Stories from Saturday, March 15, 2014

Winfield Scott Elementary Physical Education Teacher Chris Sather gets covered with spray string Thursday afternoon because the first and second-grade students raised over $3,500 for Jump Rope for Heart. The students jumped from Feb. 24 to March 10 during physical education classes in the school gym. ...

What was merely an idea last week, this week became a state legislative bill. A legislative committee is now reviewing a bill submitted Wednesday, which would allow the state to provide community colleges to reduce a portion of their mill levy in exchange for state dollars. If the bill continues through the proper channels -- and isn't changed -- Fort Scott Community College could have a chance to participate in the program...

ssioners on Friday voted unanimously to issue a burning ban for Bourbon County effective immediately. After responding to seven grass fires on Friday, personnel from Bourbon County Fire District 3 requested a ban be put in place. District 3 Commander Delwin Mumbower said departments responded to 12 calls Thursday and all but three were started from controlled burns that got out of control...

Joseph Benjamin Houk, resident of Topeka, Kan., died Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at Homestead Assisted Living in Topeka. He was born Dec. 24, 1931, in Moran, Kan., the son of Clarence Allen and Mary Ann Reade Houk. He graduated from Moran High School with the class of 1950. ...

Mary Elizabeth Coulter, age 85, former resident of both Fort Scott and Mulberry, Kan., died Friday, March 14, 2014, at the Arma Care Center in Arma, Kan. She was born March 30, 1928, in Arcola, Mo., the daughter of Edgar William Lonnie Call and Allie B. Cooper Call. Mary married Clarence Earl Coulter on March 4, 1944, in Baxter Springs, Kan. She enjoyed crocheting, knitting and playing Bingo as well as spending time with her many children and grandchildren...

Waneta Madeline Beerbower, age 82, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, at her home. She was born June 28, 1931, in Bourbon County, Kan., the daughter of Jud and Mollie Mabery Johnson. She graduated from Fort Scott High School with the class of 1954. ...

Gleness Marie Kluge, age 67, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Thursday March 13, 2014. She was born at Kansas City, Kan., on July 29, 1946. Graveside funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Kansas City, Kan. ...

Fort Scott Community College announced Friday that there will be a send-off for the Greyhound men's basketball team Sunday morning. FSCC will be going to the NJCAA Division II National Basketball Tournament in Danville, Ill., which begins Tuesday morning. It will be the Greyhounds' first trip to an NJCAA basketball tournament since 1948, when they finished fifth...

The first team listed is Fort Scott's opening-round opponent. The next two are the teams involved in the game after the Fort Scott-South Suburban game. The Greyhounds will play one of the teams from that game in either the winner's bracket quarterfinals or the first round of consolation play on Thursday...

Samuels' versatility makes him a scoring threat inside and outside