Stories from Thursday, December 8, 2011

MOUND CITY -- Jayhawk-Linn's teams swept Pleasanton on the opening night of the round-robin Linn County Tournament here Tuesday night. Jayhawk-Linn's boys took a 53-46 victory. Austin Coleman led the Jayhawks (1-0) with 20 points while Jake Rowe added 10. Preston Coffman led Pleasanton (0-1) with 19 points...

HUMBOLDT -- Hope Jurgensen scored 28 points and grabbed 12 rebounds Tuesday night as Uniontown's girls defeated Humboldt, 52-37, in the first round of a round-robin tournament here. Lauren Rockhold stepped up to fill in for injured guard Hayden Rathbun and helped the Eagle cause by dishing 9 assists and picking up 4 steals...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Former Fort Scott Community College linebacker LaVonte David was named to the American Football Coaches All-American First Team Monday. David, who played at FSCC in 2008 and 2009, is a senior linebacker at the University of Nebraska...

100 YEARS AGO (1911) Well, well, here is a new wrinkle -- one that certainly ought to make a hit with the Tribune-Monitor readers. After giving away cans of pork and beans, soups, macaroni and spaghetti, and other of the delicious Yours Truly line of foods, now Yours Truly is going to give away dimes -- dimes to every reader who will watch the Tribune-Monitor closely for the coming week and learn the simple conditions on which the dimes are given away...

Last week, the Secretary of SRS (Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services) reported, "state auditors trying to weed out food stamp fraud believe more than 7,000 people in Kansas may be getting benefits to which they aren't entitled and costing as much as $22 million a year ..."...

Very few business ventures involve the same sort of risks regularly confronted by our farmers and ranchers. When planting a crop, needed tillage is completed and seed is spread out carefully throughout the field being placed entirely in a non-recoverable position, as is the fertilizer, weed control herbicide, etc...

Are you searching for a gift for the gardener in the family? If you know little to nothing about plants, buying a gift for a gardener can be a daunting task. But in actuality, it really couldn't be easier. Most gardeners have one or two items that they would love to have, but probably never splurge and buy for themselves...

Benny Ray "Ben" Hardman, age 63, of Bronson, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, at his home in Bronson. He was born Dec. 8, 1947, at Hastings, Neb. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel in Moran. The family will greet friends following the service...

Fort Scott National Cemetery, 900 E. National Ave., will host Wreaths Across America, a holiday wreath-laying ceremony to honor and remember America's veterans at 11 a.m. Saturday. The Civil Air Patrol, veterans service organizations and citizens are coordinating the event to honor veterans of each branch of the military, the Merchant Marine as well as prisoners of war and those still missing in aaction (POW/MIA)...

Mercy Health Center Auxiliary will host a Huge $6 Sale on Thursday, Dec. 15, and Friday, Dec. 16, in the hospital lobby. Hours on Thursday are 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. and Friday from 7 a.m.- 2 p.m., a news release said. The two-day fundraising event will feature more than 1,000 styles of fashion accessories such as jewelry, scarves, seasonal accessories, gadgets, gifts and more...

Fort Scott Community College is scheduled to receive a visit from jolly old Saint Nick this weekend. The college is hosting the annual "Breakfast with Santa" from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the cafeteria, located in the Dick Hedges Administration Building on the FSCC campus, 2108 S. Horton. For $3, children can enjoy a breakfast of pancakes, sausage and eggs, have their picture taken with Santa Claus and receive a gift...

As colder weather heads into the area, the city of Fort Scott Water Department is reminding homeowners to follow tips to prevent frozen water pipes. Although the area has not yet experienced subzero temperatures, Fort Scott Public Utilities Director Richard Cook said people should start preparing now for the mercury to drop and begin taking steps to prevent frozen pipes...

Bob Guilfoyle has followed the same routine almost every morning since February. He wakes at his normal time, dresses, eats breakfast and ventures out to receive yet another chemotherapy treatment. However, on Wednesday, Guilfoyle headed down a different path...

The Bourbon County Courthouse will be closed from 11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12, so employees can attend the annual holiday dinner. The county apologizes for any inconvenience.