Stories from Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Anita Wu King, age 50, of Linn Valley, Kan., died Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010 at Wichita, Kan. Graveside Services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010 in the Curry Cemetery near Mound City, Kan. Visitation will be held from noon until service time Thursday, Nov. 18 at the Coffel--Schneider Funeral Home...

Jean Marie Townsend, age 71, resident of Bronson, Kansas, died Saturday, November 13, at her home. Funeral arrangements for Jean Townsend will be announced by the Cheney Witt Bronson Chapel.

MORRIS -- April Gondoly and Michael Morris, Mound City, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Keaton Michael Morris. Keaton was born at 12:43 p.m., Nov. 11, 2010, at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 1/2 ounces at birth...

WILLIAMS -- Bethany LeeAnn McGehee and Brian Leon Williams, Fort Scott, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Aiden Jay Williams. Aiden was born at 6:28 p.m., Nov. 4, 2010 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces at birth...

Thanksgiving is only days away. For those who will be cooking the turkey, it's time to be making some plans. If the turkey is frozen, there are several ways to thaw it. Thawing on the kitchen counter is not one of them. To thaw in the refrigerator, allow approximately 24 hours for every four to five pounds. ...

This is the last episode of our girls' get together. After breakfast was over we were ready for our shopping trip. We took off in Claudette's van as it seats six. Our first stop was at Greenway Station, a fairly new shopping mall in Middleton, not too far from Susie's house. ...

Even though the Tigers finished in the upper half of the Southeast Kansas League volleyball standings, just two team members from Fort Scott High were honored with a position on the All-Southeast Kansas League volleyball squad. Junior Mallory Shelton was one of three unanimous picks to the First Team. ...

Five members of Fort Scott High School's soccer team were recently given All-Southeast Kansas League honors by a vote of league coaches. Four of the five Tigers were seniors, including First Team picks Max McAllister, Josh Buller and Jordan Karleskint, and Second Team pick Allen Pearson. Sophomore goalkeeper Brett Allen was also honored...

IOLA -- Fort Scott Community College's women stand at 0-5 on the season after an 89-49 loss to Northern Oklahoma-Tonkawa at the Citizens Bank Classic here Saturday afternoon. The Mavericks (5-0) picked up their fourth consecutive victory over a Jayhawk Conference team as they have also beaten Pratt and Cowley this season and also beat host Allen County, 89-50, Friday night...

IOLA -- Fort Scott Community College's men fell to 0-7 on the season with a 65-58 loss to Northern Oklahoma-Tonkawa in the Citizens Bank Classic at Allen County Community College Saturday afternoon. However, the 'Hounds have been playing tough competition in pre-conference games with the goal of getting ready for the rigors of Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play. ...

PITTSBURG -- Uniontown's girls were picked to finish second in the Three Rivers League race behind defending champion St. Paul at the KSEK-FM Basketball Media Day here Monday. Uniontown's boys were picked to tie for fourth place with St. Paul while defending champion Crest was picked to repeat...

PITTSBURG -- Each of Fort Scott High School's basketball teams were picked to finish in fourth place in the Southeast Kansas League at the annual KSEK-FM Basketball Media Day here Monday. Defending champion Labette County was chosen to repeat on the girls' side while Parsons was picked to win the boys' title...

A benefit dinner is scheduled to take place Saturday for a local man who was badly burned in an accident at his home nearly two weeks ago. A chili feed for local resident Paul Studyvin, 34, who was burned in an explosion that occurred while he was trying to ignite the pilot light on a water heater inside his home near Fulton on Nov. 4 is scheduled to take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Elks Lodge, 111 W. 19th St...

Following a request from Fort Scott City Commissioner Jim Adams, Police Chief Ron Puterbaugh told the panel Tuesday what the city gets for its $1,800 quarterly contribution to the Southeast Kansas Drug Task Force. The message of Puterbaugh's presentation was that city's participation in the multi-agency organization provides vital resources to investigating drug-related crimes in the Fort Scott and Southeast Kansas area. ...

Editor's Note: This is part two of a pair of articles profiling Steve Harry and Jerry Witt who have been playing Taps for a variety of military services and funerals for many years. From John F. Kennedy to soldiers from the war in Iraq, Fort Scott resident Jerry Witt has played "Taps" at quite a few services in the last 52 years...

EL DORADO -- No. 1 Butler will face No. 2 Navarro in the Second Annual Citizens Bank Bowl at Pittsburg State University's Carnie Smith Stadium Dec. 5. The game will be for the National Junior College Athletic Association championship, as was the case with last year's game. In that one, No. 2 Blinn defeated No. 1 Fort Scott to win the national crown...

Three Rivers League athletes recently received honors as the All-League 11-Man, Eight-Man and Volleyball teams were revealed. Uniontown saw seven players honored at nine positions on the All-TRL 11-Man Football Team. First Team honorees included senior Tyler Halll at center and defensive end, senior Matt Maloney at offensive tackle, junior Seth Sympson at tight end, senior Ryan Schenker at defensive and and junior Max Labbe at linebacker...