Stories from Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Phyllis J. Hosler, age 83, of Blue Mound, Kan., passed away Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Burial will be in the Sunny Slope Cemetery, Blue Mound, Kan. Contributions are suggested to the Shriner's Childrens Hospital. On-line condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com Arrangement: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel...

Mary Elizabeth Dixon, age 82, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kan. She was born Jan. 28, 1931, in Wright City, Mo., the daughter of Claude Ramsey and Lorrene Shaner Ramsey. She married Richard B. ...

Galen Dean Dikeman, age 61, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Aug. 25, 2013, at Medicalodge of Fort Scott. He was born on Jan. 27, 1952, to Delbert and Naomi Seaver Dikeman in Fort Scott. He attended Maple Grove and Hammond elementary schools and graduated from Fort Scott High School. ...

Area youngsters flocked to Mercy Hospital on Saturday for the second annual Mercy Children's Health and Safety Fair. Kids were able to learn about health and safety and have fun during the event, which was hosted by the Mercy Clinic. "Many children are fascinated with how the human body works," Mercy Clinic Director Michelle Bruner said...

Bourbon County Commissioners on Monday gave the final nod of approval for repairs to Grand Road which was damaged by heavy rains that swept down the road in late July and early August. Rains washed out a portion of the road, exposing two large tubes on one side of the road between 20th and 30th streets...

Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team split its matches on Saturday and finished in fourth place in its season-opening home tournament at Arnold Arena. Seminole State (Okla.), Coffeyville and Neosho County all finished 3-1 in tyring for first place. They defeated each other head-to-head with Coffeyville beating Seminole, 3-1, and Neosho sweeping Coffeyville Friday and Seminole beating Neosho, 3-1, Saturday...

At the beginning of last week, Karen Curran had seven girls out for golf. By Tuesday afternoon, there were 10 on the team, including two transfers, sisters from Caney Valley. Three of the returning Tigers and one of the transfers have varsity experience. And two of the other original seven that were out played on the Fort Scott JV last season. That gives Curran six girls who come into the season with experience in high-school golf...

Maybe it was because they had only practiced five times so far this summer but Fort Scott High's football team seemed especially motivated during the lawn chair scrimmage Saturday morning at the FSHS practice field. Due to a few injuries and the warm, humid conditions, the varsity/JV portion of the scrimmage wrapped up in a bit less than an hour and a half. But the Tigers enjoyed a chance to work out at full speed under conditions much close to those of a game...

Freshman quarterback Brandon Bergeron threw for 323 yards and four touchdowns Saturday afternoon to lead Highland to a 48-31 victory over Fort Scott Community College in the season -- and Jayhawk Conference -- opener for both teams at Frary Field. The Greyhounds appeared to be sluggish to start the game, especially on defense where Highland's offense was allowed to make first downs on three or four consecutive plays. The Scotties gained 187 yards of total offense in that quarter alone...