Stories from Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Autumn Leaves Senior Citizens met in Arcadia Community Center on Monday, June 13, with 21 present for the fine dinner and business meeting. Beth Popejoy, administrator, Megan Harris, coordinator, and Janice Mayfield, activity director, all from Arma Care Center, took blood pressure readings before they joined members at dinner time. Others are welcome to come for the readings. Club members are thankful for this extra activity so freely given each month...

Hill Street neighbors and friends of Seth and Christal Martin, Uniontown, are sponsoring a benefit dinner for their son, Cale Martin. The Martins lost their infant son in May. He had spent more than 50 days in NICU after his birth. All funds raised will be applied to medical expenses. The dinner will be on July 10 from noon until 2 p.m. at the Uniontown City Park. (If it is raining, it will be in the Uniontown Community Center.) A free-will offering will be accepted...

The Vernon County Senior Center in Nevada, Mo., will sponsor a dance at a new time on Friday, June 24. Dancing will be from 4 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. Live music will be by Joe and Marion and the Good Time Orchestra. Guests are asked to bring snacks.

Lindsay and John Hill, Fort Scott, are pleased to announce the birth of their son John Howard Hill IV on Monday, June 20, 2011, at 4:02 p.m. at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. John weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Cheryl and Jeff Sowder, Toronto, Kan...

Mary Shankel and D.J. Wyatt were married on April 23, 2010. The couple renewed their vows on April 30, 2011, at 6 p.m. with a ceremony at the Grace Abundace Church in Fort Scott. The bridesmaids were Erin Petrechko, friend of the bride, and Candice Wyatt and Desa Arnold, sisters of the groom. ...

The Lusk and Pitts reunion was held June 5 at the Community Christian Church with a carry-in dinner. Several family members were not able to attend due to health problems. Those who missed the dinner were Rowena (Pitts) Hines, Carolyn (Duncan) Swiller, Cheryl (Hunziker) Williamson, Emojane (Lusk) Stotesberry and Alberta (Lusk) Owens...

Clarence Gooding, 91, of the Presbyterian Village, Fort Scott, died at the Mercy Health Center Tuesday, June 21, 2011. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

James Edward Sams, 56, 723 E. National, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Fort Scott Police Department on June 20 at 11:07 a.m. on a Bourbon County warrant for disorderly conduct and is still being held at this time.

A miscellaneous shower for Jason and Michelle (Mix) Bollinger will be held at 2 p.m. June 26, at Devon Methodist Church in Devon. The Bollingers lost everything in a house fire in April. For more information, call Betty Graham at (620) 829-5458 or Yvonne Beck at (620) 829-5442...

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce will host an Ag Tour Tuesday, June 28. Chamber members and their families or guests are invited to ride along on the trolley or follow in their own vehicles. Participants will visit Anderson Elk Ranch, owned by Ken and Debbie Anderson, and Foster Dairy, operated by Gary and Lynda Foster, and their son and his wife David and Addi Foster...

Submitted to the Tribune The third annual Riverfront Festival, celebrating the development of the Marmaton River area, is scheduled for 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, July 2. The event will feature a hot dog roast, hot dog eating contest and music. Hot dogs will be available to cook over an open campfire along with watermelon and desserts. ...

By Ruth Campbell The Fort Scott Tribune Soliciting donations from its members, Elks Lodge No. 579 in Fort Scott collected $415 for victims of the May 22 Joplin tornado. The check was presented to Whendi Martin, executive director of the Bourbon County Chapter of the Red Cross, Tuesday at the lodge. "In 30 days, we've collected (just) shy of $25,000," for Joplin, she said...

An evening of fun, food and music next month is designed to raise funds for a worthy cause. The seventh annual Mardi Gras Celebration, sponsored by the Friends of Tri-Valley Foundation, will be held Tuesday, July 12, at the Liberty Theatre, 113 S. Main St. Proceeds will help the foundation complete its fifth home in Fort Scott and future homes for individuals with developmental disabilities in Allen, Bourbon, Neosho and Woodson counties...

With the announcement earlier this month by Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback that the section of U.S. Highway 69 from Fort Scott to Arma was chosen for expansion, the U.S. Highway 69 Advisory Committee will host its fourth and final meeting. The gathering is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. ...

After having the final reading of the ordinance to create the Golf Course Governing Board Tuesday night, the city commission wasted no time appointing the five members. The city received 10 letters expressing interest in filling the five spots. "This is a great turnout," Mayor Jim Adams said...

Andy Bestwick got out of the support van and in position to wait for the exchange from his Allegiant Air Cycling teammate in front of the Azure Sky Motel on East Wall St. at about 4:10 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. And waited. And waited. Bestwick, whose team is competing in the four-person male under-50 division of the Race Across America, could do nothing else because the man he was waiting on got caught by a long train at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe crossing four blocks down...

It has been estimated that nearly two-thirds of Americans are susceptible to the sap of poison ivy. People can't assume they're immune to poison ivy just because they have touched it, but not developed a rash. They may just have come in contact with a poison ivy plant that hasn't been damaged in some way, therefore no sap was released...