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FSCC’s Burris Hall Ribbon Cutting Sept. 20
Submitted by: Lindsay Madison, Executive Director, [email protected]
Monica Walden, Administrative Assistant, [email protected]
Phone: (620) 223-3566
FORT SCOTT – The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony celebrating the expansion of Fort Scott Community College’s Agriculture Building at 2108 South Horton Street in Fort Scott.
The event will take place on Friday, September 20th at 4:00 p.m.
The Fort Scott Community College Agriculture Department was established in 1975. Burris Hall, named after N. Jack Burris, was completed in 1989.
This 3,600 square foot building housed agriculture based classes and offices for instructors.
Thanks to donations from the Boileau family and the Cleaver family, FSCC was able to add approximately 3,000 square feet and renovate the original building to continue to grow their prestigious agriculture program.
Please join the Chamber of Commerce and Fort Scott Community College on Friday, September 20th, 2019 for the ribbon cutting ceremony at 2108 South Horton Street in Fort Scott.
Contact the Chamber at 620-223-3566s for more information.
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The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Daily Reports Sept. 17
The Fort Scott Police Department Daily Reports Sept. 16
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Bourbon County Commission Agenda Sept. 17
Agenda
Bourbon County Commission Room
1st Floor, County Courthouse
210 S. National Avenue
Fort Scott, KS 66701
Tuesdays starting at 9:00
Date: September 17th, 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 – Road & Bridge
9:15 – School Zone, Indian Road
9:45-11:00 – Commissioners will be gone to a fence viewing between Union Pacific & Brian Comstock (fence viewing begins at 10:00 am)
11:00-12:00-Justin Meeks- 20 minute Ex. Session (Non-Elected)
11:30 – Justin Meeks & Shane Walker – Elm Creek
12:00 – 1:30-Commissioners gone to lunch
1:30 – Terry Sercer – 2018 Audit
2:00 – Will Wallis – Disaster debris removal
2:30 – Lora Holdridge-Holiday Dinner
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
Obituary of Kara Niemeir
Kara Rebekah Niemeir, a resident of Lenexa, Kansas, age 37, beloved daughter of Doug and Diana Niemeir, and beloved sister of Kristin Niemeir passed away unexpectedly on Friday morning, September 13, 2019, at Ascension Via Christi emergency room in Fort Scott, Kansas. At the time, Kara was staying with her parents in their home for a few days in Fort Scott as she recuperated from a knee surgery.
Kara was born on August 27, 1982, in Newton, Kansas. She was welcomed home by one sister, Kristin, 4 years her senior, and immediately they became “best buds”, despite the age difference. This never changed and not a day went by that they didn’t talk, no matter how many miles separated them. At the age of 2, Kara moved with her family to Fort Scott, where she attended the public schools and graduated from Fort Scott High School in 2001. After high school graduation, she attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska, and graduated with honors from there in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Systems Engineering; then in 2007 a Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering. Kara enjoyed school and always excelled in her studies.
After college, Kara began working at Agricultural Engineering Associates, Inc. in Uniontown, KS. She worked there for 11 years, from 2007 until 2018. During that time, she had the opportunity to advance her engineering knowledge in many areas as well as work with some wonderful colleagues. Also during that time, in 2009, she passed her state boards qualifying her as a licensed professional engineer.
In September, 2018, she began work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Hydrology section of the Kansas City district. She had just completed a year of working there and was very happy, feeling she had found her niche in the Corps and some really special colleagues with whom to work. She had also recently found and purchased a home in Lenexa, Kansas — a home in which she was looking forward to living for many years.
Kara turned her life over to Jesus when she was only 3 years old, and she followed Him faithfully, never looking back, for the rest of her life. Wherever she moved, whether in Lincoln, Nebraska as a college student; in Iola, Kansas, where she lived while working at Ag Engineering; or most recently, in the Kansas City area, she looked immediately for a “Bible believing church” with which to become involved. It is a wonderful blessing to her family, in the tremendous pain of her loss, to know they will see her again when it is there time to follow her home to Heaven.
Kara leaves behind her immediate family, whom she cherished and loved deeply: her mother and father, Doug and Diana Niemeir of Fort Scott, Kansas, and her sister, Kristin Niemeir of Oak Point, Texas. She further leaves behind numerous much-loved aunts, uncles, and cousins, and a plethora of well-loved friends.
Rev. Kevin Moyers will conduct funeral services at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, September 21st at the Rinehart Christian Church, 9443 S. 900 Rd., Richards, Missouri. Burial will follow in the Deerfield Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 P.M. Friday at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Memorials are suggested to Cru Missions; the ministry of Anne and Ryan Mansfield, missionaries and dear friends of Kara, whom she loved and financially supported. They work in mission fields around the world under the auspicious of Global Aid Network (GAiN). Donations may be left in 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.
Chamber Coffee: Lowell Milken Center to Celebrate 20 Years Of Sendler Project
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The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Daily Reports Sept. 16
Air Ambulances?
The following is part of a series that National Public Radio is doing on the closure of Mercy Hospital in December 2018.
Sarah Jane Tribble shared a link to the group: No Mercy: What Happens When A Rural Hospital Closes?
The latest out of Fort Scott and the No Mercy series. Big thanks to Dawn Swisher-Anderson, who allowed me to interview her wise and well-spoken kids. Both Susan Glossip and Dawn told me last week that they did not buy a membership.
The Fort Scott Police Department Daily Reports Sept. 15
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Drones Used in KDOT Airport Inspections
KDOT leads airport inspections utilizing UAS
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) Division of Aviation has received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) test flights at Wichita’s Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (ICT) beginning today.
Planned inspection missions include obstruction analysis, foreign object detection, wildlife hazard management and airfield emergency response. FAA authorization was received through partnership with the Wichita Airport Authority, Kansas State University’s Polytechnic Campus and George Butler Associates (GBA).
Operations will focus on UAS integration to increase Kansas airport efficiency by condensing the process time in half and improving accuracy. The authorization also includes a precedent-setting FAA waiver to conduct night operations at the airport and allows KDOT to provide the FAA much-needed data on UAS integration in complex airspace.
The operations are part of the FAA’s UAS Integration Pilot Program (IPP).
“We identified KDOT’s involvement with IPP as a prime opportunity to investigate the effectiveness and operations procedures necessary to implement safe UAS operations at ICT,” said Victor White, Executive Director of Airports for the Wichita Airport Authority.
“This FAA approval will significantly improve airport efficiency and safety,” said KDOT Director of Aviation Bob Brock. “We look forward to expanding Kansas airport inspection capabilities across the state and developing new capabilities to drive industry growth.”
K-State Polytechnic and GBA are part of a joint operations crew to establish procedures and operating methodology for the airport operations personnel.
“Incorporating UAS into a range of airport lines of business, such as detecting foreign object debris on runways, defective airfield markings and the integrity of the security infrastructure may be done more effectively and efficiently than current methodologies,” said Kurt Carraway, UAS Executive Director of the Applied Aviation Research Center at K-State Polytechnic. “We look forward to exploring these use cases to further enhance safe airport operations.”
“This authorization will allow us to provide data-driven operations in real-world operating environments,” said Ben Linder, GBA’s Advanced Robotics and Remote Sensing Group Leader.
IPP involves nine regional efforts to conduct advanced UAS operations to yield sufficient data for rule making that will result in access to new technologies for the nation.
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Friday Night Free Concert: The Christian Strings
This Friday night, September 20th, the Christian Strings from Mound City will perform at the downtown Heritage Park Pavilion.
The concert will include old gospel pieces as well as a few
old American bluegrass and patriotic sings.
The group includes 10 or 11 women who play dulcimers and a couple of women playing guitars.
This is definitely one you don’t want to miss.
Since space is limited, please bring a lawn chair.