Stories from Saturday, August 25, 2012

Charles Procyk, 87, a resident of Fort Scott, died Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012, at the Medicalodges of Fort Scott, Kan. He was born Nov. 25, 1924, in Greensburg, Penn., the son of Charles Procyk and Rosaila Jacina Procyk. He married Margaret Hamrock on May 12, 1945, at Youngwood, Penn. ...

Amelia Lucille Russell, 74, of Arma, Kan., passed away Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, at the Arma Care Center in Arma. She was born April 25, 1938, in Burgess, Mo., the daughter of Everett Eugene and Florence Violet (Whetzell) Richards. She married James Lee Russell and he preceded her in death June of 1995...

Dickie E. Hornback, 81, Nevada, died Aug. 23, 2012, at Moore-Few Care Center. Graveside services will be Wednesday, Aug. 29, at 9 a.m., at Moundville Cemetery, Moundville, Mo., under the arrangement of Konantz-Warden Funeral Home

Jerry and Judy (Armstrong) Witt are celebrating their 50th anniversary today. They were married Saturday, Aug. 25, 1962, in the First Christian Church in Fort Scott by the Rev. Jim Grooms. The Witts note that their faith, love, and commitment to each other have brought them many blessings over the past 50 years. ...

Announcement is made of the engagement of Mollie M. Matlock to Nathan L. Chapman. Mollie is the daughter of Linda Matlock-Haner and Tom Haner of Nevada. Nathan is the son of Susan and Keith Chapman of Carthage, Mo. Mollie is a 2011 graduate of Nevada High School, where she was a Show Choir member and yearbook staff photographer. She is currently attending Missouri Southern State University majoring in Criminal Justice. Nathan is a 2010 graduate of Carthage High School...

PARSONS, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's varsity tennis season opened its season here Thursday with a third-place finish at the Parsons Invitational. Independence, Kan., took first place followed by Parsons, Fort Scott, Pittsburg and Coffeyville. "It was a good opening match of the season," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. ...

FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott High School head volleyball coach Carol Bingesser noticed something odd during her team's Red & White Scrimmage in the FSHS gymnasium Friday afternoon. It was really quiet. "It was kind of an awkward situation for us in here tonight," Bingesser said. "It was so hot and it's the first time we've been in front of a crowd. I don't know if they weren't used to the heat, but it seemed like we could hear everybody breathing. We had a hard time getting into it."...

FORT SCOTT -- There's another week before high-school football season begins in Kansas. So Friday night, Bob Campbell's Fort Scott High squad put on the annual Red & White Scrimmage at Frary Field so that the coaching staff could evaluate the players under game-type conditions...