Stories from Friday, June 27, 2014

Kenneth D. Pearson 85, of Emporia died Saturday, June 21 at his home. His funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 25, at the First Baptist Church in Emporia. Pastor Rob Clausen will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery. The family will meet with friends from 7 until 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 24, at Roberts-Blue-Barnett. Memorial donations to either the First Baptist Church or Hand In Hand Hospice may be sent in care of the funeral home...

Nancy Lillis Atkins of Wichita, Kan., died early Wednesday morning June 18, 2014. She was in the care of Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita. Her son David was at her side when she went to sleep. Nancy was born on Jan. 19, 1936 in Fort Scott, Kan., to Garland Martin Atkins and Lillis Winette Harkey Atkins. ...

Joan Smith, 76, of Mapleton, Kan., formerly of Farlington, passed away, Monday, June 23, 2014 at Mercy Health of Joplin. Memorial services will be 10 a.m., Saturday, June 28, at the Farlington United Methodist Church with burial in the Farlington Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Girard High School Alumni Association Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 268, Girard, KS 66743...

Gary Lynn Abarr, age 49, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at his home. He was born Sept. 28, 1964, in Creston, Iowa, the son of Jerry Windell and Hazel Mary Zimbrick Abarr. He graduated from Clearfield High School in Iowa with the class of 1983. ...

While still a couple of months away, another event honoring the sacrifice made by American soldiers who died in the War on Terror is beginning to take shape. Organizer Anne Emerson said this week that a Symbols of Sacrifice ceremony is planned for Saturday, Sept. ...

Jeff Michaels operates a bulldozer Thursday afternoon to grade land at the site of the future LaRoche Baseball Complex, located in the Fort Scott Industrial Park just off of U.S. Highway 69. Dick Robertson of Signature Sports Fields, located in Valley Center, estimated the project is 15 percent complete after 53 days...

In early June, Uniontown's West Bourbon Elementary School embarked on its first summer school program, called Summer Boost. Summer Boost runs for six hours a day, five days a week for six weeks. "We began on June 2 and will finish on July 11,"Delta Pollock, children program coordinator for Summer Boost said. ...

COFFEYVILLE -- The Kansas Junior Golf Association's second southeast Kansas tournament was held at the municipal course here Tuesday. Nicholas King won the 12-13 year-old age group, as he did back on June 18 in Fort Scott. This time, he shot 78 over nine holes and 5,245 yards. Cole Wheeler of Chanute was second with an 81 and Jace Watkins of Burlington was third with an 85...

Visiting Iola Post 15 handed Fort Scott American Legion Post 25 its first two losses of the season Thursday as the Indians posted a sweep at Ty Cullor Field. Post 15 took the opener, 5-3, in 10 innings and the nightcap, 5-0. Post 25 (14-2) had 8 hits in the opener but also stranded 16 runners on base, leaving the bases loaded in the third, fifth and 10th innings. Fort Scott left 7 on from the seventh inning on...