Stories from Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Marion Harold Eastwood, age 72, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., formerly of Fulton, died Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, as the result of an automobile accident near Fulton. He was born Sept. 8, 1941, in Fort Scott, the son of Harold and Verda Leola Thomas Eastwood. ...

Funding, a proposed list of rules and other matters pertaining to Woodland Hills Golf Course were up for discussion during Tuesday afternoon's meeting of the Golf Course Advisory Board. Board members received a funding update from local businessman David Shepherd, who along with Steve Buerge, helped lead an effort to raise funds to help the city purchase the golf course in 2011. Members also debated a proposed set of course rules and discussed other issues Tuesday...

Teachers look for ways to make the subjects they teach relevant and interesting for their students, and still teach the common core subjects. Patty Giltner and Joyce Cowan, Fort Scott Middle School reading and language arts teachers, seemed to have hit the nail on the head with a project called the Wax Museum...

The Fort Scott City Commission and those in attendance for Tuesday evening's meeting heard some good news concerning rehabilitation of a blighted downtown building. The city recently received a Commerical Rehabilitation grant through the U.S. Small Cities Community Development Block Program. The $150,000 grant will provide funding for the repair of a retail structure located at 7 N. Main St...

The National Parks Service and other federal agencies were closed Tuesday due to a congressional stand-off that centers around President Barack Obama's health care reform, which took effect Tuesday. Other services, such as payments to military, Social Security and disability recipients and the postal service are continuing...

Fort Scott Middle School played its final home volleyball matches of the season Monday evening, taking on Parsons. The seventh- and eighth-grade "A" teams suffered losses while both of the "B" team picked up victories. The seventh-grade "A" team (5-1) suffered its first loss of the season, 25-16, 25-18. No other details were given...

CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team finished in seventh place at the Chanute Tournament here Monday. Kristian Engle and Breana Leslie finished highest for the Tigers, sixth in No. 1 doubles. They lost to Jaymi Lawrence/Rachel Ungles of Chanute Blue, 6-0, in the first round. They defeated Jordan Schrebbel/Alea Blackburn of Labette County in the consolation semifinal, 6-1. They fell to Abbie Ford/Emily Gatewood of Parsons in the fifth-place match, 6-1...

LOUISBURG -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team finished in fourth place at the Louisburg Tournament here Saturday, going 2-2 on the day. In their first two matches, the Tigers (15-10) defeated two Class 6A schools: Olathe North in 3 sets, 18-25, 25-7, 25-14, and Shawnee Mission East, 25-12, 25-17. Louisburg, ranked No. 4 in Class 4A by the Kansas Volleyball Association, won the final match of pool play, 25-19, 25-11...

Uniontown's golf team finished second Monday in their "home" invitational at Woodland Hills Golf Course. This was the first time this season that the Eagles played 18 holes and that was appropriate considering that the Kansas State High School Activities Association has again appointed Uniontown as host of a Class 3-2-1A Regional Tournament at Woodland Hills. The Regional will be held October 14...