Stories from Monday, December 18, 2006

The Uniontown Future Farmers of America have been delivering the Christmas holiday items and fruit to patrons of the district. This is an annual fund raising event for the FFA students. The campaign is also greatly appreciated by the members of this community, and also the efforts of the students and their advisor, Kevin Gleason, who never ceases to try to please everyone involved...

John Woodrich's history with the Sisters of Mercy health system has brought him back to the Midwest. The 47-year old Omaha, Neb. native assumed the responsibilities of president and chief executive officer of Mercy Health System of Kansas on Nov. 13, bringing with him more than 30 years of experience in the health care industry. Woodrich comes to Fort Scott from Trenton, Mo., where he had served as CEO of Wright Memorial Hospital since 2003...

Organizers and performers of the "Life in a Jar" project have only begun the effort to get the Polish-born heroine Irena Sendler nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Recent nationwide media attention the story has received is somewhat inaccurate, as Sendler has not yet received a nomination, and the process is still in the discussion phase, Uniontown Junior Senior High School social sciences instructor and project coordinator Norm Conard said Monday...

If the Fort Scott City Commission approves an ordinance at Tuesday's meeting, the public will be prohibited from carrying concealed guns onto property owned or leased by the city. City documents indicate that at 7 p.m. Tuesday, at City Hall, 1 E. Third St., the commission will hear the second and final reading of the ordinance aimed at banning concealed firearms on city property...

100 YEARS AGO (1906) Miss Blanche Tegarden has returned from Lamar where she has been engaged as a trimmer at a millinery establishment. Howard Troy and Clint Glover, who are engaged in the confectionery and restaurant business at Redfield, were in town today...