Stories from Thursday, August 26, 2010

DOHERTY -- BJ Doherty and Jennifer Hasenplaugh, Fort Scott, and sisters Emily and Elisha, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Alissa Nichole Doherty. Alissa was born at Mercy Health Center on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010. She weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces at birth...

Mary Ann Barley, 89, of Grapevine, Texas, passed away Aug. 21, 2010. Local arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home, Fort Scott.

Robert Eugene Galvin, age 85, a former Fort Scott pharmacist, died Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010, at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo. Funeral services for Robert Galvin will be announced by the Cheney Witt Memorial Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott...

Kathleen Ballbeck, age 91, former resident of Fort Scott, died Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 at her home in Kansas City, Mo., with her family at her bedside. She was born Sept. 24, 1918, in Emerson, Neb., the daughter of Neil and Catherine Driscoll. She was the third of seven children and proud of her Irish heritage...

Lawrence Ernest Bowles, age 87, a former resident of Deerfield, Mo.; and more recently of Mapleton, Kans.; died Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010, at his home. He was born Oct. 4, 1922, at Deerfield, Mo., the son of Arthur E. Bowles and Almeda Burris Bowles. He married Una E. Wilson on March 20, 1943, at Nevada, Mo. She preceded him in death on April 10, 2010...

The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds producers that the deadline to enroll in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general sign-up is quickly approaching. Farmers and ranchers have until close of business on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, to offer eligible land for CRP's competitive general sign-up. Applications can be completed by land owners at the FSA county office where their farm records are maintained. The 2008 Farm Bill authorized USDA to maintain CRP enrollment up to 32 million acres...

Volunteer wheat serves as a 'green bridge' that allows for disease spread and insect infestation from this years' harvested crop to the wheat planted later in the year. As a result, control of volunteer wheat should be an important part of your management program...

Mercy Health Center President and CEO Reta Baker recently announced that Amy Sachau, M.D., will join the Mercy Physician Group Practice effective Sept. 1. Sachau will provide family medicine services as well as obstetrics at the Fort Scott clinic. "We are excited about having Dr. ...

Fort Scott High School's soccer team outscored a team of alumni players, 9-3, in the Red & White Scrimmage Thursday night at Ellis Park as seniors Josh Buller and Max McAllister and junior Wyatt Hulbert scored three goals each. Brandon King scored twice for the alumni and Chris McAllister had the other goal...

After several weeks of preparation in the extreme summer heat of Kansas, Fort Scott Community College's football team will take the field this Saturday afternoon to open up its 2010 "Next Level" football season, in Brenham, Texas, where they will take on the defending NJCAA national champion Buccaneers of Blinn College...

Local residents will have a chance early next month to participate in a variety of educational programs and celebrate Labor Day at the Fort Scott National Historic Site. Several park rangers and volunteers will use their skills and talents to present a variety of programs throughout Labor Day weekend, Sept. ...

During Thursday's annual scrimmage of the Fort Scott High School soccer team, one teammate was not able to attend: No. 30, Aaron Cowlishaw. Cowlishaw was severely injured in a car accident on Aug. 20, which left him clinging to his life at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Mo...