Stories from Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Our beloved friend and mother, Audrey Huning, passed away Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011. Audrey was born on Jan. 12, 1935, in Barnes, Kan., the third child of Viola Barta Bacon and Claude Bacon. The Bacons lived in a number of different communities during her childhood while her father worked construction. ...

Kyle Francois Martin, 32, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Fort Scott Police Department on Dec. 13 at 4:05 a.m. for two warrants out of Montgomery County and one warrant out of Bourbon County. He is still being held at this time.

Tiffany and Michael Pommier, Nevada, Mo., are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter Natalie Jean Pommier on Monday Dec. 5, 2011, at 12:19 p.m. at Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada, Mo. Natalie weighed 4 pounds, 11 ounces and measured 17.25 inches long...

Ashley Yarnell, Arma, and David LaPiere, Fort Scott, Kan., along with Raegan and Hailee, are pleased to announce the birth of their son and brother Toby David Nemmers Yarnell on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, at 5:38 a.m. at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. Toby weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces...

Mina and Joshua Query, Fort Scott, Kan., are pleased to announce the birth of their son Mason Ryan Query on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, at 4:14 a.m. at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. Mason weighed 7 ponds, 7 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Alisa and Donald Miner Jr...

Hope Chapel Assembly of God, Moran, will sponsor a USDA Commodities Distribution on Dec. 17. Food items will be distributed from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. at the Hope Chapel Assembly of God Blessing Center. This is for low-income households in the Moran area. Some type of identification will be required. There is a limited supply of food items, so distribution is on a first-come, first-served basis...

Tina and Paul VanKirk drove to Kansas City Airport before Thanksgiving to meet her brother Curt Holland. He came to help their dad, Howard Holland, rural Garland, close half the deck and go deer hunting. After two days of working hard and not a deer to be seen, the group, along with grandmother Ruth Holland, went to Nashville for a family Thanksgiving dinner and late night shopping...

100 YEARS AGO (1911) Next Tuesday, Dec. 19, is the day on which the excursion from Fort Scott to Florida, under the auspices of the Iowa & Illinois Land Co., will start from here. Many are planning to go. The trip takes you to Florida and back right in the season of the oranges and tropical fruits, for $40.40. ...

Outlined by Roosevelt about 100 years ago in Osawatomie, "New Nationalism" was a vision of the American dream where the federal government allowed every American an equal chance to succeed through what Roosevelt called the "Square Deal." Roosevelt believed the rules of the game should allow every person willing to put in the work to make a success of himself or herself, without help or hindrance from a special interest or restriction of a socioeconomic class. ...

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its weekly coffee at 8 a.m. Thursday at Bartelsmeyer Jewelry, 1519 S. National Ave.

USD 234 will hold preschool screenings for children up to age 5 on Jan. 6, 2012. Children may have vision, hearing, speech/communication, motor skills, socialization skills and general development screened. The purpose of the screenings is to locate and identify children with possible developmental delays who may need special education preschool and/or related services...

Fort Scott National Historic Site is among the attractions featured in a book penned by a first-time children's author with local ties. Jackie Witherspoon, editor of Southeast Kansas Living magazine, worked with chambers of commerce and offices of tourism in the region to produce the book, "Sparky's Adventures in Southeast Kansas" about a mischievous Jack Russell terrier who decides to explore the world outside his home...

With the new year right around the corner, Mercy Health for Life will offer an official Zumba class starting in January. The teacher is a familiar face -- Fort Scott Community College Director of Public Relations Kathleen Hinrichs. The fitness center has been, and will continue, to offer Move It classes, which are Zumba-like...

A group of heavy lifters will get together for a competition to help raise money for the local Relay for Life. Dylan Marlow, director of security at the Southeast Kansas Regional Correctional Center, has been organizing bench-press competitions for several years, and on Feb. 4, a competition will be held to raise funds for the local cancer support organization...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's girls held St. Paul to one point in the first quarter here Tuesday night as the Eagles throttled the Indians, 44-23, in Three Rivers League play. We talked before the game about how big this particular game was for us," Uniontown head coach Ken Holt said. "None of these girls had ever beat a St Paul team. I guess they took it to heart. They absolutely played our best defensive game of the year."...

Fort Scott High's girls jumped out to a 12-0 lead on their way to claiming their first victory of the season, 49-22 over Anderson County at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night. The Tigers (1-4), playing their first home game, allowed no field goals in the opening stanza and just 8 for the game in keeping the Bulldogs (0-4) winless...

Five Tigers scored in double figures as Fort Scott High's boys made 2/3rds of their field-goal attempts and handed out 24 assists in a 67-45 drubbing of Anderson County at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night. "I think when we played our best was when we let things flow, we saw the open guy and we gave out the extra pass and found guys wide open," Fort Scott head coach Jeff DeLaTorre said...