Stories from Tuesday, September 27, 2011

100 YEARS AGO (1911) County Attorney Chester Ramsey has been making an inspection of the books of the various railroads and express companies doing business in Fort Scott to determine the amount of liquor being received here and is being received by any person. ...

Back in the Dark Ages when I was growing up, people traveling by plane considered it a privilege and a social event. As such, airline travelers dressed accordingly. Men wore suits and perhaps a tie while ladies were bedecked in dresses Even children adopted society's norms back then and wore outfits comfortable for travel but nothing outrageous or sloppy. ...

Bourbon County farmers who have suffered crop or livestock losses due to drought, excessive heat and high winds occurring Jan. 1, 2011, and continuing may now apply for Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans, FSA Farm Loan Manager Robert E. White said in a news release...

The Gordon Parks Museum/Center has announced that the annual Gordon Parks International Photography Contest Finalists' Exhibit is now open for public viewing in the meeting rooms located in the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the Fort Scott Community College campus. The 15-photo exhibit is on display from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily through the end of October. The exhibit will then travel to other galleries for display throughout the year...

The "America's Got Talent" singing sibling trio, Voices of Glory, will perform on Friday, Oct. 7, at the Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the campus of Fort Scott Community College as part of the 8th annual Gordon Parks Celebration. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $10 for adults ($15 for reserved seats) and $5 for children and students ($10 for reserved seats). FSCC students are admitted free...

A dedication ceremony to formally name Robert and Sylvia Bailey Hall will be held Thursday at Fort Scott Community College, 2108 S. Horton. Last spring, FSCC announced that the Academic Building would be renamed Robert and Sylvia Bailey Hall in honor of the Baileys...

A key fundraiser for the Bourbon County Relay for Life organization has grown annually since its inception five years ago, organizers said. The 5th annual Fall Festival to benefit the local Relay for Life chapter and The Sharing Bucket, a local nonprofit cancer support organization, is scheduled to take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at 2484 Limestone Road, the home of event co-organizer Lavetta Simmons...

A Uniontown man was injured in a two-vehicle accident Saturday afternoon on Maple Road just west of 115th St., in Redfield. Dale Overcash, 43, of Uniontown, was hurt when the bicycle he was riding eastbound on Maple Road was struck by a 2004 Jeep driven by Shelly Phillips, 32, of Redfield. The accident took place about 2 p.m. Saturday...

Allen Warren was first introduced to a steam-engine tractor at age 11 when Pioneer Harvest Fiesta founder George Jackson rode his rig across the Bourbon County fairgrounds. Warren was in town to show his beef steers at the fair. When he heard the tractor, Warren went to look. ...

With only four days left in September, the plan to get the audit on the Bourbon County Treasurer completed by the end of the month is still on track. Terry Sercer, of Diehl Banwart Bolten CPAs, completed the county's 2010 audit and was given the responsibility of looking into the Bourbon County Treasurer's Office following the allegations of questionable and potentially illegal practices by Treasurer Susan Quick...

Shelby Hill and Cody Baldwin, Bronson, Kan., along with siblings Zander Schaffer and Chase Thomas Lee Baldwin, are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter and sister Lilly Jean Baldwin on Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, at 3:38 a.m. at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kan. Lilly weighed 8 pounds...

Lewis Martin Hunt, 45, 304 Broadway, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Fort Scott Police Department on Sept. 22 at 9:01 p.m. for driving under the influence, possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia and released the same day at 12:35 p.m. on a $5,000 bond...

The 106th Annual Old Settlers Picnic on Sept. 3, 4 and 5, kicked off with a Kids Fishing Derby sponsored by Kansas Wildlife and Parks with more than 40 participants. Jaxon Pitts received the biggest fish trophy with a 28" fish; the smallest fish trophy went to Dreyton Herring at 5"; most fish, 5 and under category, went to Tate Crystal, first place with 10, Olivia Huhman, second place with six and Nathanel Godsell, third place with two (biggest). ...

Esther Rosa Pridey, 72, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, at Medicalodges of Fort Scott. The Rev. David Tucker conducted graveside services Monday, Sept. 26, at 9 a.m. in the U.S. National Cemetery, Fort Scott. Memorials are suggested to Christian Heights School and may be sent to Cheney Witt Chapel P.O. Box 347 Fort Scott, Kan., 66701...

Kenneth Wilson Simons, 88, died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, at Fort Scott Medicalodges. He was born Dec. 23, 1922, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Arvy R. Simons and Lenora Mae Wilson Simons. Kenneth married Veda Fern Wheeler on Oct. 5, 1942, at Fort Scott. She preceded him in death on Oct. 21, 2000...

Ralph Earl Franklin, 46, of Hume, Mo., died Saturday Sept. 24, 2011, at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kan. He was born on Sept. 8, 1965, at Fort Scott, the son of Charles and Jeannie Miller Franklin. He graduated from Hume High School in 1983 and attended welding school at Fort Scott Community College...

Ten members of the Fort Scott Garden Club met in the park, with Lylise Evans serving as hostess. Many different salads and a dessert were enjoyed by the members. The president opened the meeting and officers gave their reports. Members discussed events for the coming year. The meeting closed by giving the club benediction...

A participant drives his Allis Chalmers G onto the fairgrounds at the Pioneer Harvest Fiesta which was held last Saturday. This model would have been typically used for gardens or on small truck farms. Organizers said they were pleased with the attendance...

As I sit in my favorite recliner in the living roomthinking about what I will write for my column this week, I find myself going down that road that at one time or another we all travel. It is Memory Lane. As I take this road I finally find myself in the year of 1938. I am in the second grade. We live on the east side of Fort Scott on Hill Street...

Ask anyone who works in a school cafeteria, and they will tell you that flavored milk is by far the more popular choice as compared to white milk. But is it a good choice? With the nation focusing on improving childhood nutrition and health, some schools have removed flavored milk as a choice for students based on the concern that it contributes to obesity...

IOLA -- Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team won all three matches at a non-conference quadrangular here Saturday. The Greyhounds (15-5) swept the Friends University junior varsity, 25-22, 25-15, and Neosho County, 25-18, 25-21. The 'Hounds defeated Allen in three, 25-22, 15-25, 15-10...

LOUISBURG -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team won just one match here Saturday in a tough Louisburg Tournament. The Tigers lost to host Louisburg, 25-21, 25-22; Carbondale-Santa Fe Trail, 26-24, 25-19; Basehor-Linwood, 25-16; 25-23; and Blue Valley Southwest, 25-12, 25-10. Their only victory was over Anderson County, 24-26, 25-23, 25-17...

CHERRYVALE -- Uniontown's volleyball team won four of six matches at the Cherryvale Invitational here Saturday but Eagle head coach Jackie Hall expressed disappointment at the outcome since both losses came in bracket play, forcing the team to settle for fourth place...

LAWRENCE -- Fort Scott High School's Katren Rienbolt, appearing in just the third varsity race of her first season running cross country, finished tied for third over four kilometers in the Blue Varsity race at the University of Kansas Invitational at Rim Rock Farm here Saturday...

COFFEYVILLE -- Both team's head coaches will probably tell anyone who watched the game between Fort Scott Community College and No. 16 Coffeyville here Saturday night that his team left points on the field. The Greyhounds (2-3) probably felt like they could have scored two more first-half touchdowns after failing to convert two fourth downs in Coffeyville territory. ...