Stories from Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Alfred Frederick Mahnken, 89, of Pittsburg, Kan., passed away at 7:26 a.m., Thursday, April 15, 2010, at the Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg, Kan. He was born April 3, 1921, at Concordia, Mo., the son of Louis H. and Sophia (Meyer) Mahnken. He attended local schools...

Betty Hixon was surprised with a birthday party recently and she reported that it really was a big surprise. She wants to thank all who had a part in making her day so special for her. Her sister, Roberta and Stan Armstrong and their son, Scott, from Arlington, Texas, her sons, Denton and his wife, Annette, and daughter, Raven, and Mike Hixon, her husband, Dale, her granddaughter, Dana, Berry, Alyssa and Alex Button, Lois Reader, and Agnes Armstrong enjoyed eating at El Charro after the party...

Ten students of Carolyn Tucker presented piano solos at the 41st annual Fort Scott Community College Elementary Music Festival on April 17. The following students earned a gold medal and I rating for his/her piano solo entry: Kelcie Bailey, Cally Ballou, Zachary Ballou, Aspin Durbin, Jordan Ford, Bell Green, Alex King, Nicholas King, Benjamin Morris and Wyatt Stark. ...

Samantha M. Heady, a psychology and sociology major from Oswego, and Jason A. Landrum, a commercial graphics and marketing major from Mound City, have been named the outstanding seniors at Pittsburg State University for 2010. As such, Heady and Landrum will have their names inscribed on the senior walk in front of Russ Hall and they will each address the graduates at commencement May 14-15...

Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team hosted the first of two tournaments it will have at home this week. Monday's action saw a Tiger doubles team claim first place and No. 2 singles entries claim first and third. The Tigers had a Red team and a White team entered. The Red duo of Kyle Kelly and Austin Sather claimed No. 1 doubles by going 2-0 in pool play and 2-0 in the bracket, defeating a team from Parsons 6-2 in the championship match...

MORAN -- Uniontown's softball team split a Three Rivers League doubleheader with rival Marmaton Valley here Monday. The host Wildcats won the opener 17-10 but the Eagles won the nightcap 16-6. "We scored enough runs to win both ball games," Eagle head coach Alan Shinn said. "The first game, we didn't play defensively well enough to win. We allowed too many batters to get on base and then made too many mistakes to allow them to score. Marmaton Valley ... took advantage of our mistakes."...

MORAN -- Uniontown's baseball team swept Marmaton Valley in a Three Rivers League doubleheader here Monday by scores of 7-6 and 15-2. Anthony Myers (3-1) was the winning pitcher for the Eagles in the opener, striking out 6 batters while allowing 9 hits and 6 walks. Jake Dawson earned a save with 2 strikeouts in the seventh...

Timely hitting, good defense, solid pitching. All these elements came together for the Fort Scott High School baseball team in a Southeast Kansas League sweep of Independence at Lions Field Tuesday night. The Tigers handed the Bulldogs their first league losses by scores of 4-1 and 6-3...

A Fort Scott man died in a two-vehicle crash late Tuesday morning on U.S. Highway 69. According to a report by the Kansas Highway Patrol, 82-year-old Robert Lyons, Fort Scott, died in a vehicle accident that occurred shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday on U.S. 69 just south of Mercy Health Center...

Fort Scott High School honor students were recognized last week during an annual celebration of academics. Students, parents, FSHS administration and staff joined together last Thursday for the 22nd Annual Honors Banquet in the FSHS commons area to honor those FSHS students who have excelled academically...

Twelve advance to national competition

A popular safety awareness program for youth that is in place at two local elementary schools is nearing the end of another successful year. The program, called Toby Time, began in 2007 at the request of two second-grade students at Winfield Scott Elementary School who asked Dave Elliott, the school's principal, if they could patrol the school building for the day. ...

Fort Scott Community College will conduct its annual Adult Basic Education/General Equivalency Diploma graduation at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 13 in the auditorium of the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the FSCC campus, 2108 S. Horton St. The ceremony is for students who have completed the GED program this past year. ...

Fort Scott High's softball team has two injured players and five freshmen on its varsity roster. So it's not much of a surprise that a pair of freshmen helped lead the Tigers to a Southeast Kansas League sweep of Independence at Don Hewett Field Tuesday...