Stories from Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Youngsters color and create designs on eggs during an activity that was part of the "Eggstravaganza" event Saturday morning at Buck Run Community Center. The event was open to area preschool through fifth graders. Supplies and snacks were provided for the event, which included Easter Egg decorating, face painting, and other crafts and activities...

Area youngsters get help from their families in finding Easter eggs during an Easter Egg hunt Saturday morning in the soccer fields south of Fort Scott Community College. Hundreds of youth turned out for the hunt to search for eggs, which contained candy, prizes and other gifts. The event was hosted by the Fort Scott Church of the Nazarene...

Bourbon County department heads gathered in the county commission room Monday to watch a presentation on how to do online bill payments. The demonstration was performed by Debra Perkins of UMB Bank in Kansas City, Mo. The county has its credit cards through UMB Bank, according to Rhonda Dunn, county treasurer...

With the results of a community survey recently made public, organizers of the survey gave their take on what stood out to them in the results and what steps need to be taken for the future. The survey, which spanned an eight-to-nine-month period, was designed to help the Fort Scott Community Visioning Steering Committee determine where it's next efforts should be focused...

Nellie Leona Kalm, age 95, a former resident of Garland, Kan., and Presbyterian Village died early Monday, April 21, 2014, at the Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott, Kan. She was born Jan. 25, 1919, in Crawford County, Kan., the daughter of Silas Pence and Maude Bowen Pence. ...

Gary W. "Bud" Clements, age 70, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2014, at Mercy Hospital, following complications from surgery in Kansas City, Kan. He was born Nov. 27, 1943, in Fort Scott, the son of Guy Allen Clements and Doris Alene Johnson Clements. ...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball team split a pair of games with Jayhawk-Linn Friday, prevailing 7-5 and narrowly falling 4-3, in Three Rivers League play. "These two games were good competition for us," Eagle head coach Paula Coyan said. "I was pleased with how the girls kept their composure during these two intense games."...

A Fort Scott resident has won a Golden Gloves boxing title while another finished as a runner-up in a tournament held in Kansas City, Kan., recently. Rick Culler, head coach go the Ground Up Boxing Gym, which is located at 1508 E. Wall, does not believe any Fort Scotian had won a Golden Gloves championship prior to Daniel Mendoza's win in Kansas City at a tournament held April 10-12...

IOLA --Although Fort Scott Community College's baseball managed only a split with Allen here Saturday, the Greyhounds clinched a spot in the Region VI Tournament and put themselves in a position to finish in sixth place if things work out right this coming weekend...

Jonathan Allen's first high-school golf tournament title came on his home course and also gave the Fort Scott High senior the lead in the Southeast Kansas League individual standings after he finished with a personal-best 71 in the Fort Scott Invitational Monday afternoon at Woodland Hills Golf Course...