Stories from Wednesday, April 17, 2013

William Louis "Louie" Pool, age 87, a resident of Moran Manor, died Monday, April 15 at the Allen County Hospital Emergency Room. Funeral services for Louie Pool will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.

The Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees got a little clearer picture of damages caused by the April 7 hailstorm during its regular monthly meting on Monday. Karla Armstrong, FSCC Dean of Finance and Operations said an insurance adjuster for EMC, FSCC's insurance carrier, believed a preliminary estimate of the damage at the college would be between $500,000 and $1 million...

Fort Scott High's junior varsity tennis team got its home invitational played on Monday, beating out the rain by a few hours, though it was still cold and windy most of the day. D.J. Blethen and Raifen Cruse were 1-3 in No. 1 doubles. They lost to Pittsburg's Josh Dial/Jack Patterson in their first match, 6-0. They came back to beat Parsons' Matt Mosier/Chance Hurley, 6-4. Independence's Kyler Brown/Joel Rice took a 6-2 win and Chanute's Drake Gilmore/Zane Wyrick won in a tie-breaker, 6-5 (7-2)...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball team swept Marmaton Valley in Three Rivers League play, 15-0 and 10-1, at George Warren Field here Tuesday. Jamie Dawson led the Eagles with 3 hits in game one while Torrie Hathaway had 2. Taylor Wade struck out 5 batters in three innings as the game was shortened by run rule...

OTTAWA -- Fort Scott Community College swept the Ottawa University junior varsity in a doubleheader here Monday. These games were originally scheduled for Tuesday but moved up to avoid the possibility of a rainout. Fort Scott (29-12) took the first game 4-3 and the nightcap 10-4...

The coaches waited as long as they could at the Fort Scott High School tennis courts Tuesday afternoon. But after waiting an extra hour, it was determined that the courts at both the high school and Woodland Hills Golf Courts were not going to dry enough to hold the Fort Scott varsity invitational...

The three Kiwanis clubs in Fort Scott joined on Tuesday for a special meeting in which Kansas District Governor Mary Hammond and Mary Fischer, Life in a Jar cast member, were guest speakers. Hammond asked local member to think of a project that Kansas Kiwanians can help fund and support...