Stories from Friday, March 4, 2011

Two tax seminars will be held in Pittsburg on Thursday, March 24 at Pittsburg State University, 1501 S Joplin, Shirk Hall, BTI Conference Room, Pittsburg. A "Contractors' Tax Workshop" will begin with sign-in at 1:45 p.m. The program begins at 2 p.m. and concludes at 4:30 p.m. The workshop is devoted to sales tax issues for contractors, subcontractors and repairmen. It will address sales tax on materials and labor, Project Exemption Certificates, sales tax returns, billing and related issues...

Mayor Richard Hedges recently signed a proclamation recognizing March as American Red Cross Month in Fort Scott, a tradition dating back to 1943, when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the first such declaration. Throughout the month of March, more than 700 Red Cross chapters and blood regions nationwide will celebrate with special events, training and fundraisers that give the public a chance to learn more about the agency and ways they can get involved, a news release said...

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce will host a legislative update at 11 a.m. Saturday. The event will be held at the Danny and Willa Family Fine Arts Center on the campus of Fort Scott Community College. State Sen. Bob Marshall and Rep. Caryn Tyson will be on hand to give an update the public on legislative happenings in Topeka, as well as listen to feedback from area constituents...

Six music students at Fort Scott High School performed with the All-State Music Ensembles last Saturday at the Century II Concert Hall in Wichita. Students who performed were choir members Addison Brown, Delynn Drake, Nick Allen, Ackland Milton and Jeff Durbin, and band member Chase Rooks...

Nick Thompson may only be a college freshman, but he's already making his mark in the music realm. Thompson, a freshman from Mound City and member of the Fort Scott Community College Greyhound Band, was chosen to perform in the Kansas Intercollegiate Band at the state Kansas Music Educators Association Convention last week in Wichita...

Candidates for the Fort Scott City Commission were given a crash course in budget in preparation for the upcoming forum. Fort Scott City Manager Dave Martin and Fort Scott Assistant City Manager Susan Brown hosted a meeting at City Hall this week in which all four candidates running for the three open seats on the commission were given an update on the city's budget and what goes into its planning...

Longview (Mo.) took advantage of several Fort Scott Community College miscues and turned two double plays in the late innings to take a 5-3 win over the Greyhounds at Lions Field here Thursday afternoon. The teams were tied 2-2 after one inning but the Lakers scored single runs in the second, fifth and sixth innings while taking advantage of Greyhound errors...

When my two brothers and I were young we always knew school was getting close because our mother would take us downtown to buy new shoes, a dress pair and a school pair (not hand-me-downs but the real thing). My fifth grade year I talked my mom into letting me get a pair of black patten-leather shoes with French heels. ...

PAOLA -- Ottawa sophomore Semi Ojeleye, the younger brother of Kansas State junior Victor Ojeleye, scored 22 of his game-high 29 points in the second half here Thursday night as the Cyclones (19-3) ended Fort Scott High's season with a 66-36 decision in the semifinals of the Paola Class 4A Sub-State Basketball Tournament...

During the Civil War, Supply Trains often encountered abandoned or occupied farms as they passed through a given area and it often did not matter what the loyalty of the farmers and their families was. Anything of use was normally taken by the passing "Union" or Confederate soldiers. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1911) On Friday, March 3, Miss Lena Rinehart closed a very successful term of school at Jubilee, District No. 65. And to show their appreciation and respect, patrons and friends assembled at the noon hour with the usual eatables. After enjoying the wholesome repast, the gentlemen repaired to the grounds engaging in a snowball battle with the boy students, successfully defeating them and causing them to evacuate. ...

To the Editor: As a current Fort Scott business owner, I feel that I need to defend myself and our 25 employees that live and work in Fort Scott from statements Mr. Jim Scott made in a recent Letter to the Editor. With all due respect to Mr. Scott, I want to set the record straight...

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