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Library Puts in Motion Fall Activities

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Beginning in September, Fort Scott Public Library will offer two new monthly programs to local families: Marvelous Mondays and Maker Mondays.
Marvelous Monday is a family program for all ages, with the primary goal of serving local homeschool families by offering educational activities, special guest speakers, and collaborative projects. The first meeting will be held on September 10, 2 – 3 p.m. in the library event room. The theme will be a Back to Homeschool party with special guest speakers, retired educator Yvonne Holloway and local author Cathy Werling. Attendees will be invited to join a chat group and to offer their ideas and suggestions for future program themes.
Maker Monday is a S.T.E.A.M. program, focused on offering school-aged children opportunities to unleash their creativity, make unique projects, and learn new skills. All ages are welcome to attend, but children 2nd grade and below must have an adult with them at all times. At our first Maker Monday on September 24, 4 – 5 p.m., we will create book art from the pages of old books, enjoy snacks and bottled water (attendees are welcome to bring their own snacks and drinks as well), add stickers to our sticker mosaic poster, and discuss ideas for future programs.
Library programs are offered free of charge. If you would like to volunteer or donate snacks or supplies, please contact Miss Val at [email protected], call 223-2882, or visit the library. Follow Fort Scott Public Library on Facebook or visit our website at fortscott.mykansaslibrary.org to view upcoming events.”
Mercy Hospital

Mercy Donates

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Schools Benefit from Mercy Clinic Donation

FORT SCOTT, KAN. (August 29, 2018) – Mercy Clinic Fort Scott will donate $2990.00 to local school district activity accounts through funds generated by their annual sports physical clinic program.

Each year, physicians and nursing staff at Mercy Clinic Fort Scott host sport physical clinics for area middle school and high school students at the low cost of $10 each. In 2018, the clinic staff examined 299 students from Fort Scott and neighboring school districts.

“The clinic staff considers it a privilege to offer this service to students,” said Michelle Bruner, Mercy Clinic director. “By volunteering our time, we are able to pass the benefit right on to the schools in our service area.”

When the student signs in for the physical, the student’s school is tracked. The $10 fee for the physical is donated directly back to the student’s school district activity fund to help with equipment or supply purchases.

“The Kansas State High School Activities Association requires students who plan to participate in extracurricular activities to have a current physical on file,” Bruner explained. “The physicals ensure that the student is healthy to participate.”

“The students receive a thorough physical exam to be sure there are no signs of heart disease or other health-related issues that would cause problems playing sports and being physically active,” Bruner added.

To learn more about Mercy Clinic Fort Scott or to find a primary care doctor, call 620-223-8040.

Fort Scott Community College

Greyhound Campus Cookout Aug. 29, 11:30 a.m. by Briana Blandamer

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Classes are in full swing, athletics have officially begun and the activities here at Fort Scott Community College continue, giving students opportunities to leave their dorm room, meet new people and enjoy the year together!

 

On Saturday, FSCC football opened their season with a hard fight against the Highland Scotties. The Greyhounds lost 29-28.

 

The Greyhound football team will have a chance to turn their season around with their first home game of the season. Come out to see the battle against Coffeyville Community College at 7:00 pm on Saturday, September 1.

 

The FSCC Volleyball team will face the Cowley College Tigers here in Fort Scott at 6:30 pm on Wednesday. Come help support the lady Greyhounds!

 

This Wednesday, August 29, there will be a Greyhound Cookout outside of the Bailey Hall commons area from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. There will be free food, drinks and chance to win a $50.00 Walmart Shopping Spree! The winner of this giveaway will be announced at the volleyball game that evening. You must be present to win.

 

Enjoy another week, Greyhounds!

 

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Arby’s Canopy On S. Main

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Arby’s Training Coordinator Debbie Smith, middle, and District Manager Debbie Cardwell, right, help Chelsey Mills, Fort Scott, apply for a position at the canopy on Main Street Monday morning.

Arby’s personnel have set up a canopy in front of their restaurant at 2101 S. Main to attract people who might be interested in working there.

“We don’t have access to the building yet,” said Debbie Cardwell, Arby’s District Manager from Carthage, Mo. “This gives us a  little more traffic.”

The building renovation is nearing completion, with a goal of September 24 to be opened, said Debbie Smith, Arby’s Training Coordinator from Joplin, Mo.

All crew positions are open, Cardwell said.

“We’ll be out here Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to noon…until we have access to the building,” Cardwell said.

Interested people are invited to stop by to apply for the positions.

Debby Smith and Debbie Cardwell, Arby’s personnel from Missouri, visit with prospective employee Chelsey Mills, Fort Scott, when she stopped by the Arby’s canopy on South Main Street on Monday.
Obituary

Obituary for Aileene Juanita Blincoe

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Obituary for Aileene Juanita Blincoe

Aileene Juanita Blincoe, age 94, a resident of rural Ft. Scott, Kansas, passed away Friday, August 24, 2018, at her home.

She was born October 10, 1923, in Greenwood, Wise County, Texas, the daughter of J. Paul Howard and Harriet Mae Armstrong.

Aileene lived in several towns in Texas due to her father’s job with the railroad. She graduated from the Childress High School in 1940. After early jobs at the Fort Worth Stockyard, Aileene boarded a train bound for Washington, DC and secured a job at the newly constructed Pentagon.

Later during World War II, she began working for the Port Authority in the Texas-Louisiana region. While attending a servicemen dance, she met George W. Blincoe. Aileene and George were married December 8, 1945, in Houston, Texas. They made their home in Waverly, Missouri and then back to Washington, DC in the 1950’s.

They moved to Michigan in 1957 when George was transferred to the Office of Civil Defense in Battle Creek. Aileene went to college after her two children were in high school. She received her Associate’s degree from KCC and BA in English from Western Michigan University in 1966. After teaching English for one year at Battle Creek Central, Aileene returned to Western Michigan to earn her MA in counseling. Aileene served as guidance counselor for the Gull Lake school system until her retirement.

She and husband, George maintained their dream home at Gull Lake and the Blincoe family farm in east-central Kansas. Aileene continued to manage the farm after her husband’s passing in 2008.

Survivors include her children, Paula Louise Blincoe Collins, of Denton, Texas and George W. Blincoe, Jr. of Dillon, Colorado; four grandchildren, Cyd Curtis Bates, of Washington, DC, Billie Jean Collins Pineda, of Olympia, Washington, Justin Paul Blincoe, of Denver, Colorado and Sarah E. Blincoe, of Santa Cruz, California and five great-grandchildren, Virginia, Dezi, Alanna, Lola and Rosa. Also surviving is a brother, Jimmy Howard, of Denver, Colorado.

In addition to her husband, George, she was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Paula Howard Stevens.

Graveside services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, August 29th at the Hepler Cemetery in Hepler, Kansas.

Memorials are suggested to Paws & Claws Animal Shelter and may be left in the 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.

Fort Scott

Youth Engagement Team at Fort Scott National Historic Site

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Emily Davenport, left, and Jacey Bowen, the Youth Engagement Team 2018 at Fort Scott National Historic Site.

Youth Engagement Team takes Leadership Role at Fort Scott NHS this Summer

Fort Scott KS – Fort Scott National Historic Site (FOSC) Youth Engagement Team planned activities and programs that introduced other youth to the park, shared the stories of Fort Scott,  and built connections to park resources with youth in the surrounding area.

As one observer stated, “youth leading youth is a powerful concept”.

Jacey Bowen, a recent graduate of Uniontown High School in Uniontown KS, and Emily Davenport, a sophomore at Fort Scott High School,  participated in the 2018 Youth Engagement Team.

The Youth Engagement Team is made possible in part through generous contributions by the Irby Family Trust, the Fort Scott Area Community Foundation, and the Friends of Fort Scott National Historic Site.

Activities the 2018 Youth Engagement Team have sponsored or been involved in include:

  • Family Day, July 21 (teaming with four members of the Fort Scott Youth Conservation Corps, they presented living history cooking, gardening, replica small arms demonstrated in the morning, with crafts and games in the afternoon).  About 97 visitors attended the event.
  • Fort Art contest, July 28 (youth participants entered drawings and paintings of the fort, with the winner getting a cash prize)
  • Scavenger Hunt, August 4 (The team created the clues and 53 people participated, running all over the fort trying to find and answer the clues.
  • Writing and directing a play for the Trailblazer program. The Trailblazers program is a week-long series of activities that engage young people (age 9-12) with the mission of the National Park Service. One activity is to stage and perform a play for their parents at the end of the week. The play was one of Jacey’s favorite activities as it allowed her to use her creative skills. Ten youth attended the Trailblazer program total with about 35 people (parents and other family of the Trailblazers) attending the play.
  • Weekly posts on the park’s Instagram page (they acquired 197 followers during the short time they were here). https://www.instagram.com/fortscottnps

“The fort has been an integral part of the community for over 150 years, it is imperative that we make youth a priority in what we do today for the next 150 years,” said Betty Boyko, Superintendent, FOSC. “This is the third summer we have hosted the program and hope to continue into the future,” continued Boyko.

Jacey will be studying graphic arts at a college this fall in Pensacola, Florida.  She has several works of art displayed around the area, including some murals at a local preschool.

Emily enjoys living history and has attended youth programs in the past at Fort Scott including our weeklong Trailblazer workshop and an overnight Camp of Instruction.

The team was led by NPS Park Guide Paul Goodman, who is in his second season at Fort Scott NHS.

 

K-State Extension

4-H At the Kansas State Fair

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Kansas 4-H members ages nine and up are eligible to enter projects at the Kansas State Fair, but only eligible after first earning the top award in the project category at the county fair.  That means 4-H entries at the Fair come with high praise, and also means seeing the various projects in 4-H Centennial Hall may inspire others to join 4-H and learn by doing, choosing a new 4-H project (if already involved in 4-H programs) or provide the nudge that’s needed to complete a hobby project or try something new.

 

Kansas 4-H offers more than 30 educational 4-H projects and seeing the completed projects under one roof is a testimony to experiential learning in 4-H.

 

The 2018 Kansas State Fair will open Sept. 7 and continue through Sept. 16. While attending the annual event is a tradition for many, seasoned as well as first-time fairgoers are encouraged to visit 4-H Centennial Hall to view 4-H projects that have earned the top awards at our local county fairs.

 

4-H Centennial Hall is located at the north end of the fairgrounds and will house the majority of the more than 11,000 4-H project exhibits during the fair. The Southwind Extension District will be well represented, with exhibits entered from Allen, Bourbon, Woodson and Neosho Counties.

 

The 4-H building is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., from Sept. 7-Sept. 15, and, on Sept. 16 (closing day) from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m.

 

“Find Your Fun” is the theme for the 2018 Kansas State Fair, so I certainly want to mention some of our most grassroots projects – the livestock. Southwind 4-H members will also be exhibiting horses, sheep, swine, meat goats and cattle at the South end of the Fairgrounds. Horse project members who previously qualified at the District Horse Show will compete the second weekend of the State Fair, while livestock exhibitors will show the first weekend as part of the Grand Drive. Youth enrolled in the Dog project will also compete the second weekend.

 

Information on daily schedules and admission can be found on the Kansas State Fair website, www.kansasstatefair.com

 

If you are looking for results from our local 4-H members, those can be found by clicking on the link at www.kansas4-h.org, or stop by the Southwind Extension District website, www.southwind.ksu.edu and we will direct you to those 4-H results that will be updated on a daily basis.

 

From the fun fried foods that can be found on the mid-way to the open and youth exhibits across the fairgrounds, there are opportunities for the young and old alike. I encourage you to put on your best walking shoes and make a trip to Hutchinson, KS September 7-16, 2018 and “Find Your Fun” at the 2018 Kansas State Fair!

Bourbon County, Government

Bourbon County Commission Agenda for August 28

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Agenda

Bourbon County Commission Room

2nd Floor, County Courthouse

210 S. National Avenue

Fort Scott, KS 66701

Tuesdays starting at 9:00

Date: August 28th, 2018

1st District-Lynne Oharah Minutes: Approved: _______________

2nd District-Jeff Fischer Corrected: _______________

3rd District-Nick Ruhl Adjourned at: _______________

County Clerk-Kendell Mason

9:00-9:45-Jim Harris

10:00-10:15-Bill Martin-Overtime

11:00-12:00-Justin Meeks

Executive Session-Privileged in the attorney-client relationship-30 min.

Executive Session-Privileged in the attorney-client relationship-30 min.

NRP-5 min.

1:30-4:30-Commissioner to work on 2019 Budget

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