Stories from Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Personal Touch Thursday I enjoyed having four young people from Linn County serve as Pages for me. They were Natalie Black from Jayhawk Linn and Morgan Conrad, Aaron Loggins and Dillon Roberts from Pleasanton High School. On Friday I had the honor of leading the Pledge of Allegiance for the Kansas House of Representatives opening session...

Joe and Shirley White report their daughter, Susan Whitehead, is now home again after undergoing more surgery. Again they thank everyone for their prayers, cards, and concern. Susan, please know we have and will continue to uphold you in our prayers. God bless you and your family...

The local Red Cross would like to make a correction to the times for their local blood drive. Residents are encouraged to make an appointment to donate blood and bring a friend to the Bourbon County Red Cross blood drive, scheduled Monday, April 21, from 12:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. and Tuesday, April 22, from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at Fort Scott Christian Heights School, 1101 South Barbee, Fort Scott...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) C.W. Goodlander, funeral director; Orlando Cheney, assistant--Undertakers, Licensed embalmers, established 1858. Open day and night, 14 Scott Avenue. Telephone 86. Finest equipped establishment in the state, with chapel. Reasonable prices. Rubber tired funeral cars. Free ambulance service...

I want to apologize to everyone whose name was misspelled in my last bunch of items, I promise I will try to do better. Easter Sunday was a busy time for the Hiattville Methodist Church. Cindy Schwalm was in charge of the early sunrise service. She had decorated the church using various sizes of crosses, also 2 beautiful lilies graced the Altar...

The Fort Scott Nile Club met Monday evening March 24th at Calvary Crossing. Bernita Hill, President, called the meeting to order. Jeannine Seal, the Chaplin, gave the devotions about Wind Power. The group also gave the Pledge of Allegiance. Several committee reports were given...

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce would like to remind everyone that the 2008 Spring Town-Wide Garage Sale will be Saturday, April 12, starting at 7 a.m.Maps will be available at the Chamber Office, 231 E. Wall and The Country Cupboard, 12 N. Main, Wednesday, April 9. For more information, contact the chamber at (620) 223-3566, stop by 231 E. Wall or you can visit online at chamberoffice@fortscott.com...

A palpable anxiety hung in the air for about two hours Saturday afternoon in downtown Fort Scott, after flames broke out in the front wall of the El Charro restaurant, 22 S. Main St. To this day, the March 11, 2005 fire that ravaged downtown Fort Scott still affects tenant businesspeople, building owners and the community at large, raising questions and concern as to the safety of its older buildings. ...

Paul Junior Carson, age 64, resident of Kincaid, Kansas, died Saturday, April 5, 2008, at his home in Kincaid. He was born March 22, 1944, in Fort Scott, the son of Paul W. Carson and Sara Levesta Spurling Carson. Junior was a self employed wood cutter. He loved all out door activities, including coon hunting, fishing and trapping. He also loved to trade dogs...

Norman Dean German, age 71, resident of Fort Scott, Kan. went to be with his personal Lord and Savior Friday, April 4, 2008, at Mercy Health Center. He was born March 6, 1937, in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Oral George German and Iva Pottorff German. ...

Pearl Marie Johnson, Prescott, Kan. died Sunday, April 6, 2008, at the Prescott Countryview Nursing Home, Prescott. She was born Aug. 6, 1920, in Prescott, Kan., the daughter of Charles and Dorcas Bradshaw Holmes. She graduated from Prescott High School in 1939. ...

Verda Marguerite Todd, age 95, a resident of the Country View Nursing Home in Prescott, Kansas, and a former resident of East Chicago, Ind. and Conyers, Ga., died, Thursday, April 3, 2008, at Prescott. She was born March 18, 1913, in Dwight, Ill., the daughter of John Frisinger and Lona Mead Frisinger. ...

Juanita Eloise Louderman, age 91, former resident of Fort Scott, died Thursday, April 3, 2008, in Las Vegas, Nev. She was born July 22, 1916, in McDonaugh County, Ill., the daughter of Ralph Bible and Grace White Bible. She married Roy Louderman on July 22, 1937 in Palmyra, Mo. ...

Abigail Grace Albright, a girl, was born at Mt. Carmel Regional Medical Center in Pittsburg, Kan., at 6:32 p.m., Friday, April 4, 2008, to parents Andrew and Shanna Albright, Parsons, Kan. She weighed 5 pounds, 14 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Bryan and Cindy Foxx, Fort Scott. ...

Richard Michael Schatz Jr., a boy, was born at Darnell Army Medical Center in Fort Hood, Texas, at 10:02 p.m., Monday, March 31, 2008, to parents Richard Michael and Jessica Ann (Goddard) Schatz. He weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces and was 21 inches long at birth. Maternal grandparents are Thomas "Mike" Goddard, Fort Scott and Delinda and Russell Rhyne, Brownwood, Texas. Paternal grandparents are Michael Schatz, El Dorado Springs, Mo., and Connie Schatz, Sonora, Calif...

The Historic Preservation Association of Bourbon County, Inc. is sponsoring the 2008 Spring Arts, Crafts and Antiques Show from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, and from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 13, at 18 N. Main (formerly Ernie Willamson's Music Store). ...

This year the goal of the Bourbon County Master Gardeners and Garden Club is for Fort Scott and Bourbon County to be among the first Kansas communities to have "color spots of flowers" all over this community. The Master Gardeners and Garden Club members are asking their neighbors throughout Bourbon County to join them in this effort by planting a garden or putting a pot of Prairie Star flowers in their front yards or in front of their businesses. ...

An upcoming Relay for Life fundraiser will celebrate the lives of those who have fought cancer by allowing area residents to create memories of their loved ones and friends. The third annual Crop for a Cure will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 3 in Robison Hall at Community Christian Church, 1919 S. ...

_ A greenhouse that will benefit staff and clients at Tri-Valley Developmental Services, as well as the community, has been completed just in time for the arrival of spring. The 2,160-square-foot greenhouse, which was built near Tri-Valley's service center in the Fort Scott Industrial Park, will be used by clients and staff in the center's horticultural therapy program for plant production and other gardening purposes...