Stories from Wednesday, January 3, 2007

What began as an advertising technique has just added fuel to the fire in a property dispute between The Donut Station manager Scott Beerbower and Boone and Dauben Drive-In owner Teresa Weidman. The 35-foot ship sitting between the two businesses has raised more ire between the two in a conflict that started with Beerbower asking Weidman for compensation for Boone and Dauben customers parking on Donut Station property...

City Commissioners on Tuesday approved a recommendation by a city-created review board to hire a Topeka man to update the city's comprehensive plan. A seven-member comprehensive review board recommended Topeka attorney James M. Kaup to update the plan. The review board included four city staffers and three members of the planning commission, which recommended the city update the plan...

One of the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce's main goals for 2007 -- among other planned projects -- is to increase the current chamber membership to more than 400 members, FSACC President and CEO Gary Emry said. Chamber officials want to sustain the chamber's current membership of about 300 to 370 members, but also show growth in 2007, Emry said...

Enid "Ruth" Perry, age 90, a residnet of Fort Scott, passed away Monday, Jan. 1, 2007 at the Fort Scott Manor. Ruth was born in Fort Scott on March 30, 1916, the daughter of Ivan and Jessie Golff Morrison. After graduating from college, Ruth taught elementry school in teh Marmaton and Uniontown school districts...

William Washington Bowen, 45, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died Saturday, December 30, 2006. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at Pleasanton Cemetery, Pleasanton, Kansas. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM until service time at the chapel. Contributions are suggested to the William Bowen Memorial for the Bowen children c/o the funeral home...

Dorothy L. Thornburgh, age 88, a former resident of San Diego, Calif., died Dec. 29, 2006, in San Diego, Calif. Graveside services for Dorothy Thornburgh will be held Friday, Jan. 5, 2007, at the Evergreen Cemetery in Fort Scott. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Kansas City Funeral Directors, Inc...

Halsey Everette Harkness, age 83, passed away Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006, at his home in Hudson, Fla. He was born May 3, 1923 in Prescott, Kan., the son of Byron Harkness and Nellie Pruitt Harkness. He attended school in Prescott and graduated from Prescott High School in 1941...

James E. Prine Jr., 79, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2006, at Nevada Regional Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was born May 6, 1927, in Kansas City, Mo., to James Eddie Prine, Sr. and Golda Mawhiney Prine. He married Mary Wanda Springer on Feb. 7, 1948, in Wheatland, Mo., and she survives of the home...

Della Mae Leonard, 75, of Pleasanton, Kan., died Saturday, Dec. 30, 2006, at Longview, Texas. Services will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 5, 2007, at the Coffel-Schneider Chapel, Pleasanton, Kansas. Visitation will be from 6:30- p.m., Thursday at the Chapel. Interment will be in Woodland Cemetery, Mound City, Kan...

Homer L. Woods, age 64, a resident of Fort Scott, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007, at Mercy Health Center. Funeral arrangements for Homer Woods will be announced by Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

Devney M. Mack Jr., age 64, of rural Fort Scott, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007, at Mercy Health Center. Funeral services for Mack Devnywill be announced by Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St.

100 YEARS AGO (1907) Homer Pond, who is at the Soldiers' Home at Fort Leavenworth, is much better than he has been at any time. The good news comes from Homer's brother George, who has been visiting there. Vic Barnett was the first person to pay his license into the city clerk's office this year. He was given Certificate No. 1 and a few minutes later W.T. Seagraves walked in and plunked down his fee and was the second person to pay up...

Zach Quick scored 23 points while Zach Smith added 12 in Fort Scott High's 65-46 non-league victory over Iola at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night. The "Zach Attack" combined for each of Fort Scott's first 14 points as the Tigers held Iola scoreless in the game's opening 4:53...