Donna Lucette Smith, age 80, a resident of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away early Saturday, November 3, 2018, at the Medicalodge in Ft. Scott.
She was born November 26, 1937, in Clinton, Iowa, the daughter of Vaughn Frederichsen and Anna E. Coberly Frederichsen.
Donna married Dale Smith on February 19, 1956, in Kansas City, Missouri.
Donna was a homemaker. She was an accomplished seamstress and also did alterations out of her home. She also enjoyed embroidery, reading and doing cross-word puzzles.
She was a member of the Community Christian Church.
Survivors include her three daughters, Debra Reinecker and husband, Joe, of Ft. Scott, Diana Richards also of Ft. Scott and Dolly De Wees and husband, Charlie, of Girard, Kansas; five grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Her husband, Dale, preceded her in death on March 6, 1994. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Leon Batley; two half-brothers, Jim and Ray Seeley and a great-granddaughter.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Friday, November 9th at the Cheney Witt Chapel.
Burial will follow in the U. S. National Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Alzheimer’s Association and 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.
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Krista Harding is a K-State Research and Extension agent assigned to Southwind District. She may be reached at [email protected] or 620-244-3826.
If you haven’t taken the time to just stop and admire the fall beauty that is surrounding us, you are really missing out! The trees have been most striking to me this year, but I have also noticed some shrubs and even native grass species really showing off their fall colors. The city of Fort Scott has some of the prettiest maple trees that I have seen in the area.
Even though I can appreciate the change of season and its beauty, at the same time I’ll admit that fall can be a bit depressing for me as well. All but a few annual and perennial flowers are on their “last leg” so to speak. I’m sure I’m not alone in my feelings because for any plant lover it’s kind of a sad time of year. Mainly because now that fall is here, the once beautiful flower pots filled with flowers are bare and lonely looking.
But we really shouldn’t be sad because Mother Nature has just given us a different role and other things to admire! Fall produces some warm, spicy colors and plants produce some interesting seed heads, pots, nuts and berries. Some of these items found in the fall can be put use and add to your home’s outdoor décor.
For example, consider using a combination of living and harvested plant materials to extend the growing season well beyond nature’s deadline. Flower pots can be left out and filled with nature’s own plant material to make for a dramatic focal point throughout the winter months.
Plant containers can serve as an arrangement medium for holding sticks, stalks, stones and/or late-season fruits. All kinds of fall findings can bring additional textures to an arrangement. Examples include fall foliages, starkly bare branches, cattails, ornamental grass plumes, smooth-shelled nuts, evergreen cuttings, and flower-like seed heads. Mini pumpkins won’t last too long after freezing, but colorful gourds can sometimes last for months in an outdoor display.
Gardeners often forget that the frost-proof plants used to brighten early spring can also help create a fall display – in some years living on well into December. Pansies and ornamental kale, can be a striking contrast for autumn’s changing leaf colors and can remain attractive after the trees are bare.
As Christmas approaches, you can change out the pots and use some red-twigged dogwood branches, pine tips for the berries and evergreen cuttings. And if your imagination runs even more, you can light things up with a small spotlight or string of mini lights.
Containers need to be sealed or otherwise waterproof so they can survive the worst of winter’s freeze-thaw cycles. Sometimes the winters can crack or chip an urn made of concrete if it’s unsealed and gets wet. Check your pots to make certain they are sealed or waterproofed.
So before you store your pots away for the winter, be a little creative and scavenger around for some of Mother Nature’s finest pieces of work and let your imagination go to work!
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The Beacon is doing signups this week at Community Christian Church for Beacon Cards, Adopt-a-Child, and Elk Christmas baskets.
In addition, the Beacon clients get to enter a raffle for the bicycles given away by the Rotary Club.
“We have a table for Head Start there, and a representative from MMA, an organization that helps once a month at the Beacon and other places, like the Wesley House in Pittsburg,” Carol MacArthur, president of the Beacon Board of Directors said. “The representative helps seniors with forms and signing up for Medicare, things like that.”
Arwin Shawn “Junior” Vincent, age 1 year, 10 months and 26 days, was born December 7, 2016, in Cedar Park, Texas and went to be with Jesus, the angels, and into the sweet and loving arms of his great-grandparents, Duane Eldon and Virginia Mae Calhoun on Friday, November 2, 2018, in rural Ft. Scott, Kansas.
He is survived by his father, William Shawn Vincent, of Uniontown, Kansas and his mother, Celena Jo Vincent of rural Ft. Scott. Also surviving are his brothers and sisters, Joshua Vincent, Allison “A.J.” Vincent, Angelina Tamez, Xavier Tamez and Alayna Tamez; his paternal grandparents, William Vincent of Elbow Lake, Minnesota and Jacque Scott, of Iola, Kansas and maternal grandparents, Shahn and Cindy Divorne, of Addy, Washington.
Our beautiful baby boy “Junior” was the sweetest, loving son who had a kind heart and a mischievous smile. He was loved by all who knew him. He was our ray of sunshine and the world seems a little less bright in his absence.
Rev. Jeff Cokely will conduct funeral services at 1:30 P.M. Thursday, November 8th at the Cheney Witt Chapel.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 P.M. Wednesday evening at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com. Arrangements are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Ft. Scott, Kansas.
Drinking alcohol is like playing Russian roulette. Sometimes you get by and sometimes you die. Everybody has their opinion about consuming alcoholic beverages, so we should see what God says about it.
“Wine has robbed my people of their understanding” (Hosea 4:11 NLT). That’s plain and simple, no commentary needed.
God was speaking in the Old Testament and said, “I chose some of your sons to be prophets and others to be Nazirites. Can you deny this, my people of Israel?” asks the Lord. “But you caused the Nazirites to sin by making them drink wine, and you commanded the prophets, ’Shut up!’” (Amos 2:11,12 NLT).
In the Bible, the Nazirites were set apart for God’s use and were not to drink wine. Today, Christians should desire to be sanctified (set apart) and dedicated to doing God’s work.
In another scripture, God says, “Suppose a prophet full of lies would say to you, ‘I’ll preach to you the joys of wine and alcohol!’ That’s just the kind of prophet you would like!” (Micah 2:11 NLT). That’s plain and simple, no commentary needed.
Now we should see what life says about drinking alcohol. My mother had twelve brothers and two of them had miserable lives as alcoholics. The obituary for H.R.J. stated “he departed this life following a long illness.” After brother E.A.J.’s death, his wife wrote in a letter to a family member, “I sympathize with drinkers. If Elmer had only realized how hard he made it on his girls he would have quit. I’m sure.” The autopsy report revealed that he died of pneumonia and cirrhosis of the liver.
Drinking alcohol is like playing Russian roulette. Sometimes you get by and sometimes you die. It isn’t worth the risk. Perhaps you say, “I can handle it.” But what about your children and grandchildren that you influence…can they handle it?
The City of Fort Scott offices will be closed on Monday, November 12th, 2018 in observance of Veterans Day. The regular offices will reopen on Tuesday, November 13th, 2018.
The City’s tree and brush dump site located on North Hill will also be closed on Saturday, November 10th, 2018 for the Veteran’s Day holiday. It will be open again on Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Chamber to host After-hours Event at Nate’s Place, co-hosted by Highway 3
The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce invites you to save the date for an After-hours event Tuesday, November 13th at Nate’s Place of the Lyons Twin Mansions, 750 S. National (at the corner of 8th and National) from 5:15 pm to 7 pm.
Chamber members Nate’s Place and Highway 3 are co-sponsors of the event which will be a fun evening of networking, drawings, and fun.
Nate’s Place will be unveiling their recent kitchen remodel and furnishing upgrades made possible in part by a Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthy Pathways grant.
Highway 3, owned by sisters Erin Vann and Trisha Newton, will be promoting their customized products available on www.shophighway3.com.
There will be a two-dollar admission for a Chamber half-and-half drawing.
For more information contact the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce at www.fortscott.com or 620-223-3566.
The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce Announces the Holiday Open Houses will be held this Thursday, November 8th from 5 pm to 8 pm. Retailers in the downtown historic district and other locations throughout town will be open late for you to shop for gifts and holiday decor. Many of the locations will be offering drawings, festive treats and beverages for you to enjoy.
This will be a fun night of shopping local that you will not want to miss, as over 20 merchants offer ideas for Christmas decorating, gift-giving and stocking stuffers with unique finds. The Chamber of Commerce’s “Dolley The Trolley” will be giving rides to and from the different shopping locations so you can hop and shop!
Contact the Chamber for more information at (620)223-3566 or visit www.fortscott.com
