Stories from Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Mable Smith Woody Plum, age 91, a former resident of Fort Scott, died Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010, at the Sunset Manor Nursing Center, Frontenac, Kan. She was born June 7, 1919, the daughter of Robert Emmitt Smith and Anna Myrtle Gemmill Smith at their farm home near Savonburg, Kan...

Halloween is a fun day that kids enjoy, because they get dressed up and get treats. And for many kids, the goal is to get as much Halloween candy as possible for their own private stash. Schools are doing a good job in promoting healthy snacks given as rewards at classroom parties and in vending machines. ...

Here are some more "tidbits and happenings." The other day I was walking through the bathroom door and for what reason I don't know, but I happened to notice that the door knob on one side of the bathroom door was silver and the other side was gold. Funny, but I don't remember Bob saying anything recently about changing a door knob. So, without thinking I hollered to him in the front room, forgetting he was watching the Packers game, how could I be so thoughtless...

Several members of the Fort Scott Community College volleyball team and coaching staff voiced their support for former head volleyball coach Sonya Petroski during the FSCC Board of Trustees meeting on Monday. FSCC Athletic Director J.D. Ettore confirmed in an e-mail to The Fort Scott Tribune last week that Petroski is no longer the head volleyball coach at the college. No other details were given as it is a personnel matter, officials said...

By Jason E. Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune Organizers of the annual Christmas Adopt-A-Child program are looking for a little help. According to a statement from Bob Eckles, the director of The Beacon, a local community assistance agency and food pantry, the program is "appealing to those generous and compassionate families, clubs and groups who have 'adopted' children in the past to step up again this year to help provide gifts for children of families with poverty-level income. ...

By Michael Pommier The Fort Scott Tribune Fort Scott City Commissioners on Tuesday heard a proposal from resident Roger Bailey for a possible $440,000 tennis center. The concept includes a facility located on the northwest corner of the Fort Scott Middle School property with at least six tennis courts, bleachers and restroom facilities...

In 1990, a local woman left her daycare center, which she ran for eight years, and opened a bed and breakfast. Twenty years later, Pat Lyons is still going strong. More affectionately known as Miss Pat, Lyons has been in the bed and breakfast business, owning The Lyons Twin Mansions, for 20 years. She said she has found her niche in an industry where the burnout rate is about four years...