Stories from Friday, May 29, 2015

Mary Elizabeth Seaver, age 94, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, May 23, 2015, at the Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott. She was born Feb. 11, 1921, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Roy H. Johnston and Minnie Mitzner Johnston. Mary graduated from Fort Scott High School and had attended Fort Scott Junior College. ...

Nigel Kent Fleming, 57, Nevada, Mo., passed from this life on Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., after suffering a long illness. Nigel was born March 2, 1958 in Fort Scott, Kan., the only son of Norman Baker Fleming and Nesta (Llewellyn) Fleming. He was united in marriage to Sherri Dawn Highley on Aug. 9, 1979 and she survives of the home...

Linda Lea Metcalf, born July 9, 1940, left her earthly family May 27, 2015. She is the daughter of Willard and Margaret Metcalf who preceded her in death. Linda had recently moved to Odessa, Texas, from Wichita, Kan. Prior to that, she lived in Mapleton, Kan., for several years...

Cinda Lea Cates, age 70, a former resident of Fort Scott and more recently of Pittsburg, died Wednesday, May 27, at the Medicalodge of Frontenac. A private graveside service for family and close friends will be held Monday at the U.S. National Cemetery. Services are under the direction the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

When Alvin Metcalf, director of security at Southeast Kansas Regional Correctional Center, read a Tribune story about the need for trimming trees around a City of Fort Scott welcome sign, he asked Bourbon County Sheriff Bill Martin permission to take inmates on a work trip...

The only thing that could put a damper on the Wall Street blitz this weekend could be Mother Nature. Rain has been an issue in the area the last several days and as of Thursday, more of the wet stuff is in the forecast through Saturday. Craig Campbell, volunteer leader for the Good Neighbor Action Team, said work on about 20 projects for a planned property improvement blitz along East Wall Street Saturday and Sunday is still on schedule but weather could cause some changes for volunteers...

The Bourbon County Commissioners during their Tuesday meeting received a report from the county attorney on whether the county has authority over fire districts. The issue has been brewing for several months, as members of the Drywood and Scott townships have asked the commissioners to move the Garland Fire District line out of Scott Township. ...

SALINA -- Overnight rain forced the Kansas State High School Activities Association to postpone the entirety of the Class 4A-Division I State Baseball Tournament, according to an announcement made on the association's website early Thursday morning. Fort Scott High School was to have played a first-round game against Rose Hill Thursday afternoon. The field at Dean Evans Stadium was too waterlogged to play on following a thunderstorm overnight and rain was in the forecast for Thursday and Friday...

McPHERSON -- Fort Scott High School senior Conner Antonetti finished in seventh place here Wednesday at the Class 4A State Golf Tournament at Turkey Hills Golf Course. The tournament was delayed one day because of wet conditions. Antonetti, who will play at Coffeyville Community College next season, shot 37 on the front nine and 36 on the back to finish with a score of 73, three strokes over par. The score was 14 strokes better than his score last year at Mayetta...

SALINA -- Fort Scott High School's softball team is the one that puts pressure on its opponents and forces them to make mistakes. Here Thursday night in a Class 4A-Division I State Tournament quarterfinal at the Bob Burke Complex, the exact opposite happened during a disastrous fifth-inning in which fifth-seeded Andale/Garden Plain needed just one hit to score all of its runs. ...

Phyllis R. West, 84, of Lenexa, passed away May 13, 2015. A memorial service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, June 6 at Lakeview Village-Southridge-Treetop Activity Room 5th Floor, 14001 W. 92nd Street, Lenexa, Kan. Inurnment will be 12:30 p.m. Friday, July 17, at Fort Scott National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to the Lakeview Village Foundation...

Josephine M. Kemp, age 78, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, May 29, 2015, at the Golden Living Center in Pittsburg, Kan. Services for Josephine Kemp will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.