Stories from Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Carolyn Ann Gillmore, age 54, a resident of Fort Scott, died Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, at her home. She was born Feb. 27, 1959, the daughter of Jim and Patricia Lane. She married John Gillmore; they were later divorced. Survivors include her daughter Kayla Gillmore, of Fort Scott and two grandchildren, Jaidyn and Xander. Also surviving are three brothers; Jim Lane, Joe Rogers and Dana Rogers. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister...

James Joseph Canaday, age 68, a resident of Fort Scott, died Monday, Nov. 18, 2013 at the Fort Scott Mercy Hospital. He was born January 10, 1945, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Omar Ira Canaday and Florettia Mae Riley Canaday. In his earlier years, Jim worked for the Mo-Ark Egg Company in Neosho, Mo., and also for the U.S. ...

A rarity among cattle, triplet calves were born at the Lewis and Janilla Preston farm, on Nov. 15. The black Angus mother is "very large and gentle, thank heavens," Janilla Preston said. Not expecting the multiple birth, the triplets were born unaided in the pasturev. In fact, the Preston's weren't even home when the birth took place...

The Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees, during their regular monthly meeting Monday night, announced a tentative faculty negotiations agreement has been reached for the 2013-14 contract year. The negotiations were previously being presided over by Federal Mediator Bobby Thompson...

While researching Kansas Civil War history, Royal Valley Middle School students in Mayetta learned about the First Kansas Colored Guard. They also learned that a statue honoring those soldiers was located in Missouri, but there was nothing similar in Kansas, where the guard was originally formed...

Fort Scott Community College sophomore Malori Gales was named Jayahawk Conference Division II Player of the Week for her play during the first week of the season. Gales, a 5' 9" guard from Lyndon scored 31 points over two games, grabbed 16 rebounds and handed out 6 assists in games against the William Penn University junior varsity and Wentworth Military Academy...

UNIONTOWN --Uniontown Junior High's girls basketball teams were swept by Jayhawk Junior High here Monday evening. The UJH seventh-grade team lost to Jayhawk, 26-8. Harlee Tinsley led the Eagles with 4 points. Uniontown fell in the eighth-grade game, 18-14. Megan Smith led with 10 points...

Four members of Fort Scott High School's soccer team received All-Southeast Kansas League honors recently as did two members of the Tiger volleyball team. It is league policy not to release All-League teams until each school's post-season run in that sports is complete. For that reason, the All-SEK football team will not be announced until Coffeyville is eliminated...

It was a short night for Fort Scott Middle School girls' basketball Tuesday at the FSMS gymnasium as only three games were played.