Stories from Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Ralph Shead called his mother on Sunday morning to say he and Cindy were in Lawton, Okla., where he was to be guest speaker that morning in the Christian Church while the Pastor was on a mission trip with several of his congregation. Ralph was reminded that during World War II, his dad, Paul Shead was stationed in Fort Sill, Okla., nearby Lawton while training in the Field Artillary...

Mother's Day dinner second time around, yep, we decided to give it another 'go'. Finally we got the right Sunday, so again hooked up with Sharon and Leroy, and we were on our way, for the second time, to the dinner in Arpin. We got there about noon, we were hungry as bears, walked into the dining room, and it was full. ...

Tony W. Fleeman, age 51, resident of 502 S. Broadway, Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, June 11, 2010, at the Barton County Memorial Hospital Emergency Room following an apparent heart attack while working in Nevada, Mo. He was born June 27, 1958, in Fort Scott, the son of John T. Fleeman and Dorothy Faye Coulter Fleeman...

Gerald E. "Jack" Walrod, age 89, of Prescott, Kan., passed away June 11, 2010 at the Country View Nursing Home in Prescott. He was born Jan. 18, 1921 in Prescott, Kan., the son of James D. and Cora Nelle Hopkins Walrod. He graduated from Prescott High School...

Mary Madeline Talbot, 85, of Olathe, Kan., passed away Sunday, June 13, 2010 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Mrs. Talbot was born Oct. 7, 1924, in Fort Scott, KS and had lived in the Kansas City area since 1952. Madeline was a file clerk for J.C. Penney for 10 years retiring in 1987...

Clark "Red" Holt, age 75, resident of Canon City, Colo., died June 7, 2010, at his home following a lengthy illness. He was born on Oct. 4, 1934, the son of Robert Rivers Holt and Doris Agnes Moore Holt. Red had 11 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren. He will be dearly missed...

Carl Richard Worthington, age 84, resident of Presbyterian Village, Fort Scott, died Friday, June 11, 2010, at Mercy Health Center. He was born Nov. 23, 1925 in Xenia, Kasn., the son of Lester Coy Worthington and Zula Walker Worthington. He was a 1942 graduate of Moran High School...

Agriculture Future of America (AFA), Kansas City, Mo., and UMB Bank, Fort Scott, announced the recipient of an AFA scholarship. Bethany Ericson, a senior at Uniontown High School, is the recipient of a $3,200 scholarship to attend a college/university of her choice. The scholarship provides for Bethany to attend the AFA Leaders Conference, an annual event that provides personal and professional training to college students as they prepare for careers in agriculture...

Karsen Brown, daughter of Dean and Susan Brown, both former graduates of Fort Scott High School: Dean, Class of 82, and Susan, Class of 81, competed at the National 2009 Western Roundup Horse Classic, held in Denver, Colo., in January 2010. Karsen is the granddaughter of Ron and Hazel Brown, and Gareth and Betty Reed, all of Fort Scott, Kan...

Dr. Rajendra Aldis graduated from Dartmouth Medical School on June 12. The son of Dr. William Aldis and the nephew of Dr. John Aldis, who both grew up in Fort Scott, and the grandson of Dr. Henry Aldis and grand-nephew of Dr. William Aldis and Dr. John Aldis, who all practiced medicine in Fort Scott for many years, "Rajen" is a third-generation "Dr. Aldis."...

100 YEARS AGO (1910) J. Hamlin has perhaps the finest piece of rye crop that was ever raised in Bourbon County on his place just west of town on the Second Street road and it is the third crop grown upon the same piece of soil within one year. The first crop was oats, which were early for hay. The second crop was corn peas. They were harvested and the ground sown to rye last fall...

While thoughts of summer often lead to playing in the pool or riding a bike, unintentional firearm injuries to children occur most frequently during the summer months and the months of November and December, according to the Safe Kids Kansas organization...

The USD 234 Board of Education conducted its regular meeting on Monday, June 7. Jana Shaver, R-Independence, a retired school teacher who is running for reelection to the Kansas State Board of Education, gave a brief presentation and answered questions from board members. Shaver represents District 9, which covers 14 total counties and six partial counties in Southeast Kansas...

While many college students are enjoying their summer break, it doesn't mean Pitt State's professors aren't staying busy. This summer for the fourth consecutive year, the university is taking part in the Kansas City-based Kauffman Scholars program, welcoming middle school students from the KC metro area to campus to learn more about college life...

As the wheat turns golden and the harvest season begins, it's an important time for drivers to exercise extra caution and patience when operating a motor vehicle around farm trucks, tractors, and combines. Every year the Kansas Highway Patrol and local law enforcement agencies investigate numerous crashes between passenger vehicles and farm vehicles, many of which could have been prevented...

In the battle to end breast cancer, awareness and funding are critical - and everyone can help. That's the concept behind Plant It Pink, the newest grassroots campaign of the American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network. ACS CAN will host a kick-off event for the Plant It Pink campaign on Wednesday, June 16, at 11 a.m. at the Clock Tower in Gage Center at Huntoon and Gage in Topeka. Pink cookies and pink lemonade will be served, and Plant It Pink tulips will be available for order...

TOPEKA -- A Kansas Powerball ticket sold in the Saturday drawing is worth $100,000. The winning ticket matched four of the first five numbers and the Powerball. The player who purchased the ticket also paid an extra dollar per play for the Power Play option, multiplying the prize by ten in a special 10X promotion that started last month...

Cowboys, and cars, and good neighbors ... oh my! There was a lot of activity in Fort Scott and Bourbon County over the weekend ranging from home improvement to golfing, dancing, and cowboys. "I'm amazing whenever anyone says there is nothing to do in Fort Scott," Good Neighbor Action Team Co-convener Clayton Tatro said...

University Development at Pittsburg State has added a new member to its team. Becky May has joined the development staff as Director of Donor Relations, a position formerly held by Jolene Selvey, who retired this spring. In her new role, May is responsible for the university's donor-centered stewardship program, which acknowledges, recognizes, and communicates to donors the impact of their investment...

To better prepare Kansas students for their future and strengthen the economy, Governor Mark Parkinson has established the Kansas Commission on Graduation and Dropout Prevention and Recovery. "In today's ever-changing economy, one thing that remains constant is the benefit of possessing a high school diploma," Parkinson said. ...

With only a couple of days left in its 2010 campaign, the Bourbon County Relay for Life organization is closing in on its goal of raising $40,000 for the American Cancer Society. "We're about $15,000 shy of that right now," Angela Carpenter, co-chairwoman for the local chapter, said. "We still have some fundraisers going on that will hopefully let us meet our goal."...

A group of local students who are competing this week at the National History Day event in College Park, Md., have accomplished something quite rare. Nine students who competed Tuesday will take four projects to the National History Day finals on Wednesday and will be ranked among the top 14 National History Day projects in the United States, Lowell Milken Center Director Norm Conard said during a telephone interview with The Tribune on Tuesday...

After an underwhelming turnout at the polls, the 1-percent countywide sales tax renewal passed. Of the nearly 10,000 registered voters in Bourbon County, only 962 made it to the polls Tuesday. According to Bourbon County Clerk Joanne Long, the tax renewal passed, unofficially, by a vote of 717 to 245. Long said that the low turnout is proof that every vote counts...

Effective August 27, Joe Turner will no longer be the city manager for the City of Fort Scott. After coming out of an executive session at the end of Tuesday's meeting of the Fort Scott City Commission, it was announced that the commission had accepted Turner's resignation, as Commissioner Sam Mason said, "with reluctance."...