Stories from Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Pat and Nicky Burns, and sibling Taylor Burns, of Fulton, are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Jordyn Hazel Burns, at 11:03 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. Jordyn weighed 7 pounds, 6 1/2 ounces at birth...

Mike and Danyell Miles, and siblings Gavin and Benson Miles, Fort Scott, are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Luci Kate Miles, at 7:58 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. Luci weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces at birth...

100 YEARS AGO (1912) Hundreds of people are expected to go to Fulton tomorrow to be present at the fair on the one the big day. There will be exhibits of fine livestock tomorrow, that being the day for the horse show. The floral hall, poultry and other exhibits and the many forms of entertainment were great attractions today and will be tomorrow. ...

September 11, 2001 Editor's Note: This poem was first published on the anniversary of 9/11 last year. Woke up that morning to start the day Got ready as usual, then left on my way Went straight to work to put in my hours Not a thought crossed my mind about Twin Towers...

Carla Deniece Pillion, 42, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Fort Scott Police Department at 5:58 p.m. Sunday on a warrant out of Ford County for failure to appear, obstruction and criminal damage. She posted a cash bond of $400 and cash surety bond of $2,500 and was released the same day...

Continuing on with our Labor Day weekend at Susie and Mike's cottage, people continued to arrive, and by the time we headed for bed in the bedroom I slept in was Doris, me, my great-grandson Tyler (3 years old) and his sister Olivia, who is 7. I woke up during the night hearing Tyler wanting his dad. ...

Tornadoes, flooding, ice storms and more. In Kansas, if it's not one thing it's another. What we call a disaster can take many forms. It could be individual, as in a fire to one's home, or local, as in a tornado that hits a community. It could also be regional, such as a flood that follows the trail of a river, or even statewide, such as an ice storm that knocks out power to a large percentage of residents. ...

Kansas State University's Department of Animal Sciences and Industry hosted the fourth Kansas 4-H Livestock Sweepstakes event Aug. 25-26 at Weber Hall. Participants from the Southwind Extension District were Riley Angleton, Hayden Cole, Caitlin Dreher, Reagan Dillow, Hannah Fry, Drew George, Chase Gleason, Colton Heffern, Gus Hopkins, and Trent Johnson, representing seven 4-H Clubs in the three counties...

John Francis Sheehy, age 52, a resident of Fort Scott, died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, at his home. He was born Feb. 11, 1960, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of John Joseph Sheehy and Patricia A. Wilkins Sheehy. He had worked in construction. Survivors include his mother, Pat Burrous, of Fulton, Kan.; two brothers, William A. ...

The Bronson O.E.S. Culture Club met Sept. 4 at the home of Julia Ann Rhoton with seven members present. Roll call was "Which Olympics did you like best." The president, Julia Ann's thought was "no pain, no gain." It was reported that longtime friend a relative to some and a former resident of Bronson is now living at the Moran Manor in Moran. His name is Louis Pool...

The weekly Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce Coffee will be held at 8 a.m. Thursday at the State Farm Insurance office of Kale Nelson, 1118 S. Clark. A ribbon cutting will follow to celebrate the opening of the new State Farm location. Members can make an announcement about their business, organization or a community event by donating $1 toward "Dollars for Dolly."...

Registered nurse Alice Helton, a certified diabetes educator, will be the guest speaker at the Diabetes Support Group at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, in McAuley Room A&B at Mercy Hospital, 401 Woodland Hills Blvd. The public is invited and individuals with diabetes or caregivers are encouraged to attend...

Starting Tuesday, the city of Fort Scott will be picking up tree limbs and brush from the recent storm. Tree limbs should be placed at the curb by the street and should not block any fire hydrants or traffic signs. Pickup will begin starting at 7 a.m. Tuesday and continue until finished. Workers will start on the south side of the city, a news release said...

Friday afternoon's storms proved a business boon for some and caused losses for others. Many residents left town for part of the weekend to wait until power was restored. Kenna Clements, manager and owner of Emery's Truck Plaza in Deerfield, Mo., said the gas station had an "extreme amount of business" Friday and Saturday after thousands were left without electricity due to strong winds and heavy rains that knocked down more than 45 transmission poles in Bourbon County...

Without electricity, Fort Scottians of all stripes were making do and trying to clean up from Friday afternoon's thunderstorm. Stores were handling everything with cash, checks and hand-written ledgers on Saturday. Norman Nation, manager of Heidrick's True Value, said its biggest selling items were flashlights, generators and batteries...

On the heels of a new contract for USD 234 teachers, the school board approved a 2 percent raise for administrators and certain staff members during the first meeting of the 2012-2013 academic year on Monday night. Superintendent Diane Gross pointed out that administrators do not have the same opportunity for step increases that teachers do...

Up to 80 mph straight-line winds and heavy rains tested the resolve of Fort Scott residents on Friday. On Monday, county officials gave residents and city and county crews good grades for their actions in the aftermath of a storm that left thousands without power, took part of the roof off a dormitory at Fort Scott Community College and left residents scrambling to find fuel for their generators...

BUFFALO -- Uniontown settled for a split in Three Rivers League play here Thursday night, beating host Altoona-Midway while falling to Oswego. The Eagles (1-1 TRL, 6-3 overall) beat Altoona-Midway, 25-11, 25-14. Oswego defeated Uniontown, 25-23, 9-25, 25-21...

Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team won a pair of matches in Oklahoma over the weekend, improving to 11-1 on the season. The 'Hounds defeated Northeastern Oklahoma A&M at Miami in five sets, 25-20, 26-24, 16-25, 18-25, 15-8. They went to Shawnee, Okla., on Saturday and beat the St. Gregory's University junior varsity in a best-of-three match, 25-20, 25-20...

Due to the need to file the story for Saturday's edition from a place that had electricity, the Tribune wasn't able to access its records following Fort Scott High School's 35-32 double-overtime victory over Columbus. This meant that we couldn't present you with some facts about that game that we would have normally tucked into a notes section at the end of the summary...

Melvin Jason Erikson, 33, Fort Scott, was arrested at 11:14 a.m. Monday by the Bourbon County District Court on a Bourbon County warrant for domestic battery and is still being held at this time. Terry Ray Pruitt, 50, Fort Scott, was arrested at 2:32 p.m. Monday by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on a Bourbon County warrant for indirect contempt and was released at 3:23 p.m. Monday on a $1,000 bond...

SEDAN -- Uniontown rolled to a 56-26 non-league victory here Friday night as the Eagles opened their season a week late after Altoona-Midway decided to cancel its varsity football season. Sedan led 26-20 at the half but Uniontown outscored the Devils 32-0 in the second half. It was the Eagles' first victory in eight-man football...

EL DORADO --Second-ranked Butler scored 53 unanswered points -- 36 of them in the game's final 16 minutes -- and rolled to a 60-14 victory over Fort Scott Community College at BG Products Veteran's Sports Complex Saturday night. Fort Scott (1-1 Jayhawk Conference, 1-2 overall) led 14-7 before Butler (2-0, 3-0) started the scoring barrage with a 66-yard touchdown pass from Billy Cosh to Javess Blue with 3:55 left in the first quarter...