Stories from Wednesday, October 31, 2012

It's hard to say if Louisburg's offensive and defensive lines have the best talent the Fort Scott High School football team has faced this season. But it's easy to see that the Wildcats' lines played the best anyone has against the Tigers (9-1) this season...

Editor's Note: This is part of a series of candidate profiles based on answers to a questionnaire sent out by the Tribune. ----- Democrat Ann Clarkson is running against Republican incumbent Lora Holdridge for Bourbon County Register of Deeds in the Nov. 6 general election...

The Bourbon County Arts Council will host the 11th annual Evening of Artful Reflections at 7 p.m. Nov. 13 in the lobby of City State Bank, 1012 U.S. Highway 69 South. Nancy Swanwick will be the featured artist for the evening, which will feature food, conversation, art, music and spirited bidding on unique items, a news release said...

The Fort Scott debate squad traveled in two directions on Saturday. One group stayed close to home, competing at St. Mary's Colgan while the other headed 2 1/2 hours west to Leon-Bluestem. The Colgan group ended the day with a third-place sweepstakes finish off the strong efforts of novice partners Jentry Cruse/Thomas Nighswonger (4-1, fourth) and Camden Stiles/Trenton Sinn (3-2, seventh)...

The Fort Scott Community College forensics team headed to Metropolitan Community College-Longview in Lee's Summit, Mo., Friday and Saturday to compete in a two-day swing tournament. Led by Kait Doherty, who made finals in Dramatic Interpretation (DI), the squad finished the first day of the swing being recognized as the top junior college. ...

A handful of fishermen at Fern Lake on Tuesday got a little added bonus as a truckload of rainbow trout made its way to Gunn Park in the first stocking of the lake this season. In preparation for trout season, the lake was stocked with 395 pounds of rainbow trout from Crystal Lake Fisheries, Ava, Mo. ...

Editor's Note: This is part of a series of candidate profiles based on answers to a questionnaire sent out by the Tribune. ----- Democrat Evelyn Taylor is vying for the Bourbon County Clerk seat in the Nov. 6 general election. Taylor, who was born in Kansas City, Kan., moved with her family to Pleasanton, where she started sixth grade and graduated from high school in 1978. She currently lives with her husband of 2 1/2 years in Garland...

For Susan Brown, the time was right to make a career change, and she'll be returning to familiar territory. Brown, the current assistant city manager and director of finance for the city of Fort Scott, recently accepted a job as the new business manager and board clerk for USD 234. She will replace Tiffany Forester, who is leaving her post at the end of the semester...