Stories from Friday, October 14, 2011

100 YEARS AGO (1911) T.J. Beatty has bought one of the new model Cadillac motor cars from the Fort Scott Grain & Implement Co. It is electric lighted and self-starting and one of the handsomest cars ever seen here. Jack Corby, of Pleasanton, last night contracted for one of the same cars from this company...

It's no secret that I personally have been struggling with my weight for quite some time, even when I was younger I was still a pretty big kid. Being fat and overweight is something that I have somewhat grown accustomed to. I've gotten used to the fact that I can't find a pair of jeans that fit at Walmart, I've learned that the Big & Tall section is just that, not Big or Tall like I need. ...

The Fort Scott High School Physics Club will be gathering food items for The Beacon Monday, Oct. 17, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. If residents would like to contribute but not be bothered, they can leave food items in a sack on the front porch and leave the porch light on. The club thanks the community in advance for its support...

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce will have a coffee at 8 a.m. Friday, Oct. 14, at Shepherd Team Auto Plaza Special at which the 2012 Toyota Camry will be revealed. Refreshments and door prizes will be offered.

A free educational program about the importance of vitamin D will be offered at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at Cavalry Crossing apartments community room, 201 W. 23rd Street. Presenter will be Nancy Schuster, Kansas State University Extension Family and Consumer Sciences agent in Anderson County. ...

Mercy Health Center and the Bourbon County Sheriff's Department are partnering with the Drug Enforcement Administration for the second National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 29. More than 4,700 sites nationwide have joined the effort that seeks to prevent pill abuse and theft. The free event will be held in Fort Scott from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parking lot of Mercy Urgent Care at 1624 S. National Ave...

The Kansas Board of Regents has announced five higher education institutions -- Barton Community College, Bethel College, Fort Scott Community College, Johnson County Community College and Pittsburg State University -- will begin offering electronic transcripts (eTranscripts), as part of a statewide initiative...

Four area golfers were recognized with Honorable Mention status on the All-SE-KAN Golf Team recently. All-SE-KAN gives honors to players on southeast Kansas golf teams, all of which do not have league honors because there are not enough schools fielding teams in each one -- the Southeast Kansas, Three Rivers, Pioneer, Tri-Valley or CNC -- to have all-league teams...

Senior Don Savage tied Fort Scott High School's single-season goal-scoring mark in the Tigers' 7-1 rout of Coffeyville in Southeast Kansas League play at Ellis Park Thursday evening. Savage scored two goals to tie the record of 23 goals. David Goff added three goals for the Tigers and Wyatt Hulbert put in two more...

Fort Scott High School's volleyball team split in its final home triangular of the season, falling to Chanute but beating Iola in Southeast Kansas League play at the FSHS gymnasium Thursday night. Chanute and Fort Scott came into the night hoping for a chance to tie or even finish ahead of Pittsburg for the SEK title should the Purple Dragons slip in their triangular at Parsons. ...

The Kansas Attorney General's Office is expected to hear the results of the recent audit of the Bourbon County Treasurer's Office next week. Terry Sercer, of Diehl Banwart Bolton CPAs, is expected to present his findings on the audit requested by the Bourbon County Commission in early September. Bourbon County Commission Chairman J.W. "Jingles" Endicott said Sercer will be meeting with the Kansas Attorney General's Office on Monday to review his audit...

Preliminary plans for an extensive project to improve National Avenue in 2013 were unveiled during a public meeting Thursday at Fort Scott City Hall. Bruce Remsberg, of Professional Engineering Consultants P.A., in Pittsburg, and other representatives of the firm, as well as some city officials, were on hand to present and discuss blueprints for a project that will involve removal and replacement of curb and gutter and the addition of storm sewer pipes and inlets and installation of a 12-inch water main on National from Sixth to 13th Street.. ...