Stories from Thursday, June 23, 2011

Clarence Gooding, 91, of the Presbyterian Village, Fort Scott, Kan., died at the Mercy Health Center Tuesday, June 21, 2011. He was born July 20, 1919, in Pawnee Station, Kan., the son of Grover Cleveland and Lillian Pearl (Barton) Gooding. He married Elizabeth Josephine Manfredi June 1, 1959, in Tulsa, Okla...

Robert H Smith, 92, of Leavenworth, Kan., passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2011, at St John's Hospital. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 24, at Davis Funeral Chapel. A graveside service, with full military honors, will be held Saturday, June 25, in Barnesville, Kan., at 2 p.m...

Micah Jay Riley Davis, 23, 719 S. Eddy, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on June 21 at 7:45 p.m. on two Bourbon County warrants for 1) possession of simulated controlled substances and 2) possession of hallucinogenics and is still being held...

The Fort Scott Design Review Board will meet on Monday, June 27 at 4 p.m. The meeting will be held at City Hall, 123 S. Main, and is open to the public.

Family Video is giving free movie and video game rentals to students for getting good grades on their final report cards in June. All students, kindergarten through college, are rewarded with one free overnight rental for each final grade of "A" (or equivalent mark) earned in any core subject. Core subjects or courses include any geography, history, language, math, reading, science and spelling classes...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack last week announced developments in two popular USDA programs that will support conservation of working lands for the benefit of wildlife, water quality and recreation. The Secretary announced that USDA will accept 2.8 million acres offered by landowners under the 41st Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) sign-up. The selections preserve and enhance environmentally sensitive lands while providing payments to property owners...

The Bourbon County Conservation District will have a sign-up period for cost-share funds from the State Conservation Commission to assist landowners in installing enduring soil and water conservation structures. The State Water Resources Cost-Share Program for applying conservation practices is an asset in the important task of protecting the soil, water and related natural resources of Bourbon County, a news release said. ...

MANHATTAN, KAN. -- If you are a female farmer or rancher or a Hispanic farmer or rancher and you believe that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) improperly denied farm loan benefits to you for certain time periods between 1981 and 2000 because you are a female, or because you are Hispanic, you may be eligible to apply for compensation...

Mercy Health System in Fort Scott is participating in an instrument drive for band kids who lost instruments in the Joplin tornado. If there's a trumpet, bassoon or snare drum collecting dust in your attic, closet or garage, it can be dropped off at Mercy Health Center's main lobby, 401 Woodland Hills Blvd., Fort Scott...

Jim Scott, a longtime Fort Scott Rotary Club member, was planning to attend a Rotary meeting while vacationing in England. Prior to leaving, he received an email notifying him that the Rotary Club of Shipston-on-Stour would be holding its 21st Annual Cotswold Walk. ...

The Keyhole youth center is ready to provide area teens with a place to spend some time with friends and enjoy a variety of activities this summer. The facility, opened in 1992 as a recreational center for area youngsters, is under the direction of Laurie Uhler, who has worked at the center for five years, and Jan Elliott, who has been involved with the facility for three years...

After six months of planning and research by an economic development committee, Fort Scott City Manager Dave Martin announced Tuesday night a search for an economic development manager will be launched. The announcement came during the Fort Scott City Commission meeting as a result of efforts by a committee Martin assembled after Dale Bunn suddenly resigned from the post of economic development director in December 2010...

Fort Scott Community College's women's basketball team will host a summer camp, July 11-14 at Arnold Arena. This camp is for kids in grades 5-12. Daily instruction and stations will emphasize fundamental basketball skills and overall player development...

Austrian Christoph Strasser's dominance of the cross-country Race Across America continues even as his pace slows in the Appalachian Mountains. Meanwhile, the last few entrants should pass through Fort Scott today or early Friday morning. Nine entrants, all teams, had yet to pass through as of 10 p.m. Wednesday night...

chool 2011 graduates Josh Buller, Jordan Karleskint and Max McAllister will be participants in the SoccerSavings.com Kansas Soccer Coaches Association at Wichita this weekend. Weekend activities begin Friday with a coaches clinic hosted by Kapaun Mount Carmel High School with featured guest Mark Francis, the head coach of the women's soccer program at the University of Kansas...

When Austin Bolinger heads back to school this fall, he'll be working toward a whole new look. At this weekend's Relay for Life, it was announced the 12-year-old middle school student had won an Invisilign case -- a clear, custom-made series of aligners made of smooth, clear plastic that act like braces. ...

Anthony Tyrone McNack, 40, 106 Huntington, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Fort Scott Police Department on June 22 at 4:23 p.m. on a Bourbon County warrant for theft and is still being held. Micheal Edward Milotte, 39, Larned State Hospital, Larned, Kan., was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on June 22 at 4:55 p.m. and returned to Bourbon County for court and is still being held...