Stories from Friday, September 16, 2016

The Uniontown USD 235 Board of Education is expected to resume its search for a new superintendent/junior, senior high school principal in the near future. Following a 45-minute executive session to discuss negotiations and non-elected personnel Monday, the board accepted the resignation of Jan Hedges as junior and senior high school principal and superintendent. Her resignation becomes effective June 30...

In a section of the basement of Memorial Hall at Third Street and National Avenue sits what Ken Lyon said is a "valuable asset" to the community. But as expenses continue to increase, the "asset's" future may not be so bright. Lyon is president of the Old Fort Genealogical Society, a nonprofit organization with a mission to "collect, preserve and disseminate knowledge and information with reference to genealogical and related historical, biographical and heraldic data," according to submitted information.. ...

James R. "Red" Stradley, age 83, a resident of Fort Scott, died Thursday, Sept. 15 at the Fort Scott Mercy Hospital. Services for James R. "Red" Stradley will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.

Cynthia Jo Vietti, 64, of Fort Scott, passed away at her home Wednesday morning, Sept. 14, 2016. She was born Oct. 30, 1951 the daughter of Eugene Dominic and Wilma Dean (Morrison) Vietti. Cindy attended Girard schools all twelve grades and attended Pittsburg State for two years before entering Mercy School of Nursing in Fort Scott, Kan., graduating in 1973 as a registered nurse. ...

Leland L. Lee, age 83, of Warsaw, Mo., passed away Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, in Columbia, Mo. He was born on Sept. 7, 1933 in Appleton City, Mo., the son of Christian and Viola Hill. Leland worked as an electrician in Butler, Mo., and later owned and operated the laundry mat and the sewing center. In 1965, he began work for Culligan in Sedalia and Warsaw. He was an accomplished businessman, avid fisherman and a helping hand to his neighbors and community...

After a long illness, Hazel June Hicks Gordon, 86, formerly of Fort Scott, and a resident of Heritage Health Care in Chanute, Kan., was reunited with her loved ones in heaven on Tuesday evening, Sept. 13, 2016. Hazel June Hicks was born Nov. 9, 1929, in a primitive log cabin on the prairies of Wyoming where her mother, Ruth Belle Crites Hicks, and father, Oscar Allen Hicks, had homesteaded after her father returned from fighting in World War I. ...

Uniontown had a big win in Week One but a big loss in Week Two. Which way might things go for the Eagles tonight when they host Northeast in a Three Rivers League contest? Uniontown crushed Southeast at home, 54-0, to open the season but suffered a 40-0 defeat at the hands of defending Three Rivers League 11-man champion Jayhawk-Linn...

Fort Scott Community College will host its own version of "Monday Night Football" at the beginning of next week. The Greyhounds (1-2) will be facing the Central Methodist University junior varsity at Frary Field with kickoff at 7 p.m. This will be the first time Fort Scott has played a four-year college's JV team since 1999, when the Greyhounds whipped Culver-Stockton's JV 54-7 at Frary Field...

Chanute will come into tonight's Southeast Kansas League battle against Fort Scott perhaps still unsure of what it is. Being blown out 44-0 by Pittsburg might inspire an identity crisis. The Blue Comets aren't as bad as that score indicates. But are they better than a season-opening 15-12 win over Iola might suggest?...

GARNETT -- Fort Scott Middle School volleyball went 2-2 on the day here Tuesday. The scores were not available for the seventh-greade matches but the Tribune was informeed that the seventh-grade B team (3-0) won and the A team (2-2) lost in five sets...

PITTSBURG -- Uniontown sent some of its golfers to a "rookie" tournament held here Wednesday with Frontenac as the host. The Eagles finished second with a four-woman score of 218 over nine holes. Girard won it with a 217. Third-place Baxter Springs was well behind with a 279...

CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team split in its first Southeast Kansas League event of the season here Tuesday. The Tigers (1-1 SEK, 2-3 overall) defeated the host school in three sets, 15-25, 25-18, 25-21, and lost to Pittsburg, 25-11, 25-10...

Fort Scott High School's soccer team got its first win of the season Tuesday evening, winning at Riverton, 3-0. The Tigers broke a 10-match losing streak going back to last season. Mannie Gonzalez's first goal of the season put the Tigers on the board minutes into the second half. John Montojo and Hudson each added their second goal of the season later on...

INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team finished in third place here Tuesday at the second of two invitationals here this season. Independence won the tournament with 15 points, followed by Labette County with 12 and Fort Scott with 8. "The girls played hard today and we are beginning to show signs of improvement in places," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. ...

Fort Scott High School's home football game versus Chanute will kick off tonight at 6 p.m. at Frary Field, one hour earlier than normal, due to concerns about the weather. Should lightning be seen nearby during the game, KSHSAA regulations require a 30-minute stoppage of play, which resets with each new sighting. The move of kickoff up an hour is an effort to keep the game from ending at an extremely-late hour should lightning invade the area...