Stories from Wednesday, October 3, 2007

The Fort Scott Recreation Commission recently announced registration for several fall programs. Youth basketball is open to girls and boys from kindergarten through fifth grade. The program is designed to teach basic basketball games while learning to play in game situations. Emphasis is on sportsmanship, fundamentals and team play. The fee of $10, which includes practices, games and a T-shirt, is due Oct. 12...

Recent results from action involving Fort Scott teams in the Nevada youth football league: Wednesday: Nevada Colts 21, Fort Scott Broncos 19. Jacob Casselman rushed for 196 yards on 27 carries and scored three touchdowns and an extra point for the Broncos. Weston Woodring added 131 yards on 13 carries and scored twice...

Jordan Woods of Bronson, an eighth grader at Uniontown Junior High, has been chosen to represent the USA as a member of an elite baseball team traveling to Puerto Rico this summer. As a member of the Coast to Coast Baseball Team he will compete at Sola Morales Stadium in Caguas, Puerto Rico and neighboring towns from June 25-July 1, 2008 against top amateur teams from around Puerto Rico...

PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's volleyball team swept Crest and Pleasanton in its final Three Rivers League triangular of the season here Tuesday night. The Eagles defeated Crest, 21-25, 25-17, 25-13. Kyli Harvey was successful on 17 of 18 attacks and recorded nine kills. Riley Stephens was 11 of 15 in attack and had six kills...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) From County Superintendent Rose Allen's report it was noted that there is a total of 4,510 persons of school age in this county, not including the city. Superintendent Bowmen stated today that he believed the city's enrollment at the present time will be much greater than ever before...

Students and adults met at 7:15 a.m. Sept. 26 at Uniontown Junior Senior High School for 'SYATP' (See You At The Flagpole) in front of the school.The event was sponsored by the Uniontown Fellowship of Christian Athletes led by Deanne Bloesser and Lois Wright. Everyone in the school and community was invited to join in prayer for the school, the community, and the country. Approximately 40 people attended the activity. (Submitted photo)...

GOODRICH -- Cameron Lee Goodrich, a boy, was born at 8:10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Ashley Dawn Copple and Joshua Matthew Goodrich, Prescott. He weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces at birth. He joins a sibling, Brenden William Goodrich. ...

Richard Dean Sparks, 59, of San Ramon California, died Monday, Oct.1, 2007, at the San Ramon Regional Hospital Services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday at the Blue Mound Federated Church, Blue Mound, Kans. Visitation will be from 6:30-8 p.m., Friday at the Coffel-Schneider Chapel, Mound City. Contributions are suggested to the Linn County Historical Museum. Interment will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery, Blue Mound...

Stanley Lyn Cullison, 35, of rural Fort Scott, died Monday afternoon, Oct. 1, 2007, in a farming accident. He was born Dec. 22, 1971, the son of Richard and Patricia Ann (Prewett) Cullison, Sr., in Fort Scott, Kansas. Stanley was a farmer and a welder, and worked on his family's farm...

Dismissed Monday None Admitted Monday Olivedean Greig, Hepler; Dorothy Fry, Fort Scott; Deven Coulter, Fort Scott; and Lynette Steeby, Fort Scott Dismissed Tuesday Cinda Cates, Fort Scott; Deven Coulter, Fort Scott; and Clifford Lyman, Fort Scott Admitted Tuesday...

Uniontown Junior Senior High School Homecoming king and queen candidates are shown here, left to right: (back row) Jesse Johnston, Zach Mason, Shawn Pritchett, Jaime Shelton and Luke Spainhoward and (front row) Char Bradbury, Karlee Daylong, Jullea Decker, Jamie Shank and Kelsey Welch. Selection of the UJSHS Homecoming king and queen will be announced at the football game on Friday night...

A sport utility vehicle overturned at about 2:31 p.m. Tuesday on U.S. Highway 69 at the 12th Street intersection. As of press time, no information was available about the condition of the driver or whether there were any passengers involved. (Tribune photo/Jason E. Silvers)...

As Edward E. Thomas walked out of the courtroom, he glanced over to his family members standing nearby. They appeared to want nothing to do with him. A judge sentenced Thomas, 44, on Friday to five years in state prison for molesting a 15-year-old girl...

Fort Scott Community College officials have changed some construction aspects of the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center in order to save money on the proposed 33,000-square foot facility. The FSCC Board of Trustees and other college administrators met Monday morning to conduct an informational session concerning final construction costs of the proposed $7.5 million facility, and to allow the board to receive an update on how construction plans for the building are moving along...

This weekend, the residents in Pleasanton will enjoy a weekend packed with history and adventure. On Oct. 6 and 7, the city of Pleasanton will conduct its First Annual General Pleasonton Days, event committee member Rose Troth said. The event which has been named in honor of General Alfred Pleasonton who fought in the Civil War, will possibly become an annual occurrence, Troth said...

A 35-year-old rural Bourbon County man died Monday after a tractor he was working on apparently ran him over. Shortly before 2:30 p.m., Kansas Highway Patrol, Bourbon County Sheriff's Deputies and Garland firefighters responded to a farm home at 547 240th St. in southeast Bourbon County, about 7 miles from Fort Scott, in reference to an accident...

An invitation to Chamber Business After Hours To the Editor, The Lyons' family is looking forward to greeting Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce members and their guests for the Business After Hours event Thursday, Oct. 11, at the Twin Mansion, 750 South National Ave...