Stories from Friday, September 26, 2014

Buena Carolyn Baird, 92, of Fort Scott, died Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 at Mercy Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Ilo J. Brown, age 86, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m., Saturday Sept. 27, 2014 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery. ...

Floyd Gerald Banwart, 89, recently of Fort Scott, Kan., formerly of Phoenix, Ariz., died Sept. 25, 2014, at Medicalodge in Fort Scott. He was born Dec. 26, 1924, in West Bend, Iowa. He entered the army on Dec. 7, 1944, and served during World War II in the Pacific theater. ...

Dixie Leah Secrest, age 69, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., and formerly of Catoosa, Okla., died Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, at her home. She was born June 9, 1945, in Englewood, Calif., the daughter of Everett and Esther Singmaster Secrest. She was a foster parent for 25 years and drove the school bus in Catoosa for 10 years. ...

The Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees has approved the release of the agreement made to end the employment of its former president. The Trustees accepted Clayton Tatro's resignation during a July 28 board meeting. After the motion to approve the agreement to end Tatro's employment with the college passed unanimously, then Board Chairman Robert Nelson announced the board would not release details of the agreement...

The 58th annual Pioneer Harvest Fiesta kicked off with a parade through downtown Fort Scott that featured tractors and other farm equipment, marching bands and a variety of floats representing various local organizations. Pioneer Harvest Fiesta events and activities will continue through Sunday at the Bourbon County Fairgrounds...

A piece of local railroad history has been the topic of some discussion during recent Fort Scott City Commission meetings. Discussions on the topic of the city-owned little red Frisco caboose, which sits at Fisher Park, began at the Sept. 2 commission meeting when Larry Spahn, representing the Heart of the Heartlands Railroad Preservation Group, appeared before the commission to let them know of the group's interest in acquiring and making use of the caboose...

IOLA -- Fort Scott High's junior varsity girls team won the team title for the second time this season at the Doc Stiles Invitational here Tuesday. The Tigers scored 46 points in taking the title as they had two top-10 individuals. Columbus was second with 59 points followed by Frontenac with 65, Girard 74 and Chanute 85...

Fort Scott High School's girls varsity tennis team hosted its annual home tournament Tuesday afternoon, coming away a first-place medal and two seconds in the four-school round-robin. And the Tigers got to play in front of a good-sized crowd, at least at the high-school courts where the No. 1 pools of singles and doubles were held...

One of the teams playing at Arnold Arena Wednesday night came into play on a 13-match winning streak and had just moved up two spots in the NJCAA Division II national volleyball poll to No. 13. But if one had gone into the building with no knowledge of the teams, they wouldn't have been blamed if they couldn't tell which one it was...

Fort Scott Middle School head football coach Alvin Metcalf is encouraged by the progress of his Tiger football teams.Although the seventh-grade Tigers are 0-2, they played both Pittsburg and Coffeyville-Roosevelt close, losing by two points each time and allowing only two scores in each game...

CHANUTE -- The Fort Scott Middle School volleyball played at Royster Middle School here Tuesday night. In four matches, the schools split, with Fort Scott winning the seventh-grade B and eighth-grade B contests. In the seventh-grade B match, FSMS (5-1) dropped the first set but rallied for a 19-25, 25-21, 15-13 win...

ARMA -- Uniontown's varsity volleyball team split Three Rivers League matches here Tuesday night, dropping host Northeast, but falling to state-ranked St. Paul, both in two sets. Uniontown (3-1 TRL, 7-7 overall) defeated Northeast 25-19, 25-10. Holly Shinn was a perfect 24/24 on attacks to go with 10 kills. Shalina Harper was 10/11 on attacks with 2 kills. Jana Wilkinson added 15 assists...

Fort Scott High School's soccer team played better Thursday night at Ellis Park but the effort was still not enough to give the Tigers their first victory of the season as Independence took a 4-0 victory in Southeast Kansas League play. The Tigers (0-4 SEK, 0-8 overall) lost 9-1 to the Bulldogs (3-0, 8-1) at Independence a week and a half ago. They had some good moments on defense and goalkeeper Bret Pickert made 10 saves...

Chetopa has outscored its opponents this season 196-6. It's no wonder, then, that the defending Three Rivers League champion (3-0 TRL, 3-0 overall) is ranked No. 1 by the Wichita Eagle in Eight-Man Division II. The offensive numbers are nothing new with the Green Hornets under head coach Sean Price. ...

Fort Scott High faces off against Coffeyville at 7 p.m. tonight at Frary Field in a battle of Southeast Kansas League rivals. Both teams come into the contest off losses. The Tigers were shut out 41-0 at Pittsburg. Coffeyville fell 24-12 at Chanute...

The further away from the Butler game, the better. And Highland is about as far away as one can get in Kansas without playing in Missouri. Fort Scott Community College's football team was drubbed by then-No. 15 Butler last week in El Dorado, 63-7, for its third straight loss. Highland, meanwhile, bounced back from a home 41-0 loss to No. 2 Iowa Western two weeks ago with a road win last Saturday at Ellsworth, Iowa, 43-12...