Stories from Friday, March 25, 2011

Katelyn Torres has been awarded an Alumni Legacy License Plate Scholarship from Pittsburg State University. A Fort Scott High School senior, she will be an incoming PSU freshman. She is the daughter of Sheryl Torres of Fort Scott.

In the April of 1862, a battalion of the 2nd Ohio (Buckeyes) Cavalry Regiment conducted an expedition into the enemy state of Missouri from Fort Scott. If there is an after -action report of this expedition, it has not been discovered yet. However, the following account of this mission was published in the April 26,1862 edition of the "Western Volunteer" newspaper in Fort Scott...

Several years ago I visited a church where the pastor challenged the congregation to break into groups and answer this challenge: "Prove God." Oh, yippee! I thought. While we're at it, why don't we have a relay race so I can be the last one chosen? Cliques formed quickly, no one chose me, and my middle school days reared their ugly heads once again...

REDFIELD -- The Marmaton Community Church will be opening its doors to the community Sunday for an open house celebrating the completion of their new building. Pastor Jeff Feagins said the church will be hosting the event from 1-3 p.m. Sunday at the recently completed digs, located at 102 Cedar. He added refreshments will be available and prizes will be given away during the event...

A group of volunteers in Fort Scott is striving to make a difference in the community, and is asking for additional help from volunteers for an upcoming local project. The project will take place on Join Hands Day, which is Saturday, May 7, a national day of service sponsored by Modern Woodmen of American and other fraternal benefit societies. The project will involve planting of flowers for a retirement village. It will take place from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at Presbyterian Village, 2401 S. Horton...

As the April 5 general election draws near, Fort Scott City Commission candidates are providing insight into their views about the panel. There are four candidates for three open seats. Cindy Bartelsmeyer, Gary Bukowski, Tom Gorman and Jean Parker will face off in next month's election. The top two vote-getters will each receive four-year terms and the third-place finisher will garner a two-year term. Bukowski is currently serving a four-year term and Parker is serving a two-year term...

Using a mixture of gasoline and diesel fuel, U.S. Fish and Wildlife and National Park Service wildland personnel torched off a controlled burn Thursday evening at Fort Scott National Historic Site. The objective of the blaze was to eliminate a buildup of hazardous fuels, control invasion of woody and exotic species and promote the growth of native prairie plants on five acres of restored tallgrass prairie. Fort Scott Fire Department members were on hand for assistance as well...

Thomas Onil Greenway, age 55, resident of Uniontown, Kan., died early Thursday morning, March 24, at his home. He was born May 4, 1955, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Dwan William Greenway and Barbara Apodaca Greenway. He married Crystal Knoblich on May 19, 1990, in Fort Scott...

Velda Viola Fultz, age 91, a resident of Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, March 14, 2011, at Guest Home Estates. She was born June 22, 1919, in Bourbon County, Kan., the daughter of Alfred Steward and Gaynell Pellett Steward. She first married Elmer Richardson who preceded her in death...

Lenora M. Hood age 81, a resident of Fort Scott, died Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at the Mercy Health Center. She was born Sept. 18, 1929, at Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Charles A. Lightwine and Elena May Hazlett Lightwine. Lenora married Edward Lee Hood on Aug. 31, 1946, at Fort Scott, Kan...

100 YEARS AGO (1911) Mrs. Sam Berner went up to the Berner cabin recently and found that a squirrel had built a nest in the cabin and that four young squirrels, not quite large enough to jump around for themselves, were in the nest. The cabin has been closed for some time and the squirrel had taken advantage of the absence of the owners. They were not disturbed. The Berner cabin is north of the city above Parker's on Mill Creek...

To the Editor: About the golf course the taxpayers purchased, I think we need a golf course. I am not a golfer, but I am a taxpayer and it is the tax money that bought most of it so why did we not get to vote on it? And if the swimming pool is turned down again, will City Hall just go ahead and say, well we need it and put it on us? I know we need a pool, but it should be up to the people, not City Hall. ...

No matter how motivated a person is, a little encouragement or a little boost is always helpful. All too often when people try to lose weight they end up getting discouraged because of a bad week or their progress is not going as well as expected. One of the ways that I have found to keep a positive attitude is to celebrate my successes...