Stories from Friday, February 24, 2012

Lucille M. Johnston, 92, of Liberal, Mo., died at 10:50 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada, Mo. Mrs. Johnston was born Feb. 19, 1920, at Oskaloosa, Mo., the daughter of John T. and Velta M. Apperson Wirt. Lucille was a homemaker who also had worked at Sunset Manor in Frontenac and Western Insurance in Fort Scott. She was raised in Oskaloosa, Mo., and graduated from Mindenmines High School. She had lived in the Oskaloosa area most of her life...

The January meeting of the Pawnee 4-H Club was held on Jan. 10, at 6 p.m. at the 4-H building in Fort Scott Kansas. The meeting was called to order by President Michaela Webb. Twenty-four members were in attendance. Secretary Katie Brown read the monthly minutes from December, and the minutes were approved as read...

Kristyn and Matthew Milburn, Prescott, and sibling Lane Milburn are pleased to announce the birth of their son and brother Gage Matthew Milburn on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, at 8:28 a.m. at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kan. Gage weighed 10 pounds, 1 ounce...

Darrius Donnell Boyd, 19, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Fort Scott Police Department at 10:35 p.m. Wednesday for domestic battery. He is still being held at this time.

It's early in the morning, dark outside, and I sit here in the quiet of my living room, noticing -- really noticing --our fireplace shelves. Autographed baseballs. Bats. Books. Pictures. Trophies. Each with a special memory of its own. But this morning my thoughts are not about the accomplishments behind each prize. ...

Hope Chapel at Moran will be hosting a special service of encouragement with brother George Lambert Sunday Feb. 26, at 6:30 p.m. All are invited to come. He was born legally blind, hearing impaired and with a severe facial and mouth deformity, the effects of the poison that also left him with deformed limbs and stunted growth before he was even born...

The title of this column suggests that something has been burned to the ground, and it is correct. However, one would be mistaken in thinking that the destruction occurred in Missouri. It did not; it occurred in Kansas in September and October of 1861 when Confederate "guerrillas" or "bushwackers," if one is of the Northern "persuasion," attacked and sacked Humboldt, Kan...

The title of this column suggests that something has been burned to the ground, and it is correct. However, one would be mistaken in thinking that the destruction occurred in Missouri. It did not; it occurred in Kansas in September and October of 1861 when Confederate "guerrillas" or "bushwackers," if one is of the Northern "persuasion," attacked and sacked Humboldt, Kan...

Anyone interested in the history, care and maintenance of the Maple Grove Cemetery is invited to a community meeting at 7 p.m. Friday, March 2 at the Hammond Community Center. Following a brief business meeting, historian Fred Campbell will share the history of the Maple Grove Cemetery. Questions and light refreshments will follow...

The chambers of commerce in Fort Scott and Nevada will once more have a joint business after-hours event. This one is set for 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m. Thursday, March 8, at the Historic Carnegie Building, 225 W. Austin Blvd., Nevada. It will be hosted by Hoffman Financial Resources...

The Fort Scott Community College Cheer and Dance teams are hosting a tryout clinic to help aspiring cheerleaders and dancers with their junior high and high school tryouts. The clinic is Sunday, Feb. 26, at Arnold Arena. It is designed for sixth-12th graders that want to learn the basic skills needed for tryouts, as well as valuable tips...

Uniontown Junior High School student Ben George is the winner of the 2012 Bourbon County Spelling Bee and has qualified to compete at the Sunflower Spelling Bee in Great Bend in March 17. Fort Scott Christian Heights School hosted the spelling bee on Feb. 17. Open to students in fourth through eighth grade, 13 youngsters from Christian Heights and USD 235 in Uniontown participated in the event...

The Fort Scott Community Garden will soon be entering its second year of providing healthy food options to local residents. Located at the corner of Ninth and Horton streets, the garden offers Bourbon County residents easier access to fruit and vegetables. Jody Brillhart, chairwoman of the Visioning a Healthier Bourbon County committee, said the garden will soon open for the spring gardening season and is free and open for use by the community...

The newly opened Mercy Cancer Care Unit of Hope received an unexpected visit on Thursday from a face familiar to hospital staff and physicians -- Sister Mary Concetta Cardinale. Her visit to Fort Scott was unscheduled, due to the death of her sister, who lived in Wichita. She made the journey from her new home at Catherine's Residence in St. Louis to attend the funeral service, accompanied by Sr. Jeremey Buchman...

Labette County's boys made it their kind of game at the FSHS gymnasium Thursday night, robbing Fort Scott High of momentum and cranking out a 60-55 victory that denied the Tigers a share of the Southeast Kansas League championship. Parsons and Independence won their games Thursday night and finished as SEK co-champions. ...

If you ask Katren Rienbolt how she managed to make the game-winning shot with six-tenths of a second on the clock in the second overtime of Thursday night's 54-53 victory over Labette County, she might not be able to tell you. "It was overwhelming," Rienbolt said. "I can't really remember what happened. It was just so ... amazing."...

For those of who don't know, city leaders officially proclaimed Feb. 22 "Boone Cosens Day" in Fort Scott. Owner of Boone's Barbershop Ralph "Boone" Cosens turned "80 years young," as he describes it, on Wednesday and city leaders decided to honor him with the proclamation...