Stories from Friday, April 9, 2010

FULTZ -- Bryan M. and Analyn B. Fultz, Pleasanton, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Lance Michael Fultz. Lance was born at 7:28 a.m., Tuesday, April 6, 2010, at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He weighed 8 pounds, 14 ounces and was 21 1/2 inches in length at birth...

Hazel Marie Konantz Stapleton, 87, died late Wednesday evening April 7, 2010 at Aberdeen Village, Olathe, Kansas. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home, Fort Scott, Kansas.

Helen Katherine Ross, 95, of Overland Park, passed away April 7, 2010 at Trinity Nursing Center, Merriam, Kansas. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at Overland Park Church of God (Holiness), 6801 W 74th Street, Overland Park, Kansas...

Harvey Dean Crandall, age 88, a former resident of Fort Scott, and more recently of Salina, Kansas, died Thursday, April 8, 2010, at the Eagle Crest Retirement Community at Salina, Kansas. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m., Monday, April 12, 2010, at the Cheney Witt Memorial Chapel...

Michael Charles Allen, age 45, resident of 415 S. Wilson , Fort Scott, died Saturday, April 3, 2010, at his home. There was cremation. A memorial service for Michael Allen will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday April 10, in the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott...

Raymond John Link, age 49, a resident of Fort Scott, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 30, 2010, at his home. He was born July 24, 1960, in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of William Peter Link, Jr. and Bernadine Anna Keating Link. Raymond had worked in maintenance for over twenty years for the Best Western Fort Scott Inn...

According to Mr. Webster, one definition of "sanctuary" is "A place giving refuge, asylum or immunity from arrest." Normally the use of this word refers to a church, temple or mosque or a reserved area where animals are protected and hunting is prohibited. ...

I have come to dread the UPS man who invariably arrives at our doorstep in February, delivering a box postmarked from whatever baseball team Dave is coaching with at the time. Predictably it will be a new briefcase with the team logo embossed on its side...

The Fort Scott High School National Honor Society gave its fellow students the opportunity to "Stick it to the Man" Thursday morning in the FSHS gymnasium. Students and staff purchased 3-foot strips of duct tape for $1 which would be used to tape an administrator to the wall. ...