Stories from Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Donald G. Scott, of Independence, passed away Sunday at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Potts Chapel in Independence. Burial will follow in the Mount Hope Cemetery. Friends may call from noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Potts Chapel in Independence with family receiving visitors from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society and Willing Hearts and Helping Hands...

Edna May Winters, age 94, Pleasanton, Kan. passed away on Thursday Dec. 12, 2013. She was born on Jan. 7, 1919 at Mound City, Kan., the daughter of Richard M. an d Nellie Elizabeth Spears Carrel. She worked as a telephone operator in Pleasanton retiring from Craw Kan Telephone after 36 years of service. ...

George Edward Ferguson, age 83, of Girard, Kan., died Friday, Dec. 13, 2013 at the Girard Medical Center in Girard, Kan. He was born on Jan. 24, 1930 in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Eddie and Opal Howerton Ferguson. He grew up in Blue Mound, Kan., and graduated from Blue Mound High School in 1948. ...

Even though the Bourbon County Commissioners had a full schedule, only about a half-hour of their three-hour Monday meeting was open to the public. The remainder of their time was spent in executive sessions with no action taken after any of them. The commissioners held two 20-minute executive sessions with County Attorney Terri Johnson, Bourbon County Sheriff Bill Martin and Undersheriff Ben Cole to discuss courthouse security...

A program geared toward encouraging reading to children starting at an early age is in the planning stages. Stephanie George, a teacher at Fort Scott Middle School and member of the Fort Scott Chapter of the Kansas National Education Association (FS-KNEA), said a new district-wide KNEA program called "Read to your Bunny" is expected to launch early in 2014, most likely in February...

Mary Jo Harper, choir director at Fort Scott High School, directs the women's ensemble during the 2013 FSHS Ensemble Concert Monday night in the FSHS auditorium. The group, which sang "Starshine Bright," included Akasha Boles, Bailie Brown, Jessica Combs, Jasmine Davis, Holly Duff, Clare Gorman, Katie Gorman, Delane Gray, Karlea Harris, Elinor Johnson, Alex King, Emily Martin, Cire' Miller, Suzi Owen, Andrea Parsons, Peyton Quick, Emmah Reeves, Alexsis Richling and Taylor Watkins...

Children were invited to the annual Breakfast with Santa event Saturday at the Danny and Willa Family Fine Arts Center on the Fort Scott Community College campus. Children were treated to pancakes, then an opportunity to share their Christmas lists.

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott Middle School's eighth-grade "A" team won both games in a tournament at Pittsburg here Saturday. In the first game, the Tigers (11-2) defeated Parsons, 26-7. Kalsie Nelson scored 8 points for Fort Scott while Kharsyn Dwyer added 6. Morgan Carr led in rebounding with 7...

IOLA -- Fort Scott High's junior varsity boys' basketball team won the tournament title at Iola Saturday with a pair of wins. The Tigers beat Iola in their first game, 71-30, with Josh Hudiburg scoring 25 points, Austin Cook 15 and Jordan Phillips 13...

EUDORA --Four of the five wrestlers sent here last weekend earned medals at the Eudora Tournament of Champions. Jerad Heckman finished the highest, taking second place at 126 pounds. Brendan Blackburn was third at 285, John Hughes placed fourth at 170 and Cole Stewart finished sixth at 113. Jessie Hodge did not place at 160...

A Fort Scott Community College basketball doubleheader scheduled against Wentworth Military scheduled to be held Saturday afternoon at Lexington, Mo., was postponed. The doubleheader was to be the last action of the first semester for both the women's and men's teams...