Stories from Tuesday, November 2, 2010

On Saturday evening before Halloween, 13 people attended the special party in Christian Church Bungalow for an evening of food, fun and fellowship. They included Josie Bryant, Colby Caruthers, Cheyenne Melon, Stephanie and Andy Lechliter and Kadines, their new little neighbor who lives next door, near the church. The adults were their parents or teachers or pastor including Brandy Melon, Patty Peterson, Willa and Charles Cable, Steve and Edie Lechliter...

We know that the best sources of dietary fiber and vitamins are fresh fruits and vegetables and whole grains. Yet these are foods that frequently come up short in our diets. Processed, fortified, packaged "junk" foods seem to scream for our attention. Food marketers tweak the truth in many ways to get our food dollars. Be aware of three major ways, described below...

_ The 2010 Kansas 4-H Fall State Shooting Sports Match was held at the Capital City Gun Club in Topeka on Saturday, Oct. 2. Two members of the Bourbon County 4-H Sharp Shooters, Katie Brown and Jacob Pemberton, both from Fort Scott, attended the match...

Kristopher Paul Dieudonne, 33, 519 Heylman, Fort Scott, was arrested on Oct. 27 at 1:13 p.m. by Fort Scott Police Department for domestic battery, battery, criminal damage to property, obstructing legal process and criminal threat and is still being held at this time...

Beulah Edith Bryant, age 101, a former resident of Fort Scott, and more recently of White House, Tenn., died Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, at her home in Tennessee. She was born Aug. 25, 1909, in Fulton, Kan., the daughter of James Henry Richard White and Phoebe Louella Dorsey...

Charlotte M. Beard, age 82, a former resident of Fort Scott and Pittsburg, Kan., died Friday, Oct. 29, 2010, at the Eastwood Manor in Commerce, Okla. She was born Dec. 23, 1927, at Mt. Vernon, Mo., the daughter of Charles S. Steinman and Bertha M. Martin Steinman...

STEVENSON -- Kori-Ann Mae Widder and Michael A. Stevenson, Fort Scott, and brother Michael A. Stevenson II, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Kacin Drew Stevenson. Kacin was born at noon, Oct. 28, 2010 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott...

Numbers show Tigers with best offense and defense in SEK last three weeks

NEVADA -- Fort Scott Community College's women's basketball team begins its season tonight when Crowder College comes to town for a 5:30 p.m. game at Arnold Arena. This will be their first chance to see how well they can transfer the lessons they've been learning from practice in scrimmages to game competition...

HIGHLAND -- Both teams knew their season would end after Fort Scott Community College took on Highland in Jayhawk Conference play Saturday afternoon at Kessinger Field. But the Greyhounds played like a team that didn't want it end and went on to roll Highland, 47-9, to finish the season with back-to-back victories...

Paola's running game and quickness on defense were the leading factors as the visiting Panthers defeated Fort Scott High, 34-14, in a Class 4A Bi-District Playoff Game at Frary Field Tuesday night. The Panthers rushed for 411 yards -- their only pass attempt was a spike to kill the clock late in the second quarter -- while the Tigers had trouble running the ball consistently on the tough Paola defense...