Monthly Archives: February 2022
Strengthening The Semiconductor Supply Chain Bills
Governor Laura Kelly Joins Bipartisan Coalition of Governors Urging Congress to Take Quick Action to ReconcileLegislation Strengthening the Semiconductor Supply Chain
~~Governors Urge Swift Action to Reconcile the Creating Helpful Incentives for the Production of Semiconductors for America (CHIPS) Act~~
TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly today announced she has joined a bipartisan coalition of governors from across the country urging Congressional leadership to reconcile two bills swiftly. Quick reconciliation would get the Creating Helpful Incentives for the Production of Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act to the President’s desk for signature.
“As the global semiconductor shortage continues to challenge our manufacturing industry and threatens our supply chain, Congress must take swift action to get the CHIPS Act passed into law,” Governor Kelly said. “I’ll continue working with our federal partners to deliver solutions for our manufacturing industry that will secure our supply chain, create jobs, protect our workers, and further strengthen our economy.”
Governor Kelly, along with Governors Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan; Eric Holcomb, Indiana; Gavin Newsom, California; Ned Lamont, Connecticut; Brad Little, Idaho; JB Pritzker, Illinois; Andy Beshear, Kentucky; Charlie Baker, Massachusetts; Steve Sisolak, Nevada; Phil Murphy, New Jersey; Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico; Kathy Hochul, New York; Roy Cooper, North Carolina; Mike DeWine, Ohio; Kate Brown, Oregon; Tom Wolf, Pennsylvania; Spencer Cox, Utah; Phil Scott, Vermont; Jay Inslee, Washington; Tony Evers, Wisconsin; Mark Gordon, Wyoming, sent a letter to Congress leadership urging swift reconciliation of the bipartisan program that will turbocharge U.S. production of semiconductors that are critically important to the aviation and automotive industries, and parts suppliers, and will strengthen our supply chain.
Read the full letter here.
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Home COVID 19 Tests
A message from the SEK Multi-County Health Department on Home COVID Tests Through U.S. Postal Service.
- How do I do the test? Please refer to the instructions and read ALL the instructions before attempting to do the test.
- My test kit was outside in the cold. Is it still good? Refer to the package instructions.
- My test kits are bad, how do I get another one? We are unsure if replacements are available. Refer to testing sites or those handing out test kits.
- Do I have to report the results to someone? No reporting is not required, refer to this link for isolation and quarantine guidance: https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/DocumentCenter/View/134/Isolation–Quarantine-Guidance-and-FAQs-PDF—021522?bidId=
- We used our test kits earlier but are exposed again, how do we get more? The limit is 4 per household at this time. Refer to the isolation and quarantine link above.
- My test says positive, but the control didn’t work, what does that mean? If the control doesn’t work, then the test MAY not be accurate. Retest is needed.
- I’m not comfortable doing the test, can I bring it in and have you help? No, this is a home test kit.
- Can I use this kit to test my child? There will be a section in the instructions that has “limitations” and it should say if it’s not appropriate for certain groups.
Bourbon County Coalition Meets March 2
Bourbon County Inter-Agency Coalition
General Membership Meeting Agenda
The regular membership meeting is in the Conference Room at the Scottview Apartments, 315 S Scott.
March 2, 2022
- Welcome:
- Member Introductions and Announcements:
- Program: Tanya Cliffman with Warming Hearts.
- Open Forum:
- Adjournment: Next General Membership meeting will be April 6, 2022, at 1:00 p.m.
Bourbon County CASA Volunteer Training to Start
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FS Street Advisory Board Invites Public to Discussion of Brick Streets
Street Advisory Board Meeting
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Discuss the Future of Our Brick Streets
PUBLIC PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND
The Fort Scott Street Advisory Board will meet Tuesday, March 8, 2022, from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. in the City Commission Room at 123 S Main St, Fort Scott, KS 66701.
The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the City’s policy regarding our brick streets.
The issues under consideration include:
- Should exposed brick streets be maintained, repaired, and preserved?
- Should asphalt overlay be removed and underlying brick streets restored where feasible?
- Should the City establish “brick street preservation zones” in which brick is preserved?
(Note-as a consequence, brick streets outside these zones might be overlayed or replaced.)
Please bring your questions, concerns, and suggestions to this meeting. This input will help the Street Advisory Board make recommendations to the City Commission.
Lake Advisory Board Meets Feb. 26
The Lake Fort Scott Advisory Board will meet on Saturday, February 26th, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. at the City Hall Commission meeting room at 123 S. Main Street, Fort Scott, Kansas. This meeting is open to the public.
The meeting will be available on the City’s YouTube channel.
Obituary of Kathryn Wilson
Kathryn Elaine “Kathie” Greenfield Wilson, 70, of Fort Scott, passed away Friday evening, February 18, 2022, at the Medicalodge in Fort Scott. She was born August 12, 1951, to Rachel Hord and John C. Greenfield Sr., in Tacoma, Washington. Kathie was one of ten children: four sisters and five brothers. She graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1969. She married David Cunningham in 1970 in Fort Scott, Kansas. After his passing in 1972, she then married Perry Wilson, and the two celebrated many wonderful years of marriage until his passing in 2018.
Kathie was a kind soul, who never met a stranger. She enjoyed shopping for bargains, rides in the country, and reading romance novels. She loved life, loved to laugh, and she especially loved her grandkids. Kathie saw beauty in simple things where others may have overlooked them. She always made sure to lift others up, even during her most trying of times. She always had the biggest smile. To know Kathie, was to know love.
She is survived by two children, Jason and wife Natalie Cunningham of Lockwood, Missouri, and Rachel Fields of Fort Scott, Kansas, and six grandchildren, Addison, Maren, Ellen, William, Enych, and Elsie. She was preceded in death by her first husband David Cunningham, her second husband Perry Wilson, her father John C. Greenfield Sr., sisters Cheryl Bagnall, Ella Greenfield, and brothers Paul and Brian Greenfield.
Services will be held at 11:30a.m. Friday March 4, 2022, at Konantz Cheney Funeral Home, Fort Scott, Kansas with burial following at 12:30 p.m. at the Fort Scott National Cemetery, where she will be laid to rest with her late husband Perry Wilson. Condolences may be submitted to the online guestbook at konantz-cheney.com.
Obituary of Perry Bower
Perry William Bower, 89, of Fort Scott, passed away Wednesday morning, February 23, 2022, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas. He was born February 14, 1933, in Redfield, Kansas, the son of Jesse Shotwell and June Kathryn (Dunbar) Bower. He married Helen Louise Winterbower on December 2, 1961, in Hepler, Kansas, and she survives of the home.
Perry graduated from Uniontown High School with the Class of 1951, and received his associate degree from Fort Scott Community College. He served in the US army from 1953 until 1955. He owned his own business, Perry Bower Truck Line for over 55 years, transporting cattle, and retired in 2010.
In addition to his wife Helen, Perry is also survived by his children, Kenneth Bower and wife Stacy, Terry Bower and wife Lori, Lisa Bradley and husband Rudy, and Carla Hambric, all of Fort Scott; a brother, Chet Bower and wife Linda, of Fort Scott; a sister, Roberta Rickman, of Girard, Kansas; eight grandchildren, and thirteen great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Mable Green and Margaret Rhodes, four brothers, Jay, Floyd, Leroy, and John; two infant sisters, and a grandson, Jacob Bradley.
Rev. Chuck Russell will conduct graveside services at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, February 28, 2022, at Memory Gardens of Bourbon County Cemetery under the direction of the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Memorial Gardens Maintenance Association, and may be left in the care of the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home, 15 W. Wall Street, P.O. Box 309, Fort Scott, Kansas, 66701. Condolences may be submitted to the online guestbook at konantz-cheney.com.
The Prairie Troubadour: A Catholic Gathering This Weekend
The 6th Annual Prairie Troubadour starts tomorrow Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the River Room Event Center, 3 W. Oak.
The event is “to bring Catholics together to enjoy things we enjoy culturally,” Michael Pokorny, a house father at St. Martin’s Academy said. “To help our friends and neighbors understand our faith and how we live it with joy.”
The Prairie Troubadour is named in memoriam of poet, songwriter, and man of the Kansas prairie, Gerald Francis Kerr, the father of St. Martin’s Academy founder, Daniel Kerr.
The theme of this year’s event is Feasts, Fasts, and the Seasons.
Tickets to the event must be purchased before the event and can be ordered on the website: Feasts, Fasts and the Seasons: the Art of Living Liturgically Tickets, Fri, Feb 25, 2022, at 6:30 PM | Eventbrite
Tickets start at $85 for the weekend’s events.
The schedule:
Feb. 25 is registration at 6:30 a.m. followed at 7 p.m. by Baylor University Professor Dr. Michael Foley who will be speaking on “How to Drink Like a Saint.”
8 p.m. Dale Alquist, president of The Chesterton Society, will speak on “Feasting and Surprisingly Fasting with G.K. Chesterton.”
9 p.m. There will be an afterglow session.
Saturday, Feb. 26
9:30 a.m. Daniel Kerr, headmaster/founder of St. Martin’s Academy will welcome guests, followed at 9:45 a.m. by Father Joshua Moore, sub-prior at Clear Creek Abbey, Oklahoma, who will speak on “Fasting: Or Why Officers Eat Last.”
10:45 a.m. Brandon Sheard, owner/operator of Farmstead Meatsmith, Tulsa, OK will speak on “The Virtue of Pig Killing.”
At noon, lunch will be on your own, Luther’s Restuarant, directly under the River Room Event Center, is recommended.
At 1:15 p.m. Dr. John Cuddeback, a professor of philosophy at Christendom College, Front Royal, Virginia will speak on “Animating Your Home with Leisure.”
At 2:15 p.m. Dr. William Fahey, president of Thomas Moore College of Liberal Arts, Merrimac, NH, will speak on “My Little Horse Must Think It Queer and Other Musings on the Natural Order of Liturgical Living.”
There will be a break at 3:15 p.m. and a break-out with vendors.
A question and answer session with the speakers will happen at 4:30 p.m. and the symposium closes at 5:30 p.m.
At 7 p.m. there will be a whiskey and cigar soiree with the speakers and musical entertainment by the St. Martin’s Academy students and others. This event is for VIP Pass Holders only.
FSCC WEAVES MUSICAL MAGIC WITH ‘GODSPELL’
Fifty years after its theatrical debut, the musical “Godspell” returns to the stage at Fort Scott Community College in an exciting, powerful new form next month.
Called “a ‘Godspell’ for the new millennium” by Paul Shaffer, who conducted the Toronto production of the original musical in March 1972, the show was revised in 2012 with gritty new dialogue and edgy new arrangements of the memorable songs.
“This is not the version staged here in 2013,” said Allen Twitchell, FSCC theater instructor, who is directing the musical with the assistance of Dr. Denissa Rivas, FSCC music instructor, and Rachel Dugan, choreographer, of Fort Scott. “Our version is told by a group of homeless young people set amidst the urban decay of a metropolitan city who elect to follow the teachings of a messiah-like figure preaching peace, love and community.”
The musical was conceived and originally directed by John-Michael Tebelak with music and new lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. “Godspell” was originally produced on the New York stage by Edgar Lansbury, Stuart Duncan and Joseph Beruh.
Shows are 7:30 p.m. March 25-26 and 2 p.m. March 27. Admission is $5. FSCC students, faculty and staff are admitted free of charge. Masks are required.
The FSCC cast features: Ray Burch, freshman from St. Louis, as Jesus; Evan Ballinger, freshman from Pleasanton, as Judas; Lexi Ornelas, freshman from Chanute, as Anna Maria; Jacquie Hampton, sophomore from Uniontown, as Celisse; Hyden Wirsig, freshman from Drexel, Mo., as Nick; Sonny Webb, freshman from Tampa, Fla., as Morgan; Colleen Sweat, sophomore from Pleasanton, as Uzo; Robenton Wirsig, freshman from Drexel, Mo., as George; Kiera Threlfall, sophomore from Frontenac, as Telly; Mackenzie Peoples, sophomore from Fort Scott, as Lindsay; Shawn Huffman, freshman from Fort Scott, as Brick; Dray Dickey, freshman from Bronaugh, Mo., as Simon; Paityn Curtis, freshman from LaCygne, as Minnie; Carlee Studyvin, sophomore from Fort Scott, as Rachel; and Joy Nichols, freshman from Moundville, Mo., as Jo.
Meda Hurst, freshman from Fort Scott, is stage manager; Zach Loper, freshman from Girard, supplies the sound; and Dylan Graham, freshman from Tonganoxie, supplies the lights.
“Godspell” is presented through a special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).