Bids and Dibs will kick off its 10th anniversary celebration on Thursday December 8th at 8 AM by hosting a Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce Coffee and Open House.
There will be refreshments and a full coffee and hot cocoa bar.
“We will also have a drawing for several door prizes to be given away that morning,” owner Angela Simon said. “The celebration will continue December 8 through the 10th.”
“The first 50 customers in-store all three of those days will receive a scratch off ticket with discounts up to 30% off,” she said. “Consignors will receive an extra 10% off when they use their account credit to pay. All Customers will receive a free gift with every purchase and an entry to win a filled, giant Christmas Stocking valued at over $100!”
The shop will be open Christmas Eve day from 8 AM to noon.
“We will re-open the day after Christmas on the 26th for our annual half price sale,” Simon said. “Everything in the store is 50% off nothing is held back. That sale runs for two days the 26th through the 27th.”
“After the year end sales are finished we will close until the second week of January to implement our new consignment system,” she said. “We will start the 2023 consignment year then. Please watch for updates on our policies and procedures.”
Harold Leroy Hull, age 76, resident of Ft. Scott, KS, died early Tuesday, December 06, 2022, in Groves, TX. Services for Harold Hull will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.
The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce announces Cocoa & Caroling Late Night Shopping Event in Downtown Fort Scott. It will be held this Friday evening, December 9th, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Retailers in the Downtown Historic District will be decked for the holidays with great gift ideas.
The event will feature several groups of carolers strolling the sidewalks of Downtown from store to store with complimentary cocoa being served by the Museum of Creativity in front of the Sunshine Boutique. This will offer locals and visitors another opportunity to shop small and support local, while enjoying some holiday cheer. Find the hidden mistletoe in stores to win Chamber bucks!
Participating stores include: Angela Dawn’s Boutique, Barbed Wire & Roses Vintage Market, Bids & Dibs, Hedgehog.INK!, Iron Star (will close at 6:30pm to attend CASA event), Main Street Gallery & Gifts, Museum of Creativity, Sunshine Boutique, and Treasure Hunt Flea Market
Thank you to our Chamber Champion members below!
Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce | 231 E. Wall Street, Fort Scott, KS 66701
Philip Ray Hinderliter, 74, of Fort Scott, passed away December 4, 2022 at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas. Funeral arrangements for Philip Ray Hinderliter are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.
A previous community input meeting. Submitted photos.
The Fort Scott community is invited to be a part of the improving of a park and a downtown arch coming in the near future.
The Third Street Park and Downtown Arch Unveiling Party is Thursday, December 8 at 6 p.m.
The Third Street Park is located on the east side of Fort Scott.
The event will be held at the Healthy Bourbon County Action Team’s office at 104 N. National and there will be a virtual option.
“If you are unable to attend, please consider voting online,”Rachel Carpenter, Director of The Center for Economic Growth, a part of The Healthy Bourbon County Action Team (HBCAT), said.
Twigs and Berries will be catering the event and there will be four $25 Walmart Giftcard giveaways.
For more information please contact Rachel Carpenter at [email protected]
This is a third public forum hosted by HBCAT to give community members and residents a voice in the decision making process for the plans for the Third Street Park and a downtown arch-way.
A prior community input event. Submitted photos.
“We feel strongly about connecting our neighborhoods, creating a sense of place, and empowering each of our community members to contribute to positive change,” Carpenter said.
Several plans will be unveiled that incorporate input from previous meetings.
“After a year of formal public events and meetings, and hearing from individuals who are passionate about the project and location, we have options to vote on,” Carpenter said. “All of these plans have been derived from community input. The steering committee, made up of individuals in Fort Scott who live, or have lived, near the project, carefully considered all feedback and created a draft to present to the community.”
At the Dec. 8 meeting, more community input is sought.
A prior community input event. Submitted photos. From left: Juliane Walker, Wichita State University Community Engagement Specialist who facilitated the conversations at the public forums, Rachel Carpenter, Director for Center for Economic Growth and Jody Hoener, President and CEO of HBCAT.
” At this unveiling party we will have the community vote on key elements related to these projects,” she said. “We will ask the participants to vote on which downtown arch design they prefer and ask participants to submit and vote on a name for 3rd Street Park. The name of the park doesn’t have to change, and it shouldn’t if the name has an emotional tie to residents who grew up near there.”
” We want to give people who haven’t had a say so in the past a chance to be part of the decision-making process—a place to voice how they would like to see things in their neighborhood playgrounds and parks,” she said.
“So, this unveiling party will kick off a voting campaign on the name of the park,” Carpenter said. “There will be an option to the leave the name the same. Here is your chance to contribute to projects and try to capture the deep history and culture of Fort Scott. There will be opportunity to provide open feedback on the projects as well.”
“From the City of Fort Scott, City of Uniontown, and countywide trails master plan, PedNet Plan, to our annual community perception surveys, we make hearing directly from the community a priority in shaping and implementing our plans,” Carpenter said. “As a result, we have so much to show for it and continue to expand our projects and services.”
Funding for this event is being provided by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas as a part of Bourbon County’s Pathways to a Healthy Kansas grant and also the Patterson Family Foundation. The event will be conducted in collaboration with the Wichita State Engagement Institute.
Carpenter can also be reached at 620.215.2562.
A previous community input meeting. Submitted photos.
Our Seniorcise program, designed specifically for Credo Senior Living by a physical therapist, helps seniors stay active while improving mobility, flexibility, balance, and endurance.
In addition, since Seniorcise is practiced as a group, it also fosters friendships, camaraderie, and fun!
Governor Laura Kelly Directs Flags be Flown at Half-Staff for Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
TOPEKA – In accordance with Executive Order 20-30, Governor Laura Kelly ordered flags throughout the State of Kansas to be flown at half-staff on all state buildings, grounds, and facilities from sunup on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, to sunset on Thursday, December 8, 2022, in recognition of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
“Today marks the 81st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, in which over 2,400 Americans lost their lives,” Governor Kelly said. “I encourage all Kansans to join me in remembering those killed on December 7, 1941, and in honoring all veterans and service members who have given the ultimate sacrifice while defending our country.”
