Stories from Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Wesley W. Sanford, age 70, St. Paul, Minn., formerly of Linn County, Kan., passed away on Thursday March 7, 2013. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Prescott Cemetery...

Robert James Dempsey, 82, formerly of Fort Scott, Kan., died March 1, 2013 in Tucson, Ariz. Arrangements for Mr. Dempsey are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

The topic of the future of education in Kansas was just as hot as the coffee served Saturday during a Legislative Coffee at Common Ground Coffee Co. The coffee, sponsored by the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce, featured Rep. Marty Read, (Rep.) 4th District, Rep. Bob Grant, (Dem.) 2nd District and Senators Jake LaTurner, (Rep.) 13th District and Caryn Tyson. (Rep.) 12th District...

While spring temperatures have yet to arrive, the Friday Night Concert Series sponsored by the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce will kick off with a series of performers Friday at Fort Scott Community College. Ralph Carlson, organizer of the concert series, said he has arranged two special shows--one set for 7 p.m. Friday in the FSCC Round Room, 2108 S. Horton, and the other planned for sometime in April--before the weekly summer concert series officially begins in May...

"A Day in the Life of Fort Scott's Working World" Photo Contest this Thursday On Thursday residents of Bourbon County are invited to take photos of people at work in Fort Scott and/or Bourbon County for the "A Day in the Life of Fort Scott's Working World" Photo Contest...

Bourbon County Commissioners moved the last hour of their regular Monday meeting from the Bourbon County Courthouse to Fort Scott Community College to further plan for hosting the Southeast Kansas District of counties meeting on March 21, which will be held at FSCC...

At age 34, Gina Findley is not one to use her extra time watching TV. Instead she chooses to work to improve the quality of life in her community. She was recognized for her efforts at last week's Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce awards ceremony. "I'm ambitious. I'm not one to sit around and watch TV, and giving to the community, it has a social aspect to it, it's fun," Findley said...

PARSONS -- For the first time in the event's brief history, Missouri won the Mo-Kan Wrestling Challenge, held March 4 at Labette Community College. Missouri's all-stars defeated the Kansas team, 53-13. It was the first loss for the Kansas team in the four-year history of the event, which features top seniors from southeast Kansas against those from southwest Missouri...

Fort Scott Community College's softball team will finally get to play at home and it will be sooner than anticipated. After the original home opener was moved against Highland was moved from Fort Scott on March 5 to Highland last Friday, the schedule didn't have a home game on it again until Friday. ...

Fort Scott Community College's men's rodeo team entered this past weekend's competition in first place in the Central Plains Region standings. And after hosting the annual Fort Scott Community College Rodeo Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Arnold Arena, FSCC will maintain that lead...

It will be a relatively inexperience team that takes the court today at Independence as Fort Scott High School's boys tennis season gets underway. Of the nine players out, only four have varsity experience and only two of them played extensively at the top level last season...

SALINA -- As it turned out, both teams in Saturday's third-place game at the Kansas Class 4A State Tournament here Saturday afternoon came out ready to end their season on a high note. In many cases, a third-place game can end up being a rout because one team couldn't get over the previous night's loss or it can be a poorly-played game because neither team really wants to be in it...

Sophia Brooks Lundberg Jennifer Schnedler and Norton Lundberg of Fort Scott, are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Sophia Brooks Lundberg on March 7, 2013 at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. Sophia was born at 9:03 p.m. and weighed 7 pounds 9.5 ounces...

Kayden Ryan Logan Breanna Primeaux and Coley Logan of Fort Scott, are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Kayden Ryan Logan on March 14, 2013 at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. Kayden was born at 8:02 a.m. and weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces Maternal grandparents are Brandy Beel and Jason Gainer of Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are David Logan and Brenda Logan, of Fort Scott...

Fort Scott Community College's baseball team is once again finding it difficult to play games as scheduled. A weekend Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division series at Kansas City Kansas has yet to be played. Scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at KCK's new field, the original plan was to move the games to Missouri Western State University's stadium in St. Joseph because the facility in Kansas City was unplayable. But then it rained over the weekend and washed away that plan...