Stories from Thursday, July 14, 2011

Mary I. Hartman, 92, a former resident of Oelrichs, S.D., and more recently of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at the Fort Scott Manor. Funeral services will be held in Chadron, Neb., with burial following in Smithwick, S.D. Local services are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Memorial Chapel, 201 S. Main, Ft. Scott...

Kristine and Matt O'Dell and sibling Lydia Jean, Fort Scott, are pleased to announce the birth of their son and brother Orrin Patrick O'Dell on Tuesday, June 12, 2011, at 3:37 a.m. at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. Orrin weighed 7 pounds, 6.5 ounces...

James Edward Sams, 56, 723 E. National, Fort Scott, was arrested by P & D Bonding on July 12 at 11:45 a.m. on three Bourbon County warrants and is still being held at this time. Willie Lee Moore, 25, 1811 Front St., Galena, Kan., was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on Jul 12 at 1:38 p.m. on a Bourbon County warrant and is still being held at this time...

I don't think anyone would argue that being bombarded by solicitations can be extremely inconvenient. I would like to share with you some resources for opting out of such unwanted solicitations. The National Do Not Call Registry allows you to register both land lines and cell phones online at https://www.donotcall.gov or over the phone (888) 382-1222 -- calling from the number you are registering). Registration is free and used to be effective for five years...

Those extreme hot and dry conditions that your parents used to tell you about (you know, "in the old days it got so hot that chickens laid hard boiled eggs and were already fried by the time they crossed the driveway," etc.) have apparently found us again. The hot spell during August last year aside, our summers have been reasonably moderate for the past several years -- so much for that!...

Boone's Barber Shop will feature a new face starting Friday -- Fort Scott native Jake Johnson. Johnson grew up in Le Roy and went to Fort Scott Community College, where he earned an associate degree in general education. He got to talking to Ralph Cosens, otherwise known as Boone, who suggested Johnson go to barber school in Wichita. He attended for a year and just returned...

The Fort Scott Community College volleyball team will move back into the racquetball court/volleyball locker room on July 20. The volleyball team vacated the space in January to allow for the racquetball court, located on the FSCC campus, to be open for the community during the spring and summer months...

The featured performers for a concert scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday at the Heritage Park Pavilion will be siblings and young musicians Glenn and Edith Sigler of Joplin, Mo. The duo has won fiddle competitions in Kansas and Oklahoma. They also play classical violin and piano. Glenn, 12, plays alto saxophone and Edith, 11, plays clarinet. Both are members of the Fort Scott Old Time Fiddlers and Pickers...

With the help of Archer Daniels Midland Company, the city of Fort Scott will receive additional revenue from the sale of treated wastewater. The city has reached an agreement with ADM, which recently purchased the Prairie Pride Inc. biodiesel refining facility near Deerfield, Mo., to sell the city's treated wastewater to be used in their refining processes...

Several area youngsters will take three weeks of preparation to the stage when they perform "Rapunzel" for the public at 7 p.m. Friday at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center at Fort Scott Community College. Twenty-six area youth from 4 to 15 years of age, who are involved in the FSCC Summer Children's Theatre Workshop, have worked two hours a day the last few weeks to hone their theater skills and rehearse for the performance...

With its seventh annual Friends of Tri-Valley Foundation Gala in the books, roughly $19,300 was raised for housing for Tri-Valley Developmental Services clients. Proceeds from the gala and silent auction go to build homes for developmentally disabled people in Allen, Bourbon, Neosho and Woodson counties. The most recently completed home is on East First Street. It features six bedrooms and a two-bedroom apartment...

What do you think of the outcome of the Casey Anthony trial, where the mother was accused of killing her daughter and found not guilty Tuesday. 160 votes cast...