Stories from Wednesday, January 30, 2013

100 YEARS AGO (1913) Photo caption: "A class of juniors at the Y.M.C.A. gymnasium, under a trained physical director, muscles are developed and hardened. They are taught the rudimentary principles of good health and sound physique. Eighty-five Fort Scott boys between the ages of 11 and 15 belong to this department. ...

On Jan. 14, the Kansas Legislature gathered in Topeka for the House and Senate swearing in and the official start of the 2013 session. Seventy-one freshmen legislators took the oath of office. Among the 125 House members, 55 are freshmen; however, six have previous legislative experience. In the Senate there are 16 freshmen, but 11 have previous legislative experience. My Committee assignments include Agriculture & Natural Resources, Transportation and Federal & State...

Show your support for Tri-Valley Developmental Services' efforts to raise funds for housing for the developmentally disabled. Tickets are still available for the event, which is set for Feb. 5 at the Liberty Theatre. The goal is to raise $20,000. The Fort Scott High School Drama Department will also be having a fundraiser -- at 7 p.m. Thursday. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and admission is $3...

Arcadians were saddened by the news that Carolyn Dobbins passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 23. She was the wife of former Arcadia resident and Arcadia High School graduate Dan Dobbins. Mary V. Shead remembers attending the wedding of Carolyn and Dan in 1950. Dan Dobbins was working for her husband, Paul Shead, at Shead's Service at the time. Dan's father, Ed Dobbins, was a barber in Arcadia for many years...

Warranty Deeds Grantor - YOOS, BILLEY D., YOOS, CAROLE ANN Grantee - YOOS, BILLEY D, TRUSTEE, YOOS, CAROLE ANN, Sec: 23 Twp: 27 Range: 25 - SW, SE Qtr/Qtr(s) of the NE Quarter, S2 S2 NE4, Sec: 23 Twp: 27 Range: 25 - NE, NW Qtr/Qtr(s) of the SE Quarter, S2 S2 NE4, Sec: 24 Twp: 27 Range: 25 - NW Qtr/Qtr(s) of the SW Quarter...

Franklin and Deloris Brownback Baldwin will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. They formerly lived in the Twin Springs Community (Linn County) before moving to Miller, Mo., in 2002. Their parents were the former Arnot and Ethel Payne Baldwin, Fontana; and Orville and Leora Ellington Brownback, LaCygne. ...

Marion and Theresa McGee, Blue Mound, are pleased to announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Rebecca Marie McGee, Carol Stream, Ill., to Matthew Logan Rousar, Addison, Ill. Matthew is the son of Kenn and Carol Rousar, Windfield, Ill. A March 9, 2013, wedding is planned at 3 p.m. at the Wall Street Christian Church, Mound City...

Delaina Margaret Walters, 18, Prescott, was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on Jan. 28 at 8:12 p.m. on a Linn County warrant for violation of protective order. She posted a $10,000 bond and was released at 10:08 p.m.

The Bourbon County Arts Council is searching for area artists who want to showcase their talents in this year's Fine Arts Competition and Exhibit. The nonprofit council recently announced that it has begun accepting entries for the 21st annual competition and exhibit, a mixed media competition open to artists 16 years of age and older. Categories include painting, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, drawing and graphics, mixed media, pastels and photography...

Emergency manager Terri Coop updated county leaders during her monthly visit with the Bourbon County Commission on Monday. Coop told commissioners she hopes to attend an exercise on the outbreak and control of agricultural diseases in October in Western Kansas...

If everything goes as planned, a flea market will occupy what used to be the old China Buffet Restaurant by March 1. Josh Jones and Bud Hall will sign the final papers for the deal today, which includes addresses from 2 through 10 S. National Ave. Included are the old Othick Abstract office building and the offices previously occupied by Kale Nelson State Farm Insurance and Dr. Randall Holloway...

Winfield Scott Elementary students are probably a little more knowledgeable about their home state after two days of activities centering around the history and trivia of Kansas. The activities, ranging from beekeeping to steer roping, were organized in conjunction with Kansas Day, which was Tuesday and marked the 152nd birthday of the Sunflower State...

A 14-year-old cold case was resolved Monday when Larry Gier Jr. of Redfield pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, burglary and theft in Bourbon County District Court, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced in a news release. The victim, Gregory Hines of Fort Scott, disappeared in July 1998. ...

Esther Josephine DeLange, age 89, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at Medicalodges of Fort Scott. She was born March 8, 1923, in Bourbon County, the daughter of Fred J. Karleskint and Caroline M. Reiter Karleskint. She married Jay John DeLange on Oct. ...

Bill Danley, 94, of Fort Scott, died Sunday evening, Jan. 27, 2013, at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Mo. He was born Aug. 31, 1918, in Mapleton, Kan., the son of James Walter and Emily Francis (Chewning) Danley. He married Marie Mary Faulhaber February 6, 1940 in Iola, Kan. She preceded him in death Jan. 4, 2011...

Edna Rosetta Gorman, age 100, Prescott, Kan., passed away on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kan. She was born on Oct. 12, 1912, at Blue Mound, Kan., the daughter of Lester and Bertha Casida Krull. She graduated from Mound City High School, Class of 1932. ...

Virginia May (Huston) Johnston, 83, died Jan 28, 2013, in Omaha. Virginia is survived by her husband of 64 years, Roy B. Johnston of Bellevue, Neb., and three sons and daughters-in-law: Mark and Anne Johnston of Stevenson Ranch,Calif.; Michael Johnston and Bonnie Landrum of St. ...

The Fort Scott High School talent show is set for 7 p.m. Thursday. It is a fundraiser for the drama department and will feature 22 performances, including faculty and students. Admission is $3 and doors open at 6:30 p.m.

CHETOPA -- Uniontown's girls rolled to a 60-38 victory over Chetopa in Three Rivers League play here Tuesday night as Hayden Rathbun led the way with 25 points. Uniontown's boys struggled offensively in the second half, scoring just 2 points in the third quarter and 8 in the fourth of a 49-29 loss...

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's boys held a one-point lead four times in a roughly five-minute stretch of the late third and early fourth quarters here Tuesday night. But the Tigers could never get that next basket to get them on a roll and Pittsburg slowly pulled away for a 58-52 Southeast Kansas League victory...

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High's girls will be playing for first place in the Southeast Kansas League Friday night when Labette County comes to the FSHS gymnasium. The Tigers rolled by Pittsburg, 57-33, here Tuesday night while Labette County stunned SEK co-leader Chanute, 68-53, at Altamont. The Blue Comets, ranked No. 6 in Class 4A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, and Grizzlies were tied for the lead coming into the night with Fort Scott in third place...