Stories from Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Sandra Lee "Sandy" Key, 66, of Hume, Mo., died Thursday, May 5, 2011, at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. She was born July 30, 1944, in Boicourt, Kan., the daughter of Lloyd and Evelyn Shonk Graham. She was a graduate of Pleasanton High School. She married Randall Key on Aug. 10, 1984, at the Hume Christian Church...

Glenn Dennis Woodward, age 67, a former resident of Bronson and more recently of Topeka, Kan., died Saturday, May 7, 2011, at the Countryside Health Care Center in Topeka. He was born Feb. 14, 1944, in Newton, Kan., the son of Benjamin Franklin Woodward and Susie Koehn Woodward...

Joseph C. "Joe" Karleskint, 82, of Parsons, Kan., died at 12:22 p.m., Saturday, May 7, 2011, at Labette Health. He was born Dec. 6, 1928, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Joseph and Mary Lily (Hickman) Karleskint. He grew up and attended school in Fort Scott where he was a graduate of Fort Scott High School and attended Fort Scott Community College...

Kevin Patrick Galvin, 53, a resident of 1019 S. National, Fort Scott, died Monday, May 9, 2011, at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Mo. Service arrangements will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.

Marvin Leroy Hall, 84, resident of Redfield, Kan., died Monday, May 9, 2011, at the Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. Services will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.

Larry Joseph Smith, 69, former resident of Fort Scott, died Monday, May 9, 2011, at St. John's Hospital in Tulsa, Okla. Funeral arrangements for Larry Smith will be announced by Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.

Hubert Wayne Sawyer Jr., 47, 902 E. Wall, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on May 6 at 8:56 a.m. on a Linn County warrant/probation violation and is still being held. Clinton Ray Hazen, 24, 2556 Limestone, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on May 7 at 8:21 p.m. for aggravated domestic battery and is still being held...

Kathleen and Daniel Kerr and sisters Nora and Fiona, Fort Scott, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother Gerald Francis Kerr II. Gerald Francis was born on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, at 8:05 p.m. at Mount Carmel Medical Center, Pittsburg, Kan. He weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Jones, Euless, Texas. Paternal grandparents are Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Kerr, Fort Scott...

It is time to bring you up to date on our deciding to sell our beloved Ironquill. There is at least another road to travel before that last one. We have been thinking about selling for the last few years but just could not do it when it came right down to it. But, we finally had no choice...

The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans encourage us to eat more fruits and vegetables. But frequently the comment is heard that healthy foods are too expensive to afford. The latest statistics from the Economic Research Service in 2008 showed food prices increased over 6 percent. With the strain of current economic conditions, it is hard for many families to put food on the table. But buying less nutritious foods won't help the situation...

After 25 years of service to Fort Scott Community College instructor, Kevin Swope will celebrate his retirement at a reception from 2 p.m.-4 p.m. Thursday, May 12, in the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center. Family, friends and FSCC employees are expected to attend...

Navy Seaman James T. Zeigler, brother of Andrea J. Richardson of Mound City, was recently promoted to his current rank upon graduation from recruit training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. Zeigler received the early promotion for outstanding performance during all phases of the training cycle. ...

Changes planned for Pittsburg State University's 108th spring commencement exercises are just one more reflection of the ways PSU has grown and developed over the years, university officials said this week. Nearly 1,200 students are eligible to receive undergraduate or graduate degrees in ceremonies planned for May 13 and 14...

100 YEARS AGO (1911) Editor Tribune-Monitor: The University of Kansas increases faster than any other school in the middle west and if the school is allowed enough money to support it, it will continue to increase as it has before. Fifteen years ago, what was there on the hill to show that this was a college town? There was an old North College, the mother building of our school; Fraser Hall, which has now almost past its ways of usefulness. ...

To the Editor: Thank you. As parents we all know that sending our children to a new school can be traumatic, usually more so for the parent than the child. Those of us sending a child with disabilities to a new school are especially sensitive to the stress that situation can induce. When our family moved to Fort Scott, my son was beginning middle school. Just the thought of "middle school" brought on anxiety for my husband and I, without even factoring in the special circumstances of our son!...

The chairwoman of the Kansas Senate's budget committee has introduced a measure that would halt a legislative per diem an subsistence pay after Thursday, May 12 -- the 90th day of the legislative session. Sen. Bob Marshall, R-Fort Scott, said the bill filed by Sen. Carolyn McGinn, R-Sedwick, is a "grandstand move" because the law does not allow for it. "I like Carolyn McGinn. She's doing a good job. It's more of a grandstand move because the law says you can't do that," Marshall said...

Legendary football coach Bill Snyder shared some wisdom and advice with 200-300 people Monday evening at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center at Fort Scott Community College. Snyder, head football coach at Kansas State University, talked about achieving success, leadership and mentorin and took questions from audience members and was available to sign autographs. Snyder said he has used much of the content of his speech when addressing his players...

It took until 1:30 a.m. Friday to get a fire at 524 S. Osbun under control, Fort Scott Fire Chief Paul Ballou said. The blaze was called in a little after 6 p.m. Thursday and heavily damaged the home of Joe Hart and his family. Ballou said the upper floor of the west part of the residence suffered significant damage, as did the roof, part of which collapsed. Firefighters believe the fire started in the attic area where a lot of household items were stored...

Ideas on promoting tourism and economic development in Fort Scott and Bourbon County will be presented by students of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Kansas Wednesday in Lawrence. The students, enrolled in Strategic Communication Campaigns, have been engaged in a semester-long ma`rketing communications planning project on behalf of the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce. ...

Progress was made Monday in a 1998 murder case as local authorities arrested a rural Bourbon County resident. According to a press release issued by the Fort Scott Police Department, Larry Joe Gier Jr., 41, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder for his alleged involvement in the death of 48-year-old Fort Scott resident Gregory O. Hines...

CHANUTE -- Fort Scott's boys track team finished in second place at the Thad Clements Invitational here Friday. The Tigers finished 8 points behind champion Chanute as they won 17 events. Fort Scott's girls finished in sixth place with 11 medals and 51 points, one behind Labette County. Pittsburg ran away with the team title with 143 points while runner-up Chanute scored 115...

The Southeast Kansas League baseball race has been turned on its ear in the past six days. Thursday, Columbus came to Fort Scott as the league leader but was swept by the Tigers. Saturday, Columbus went to Pittsburg, which had taken over the lead when the Titans were swept, and took both games from the Purple Dragons...

Someone posing as part of The Fort Scott Tribune's billing department has been reported by an advertising customer. Darrell Winter, a Tribune advertising customer, contacted the newspaper Monday after receiving a phone call from someone claiming to be a representative from The Fort Scott Tribune's billing department. He said the call came on his cell phone from a restricted phone number and the woman on the other end had an accent that was not native to Fort Scott...