FS Lake Advisory Board Agenda For Sept. 26

Agenda

Lake Advisory Board – Fort Scott Airport – Ellis Hangar – 1869 Indian Road

September 26, 2020 @ 9:00 am

Call to Order: Nancy Van Etten

Flag Salute and Opening Prayer: Jeff Fischer

Roll Call and Special Recognition for Tom Brink: Nancy Van Etten, Nancy Maze, Jeff Fischer, Dean Striler, Shane Wood, Kevin Allen, Don Banwart, Debbie Mc Coy.

City Staff: Dave Martin, Tom Graham

City Commissioners: K. Allen, P. Allen, R. Nichols, L. Watts, J. Mitchell

Other Attendees: Board and City Staff can attend in person. To observe meeting go to the City of Fort Scott’s You Tube Channel.

Approval of July 18, 2020, meeting minutes.

Safety Update Will Always Be First: Tom Graham. In addition: Follow up on private buoys, replacement of rubber bumpers on public docks, safety signs and broken down docks.

Old Business

  1. Real Estate Auction of City Property at the Lake: Open discussion with the Public, City Commissioners and Lake Advisory Board.
  2. Sewer District Update – Nancy VE, Jeff.
  3. Fire Service at the Lake – Don, Jeff. Appoint person to attend Fire District Meetings.
  4. Lake Fort Scott Ordinances – Nancy VE, Nancy M, Tom G.
  5. Airport and Indian Road Update – Jeff
  6. Amended Lake Advisory Board Ordinance 3550 – Dave

New Business

  1. Advisory Board Member opening for West Side Full Time Resident.
  2. Smart Growth & Planning for Lake Fort Scott

Public Comments:

Next Meeting:

Adjournment

Bourbon County Total COVID-19 Cases Since Testing-175

SEK Multi-County Health Departments

Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, and Woodson Counties

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update

September 21, 2020

Due to the recent increase in probable cases and presumptive lab cases, we are combining probable, presumptive, out of state and positive cases together into a “Total Cases Since Testing” column. Please call your local health department if you would like a further breakdown of cases. We will have this weekly update posted to our website tomorrow morning (www.sekmchd.com, under about us and FAQs)

Allen County

Current Active Cases 3
Total Hospitalizations 4-1 in hospital
Current Recovered Cases 53
Total Cases Since Testing 57
Deaths 1

Anderson County

Current Active Cases 4
Total Hospitalizations 1-0 in hospital
Current Recovered Cases 58
Total Cases Since Testing 62
Deaths 0

Bourbon County

Current Active Cases 28
Total Hospitalizations 10-0 remaining in hospital
Current Recovered Cases 144
Total Cases Since Testing 175
Deaths 3

Woodson County

Current Active Cases 4
Total Hospitalizations 1-0 remaining in hospital
Current Recovered Cases 13
Total Cases Since Testing 17
Deaths 0

The Obituary of Troy White

 

Latroy Franklin “Troy” White, Jr, age 77, a resident of Ft. Scott, Kansas, passed away Friday, September 18, 2020, at his home.

He was born February 26, 1943, in Bilaspur, India.  Troy’s parents, Latroy F. White, Sr and Ada Rue Stiles White were serving as missionaries in India. Troy grew up in India and moved to the United States after he graduated high school.

He later served for four years with the United States Air Force where he was stationed primarily in Montana.

Following his military service, Troy began a career with A. T. & T. where he served as a network engineer for over thirty years.

While working in Oklahoma City, Troy met the love of his life, Millie Kelley.  Troy and Millie were married April 5, 1969, at Parsons, Kansas.  Because of Troy’s work, Troy and Millie made their home in Oklahoma, Illinois and later in Olathe, Kansas.  Following Troy’s retirement in 1998, they moved to Ft. Scott.

In addition to electronics, Troy enjoyed hunting, fishing and woodworking.

He was an active member of the Fort Scott Church of the Nazarene.

 

Survivors include his wife, Millie, of the home; two sons, Scott (Michelle) White, of Houston, Texas and Steve (Maggie) White, of Orlando, Florida; six grandchildren, Tyler, Allison, Nickolas, Braden (Sam), Joe and Mollie White and a great-granddaughter, Mia White.  Also surviving is a brother, Timothy White, of Oregon.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Lucy Tindle.

 

A private graveside service will be held on Wednesday, September 23rd at the U. S. National Cemetery in Ft. Scott, Kansas.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.  Memorials are suggested to the Ft. Scott Church of the Nazarene and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Ft. Scott, KS .  Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.

Care To Share Festival Oct. 3: Fun With a Cause

All photos submitted.

Care to Share/The Sharing Bucket is a local helping agency that provides financial and emotional support to cancer patients, survivors, and their families and caregivers.

Care To Share/The Sharing Bucket is having its 14th annual festival on October 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 2480 Limestone Road.

To get there, go on K-54 Hwy. east to 240th Street South to Limestone Road, and then east.

Handicap parking is available.

There is family fun for everyone, according to Lavetta Simmons, who with help of family, friends, and the board of directors, hosts the event each year.

 

Submitted photos.

 

The purchase of a $10 wristband allows pony rides, a maze, an obstacle course, horse, tractor, and wagon rides, train rides, gunny sack races, turtle races, hedge-ball slingshot, face painting/tattoos, a petting zoo, and garden bombs.

Submitted photos.

 

Food, sold separately, includes funnel cakes, cotton candy, popcorn, muffins, apple cider, homemade pies, chili, chili dogs/polish, Frito chili pies, nachos, chips, soda, and water.

 

Craft booths include Tupperware, crocheted animals, Color Street, pumpkin patch, Paparazzi jewelry, “Pic Me Ups”, canvas paintings and more.

 

Submitted photos.

 

 

For more information call-Lavetta Simmons 620-224-8070

 

The directors of Care to Share/Sharing Bucket are Dona Bauer, Donna Beerbower, Mathew Boban, Kathy Clark, Teresa Davenport, Denny Heidrick, Carol Hill, Nancy Hofer, Randy Holt, Richard Long, Jerry Witt, and Simmons, who is the secretary/treasurer of the directors.

Submitted photos.

 

Brain Breaks by MaKayla Stroud

MaKayla Stroud. Submitted photo.

MaKayla Stroud  

Southwind Extension District 

4-H Program Assistant   

Brain Breaks 

Do you have a hard time staying focused while working on the computer or studying? Do you ever feel like your brain is on idle or taking a nap? If you have ever felt like this, then you should try taking a brain break! A brain break is an exercise that gets you out of your chair while using different parts of your brain. These challenges can be altered for all ages, abilities and working environments. Brain breaks help one to refocus, increase energy and helps you have fun!  

Brain breaks can be used within a classroom setting, office environment or any place that includes long periods of stationary work. These exercise bursts should last between one to four minutes in length. It is recommended that for elementary students to have a brain break after 20-30 minutes of sedentary work. A quick brain break allows physical energy to be burned allowing the brain to reawake while also utilizing regions that aren’t used when students are sitting down. For adults, a brain break can allow for a quick session of stretching to make sitting at a desk more comfortable.  

Since brain breaks require you to stand or participate in light exercise, this benefits the participant by improving cognitive skills while encouraging muscle growth, increasing motor skills and strengthening cardio-vascular systems. By using both the brain and body simultaneously this allows for the brain to be reset while increasing the flow of blood & oxygen that in return boosts energy 

Having fun is another reason to break up your workday with a short brain break. These activities allow you to take a breather from work while being silly and testing your personal best. Some brain break activities can be completed as a group to have fun with colleagues or classmates. When participating in a fun activity it boosts your mood, encourages smiling, causes laughing while helping to decrease stress.  

If you’re interested in more information, go to our Facebook page or YouTube channel named Southwind District 4-H and watch various brain break activities. Other youth development resources can be found at southwind.ksu.edu.  

FS Budget Issue Garners Signatures

Submitted photos.
Submitted by Michael J. Hoyt
“We had an exceptional day collecting signatures to place on a ballot for the voters to decide that the SEWER AND STORM SEWER FUNDS will be remain in the City of Fort Scott budget for that purpose. Many Electors voiced their opinion “Our sewers are in serious need of repair and the City must stop moving the money around and not fixing things!”
We are well on the way to the required number of signatures required to place this referendum on a ballot, but organizers will be available to collect signatures in front of the Fort Scott Post Office on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11am to 1pm until Oct 13th.  We can also assist with registering to vote until that date which is the deadline to vote in the National election on November 3rd.”

FS Commission Special Meeting Agenda Sept. 21

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA

FORT SCOTT CITY COMMISSION

CITY HALL COMMISSION ROOM

123 S MAIN STREET

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

11:00 A.M

 

I. ROLL CALL:

K. ALLEN P. ALLEN NICHOLS WATTS MITCHELL

1. CONSENT AGENDA:

  1. Approval of Appropriation Ordinance 1271-A totaling $428,590.44.

  1. Certificate of Appropriateness – 113 S. National – Signage and Alterations to building

II. CONSIDERATION:

  1. City Insurance Liability Update – James Charlesworth

  1. Acceptance of Community Development Block Grant No. 20-CR-004 – Mayco Ace Hardware – Approval to accept grant and for Mayor to sign all pertinent documents

  1. Kansas Housing Grant application opportunity

  1. Lauber Municipal Law Firm July Billing Statement

  1. Consideration of application of Cost Sharing Program through K.D.O.T.

III. MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT: ROLL CALL

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