Stories from Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Mae Watt was pleased to be able to attend a Sunday singing service by a choir from Cherry Grove Baptist Church where she was greeted by two of her longtime friends, Perry Dobbins and Doylene Shoemaker. Charity and Sam Jackson along with Daniel and Grace of Deerfield, Mo., were Aug. 28 Sunday dinner guests in the home of Larry and Vickie Shead, rural Garland. Others present were Mark, Haley, Katy and Benjamin Shead of Fort Scott...

Fourteen members of the Fort Scott Garden Club enjoyed eating at Chicken Annie's and later went to the home of Moreen Smith for their meeting. President Pam Korneek opened the meeting with roll call which was answered by members naming their favorite flower. Pam had a quiz question.. The person giving the correct answer won a gift. The meeting closed with members repeating the club benediction. The hostess served ice cream and cake...

Shane and Debbie Wakefield and Todd and Wendy (Wakefield) Diskin and families are hosting a reception on Sept. 3 for their parents David and Peggy (Clayton) Wakefield in honor of their 45th wedding anniversary. Family and friends are invited to enjoy cake and ice cream at 7 p.m. at the Linn County Fairgrounds. Casual dress. It is requested that there be no gifts...

Daniel Robinson Jr., 51, 123 Barbee, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Fort Scott Police Department on Aug. 26 at 7:30 a.m. on a warrant for delivery/manufacture of a simulated controlled substance and no drug tax stamp and is still being held. Kelly Reann McHenry, 23, 580 200th St., Fort Scott, was arrested by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation on Aug. 26 at 4:22 p.m. on a warrant for delivery/manufacturing of a simulated controlled substance and theft and is still being held...

Julia A. and Keith D. Brown, Fort Scott, along with sibling Lillian Raychelle, are pleased to announce the birth of their son and brother Alexander Benjamin Brown on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, at 10:16 a.m. at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. Alexander weighed 6 pounds, 4 ounces...

Jaymie and Patrick Murphy, Walnut, Kan., along with siblings McKenzie, Kelly and Ryan, are pleased to announce the birth of their son and brother Lane Joseph Murphy on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, at 9:58 a.m. at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. Lane weighed 6 pounds, 1.5 ounces...

Nicole and Pete Hall, Fort Scott, along with siblings Jax, Charles, Suzan and Anthony, are pleased to announce the birth of their son and brother George Mickey Wayne Hall on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, at 1:21 p.m. at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. George weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces...

Courtney Clayton and Vincent Woods, Fort Scott, along with siblings Kassen and Riley, are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter and sister Karsyn Irene Woods on Saturday, Aug 27, 2011, at 1:03 p.m. at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. Karsyn weighed 7 pounds...

Freda Lavern Toepfer, 87, resident of Fort Scott, died Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, at Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott. She was born Nov. 26, 1923, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of George Reno and Grace Koontz Reno. Freda first married Jay Fry on Nov. 21, 1943, at Fort Scott. He preceded her in death on Dec. 20, 1974. She later married Earnest Toepfer June 12, 1983, at Hiattville, Kan...

100 YEARS AGO (1911) E.A. Shaver, government weather observer, has filed his monthly report showing August with 5.7 inches of rainfall, which makes the total for the months of July and August 10.86. It was given out today at the Missouri Pacific shops that the working hours for all departments, after tomorrow, will be eight hours instead of nine as has been the condition for some time past. It is also stated that a number of men will be taken from the payroll and that the number may be large...

Area residents interested in establishing their own business are encouraged to attend a free two-hour "How to Start Your Own Business" workshop from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 22. The session will be held in the Greyhound Room of the administration building at Fort Scott Community College, 2108 S. Horton...

The city of Fort Scott offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 5 in observance of the Labor Day holiday. Offices will re-open Tuesday, Sept. 6. The city's tree and brush dump site, located on North Hill, will also be closed on Saturday, Sept. 3 for the Labor Day holiday. It will be open again from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6...

The Bourbon County Courthouse and Transfer Station will be closed Monday, Sept. 5 in observance of Labor Day. In addition, the transfer station will be closed Saturday, Sept. 3 for the holiday. Both will re-open on Tuesday, Sept. 6 for regular business...

For yet another year, the Southeast Kansas Health Department and Fort Scott First United Methodist Church are teaming up for the annual drive-thru flu shot clinic. This year's event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14, at the First United Methodist Church, 301 S. ...

Dr. Sheahon Zenger, the new athletic director at the University of Kansas, will be the guest speaker at a joint meeting of the Fort Scott Kiwanis Club, the Pioneer Kiwanis Club, and the Rotary Club on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the Fort Scott Community College campus, 2108 S. Horton...

The Fort Scott Modern Woodmen of America Chapter recently donated $1,000 to the Christmas Basket Program, which provides turkeys and trimmings to make holiday meal baskets that are distributed to needy area residents. Byron and Nancy Maze recently organized a fundraiser, "Cheeseburger in Paradise," at their home to raise money for the annual program, put on by the Fort Scott Elks Lodge. Combined with the Modern Woodmen donation, a total of $2,200 was raised...

Ruth Campbell/Tribune The city on Friday honored one of its longtime employees with a reception at City Hall. Russ Hughes (right) has worked for the city of Fort Scott for 33 years, mainly at the water treatment plant and Gunn Park. Originally from Ottawa, Hughes came to Fort Scott on a football scholarship to Fort Scott Community College, but wound up wrestling. ...

The Bourbon County Attorney's Office filed drug charges Tuesday against 15 people, a news release said. The arrests, announced Aug. 26, were the result of an ongoing joint investigation by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Bourbon County Sheriff's Office and the Fort Scott Police Department, the release said...

Concerned citizens of Bourbon County are getting closer to what they were asking for when they flooded the Aug. 26 Bourbon County Commission meeting with concerns and allegations about Bourbon County Treasurer Susan Quick. During that meeting, citizens accused Quick of manipulating the interest on delinquent taxes, not making the county's delinquent tax payment plan accessible to everyone, and leaving some individual's properties off the tax sale for personal reasons. ...

A 12-inch steel water main near Fort Scott Industrial Park on U.S. 69 sprang a 2 inch hole Saturday, causing a 30-foot geyser of water to shoot up into the air. City Manager Dave Martin said it took about four hours to repair the main. The dry ground the area has been experiencing lately has caused quite a few leaks, he said. "We were on top of it. We fixed it and clamped it down," Martin said. (Austin Rogers/Submitted Photo)...

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team got a second-place finish from its No. 1 doubles team in a quadrangular here Monday. Fort Scott entered one team and an extra player to fill out one pool while Pittsburg fielded three teams...

Fort Scott High School cross-country coach Tracey Bogina has just six athletes this season. The three boys are all returning runners. The girls are all new. Bogina says that though she would like more runners, she can give each one individual attention, an extension of the way she handles things in the classroom...