Stories from Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Mr. David Charles Franz, 73, of Frederick, Md., and formerly of Damascus, Md., died on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was born and raised in Fort Scott, Kan., and is a graduate of the University of Kansas. He served his country in the United States Army. He was retired from the Montgomery County Public Schools as a teacher at Damascus High School. After his retirement he worked in sales at Wolf's Furniture Store and also at Woodward and Lothrop's Department Store...

Loretta Jean Cox, age 76, former resident of Fort Scott and currently of Kansas City, Kan., died Jan. 7, 2010, in the Providence Medical Center in Kansas City. She was born Nov. 25, 1933 in Girard, Kan., the daughter of Albert Cox and Mildred Welcher Cox...

Raymond Lance Nichols, age 48, resident of rural Fort Scott, died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, at Mercy Health Center. He was born March 14, 1961, in Lakin, Kan., the son of Lance and Charlene Nichols. There was cremation with services and burial in Canadian, Okla., under the direction of Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott...

Katherine Elizabeth Lindemann Davis, age 95, of Prescott, Kan., died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 at the Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott, Kan. Services for Katherine will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010 at the Coffel-Schneider Funeral Home Pleasanton, Kan...

Kenneth Lawrence Reed, age 80, of LaCygne, Kan., died Thursday Jan. 21, 2010 at his home. Due to Kenneth's wishes he was cremated and a memorial service will be at a later date at Pueblo, Colo. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.coffelschneider.com...

Last month as I was having computer problems which were making it very difficult to get much work done, I came across an article written by Alice Henneman, of the University of Nebraska Lincoln Extension in Lancaster County. It caused me to chuckle amid the frustrations of an ailing computer...

This is the final column of a three-part series. Finally everything has settled down at Ironquill. It has been almost six weeks since I broke my wrist. I would like to digress one more time and that will bring me up to the present time. During the three weeks that I had my cast on, my one aim in life was to get it off. Finally the day arrived and as we were heading to the clinic, I casually asked Bob, "Just how do they take the cast off?"...

Bill R. Watt, CEO of Retail Services Inc., took two of his people, Jack Jacobs, Vice-President of Specialty Foods and Dave Crandall, Business Manager, to San Francisco, to attend the International Fancy Food Show. While there, they visited with manufacturers of specialty foods from 77 countries...

Roscoe Peterson, Sr., 99, of Girard, died at 4:55 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010 in the Heritage Nursing Home in Girard. He was born Jan. 25, 1910 at Drywood, Kan., a son of John Lemuel and Gertrude Inez (Leverich) Peterson. He attended Hatch School, near Farlington, Kan., and the Fairview School, near Lake Farlington...

PAOLA -- Fort Scott High School head wrestling coach David Brown only took eight wrestlers to the Paola Tournament here Saturday. But the Tigers finished fifth in the 13-team field as seven of them earned medals. Fort Scott was in second place, just one point out of first, going into the championship and consolation finals. Shawnee Mission East won the team title with 135 1/2 points, followed by Pittsburg with 113, Eudora 115 1/2, Great Bend 107 1/2 and Fort Scott 105...

PLEASANTON -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls caught fire in the fourth quarter of the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament championship game here Saturday and went on to a 44-33 victory over Uniontown. The teams will square off again tonight at Mound City. The girls' tip is set for around 6:30 p.m. -- after a junior varsity game finishes -- with the boys' teams to follow...

UNIONTOWN -- The Marmaton Watershed District No. 102 will hold its annual meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Uniontown Community Center. District accomplishments in 2009 and plans for 2010 will be discussed. Also, two board members will be elected. A financial report is also on the agenda. A short video on watershed dam construction will be presented...

MANHATTAN, Kan. -- This year begins a series of community training opportunities for citizens wishing to improve their community. Kansas State University's Center for Engagement and Community Development, with assistance from USDA Rural Development, will host the first Community Development Academy on February 25, March 3-4, and March 10 in Independence...

The Fort Scott High School debate team traveled to Goddard High School last week to compete in the 4A state tournament. The tournament features two divisions; a 4-speaker tournament in which teams qualify by finishing in the top two at the four regionals conducted throughout the state, and a 2-speaker tournament in which teams qualify by having a winning record during the regular season...

United States Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., shared some of his views on the state during a town hall meeting on Monday at Mercy Health Center. Tiahrt, who has represented Kansas's 4th congressional district since 1995, gave his take on such important issues as taxes, health care, energy, and privacy of firearm owners, to about 30 people in the McAuley Center at Mercy Health Center. Tiahrt also fielded questions from some of those in attendance...

JACKSON -- Patrik Jackson and Brittni Carlson, Olathe, and siblings Dalton and Delaney, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Dayton Patrik Jackson. Dayton was born at 7:51 a.m., Dec. 18, 2009 at North Kansas City Hospital, Kansas City, Mo...

MOUND CITY -- For the second consecutive outing, Jayhawk-Linn's girls defeated Uniontown. This time, however, the Jayhawks had to scrap a lot more in the fourth quarter than they did in Saturday's victory in the Pleasanton Tournament championship game...

COFFEYVILLE -- On the verge of being blown away by Coffeyville's Golden Tornado, Fort Scott High's boys fought back to take the lead midway through the third quarter of a key Southeast Kansas League game here Tuesday night. But Coffeyville, ranked No. 7 in Class 4A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, wrestled the lead back with a 11-2 run and held off the Tigers for a 71-60 victory to remain on top of the league standings at 7-0 (9-1 overall)...

A sewer system at Lake Fort Scott is one step closer to becoming a reality. After three years of trying the Bourbon County Commission and the Bourbon County Sewer District No. 1 has been informed that the Kansas Department of Commerce will be funding a Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $500,000 for the construction of a sanitary sewer system at Lake Fort Scott...

Mercy Health Center is inviting the community to join with 65 other communities across the United States in the sixth annual national Spirit of Women Day of Dance for Health from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 27, at Fort Scott Middle School, 1105 E. 12th St...

UNIONTOWN -- USD 235 is currently surviving recent budget cuts and delayed state aid payments, but the future could be a different story. "Starting with the 2012-13 year, if we don't get additional funding or the state to start paying on time, we could have cash flow problems," USD 235 Superintendent Randy Rockhold said. "Because of our cash reserves and contingency, we're alright and we don't have cash flow problems right now."...

As the Kansas National Guard Armory sits empty after a statewide consolidation effort, many are left wondering what will happen to the building. In a letter to Fort Scott Mayor Gary Bukowski, the Kansas Adjutant General's Department stated that the property, located at 2301 S. Horton St., will return to the City of Fort Scott...

COFFEYVILLE -- Jolee Sharp scored 30 points here Tuesday night as Fort Scott High's girls blasted Coffeyville, 70-25, in Southeast Kansas League play.