Stories from Wednesday, May 23, 2007

On Monday, the Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees unanimously approved the nearly $260,000 lease-purchase of technology equipment over a three-year period. Last month, trustees approved the purchase of the 237 computers and equipment through Dell Financial Services. Within the last month, FSCC administrators prepared quotes for interested local lenders in an attempt to finance the equipment locally...

Barring any inclement weather on Tuesday, May 29, the Kansas Department of Transportation is scheduled to begin a highway resurfacing project on U.S. Highway 69 in Bourbon County. The project begins one-half mile south of the Kansas Highway 7 and U.S. ...

Mahlon Dale Crown, age 91, a resident of Fort Scott, died Monday, May 21, 2007, at his home. He was born January 24, 1916, in Chehalis, Washington, the son of Samuel Elmer Crown and Leanora Ward Crown. He graduated from High School in Centralia, Washington, then Fort Scott Community College, and the Northwestern University School of Management. ...

COSENS -- Alycia Loree and Alyssa Kay Cosens, twin girls, were born at 9:18 a.m. and 9:20 a.m. on Sunday, May 13, 2007, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Mo. to parents Dr. and Mrs. Brent Cosens, Pittsburg. Alycia weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces at birth. Alyssa weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Bill Toschi, Arma and the late Loretta Toschi. Paternal grandparents are Kay and Boone Cosens, Fort Scott...

WEST -- Kaylin Nicole West, a girl, was born at 4:27 p.m. on Friday, May 18, 2007, at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, to parents Mike and Megan West, Redfield. She weighed 6 pounds, 12.2 ounces at birth.. Maternal grandparents are Craig and Brenda Cooper, Colony and Jeff Stanford, Iola. ...

PITTS -- Gracin Elizabeth Pitts, a girl, was born at 11:43 a.m. on Tuesday, May 22, 2007, at Mercy Health Center, to parents Bill and Beth Pitts, Fort Scott. She weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces at birth. She joins two brothers, Jason and Blaine. Maternal grandparents are Gerry and Pat Rogus, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Eddy and LuAnne Pitts, Redfield...

Less than a week after the May 4 EF5 tornado destroyed nearly all of Greensburg, several local law enforcement and emergency responders answered the western Kansas town's call for help. Few were prepared for what they would see. "I thought I was prepared for it," Bourbon County Undersheriff Ron Gray said. "I was wrong. I was in total shock. It didn't look like a town. It was just widespread destruction. I've never seen anything like that before in my lifetime."...

Fast-pitch tournament at Girard June 2-3 GIRARD -- A fast-pitch softball tournament for girls 10 and under will be held at Red Wutke Park here June 2 and 3. Entry fee is $125 with a three-game guarantee. For more information, contact Cindy Murphy before May 28 at (620) 724-0188...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) This is to invite you to join the 1907 Boys Corn Contest. The following firms and business men of Fort Scott have arranged to give 10 prizes for the best 10 ears of corn raised by Bourbon County between the ages of 10 and 18: First National Bank, Advise & & Co., W.C. ...

Records Police report Sheriff's report KHP...

The Uniontown 4- H Club held their April meeting at the Uniontown Community Center. Seventeen members answered roll call by naming a project they are enrolled in. Caitlin Jackson led the 4-H pledge. Breanna Esslinger read the minutes from the previous meeting. ...

Josh Ramsey, a 2006 Fort Scott High School graduate, has made the most of his forensics skills and his opportunities. Ramsey attended Hutchinson Community College this school year on a debate and forensics scholarship. As the season progressed, it was clear that Ramsey was going to continue his winning ways from high school where he was a state champion and a national qualifier in Lincoln- Douglas Debate...

KDOT schedules U.S. 69 resurfacing Tribune Staff Report Barring any inclement weather on Tuesday, May 29, the Kansas Department of Transportation is scheduled to begin a highway resurfacing project on U. S. Highway 69 in Bourbon County. The project begins one-half mile south of the Kansas Highway 7 and U. ...