Stories from Wednesday, November 11, 2009

NEVADA -- While Fort Scott Community College's women had won their first two games, they hadn't been as well-rounded as head coach Diana Couch was hoping they would be. Tuesday night at the Hink-house center here, the Greyhounds finally got their inside game going the way Couch would like to see and they went on to a 74-57 victory over Cottey College...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Unbeatens Navarro (Texas) and Fort Scott are again the top two teams in the latest edition of the NJCAA / JC Football.com rankings. Both teams won their respective conference semifinal contests this past weekend to advance in the postseason. Navarro received 139 total poll points this week and six of seven first place votes while Fort Scott tallied 134 poll points and one first place vote...

Fort Scott Community College's football team received Jayhawk Conference post-season accolades at a meeting of league coaches in El Dorado Monday. The Greyhounds, conference champions for the first time since 1974, were the recipient of both the Offensive Player of the Year and the Coach of the Year Awards...

The Beacon has announced they have plenty of children and family to be adopted this holiday season. Beacon director Bob Eckles said they have a total of 118 families which have applied for addoption this year, those families include 280 children. Eckles said local individuals and organizations can come to the Beacon, located on the corner of 6th and Wilson streets, to pick up packets on those they would like to adopt. ...

A recent anonymous effort illustrates Fort Scott's strong support of our men and women in uniform. A single volunteer took it upon himself to raise $35,000 for the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides college scholarships for the children of Marines and Navy Corpsmen, with particular attention to those children whose parent was killed in action...

Veterans throughout the community were honored for service to their country during several assemblies on Wednesday. Local veteran Jim Scott was the guest speaker for a memorial service Wednesday morning at the Fort Scott National Cemetery. "What can I possibly say to express the significance of this important day?," Scott said to the crowd. "To all my fellow Vietnam veterans, and to all veterans, welcome home."...