Stories from Saturday, September 6, 2014

Kenneth Fritz "Kenny" Schwartz, 103, of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday afternoon, Sept. 5, 2014. He was born March 19, 1911 in Fort Scott, the son of Fred Gayle and Bertha Estelle (Fritz) Schwartz. He married Clara May Pigg Dec. 16, 1942 in Nevada, Mo., and she survives of the home...

The Fort Scott City Commission has approved going forward with a second round of bidding for projects in the proposed Riverfront Park. As plans continue toward development of the Riverfront Park, officials said they are trying to keep the burden toward funding of the proposed park off local taxpayers...

Mercy Hospital leaders are still in the process of determining the future of the hospital and local health care and have yet to make any decisions, officials said. Mercy Hospital is among many hospitals across Kansas and the nation that continue to deal with changes in the health care realm that have caused concern about the sustainability of health care in the future. ...

Bill Pollock of Fort Scott takes a close look at a Larry Nuss' artwork during the Bourbon County Arts Council Bad Art by Good people event Thursday evening. "Celebrity" community members spent several weeks learning techniques and creating their artwork, which was auctioned as a benefit for the Arts Council...

It's the age-old adage in school sports. You build through experience and typically, lead with your veterans. Then, after graduation takes a key class out of the program, you start again. That's the case for Uniontown's golf team. Head coach Jason Tourtillott, no stranger to the process entering his seventh year, had a state qualifying team but graduated four seniors that were key to the season...

Football and volleyball aren't the only sports happening at Fort Scott Community College this fall. The baseball Greyhounds are also getting some work in. FSCC has a busy fall with a number of scrimmages, with the first held Thursday against Allen at Lions Field...

PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team took part in a round-robin tournament hosted by Labette County here Thursday. Head coach Lynn Barr said he saw signs of improvement from the season-opening tournament at Independence but that there was still work needed on being consistent in their play...

ALTAMONT -- Cross country season began here Thursday with the Labette County Invitational. Fort Scott's teams came away with good results from the opening competition. The best result was Cassidy Westhoff's third-place time of 15:54 over 2.5 miles in the girls' varsity race. ...

Editor's Note: The information for this summary arrived at the Tribune office too late to make Saturday's print edition. It will be included in Tuesday's print edition for those readers who want to have a copy on newsprint. ---- BUFFALO -- Uniontown's football squad opened the season in smashing fashion here Friday night, routing Altoona-Midway, 64-0, in Three Rivers League play...

Fort Scott High's football team made it look easy in the first half of its season-opening game against Parsons Friday night at Frary Field. In the second half, however, they showed that there's still a bit of work to do, particularly on offense. Still, the Tigers defeated Parsons for the 23rd consecutive time by a score of 30-0 in Southeast Kansas League play. It was Parsons' 20th consecutive loss overall, last winning in the eighth game of the 2011 season...