Stories from Thursday, September 26, 2013

Teachers across the country have a new tool to help them engage their students in classroom and place-based learning. The National Park Service on Wednesday launched a new online service for teachers that brings America's national parks, including Fort Scott National Historic Site, into neighborhood classrooms...

On Thursday afternoon, October 2, 2013 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., as part of the Annual Gordon Parks Celebration, historian Arnold W. Schofield will present a program on participation of African Americans as members of the Fort Scott Police Department in the late 19th Century from 1878 -- 1900. This event will be held in the Gordon Parks Museum on the FSCC campus and is free and open to the public...

A new sign funded by the Phoenix committee was recently installed at Skubitz Plaza near the Fort Scott National Historic Site. The sign features a map of Fort Scott and marks points of interest, including schools, Mercy Hospital, parks, civic buildings and other landmarks. ...

The best of food and drink in Fort Scott has been celebrated each year for the last decade. The 10th annual Taste of Fort Scott event, Forks and Corks, is set to take place from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Liberty Theatre, 113 S. Main St. The food, wine, beer and liqueur tasting event is a chance for a variety of local restaurants and caterers to showcase their current and new offerings...

Louise A. Bell, 99, of Fort Scott, died Wednesday morning, Sept. 25, 2013 at the Medicalodge Nursing Home in Fort Scott. She was born March 22, 1914 in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Marion W. and Vina V. (Roades) Phillips. She married Carl E. Harrington Nov. 18, 1939 in Nevada, Mo., and he preceded her in death Dec. 13, 1989. She married Oscar Bell Sept. 18, 1993 in Chanute, Kan., and he preceded her in death Sept. 16, 1995...

Joseph Derrick Braman II, 2-year-old son of Joseph Braman and Kimberly Gable, died unexpectedly Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, at the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room. Funeral services will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.

(Editor's Note: The Tribune did not have the number of SEK designated tournaments correct when it reported on the Chanute Invitational in Tuesday's edition. In addition to this one, the Labette County meet that was held in Oswego on Sept. 3 and the upcoming Pittsburg Invitational on Oct. ...

Fort Scott High School's tennis team won the team title and two divisions of its home varsity invitational Tuesday. The Tigers won the team title with 10 points. Independence won a tie-breaker over Labette County for second place after both finished with 7 points. Columbus brought up the rear, failing to score a point...

Fort Scott Community College volleyball players Jacy Ermel and Sarah Williams have been named Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Division II Volleyball Players of the Week. Ermel, a sophomore outside hitter/right side hitter from Uniontown, was named the KJCCC's Player of the Week in Division II. ...

UNIONTOWN -- The Uniontown volleyball squad had to combine all sorts of things into their home triangular Tuesday night at the West Bourbon Elementary school gymnasium. Since this is their home home dual of the season -- their only other home appearance will be the Uniontown Invitational on Oct. 12 -- the Eagles held their Senior Night and Dig Pink night for breast cancer awareness...