Stories from Friday, February 15, 2008

With the ever increasing reliance that society has on technology today, the ability to have excellent written communication skills is beneficial. Part of having these skills is the ability to spell the written words correctly. Area students who have been honing their spelling skills were given the opportunity to let those skills shine...

Wendy Kate Rhodes, a girl, was born at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008 at Mercy Health Center to parents Philip and Jennifer Rhodes, Fort Scott. She weighed 9 pounds, 3 ounces at birth. She joins six siblings; Emily, Josiah, Molly, Heidi, Benjamin, and Peter. Maternal grandparents are John and Linda Rucker, Parsons. Maternal great-grandmother is Betty Denney, Altamont. Paternal grandparents are Ellen Rhodes, Edna, and the late Joe Rhodes...

Benjamin Riley Phillips, a boy, was born at 10:19 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008 at Mercy Health Center to parents Adam and Kimberly Phillips, Fort Scott. He weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces at birth. He joins one sibling; Keira Ryan Phillips. Maternal grandparents are Ron and Deborah Parker, Redfield. Paternal grandfather is Dan Phillips, Harrisonville, Mo. Paternal grandmother is the late Nancie Phillips...

Grace Kay Anderson, a girl, was born at 8:15 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008 at Mercy Health Center to parents Jaimie Hegge and Adam Anderson, Fort Scott. She weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces at birth. She joins one sibling; Issiah James Hegge. Maternal grandparents are James Hegge, Garland; Deana and Kenny Butler, Fulton; and Jim and Anita Hegge, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Patti Brown, Fort Scott, and Charles Anderson, Wichita...

The Bourbon County Courthouse and Transfer Station will be closed Monday, Feb. 18 in observance of Presidents Day. Both will be open for regular business on Tuesday, Feb. 19.

Fort Scott City Clerk Diane Clay announced Thursday that more than a majority of a quorum of the Fort Scott City Commission may attend the Fort Scott/Bourbon County Riverfront Authority meeting scheduled for 5:15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, in the Gordon Parks Center of the Academic Building at Fort Scott Community College, 2108 S. Horton St...

Several groups on the Pittsburg State University campus including the Black Student Association, the Department of Art, Axe Library, and the PSU Tilford Group have joined together to promote several Black History Awareness activities from mid-February to mid-March...

Fort Scott Police Department School Resource Officer Toby Nighswonger, in cooperation with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, will present to all high school students a drug education awareness seminar. He will be presenting four seminars. Each session will run from 10:30 -- 11:34 a.m. ...

The Pride of Tigerland Band is selling Buy One-Get One Free Value Cards. These cards have several local restaurants and video movie offers. They are just $5 and are valid until Nov. 30. To buy a value card, contact James Fox by calling (620) 223-0660...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) Twelve carrier boys are employed by the Tribune-Monitor to distribute the Daily Tribune and these boys cover all parts of the city. The routes have increased in size from 15 to 25 percent and new names are being added daily, so mistakes are bound to happen. ...

Two area Movie Gallery stores plan to close their doors next week, company officials said Thursday. Both stores, 1713 S. National Ave., Fort Scott, and 320 E. Austin St., Nevada, Mo., are two of 400 stores nationwide that the video rental company announced earlier this month would be closing as part of the company's reorganization plan in its attempt to exit bankruptcy...

The Bronson Police Department now has access to the Fort Scott Police Department's dispatching center after officials reached an agreement to provide dispatch service to the department. The Fort Scott City Commission on Feb. 5 voted unanimously to approve the agreement that gives the BPD full access to the Fort Scott's dispatch center...

BUFFALO -- Uniontown's boys pummeled Altoona-Midway in the second half of a Three Rivers League make-up basketball contest here last night, outscoring the Jets 32-6 in the second half on the way to a 59-26 victory. The homestanding Jets outscored the Eagles 17-8 in the second period of the girls' contest and held on for a 36-34 win...

February. A month when one's thoughts turn to…baseball? Yes, baseball. Fort Scott Community College baseball, to be specific. It may seem early but the Greyhounds are hoping for good weather so that they can get their season underway Saturday afternoon with a 1 p.m. doubleheader against Carl Albert State College (Okla.)...