Fort Scott, KS –The Chamber and area businesses are hosting “Caroling on Main,” TONIGHT (December 18th)
Main Street stores and stores around town, will be open later than usual for the Caroling on Main Street event. Caroling will be provided by the Eugene Ware Elementary students!
Also, if you enjoy a little treasure hunting, there will be 10 mistletoe hung with a special treat. You can redeem your mistletoe for $10 in Chamber Bucks!
Hope you see you out there!
Fort Scott, Ks — If you don’t get downtown very often, there is a https://fortscott.biz/wp-admin/post-new.phptreasure trove of artisans and businesses providing services you may not have known where there.
Books and Grannies was started in 2001 with a few bookshelves and a dream. Roxine Poznich, chief purveyor of books, has always had a love for books and when a local bookstore was going out of business, she bought their inventory and Books and Grannies was born.
Of course, launching a business and keeping it running isn’t quite that simple. Over the years, the business has been in different locations before landing where they are now. In 2007, was there last move to where they hope is permanent – 11 North Main in downtown. However, they have stayed steady and continue to have a very nice selection of books and customer base.
Estimating to have over 50,000 books, you will probably be able to find something you are interested in reading. Owner, Roxine Poznich, said the most common books she sells are children’s books followed closely by romance and suspense. She carries paperback, hardback, older books and current books. She also has a good size inventory of children’s books. Adult books generally run between $4-5 and children books are generally $1-3.
If you are looking for a gift for the book lover in your family, you will need to stop and take a look around before Christmas!
Books and Grannies
11 North Main
Fort Scott, KS 66711
620.224.2244
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Fort Scott, KS — We are pleased to announce the winner of our Sleep Inn Give Away! We are happy to introduce you to Donna Spencer as our winner. Donna is receiving the certificate from Bill Michaud, Owner.
Don’t forget Sleep Inn, if you have friends and family coming in town for the holidays looking for a place to stay. They have a wonderful new facility and a great staff working hard to take care of you.
To view interior pictures of their space you can click here or for their webpage and reservations, please click here. Or you can call direct:
302 E Wall St.,
Fort Scott, KS
66701
Phone: (620) 223-2555
Note: This article is about the 2014 Key Warehouse Sale.
Fort Scott, KS —
Still looking to round out your Christmas shopping?! Make sure you carve out some time to stop by Key Industries Warehouse sale. From the looks of it, nearly something from every line they carry is on sale, so you might even pick something up for yourself while you are there.
You won’t find these kind of prices anywhere else but at the warehouse: 400 Marble Road in Fort Scott. It takes a little winding around to find it and you’ll enter the warehouse through the North doors. Inside you will find a wide selection of highly discounted clothing items, the cheapest being pants and shirts for $4.99.
The Warehouse Sale is going on now and will finish December 13th 2014. Hours are Monday – Friday 11am – 7pm and Saturday 7am – 3pm. You will be glad you went!
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Fort Scott, KS –Many people in town have been long anticipating the new Casey’s store opening. Friday morning, November 21st, was their ribbon cutting and grand opening. The ‘soft’ opening of Caseys happened a few days before, however, the Area Manager, Bekki Gibson said, “It has felt like the Grand Opening since the doors opened. We have averaged making 200 pizzas a night.”
Fort Scott Area Chamber, several city officials, staff and about 30 community members came out to support Caseys grand opening and ribbon cutting. For the grand opening, Caseys was offering free coffee and certain items at a discount. A few things including any 6” sub for $1.69, large pizza for $7.99 and $2.99 for a dozen donuts.
Circulars will be going out today for additional coupons for the next week. Until next Thursday, with the purchase of a large pizza, you will get a coupon for .25 / gal off gasoline. If you are ordering pizza, you maybe want to call ahead to get your order started.
The store is open 24 hours, including the kitchen. Caseys is currently being staffed by 24 employees and they are hoping to pick up a few more to cover night shift. Hopefully, you’ll be able to swing in and say hello sometime in the next week.
Contact information:
2216 S Main
620.223.2460
Fort Scott, KS — On November 5th, about 70 community members showed their support for the newly opened Sleep Inn & Suites in Fort Scott.
The Chamber held a ribbon cutting ceremony and many of Fort Scott and Bourbon County officials were present and a few made brief remarks and congratulations to Bill and Jennifer Machaud.
“The sign is going up today and looking forward to open doors and serving Fort Scott, ” Bill Machaud commented as he addressed the crowd and covering the amenities the hotel has to offer. These include 59 rooms, wi-fi, full complementary breakfast, indoor pool and weight room. Doors are open and they will be happy to take your reservations for the upcoming holiday season.
For more information or reservations:
Sleep Inn & Suites
302 E Wall St.
Fort Scott, KS, 66701
(800) 424-6423
Fort Scott, Ks – Mercy Hospital is hosting their annual fund-raiser November 5th, 6th and 7th. This annual fundraiser has an emphasis in provided funds for additional equipment for the hospital and also helps provide scholarships for the nursing program at Fort Scott Community College.
Alice Allen, Mercy Auxiliary President said, “We have had very good traffic so far. We have many people we come especially to see the show and some even schedule their appointments around these dates so they can be sure to support these efforts.”
The Christmas show will run for three days and will be open 7am – 6pm in the McAuley Center. Ornaments, jewelry, scarves, purses and home décor are some of the items available for purchase.
Fort Scott, KS – Sleep Inn & Suites will be the first chain hotel to open it’s doors in Fort Scott. Many community members, business owners and supporters gathered will gather 11am for the ribbon cutting and grand opening of the hotel. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Come by and join us today!
302 E Wall St.
Fort Scott, KS, US
66701
Fort Scott, KS — Congratulations to our iPod winner, Jenni Elder! Over the last couple of days, fortscott.biz was running a contest to give away an iPod. We have selected a winner at random and presented a new iPod to Jenni.
Jenni has lived in Fort Scott, nearly all her life – moving here when she was two. She works locally here in Fort Scott and was very excited about winner the iPod and hopes to keep away from her kids.
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Bronson, KS – Have you ever had the conversation with your kids about where your beef comes from? It’s can be quite an interesting conversation explaining where are food comes from and how it’s processed. There are some really great documentaries on food processing and production, but if you are looking for a local beef, pork, venison processing business, you don’t even have to leave the county.
Bronson Locker has been in operation for a long, long time. The current owners, Chubb and Helen Bolling, have been slicing and dicing since 1966. When they bought the locker they had about 700 square feet to work with. Now, they have expanded into 3 storefronts and have custom made their entire processing facility.
From start to finish, the Bolling family has processing down. Click on the gallery to see a pictorial tour of the facility.
The Bolling family was great to visit with while they gave the tour. The whole facility was very clean and remarkably free from smells you might associate with a processing business.
If you are looking for a local place to handle your processing needs, the Bronson Locker can take care of your needs. Being in the middle of deer season, there are lots of ways you can process that venison and Bronson Locker has mastered probably all of them from jerky to summer sausage, they can do it.
Make sure to call ahead if you are planning on dropping off an animal for processing and for any other questions you might have. For contact info and questions:
Bronson Locker
620.939.4575
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Fort Scott, KS – Have you been looking for a way to make a real impact on your community on multiple levels? If so, you might want to do learn more about Project 17. Project 17 was born out of a large community meeting to address socio-economic, health care and industry in 17 counties in South East Kansas.
The mission statement is to improve the economic opportunities and qualities of life of those who live, work, and play in the 17 counties of South East Kansas. One of the key indicators of low performance is the lack of high impact civic leadership. Towards this goal of increasing networking and leadership, Project 17 has joined with Kansas Leadership Center and is putting together one day (FREE) leadership conferences in area counties to address these issues.
During the conferences, there will be actions points where leaders can get involved as well as discussion topics such as: Diagnosis Situation, Intervene Skillfully, Energize Others and Manage Self. These conferences are focused on developing leadership skill in the civic leaders in the area. Registration deadline is October 15, click here to register. Here are the dates of conferences in the area:
October 28:
Fort Scott Community College, Ellis Family Fine Arts Center (2108 S. Horton, Fort Scott, KS 66701)
October 29:
Neosho County Community College, Ottawa Campus(900 East Logan St., Ottawa, KS 66067)
October 30:
Independence Community College West, Woods Family Community Center (2615 West Main St., Independence, KS 67301)
Another conference in conjunction with Project 17 is the “UnConference” that will be hosted at Pittsburg State University, Thursday, October 16th, 9-4pm. “Topics will include things like how to support existing business and entrepreneurship, economic development, health education and how to improve the regions workforce,” Project 17’s Executive Director, Heather Morgan commented. Ken Brock and Joe Bisogno will be speaking and will further the discussion of how we can make Project 17 counties more economically productive. Click here for more information and to register (deadline today).
For more information about Project 17
Heather Morgan
Project 17
Executive Director
785-323-7001
[email protected]
Fort Scott, KS
If you have ever owned a pet, you know the benefit those furry (or sometimes not) little critters can bring to your home. Of course, we’ve also had those days that turn out to be more of an adventure you bargained for!
We also know how fast un-cared for pets can get into trouble and become malnourished. The good people over at Lee’s Paw & Claws (no-kill) Animal Shelter, help take care of those homeless critters, providing food and shelter. This Saturday, starting at 10am, they have planned a full afternoon of activities that will bring you face to face with some of those who are in their care. It is taking place at the Fort Scott Community College walking trail area from 10am – 3pm.
If you are looking to stretch your legs with your favorite four-legged animal, there will be plenty to do for everyone. Paws and Claws will have an agility run for dogs, photo ops, bake sale and live auction at 2pm to raise funds for continued care and facility improvements.
If you need some basic care for you animal, they will also be offering rabies shots for $7.50, Parvo shots for $10 and if you have been wanting to microchip your animal, you can do that also for $25. There will also be a drawing and the winner will get two pets microchipped!
And if you are looking to provide a great home to one of the animals, they will be adopting out during this event. There will be concessions and pet costumes, seriously, this will be a blast. You can check out more info by clicking here for their Facebook page or their website here.
Contact:
721 240th Street
PO Box 343
Fort Scott, Kansas 66701
620-223-2888
email: [email protected]
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