Stories from Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Laurie Sisk/Tribune photo Fort Scott Fire Department Captain Dale Bollinger helps battle a large house fire Tuesday night on the 1000 block of Judson. City manager Dave Martin said there was no one remaining inside the structure.

Due diligence on the part of the Bourbon County Clerk's office and a little understanding from the county's insurance provider have saved the county about $51,000 on their insurance premiums this month. County Clerk Kendell Mason told commissioners during their regular Monday meeting that the county employee insurance premiums bill for this past month will be reduced after payroll clerk Deb Schoenberger and herself discovered numerous unfiled claims that were left uncompleted by the previous payroll clerk, Angi Timi.. ...

A two-and-a half hour USD 234 Board meeting with a full house opened with three executive sessions to discuss personnel matters involving non-elected personnel and ended with the consideration of the employment of Zach Lemert, Winfield Scott principal up in the air on Monday night...

Starting next week, the Fort Scott Police Department will join other law enforcement agencies across the state in an effort to crack down on what authorities say is a continuing problem among teen drivers -- failure to wear seat belts. From March 11-14, the FSPD and other agencies will focus their attention on what has been an epidemic the past several years. ...

It's time for the Fort Scott Community College 32nd Annual Spring College Rodeo. The rodeo will feature bareback riding, calf roping, breakaway roping, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, goat tying, team roping, barrel racing and bull riding. The action-packed event will take place inside Arnold Arena on the FSCC campus Friday through Sunday...

Area residents can learn how to "Fortify Your Spine" during a free screening and program presented by Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. The screenings will be for osteoporosis, arthritis, joint and spinal disc degeneration beginning at 5 p.m. Thursday. The screenings and a 5:30 p.m. program will be held at Mercy Hospital McAuley Conference Center, 401 Woodland Hills Blvd., Fort Scott...

Sylvia Faith Edgell, age 90, formerly of Bronaugh, Missouri, died Sunday, March 3, 2013 at the Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada, Missouri. She was born January 18, 1923 in Vernon County, Missouri the daughter of Joe M. Edgell and Minnie Woody Edgell. ...

Raymond Earl Allison, age 82, passed away on January 24, 2013. He was born on May 10, 1930 in Ft Scott, KS to Raymond Allison and Lena Schubert Allison. Raymond is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Dolores M Townsend Allison residing in Paisley FL; 3 children, son David Allison, Paisley, FL; daughter Deborah (David) Brigham, Dexter, NY; daughter Peggy Allison, Colorado Springs, CO; 4 grandchildren Carrie, Jason, Erik and Adam; 3 great grandchildren Riley, Lily and Alexis. ...

Robert Lee Wintjen, 85, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Monday, March 4, 2013, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada following a lengthy illness. He was born October 19, 1927, in Hepler, Kan. to Lloyd Andrew and Anna Ruth Goff Wintjen. He married Pearl L. Crapson on May 2, 1954, in Walnut, Kan., and she survives of the home...

Esther May (Baird) Lewis, 82, retired seamstress, passed away March 3, 2013. Esther was preceded in death by her husband, Wilbur Lewis, parents and brother. She is survived by her daughters, Diana (Charles) Taylor, Connie (Mark) Jensen, Rebecca (Karl) Klungreseter, Shari Williams all of Wichita; sisters, Frances Miller of Wichita, Evelyn Lateulere of Indianhead, MD; sisters-in-law, Lois Baird of Jasper, MO, Lola Belle Stephens of Salina; 12 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. ...