Stories from Monday, October 4, 2010

The USD 234 Board of Education received some bad news during their regular meeting Monday. The board learned that three of Fort Scott's four schools were among 255 individual campuses in Kansas that did not meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) standards for the 2009-10 school year. Board members received building report cards and heard AYP reports from principals...

After nearly three years of trying and three attempts at securing funding, the Drywood Township's community building and storm shelter in Garland is now fully operational. A formal open house was held Saturday to present the $230,000 shelter to the world. The 1,800-square-foot facility consists of a storm shelter, which will fit about 35 people as well as men's and women's restrooms, complete with handicap accessible showers...

CHANUTE -- Independence won its seventh consecutive Southeast Kansas League girls' tennis title here Saturday, beating out Parsons by just two points. Fort Scott finished in sixth place as a team. The Tigers finished fifth in No. 1 doubles, sixth in No. 2 singles and No. 2 doubles and seventh in No. 1 singles...

HUTCHINSON -- Despite a better-than-anticipated performance through three quarters, Fort Scott Community College's football team finds itself in seventh place in the Jayhawk Conference as No. 3 Hutchinson scored 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to take a 35-10 victory Saturday night...

Fort Scott High's soccer team ended the home part of its schedule on a high note Monday afternoon, beating Riverton 3-0 in non-league play at Ellis Park. Though the match stats were even, something soccer stats don't measure is time of possession. For that, one has to go by what one sees and the Tigers (6-6-1) played on Riverton's side of the midfield stripe more of the contest the Rams played on Fort Scott's side...