Stories from Tuesday, September 18, 2012

HOLTON -- Lois Elizabeth Marshall, 98, of Holton, Kan., formerly of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Sept. 15, 2012, at Medicalodges Jackson County. She was born July 27, 1914, in Moran, Kan., the daughter of Floyd and Nellie (Caldwell) McCormack. Lois graduated from Mildred High School in 1932; she received her bachelor's degree from the University of Kansas in 1936 with a Phi Beta Kappa Honor and her master's degree from Pittsburg State University in 1938. ...

CLAY CENTER -- Mary F. Dudney, 87, died Sept. 16, 2012, at Medicalodges, Clay Center, Kan. She was born Jan. 28, 1925, in Arcadia, Kan., the daughter of Nicodemus and Elda (Clark) Davenport. Mary worked at the T-Bird Inn in Chapman, Lakeview Restaurant in Wakefield, Sunflower Cafe in Clay Center and for nursing homes in the Clay Center area retiring in 1985. ...

Terry Wayne Page, age 58, former resident of Bourbon County, more recently of Las Vegas, Nevada, died Thursday September 6, 2012 at the Southern Hills Hospital in Las Vegas. He was born May 6, 1954, in Bourbon County, the son of George Joseph Page and Virginia Adeline Boyles Page. Terry made his living as a slot machine repairman. He was retired from the United States Air Force...

Randie Lauren Schlichting, 25, Fort Scott, was arrested at 4:07 p.m. Thursday by a bondsman on a Bourbon County warrant for domestic battery and is still being held at this time. Jeffrey Rey Jones, 44, Fort Scott, was arrested at 8:58 p.m. Sunday by the Fort Scott Police Department for domestic battery and is still being held at this time...

Erica L. Kramer, a Pittsburg State University senior, has received the Margaret Woods Scholarship and Joseph Anderson Berkey Scholarship. Erica is the wife of Brett Kramer. She plans to major in nursing. Her parents are Tom and Cindy Davis.

Joan Morrison, age 83, of Moran, Kan., formerly of Uniontown, Kan., passed away Sept. 16, 2012, at her home. She was born April 11, 1929, at Kansas City, Kan., the only child of Earl Geraud and Angie Mae (Hunziker) Schone. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Sept. ...

Edna Givens Cheatham, 92, of Tulsa, Okla., died Saturday morning, Sept. 15, 2012, at St. John's Hospital in Tulsa. She was formerly of Fort Scott, and is the mother of Aileen Pollock. Funeral arrangements for Edna Cheatham are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home...

Alice Estelle Flanner, 94, of Fort Scott, died at Mercy Hospital Monday morning, Sept. 17, 2012. Funeral arrangements for Alice Flanner are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Former USD 234 Superintendent Rick Werling was presented with the Individual Kansas Health Champion award at the State Fair last week in Hutchinson. At left is Gov. Sam Brownback and Dr. Robert Moser, secretary of Kansas Department of Health and Environment, is on the right. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1912) Street Echoes: Last night a vagrant was picked up by the police and taken to the calaboose. While he was waiting in the station he was searched for dangerous weapons or instruments with which to escape. Not much was found. He had scrawled the following verse on a dirty piece of paper, evidently written while on a train:...

To the Editor: Wednesday evening when attending the ribbon cutting for the new Fort Scott McDonald's, I was very touched with the cermeony that Mark and Mo planned for this ceremony, starting with prayer, followed by the raising of the flag by veterans and a trumpet solo of our National Anthem as the flag was lifted and started flying over this new building. ...

This is finally the last chapter in our Labor Day saga. After Tamara had an empty hole in her ear, she said she must go into Rapids and get a new earring for it. She took off with Kaitlynn, Lauren and Olivia to do some shopping. That left Doris, Susie, Tyler and me. ...

In today's world of "reduce, reuse, recycle," consumers are looking for ways to save on waste. But when it comes to storing or transporting food for meals, reusing bags could create a food safety problem. Plastic storage bags are intended to be used once, and then thrown away. ...

CHERRYVALE -- Fort Scott High junior Katren Rienbolt finished in second place in the girls' varsity race of Parsons' Calvin Priest Cross-Country Invitational at Big Hill Lake near here Thursday. Labette County's Michaela Ozier won the four-kilometer race in 15:14.93 with Rienbolt coming in at 15:21.01...

COLONY -- Crest quarterback Kyle Hammond had his team ahead 30-0 on two touchdown runs and three TD passes before the Eagles got on the board in a Three Rivers League contest here Friday night. The Lancers (2-1 TRL and overall) went on to a 58-24 victory over the Eagles (0-1, 1-1)...

PITTSBURG -- The Fort Scott High School volleyball team finished fourth at the Pittsburg Tournament here Saturday, winning two of five matches. Both of Fort Scott's wins came in pool play. The Tigers (6-11) defeated Labette County, 25-18, 31-29, as Ericah Shoemaker had 7 kills and Jillian Lattimer had 5. Maddie Allen handed out 9 assists and Meredith Hill dished 6. Paige Denton was credited with 16 digs...

Fort Scott's soccer team overcame a sluggish first half in which they allowed an own goal to take a 2-1 "golden goal" victory over Spring Hill Monday at Ellis Park. "Golden goal" is the soccer equivalent of sudden-death overtime. Roger Rodriguez scored from about 25 yards on a free kick three minutes into the extra session to give the Tigers the victory...

Fort Scott Community College overcame Coffeyville's 21-point second-half rally with a two-touchdown rally of its own to force overtime in Jayhawk Conference play Saturday afternoon at muddy Frary Field. But The visiting Red Ravens scored on the third play of its possession in the second overtime to escape with a 34-28 victory...

United Way of Bourbon County will start its 2012-2013 campaign will with the annual Kick-off Breakfast set for 7:30 a.m. Thursday at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the Fort Scott Community College campus, 2108 S. Horton. The event is free and open to the public...

The Golf Course Advisory Board will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 25, at 1:30 p.m. at the Woodland Hills Golf Course. The meeting is open to the public.

More than two centuries ago, 55 delegates signed an important historical document that formed the basis for the U.S. government. On Monday -- the 225th anniversary of the adoption of the U.S. Constitution -- Fort Scott National Historic Site hosted a brown bag lunch and presentation by Ranger Barak Geertsen about this new form of government, which replaced the Articles of Confederation...

Fort Scott Community College's Board of Trustees got a little clearer picture of damage to the FSCC campus during its monthly Board of Trustees meeting on Monday night. Karla Farmer, dean of finance and operations, said preliminary estimates show the college suffered more than $50,000 in damage from the severe thunderstorm that packed winds in excess of 80 mph on the afternoon of Sept. 7...

Bourbon County commissioners put their pens to paper during their regular Monday meeting, signing several documents for ongoing or completed projects. Commissioners visited with Kansas Department of Transportation engineer Darrin Petrowsky, who updated the panel on ongoing projects and brought a letter for officials to sign designating Eagle Road as an interchange for the U.S. Highway 69 project...