Stories from Friday, December 28, 2012

Fort Scott Public Library will have a used book sale Jan. 5-12 in the Children's Storyroom of the library. Hardback books will be 50 cents, and paperbacks 25 cents. Anything else in the sale is $1. Starting Thursday, Jan. 10, people may select a bag or box of books for $1. The library uses the proceeds from this fundraiser to purchase new materials. The sale will be conducted during the library's regular hours and shut down 15 minutes before closing each day...

Anticipating revenue cuts to school boards and community colleges across statewide and the special challenges those reductions might present, this spring's general elections might receive a little more attention than in the past. Three positions are at stake in 2013 spring school board elections at both USD 234 Fort Scott and USD 235 Uniontown and three seats will also come up on Fort Scott Community College's six-member Board of Trustees...

A small crowd at Thursday morning's Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce Coffee got a glimpse of the involvement of a local church in the community. Attendees of the brief event gathered in the basement of First United Methodist Church for refreshments and to socialize, while also viewing a slide show of church happenings over the past year and hearing more details about certain church activities from Pastor Rev. Ken Van...

The top 10 stories of the year about to pass included an area-wide power outage, personnel moves within a local school district, vehicle accidents and the case of a local man facing charges of murder and arson. The stories, other than letters to the editor, obituaries and follow-up articles, are chosen according to the number of hits the articles received on the newspaper's web page...

Three Fort Scott Tribune stories that ranked of six through 10 in 2012 involve the loss of area residents in tragic automobile accidents. Stories that fell six through 10, along with the date the most viewed story ran and total pageviews, follow:...

We at The Fort Scott Tribune have a lot to be thankful for this year and every year -- and a big part of that is you, our readers and advertisers. In a season of giving thanks and closing out the old year and welcoming the new, it shouldn't be unusual for us to say we appreciate you...

100 YEARS AGO (1912) A Clean Sweep after our holiday rush. We find a few odds and ends which we will close out at bargain prices! Did you overlook anyone? Then this is the opportunity to make amends. We will make it worth your while to call. We invoice first of the year with prices to suit you! -- Crane & Son jewelers and optometrists, 9 N. Main St. With Crane's Optical Parlor, you can have your eyes tested and glasses fitted...

The title of this column may seem a bit odd because a courier and a surgeon definitely were two different functions during the Civil War. However, during the first year of the war in the summer of 1861, things were very confusing and disorganized for both the "Blue and the Gray," especially here in Kansas and Missouri. ...

This poem was forwarded to me this past week. Written by Steve Throne, the assistant principal at Sergeant Bluff-Luton High School, I pray it is a reminder of the Light that will shine brightly for us all in 2013. 'Twas 11 days before Christmas, around 9:38...

The Fort Scott Writers Group was formed in early 1989 by founding members Mary Shepherd and Lloyd Townsend. Through the years all of the original members have left us, either for health reasons, moving out of the area, becoming too busy to participate or passing on to a higher place...

"We knew we had a talented bunch coming in." That was the assessment of Coach Chad Hays as he surveyed his eighth-grade boys' basketball team. And the group hasn't disappointed, rolling off eight victories in 11 outings thus far this season. Three opponents -- Pleasanton, Marmaton Valley and Northeast -- have fallen twice to the Eagles...

State Farm is honoring Fort Scott High School as one of 452 schools across the U.S. and Canada that were key supporters of the Celebrate My Drive initiative in September. Fort Scott High School will be presented with their $2,500 grant at halftime of the Fort Scott/Chanute High School boys basketball game on Tuesday, Jan. 8, at Fort Scott High School...

The Kansas State High School Activities Association has released post-season assignments for winter sports and none of the area schools will have to travel very far for finals. Fort Scott High School's basketball teams won't have to travel at all unless either of them are the lower seed for the first round of their Class 4A Sub-State Tournament. The semifinals and finals will be held in the FSHS gymnasium...

Stacey Lynn Loden, 41, Fort Scott, was arrested at 1 a.m. Thursday by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on a Bourbon County warrant for possession of stolen property (three counts) and is still being held at this time.

Elouise E. Johnson, age 92, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2012, at her home. She was born May 25, 1920, at Blaine, Kan., the youngest of nine children, to Joseph "Joe" Pendergast and Bridget Higgins Pendergast. She married Charlie M. ...

The Starlite F.C.E. December meeting was a potluck dinner held at the home of Doris Ericson. A delicious meal was enjoyed by 15 members and guests. Jackie Warren's daughter, Margaret Yarberry, was visiting from Colorado. With Margaret was Jackie's great-granddaughter, Zoey...

Richard E. Lauber is currently attending the The U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pa. He is one of 10 Army Civilians selected for the resident course which includes 400 students (primarily senior field grade military officers) from across the U.S. government and more than 70 international fellows from across the world...

Warranty Deeds Grantor: Federal National Mortgage Assocaition by POA, Couchs East Side Addition-Block: 8, Lots/Units: 3 Grantee: Kevin K. Allen Grantor: Sugar Valley Homes Association, Hidden Valley Plat 3, Lots/Units: 158-159 Grantee: Jonathan Harris...

Letha Irene Hackney will celebrate her 104th birthday on Wednesday Jan. 2, 2013, with much of her family present. Mrs. Hackney has lived her whole life in Vernon County and continues to live at home with her daughter in Nevada. Family notes that if she were to be asked what she did to have such a long life, she would tell everyone to have a good cry, laugh and always love your life and family for GOD has given you only one of each and without HIS blessings none of this would have happened...

Betty and Kenneth Hoenshell of Nevada will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Dec. 31, 2012. The Hoenshells were married at the Baptist church at Austin, Mo., by the Rev. Wiley. The couple have two children, Bonnie Sue Philpott and husband Steve of Oak Grove, Mo., and Wyatt Hoenshell and wife Debbie of Richards, Mo. ...