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Governor Kelly announces executive order extending relief to motor carriers during COVID-19 pandemic
Governor Laura Kelly today issued a new executive order as part of her administration’s comprehensive response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Executive Order #20-22 will extend temporary relief for motor carriers from certain rules and regulations. It is an extension of motor carrier rules and regulations put in place by Executive Order #20-09.
“As this public health crisis evolves, our teams are constantly adapting and developing methods to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus,” Kelly said. “The executive orders issued today will ease the burden on the workers who are critical to our state’s response capabilities.”
The order lifts certain weight restrictions and permitting requirements to allow needed medical supplies, food shipments and other items to move through Kansas as quickly as possible. These exceptions apply only to motor carriers actively participating in COVID-19 response effort.
To view E.O. #20-22, click here.
Community Colleges Assisting Communities in Times of Need
America isn’t great because she has streets made of gold or monarchies in high castles. America is great because in times of crisis and need, her people rise to the occasion, respond with acts of compassion and individuals do just as much as the state to defeat the enemy and ensure the wellbeing of others. As our country continues to battle this virus and we experience the height of its impact, stories of helping others, giving back and servant leadership abound. One of the pillars of my life has always been community and now, more than ever, our community leaders are stepping up to make a difference.
I recently held a Zoom call with presidents from Kansas’ 19 community colleges. Earlier this spring, with only a few days’ notice, these colleges were all forced to take their classes online, shut down classrooms, residents halls and dining facilities and help students safely return home. The loss of revenue these colleges has accumulated thus far is in the millions. But the message from the presidents on our call wasn’t one of anger and despair. Instead each of these colleges have found their own way to give back to their communities, help those in need and retool their resources and services to become assets and lifelines. As a community college graduate, I could not be more proud of these college and their commitments to their communities.
One president on the call said it best, “When others take the victims’ approach, we take the victors approach and look for ways to help.” Nearly all of the colleges on the call had donated personal protective equipment and medical equipment – including ventilators – from their classes to their local hospitals. Others had opened their residential halls to medical professionals and first responders who need a place, away from their homes and families, to rest between shifts or offered rooms to the hospital in the event multiple residents needed to be quarantined and isolated.
The schools are doing all this while rewriting class syllabi and transitioning classes – including those that require hands-on instruction – online. Their staff remains on payroll and most have committed to paying employees through the end of the school year. In most communities, college administration is now part of daily planning and response calls and every president on our call was more than ready to help their communities however possible.
In this difficult time, it is easy to get wrapped up in the bad news and hardships we are all facings. But my call with these college presidents reminded me just how powerful individuals and community leaders can be. These men and women have done this without asking anything in return or seeking the applause they deserve. I encourage you to follow their Facebook page – Kansas Association of Community College Trustees – to learn for yourself the many ways these colleges are helping their communities. I want to thank President Alysia Johnston and all of the staff at Fort Scott Community College for their tireless work on behalf of their students and the community. Keep up the great work.
U.S. Congressman Roger Marshall, M.D.
Since March, Governor Laura Kelly has made appointments to various boards, councils and committees while also coordinating emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“My administration has been working diligently over the past month to ensure Kansans have the information and resources they need in order to stay safe during these trying times,” Kelly said.
This announcement includes 44 appointments across 19 different boards made by the governor in recent weeks.
“I am committed to keeping government working for all Kansans, and that includes continuing the essential appointments process,” Kelly said. “These appointments have been made with the same level of scrutiny and certainty as always, and I have no doubt these individuals will be great additions to their respective boards and help keep our state running as it should.”
Below are the appointments made by Governor Kelly.
Appointment is subject to Senate confirmation. *
State Board of Technical Professions
The board is charged with protecting the health, safety and welfare of Kansans by registering and licensing technical professionals to ensure that only qualified persons carry out the practice of engineering, architecture, land surveying, landscape architecture and geology in the state.
State Building Advisory Commission
The commission evaluates and selects firms to be interviewed by user agencies for Capitol improvement projects; collects and maintains current data on construction costs; establishes criteria and procedures to evaluate the qualification and performance of contractors providing architectural, engineering or construction services; develops and adopts standards for the inspection and acceptance of Capitol improvement projects; reviews state agencies’ yearly Capitol improvement project requests; and files an advice report with the budget director.
State Use Law Committee
The Committee’s purpose is to advise the director of purchases on issues surrounding the purchase of products and services provided by blind or disabled persons.
Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
The purpose of the board is to provide oversight to the Hall of Fame and provide ideas for awareness, education, needed legislation and fundraising.
Kansas Guardianship Program Board of Directors
The Kansas Guardianship Program Board of Directors is a partnership involving the state of Kansas and its citizen volunteers to assist certain adults legally determined to be unable to manage for themselves. Members shall have knowledge and interest in issues related to guardianship, conservatorship and the needs of disabled adults.
Kansas Statewide Independent Living Council
The purpose of the Council is to develop a State Plan through external input, which ensures independent living for Kansans; advocate for the accomplishment of the State Plan objectives; monitor, review and evaluate the implementation of the plan; and to be a statewide catalyst for independent living.
Kansas Board of Healing Arts
The purpose of the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts is the regulation of 11 healthcare professions and to ensure that these healthcare professionals meet and maintain certain qualifications to protect the public from incompetent practice, unprofessional conduct and other proscribed behavior by individuals who have been credentialed to practice in Kansas.
Kansas Advisory Committee on Trauma
The ACT is advisory to the Secretary of Health and Environment on the development and implementations of a statewide trauma system.
Kansas State Board of Tax Appeals*
The board’s mission is to impartially resolve disputes between taxpayers and taxing authorities. It also reviews tax exemption decisions made by local governments and grievances resulting from technical errors, and corrects tax inequities.
Kansas Propane Education Research Council
The purpose of the council is to develop programs and projects to enhance consumer and employee safety and training; provide research and development to improve existing propane technology; and to increase efficiency of propane use.
Kansas Credit Union Council
The purpose of the council is to supervise and regulate credit unions across Kansas.
Kansas Banking Board*
The mission of the Kansas Banking Board is to prudently, equitably, ethically and efficiently administer all its statutorily delegated powers and duties so as to promote competitiveness, financial stability, safe and sound banking practices, protection of Kansas consumers and public confidence in the state-chartered banking industry.
Governor’s Behavioral Health Services Planning Council
The Governor’s Behavioral Health Services Planning Council advises the Governor on adult, adolescent, and children services issues.
Employment First Oversight Committee
The Commission makes annual recommendations to the Governor, Legislature, and state agencies on strategies to increase the rate of competitive integrated employment for Kansans with disabilities.
Kansas Water Authority
The water authority advises the governor, the Legislature and the director of the Kansas Water Office (KWO) on water policy issues — including the approval of the Kansas Water Plan and revisions, federal contracts, administration regulations and legislation proposed by the KWO.
Kansas Advisory Group on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
The purpose of the Advisory Group is to determine, advocate for and promote the best interests of juveniles in Kansas.
Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission*
The purpose of the Commission is to protect the integrity of the racing and gaming industry through enforcement of Kansas laws.
Civil Service Board*
The State Civil Board hears appeals from classified state employees with permanent status under the Kansas civil service act as well as applicants for classified positions who are entitled by law and regulation to appeal to the Board.
Kansas Volunteer Commission
The Commission prepares a national service plan for the state; ensures outreach to diverse community-based agencies; and administers certain grant programs.
For more information on the appointments, please visit https://governor.kansas.gov/
Agenda
Bourbon County Commission Room
1st Floor, County Courthouse
210 S. National Avenue
Fort Scott, KS 66701
Tuesdays starting at 9:00
Date: April 14, 2020
1st District-Lynne Oharah Minutes: Approved: _______________
2nd District-Jeff Fischer Corrected: _______________
3rd District-Nick Ruhl Adjourned at: _______________
County Clerk-Kendell Mason
MEETING HELD IN THE EOC WITH NO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE (PUBLIC ATTENDANCE VIA FACEBOOK LIVE)
9:00 – 9:15 Discuss a committee for the renewal of the hard surface road sales tax
9:15 – 9:30 Discuss finance options for dump truck
9:30 – 9:45 Open Hay bids-was scheduled to be open 4/7/2020
9:45 – 10:00 Clint Anderson-Vehicle
10:00 – 10:15 Open porch bids-was scheduled to be opened 3/24/2020
10:30 – 10:45 Jody Hoener-Bourbon County’s goal to facilitate an effective path forward and our work to build infrastructure needed to move from phase one to phase twoof the covid 19 pandemic reopening roadmap
10:45-11:00 Volunteer work and work comp
11:00 – 11:15 Executive Session – Personnel matters of individual non-elected personnel
11:15 – 11:30 Executive Session – Consultation with an attorney for the body or agency which would be deemed privileged in the attorney-client relationship
11:30 – 12:00 Open meeting numerous administrative issues
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 1:45 Jacqie Spradling – Personnel Salary
1:45 – 2:00 Will Wallace Non-elected personnel
The month of April has shaped up to be a unique one: we’re observing Child Abuse Prevention Month mostly from the comfort of our own homes. As our communities continue to press pause and participate in social distancing, we’re encouraging you to take things One Day at a Time. While the current COVID-19 has dramatically impacted life as we know it, protecting kids doesn’t have to be an overwhelming process—in fact, there are protective measures we can take that can come as easy as taking a deep breath.
During this month it is important, now more than ever, to help people understand that safe, stable, and nurturing relationships and environments are necessary to ensure that children thrive. Everybody plays a part in preventing child abuse and neglect – everyone can make great childhoods happen. Small discreet actions can make a big difference in a child’s life—and a parent’s as well.
Kansas Children’s Service League (KCSL) is pleased to announce the Darkness to Light Stewards of Children child sexual abuse prevention training is now available online, for Kansas residents, through a grant administered by the Office of the Kansas Attorney General. This is a free 2.0 hour training.
Registration spaces are first-come-first-serve. You are encouraged to forward this opportunity to other PARENTS, EDUCATION and CHILD CARE professionals, and COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS who work with children, churches, school staff, and area agencies.
Contact KCSL ([email protected]) with any questions or for directions on how to access the training opportunity.
We look forward to discussing steps we can take together to help keep kids safe!
Need local resources? Call any day, any time for FREE. We’re here to connect you to resources, answer any questions or just be a listening ear.
Agriculture Marketing and Promotions Advisory Board to Meet Via Conference Call April 17
| MANHATTAN, Kan. — The Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Marketing and Promotions Advisory Board will meet at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, April 17. This is a regularly scheduled board meeting that will be held via conference call.
The mission of the KDA Agricultural Marketing, Advocacy and Outreach Team is to serve all Kansans through innovative programming and delivering solutions designed to create an environment that facilitates growth and expansion in agriculture while increasing pride in and awareness of the state’s largest industry — agriculture.
The meeting is open to the public. To request a copy of the agenda or directions on how to participate in the conference call, please contact Kerry Wefald, agriculture marketing director, at 785-564-6758 or [email protected].
Persons who require special accommodations must make their needs known at least two days prior to the meeting. ###
WHO: KDA Marketing and Promotions Advisory Board
WHAT: Regular Board Meeting
WHEN: 10:00 a.m. on April 17, 2020 |
Phyllis Norris, 88, of Fort Scott, passed away at her home Saturday morning, April 11, 2020. She was born March 11, 1932, in Liberty, Kansas, the daughter of Archibald Warren and Hazel Johanna (Johnson) Austin.
She married Claude Wayne Norris on September 24, 1950, in Cherryvale, Kansas, he preceded her in death on April 30, 2017.
Phyllis attended the Mercy School of Nursing and later worked at the Newman-Young Clinic from 1959 to 1997. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
She is survived by a daughter, Jonni Stanton, and husband, Steve, two sons, Mike Norris and wife, Kathy, and Phillip Norris and wife, Debbie all of Fort Scott, a sister-in-law, Joycelyn Malone and husband, Keith, grandchildren, Jerod Stanton, Lindsey Gulager, Linda Cabuay, Lisa Davis, Megan Vincent and Andy Norris, and 12 great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband, Claude, she was preceded in death by her parents.
Phyllis was cremated per her wishes.
Memorial services will be held at a later date under the direction of the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made in Phyllis’s name to The Beacon, Inc. contributions may be sent to, or left in the care of, the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home at P.O. Box 309, 15 W. Wall Street, Fort Scott, Kansas 66701
The family encourages friends to sign Phyllis’s memorial book at the funeral home. Condolences may be submitted to the online guestbook at konantz-cheney.com.
Bourbon County remains at 7 cases of COVID 19.
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On Monday, April 13th, Fort Scott High School will join other school districts across our state and nation by participating in the Be The Light campaign.
This is to celebrate the Fort Scott High School Senior class of 2020 and spring sports athletes, coaches, and families.
Many schools around the country have already participated in this, and several schools in the area participated Friday evening.
We have chosen to do this on Monday the 13th.
The lights at Frary Field, Fisher Park, the FSHS Tennis Courts, and the LaRoche baseball complex will go on at 8:20 pm for 20 minutes as a symbol we are thinking of them and we will eventually return to school and competition.
Persons hoping to witness this event are encouraged to drive by these venues and provide support by honking your car horn a time or two.
Participants are to remain in their vehicles in order to adhere to the social distancing guidelines.
Submitted by Jeff DeLaTorre
The annual Fort Scott event of Good Ol’ Days, the first weekend in June, will not happen this year.
The event is provided by donations from local businesses and individuals, Shawn O’Brien, chairman of the Good Ol’ Days committee, said.
“With everything that has happened (the effects of the pandemic stay-at-home orders), with people losing their jobs and businesses going under, we didn’t feel we could ask for donations,” O’Brien said.
The group met last week, and made the decision then.
Members of the committee are O’Brien; Melissa Wise, treasurer; Cheryl Van Hoecke, treasurer; Tim Van Hoecke, in charge of vendors; Kayla Hall, secretary; Charlotte Thompson, in charge of logistics; Kelsey DeMott and ShayLynn Clements, in charge of kids activities and Janet Braun, “the guiding light,” O’Brien said.
The group meets monthly following the annual event, except July, to plan all the components that make up Good Ol’ Days.
Vendor registration, donations drive, putting entertainment in place, securing a carnival contract, planning kids activities are the tasks that require months of planning.
Next year the organizing committee will facilitate the event on June 4-5, 2021.
The theme, Family, Friends and Fun, will be held for next years Good Ol’ Days celebration.
“It would’ve been 40 years this year, we’ll celebrate the 40 years next year,” O’Brien said.
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