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Monthly Archives: January 2019
Bourbon County Commission Agenda Jan. 7
Agenda
Bourbon County Commission Room
1st Floor, County Courthouse
210 S. National Avenue
Fort Scott, KS 66701
Tuesdays starting at 9:00
Date: January 7th, 2019
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
9:15-Discussion of agreement on Cedar Creek with Rural Water District #2
10:00-Lora Holdridge and Clint Anderson-Information Officers Job
11:00-12:00-Justin Meeks
Executive Session-Privileged in the attorney-client relationship-20 min.
12:00-1:30-Commissioners gone to lunch
1:30-Shane Walker and Rhonda Cole
A Ticket to Better Health
Stay Strong, Stay Healthy Strength Training Program for Older Adults,
Your Ticket to Better Health
Our bodies are made for activity, but modern conveniences allow us to be increasingly inactive. Building strength promotes quality of life and independence, especially for adults over 50. Here’s the good news, Stay Strong, Stay Healthy strength training program is being offered in your community.
This eight week program can help you get started on the road to better health. Stay Strong, Stay Healthy is built on simple, strength- building exercises that will improve balance and flexibility, too. No one is too inactive to participate. You’ll start at a level that’s right for you. Instruction is provided by Joy Miller, Family and Consumer Science Extension Agent with K-State Research and Extension Southwind District.
The class meets for one hour, two times each week at Buck Run Community Center on Monday and Friday at 8:30 a.m. The fee is $20 for the eight week series. Registration and first session will be held Monday, January 21st. Call Joy Miller at 620-223-3720 for more details.
Obituary for Shelby Frank Rice
Shelby Frank Rice, age 87, a resident of Ft. Scott, Kansas, passed away Sunday, January 6, 2019, at his home. He was born June 12, 1931, in Valiant, Oklahoma, the son of Frank Rice and Nelia Thompson Rice. He married Sandra Brown in 1963. Following high school, Shelby graduated from barber school in Oklahoma.
He worked as a barber for several years and also worked for the Tulsa Fire Department. In addition to working for the fire department, Shelby also operated the Rice Cattle Company.
Following his retirement from the fire department, the Rice family moved from Oklahoma to a ranch west of Farlington, Kansas. They lived there for several years before moving to Ft. Scott in 1984.
Survivors include a son, Terry Rice, of San Francisco, California and a daughter, Nancy Boore and husband, Mark, of Pittsburg, Kansas and three grandchildren, Chelsea Kropp and husband, Caleb, of Parsons, Kansas, Morgan Samuels and husband, Preston, of Osawatomie, Kansas and and Aaron Boore, of Kansas City, Kansas.
His wife, Sandra, preceded him in death on March 6, 2016. He was also preceded in death by two sons, Ted Rice and David Comozzie and four sisters, Uela Gragg, Melba Songer, Betty Sullivent and Dorothy Rice.
There was cremation. A memorial service for both Shelby and Sandra will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Ft. Scott, Kansas. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.
Rosie’s Event Center Reopens Near Uniontown
Rosie’s Cabin and Event Center, 563 Maple Rd. is reopening for business.
At Christmas time with their extended family, Kelsey and Kaley Blythe decided to reopen Rosie’s Cabin and Event Center. The property is owned by Kaley’s parents, Bud and LeeBelle Blythe.
“We live here (on the property), Kelsey said. “And have such a beautiful scene. It would be crazy not to (reopen) it.”
“Kaley and I were married here in April (at the lodge at Rosie’s),” she said. “I changed jobs recently, but something was missing.”
The couple decided to take on the reopening of the event center that been purchased by the Blythe family in 2016. The Blythe’s ran the center briefly before closing it.
Kaley and Kelsey Blythe live on the property in Rosie’s cabin but plan on renting it out as needed.
“We live in Rosie’s Cabin, but we will leave it on the table (to rent), like an Airbnb,” Kelsey said. “It can be rented out for people who are renting for the weekend. We are updating the small cabin so that people can use it as a dressing room and a honeymoon suite, if desired, even for those that are renting just one day. ”
The lodge can be rented for a marriage ceremony and reception of up to 200 people, she said. There is no cutlery provided, but a refrigerator, stove, and microwave.
Local vendors will provide decorations, food, photography, etc.
“The location is pristine for the community,” Kelsey said. “And will help other people (vendors) make money as well.”
“I will be the manager and coordinating the events, here,” Kelsey said.
June 1 will be the first event at the center for 2019, she said.
To learn more, contact her at 620-644-2874.
City of Fort Scott Response to Price Chopper Closing
“The City was made aware of the Price Chopper closing on Sunday, January 6th. We are committed to maintaining a close relationship with Associated Wholesale Groceries, AWG, to assist in finding a suitable replacement as soon as possible.”
“I know how hard of a decision this was for Barry (Queen),” Dave Martin, City Manager. “He thinks a lot of Fort Scott. We will work hard to get another business in the building.”
“We are grateful to the Queen family for their investment in our community and wish them as well as their employees the very best during this difficult time.”
BUSINESS LOCATOR MAP ADS ON SALE
FORT SCOTT – The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce is preparing to publish a new Business Locator City Map for 2019 and announces advertising space is available.
The map will be printed in full-color, double-sided, and sized 11” x 17”. The front of the map will feature a listing of the advertising businesses with pinpoint locators for those businesses. The back will display 24 business card sized ad spaces. Businesses included on the front should be in the categories of Shop-Dine-Stay-Play and those advertising on the back only may be any type of business or organization. The deadline to reserve an ad is January 25th and artwork is requested by February 1st.
The maps will be printed on pads that may be torn off and taken by locals or visitors. The pads will be distributed by the Chamber, the Visitors Bureau/Tourism Center, in Visitor/Relocation Packets, and will be available digitally on the Chamber’s website. Participating businesses will be given a supply of the maps to distribute as well.
For pricing information or to reserve your ad space, contact the Chamber at 620-223-3566 or email [email protected].
Submitted by:
Lindsay Madison, Executive Director, [email protected]
Monica Walden, Administrative Assistant, [email protected]
Phone: (620) 223-3566
KDOT Accepting Nominations
KDOT accepting Transportation Safety Recognition Award nominations
Topeka – Nominations for 2019 Transportation Safety Recognition Awards are now being accepted by the Kansas Department of Transportation. Traffic safety advocates can be nominated in one of two categories – People Saving People Award and the Hero Award.
The People Saving People Award recognizes an individual or organization that has made outstanding contributions to the improvement of transportation safety behavior in Kansas. The Hero Award honors the individual who has risked his or her own life to save someone else when they happened upon a crash or while trying to prevent the likelihood of a crash in a one-time traffic safety-related incident.
More details about the awards and nomination forms can be found at www.ktsro.org. Nominations must be submitted online or by mail by 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 2.
The awards will be presented April 2 and 3 at the annual Kansas Transportation Safety Conference in Wichita.
The 2018 winners include:
Jeff Collier for his efforts as state coordinator for the Drug Recognition Expert and the Standardized Field Sobriety Testing training programs.
Kevin Gamble for advancing traffic safety issues – Gamble manages more than 58 State Farm grants to Kansas traffic safety programs, including the SAFE program, for a monetary amount exceeding $560,000.
Christopher Mann for providing legal representation to drunk driving victims and their families in lawsuits against the drunk drivers. Mann helped to pass DUI ignition interlock law that requires first-time offenders to install ignition interlocks on their vehicles.
Kendall Schoenekase for visiting Kansas universities to promote the “Don’t Text and Drive, Just Drive” pledge campaign as well as 40 Kansas high schools to promote the SAFE program.
Deputy Jason Klepac for running after a moving vehicle and saving the life of its unconscious driver.
Lieutenant Tom Reddin for entering a crashed vehicle setting on its side with smoke coming from its engine compartment and helping the three occupants exit safely.
FORT SCOTT PRICE CHOPPER TO CLOSE DOORS
FORT SCOTT, Kan. (January 7, 2019) – Price Chopper will be closing its doors in Fort Scott, KS.
“It’s with a heavy heart that we announce our Fort Scott store will be closing”, said Barry Queen, Price Chopper owner. “We built what we believed the community wanted; a state-of-the-art store with superior quality fresh foods, selection and customer service. Neither myself, our valued and dedicated employees, the city, nor our loyal customers are to be blamed. Unfortunately, the business necessary to support store expenses simply wasn’t there.”
We want to thank our Fort Scott customers, employees and the business community for doing their best. We do not take this decision lightly and will work with our employees by either providing them jobs in our other locations or helping them find new positions in the community.
Additional details, starting January 9:
- All merchandise will be marked 33% off regular price
- Store hours will be 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily until merchandise is liquidated
ABOUT PRICE CHOPPER
Price Chopper’s 53 grocery stores are locally owned by the Ball, Cosentino, McKeever, and Queen families, who oversee store operations on a daily basis. For 39 years, the owners and employees of Price Chopper have been committed to providing the highest quality products and top-of-the-line customer service to the thousands of customers they serve every day. For more information, please visit www.mypricechopper.com.
From Linderhof’s Kitchen by Martha Scott
CREAMY CHICKEN AND WILD RICE SOUP
Daughter Sarah lives in Minnesota and creamy wild rice soup is as much tradition there as is The Hot Dish. We always have wild rice in the larder and it can easily be made with leftover chicken or with rotisserie chicken. It’s a good soup and we like the nutty flavor of the wild rice!
1 c. wild rice
¼ c. oil
1 onion, chopped
2 medium carrots (peeled and chopped)
2 stalks celery (chopped)
1 t. Dried thyme (or 1 T. fresh)
¾ c. flour
8 cups chicken stock
2 cups cooked chicken, cubed
Salt and pepper
1 c. half and half (or cream)
½ cup chopped parsley
Cook wild rice in 4 cups of water for 45 minutes or until it fluffs up. Drain any remaining liquid left in the pot. Set aside.
In a large pot, add oil. Saute onions, carrots and celery until soft, about 3 minutes. Add thyme and flour. Cook and stir for another 2 to 3 minutes.
Pour in chicken stock. Bring to a boil
Add cooked chicken, salt and pepper. Reduce heat and allow soup to simmer for 10 minutes. Add cooked wild rice and pour in half and half (or cream). Bring soup back up to a boil and allow it to heat through, about 5 minutes.
Turn off heat. Stir in chopped parsley.
Toll-free legislative hotline available to Kansas residents
Powered by the State Library of Kansas
Topeka, KS, —Up-to-the-minute information on the 2019 Kansas Legislature is only a phone call or chat away. Kansas residents can access information about the Kansas Legislature, bill status, legislative process and more by calling 1-800-432-3924 Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Questions are answered by experienced reference/research librarians at the State Library of Kansas and are kept confidential.
In addition to calling the hotline, Kansans can chat with a librarian instantly through the library’s Ask A Librarian service found at kslib.info/ask or use their phone to text questions to 785-256-0733. TTY users should call 711. Questions can also be emailed to [email protected] or by visiting the State Library.
Callers can also leave brief messages to be delivered to their legislators as well as request copies of bills, journals, and other legislative documents.
The State Library is located on the third floor, north wing of the Kansas Capitol Building. The library’s hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.