Stories from Wednesday, March 12, 2014

About 40 members of the FSCC rodeo team, part of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association's Central Plains Region, competed last weekend in the 33rd annual FSCC Spring Rodeo which took place at Arnold Arena. The Central Plains Region includes about 27 schools throughout Kansas and Oklahoma...

Fort Scott Community College's softball team was swept by Johnson County in its first Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader of the season at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Tuesday afternoon. Johnson County (3-1 East, 6-3 overall) took the opener 10-2 and the second game 10-5...

In Tuesday's edition, it was stated that the Fort Scott Community College men's basketball team won a regional tourmament in 1947 and advanced to the national tournament in 1948 but that there weren't any details in the Tribune's files. But you can't put anything past Thomas "Mike" Goddard, a former Fort Scott resident who has been keeping track of high school and collegiate records for countless years...

NJCAA releases pairings for Division II National Tournament

Martisha A. Mabery, Age 88, a resident of Fort Scott, died Monday March 10 at the Franklin House in Fort Scott. Funeral services for Martisha Mabery will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.

Ronald Vernon Hale, age 90, a resident of rural Savonburg, Kan., died Monday, March 10, 2014, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 15 at the Savonburg Bible Church. Burial will follow in the Mt. Moriah Cemetery where military honors will be provided by the Moran V.F.W. ...

Gene Edwin Cowan, 73, of rural Fort Scott, died at his home Monday morning, March 10, 2014. He was born Jan. 13, 1941 in Redfield, Kan., the son of William Ralph and Dorothy Mae (Hughs) Cowan. He married Margaret Lula Erie Sept. 25, 1959 in Fort Scott, Kan. She survives of the home...

Merlin Boyd Messer, 80 of Fulton, Kan., died Saturday evening, March 8, 2014 at the Prescott Country View Nursing Home. He was born April 21, 1933 in Fulton, Kan., the son of William Boyd and Opal (Campbell) Messer. He married Betty Jo Shafer Sept. 14, 1952 in Fulton and she survives of the home...

The decision to keep writing a part of her life has paid off for local author Kathryn Salsbury. Salsbury, who writes under the pen name Qwen Salsbury, is currently enjoying the success of her debut novel, "The Plan," an erotic fiction novel published in February. The book originally started as online fan fiction stories written in "real time" as daily journal entries from the point of view of the book's lead female character...

Aspects of a potential school bond issue were addressed during a special meeting of the USD 234 Board of Education Monday afternoon. The meeting took place at the USD 234 Administrative Building. No action was taken on a school bond issue by the board...

This summer, Bourbon County residents who are bothered by living on dusty roads may be able to get some relief. The Bourbon County Commissioners on Monday voted to implement a dust control program for gravel roads. Commissioners began talking about using calcium chloride on its roads in April 2013, but decided it was too late in the year to begin the program. ...

Jason E. Silvers/Tribune photo Local resident Mary Ann Benage enjoys a walk on the walking trail on the Fort Scott Community College campus Tuesday afternoon. Benage said she enjoys getting exercise on the walking trail "when it's nice out." Temperatures reached into the 70s Tuesday but forecasts showed colder temps coming into the area Tuesday night and Wednesday...