Stories from Saturday, February 22, 2014

David Eugene Fultz, age 63, Lawrence, Kan., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Thursday Feb. 20, 2014. Funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery. ...

Maxine Adelph Tucker, age 97, former resident of 207 S. Crawford, Fort Scott, died Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, at Fort Scott Medicalodge. She was born Sept. 14, 1916 in rural Mapleton, Kan., the daughter of Sam Powell and Bessie Hessong Powell. Maxine was first married to Ora Wilson, who was killed during WWII. ...

John Oscar Schubert, 74, of Uniontown, Kan., died Thursday evening, Feb. 20, 2014 at the Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home. He was born April 28, 1939 in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Ira Edward and Doris Elizabeth (Likely) Schubert. He married Betty Culbertson on Dec. 11, 1974 in Uniontown, Kan., she preceded him in death on July 1, 2011...

Bourbon County officials are in the process of consolidating the Treasurer's and the Motor Vehicle offices. Both offices will be closed Tuesday for the consolidation process. They will reopen Wednesday in the Treasurer's Office. Office hours will remain from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. No other county offices will be affected by this closing and will operate regular hours on Tuesday...

While the seasons and weather may change, there is always one thing that is constant with The Beacon -- the need for food donations. The Beacon, a local non-profit group, issued 476 food cards and distributed over 5,000 packages of food to Bourbon County residents in 2013. The Beacon issues food cards to Bourbon County residents meeting poverty guidelines identical to those used by the Kansas Department of Children and Families (DCF), according to information provided by The Beacon...

Bourbon County Commissioners on Friday learned a portion of one road has been closed to through traffic until permanent repairs can be made. Roads and Bridges Director Jim Harris said his crew had cut out about 600 feet of the road down to its base, then laid rock on that portion of the road...

Nomination papers for the Aug. 5 Primary Election are now being accepted at the Bourbon County Clerk's Office, located on the second floor of the courthouse, 210 S. National Ave. Bourbon County Clerk Kendell Mason said filing activity is slow right now...

Gene Gardner, a member of the American Legion Riders, holds a flag for a fellow Patriot Guard member Friday at the funeral of CPL Nicholas Anthony Gomez, 24, of Overland Park, who was buried at the U.S. National Cemetery at Fort Scott. Bill Hall of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1165 at Fort Scott said the Patriot Guard is used when an active service member dies. Military honors for Gomez were provided by the U.S. Marine Corp. His obituary appeared in the Feb. 18 edition of The Tribune...

GIRARD -- Uniontown High School athletes took part in the 21st Annual Girard Strength and Speed Meet here February 15. There were 164 competitors from 14 schools in the meet. Cole Schafer competed in the 125-141 pound weight class. He finished first in squat with a lift of 340 pounds and second in bench press with a lift of 200...

Fort Scott Community College's baseball team suffered its first loss of the season in the first game of a doubleheader at Lions Field Friday afternoon. But the Greyhounds bounced back in game two to salvage a split with visiting North Central Missouri...

ARMA --Northeast swept Uniontown here Friday night in a Three Rivers League doubleheader. Viking girls took a 60-54 victory while Northeast boys' claimed an 84-57 verdict. These were the final league games of the season for Uniontown, which will finish regular-season play with home games against Southern Coffey County Tuesday night...

BURLINGTON --Jacob Durossette and John Hughes will wrestle for Regional championship today at the Burlington Class 4A Regional Wrestling Tournament. Durossette and Hughes are guaranteed berths in the Class 4A State Tournament, which go to the top four finishers in each weight bracket...

INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High's girls kept their hopes of repeating as Southeast Kansas League champions alive with a 49-44 overtime victory over Independence here Friday night. Independence's boys went out in front quickly and never let up as they rolled past the Tigers, 57-23, to take a half-game lead over Coffeyville in the SEK while avenging an overtime loss to the Tigers in Fort Scott on January 10...