Stories from Thursday, May 5, 2011

INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's track team made up a meet that was rained out April 15 when they traveled here Tuesday. Much of what was sent in via fax was unreadable but the Tribune was able to discern where all of Fort Scott's athletes finished. However, some of the times and distances could not be read...

COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott High School's golf team finished in eighth place at a Southeast Kansas League designated tourament here Tuesday with a team score of 383. "The Coffeyville course is by far the longest we will play on this year," Fort Scott head coach Ken Klassen said. "The greens were very fast. The pin placements were quite difficult. So our young team faced a tough set of parameters, but of course so did the entire field."...

The Fort Scott Community College men's rodeo team has a lot to celebrate. After finishing runner-up in the Central Plains Region the team automatically qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo, which will be held June 12-18 at Casper, Wyo. FSCC will take six males for the qualifying team. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1911) It was announced today by Superintendent F.D. Martin, of the Gas and Electric Co., that by dark this evening there will be a sufficient power to light the businesses and houses to power the three picture shows, and possibly light the four flaming arc lights on Main Street, between Second and Main...

To the Editor: The citizens of Fort Scott have been given a wonderful oppurtunity to see and hear some of the finest musical talent in the area. I'm talking about the Classic Country Music Show from the Middle Creek Opera in Louisburg. Every first and third Friday night, this group of entertainers put on a Branson quality show for half the cost and none of the driving...

Randell Cooper of Richards, Mo., is pleased to announce the birth of her daughter Haven Danea Cooper at 9:10 p.m. on Monday, April 25, 2011, at Mercy Hospital. Haven weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Teresa and Rick Klumpp, Richards, and Tommy Cooper, Richards...

Bourbon County Treasurer Susan Quick advises taxpayers that the second half of real estate and personal property tax is due by May 11. After that date, a penalty will be added. The Treasurer's Office is located on the second floor of the courthouse. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The office is open during the lunch hour...

Madeline McCoy and Katie Gorman, students at Fort Scott Middle School, served as legislative pages for State Rep. Caryn Tyson, R-Parker. McCoy and Gorman are active students involved in sports, music and numerous other activities. While serving in Topeka, they spent time observing the legislative process and assisting state legislators with errands...

Janet Minter Klien, 48, 524 250th St., Garland, was arrested on May 3 at 11:53 a.m. by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office for obstructing legal process and transferred to Osawatomie the same day. Chad Everett Sawyer, 33, 1001 Osbun, Fort Scott, was arrested on May 3 at 7:11 p.m. by the Fort Scott Police Department for domestic battery, criminal damage to property and criminal restraint and is still being held at this time...

Senior artists from Kansas will have their works exhibited at the Governor's Art is Ageless Reception in May, which is Older Americans Month. The artists were selected by achieving high ratings at Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America's Art is Ageless juried exhibits in Kansas and Missouri earlier this year...

Fort Scott Community College will honor the 2011 Outstanding Sophomore at a reception at 3 p.m. Friday, May 6 at in the meeting rooms of the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center. To be considered for the award, applicants had to meet certain eligibility criteria. ...

The Fort Scott Fire Department was called to a house fire Tuesday night that resulted in heavy damage. Fire Chief Paul Ballou said eight firefighters responded to the tone out that dispatched them to the residence at 1524 E. Elm shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday. The blaze was active in 75 percent of the house, according to Ballou who described it as a "pretty heavy fire." The FSFD had the flames under control shortly before midnight...

FRANKLIN -- On May 4, 2003, the residents of Franklin were hit by a tornado that left many homes destroyed and the community devastated. Eight years later, evidence of the community's hard work toward getting back to normal is showing. The site where the local community center once stood is now occupied by the Franklin Community Park where residents come together for community picnics, enjoy the horseshoe pits and bocce court, trek around the walking track and children play on different pieces of playground equipment. ...

Life was like a day in the late 1800s for students from Fort Scott Christian Heights, Christian Leaning Center and a smattering of other local campuses Wednesday. Every other year as part of their study of Kansas history, Fort Scott Christian Heights teacher Vickie Shead takes her fifth- and sixth-graders to the old one-room Fort Lincoln Schoolhouse, located at the corner of 18th Street and Horton on the Fort Scott Community College campus...

A local business will celebrate its grand re-opening Saturday during the Downtown Spring Open House event, sponsored by the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce. Sandi Keating, owner of Sweet Repeats, a local consignment clothing store, said she will offer gift certificates, prize drawings and store discounts during the special event Saturday at the store's new location, 18 N. Main St. Keating said the store has been in its current location for about two months...

For the 27th year, Gov. Sam Brownback has followed suit and named May as Beef Month in Kansas. Cattle production is the largest agriculture commodity in Kansas representing 45 percent of the 2008 agriculture cash receipts. Ruminants utilize the 17.5 million acres of Kansas pasture and rangeland and provide humans with essential protein and nutrients. ...

In spite of our best intentions and efforts, some things in our lives seem to never change. There could be a lot of things you might think about along these lines, but one of those recurring events for me has resurfaced once again this spring. I have consistently had difficulty getting grass to grow in my front yard. ...