Election Officials Association is taking scholarship applications from those students that are majoring in journalism, political science or communications. The scholarships are available to high school seniors or college freshmen and sophomores...

Pittsburg State University will celebrate its 25th year of partnering with area businesses during the 2010 Community Campaign Breakfast March 9. More than 30 area businesses will be recognized for continually supporting the university since the campaign first began back in 1985. ...

A new opportunity is available for local residents who want to travel and earn college credit from the experience. Don Miller, a former instructor at Fort Scott Community College, and Karen Keen, a local travel agent, are offering a cruise on the Norwegian Jade from July 16-25. ...

For those not involved in an activity such as forensics, it it hard to measure to what degree a team is having success. When one reads that a squad puts 12 events into finals, that sounds great but with no reference point it is hard to say just how impressive. So, for those wondering if the Tigers' weekend was impressive ... it was more than that!...

Multiple factors have put the possibility of moving Fort Scott City Hall to the armory on hold. Fort Scott City Manager Joe Turner said during Tuesday's work session of the Fort Scott City Commission that the discussions of moving both the Fort Scott Police Department and city hall to the armory have been put on hold...