Stories from Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Eggs, like meat, poultry, milk and other perishable foods, all need to be handled properly. While bacteria and viruses may be naturally present on any raw food, there are steps to take while preparing food to ensure it is safe. Buy right. Buy eggs only if sold from a refrigerator or refrigerated case. ...

It doesn't seem possible that Labor Day weekend has rolled around once again. As we travel into the sunset of our lives, the hours, days, and months just seem to melt one into the other. Our son, Rob, and his two younger boys, Bobkat and Ben, came for the long weekend. ...

Arcadia Old Settler's Day plans for Sept. 10, 11, 12 are as follows: Friday, Sept. 10 Softball games at the Arcadia Ballpark. There will be hot dogs, hamburgers and soft drinks for the public to purchase at the ball games. Also planned for Friday evening is an ice cream freeze off. ...

Ruth Olive Walker, age 89, formerly of Mapleton, Kan., and more recently of rural Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, Sept. 6, 2010, at her home. She was born Dec. 11, 1920, in Hiattville, Kan., the daughter of Oscar Cowan and Grace Olive Boileau Cowan. She was a 1938 graduate of Blue Mound High School...

Velma Viola Madison, age 88, resident of Fort Scott Presbyterian Village, died Friday morning, Sept. 3, 2010, at the Mercy Health Center. She was born Jan. 12, 1922, in Bourbon County, Kan., the daughter of Fred Eugene White and Laura Adeline Higbee White...

Ethel Brown, 84, of Spring Hill, Kan., passed away Sept. 4, 2010, at Royal Terrace Nursing Home, Olathe. Funeral Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010 at Bruce Funeral Home, 712 S Webster, Spring Hill, Kan., (913) 592-2244. Burial will follow at 2:30 p.m. at Fort Scott National Cemetery in Fort Scott. Friends may call from 9 -- 11 a.m. before the service at the funeral home...

PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team competed in a six-team round-robin tournament here Tuesday. The best finish for the day was the 4-1 record by the Tigers' No. 2 doubles team of Brittany Burns and Kandice Rost. They defeated Emily Baden/Laikya Long of Pittsburg 6-2, Samantha Fletcher/Jessica Nickelson of Parsons 6-2, Brittany Porter/Patricia Haner of Iola 6-0, and Jessica Hutto/Caitlin Closs of LCHS Gold 6-1. ...

The voters still have some respect for Fort Scott Community College's football team. After an 0-2 start in which they've been outscored104-49, it was entirely possible that the Greyhounds could have dropped completely out of the NJCAA Football Poll when it was issued Wednesday morning. But the voters considered that those losses were to the defending national champion on the road and against then-No. 6 Butler and gave Fort Scott enough votes to keep them in the poll at No. 19...

In his first start at East Carolina, former Fort Scott Community College Greyhound quarterback Dominique Davis provided one of the greatest finishes in the history of the program. Davis heaved a 33-yard "Hail Mary" touchdown pass to a leaping Justin Jones as time expired to give the Pirates a wild 51-49 victory against Tulsa on Sunday at Greenville, N.C...

With an 8-0 record heading into tonight's Three Rivers league triangular at Oswego, Uniontown's volleyball team has vaulted three positions into the No. 1 ranking in Class 2A in this week's Kansas Volleyball Association poll. The pre-season No. 1 team, Blue Rapids-Valley Heights, is no longer ranked at all. Oskaloosa (2-0) moved up one position from No. 3 to No. 2. Oberlin (4-1) was moved down one position from No. 2 to No. 3...

AMARILLO, Texas -- Gypsy O'Neal of Fort Scott and her American Quarter Horse, The Secret Surprise, captured third in the three-year-old mares at the American Quarter Horse Association Adequan Select World Championship Show in Amarillo, Texas, on Sunday, August 29. This show is open exclusively to amateur exhibitors age 50 and over...

The first thing Duff Goldman fans need to know: When this star of the hit show "Ace of Cakes" appears in Pittsburg, he's not baking a cake. Goldman will appear at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 17, in Pittsburg's Memorial Auditorium as part of the 2010-2011 PSU Performance and Lecture Series. And while he won't be baking or decorating a cake, he will definitely share humorous stories about the fascinating journey that has brought him to star in the popular Food Network program "Ace of Cakes."...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded an additional $6,137,796 in funding to Kansas communities struggling to reverse the effects of the foreclosure crisis. The grants announced today represent a third round of funding through HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program and will provide targeted emergency assistance to help local communities in Kansas acquire, redevelop or demolish foreclosed properties...

The arrival of fall means fresh produce, fun and games for the Fort Scott Farmer's Market Association. The second annual Farmer's Market Fall Festival is scheduled to take place from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 18, at Skubitz Plaza near the Fort Scott National Historic Site. ...

Airport Day is back and ready to take flight Saturday after the event was canceled last year. The 12th Airport Day event will be held Saturday at the Fort Scott Municipal Airport, located on Indian Road four miles southwest of Fort Scott, and will feature several aerobatic performances and a special Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony...

The Stetler family will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at the Heritage Park Pavilion near the corner of First and Main streets. The Stetlers, who have lived in Fort Scott for 11 years, enjoy singing gospel music together as a family. Mark Stetler pastors the Parkway Church of God Holiness in Fort Scott. ...