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KDOT’s Active Transportation Plan focuses on increasing alternate ways to travel
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Perry’s Pork Rinds and Country Store: Special Breakfast and Lunch This Saturday
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FS City Commission Meeting May 4 at 4:30 p.m.
There will be a Special City Commission Meeting tomorrow, May 4, 2023, at 4:30PM at City Hall. They will be addressing a request for a temporary street closure for Prom on Saturday, May 6th. No formal agenda will be posted.
Legislative Update by State Senator Caryn Tyson
April 28, 2023
Property Tax Relief for seniors in need and disabled veterans by expanding the property tax freeze that passed last year, is in CCR 8 along with several other provisions. The Senate passed it with a bi-partisan vote of 26 to 13. Hopefully, it will became law. It’s in the Governor’s hands.
Record Number of Vetoes and veto overrides is being reported. The legislature didn’t attempt to override all of the vetoes, but of the ones they did, 12 were overridden.
The Governor worked to get a Republican Senator and an Independent (former Republican) Senator to vote against the veto override on CCR 169. Apparently, they were seen coming out of her office on the day of the vote. These are two legislators who originally voted YES on CCR 169. It contained tax cuts on Social Security, an accelerated food state sales tax cut, some property tax relief for homeowners, an income tax cut by increasing the standard deduction, and a single income tax rate of 5.15%. It would have accelerated the corporate tax cuts in 2024 and 2025 to 2024. The Republican who flipped, said the bill was too rich for corporations, but these are cuts they are going to get anyway.
The state budget increased over $1 billion this year, $1.5 billion was given to a handful of companies over the last two years, over $1.5 billion has been put in a rainy day fund, and yet the Governor and a few legislators blocked tax reductions for all Kansans. Some say it was because of the single income tax rate policy at 5.15%. A Democrat said the last day of session, “Don’t worry, you’ll get it next year because it is an election year.” My heart sunk. It shouldn’t matter if it is an election year. We should pass it because it is good policy, no matter what year.
The successful veto overrides include: HB 2313 Born-Alive Infant Protection, HB 2264 Women’s Right to Know about Abortion Drug Reversal, HB 2350 Making Human Smuggling a Crime, HB 2138 Requiring Separate Accommodations by Biological Sex on Overnight School Trips, HB 2094 Work or Training Requirement for Able Bodied Adults to Receive Food Benefits, SB 228 Modernizing County Jail Statutes (reimbursement for mental health detainees), and SB 180 Women’s Bill of Rights. Bills that failed to secure 2/3 majority for an override: HB 2344 Loosening Overly Burdensome Daycare Regulations, HB 2236 Parents Bill of Rights, SB 169 Tax Reductions, SB 206 Ballots Due by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, and SB 26 Child Mutilation Prevention Act.
Session has ended. Many of us were surprised when leadership ran the Sine Die resolution, ending the 2023 session April 28th. Usually it is a few weeks after the last day of veto session, not on the last day of veto session. As I was walking out of the building many people commented they had no idea that day was going to be Sine Die.
It is an honor and a privilege to serve as your 12th District State Senator.
Caryn
The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Daily Reports May 3
Invitation to Submit Bid for Hay Rights at Fort Scott Municipal Airport
The City of Fort Scott, Kansas is soliciting requests for bids from persons who are interested in the hay rights at the Fort Scott Municipal Airport. The contract will be for a ONE (1) year period beginning in 2023.
There are 130 acres to be hayed. Contractor is responsible for any damages to Airport grounds or equipment caused by contractor. All hay must be baled and removed from the Fort Scott Municipal Airport property between the time frame of July 1st and August 31st annually.
Interested applicants should submit sealed bids by 2:00 PM, May 31st, 2023 to the City Clerk at City Hall, 123 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kansas.
CHAMBER RIBBON CUTTING TO CELEBRATE RIGGS CHIROPRACTIC on May 4
CHAMBER RIBBON CUTTING TO CELEBRATE RIGGS CHIROPRACTIC
Thursday, May 4th, 2023
5:15pm
The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce invites members to a Chamber After-hours & Ribbon Cutting Event to celebrate the opening of Riggs Chiropractic Fort Scott location! The event will take place on Thursday, May 4th from 5:15pm-6:30pm with the remarks and ribbon cutting starting at 6pm. After the Ribbon cutting and remarks, everyone is invited to come and go to see the business, enter the drawings, and enjoy refreshments.
Riggs Chiropractic is where your family achieves optimum health and wellness through Chiropractic Care. Riggs Chiropractic has three locations; Pittsburg, Ks, Riverton, Ks, and Fort Scott, Ks.
Riggs Chiropractic offers services such as; Low Back Pain, Headaches & Migraines, Joint Pain, Neck Pain, Pregnancy, Satica, Whiplash, Carpal Tunnel, Pediatrics, and Acupuncture.
Contact the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce for more information at 620-223-3566 or [email protected].
Chamber Coffee At Papa Don’s Pizza Restaurant on May 4
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Obituary of Robert Wilkerson
Robert Daniel Wilkerson, age 73, a resident of Ft. Scott, Kansas, passed away Sunday, April 30, 2023, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas. He was born January 8, 1950, in Ft. Scott, the son of Bob Wilkerson and Nelda Mead.
He attended Ft. Scott schools and graduated from Ft. Scott High School with the Class of 1968. He married Elizabeth Lifer on May 25, 1968, a day after graduation. Together they had a son and a daughter. Although this marriage ended in divorce, Bob and Elizabeth never left each other’s side. She preceded him in death on February 15, 2013, after forty-seven years together.
Bob worked as a mechanic primarily at Ray Shepherd Motors for over twenty years. He later took a sales position at Scotty’s Liquor and later Don’s Spirits & Wines where he worked for several years.
Bob will be remembered for his eccentric personality and dry sense of humor. As a mechanic, Bob enjoyed tinkering on cars and riding his motorcycle as well as watching NASCAR and attending car shows.
In earlier years, Bob enjoyed roller skating and water skiing as well as playing softball and bowling. Bob was musical and had the ability to play the guitar and piano by ear. He enjoyed spending quiet time outdoors. He will be greatly missed by his family and those who loved him.
Survivors include his son, Donald Wilkerson and wife, Shelli of Ft. Scott and his daughter, Heather Probasco and ex-husband, Collin of El Dorado, Kansas, a bonus son, Robert Raygoza and wife, Pam, of Mississippi. Also surviving are a brother Alvin Beerbower and wife, Mary of Uniontown, Kansas, two sisters, Vicki Spencer and Sheila Rogers both of California and his step-mother, Shirley Wilkerson of Anderson, California, his best friend of fifty-years, Chuck Read and his fur babies, Rippel and Paws.
In addition to his former wife, Elizabeth, Bob was preceded in death by his parents, his step-father, Lawrence Beerbower, two brothers, Roy and Allen Wilkerson and a sister, Linda Wilkerson.
Rev. Marty Dewitt will conduct a celebration of life service at 11:00 A.M. Friday, May 5th at the Cheney Witt Chapel.
A time of visitation will follow the service.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in his honor to either Care to Share, who helped immensely through Bob’s battle with tongue and throat cancer, or the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility in Iola. Donations ay be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.
The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Daily Reports May 2
FSMS Art Show
Submitted by Malinda Bailey of the Fort Scott Middle School Art Show.
Whitney Beth is the art teacher.
