Stories from Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Autumn Leaves Senior Citizens held their July 11 meeting in the new home of David and Carol Bridgewater, a home that many of us remember as the Sheffield School House. All were pleased to see what a fine looking country home they have created. The men grilled the hot dogs that were served with the carry-in food. Corn-on-the-cob was a favorite of many...

John Eric Waldmer, 64, of Mound City, Kan., died Monday, July 18, 2011, at the Kansas City V.A. Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday July 25, at the Coffel-Schneider Funeral Home Mound City, Kan. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. ...

Ina Mae Guilfoyle, 81, a resident of Fort Scott, died Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at her home. Funeral services for Ina Mae Guilfoyle will be announced by the Cheney Witt Memorial Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan.

Jeremy Lee Santmyer, 37, 1418 E. Oak. Fort Scott,, was arrested by the Fort Scott Police Department on July 18 at 8:52 a.m. on two Bourbon County warrants for possession of drugs and is still being held. Shawn Tyree Grant, 47, 1211 S. National, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Fort Scott Police Department on July 18 at 10:25 p.m. on a Bourbon County warrant for non-support of a child and a Crawford County warrant for contempt and is still being held...

Seventeen Hiattville 4-H members met July 6 at the Fort Cinema. Club members and parents enjoyed watching the movie "Cars." A great time was had by all. The next scheduled meeting will be on Aug. 10. We look forward to seeing everyone at the Bourbon County Fair...

Seems the Diet Police are once again running rampant in our nation. It has been said that close to 30 percent of Michigan residents are overweight and thus there is a movement afoot to curtail our eating habits. This obsession about keeping all of us in shape has spread to the entire nation...

The weekly Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce coffee will be held at 8 a.m. Thursday at Skitch's Hauling & Excavating Inc., 507 Brown St. Chamber members can make an announcement about their business, organization or the community by donating a dollar toward "Dollars for Dolly."...

The Fort Scott Airport Advisory Board will meet at noon Thursday, July 28. The meeting will be held at City Hall, 123 S. Main, and is open to the public.

A special meeting of the USD 234 School Board is scheduled for 7 a.m. Thursday at 424 S. Main. The board will meet in executive session to discuss matters relating to employer-employee negotiations whether or not in consultation with the representative or representatives of the body or agency...

The Better Business Bureau is alerting consumers about the ongoing phone call scams to Kansas residents. Consumers are receiving phone calls with the caller ID showing " J. Kingston." The caller requests you go to Western Union to wire a sum of money to them because you have won a large sum of money by using your credit card at national retailers, a news release said. ...

Residents on either side of the Kansas-Missouri border may view the November contest between the University of Kansas and University of Missouri football teams as a border showdown, but there was much more serious conflict by the same name in 1860. Volunteers and staff members at Fort Scott National Historic Site will give visitors a taste of the times during "The Border Showdown of 1860," an evening tour set for 6:30 p.m. ...

A celebration will be held next month sponsored by the Youth Activities Team to benefit the cause of energy efficiency and the closing of the swimming pool. YAT Co-convener Clayton Tatro addressed the Fort Scott City Commission Tuesday evening to request the closure of Eighth Street between Main Street and Scott Avenue, Scott Avenue between Eighth and Ninth streets, State Street between Seventh and Ninth streets (including the Buck Run Community Center parking lot), and Main Street between Tenth and Eleventh streets.. ...

For the fourth consecutive year, a local adult-care facility has received stellar scores on its annual state inspection. Fort Scott Presbyterian Village has achieved zero deficiencies following a recent regulatory survey conducted June 21-22 by the Kansas Department on Aging. The state conducts regulatory surveys each year to ensure cleanliness, safety and quality control for the services provided at retirement communities in Kansas...

Fort Scott's 13-year-old Babe Ruth Baseball team will be in Garden City this weekend seeking a State championship of its own. The team qualified for the State Tournament by taking a best-of-3 series from Osawatomie, 2 games to none. Both games were played July 7 with Fort Scott winning by a combined score of 42-18...

OSWEGO -- Fort Scott's 10-year-olds won the Kansas Cal Ripken Baseball State Tournament held here over the weekend. The 10-year-olds advance to Regional tourney play, which will begin July 27 at Kalona, Iowa. Friday night, Fort Scott defeated Parsons, 6-5, in their first game of the tournament. Kieran Houlihan was Fort Scott's Most Valuable Player while Daniel Eichenberger was given the WOW Award, which goes to a player on each team that made an exceptional play...

Four days of play begin Friday at noon

Fort Scott Community College defensive backs were out in the heat Friday afternoon doing conditioning drills. The Greyhounds open their season at home at 7 p.m. Aug. 25 with Blinn (Texas) College. (Michael Pommier/Tribune)