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Lois Mae Bowman
(Obituary ~ 10/04/13)
Lois Mae Bowman, age 79, Hume, Mo., passed away on Thursday Oct. 3, 2013. She was born at Fort Scott, Kan., on Jan. 2, 1934 the daughter of Willis and Goldie Millard Bowman. She graduated from Hume High School and attended business school. She worked as a nursing home administrator and retired from Mercy Hospital after over 25 years of service. ... -
Lavina Shirley "Sis" (Metcalf) Eschbaumer
(Obituary ~ 10/04/13)
Lavina Shirley "Sis" (Metcalf) Eschbaumer, 55, of Fort Scott died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in Osawatomie, Kan. Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8 2013 at the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home with visitation Monday evening Oct. 7, 2013 from 7 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Full obit will appear in the Saturday edition of the Tribune...
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Bikers riding for veterans' wreaths
(Local News ~ 10/04/13)
Honoring veterans and raising awareness of the annual Wreaths Across America program are the goals of a motorcycle ride and poker run that starts Saturday morning in Fort Scott. Local riders, as well as those from across the region, are expected to participate in the Ride for the Wreath event which begins at 10 a.m. ... -
Author compiling, sharing memories of Gordon Parks
(Local News ~ 10/04/13)
Helen Townsend has some memories of Gordon Parks. The Fort Scott native, a published poet who now lives in Indianapolis, Ind., shared some of those memories with a small crowd of attendees, which included local residents, college officials and members of Parks' family, Thursday afternoon at the Gordon Parks Museum on the campus of Fort Scott Community College. ... -
'Flute Juice' jazzes up Gordon Parks Celebration
(Local News ~ 10/04/13)
Galen Abdur-Razzaq, "Flute Juice," performs Thursday evening during the Gordon Parks Celebration of Culture and Diversity at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the Fort Scott Community College Campus. The activities continue today through Saturday... -
Here It Comes
(High School Sports ~ 10/04/13)
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Two finish in top five for Tiger girls at Pittsburg
(High School Sports ~ 10/04/13)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott's Katren Rienbolt and Cassidy Westhoff led the way as the Tigers finished in fourth place at the Pittsburg Invitational here Thursday. Rienbolt, the defending Class 4A State champion, won the event with a time of 16:01 over four kilometers, beating out Northeast's Kaylee Bogina, daughter of FSHS head coach Tracey Bogina, by 11 seconds... -
Home sweep keeps Tigers at top of SEK
(High School Sports ~ 10/04/13)
Fort Scott High's volleyball team swept a home triangular for the first time since September of 2011 Thursday night as they took down Independence and Labette County in a Southeast Kansas League triangular. The Tigers maintained a half-match lead over Chanute by sweeping Indy, 25-20, 25-12, and LCHS, 25-22, 25-18. ...
