Stories from Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Four members of Fort Scott High School's State-qualifying golf team return this season. But the challenge for head coach Ken Klassen will be finding the fourth golfer the Tigers need to score well as a team in tournaments. The season is scheduled to begin Thursday with the Independence Tournament. The Tigers, who finished second in the Southeast Kansas League last season, have not been on the course very much in pre-season practice but have found ways to get some work in...

A 15-year-old cold case came to a close Tuesday morning with a sentence of a little more than 12 years being handed down to Larry Joe Gier, Jr., of Redfield, in Bourbon County District Court. In January, he had pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, burglary and theft in connection with the July 1998 disappearance of Gregory Hines, 48, of Fort Scott...

In an attempt to ease ongoing friction with Bourbon County Treasurer Susan Quick, Bourbon County Commissioners met with her on Monday during their regular meeting to discuss comments reportedly made to a Tribune reporter on Monday, March 18. Quick told the reporter that she was going to clear "those three" out of there, while pointing to the county commission room. ...

Fort Scott Community College President Clayton Tatro received a strong vote of confidence Monday night from the FSCC Board of Trustees. The board unanimously voted to extend Tatro's contract by two years during its regular monthly meeting. The extension, which did not include a pay raise, lengthens Tatro's contract from June 30, 2015 to to June 30, 2017...

This year, along with the usual array of cowboy poets, story tellers, musicians, and fans, Echoes of the Trail is joining up with RFD-TV's Best of America by Horseback to offer a televised trail ride to the first 100 riders to enroll. Best of America's Tom Seay and Del Shields will ride the mornings of June 7 and 8 on the Raymond and Diann Tucker ranch along with riders from Wyoming, Indiana, Kansas and many other states...

Merl Humphrey, left, Gordon Parks Museum Director Jill Warford and Gary Palmer, right, look through entries for the Gordon Parks Museum's "A Day in the Life of Fort Scott's Working World" Photo Contest, which will be on exhibit from May 11 to June 23 at the Ellis Fine Arts Center at Fort Scott Community College...

For those who would love to garden, but don't have the space, consider the Fort Scott Community Garden. This yearly gardening space opportunity is offed by Visioning a Healthier Bourbon County (VHBC.) The organization will start taking applications on April 1. Aplications are available at the Fort Scott city offices and Medicalodges Fort Scott. The 10-foot by 25-foot raised bed plots are located just north of Medicalodges Fort Scott, 915 S. Horton St...

Chester Kershner, 87 of Moran, Kan. died Sunday evening, March 24, 2013 at the Moran Manor Nursing Home. He was born Oct. 3, 1925 in Blue Mound, Kan. to his parents George Franklin and Ada Roney Kershner. He was raised by his foster parents Bert Clinton and Isabell Hartman Krull. He married Lois Irene Ross on Feb. 28, 1947 in Mound City, Kan. She preceded him in death on Oct. 8, 2011...

Funeral services for Sandra L. Williams age 68 of Branson, Mo. will be held at 7 p.m., Friday, March 29, 2013 at Greenlawn Funeral Home in Branson with Chaplain Larry Kackley officiating. Burial will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, March 30, 2013 at the Ozark Cemetery at Houston, Mo...

Thomas W. "Tom" Tallman, 86, 3x retiree, Tom's OK Tire Store Owner, Starkey bus driver and Hertz driver, passed away March 21, 2013, at Harry Hynes Hospice Center, after a long battle with cancer. Memorial services are 2 p.m., Thursday, March 28, 2013, at Metropolitan Baptist Church, 525 W Douglas, Wichita, Kan...

Deborah M. Felt, age 62, resident of Fort Scott, died Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. She was born Nov. 3, 1950, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Marvin Hanna and Edna Jameson Hanna. She graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1968. She married Gary Felt on Sept. 19, 1969, at Fort Scott. In earlier years, Debbie had worked for Mercy Hospital and Mid-Western Distribution. For the last 20 years she has worked for Sekan Printing...

Jesse Lee Downing, age 55, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, March 23, 2013, at his home. There was cremation. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m.. Friday at the Evergreen Cemetery. Family and friends may meet at the Cheney Witt Chapel on Friday from 1 p.m. until leaving for the cemetery at 1:45 p.m...