Stories from Wednesday, January 26, 2011

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce coffee will be hosted by Relay for Life at 8 a.m. Thursday at Wood's Supermarket.

Members of the Bourbon County Commission will be meeting with the Kansas Department of Health & Environment for a walk-through of the former Wade's Aluminum site. The walk-through is scheduled for 10 a.m. today. Though all members of the commission will be present, no county business will be conducted...

A country music show featuring several artists who have performed in the past at the former Fort Scott Jamboree and Fort Scott Jubilee is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20 at Buck Run Community Center, 735 Scott Ave. The show will feature Dewayne Bowman on vocals and lead guitar, Ginelle Esry on vocals, Gale Richey on vocals and keyboard, Larry King on vocals and bass guitar, Austin Stewart on steel guitar, and Dewayne Carger on drums...

LAWRENCE -- Students from six Kansas high schools will be honored Monday, Feb. 7, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. A total of 37 seniors from high schools in Allen, Bourbon and Woodson counties will be recognized for their academic achievements and named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 6:30 p.m. dinner and program at Iola High School, 300 E. Jackson St...

The Fort Scott Area Community Foundation recently awarded several grants to local nonprofit organizations, schools and the national historic site. Since its founding in 2007, the foundation has given $20,775 to community groups. The group has had two granting cycles...

GARLAND -- Nearly one year after receiving news of being awarded a grant, the Garland Rural Fire Department No. 2, has a new addition to its crew. On Jan. 17, several members of the department made the 483-mile trip to Rosenbauer Inc., in Lyons, S.D., to pick up their brand new 2011 Freightliner fire truck. On Jan. 18 at 8 p.m., the truck came home to the Garland Rural Fire Department No. 2 fire station...

As of early Tuesday afternoon, about 40 people had filed as candidates for a variety of offices that will be up for election in April, according to information from the Bourbon County Clerk's office. Mark McCoy, Bill Meyer, Robert Nelson and Jim Sather will vie for three positions on the Fort Scott Community College Board of Trustees that are currently held by Nelson, Sather and Curt Shankel, the latter of whom did not file for re-election...

Hazel Diana Wolford, age 98, a former resident of Bronson, Kan., died Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011, at the Wheat State Manor Nursing Home in Whitewater, Kan., where she had made her home the past several years. She was born March 13, 1912, in Davenport, Iowa, the daughter of Theodore Anderson and Martha Nelson Anderson...

In an awards banquet in McPherson on Saturday, Jan. 15, the Kansas Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars announced Theresa Schafer the first-place winner of the Voice of Democracy scholarship for the state. The Voice of Democracy, an audio essay competition for students in grades 9-12 enrolled in public, private, parochial schools or home school study programs, is a joint program of the VFW and the Ladies Auxiliary and has been in place since 1947. ...

Teddy Dean Taiclet, age 58, a resident of Plano, Texas, died Nov. 18, 2010, in Texas. He was born March 13, 1952, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Alvin Taiclet and Elizabeth Cook Taiclet. Teddy was raised in the West Liberty community. He attended West Liberty School until it closed, he then transferred to Fulton where he attended high school until it too closed after his junior year...

Hazel Diana Wolford, age 98, a former resident of Bronson, Kan., died Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011, at the Wheat State Manor Nursing Home in Whitewater, Kan., where she had made her home the past several years. She was born March 13, 1912, in Davenport, Iowa, the daughter of Theodore Anderson and Martha Nelson Anderson...

Madelyn Elizabeth McNeley, 82, of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, Jan. 24, 2011 at the Mercy Health Center. She was born May 26, 1928 in Drywood, Kan., the daughter of Ray Allison and Edna Parilee (Vassar) Picht. She married James R. McNeley Dec. 26, 1956 in Fort Scott, Kan...

Larry Owen Church, 64, Fort Scott, Kan., passed away on Friday, Jan. 21, 2011, at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kan., following a lengthy illness. He was born on Sept. 19, 1946, in Nevada, Mo., to Clifford Owen Church and Hazel Angeline Durossette Church...

SPEARS -- Angela LeAnn Willard and Johnny Lee Spears Jr., Fort Scott; and sister Aliziegh Marie Spears, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Marley Raine Spears. Marley was born at 4:49 p.m., Jan. 13, 2011, at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott...

GATES -- Ashly D. and Michael Shane Gates, Fort Scott, and siblings Michael Tyler and Korie Jade, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Masen Wesley Gates. Masen was born at 9:11 a.m., Jan. 7, 2011 at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott...

UNIONTOWN -- For the second time in four days, Jayhawk-Linn's girls defeated Uniontown, following up a victory in the third-place game at the Pleasanton Tournament Saturday with a 62-48 triumph here Tuesday night. In this game, turnovers were the undoing for Uniontown (5-7), which committed 32 turnovers to just 12 for the Jayhawks (7-6)...

With senior Megan McDermed out due to a foot injury and a new point guard in the lineup, Fort Scott High's girls had some adjusting to do Tuesday night against Iola at the FSHS gymnasium. It took a quarter. With three freshmen in the starting line-up and two seniors providing key plays off the bench, the Tigers defeated Iola, 42-34...

Fort Scott High's boys struggled against visiting Iola in the first half at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night. But the Tigers used defense to keep the Mustangs down until the offense finally got going in what ended up being a 46-25 victory in a non-league contest...