Stories from Tuesday, May 22, 2007

The Fort Scott National Cemetery, 900 E. National Ave., will host special Memorial Day services on Monday, a day to remember Americans who have died defending their country throughout the world since 1775. Services, which are organized by The American Legion Post 25, The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. ...

Donald Thomas Endicott, age 73, of Arcadia, passed away Saturday, May 19, 2007, at his home. He was born October 27, 1933 in Fort Scott, the son of Thomas Monroe and Minnie Idella (Fisk) Endicott. He married Georgia Clydine Newman in Miami, Oklahoma. She preceded him in death December 4, 1999. He moved to the Arcadia area around 1988, after living in Girard for three years. He has lived and farmed most of his life in Bourbon and Crawford Counties...

Mercy Health Center has recently upgraded its capability to read mammograms by using digital technology. Last Thursday, the hospital's Breast Imaging Center implemented digital mammography, a relatively new way of taking pictures of the breast to determine if women have or don't have signs of breast cancer...

WAMEGO -- Fort Scott High School's golf team finished in fifth place at the Class 4A State Golf Tournament at the Wamego Country Club here Monday. The Tigers, third in 4A last year, shot 345 as a team. Andover was the runaway winner in the team competition as the Trojans shot 309 to finish 15 strokes ahead of runner-up Topeka Hayden. Andover Central was third at 325 and Wamego was fourth on its home course with a 336...

Thirty-two seniors gathered in Bronson for lunch on May 18, with Lucille and Joe Bacon as hosts. President Retta Smith, returned thanks and had everyone sing "Happy Birthday" to our May birthdays, Margaret Allen and Colwell Holeman. This was followed by "Happy Anniversary" to Rita Mae and Buford Johnson who are celebrating their 68th anniversary...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) Oliver Baker, a well known farmer living near Hiattville, lost over $100 worth of hogs last week in a single night through a most peculiar case. His loss came near being three times as heavy. Mr. Baker had 30 big hogs that were almost ready for market. They had been kept up in a feed pen. Mr...

On May 19 the Fort Scott Writers Club met in the Community Room at Presbyterian Village. Attending were acting President/Secretary and Treasurer/ Reporter Joy Melendy, Ruth Bahr, Judy Howser, Caroline Lowery, Marie Marshall, Velma Reavis and Grace Myers. President/ Secretary Kathleen Durbin was not present because her husband was hospitalized at the time...

It was a nice evening for the Senior Swingers to have their Monday night senior citizen danced at Buck Run Community Center. We had a nice croud and really enjoyed the variety of food at break time. Soon after 7 p.m. ...

May is Older Americans Month. The number of people 65 and older in the United States was 36.8 million on July 1, 2005. This age group accounted for 12 percent of the total population. The number of persons who will be celebrating the month will increase in future years as 78 million baby boomers begin to turn 65 in 2011...

By Milton J. Ackerman I retired in the fall of 2004. My wife, who has several volunteer activities, thought I should do something besides stay at home, working in the garden. She received an ombudsman recruiting letter from AARP Kansas and suggested that I look into it, as she thought I might be a good fit for the program. I agreed and subsequently took training in the spring of 2006...