Stories from Wednesday, November 7, 2012

100 YEARS AGO (1912) FULTON -- A little snow followed by moderately heavy rain visited this vicinity last week. In spite of the weather a crowd of young folks enjoyed a Halloween party Thursday night at the home of Miss Ruth Cloninger. Halloween games were played and refreshments were served. Present were the Misses Neva Dexter, Pauline Faller, Opal Harrison, Fran Stauffer, Pearl Oldham and Lucile Simpson; Messrs. Milton Commons, Mack Beckford, Paul Gorman, Elijah Street and Harry Faller...

The news concerning the Arcadia post office reads like this: The meeting was to inform the public of the changes coming early in 2013. It will change from eight hours a day to four hours a day -- Monday through Friday. Saturday will still be open one half hour. The projected times the office will be open are Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to noon. Saturday 10-10:30 a.m. Arcadians give thanks the post office will not be permanently closed...

Ashley Dawn Michelle Yarnell, 27, Arma, was arrested at 11:22 a.m. Monday by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on a Bourbon County warrant for possession of opiates, opium or narcotic drugs and is still being held at this time. Jordan Garrett Saker, 23, Mapleton, was arrested at 8:41 a.m. Monday by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on two Bourbon County warrants for two counts of sexual battery and driving under the influence and is still being held at this time...

Drew Zimmerman and Morgan Brown, and sibling Rylee Zimmerman, Fort Scott, are proud to announce the birth of their son and brother, Dax Alen Zimmerman, at 1:27 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. Dax weighed 8 pounds, 9 1/2 ounces at birth...

Carla Frances Parker, 63, of Las Vegas, Nev., died Oct. 30, 2012. She was born Nov. 19, 1948, in Las Vegas, Nev., the daughter of Carl Alfred and Sara Frances (Schilling) Parker. She is survived by her uncle, Billy Bob Schilling of Nyssa, Ore.; two aunts, Ruby Myers and Lucille Wolf, both of Fort Scott, Kan.; and several cousins...

Mercy Home Health has been recognized once again on the prestigious list of the nation's HomeCare Elite, a news release said. The list is compiled by OCS HomeCare and Decision Health and names the top 25 percent of home care agencies in the nation. This is the second consecutive year Mercy Home Health has received the recognition. Only half of the facilities on the 2011 HomeCare Elite list were named again this year...

Some historians have called the Civil War "the Second American Revolution." Certainly the war brought great change and societal upheaval to the United States. By late 1862, the war was being fought not only to preserve the Union, but to abolish slavery. The composition of the military at Fort Scott grew increasingly diverse as African-Americans and American Indians joined the Army. Women took on more leadership roles as the men were fighting and in some cases, dying in the war...

The city of Fort Scott offices will be closed on Monday, Nov. 12, in observance of Veterans Day. The regular offices will reopen on Tuesday, Nov. 13. The city's tree and brush dump site located on North Hill will also be closed on Saturday, Nov. 10, for the Veterans Day holiday. It will be open again from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13...

Via Christi Hospital on Tuesday delivered ballots to eligible voters and ensured those ballots made it to the Crawford County Courthouse in Girard. "We all know voting is a right, not a privilege," Director of Community Relations Michael Hayslip said in a news release. "Our goal is to make sure illness or injury do not infringe upon that right as U.S. citizen."...

With incomplete counts in from local counties, it appears Mound City Republican Marty Read has defeated former state Rep. Shirley Palmer for the District 4 House seat. Palmer, D-Fort Scott, served two terms in the Kansas Legislature and was defeated in 2010 by Caryn Tyson, R-Parker. Results were incomplete Tuesday because ballots had to be hand counted in Linn County. The district covers Bourbon, Linn and Anderson counties...

The Fort Scott City Commission's agenda was short and commissioners addressed only a few items during their regular meeting on an Election Day Tuesday evening at Fort Scott City Hall. During the brief gathering, commissioners met and welcomed the city's new director of finance, Jon Garrison, approved a citizen's request for street lights at two local intersections, and heard a few various updates from city personnel...

Though results were still unofficial Tuesday night, it appears as though it was a Republican sweep in Bourbon County races during the 2012 general election. The GOP won by comfortable margins in each of their county contests and also backed the first woman in history to win a seat on the county commission...