Stories from Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Fort Scott High School's freshmen boys' team wrapped up the freshmen tournament championship Friday night by beating Chanute 47-34 in the last game of the tournament. The freshmen boys finished the season with a record of 13-6. Cameron Woodring scored 16 points and Matt Wright added 15 for the Tigers...

IOLA -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team was able to get in just one day of its originally-scheduled three-day weekend series with Des Moines Area (Iowa). In order to do that, the Greyhounds had to move Friday's games to Iola. Saturday's and Sunday's games could not be played due to snow...

State Wrestling Tough time for Tigers SALINA -- Only one member of Fort Scott High's contingent at the Kansas Class 4A State Wrest-ling Tournament made it through to the second day of competition here Saturday. But that does not mean that no one had a valuable experience, according to FSHS head coach David Brown...

Fort Scott's boys were having a tough time with seventh-seeded Prairie View during the first half of a first-round Sub-State Tournament game at the FSHS gymnasium Monday night. Then, about a minute and a half into the second quarter, senior Alex Barner blocked a Prairie View jumper, gathered in the loose ball and took it all the way to the other end for a crowd-pumping dunk that started a 13-0 run to end the first half...

Editor's Note: The following article is the first of two articles covering Monday evening's USD 234 Board of Education Meeting. The second part will appear in the Wednesday edition of The Tribune. For the second month in a row, USD 234 members of the Board of Education tabled a proposal to begin a football program for sixth-grade students...

ARMA -- Mercy Health System's medical clinic in Arma is staying open thanks to a lot of community support. In response to overwhelming feedback and comments received from the community, the Medical Plaza of Arma will continue to provide primary care services two days a week at the clinic, located at 601 E. Washington, Mercy officials announced last week...

William R. "Bill" Moore, 64, of Cherokee, Kan., died at 3:05am, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009 after a courageous battle with lung cancer. Bill was born May 6, 1944 in Fort Scott, Kansas to William E. and Mary Elizabeth (Sluder) Moore. Bill served his country in the United States Navy from 1961 to 1964 attached to the 141st Fighter Squadron aboard the USS Constellation and in the National Guard and United States Army from 1977 to 1985...

Ray M. Shepherd, 89, longtime resident, businessman and civic leader in Fort Scott, Kan., and founder of Ray Shepherd Motors, passed away Monday, March 2, 2009 at the Presbyterian Village in Fort Scott. Rev. Reed Hartford will conduct funeral services and a celebration of life, 10 a.m. Monday, March 9, 2009, at the First Christian Church, 101 S. Judson, Fort Scott...

NOTE -- This version has been corrected to reflect that it was Alan Johnson who was Jayhawk-Linn's medalist. The Tribune regrets the error in the previously printed version.