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Bourbon County, K-State Extension

Trees and Shrub Watering Guidelines

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Krista Harding
District Extension Agent, Horticulture
Southwind Extension District
111 S. Butler
Erie, KS 66733
Office: 620-244-3826
Cell: 620-496-8786

 

According to the drought monitor, all of the counties of the Southwind Extension District are in a moderate drought. Unfortunately, in looking at the drought forecast, it doesn’t look like we will be out of this pattern anytime soon either. If you haven’t been supplemental watering trees and shrubs, you need to be – especially any that were newly planted this spring.

Newly planted or young trees and shrubs often don’t survive the first year because of improper watering. Proper watering throughout the first growing season often means the difference between success and failure.

Water should be retained around the base of the newly planted trees by building a low berm just outside the planting hole. A weekly soaking to apply approximately 10 gallons of water should be sufficient to support spring or summer planted trees and shrubs on most sites.  Larger balled and burlaped or spade-dug trees will require more water. For every inch of trunk diameter greater than two inches, an additional ten gallon should be applied. In the absence of rainfall, continue watering newly planted deciduous trees and shrubs until their leaves fall. Evergreens should be watered until the soil freezes.

It is easy to overwater and keep the soil excessively wet and cause a different set of problems. Over watering can cause “wet wilt” which looks similar to wilt caused by dryness. When soil stays wet for an extended time, root damage can occur due to oxygen depletion. As a result, leaves wilt and do not recover, even if water is added.

During the second and third growing seasons after planting, supplemental water every 10 to 14 days if it doesn’t rain and soil moisture indicates a need. Check moisture with a trowel, rod, screwdriver or probe.

With established trees and shrubs, supplemental watering should be done during periods of drought. Trees that have been planted for three to five years will benefit from deep, regular watering.  But the interval can be extended to two to three weeks between applications.

Check the soil moisture and use it as a guide. Soak the soil to a minimum depth of 12 inches, out to and beyond the drip line, every three to four weeks if it doesn’t rain significantly. Avoid watering established trees at the base of the trunk because the absorbing roots are further out. Shrubs should also be watered so the soil is moistened to a depth of 8 to 12 inches every couple of weeks.

Water can be applied through a soaker hose or by allowing a pencil thin stream of water from a garden hose to soak the ground. Water lances or “root feeders” are not as suitable as applying to the surface because they can actually introduce the water deeper than where the surface feeding roots are located.

If you have trees or shrubs that are not looking good, give me a call and a home visit can be scheduled to evaluate the problem.

Krista Harding is a K-State Research and Extension Horticulture agent assigned to Southwind District and may be reached at [email protected] or 620-244-3826.

 

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Bourbon County, Government

Bourbon County Commission Agenda for Aug. 9

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Agenda
Bourbon County Commission Room
1st Floor, County Courthouse
210 S. National Avenue
Fort Scott, KS 66701
Tuesdays starting at 9:00
Date: August 9, 2022
1st District–Lynne Oharah Minutes: Approved: _______________
2nd District–Jim Harris Corrected: _______________________
3rd District–Clifton Beth Adjourned at: _______________
County Clerk–Ashley Shelton
MEETING HELD IN THE COMMISSION ROOM
Call to Order
• Flag Salute
• Approval of Minutes from previous meeting
• Eric Bailey – Road & Bridge Report
• Bill Martin – Drug Detectives
• Bob Reed – Jail Update
• Teri Hulsey – EMS Update
• Justin Meeks – County Counselor Comment
• Susan Bancroft – Chief Financial Officer Comment
• Shane Walker – Chief Information Officer Comment
• Public Comment
• Commission Comment
Justifications for Executive Session:
KSA 75–4319(b)(1) To discuss personnel matters of individual nonelected personnel to protect their privacy
KSA 75–4319(b)(2) For consultation with an attorney for the public body or agency which would be deemed privileged in the attorney–client relationship
KSA 75–4319(b)(3) To discuss matters relating to employer–employee negotiations whether or not in consultation with the representative(s) of the body or agency
KSA 75–4319(b)(4) To discuss data relating to financial affairs or trade secrets of corporations, partnerships, trust, and individual proprietorships
KSA 75–4319(b)(6) For the preliminary discussion of the acquisition of real property
KSA 75–4319(b)(12) To discuss matters relating to security measures, if the discussion of such matters at an open meeting would jeopardize such security measures.

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Bourbon County Coalition Minutes of August 3

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“The Bourbon County narcotics investigators presented an outstanding presentation,” Bourbon County Coalition Chairwoman Billie Jo Drake said . “It is amazing what a positive impact they have had on our county.”

“If you wish to present a program or know of a good program that would be beneficial for our group, please let me know,” she said.

Bourbon County Inter-Agency Coalition

General Membership Meeting Minutes

 

August 3, 2022

 

 

  1. Welcome:  Thirteen members representing twelve agencies and seven visitors attended the meeting.  Billie Jo informed the members that the Board had provided thirty family passes to the Fort Scott Aquatic Center which allowed eighty children to use the facility for the summer.  With the generosity of the City of Fort Scott, the passes cost the Board only $2,065.00.  She also mentioned that the process of changing the signatories on the bank account was taking longer than anticipated but should be finalized in the near future.

 

  1. Member Introductions and Announcements:
  • April Jackson, SEK Substance Misuse Prevention Coalition, shared pamphlets outlining the Coalition’s work; she also shared that they have been able to hire a second full-time employee who serves as the peer support navigator.
  • Elizabeth Schafer, CASA and Kiwanis, mentioned that CASA does not have nearly enough volunteers for the number of children in need.
  • Lisa Robertson, COPE, is working under a two-year grant to help create equity for everyone. She invited members to attend a planning meeting for the Local Health Equity committee to be held August 4 at 6:00 p.m.
  • Christine Abbott, SEKWorks, announced that the Fort Scott office will now be open five days a week; she also noted there are over 70,000 available Kansas jobs listed on the website.
  • Mandy Woods, Healthy Families, provided information on the services they offer for expecting moms and parents of newborns and provided members with hand sanitizer.
  • DeeDee LeFever, Community Liaison, Greenbush, was welcomed as a new member.
  • Tammy AlCantor, Crawford County Health Department, shared information on the Baby & Me Tobacco Free program, pre-natal classes, and the teen pregnancy program. She also announced that three Bourbon County residents that had completed the Tobacco Free program continued to be tobacco free!
  • Nick Johnson, Fort Scott PreSchool Principal, was welcomed as a new member. Nick shared that they have so far enrolled 104 students for preschool this year.
  • Vicki Wright, SEK Mental Health, was welcomed as a new member. She will be working with the marketing and promotional efforts of the Mental Health organization.
  • Sandra Haggard, RSVP, sent word that she helped the Housing Tenant Association with a service project where today they handed coloring books and games to Crystal Walker of TFI to use during family visitation.

 

 

  1. Program: Undersheriff Ben Cole introduced officers Steven Davidson and Alvin Metcalf who provided information on their current assignment of narcotics investigations.  Officers Davidson and Metcalf are grant funded; the goal for their grant is to deflect all drugs from coming into Bourbon County.  They noted that most all narcotics in the United States come from Mexico; also, that Highway 69 is one of the top 15 drug routes in the United States and Highway 54 is in the top five.   They also shared how they get information, what has to happen before an investigation or search, and what happens after an arrest is made.

 

  1. Open Forum:  There were no further announcements or discussions.

 

  1. Adjournment:  Next General Membership meeting will be September 7, 2022, at 1:00 p.m.
Bourbon County, Government, Schools

USD 235 Board of Education Agenda For August 8

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UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 235

UNIONTOWN, KANSAS

REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING

Monday, August 8, 2022

7:30 p.m.

AGENDA

 

  1. Call to Order.

 

  1. District Mission Statement.
  2. Approve the Agenda.
  3. Review and approve the July 11, 2022 Regular meeting minutes.

 

  1. Consent Agenda.

 

  1. Approve and pay bills on the computer printout .
  2.   Approve July 2022 Treasurer Report.
  3. Surplus Equipment List Dated 8-8-22

 

III.         Informational Items.

 

  1. Audience with patrons.
  2. Preliminary Budget Review
  3. Highland Milk bid for 2022-2023 school year.
  4. BlueCross Blue Shield 2022-23 renewal
  5. KASB Annual Convention
  6. Set Revenue Neutral and Budget Hearing- (Sept. 12, 2022)
  7. District Needs Assessment
  8. Homer and Laura Steele Trust Recipient
  9. Administrative Reports – Ms. Gilion, Mr. Smith, Mr. Eden

 

  1. Action Items.
  2. Approve Hiland Milk bid for 2022-2023 school year.
  3. Approve Blue Cross Blue Shield Renewal
  4. Approve Publication of Budget and Revenue Neutral Rate
  5. Approve Student Early graduation.

 

  1. Executive Session – Personnel.

 

VII.      Executive Session – Negotiations.

 

VIII.      Adjournment.

Next regular board meeting date is Monday, September 12, 2022 at 7:30.

Revenue Neutral Hearing at 7:15 p.m. and Budget Hearing at 7:20 p.m.

To view the total agenda pkt.:

August-8-Agenda

Bourbon County, Government

Agenda for Uniontown City Council on August 9

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CALL TO ORDER AT ________ by _____________________________

ROLL CALL: 

___ Jess Ervin ___ Danea Esslinger ___ Josh Hartman ___ Amber Kelly ___ Bradley Stewart

 

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS/PROJECTS

Open bids for Street Mill & Asphalt Project –

 

 

Open RFPs for Trash Service –

 

 

2022 Audit presentation, Amanda Lancaster, Diehl, Banwart, Bolton –

 

 

Ruritan Bathroom Project, Skeet George –

 

 

CITIZENS REQUESTS

 

 

FINANCIAL REPORT

Charlene Bolinger – Financial reports

 

APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA

  1. Minutes of July 12, 2022 Regular Council Meeting
  2. Treasurers Report, Monthly Transaction Report & Accounts Payables

 

DEPARTMENT REPORTS

Superintendent:  Bobby Rich

Vacation time –

KCC Pipeline Safety Seminar – October 26-27, Manhattan

 

 

Codes Enforcement:  Doug Coyan

Smith Estate

 

 

Clerk Report:  Sally Johnson  

HBCAT Placemaking Project – need budget numbers

KMEA/KMGA Annual Conference – September 29-30, Wichita

Fall Citywide Cleanup –

BBCO Health Dept Flu Shot Clinic – would like to hold a clinic at Community Center on October 13

November Regular Council Meeting Date – on election day

 

 

COUNCIL & COMMITTEE REPORTS

Councilman Ervin – KMGA Regional Meeting report

Councilwoman Esslinger –

Councilman Hartman –

Councilwoman Kelly –

Councilman Stewart–

Mayor Jurgensen –

 

OLD BUSINESS

American Rescue Plan Act update–

 

 

2023 Budget – Gas Surcharge/Loan

 

 

NEW BUSINESS

Motion by __________, Second by ___________, Approved _______ to enter into executive session pursuant to non-elected personnel matters exception, KSA 4319(b)(1), in order to discuss performance of non-elected personnel, the open meeting to resume at ­­­­___________.

 

 

ADJOURN Time ____________ Moved by ______________, 2nd ___________________, Approved ___________

Attachments:

2022 Financials – July

08-22 Informational items(1)

Bourbon County, Government

Uniontown City Council Minutes of July 12

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Minutes are unapproved.

The Regular Council Meeting on July 12, 2022 at Uniontown City Hall, was called to order at 7:00 PM by Mayor Jurgensen.  Council members present were Jess Ervin, Danea Esslinger, Josh Hartman, Amber Kelly, and Bradley Stewart.  Also in attendance for all or part of the meeting were Raymond George, Uniontown Ruritan, City Superintendent Bobby Rich, City Codes Enforcement Officer Doug Coyan, City Treasurer Charlene Bolinger, and City Clerk Sally Johnson.

 

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS/PROJECTS

Open Bids for School Pond Improvement Project – no bids received.  Clerk Johnson will reach out to Don George, KDWPT, to determine next step.

 

2022 Financial Audit presentation – auditor is still waiting on an answer from the state for clarification on the budgeting of the gas utility loan repayments.  She will present next month.

 

Ruritan Bathroom Project, Raymond “Skeet” George – Mr George showed the council samples for the stall partitions (his choice navy graphite) and asked about color for the epoxy for the floor (his choice maroon).  His choice will be okay for bother, recommended a dark color for the floor.  The sidewalk to the facility was poured today and they will put up the rafters tomorrow.  Clerk Johnson asked for clarification on the concrete invoices for the sidewalks.

 

Motion by Ervin, Second by Hartman, Approved 5-0 to pay Uniontown Ruritan for half of the concrete invoices, $859.29, for sidewalks

 

CITIZENS REQUEST

None

 

FINANCIAL REPORT

Treasurer Bolinger presented the June 2022 Treasurer’s Report.  Beginning Checking Account Balance for all funds was $343,297.29, Receipts $68,014.78, Transfers Out $5,026.00, Expenditures $34,520.81, Checking Account Closing Balance $371,765.26. Bank Statement Balance $375,547.36, including Checking Account Interest of $30.03, Outstanding Deposits $0, Outstanding Checks $3,782.10, Reconciled Balance $371,765.26.  Water Utilities Certificates of Deposit $30,100.97, Sewer Utilities Certificate of Deposit $18,593.23, Gas Utilities Certificates of Deposit $28,381.43, Total All Funds, including Certificates of Deposit $448,840.89. Year-to-Date Interest in Checking Acct is $176.59, and Utility CDs $168.40 for a Total Year-to-Date Interest of $344.99.  Also included the status of the Projects Checking Account for the month of June 2022, Beginning Balance $0, Receipts $0, Expenditures $0, Ending Balance $0.  June Transfers from Sewer Utility Fund to Sewer Revolving Loan $1,402.00 and to Lease Purchase Fund-Maint Vehicle $500.00; from Water Utility Fund to GO Water Bond & Interest $1,624.00 and to Lease Purchase Fund-Maint Vehicle $500.00; from Gas Utility Fund to Lease Purchase Fund-Maint Vehicle $500.00; from General Fund to Lease Purchase Fund-Maint Vehicle $500.00, Total Transfers of $5,026.00.  Net Income for the month of June $28,467.97, Year-to-Date Net Income $48,021.76.  Budget vs Actual Water Fund YTD Revenue $54,478.97 (51.7%), Expenditures $52,887.27 (40.5%); Sewer Fund YTD Revenue $17,479.06 (49.0%), Expenditures $21,248.5 (51.8%); Gas Fund YTD Revenue $84,275.58 (60.4%), Expenditures $77,231.68 (31.5%); General Fund YTD Revenue $94,259.14 (73.4%), Expenditures $78,216.43 (47.3%); and Special Highway YTD Revenue $3,578.39 (52.2%), Expenditures $1,041.18 (9.8%).  The July 2022 estimated payables in the amount of $25,923.51 were presented.

 

CONSENT AGENDA

Motion by Ervin, Second by Hartman, Approved 5-0, to approve Consent Agenda:

  • Minutes of June 14, 2022 Regular Council Meeting and June 29, 2022 Budget Worksession
  • Treasurer’s Report, Monthly Transaction Report & Accounts Payables

 

DEPARTMENT REPORTS

Superintendent Rich reported KDOT was here for a Safety Inspection.  He has corrected all items discussed during the inspection.

It is time for lead and copper testing of the water system.

The water and sewer lines for the Ruritan bathroom project was discussed.

Lightning struck the telemetry at Redfield pump station at 2:37AM, 7/12/2022.

Councilmembers thank him for park looking so nice for the Independence Day Bash.  Councilwoman Kelly inquired if Rich was keeping up without help this summer.  He has not fogged for mosquitos yet this year and there have been no complaints.

 

Codes Enforcement Officer Coyan reported that demolition has started at 404 Washington.  We still have not received a list of planned rehabilitation and timeline.  Clerk Johnson will reach out to partners.

He has not received anything from the attorney regarding the Smith Estate.  Clerk Johnson will follow-up.

 

Clerk Johnson informed the council that KMU will be hosting a water training at Uniontown Community Center on November 1.  It is on lead and copper revised rule and surface water treatment.  It is free and attendees will receive 5 CEUs.

 

Motion by Esslinger, Second by Hartman, Approved 5-0 to approve Bobby Rich attending if he so chooses

 

A letter was received from League of Kansas Municipalities asking the governing body to thank our legislators for supporting local government.

The response to KCC notice of probable noncompliance identified during the KCC inspection in May was reviewed and our response and proposed plan of action was accepted with no recommendation for civil penalty.

 

COUNCIL REPORT

Councilman Ervin – BBCO REDI is planning a visioning session and asked for which of the three suggested dates (August 23, August 30, or September 13) will work for our governing body.  August 23 or 30 will work.  Once plans are finalized council members will let Clerk Johnson know if they are attending in order to notify the public of a possible quorum.  He also asked Clerk Johnson to send him the KMGA Regional Meeting particulars again.  403 Sherman has a complaint about water readings and usage.  Clerk Johnson will send information on the readings and consumption to him to go over with citizen.

Councilwoman Esslinger – nothing

Councilman Hartman – nothing

Councilwoman Kelly – pothole on Fifth St is getting bigger.  Superintendent Rich is adding gravel often until he can get some saturock ordered.

Councilman Stewart – nothing

Mayor Jurgensen – a thank you note for Union State Bank was passed around for signatures.  Clerk Johnson will take to bank tomorrow.

 

OLD BUSINESS

American Rescue Plan Act update – We have received $40,288.82 and will be used for upgrade to the warehouse and/or bathrooms at City Hall.  All funds must be encumbered by December 31, 2024 and expended by December 31, 2026.  Coyan developed a drawing and specs for the bathroom upgrade and is soliciting contractors to bid.  He is also soliciting contractors to bid on the re-skinning of the warehouse, replacement of east rollup door and addition of rollup door on south.

 

Street Repair – Mayor Jurgensen had a map of suggested areas to resurface – S Washington St from First St south to Chaffin St, Sherman St from Second St south to Union St, Third St from Sherman St east to Fulton St, Seventh St from Washington St east to Sherman St, a few feet of Sherman St south of Seventh St, Third St from Fulton St east to Clay St.  It was suggested to mill and compact gravel certain sections then overlay next year to repair sinking areas.  An invitation for bids will be published.  Clerk Johnson will contact SEK Regional Planning Commission to see if there are grant funds available for city streets.

 

NEW BUSINESS

2023 Budget – mil rate last year was 36.899, council intends to exceed revenue neutral rate but lower the mil from last year.

 

Motion by Ervin, Second by Hartman, Approved 5-0 to notify County Clerk that the City of Uniontown intends to exceed the Revenue Neutral Rate and will hold a Revenue Neutral Rate Hearing on September 12, 2022 at 6:45PM at the Uniontown Community Center and the proposed mil rate is 35.312

 

Clerk Johnson will send notice to the county clerk.

 

Motion by Hartman, Second by Stewart, Approved 5-0 to enter into executive session pursuant to non-elected personnel matters exception, KSA 4319(b)(1), in order to discuss performance of non-elected personnel, the open meeting to resume at 9:10PM.

 

Motion by Ervin, Second by Hartman, Approved 5-0 to extend executive session pursuant to non-elected personnel matters exception, KSA 4319(b)(1), in order to discuss performance on non-elected personnel, the open meeting to resume at 9:20PM

 

Open meeting resumed at 9:20PM.  There was discussion on the social media posting regarding the impound kennel and the subsequent vandalism at the kennel.  Council will gather more information and leave the kennel where it is for now and revisit the issue next month.

 

Moved by Hartman, Second by Stewart, Approved 5-0, to adjourn at 9:56PM

Bourbon County, Schools

New Uniontown High School Teachers: Morgan Egidy and Breanna Taylor

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Morgan Egidy. Submitted photo.
Morgan Egidy, 24, is a new instrumental/vocal teacher at Uniontown Junior/Senior High School.
Her hometown is Greeley.
She earned a bachelor degree in music education from Kansas State University and taught one year preciously at Council Grove Jr/Sr High School
“I also have judged music for 4-H Club days in multiple counties across Kansas and the North Central District Band Auditions. I have taught private lessons for all instruments, including guitar for seven years now.”
She has a son named London who will start kindergarten.
Outside of school she loves riding horses, photography, farming, plants, playing guitar/saxophone/clarinet, and composing/arranging music.
“I am very involved in my home community of Anderson County where I volunteer helping at the county fair, judging photography for them and surrounding counties, and I am active within my home church, The Garnett Church of the Nazarene.”
Egidy was very involved in band in all through her schooling and in her junior year was selected to  travel to seven countries across Europe to perform. She received scholarships from both Pitt State University and Kansas State University but accepted the K.S.U. one and was very active in marching band, pep band, quartets,concert ensembles, and solo performing, graduating  in May 2021.
 
She was inspired to teach by several people.
“Mr. Jeff Russell, my high school band director, and Mrs. Bonnie Kubacka, my elementary music teacher, were my biggest inspiration and a good friend who helped me realize how passionate I was about music.”
 
For her, seeing the light bulb moment happen for a student when they finally are able to do or understand something that was once difficult for them is the best part. “Also, the connections you make with students are so special.”
 
Teaching music has its challenges.
“Getting students in a music class in the first place is definitely a big challenge,” she said. “However, there is so much music has to offer: it greatly improves brain development, teaches life long skills such as work ethic, motivation, commitment, team work, and so much more.”
Breanna Taylor. Submitted.
Breanna Taylor, 23, is a new 8th, 9th, and 10th grade English teacher at Uniontown High School.
Her hometown is Uniontown and she is looking forward to teaching there.
This is Taylor’s first teaching job.
She earned a degree in English Education and Spanish Language and Culture from Pittsburg State University in May 2022.
She  married  Dakota on May 29, 2021, and they had a son, Greyson, born on April 20,2022.

Outside of teaching she loves to spend time with her family, shop, travel, and support small businesses.

“While at PSU, I did a solo study abroad experience for a semester in Salamanca, Spain,” she said. “I lived in a dorm ran by nuns! It was such a rich experience. I made friends from all over the world, went to places all over Europe like: Ireland, Portugal, and London, and gained a new level of independence.”
 “I have been focusing on motherhood, but I plan to get very involved in both the Fort Scott and Uniontown community,” she said. “My goal is to one day have a scholarship program in the community for students, like me, that come from low-income single parent homes.”
“I had the idea of becoming a teacher my senior year of high school, and the idea became my reality,” she said. “I was heavily inspired by my high school English teacher, Alicia Jackson. I grew up wishing to be just like her. She is so strong, smart, and wears the BEST high heels. I hated English, but she allowed me to grow a passion for it”.
“I think one of the many best parts of teaching in having a role in students’ lives!,” she said.  “I love helping students find what they are passionate about, what allows them to reach personal success, and what helps them grow to be the person they wish to be in life. “
 “I think the biggest challenge in today’s world is teachers not truly understanding what our students are going through in their lives in and outside of the hallways,” she said. “Mental health has become a huge issue in our schools- for both teachers and students. This is why my classroom will always be a welcoming room for any and all students to be their authentic selves, be kind, and discuss their mental health.”
Bourbon County, K-State Extension

Master Gardener Training Offered This Fall

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Krista Harding
District Extension Agent, Horticulture
Southwind Extension District
111 S. Butler
Erie, KS 66733
Office: 620-244-3826
Cell: 620-496-8786

 

Kansas State University’s Extension Master Gardener program will be offered this fall. Applications are being accepted until August 10th. The training class will begin September 1st and run through December 15th.  Classes will be a combination of on-line and in-person sessions held on Thursday afternoon’s from 1-4 pm. The in-person classes will be held at the Extension office in Iola. The Master Gardener training consists of 50 hours of instruction in all aspects of horticulture. Instructors include state specialists from Kansas State University. Once certified as an Extension Master Gardener, participants are asked to donate time in their community to help others learn more about gardening and horticulture.

Applications are available on the Southwind Extension District website – southwind.ksu.edu or they can be e-mailed to you. The fee for the course is $125. For more information, please e-mail [email protected] or call 620-244-3826.

Bourbon County, Sports

Freeride Motocross Competition in Fort Scott on Sept. 17

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FREERIDE MOTOCROSS DREAMLAND RETURNS FOR YEAR THREE WITH

RED BULL IMAGINATION

 

  • Leading Freeriders Tyler Bereman, Colby Raha, Josh Hill, and More Return
  • Limited Number of Tickets Available to Attend Competition in Kansas

 

Red Bull Imagination, the premier freeride motocross competition dreamt up by Tyler Bereman, is returning in September to Fort Scott, Kansas for its third year. The event brings together top freeriders for a week of some of the biggest and baddest tricks, whips and lines on a custom-built, life-sized “playground” course not found anywhere else in the world. New this year are more riders, more course updates, and for the first time ever, a limited number of tickets for spectators to witness the epic competition in person on September 17. Those that cannot make it to Kansas will be able to catch the highlights streaming on ESPN+ on September 25.

 

Drawing inspiration from sports like skateboarding and mountain biking with a pool-bowl style course and paying homage to Red Bull Imagination’s legacy of progressing the sport of freeride, the course will evolve yet again to take shape with features that offer riders more methods of creative freedom across the board.

 

The competition format, shaped from years past, will remain the same and inform the September 17 contest. In advance of the competition, riders will spend three days session-ing and fine-tuning their craft, followed by a rest day that precedes the competition day.

 

Leading freeride motocross rider and 10-time X Games medalist Bereman will be joined by returning riders and rookie riders, including 2022 X Games Gold medalist, 10-time X Games overall medalist Colby Raha and former AMA Supercross/motocross rider Josh Hill.

 

Tickets are limited to the first 1,500 guests and are available for purchase today at https://www.redbull.com/us-en/events/imagination starting at $45 for adults at $25 for kids. Ticket prices will go up on September 1.

 

All the action will stream in a one-hour show on September 25, from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. EST on ESPN+. More information on the course development, full rider roster and judging panel will be announced in the coming weeks. Through August 15, consumers who download and register Dirt Bike Unchained on mobile iOS and Android devices can earn entries for a chance to win a VIP experience with Tyler Bereman at Red Bull Imagination.

 

Catch up on all the action from last year’s Red Bull Imagination by visiting https://www.redbull.com/us-en/projects/imagination.

 

 

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Bourbon County, Elections

Constitutional Amendment Question: Yes, in Bourbon County, but No Kansas Totals

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Click below to view the unofficial primary election results submitted by Ashley Shelton, Bourbon County Clerk.

Most incumbents faired well in this election and the constitutional amendment proposed vote was Yes with 2, 335 votes and No-1,662 in Bourbon County. (See page 26 of the submitted documents)

UNOFFICIAL PRIMARY 2022 RESULTS

The state of Kansas election total results are different on this issue.

Kansans as a whole voted no on this constitutional amendment on abortion.

To view the Associated Press release:

https://apnews.com/article/2022-primary-elections-kansas-abortion-b6d62a852c2ce4617f2c03589fbb523e

Bourbon County, Bourbon County Sheriff's Office, Government, Jobs

Update on Jail Staff Shortage

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Bob Reed is the Bourbon County Law Enforcement Center Administrator. Taken from the jail’s website.

On June 16, 2022, Bourbon County Jail Administrator Bob Reed announced that inmates are being sent to other counties, because of staffing shortages.

On that day he announced that approximately 56 inmates out of 65 are being housed elsewhere, with a  cost to the county of $40 per day per inmate.

Reed said he and Sheriff Bill Martin are still working on the problem.

“As of 08-01-2022 we have 30 inmates (out of 54) being housed out,” Reed said. ” Depending on the county that is $35-45 per inmate per day.”

Currently, there are 24 being housed in Bourbon County with the rest in Allen, Cherokee, and Wilson County’s jails, according to the jail’s daily reports.

The Bourbon County Law Enforcement staff are still transporting inmates for hearings, etc.

“Some hearings are done by zoom and some are done in person,” Reed said.  ” The ones that are done in person are obviously transported here from the county they are being housed in and then transported back.”

“I currently have nine employees,” he said. “Three to five more will get us going.” Sixteen would make the jail fully staffed, he said.

“I have not been fully staffed for a long time,” he said.

Since June Sheriff Bill Martin and Reed have worked to raise the base pay from $12.50  an hour to $14.50 an hour, he said.

He said the county offers standard benefits of eye, health, dental, major medical insurance, sick time, and vacation.

Bourbon County Sheriff Bill Martin works at his desk at the Bourbon County Law Enforcement Center, Fort Scott.

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Bo Co Jail Inmates Moved to Other Counties