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Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Daily Reports April 23
Bourbon County Commission Agenda April 24
Agenda
Bourbon County Commission Room
2nd Floor, County Courthouse
210 S. National Avenue
Fort Scott, KS 66701
Tuesdays starting at 9:00
Date: April 24th, 2018
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-Consideration of permit for access entrance culvert at 1282 135th Consideration of listing 1989 Ford Model 7600 Tractor to sale on Purple Wave
Executive Session-Justin Meeks-Confidential data relating to financial affairs or trade secrets of a corporation
Solid Waste Plan
10:00-10:15-Wage Resolution
10:15-11:00-Bill Martin-Utility payments
11:00-12:00-Justin Meeks
Contract with CrawKan
Update about ROZ program
NRP Review/Meeting updates/data
Executive Session-Attorney/Client relationship
12:00-1:30-Commissioners gone to lunch
1:30-Clint Anderson
2:00-2:15-Cathy Cooper-6th Judicial Districts grants
2:15-2:30-Deferred Comp. Resolution
2:30-Employee Handbook
3:00-Pre-Planning to discuss possible repurpose of old sheriff and correctional administration offices
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
Law Enforcement Center Readying For Inmates
The Bourbon County Law Enforcement Center is nearly ready for inmates, Sheriff Bill Martin said Thursday.
The new center is located at 293 E. 20th Street, just east of Briggs Auto Dealership on Hwy. 69.
“Hopefully within a couple of weeks we’ll be moving in,” Martin said. “Some electrical issues are being addressed, which should fall under warranty work.”
The sheriff gave a tour of the new facility:
Mercy 4-Person Golf Scramble June 9
Sports Physicals Offered
Mercy Clinic Sports Physical Dates Announced
Free- or reduced-cost physicals only offered on specific dates
Fort Scott, Kan (April 19, 2018) – School isn’t even out but Mercy Clinic physicians and providers are already gearing up for fall.
That’s because every May, Mercy Clinics set aside specific dates when middle school and high school students walk-in for a reduced-cost or free sports physical.
Mercy Clinic Fort Scott will offer $10 sports physicals in suite A of the clinic on Wednesday, May 2 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. No appointment is necessary and the $10 rate is available only on this date.
Mercy Clinic Linn County will hold the free annual sports physical clinic on Saturday, May 19 from 7 a.m. to noon at 11155 Tucker Rd. in Pleasanton. Sports physicals are free on this date only. Appointments can be scheduled by calling 913-352-8379 or toll-free at 877-336-3729.
In the case of the reduced-cost physicals, the $10 fee is donated back to the student’s school activity fund. In 2016, the clinic was able to donate $2,400 to local schools to help with equipment or supply purchases.
The Kansas State High School Activities Association requires students who plan to participate in extracurricular activities to have a current physical on file.
According to Mercy Clinic Fort Scott director Michelle Bruner, “The physicals ensure that the student is healthy to participate.
The students receive a thorough physical exam to be sure there are no signs of heart disease or other health-related issues that would cause problems playing sports and being physically active.”
Bruner added, “The clinic staff considers it a privilege to offer this service to students. By volunteering our time, we are able to pass the benefit right on to the schools in our service area.”
The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Daily Reports April 18
Amy The Welder
Amy Heitman never imagined she’d grow up to be a welder.
“I didn’t know anything about it,” she told the Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce weekly coffee attendees. “I took a welding course in high school, I grew to have a passion for it.”
Heitman started researching why there weren’t more women welders and found only two percent of welders are women, she said.
“In the war (World War II) women stepped in to do jobs,” she said. “When men came back, women were pushed back. In manufacturing now, it’s predicted there is a shortage of 400,000.”
“I’m a welder and I weigh 107 pounds,” Heitman said. And “I’m building water tanks.”
“We are still building this world, if we don’t have welders and manufacturers, where does that leave America? ”
“I’m encouraging people to step up to non-traditional spots,” she said. “I want to help women know they can step up.”
Heitman welds and fabricates the metal pieces in water tanks that the Niece Equipment builds, she said in a later interview.
“I do some of the internal plumbing on the piping,” she said.
The facility she works in is climate controlled: fans in the summer and heat in the winter.
Heitman said there are 40 employees at Niece and of those, approximately nine are welders.
The salary range for the welding positions range from $15 to $19 per hours, she said.
Heitman, 25, and husband, Josh Heitman moved to Fort Scott from Austin, Texas in January 2018.
She worked for Niece Equipment in Austin and was recruited to Fort Scott.
They have two children, Gabriel and Ayden. Because it was in the middle of the school year, Ayden stayed behind in Austin with his grandmother temporarily. Ayden has autism.
“Because of his autism, I didn’t want to bring him yet, into something completely new…it would throw him off,” Heitman said.
Her first impression of Fort Scott: “I was enchanted,” she said.
“This is the kind of place I want to raise my kids,” she said.
“There is not a ton of things to do like in Austin, but so many things the whole community gets involved in. It’s a beautiful thing.”
Heitman got connected with Fort Scott Community College and together they are working on a plan to talk to high school students that tour the school, she said.
She is going to try to solve the issue of getting more people into non-traditional careers where they are needed.
The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Department Daily Reports April 17
Beef Cattle and Forage Crops Field Day planned May 3 in Parsons
Location changed for this year’s event
PARSONS, Kan. – Kansas State University will host its annual Beef Cattle and Forage Crops Field Day on Thursday, May 3. This year the event will be at the K-State Southeast Research and Extension Center, 25092 Ness Rd. in Parsons.
The day starts with registration, coffee and donuts and time to view sponsors’ displays at 8:30 a.m. Presentations begin at 9 a.m. Lunch will be served following the last presentation, compliments of several sponsoring companies.
This year’s topics and presenters include:
- Beef Cattle Market Outlook (via video) – Glynn Tonsor – K-State agricultural economist;
- Trace Mineral Supplementation and Implants for Grazing Stocker Cattle – Dale Blasi, K-State beef cattle extension specialist;
- Complementary Forages for Grazing with Tall Fescue – Jaymelynn Farney, K-State southeast area beef specialist;
- Update on Anaplasmosis in Southeastern Kansas – Gregg Hanzlicek, Veterinary Diagnostic Lab; and
- Utilization of Legumes to Improve Efficiency of Beef Production – Lyle Lomas, K-State animal scientist and head of the Southeast Agricultural Research Center.
More information is available by calling 620-421-4826.
Herdsman Needed At Foster Dairy
New position open for an assistant herdsman at Foster Dairy of Fort Scott, KS.
We are a progressive dairy looking to continue growth in all areas. Position roles will primarily be in the assistance of managing our milking herd with the use of Lely robotic milkers as well as feeding baby calves and managing overall herd health at all ages.
We milk about 180 cows on 3 robots, have over 400 animals, farm over 500 acres, total acreage over 1000.
Preference will be given to applicants with dairy experience and/or college degree in animal science. Pay based upon experience. Housing not provided, but can assist in locating.
www.facebook.com/fosterdairyrobots or www.facebook.com/fosterdairy
call or text to schedule an appointment
620-224-9433
KS-39
Fort Scott, KS 66701
Fort Scott, KS 66701
Reward For Info On Pearson’s Towing Fire
The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office is offering a $10,000 reward for any information that leads to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons responsible for the fire at Pearson’s Towing located at 1269 Highway 54 that occurred on March 21, 2018.
The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office had 13 seized vehicles located on that property at the time of the fire. Once a vehicle is seized by the department during a drug related crime it then goes through the proper court proceedings and is awarded to the sheriff’s office by the Court. At that time the vehicle is auctioned off and the proceeds from the auction are used for the funding of the Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office K9 unit.
Anyone with any information about the March 21 fire can call the Kansas Crime-stoppers Hotline at
1-800KScrime or (1-800-572-7463) or http://firemarshal.ks.gov/arson.
When calling the hotline or email, please refer to case/incident number is 13718.