Stories from Thursday, January 10, 2013

SMALLEY -- James and Brandi Smalley, and siblings Sylvia and Cadience Smalley, Fort Scott, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Richard James Smalley, at 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. Richard weighed 6 pounds, 6 1/2 ounces at birth...

Ashley Marie Hartford, 22, Fort Scott, was arrested at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on a Bourbon County warrant for forgery and is still being held at this time.

Tickets for the popular "Dancing With Our Stars" go on sale Monday at the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce, 231 E. Wall St. Sponsored by the Fort Scott Rotary Club, the third annual event takes place Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the Fort Scott Community College campus. Performances are set for 3 and 7 p.m...

Some changes concerning a plat of land where McDonald's restaurant is located and planned demolition of a local residence were other items covered during this week's Fort Scott City Commission meeting. Commissioners approved a preliminary and final plat approval for the McDonald's property, which basically involved combining two pieces of property into one and changing the name of the land for the city record, Codes Manager Brent Crays said...

The Fort Scott Police Department is looking for photos, and hopefully lots of them, as FSPD officials undertake a pictorial history project. The department is reaching out to past department members and family members, or friends of past department members in hopes of collecting and compiling a photo history of the department...

100 YEARS AGO (1913) For several months, there has been talk in regard to the establishment of an electric light plant at Fulton, and it is probable that by the time spring comes, the town to our north will have electric lights of its own. The report has reached here several times that definite action had been taken on this matter. But it has not as yet been put before the town board for action...

Some years ago in my youth (or a long, long time ago however you want to put it), I recall chasing after a prairie chicken or two with my brother on the family farm east of Hammond. I say "chasing after" as I don't recall ever shooting one, or getting close enough with a shotgun to shoot one (those rascals can fly a long way!), but we did engage in the chase upon occasion...

David F. Knackstedt, age 68, a resident of Fort Scott, died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, at the Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott, Kan. He was born Aug. 31, 1944, in Council Grove, Kan., the son of Don Harvey Knackstedt and Alta May Knackstedt. He married Martha Huggins in 1965 at Olathe, Kan. David had worked in construction and as a pipe layer. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, as well as making wooden yard ornaments and furniture...

Sharon Kathleen (Erie) Umphenour, 73, of Fort Scott, died Tuesday evening, Jan. 8, 2013, at her home. She was born July 15, 1939 in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Michael George and Lois Nadine (Barnett) Erie. She married Karl E. Umphenour April 25, 1959, in Fulton, Kan. He survives of the home...

Uniontown Junior High School Quarter 2 Honor Roll All A's Kathryn Bolinger Brenna Bower Audrey Chaplin Gavin Fry Benjamin George Bryanna Johnson Danielle Nading Victoria Reed Blair Rockhold Madison Wilkinson Ty Covey Trevor Crossland Kaitlynn Sampson...

Fred and Ellen Geneva will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Jan. 10. Fred Geneva and Ellen Ashford were married Jan. 10, 1953. They have three children, Julie Brown and husband Danny, Brett Geneva and wife Nancy, Cherie Witt and husband Matt, six grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren, all of whom reside in Fort Scott...

Lorna Carlton, who turns 97 years old on Monday, Jan. 14, will have a card shower. Mail cards to Guest Home Estates, P.O. Box 936, Fort Scott, Kan., 66701.

Fort Scott High School's wrestling team has had individuals ranked in their weight classes in Class 4A this season. But this week's poll marks the first time the Tigers have cracked the rankings as a team. In the poll released Tuesday, Fort Scott makes its debut at No. 6 in the Class 4A poll, one spot behind league rival Chanute...

Fort Scott Community College's women had to do everything right Wednesday night with the roster down, at least temporarily, to five players. They did that. It would also be pretty good for the Greyhounds if visiting Neosho County would do some things wrong, just to help out...

Conference victories have been rare for Fort Scott Community College's men in recent seasons. But perhaps the Greyhounds' 63-57 victory over Neosho County at Arnold Arena Wednesday night is an indication that will no longer be the case. The 'Hounds improved to 2-2 in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play and 7-7 overall as they scored 17 of the game's final 24 points over the last 4:28. This was after Neosho County (0-2, 7-7) had scored 6 in a row to overtime a 46-44 deficit...

"Who is your favorite sports team" was the roll call answered by 39 members and five leaders at the Northeast Scott 4-H club meeting on Jan. 9. Song leaders Kendall and Lauren Madison led the club in singing Row "Row Row Your Boat" in rounds. It was announced that model meeting practices would be held Jan. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1913) Oscar Rice spoke recently for the Current Topic Club and he had a chart prepared showing how many millions were being spent for gasoline, oil and all other necessary supplies for an automobile. The lecture was full of interesting statements, which sounded unreasonable, but nevertheless were facts. ...