Category Archives: Uncategorized

Things To Do This Weekend

 

8

This compilation provided by the Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce

Improv Comedy Troupe by FSHS Thespians, Common Ground, 7-9pm, Join us for a night of laughs as the Fort Scott High School Thespian Improv Troupe performs comedy sketches created on the spot using audience suggestions. A $5 donation is requested as admission.

8 Bourbon County CASA fundraising event, 7-9pm, home of Crystal Mason and Elaine Kirby.  Contact is Christa Horn, 620-215-2769.
8 Theology on Tap, Beaux Arts Centre, 7pm. First Presbyterian Invites you to Experience Theology on Tap. “Beer (Wine) and Carols” All are welcome! Bring an appetizer or beverage of your choice.
9 Christmas at BRCC, 735 Scott Ave., Secret Santa Rummage Sale, proceeds go to Adopt-A-Family, 8am-2pm, by donation unless marked.  Biscuits & gravy in the morning, hamburger vegetable soup for lunch or supper – items served all day.
9 KS Rocks Recreation Park Wheeling 4 Toys Sponsored by the Brush Beaters Jeep Club. This great event collects toys for underprivileged children n the area. pre-registration includes shirts, meals and dash plaques. A great way to start off your Holiday Season. Closed to open riding.
9 “The Ugly Sweater Tasting” at East Side Liquor, 1516 E. Wall St., starting at 11am, tasting of some local wines and new whiskeys.
9-10 FSHS Thespians “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” performance. Performances at 2 and 7pm on Dec 9. Performance at 2pm on Dec 10. Click HERE for more info.
9 Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes Book Reading & Signing. Join the author Cathy Werling for a reading of her first book in a new children’s book series, “Why Did Grandpa Cry?” Readings at 10am & 11am with signing to follow each reading. There will also be 2 different drawings. One for a free book, and one for a lunch with the  author! This event is FREE to the public.
Click HERE for more details.

Diabetes Support Group at Mercy Hospital

FORT SCOTT, Kan. (Nov. 9, 2017) ­— Mercy Hospital Fort Scott will host a Diabetes Support Group on Monday, November 20 at 6 p.m. in the McAuley Conference Center. The session topic is “Diabetes Medications: A look at what’s new in the treatment of diabetes.”

Patty Ryan, Mercy R.N., a diabetes educator, will lead the discussion and share details about options that may work for you.

The support group is open to the public. No registration is required and family members are encouraged to attend. Light refreshments will be served.

To learn more about this topic or other important information regarding managing diabetes, join the Mercy Diabetes Support Group. The group meets the third Monday of every other month. Mark your calendar for meeting dates of 2018: January 15; March 19; May 21; July 16; and September 17.

For more information, contact Patty Ryan, R.N., at 620-223-8412.

Canvass Of Election By County Commissioners Is Today

Submitted by the county clerk’s office.

Following is the agenda for the Bourbon County Commission, located on the second floor of the courthouse, 210 S. National Ave.

 

Date: November 13th, 2017

1st District-Lynne Oharah Minutes: Approved: _______________

2nd District-Jeff Fischer Corrected: _______________

3rd District-Nick Ruhl Adjourned at: _______________

County Clerk-Kendell Mason

10:00 a.m.- 2017 City/School General Canvass

Justifications for Executive Session:

· Personnel matters of individual non-elected personnel

· Consultation with an attorney for the body or agency which would be deemed privileged in the attorney-client relationship

· Matters relating to employer-employee negotiations whether or not in consultation with the representative(s) of the body or agency

· Confidential data relating to financial affairs or trade secrets of corporations, partnerships, trusts and individual proprietorships

· Preliminary discussions relating to the acquisition of real property

· Matters relating to the security of a public body or agency, public building or facility or the information system of a public body or agency, if the discussion of such matters at an open meeting would jeopardize the security of such public body, agency, building, facility or information system

Looking For Something To Do?

 

Thursday evening is the annual Holiday Open House where Fort Scott Merchants stay open from 5-8 p.m. for residents to get a jump start on holiday shopping.

Veterans will be honored at several community schools.

Friday there are several Veteran’s Day activities:

Uniontown High School will honor locals vets with coffee and donuts at the school at 8 a.m. followed by a school assembly to say “thank you”.

Winfield Scott Elementary School students will be performing for vets at 9 a.m.

Fort Scott High School students will present a ceremony in the high school gym at 11:15 a.m.

St. Mary’s Catholic School students will gather at the school’s flagpole to sing, pray and honor vets at 1 p.m.

Fort Scott Community College will host a Veteran’s Day fundraiser at the Ellis Fine Arts Center at 3 p.m. The food fundraiser will be a free-will donation to benefit Wreaths Across America for soldiers graves at Fort Scott National Cemetery during the Christimas season. The event is in conjunction with the induction ceremony of Phi Theta Kappa.

On Thursday, November 16 Eugene Ware Elementary School students will present a patriotic performance at 6:30 p.m. at the Ellis Fine Arts Center at Fort Scott Community College. Veterans are invited to attend.

For other events, this weekend,  click on the Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce link below.

2017 November 10-12

Library Teens November Events

Fort Scott Library Teen Advisory Group, front from left are Joshua Kobernat, Kayla Kobernat, Jadelynne Russell; back row: Zachary Beerbower, Daniel Watson, and Dominic Cannon.

Submitted by Valetta Cannon, Fort Scott Public Library Youth Librarian, and Assistant Director

Fort Scott Public LibraryTeen Advisory Group events  for November:

November 8, 4-6 p.m., the teens will have their monthly games and snacks night in the library’s event room.

November 15, 4:15 – 5 p.m., the teens will create and share (if they want) creative writing short stories or poems. This will be the first teen creative writing night, in celebration of National Novel Writing Month.

November 29, 4:15 – 5 p.m. the teens will meet with at Common Ground Coffee for free treats while discussing this month’s Book Club story, “The Watsons go to Birmingham” by Christopher Paul Curtis.

Librarian To Read At Fort Scott Preschool

Restful Reading Adventure

What: Dinner & relaxed reading: tips and activities to help your child enjoy books

Featured Book: The Napping House

When: Tuesday, November 14, 2017, 6:00-7:00pm

Where: Fort Scott Preschool Center, 409 S. Judson, West entrance

Who: Special Guest, Youth Librarian & Assistant Director, Valetta Cannon

*Giveaways & door prizes!

*We will be wearing our pajamas and invite and encourage you all to do the same! We are providing dinner and story time. If you take care of baths before this adventure, the only evening task remaining for you is to tuck them in when you get home! We look forward to a great adventure in reading with you and yours! Please RSVP by Friday, November 10th to let us know how many we need to prepare food for. Thanks & see you there!!

(PAT) Star McClellan: 620-215-6009

(FSECP) Michelle Stevenson: 417-684-0795

Mercy Hospice Donates Park Benches

Submitted by Mercy Hospital

Groundbreaking for new memorial benches in Riverfront Park was Oct. 26.  From left: Chad Brown, City of Fort Scott public works director; Deb Needleman, City of Fort Scott human resources manager; JoLynne Mitchell, City of Fort Scott mayor; Allen Warren, Riverfront Authority board member; Becky Davied, Mercy director of home health and hospice; and Chris Welch, Mercy home health and hospice community relations coordinator.

 

Mercy Hospice is celebrating its fifth year anniversary with a special thank you to the community and all those who have allowed the hospice care team into their lives.

To commemorate the anniversary, Mercy Hospice is giving back to the community by placing a pair of memorial benches on a paver patio at the Riverfront Park just north of Fort Scott.

“We hope that this can be a place where families can gather to remember their loved ones,” said Chris Welch, Mercy Home Health and Hospice community relations coordinator.

To launch the project, a groundbreaking ceremony was held on Thursday, Oct. 26.

“This wouldn’t be possible without cooperation from the City of Fort Scott, the Riverfront Authority and partial funding by the Fort Scott Area Community Foundation,” Welch added.

 

 

 

New Coordinator For TriYakAthon

Penny Pollack Barnes with daughter, Caroline, at Gunn Park last year. Pollack is taking over coordination duties from Frank Halsey, founder of the annual TriYakAthon, a multi-sport contest. Submitted photo.

Penny Pollack Barnes commented to Frank Halsey, organizer of the annual TriYakAthon at Gunn Park, that he ought to think about getting someone to help organize the event. This comment was in July at the annual bike race that Halsey initiated, called the Marmaton Masacre.

Halsey took her up on the offer.

Since August, Pollack has been helping to get sponsors for the event and getting t-shirts orders, she said.

“Frank does so much for the trails,” Pollack said. “He’s doing the dirty work. I’m doing logistics.”

Currently, Halsey is getting the trails marked for the event that starts at 8 a.m. this Saturday, Oct. 14.

Over the last several years, Halsey mapped out, then built the trails and continually maintains them. He is an avid mountain biker.

Pollack is a runner and has been involved with some of the events that Halsey has organized on the trails.

“I like the multi-sport aspect of the TriYakAthon,” Pollack said. “It’s a lot of fun.”

Registration starts at 8 a.m. for the 5th Annual TriYakAthon and the contest start time is 10 a.m.

There are 4 miles of running, 2.5 miles of Marmaton River kayaking, and 6.5 miles of cross-country mountain biking in the TriYakAthon.

Competitors can go solo for $35 or be part of a relay team for $60. Online registration deadline is Thursday, Oct. 12 at 5 p.m. To register, check out their Facebook page.

This year the proceeds from the event will go to a multi-sensory playground at Ellis Park, 1182 E. 12th Street, south of the middle school.

“It will be a special park that kids with disabilities will be able to use,” Pollack said.

The multi-sport event for the TriYakAthon involves running, kayaking and mountain biking. Photo taken from the event Facebook page.

What Makes Fort Scott Special?

Gordon Parks Museum

Non-professional Bourbon County photographers of all ages are invited to submit a photo as part of the Gordon Parks  Celebration, by Wednesday, Oct. 4.

The photo must be inspired by Park’s poem “Homecoming” and entitled “What Makes Fort Scott Special to Me”, according to a press release from the Gordon Parks Museum.

Monetary prizes of first place, $100; second place, $75 and third place, $50. All photos submitted will be on exhibit during the 14th Annual Gordon Parks Celebration, Oct. 12-14.

Photos must be submitted via email to [email protected].  The file size has a limit of 2MB and must be in JPEG format. Name, address, email and phone number along with the title of their submitted photo must accompany the photo. If under 10 years of age, please include parents information.

It is the photographer’s responsibility to make sure permission is granted to use the photos subject’s image.

For more information email [email protected] or call 620-223-2700, ext. 5850.