Stories from Friday, October 7, 2011

Frank Earl Doty Sr., of El Dorado Springs, Mo., died Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. Frank was a veteran and worked a number of years for Mid America Business Forms in Fort Scott. There was cremation and no services at Frank's request. Arrangements under the direction of Sheldon Funeral Home in El Dorado Springs...

James Edward Smith, 53, 790 Maple Rd., Uniontown, was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office at 3:16 p.m. Wednesday for domestic battery and is still being held. William Jewell Fry, 28, 117 Andrick, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Fort Scott Police Department at 9:38 p.m. Sept. 5 on a Bourbon County warrant for abuse of a child and is still being held...

When was the last time you served someone when it cost you something? Possibly you were asked to compromise your schedule. Maybe your checkbook. Probably your pride. Jesus was the epitome of servanthood. Picture Him washing the feet of His disciples, speaking to the Samaritan woman (half-breed that she was), or even dying on the cross for a crime He never committed. It was never about Him. It was always about the other person. You and I are no exception...

Vice President Drew George called the September meeting of the Uniontown 4-H Club to order. Sixteen members answered roll call by telling their "best summer memory." Danielle Nading led the members in a salute to the flag, and Bryce Meanor led the 4-H Pledge...

While stationed in Kansas City in October of 1861 with his "Kansas Brigade," Brig. Gen. James Henry Lane (the "Grim Chieftain") did not hesitate to express his opinion to his commanding officer, Maj. Gen. John C. Fremont, or anyone who would listen about how the "Union" or "federals" should fight and destroy the Confederate forces...

100 YEARS AGO (1911) Almost without an exception, the farmers of Bourbon County are hoping that the rainy weather of the past month may cease and that we may enjoy several weeks of sunshine and clear weather, as much of the success of this year's crops depends upon it. It is now impossible for farmers to enter their fields to gather their corn or cut cane of hay, which is now ready for harvest...

I have mentioned in previous columns how important it is to have somebody in your corner when you are trying to lose weight. To be successful, I need someone to go with me. Unfortunately, my partner, a.k.a. my beautiful wife, has been slacking but I guess she has a pretty good excuse. ...

Arda Aghazarian, an Armenian Palestinian Christian, is one of 11 international peacemakers from different countries around the world who will be visiting Presbyterian Church congregations from Sept. 2-Oct. 18. Aghazarian will be a guest speaker at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, at First Presbyterian Church, 308 S. Crawford, Fort Scott...

Being an outsider from Cherry Hill, N.J., David Gibson, owner of the Fort Scott Professional Building, said he never could have accomplished the feat of keeping the local Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services office open on his own...

There is no burn ban in place, however, local authorities are recommending that no burning take place through the end of the week following the issuance of a red flag warning Thursday by the National Weather Service in Springfield, Mo. The warning was issued and made effective from noon to 7 p.m. Thursday due to low humidity and high winds that put the area at a higher risk of "explosive fire growth."...

An event on Monday at the Liberty Theatre will benefit a local organization that actively supports the Fort Scott National Historic Site. Friends Fest 2011, scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Oct. 10, is the third annual dinner and fundraiser for the Friends of the Fort Scott National Historic Site, a local nonprofit organization formed in 2009...

The 8th Annual Gordon Parks Celebration is officially under way. With the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce hosting the weekly coffee at the Gordon Parks Center for Culture and Diversity, the yearly event honoring the famous photographer, artist and writer was put in motion...

The Fort Scott Community College Rodeo Team competed at a college rodeo in Pratt last weekend. The student-athletes performed well with the men's team finishing in first place and the women's team getting fourth place. Yance Day won the long round in Bareback Riding and A.J. ...

Fort Scott High School's soccer team could have looked past winless Columbus when the teams met at Ellis Park for a Southeast Kansas League soccer match Thursday afternoon. But with a chance to clinch a home Regional playoff game for the third consecutive season, the Tigers (5-2 SEK, 9-5 overall) didn't take the Titans lightly, thumping them 7-1 and winning for the fifth time in six matches...