Stories from Thursday, June 14, 2012

After an impressive response at last year's first Mercy Day Run, event organizers are gearing up for another successful event. The 2012 run is slated for Saturday, Sept. 29 beginning at 7 a.m. at Mercy's East parking lot. "Last year, participants were blessed perfect weather and an enthusiastic crowd," said Reta Baker, Mercy Hospital president. ...

Opportunity presents itself periodically in different ways for each of us. Sometimes we have a chance to help out a friend or family member in need. Other times might include an expanded business opportunity or promotion; or a chance to travel or work in an exotic new place; or some other way to impact our own existence, and at the same time, the lives of others...

For most gardeners, annual flowers have probably been planted for several weeks now. As we head into the heat of summer, annual flowers are picking up blooming speed. To keep the blooms going, a nitrogen fertilizer application and removing spent flowers is a must...

Students of Mrs. Jennie Wood -- Codee Budd, Destiny Garcia, Drake Garcia, Jenna Holt, Myranda Pridey and Laree Smith -- performed their piano recital pieces May 21 at the Hammond, Kan., United Methodist Church before an audience of parents, grandparents, other relatives and friends...

Phyllis Riley, 72, resident of 2468 Lucky Road, Fort Scott, died Wednesday, June 13, 2012, at her home. Services will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

Tommy Dean Feagins, 62, resident of 309 Burke, Fort Scott, died Wednesday, June 13, 2012, at his home. Services will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

Melvin Ray Foley, 42, Nevada, Mo., was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office at 2:59 p.m. Tuesday on a Bourbon County warrant for theft of services. He is still being held at this time with no bond.

Sharon and Mike Olivas and Randy Johnson of Fort Scott announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Bridget Elaine Johnson, to Patrick Scott Walker, son of Bill and Terry Walker, of Pittsburg. Grandparents of Bridget are Frances Hall, Pat and Connie Johnson of Redfield and Roger and Linda Bowman of LaCygne...

100 YEARS AGO (1912) Alex Mason, well-known farmer of the north part of the county, was somewhat injured in a run-away that occurred yesterday at Fulton. Fancy shades for your gaslight. Some of the finest ever shown. If you are looking for a particular style or color of shade for hall, dining room, living room, den -- you will have to see these. You will be more than pleased with the collection. Prices to please. -- O. Ingham, 117 S. Main St. (since 1885)...

To the Editor: The city commission and staff would like to acknowledge and thank all those who worked so hard to ensure that fort Scott had a beautiful aquatic center and that it opened on time. Without the help of so many, from the Health and Wellness Team to the contractors to individuals, the Fort Scott Aquatic Center would not have come to fruition. We are proud to serve a community that works together to make things happen...

A breakfast club for Alzheimer's caregivers will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 20, in the Xavier Room at Mercy Hospital. The breakfast offers a chance to talk with people who share similar issues while enjoying a free breakfast. Anyone may attend who serves as a caregiver to an individual with a dementia like Alzheimer's. The breakfast club meets on the third Wednesday of each month...

In conjunction with Relay for Life, a fishing derby is scheduled for 7 p.m.-9 p.m. at the lake at Fort Scott Community College. Cost is $2 per person and there is a three-fish maximum. The fish must be alive. Weigh-in will be at 9 p.m. Cash prizes will be awarded for first and second place for the heaviest stringer. Judges are Kent Hardesty and Ronnie Marsh...

Relive your prom by attending "Prom Through the Decades" hosted by the Fort Scott Elks Lodge. On June 30, along with the Fort Scott Middle School Washington Workshop students, local Elks invite members and their guests to a night of dinner and dancing to music via CDs, records and cassettes...

The Golf Course Advisory Board will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 26, at Woodland Hills Golf Course. The meeting is open to the public.

Several training sessions are coming up for Bourbon County first responders. Training for incident management team members is scheduled for 9 a.m.-5 p.m. June 18 in the Greyhound Room of the administration building at Fort Scott Community College, 2108 S. Horton...

Accomplished educator Susan McNeil is visiting Fort Scott this week to work with and learn from staff at the Lowell Milken Center. McNeil, of Taylor, Neb., was recently awarded the prestigious Lowell Milken Center Fellowship and is learning how to develop projects centered around unsung heroes in history...

George Wallace, who helped found the poetry component of the Woody Guthrie Festival in Okemah, Okla., makes his Kansas debut this summer, which includes an appearance at the Gordon Parks Museum in Fort Scott July 19 to read works by American authors...

As the sun makes its way across the western sky on Friday evening eventually setting, hundreds of volunteers will converge at the Fort Scott Community College walking track to participate in the fight against cancer at the 2012 Bourbon County Relay for Life...