Stories from Tuesday, May 15, 2007

The agenda for the Fort Scott City Commission meeting is loaded with items ranging from long-term projects to short-term requests by residents. The meeting will start at 6 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 1 E. Third St. The Lake Fort Scott Planning Committee is requesting camping fees at the lake. The proposal has set a $5 fee per night per vehicle, $8 on Friday and Saturday nights and $12 for three-day holiday weekends...

Residents in Southeast Kansas and Southwest Missouri have formed a group that will focus on local habitat projects to benefit the quail population in the region. That group, called the Cherokee Plains Chapter of the Quail Forever organization, is led by Scott Sudkamp, a private lands biologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation. ...

The "Wall of Honor" campaign for the construction of the proposed $7 million Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center at Fort Scott Community College has shown continued success. Members of the campaign committee to raise money for the fine arts center met recently to discuss progress and continued fundraising efforts for the building...

Fort Scott Community College has announced that the 2007 Outstanding Alumnus and Young Alumnus have been chosen to speak at graduation ceremonies.  Retired educator Robert Nelson, known for his service to the Fort Scott community, was chosen as the 2007 Outstanding Alumnus and will speak at the graduation ceremony at 8 p.m. Friday at Memorial Hall. ...

Monica Elaine Dunn Pentz, age 89, of Iola, died Sunday, May 13, 2007 at her home. She was born October 31, 1917 in Pawnee Station, the daughter of Harry Owen and Freda Anderson Dunn. She graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1934 and Fort Scott Community College in 1936. ...

Stephen Heitz Moore, age 64, of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, died Sunday, May 13, 2007 at Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge. Steve was born March 29, 1943 in Fort Scott, to the late Albert and Velma Heitz Moore. He was a graduate of The University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. ...

Florence Elizabeth "Betty" Stockwell, age 85, resident of Fort Scott, died Monday, May 14, 2007 at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri. She was born February 6, 1922 in Fort Scott, the daughter of Earl D. Hurst and Iris Ellen Ragin Hurst. Betty was a 1940 graduate of Fort Scott High School and graduated from Fort Scott Community College in 1942...

PAOLA -- Three rounds scoring in the top four produced a Regional championship for Fort Scott High's golfers here Monday as the Tigers shot a season-best 312 to claim the Paola Regional. All six members of Fort Scott's team will go on to play in the Class 4A State Tournament at the Wamego Country Club next Monday...

LOUISBURG -- This wasn't what they expected. Not even close. The seniors that had won a State championship as sophomores and took third in the state last year as juniors saw their season come to a premature end here Monday afternoon as the Pomona-Williamsburg combined team known as the West Franklin Falcons scored the upset win in the first round of the Louisburg Class 4A Regional Softball Tournament at Lewis and Young Park here...

GARNETT -- Fort Scott High's baseball team had to battle both a pretty stiff wind and a pretty stiff Osawatomie team in the first round of the Anderson County Class 4A Regional Baseball Tournament at Dutch Brummell Field here Monday afternoon. The wind wasn't as tough as it was first feared. Osawatomie, 3-12, was for the first 4 1/2 innings but the Tigers scored five in the bottom of the fifth and one in the sixth to pull away for a 10-5 win...

Wet weather, such as we've been experiencing recently, provides a good opportunity for mold to grow in homes. Molds are part of the natural environment. Outdoors, molds break down dead organic matter such as fallen leaves and dead trees, but indoors, mold growth should be avoided. ...

Lou and Betty Dehn went to New Orleans to visit his high school buddy, Mike and Vickie Jennings on Friday evening April 27. On Sunday morning, Lou and Mike with son John flew to Taladego while the ladies were free to do their own thing. John and Diane Stroud of Hepler, visited his aunt Oma Mitchell in Fort Scott, his cousin Mae Watt in Arcadia and his Aunt Muriel Stroud in Arma all on Wednesday...

The Uniontown Saddle Club annually awards the Warren McKinnis Scholarship to Uniontown High School seniors and to seniors of family club members. This year to help graduates pursue their college dreams, a total of $3200 was awarded during the senior awards programs at Uniontown High School and Jayhawk Linn High School...

Residents and staff at Medicalodge in Fort Scott will enjoy fun and games this week as part of National Nursing Home Week. The week-long celebration began May 13 and will run through May 19. On Monday, Fort Scott Mayor Dick Hedges and Fort Scott Medicalodge Resident Council President Wanda Sleightholm signed the official document proclaiming this week as the 2007 National Nursing Home Week. ...

The Fort Scott Community College rodeo season has come to an end, except for three outstanding athletes. Ty Clearwater, Jared Keylon, and Christopher Carmean have excelled in the Central Plains region, finishing in the top three. The Collegiate National Finals will host a rodeo June 10-16 in Casper, Wyo. The top three rodeo finalists in 11 regions across the United States will compete...

It was another nice evening at Buck Run Community Center for the Senior Swingers dance. There were over 60 present and a good time was had by all. Wes Coleman, our mandolin player and singer was a little late but the dance went on. We like to start on time and I am sure the dancers feel the same way as when the music starts most of the dancers are on the floor...

The Marmaton Valley Old Time Fiddlers and Pickers met at the Senior Citizen Center on Main Street in Fort Scott on Sunday, May 13. We had nine entertainers and 25 guests. We were very happy to have Chuck and Donna Cowen stop by. Chuck sat in with the musicians and played and sang several songs...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) On Thursday and Friday night of this week ag Convention Hall the annual school entertainment will be given. There will be 150 in the chorus, or in other words the largest chorus ever assembled in any home talent production. The name of the show is the "Princess Snow White." There are four principle characters: Princess, Clara Wagner; Queen, Irene Dunckle; Prince, Charley Harris; the Huntsman, Harry Walsh...

Philip John Saxer, age 64, a resident of Paola, died Sunday, May 13, 2007 at the Pinnacle Ridge Nursing Home in Olathe. He was born July 8, 1943 in Wichita, the son of Harry Saxer and Margaret Roberts Saxer. He married Kathy Motes in November 1970. They were later divorced. He attended the...

To the editor, I am writing this letter, not because I am opposed to the idea of an Aquatic Center, but because I am concerned that we are "diving into" this proposal without being fiscally responsible about it. I am very concerned that the City of Fort Scott is promoting the passage of this measure, without knowing the answers to some very important questions. ...

EMERSON -- Austin Ty Emerson, a boy, was born at 8:47 a.m. on Monday, May 14, 2007, at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, to parents Michael and Shana Emerson, Fulton. He weighed 9 pounds, 1 ounce at birth. He joins siblings Cali and Nicholas Emerson. Maternal grandparents are Darrel and Sandra Beth, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Tim and Anne Emerson, Fort Scott. Maternal great-grandparents are Ellis and Catherine Beth, Fort Scott and Kay and Carmita Black, Prescott...