Stories from Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Robert Wesley Rossman, 69, of Fort Scott, died early Monday, June 26, 2017. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Gordon James Miller, age 59, died of heart failure at the Aurora Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado, June 14, 2017. Gordon was born in Fort Scott on Dec. 21, 1957, the son of Raymond Burl Miller and Elsie Adalene Lyon Miller. He attended schools in Des Moines, Iowa, graduating from Hoover High School with the Class of 1976. Following graduation he was a railroad employee later settling in Denver, Colo...

Paul Raymond McDaniel, age 70, a resident of Interlachen, Fla., passed away Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at the VA Medical Center in Wichita, Kan. He was born May 5, 1947, in Eldorado, Kan., the son of Dennis McDaniel and Erma Peebles McDaniel. He served with the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Following his military service, he worked in maintenance and had last worked for the City of Interlachen. He enjoyed fishing and crafts especially with wood and leather...

Donald Lee Struble, age 63, a resident of Fort Scott died Saturday, June 24, 2017, at Mercy Hospital of Fort Scott. He was born July 11, 1953, in Key West, Fla., the son of Donald Lee Struble and Dorothy Irene Hubert Struble. He drove and maintained a truck for many years. Don was always very helpful and loved working on computers and cars, and could fix anything...

The Bourbon County Public Works director has been tasked with researching the cost of maintaining Elm Creek Lake and also possible solutions to repairing the lake’s leaks. The discussion follows the June 20 meeting when several citizens attended to voice their opposition to any idea of the county selling the lake. The commissioners said they have no intention of selling the lake...

A special story time was held Monday afternoon at the Fort Scott Public Library. About 65 children signed up for a Faerie Garden story time. Supplies awaited the children, who created a fairy or a dinosaur garden. Nana Glimmerswind of Scotiana, queen of the fairies, locally known as Martha Scott, made a stop and read to the children, then they were given fairy cakes for a treat...

The SEK Outdoorsmen 4-Person Scramble was held at Woodland Hills Golf Course Saturday. Results are as follows: • First Flight: 1. Smith Team, 52, $280; 2. Boyd Team, 53, $240. • Second Flight: 1. Davis Team 58, $280; 2. Harper Team, 62, $240. • Third Flight: 1. Brown Team, 66, $280; 2. Martin Team, 67; $240...

TOPEKA — The Kansas Indians 18-and-under local summer baseball team recently participated in the Washburn Tournament at Topeka, winning two of four games. The Indians (13-9-1) won their first of two games on Friday over the Natural Baseball Academy 17-and-under team, 7-2, with 5 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Alec Michaud had 3 of the Indians’ 11 hits while Kieran Houlihan had 2. They along with Tyler Gorman each drove in 2 runs...

Gage Wilson’s 3-run home run in the bottom of the first inning of a doubleheader at Dave Regan Stadium Tuesday evening was just the beginning for the Kansas Indians 16-and-under team. A 7-run fourth forced the 8-run version of the mercy rule to kick in to give the Indians a 12-4 win in the opener against Nevada. A 13-run third caused the 10-run version to come into effect as the Indians won game two, 14-2...