Stories from Tuesday, May 4, 2010

The Walk Kansas program is over for another year. 298 Bourbon County residents have been on a mission for the past eight weeks to make some healthy lifestyle changes by being more physically active and increasing fruits and vegetables in their diets...

On April 25, this reporter received in the mail a copy of The Liberal News dated Thursday, Jan. 21, 20l0. My thought was, I wonder how many other subscribers received a similar copy. The following Monday, I received a copy of the one dated Tuesday, April 22, 2010...

The following story was written by Robert Dempsey, Class of '48. Dear Marilyn, I am submitting my reflections of my high school years. They were to me, some of my best years. Like many of my classmates, I was a paper carrier for the Tribune. I took the job seriously and made the record collection one week. ...

FINDLEY/WOOD Anniversary celebration Friends and family are invited to attend a celebration of anniversaries. Robert and Linda Findley, are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary, and Terry and Susan Wood, are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary...

Vivian Mildred Ralls, age 95, former resident of Uniontown, Kan., died Sunday, May 2, 2010 at Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home. Funeral arrangements for Vivian Ralls will be announced by Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan., 66701.

Max Edsel Leek passed away Dec. 8, 2009, at his home in Pueblo, Colo. Max was born Sept. 12, 1923, near Bronson, Kan., to the union of Ross Leek and Hazel West Leek, who preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife, Yvonne, of Pueblo, Colo.; one brother, Wayne Leek, of Fort Scott; three sisters: Winnie Daly and husband Bob, of Fort Scott; Wanda Giddens and husband Ike, of Tulsa, Okl.a.; Fleeta Antrim and husband Mel, of Fort Scott...

Michael Eugene Jones, age 68, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, May 3, 2010, at the Mercy Health Center. He was born Oct. 27, 1941, in Chicago, Ill., the son of Carlton U. and Athlene M. Christensen Jones. He graduated from the Fort Scott High School, and in 1998 he graduated and from the Fort Scott Community College...

Billy Gene Webster, age 82, resident of 407 W. 23rd Street, Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, May 3, 2010, at Mercy Health Center. He was born Jan. 24, 1928 in Nevada, Mo., the son of William Daniel Webster and Nina Zinc Webster. He married Dorothy Mae Lamb on Oct. 18, 1956, in Fort Scott. She preceded him in death on April 7, 2003...

Jack Arthur McReynolds, age 46, resident of Weir, Kansas, died Friday, April 30, 2010, in Weir. He was born March 5, 1964, in Olathe, Kan., the son of Melvin E. McReynolds and Ida Mayberry McReynolds. Jack was self employed in the construction business...

Harold E. Card, age 95, of Joplin, passed away on Saturday May 1, 2010, at his home with his wife and daughter by his side, following an illness. Harold was born on Sept. 12, 1914 in Pittsburg, Kan., the son of the late John and Mabel Card. He has been a lifetime area resident...

Seven Fort Scott Community College football team members recently received All-Academic Honorsfrom the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference for the 2009 season. Among those named are Fort Scott sophomore kicker Luke Halsey and sophomore offensive lineman Jeff Johnson and Pleasantonsophomore offensive lineman Chris Duggins...

Fort Scott High School senior Charlie Sercer has been selected to participate in the 2010 Shrine Bowl All-Star Cross-Country Race. Sercer is one of only 60 cross-country runners in Kansas to receive the honor of an invitation to the race, which will take place just prior to the Shrine Bowl All-Star Football game at Pittsburg's Carnie Smith Stadium on July 31. ...

The 14th Annual Echoes of the Trail Cowboy Gathering will be held at Fort Scott Community College, 2108 S. Horton St., June 11-13. Cowboys will ride into Fort Scott to sing and play guitar, tell cowboy tales, cook western "grub" at old-time chuck wagons, and sell all sorts of western gear and decorative items...

The Lowell Milken Center has awarded its third annual Milken Fellowship and Milken Internship awards. The recipient of the 2010 Milken Fellowship award is Jennifer Couch, of Georgia, and the 2010 Milken Internship has been awarded to Allyce Torres, of Bloomington, Ill. Lowell Milken Center Director Norm Conard said the two highly-reputable educators arrived in Fort Scott on Monday for about a seven-day stay at the center, 4 S. Main St...

Megan Blair Wyman of Butler, Mo., has been selected as Fort Scott Community College's 2010 Outstanding Sophomore. To be considered for the award, applicants had to meet the following eligibility criteria: they must be sophomores with at least 30 completed hours, have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5, and be a full-time student who is currently seeking a degree...

Property owners at Lake Fort Scott are making progress in relation to concerns on the water level of Lake Fort Scott. Several Lake Fort Scott property owners attended Tuesday's meeting of the Fort Scott City Commission to address their concerns on the water level at the lake as a result of state-mandated improvements to the spillway. Local contractor and property owner Frank Halsey represented the property owners in efforts to find a solution...