Stories from Thursday, December 6, 2012

100 YEARS AGO (1912) The Holiness Industrial Children's Home wishes to thank those who so kindly remembered us on Thanksgiving Day. The offerings were as follows: Mrs. Ralph Kinders, 3 cans of corn; Mrs. J.H. Lane, 1/2 gallon peaches, one peck of walnuts; Grandma Piles, 2 bushels walnuts; from Eastern Study Club, 3 quarts peaches, 1 quart plums, 2 quarts plum butter, 2 quarts fruit butter, 2 glasses jell, 2 quarts tomatoes, caddy of ginger snaps and peck of potatoes; from Mrs. ...

Dawn Marie Schall, 45, Pittsburg, was arrested Tuesday by a bondsman on a Bourbon County warrant for giving a worthless check (four counts) and is still being held at this time.

Doug Harper, of Fort Scott, and Sarah Stout, of Rockville, and siblings Chloe Ann Harper and Taylor Harper, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Kenzie Mae Harper, at 8:07 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott...

Alfred A. Doerfler, age 82, passed away at his home in Auburn, Ca. on Nov. 25, 2012. He was born on Jan. 25, 1930, in Hays Kan., the son of Joseph and Albina Weigel Doerfler. During his younger years he was a chef, sculptor and jewelry designer in the Los Angeles, Calif., area...

MANHATTAN -- CHS University Scholarships are one way the CHS regional cooperative is giving back to future agricultural leaders. Katelyn Vincent, Meghan Blythe, Shelby Hill, Chaston Hoeme, Reagan Kays, Andrew Strasburg, Josh Sudbeck and Kendall Voth were selected to be the recipients of the 2012-2013 CHS University Scholarships...

Farmers and ranchers will soon have the opportunity to make a positive impact on their communities by taking part in the 2012 Census of Agriculture. Conducted every five years by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), the Census is a complete count of all U.S. farms, ranches and those who operate them...

As mentioned a couple of times in the past few weeks, Farm Service Agency (FSA) crop reporting dates have been accelerated with the intent of matching crop insurance needs. This should eventually allow the filing of only one report that can be used by all USDA agencies and affiliated insurance companies. Those revised deadlines include the wheat/barley closing date of Dec. 15...

Pastor James Tucker invites the public to "Tell Me the Story of Jesus" at the Clarksburg Church on the corner of Hackberry and 145th Street on the old Garland Road at 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 9. The Christmas story will be staged with special music and slides showing locations in Israel where these events occurred. Attendees will receive a bag of treats. For transportation, call 223-6817...

Fort Scott Community College will host its annual "Breakfast with Santa" from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the FSCC campus, 2108 S. Horton. For $3, children may enjoy a breakfast of pancakes, sausage and eggs, have their picture taken with Santa and receive a gift. There will be Christmas videos and coloring mats, as well as door prizes, a news release said...

MANHATTAN -- More than 9,400 academic scholarships have been awarded to Kansas State University students, including those from Bourbon, Crawford and Linn counties, for the 2012-2013 school year. Overall, students have earned more than $19.2 million in scholarships for the current academic year -- nearly $1 million more than the previous year...

The Kansas Highway Patrol plans to have some troopers in Fort Scott next week in an effort to crack down on aggressive and impaired drivers. KHP plans to conduct a special enforcement on Friday, Dec. 14, called Roving Aggressive Violation Enforcement -- or RAVE -- an initiative aimed at reducing aggressive driving and removing drivers operating vehicles while under the influence of drugs or alcohol from public roadways...

Visitors to Fort Scott tonight might find some extra treats waiting for them as they mill through the various shops during the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce's Downtown Open House set for 5 to 8 p.m. Lindsay Madison, executive director of the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce, said she hopes this will be the kick-off to an exciting weekend of events here...

Fort Scott High School junior Katren Rienbolt was recently named to the Kansas Croas Country/Track & Field Coaches Association 2012 Class 4A Academic All-State Team. Rienbolt won the Class 4A State title in November.

HUMBOLDT -- Uniontown's basketball teams split in their respective openers at the Humboldt Em-prise Bank Tournament here Tuesday. Uniontown's girls outscored got by Humboldt, 38-35, outscoring the Cubs by three points in a fourth quarter that produced 31 combined points. The game was tied 21-21 after three...