Stories from Saturday, September 13, 2014

Leora Ross, age 84, of Kincaid, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, September 9, 2014. She was born on Jan. 6, 1930, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Walter Everle and Agnes (Mackie) Bruner. She graduated from Blue Mound High School. Leora was united in marriage to Verne Keith Ross on July 6, 1949, in Iola, Kan. This union was blessed with one daughter...

Larry DeWayne Bolden, age 59, a resident of Fort Scott, died unexpectedly Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. He was born March 23, 1955, in LaCrosse, Kan., the son of Loren Theodore Bolden and Dolores Sherwood Roy Bolden. He married Deanna L. Williams on Jan. ...

Scott Eugene Freidline, age 40, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. Memorial service will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15, 2014 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. ...

Douglas Myer Beeman, 46, Nevada, Mo., passed away suddenly Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014 at Ferry Funeral Home, 301 S. Washington, Nevada, Mo. The family receives friends from 9 to10:30 a.m. Tuesday prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park, Nevada, Mo...

"The Star Spangled Banner" is a tricky song to remember and sing well. Remember Christina Aguilar's performance at the opening of Super Bowl XLV, stumbling over words? Helping young children become familiar with the national anthem of the U.S. is a goal of Uniontown Music Teacher Rhonda Allen...

The Bourbon County Commissioners continue to discuss budget issues, even though the 2015 budget has been approved. On Friday, commissioners met with Terry Sercer of Diehl, Banwart and Bolton CPAs, to review some budget procedure changes and also the FY13 audit...

The promotion of Fort Scott will soon be heading to video. The City of Fort Scott and the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce are partnering for the launch of a new program - a series of community videos that officials said could be used as a recruitment and promotional tool for Fort Scott...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's volleyball team swept both Oswego and Altoona-Midway at home Tuesday night in both varsity and junior varsity play. These were the first Three Rivers League matches of the season for the varsity. The Eagles (2-0 TRL, 5-4 overall) controlled the tempo in the first set with Oswego, winning 25-16. The second set was much tighter but the hosts managed to squeak out the victory, 26-24...

POMONA -- Uniontown's Kyley Brown shot a personal-best score of 51 over nine holes and won a scorecard playoff to finish in second place at the West Franklin Invitational here Thursday. "She just started golfing this year and has really come around and I have some high expectations for her," Eagle head coach Jason Tourtillott said...

Three victories in four outings was the result for the Fort Scott Middle School girls' volleyball teams playing at home against Iola Thursday at the FSMS gymnasium. The seventh-grade B team had little difficulty, rolling 25-9, 25-6, to improve to 3-0 on the season. Elizabeth Ngatia served a string of 16 points in a row...

INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team had to work around an injury here Thursday at the Independence Invitational. Mikayla Norris, who was to play No. 2 doubles with Breanna Leslie, suffered an ankle injury before the tournament got underway. It was too late to substitute her out for a match against Iola, so the Tigers had to forfeit that match. Then head coach Lynn Barr moved Alex King from No. 2 singles to partner with Leslie for the rest of the day...

INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott Community College volleyball improved to 10-2 with a sweep of Independence here Wednesday night in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play. The Greyhounds won the match, 25-10, 25-11, 25-19. Julia Stringer led Fort Scott with 11 kills while Shelbey Baker had 8. Kortney Blaufuss was credited with 27 assists. Terina Harris picked up 14 digs. Molly Hathan was credited with at least a share of 4 blocks...

Even though they were just 1-3 during the week, Fort Scott High's volleyball team was competitive every time out. Tuesday, the Tigers were swept at Nevada while they managed a split at Paola Thursday. In the most recent matches, Fort Scott swept Paola, 25-20, 25-23, and lost to Wellsville, 25-15, 23-25, 25-21...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown jumped out to a 16-0 lead here Friday night. But No. 5-ranked Madison/Hamilton scored 40 consecutive points to overcome the early deficit and come away with a 48-22 victory. The Eagles (1-1) got on the board with a Jacob Duffey quarterback sneak followed by a 2-point conversion run by Cole Schafer. Schafer scored the second touchdown with James Pearson adding the conversion to make it 16-0...

SPRING HILL -- Two touchdowns in a span of 1:13 late in the fourth quarter propelled Fort Scott High to a 27-13 victory over Spring Hill in a non-league battle here Friday night. Spring Hill (1-1), which generated all but 22 of its 168 yards of total offense in the second half, tied the score at 13-13 on a 37-yard pass from Ryker Johnson to Ivan Hughes with 7:12 remaining in the contest...