Stories from Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Fort Scott Community College will honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Jan. 20 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), at the Danny and Willa Family Fine Arts Center, with a program titled: "Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in Words and Music." The program, which begins at 7 p.m., will be hosted by Harold Hicks, FSCC humanities instructor...

Uniontown's school district is heading on a reading improvement journey started by Gov. Sam Brownback last year. USD 235 board members heard an update of the Reading Roadmap program during their monthly meeting Monday night. Reading Roadmap consists of three separate programs: an after school reading program, Family and School Together, and Summer Boost Camp...

Philip G. McGilvara, age 62, a resident of Devon, Kan., died Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, at the Lawrence Regional Hospital Emergency Room in Lawrence, Kan. Funeral services for Philip McGilvara will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott...

Carol Jean Karleskint, age 75, went home to be with her Jesus on Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, at the Premier Living Homeplace in Wichita, Kan. Friends in the Fort Scott area are invited to sign the guestbook and view until 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Cheney Witt Chapel. ...

Terry Lynne Heiser, age 63, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Sunday Jan. 12, 2014. He was born on June 12, 1950 at Manhattan, Kan., the son of Robert and Mary Lou Snow Heiser. Terry graduated from Pleasanton High School. He married Mary Jane Read on Oct. ...

Christine Booth, 77, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 24, 1013 at her home. She was born June 17, 1936. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 18, 2014 at the United Methodist Church in Bronson, Kans. Chris Booth was a talented cosmetologist for most of her life, and also owned and operated an assisted living home Booth Place in Bronson, for many years, before retiring to Grove, Okla...

John Albert Findley, age 68, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He was born Oct. 14, 1945, in Fort Scott, the son of Eldon Albert and Ula Beatrice Carr Findley. He graduated from Fort Scott High School with the class of 1963 and Wichita Automotive School in 1969. ...

During Monday night's regular meeting of the USD 234 Board of Education, Superintendent Diane Gross, during her report, raised the possibility of a potential school bond issue in the near future.

CHANUTE -- Host Chanute held off fourth-quarter rallies in both varsity games here Tuesday night and swept Fort Scott High's basketball teams in a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader. Fort Scott's girls, who came into the game on a 15-game league winning streak, trailed by as many as 9 points in the third quarter and 7 in the fourth before falling 49-47. ...

Kevin House carved up the Central Methodist University Junior Varsity defense to the tune of 26 points, leading Fort Scott Community College's men to a decisive 87-57 victory at Arnold Arena Tuesday night. "Kevin's a catalyst for us," Fort Scott head coach Michael Cook said after the game. ...