Stories from Thursday, August 16, 2012

100 YEARS AGO (1912) Next Monday morning, more than 2,000 men, constituting the National Guard force of Kansas will entrain from their various stations over the state for Lawrence from where they will be started on one of the most extended field maneuvers ever undertaken in the state of Kansas. ...

Several years ago in December I went to the Panera Bread Co. in Orion, Mich., for my favorite morning cinnamon roll and coffee. While there, I had occasion to address several Christmas cards. As I was enjoying my cinnamon roll and inscribing messages in the cards, a fellow at an adjacent table asked me if I was filling out a card for him. ...

The nomination process for the FSA committee elections has been completed for this year. We appreciate the interest voters have shown in this process and congratulate the nominees on their appointment to the ballot. FSA committees provide an important grassroots "connection" with USDA programs offered to the farm population of this area through programs like the Conservation Reserve Program, Commodity Loan and Loan Deficiency Payment efforts, Direct and Counter-cyclical Program, Supplemental Revenue Assistance, etc. ...

Extension Master Gardener training is being offered this fall in Parsons beginning Friday, Sept. 14. This is a wonderful opportunity for avid gardeners who want to learn more about growing and caring for plants, and who want to share their knowledge with others. Classes will be held 9 am to 4 p.m. on Friday's from Sept. 14-Nov. 9, excluding Sept. 21 and Oct. 19...

Care to Share of Bourbon County Inc., also known as The Sharing Bucket, a local cancer support group, recently presented scholarships to three Bourbon County high school graduates. Seventeen applications seeking the Elaine Ropp Memorial Scholarship were received. Each applicant wrote a short essay expressing how their lives had been affected by cancer in their family...

Billy James Nuzum and Michele LeighAnn Woodall, Fort Scott, and sibling Billy James Nuzum Jr., are pleased to announce the birth of their son and brother, David James Nuzum. David was born at 1:11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, at Mercy Hospital. He weighed 6 pounds, 9 1/2 ounces and measured 20 inches in length at birth...

Lisa Marie Heenan, 44, Fort Scott, was arrested at 12:09 a.m. Wednesday by the Fort Scott Police Department on a Bourbon County warrant and is still being held at this time.

Twenty-nine members and three leaders answered roll call to "What is your favorite subject in school?" at the Northeast Scott 4-H Club meeting on Aug. 8. Wil Wunderly and John Emmerson opened the meeting by leading the club in singing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." New members Lauren Hurd, Vanessa Lockwood and James Morillo were welcomed into the club...

The descendants of the late Chesley and Esther Mathews held their annual family reunion at Community Christian Church, Fort Scott on Aug. 4. Those attending were: Thurman and Rose Mathews, Marion, Ohio; Esther Stanbrough, Jodie Miner, Jessie Carr, Shelby Murray, Mound City; Mary and Wendy Stanbrough, Emporia; Neal and Pat Mathews, Kirby and Karen Murray, Emily Murray, Pleasanton; Philip and Juanita Mathews, Fontana; Jackie Burel, Centerville; Ruth Mathews, Clark Mathews, Tulsa, Okla.; Kathy Beard, Bartlesville, Okla.; Allen and Lisa Carter, Lamar, Mo.; Terry and Marla Koester, Jeff Tara, Alaina, Parker and Paxton Allen, Bill, Kelly, Kirstie and Colby Cox, Fort Scott; and Josh Inman, West Plains, Mo.. ...

The Bourbon County Commission will have a special meeting at 9 a.m. today in the commission room on the second floor of the Bourbon County Courthouse. The purpose of the meeting is to finalize the 2013 Bourbon County budget. A Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce coffee is scheduled for 8 a.m. in the same spot...

Enrollment is now under way for the next session of adult basic education classes on the campus at Fort Scott Community College. Residents interested in completing work to obtain their General Educational Development (GED) diploma or improve their basic skills should contact the FSCC Adult Basic Education Center at (620) 223-2700, ext. 4400 or 4270. Sessions are offered from 9 a.m.-noon, 1 to 4 p.m., and 4 to 7 p.m...

Hope Chapel Assembly of God, Moran, will host a gospel singing at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 19. If you know anyone who sings and would like to sing at this special service, you may invite them. Those interested should contact Pastor Raymond Yates at Hope Chapel, (620) 939-4828. Many singers, songwriters and musicians have joined in the service. The event is free to the public...

A Minnesota man was reported to be injured in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday morning north of Fort Scott. A Kansas Highway Patrol report said a 2005 Yamaha motorcycle and a 1991 Dodge pickup were both westbound on U.S. Highway 54 near 165th Street, about nine miles west of the U.S. 54 and U.S. Highway 69 junction just north of Fort Scott. The pickup slowed to make a right turn onto 165th Street. The motorcycle approached the truck from the rear and struck the pickup's trailer in the rear...

If it's Sunday, you might see the Rev. Reed Hartford offering a prayer at First Christian Church; if it's someone needing care at Mercy Hospital, you would also see Hartford at a patient's bedside; or if it's a Civil War-era reenactment, you might see Hartford at Fort Scott National Historic Site...

The Fort Scott City Commission unanimously voted to cut $75,000 from the city's 2013 budget to make up for lost money due to a clerical error found last week following an annual state audit. After reviewing various options available to help fix next year's budget due to the mistake, the commission chose during a special meeting Tuesday to follow a recommendation by city leaders to not raise the mill levy and instead to cut expenses in next year's budget by $75,000...

Fort Scott Community College's Board of Trustees decided to keep the local mill levy flat during a special budget hearing on campus Wednesday night. About 20 community members, including Fort Scott Mayor Jim Adams, attended last night's hearing to determine the amount of local taxes to be levied for the 2012-2013 school year. The board and college administrators spent about an hour breaking down FSCC's projected budget for audience members...