Stories from Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Fort Scott High School's junior varsity softball team is 2-2 after its first four games of the season, all played on the road. The Tigers swept Labette County at Altamont March 30 by 14-3 scores in each game. Tanner Wunderly had 3 hits for Fort Scott in the first game while Jessica Milburn and Kyenne Wade each had 2. Milburn, Wade and Emily Bowman had 3 hits apiece in the second game...

Fort Scott High's junior varsity golf team attended its first meet of the season at Girard Thursday, finishing in sixth place out of nine teams. Individually, Anthony Sercer finished 17th with a score of 54 over nine holes. Dakota Singmaster was 20th with a 58, Tanner Johnson 23rd with a 58 and Jacob Thomas 27th with a 59...

First, the bad news. Fort Scott Community College's baseball team managed just a split with Coffeyville at Lions Field in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play Saturday night and remains in last place in the division. The good news is that the Greyhounds are just four games out of the final playoff spot and control their own destiny with 12 games left on the conference schedule...

100 YEARS AGO (1912) This evening, the members of the Fort Scott High School Alumni Association will meet at the school to complete plans for the banquet for the graduating class of the school. There are some definite plans in mind which will be explained for their approval. It is the idea of some of the members to have Profressor J.B. Stoksberry as the speaker. If they can persuade him to come, there will be more alumnae present than can be successfully taken care of...

This has been one long week of not much of importance happening. We have passed several bills out of the Senate and sent them on the way to the House. We did pass out of the Senate a bill establishing the joint committee on KanCare Oversight. As you probably know, KanCare will be the managed care program for Medicaid. ...

To the Editor: Certain major media outlets have vilified Lean Finely Textured Beef over the past several weeks. This inaccurate publicity is a disservice to consumers and the beef industry. Lean Finely Textured Beef, inappropriately referred to as pink slime by sensationalistic reporters, is a healthy, safe source of lean protein previously added to most 90 percent lean and above ground beef. ...

As our tour of Jerusalem continued, so did our history lessons. As the first of the many disasters which overwhelmed the holy places, in 614 A.D. the Persian Army, having conquered Jerusalem, sacked and demolished the churches and bore away the Cross itself into Persia...

Taking the first step in anything is hard (like dieting and exercise), and it certainly holds true when it comes to financial health. We hear about the doom and gloom reports of the economy, stock markets and bailouts. Is it time to turn off your TV and replace all the doom and gloom with some bloom and boom?...

Hope Chapel Assembly of God will have a Community Gospel Singing at 6:30 p.m., April 15. If you know anyone who sings and would like to sing at this special service, you may invite them (gospel music only). Ask that they contact Pastor Raymond Yates at Hope Chapel Assembly of God. The phone number is (620) 939-4828...

Betty Allene Crowther, age 89, of Burlington, Kan., passed away Saturday April 7, 2012, at the Coffey County Hospital in Burlington, Kansas. She was born on Dec. 22, 1922, at Richards, Mo., the daughter of Roy B. and Leona L. Hamby Johnson. Betty was a graduate of Hume High School. She married William Earl King on Oct. 23, 1942. To the union three children were born. He preceded her in death on Jan. 7, 1979...

Calvin Benjamin Funk, 88, resident of Guest Home Estates, Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, April 8, 2012, at the Guest Home Estates. He was born Feb. 21, 1924, in Linn County, Kan., the son of William T. Funk Sr. and Nellie Gertrude Brand Funk. He graduated from Parker High School in 1942. ...

Dennis Hewett was born Sept. 17, 1947 to Clifford and Lucille Hewett in Girard, Kan. He passed away peacefully on April 5, 2012, at the age of 64. Dennis was a plasma physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in Livermore, Calif. He previously held positions at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Massachusetts Institute of Technology before moving to Livermore in 1984...

Catherine Louise Nickl, 83, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, April 7, 2012, at her home. She was born July 22, 1928, in Eldorado, Kan., the daughter of Charles Frederick Demo Sr. and Hattie Bell Crossland Demo. She married Wayne Nickl on Aug. 13, 1945, in Eldorado, Kan. Catherine had worked in the nursing profession for several years; she had worked in nursing homes and also provided in-home care...

Donnie Young passed away April 5, 2012. Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at Schneider Funeral Home La Cygne Chapel. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to service time at the Schneider Funeral Home La Cygne Chapel. A private family burial will be in the Oak Lawn Cemetery in La Cygne, Kan...

SERYOZHA RICHARD GILBERT Anya Grace Sackett and Kevin L. Gilbert, Fort Scott, Kan., and siblings Darius, Dante and Amanda are pleased to announce the birth of their brother and son Seryozha Richard Gilbert on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at 10 p.m. at Mercy, Fort Scott. Seryozha weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces...

Drew and Janet Crisler, Council Grove, Kan., and sibling Keri Grace Crisler are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter and sister Bryn Lee Crisler on Saturday, March 31, 2012, at 5:46 p.m. at Topeka Birthing Center. Bryn weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces...

Tara and Joseph Kerr, Atchison, Kan., and sisters Catherine and Margaret Mary, brothers Patrick, Joseph Jr., Anthony and Nicholas are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Elizabeth Anne Kerr. Elizabeth was born at 9:22 a.m. March 5, 2012, at Stormont-Vail Healthcare in Topeka. She weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces at birth...

Heather Burns and Jacob Pulliam, Fort Scott, are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Harley Joshua Lee Pearson, at 8:10 a.m. April 6, 2012. Harley weighed 8 pounds, 7.5 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Patricia Enslow, Fort Scott, and Robert Burns, Woodward, Okla...

Zeffrey Tyler Doolittle, 18, Bronson, was arrested by the Fort Scott Police Department at 1:50 p.m. Thursday on a warrant for theft. He is still being held at this time with no bond. Joshua Michael Leighty, 22, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office at 11:18 a.m. Thursday for a Bourbon County warrant for obstructing the legal process and theft. He is still being held at this time with no bond...

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce will have its weekly coffee at The Grind Coffee House, 1900 S. Main at 8 a.m. Thursday. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will follow. Members can make an announcement about their business, organization or community event by donating $1 toward "Dollars for Dolly."...

Elmer H. Reed, age 63, resident of rural Fort Scott, died Sunday, April 8, 2012, at his home. Funeral arrangements for Elmer Reed will be announced by Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

Gene E. Simpson, age 72, of Flemington, Mo., formerly of Shawnee, Kan., passed away April 5, 2012, at his home. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at Evergreen Cemetery, debit, Mo., with Rev. Lanny Lybarger officiating under the direction of Hathaway-Peterman Funeral Home, Wheatland, Mo...

Dr. Selina Gierer, an allergist and immunologist at the University of Kansas Medical Center, was not the immunologist who diagnosed Debra Griffin with Common Variable Immune Deficiency. A story in the April 6 Tribune may have implied that Gierer diagnosed Griffin after watching an episode of "House," a Fox TV drama...

Members of the Fort Scott Rotary Club gathered Friday for a photo around the newest additions to the James B. Tedesco Memorial Skatepark. In 2009, the club received a District Simplified Grant for four six-foot black metal benches and four 32-gallon trash cans, including dome tops, liners and surface mounting posts...

USD 234 physical education teachers will host the fourth annual "Family, Fit and Fun" event at the Fort Scott High School track on Thursday evening. The event is open to all families in the district and is free of charge. Grant funds from the Kansas Department of Education's Team Nutrition, Blue Cross/Blue Shield Healthy Habits for Life Grant and the Coordinated School Health made the event possible...

The Scottish Rite of Fort Scott will conduct its 226th Reunion on Saturday, April 14. This is a time when Scottish Rite Masons bring new members into the organization. When a person becomes a Mason, they can choose to achieve a greater degree of proficiency in the craft and the Scottish Rite is the next step, a news release said...

Bourbon County Democrats are gearing up for the 2012 Presidential Preference Caucuses, set for Saturday, April 14. Registration begins at 1 p.m. and caucus meetings start promptly at 2 p.m. Bourbon County Democrats who are registered in Senate District 13 will caucus at Memorial Auditorium, Fifth and Pine in Pittsburg...

Sentencing for a 17-year-old suspect in a stabbing death last year has been rescheduled for next month. William Goodbody, who pleaded guilty in January to second-degree murder, was originally set to be sentenced Monday, but that has been rescheduled to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 2, according to the Bourbon County District Court Clerk's office...

The rain stopped Saturday afternoon just in time for the grand opening of Fort Scott's newest asset. City officials, members of the Fort Scott Skatepark Committee, community members, skatepark supporters, and of course, several skaters turned out for the grand opening of the James B. Tedesco Memorial Skatepark located parallel to U.S. Highway 69 between the Third and Sixth Street catwalks. The project had been in the works for nearly four years...

To stay in compliance with the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, USD 234 school board members approved an increase to the price of school lunches in the district for the second year in a row at Monday night's regular meeting. Business Manager Tiffany Forester said the 5-cent increase for the 2012-2013 school year is needed to stay within the recommendations of the act. An increase of 10 cents occurred during the 2011-2012 school year...