The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce announces a Merchant Madness Sidewalk Sale will take place in the Downtown Historic District on Friday and Saturday, May 28th and 29th.
Participating merchants include Angie Dawn’s Boutique, Barbed Wire & Roses Vintage Market, Bids & Dibs, Hedgehog.INK! Bookstore, Iron Star Antiques & Such, J & W Sports Shop, Laree + Co Boutique, The Rainbow Unicorn, Ruddick’s Furniture & Flooring. Sunshine Boutique, and Treasure Hunt Flea Market.
The Merchant Madness Sidewalk Sale is a great opportunity to support locally owned retailers while winning prizes and finding good deals.
Contact the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce for more information at 620-223-3566 or visit fortscott.com.
KCC will hold virtual workshop on
Monday to discuss Evergy’s STP
The Kansas Corporation Commission will conduct the final of four virtual workshops designed to learn more about Evergy’s Sustainability Transformation Plan and how it will affect ratepayers on Monday, May 24.
The workshop will be broadcast on the KCC’s YouTube channel begining at 10 am. It will be recorded for later viewing as well.
At the workshop, Evergy will present an updated STP that incorporates feedback received from earlier workshops and intervenor comments.
The Commission opened the investigation to evaluate whether the STP is in the public interest. The general investigation docket is available on the KCC’s website.
The Commission is currently accepting public comments on the docket. More information is available here.
Mac Stoughton has a plan is to open an axe bar/ throw house, at 212 East First Street, behind Doctor Patterson’s office.
Mac Stoughton. Submitted photo.
“As of now, we are planning to open around the end of June beginning of July,” he said. “We will have available two double lanes and four single lanes and also a knife lane.”
“There are no age requirements as long as there is a parent or guardian present,” Stoughton said. “We had a 12-year-old on our team that destroys most men, Ella Campbell. If you are over 18, you’re good to go.”
“We are planning to operate from 4 to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday and Monday and Tuesday will be league night,” he said. “Saturday and Sunday we will open from 1 p.m. to midnight, as of right now. Depending on how many sign up for a league.”
“We will be doing a weekly league that will consist of seven weeks of gameplay and on week eight, a tournament,” Stoughton said. “To see who has what it takes to be number one!”
“The leagues will consist of a standard hatchet, hatchet duals, big axe, and knife throwing,” he said.
“The cost will be $20 per person per hour, 12 and under $15 per hour per person,” he said. “I’ll have a group rate upon request and also private parties available.”
“Walk-in customers will be able to experience the zin of slinging steel and if you have never thrown…. no worries we can teach you,” Stoughton said.
“We have thrown with the best in the world,” he said. ” When you arrive at M’axe you get to pick a lane and we will coach you and get you started on how to throw.”
“We want to make everyone’s experience fun!” Stoughton said. “The sport of ax throwing goes way further than just the competition… this sport instills sportsmanship and is not just for the athletic or talented …. this sport is anyone’s and almost all ages.”
“If you can score high enough to rise to the top, you could have the opportunity to go to the ax-throwing U.S. open or the world finals (competitions). “I have been to 2020 world finals and the 2021 U.S. open, and man what an experience!”
” Axe throwing is new and it can be dangerous,” he said. “It’s part of the beauty of the sport. So… throw better!”
A bullseye landing for this axe thrower. Submitted photo.
Chamber Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting Announced for the Fort Scott Barber Shop
The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce invites members and guests to a Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting to celebrate the opening of Fort Scott Barber Shop in the Downtown Historic District at 118 E. Wall St. The event will take place Tuesday, May 25th at 9 a.m. with remarks starting at 9:15 a.m. followed by the cutting of the ribbon. Coffee, juice, and light refreshments will be served in addition to door prize drawings.
The family-friendly Fort Scott Barber Shop is owned and operated by the Montanez Family who recently relocated to the community from the Kansas City area where they operated Jose’s Barber Shop, winning multiple awards including Best Barber Shop in the Midwest. They are known for their iconic cuts and their motto is “Looking Like a Movie Star”.
Contact the Chamber of Commerce at (620) 223-3566 for more information.
The price list for The U, a student-led business. Submitted graphic.
For the 2020-21 school year Uniontown High School participated in Project-Based Learning.
Project-Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching method in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world and personally meaningful projects, according to www.pblworks.org/what-is-pbl
Each UHS participating student chose a project that they presented to a board of teachers. The incentive: students got to opt-out of finals.
Uniontown High School Students Kristy Beene and Mason O’Brien, both juniors, decided to start a vinyl t-shirt business.
“They are custom-made shirts or a design that the customers choose,” Beene said.
“There was a lot of deciding that came with starting this business,” Beene said. “During the first semester of the 2020-21 school year, (we) decided that the best way to start this business was to fundraise the money in order to get the machines and supplies necessary.”
“We started this business in Mr. Feagins room, at UHS,” Beene said. “We chose him to…help us in the money and business itself.”
“One of the first orders of business was a name,” she said. “There were many names we considered but the one we chose was The U.”
“The first semester we raised the money needed through fundraisers and purchased a silhouette cameo and a heat press,”
Beene said. “By the end of the semester, we were starting to get up and going. At the start of the second semester, we added Skyler Coulter to our team as an extra hand for making shirts.”
Coulter is a sophomore.
Mason O’Brien, Skylar Coulter, and Kristy Beene hold a t-shirt with their vinyl imprint on it. Submitted photo.
“We have been staying busy with everyone’s support for our small business,” she said. “We have been so happy that we are able to make products that our customers love!”
This student-led business will be set up at Good Ol’Days in Fort Scott making custom shirts and water bottles.
“We hope that this will be a good aspect for our business and help us grow, both with customers and knowledge of the business industry itself,” Beene said. “Next year we hope to expand even more and invest in a screen printing machine.”
The 2021 Home, Sport, Farm, and Garden Show has something for everyone’s interest with 45 listed vendors with exhibits, games, and a chance to win prizes! Snacks, drinks, and food will be available for purchase. So bring the family, friends & guests because you don’t want to miss out on this event!
Stop by the Fort Scott Chamber Booth, to enter a chance to win Chamber Bucks!
ALSO ANNOUNCING
NEXT YEAR’S DATE!
SAVE THE DATE FOR THE
2022 HOME, SPORT, FARM & GARDEN SHOW ON
APRIL 8TH & 9TH, 2022!
IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR BUSINESS TO BE PART OF THIS ANNUAL EVENT, DON’T WAIT, SIGN UP NOW BY CALLING 620.223.4500.
PUBLIC INVITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BIG KANSAS ROAD TRIP
The Big Kansas Road Trip (BKRT) will be coming to Bourbon, Cherokee and Crawford Counties May 5-8, 2022. Marci Penner and WenDee Rowe of the Kansas Sampler Foundation will be leading meetings June 7-8 for anyone interested in learning how they might participate.
The BKRT operates as a tri-county open house and businesses, attractions and communities are invited to help the public get to know them “as they are.”
Marci and WenDee will conduct an hour-long meeting in each county to share some pictures to illustrate how the event works, to share some criteria, and to answer questions. Anyone in the three counties can attend any of the three meetings to learn more about the event.
The Bourbon County meeting will take place in Fort Scott on June 7 at 2 p.m. at the Common Ground Coffee Co. in the Loading Dock at 112 E. Wall.
The Cherokee County meeting will take place in Columbus on June 7 at 4:30 p.m. in the State Theater Event Center at 104 W. Pine.
The Crawford County meeting will take place in Pittsburg on June 8 at 9 a.m. in the Frisco Event Center at 210 E. 4th.
Your local contacts are Allyson Turvey and Rachel Pruitt in Bourbon County; Liz Simpson and Jake Letner in Cherokee County; and Devin Gorman and Chris Wilson in Crawford County.
CHAMBER-AFTER HOURS GRAND OPENING & RIBBON CUTTING TO CELEBRATE LYONS REALTY GROUP
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
5:15 to 6:30 p.m.
The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce invites members to a Chamber After-hours Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting as we celebrate the Lyons Realty Group establishing an office in the Downtown Historic District at 8 E. Wall St. The event will take place Wednesday, June 2nd from 5:15 to 6:30 pm with the remarks and ribbon-cutting starting at 5:45 pm.
The team of Lyons Realty Group is excited to share their new offices and learn more about how they can help reach the real estate goals of sellers and buyers.
Mark your calendars for an evening of networking, prize giveaways, food, drink and much more. There will be a $2 admission for the Chamber half-and-half drawing.
Contact the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce for more information at 620-223-3566 or [email protected].
Nedra Barr started her insurance career at age 16 in Fort Scott, and this week announces that she is bringing her new business home.
“I started my insurance career in Fort Scott while in high school,” Barr said. “After a great career in the insurance industry, I started developing software that served this market. I’ve designed various software products serving this industry. It’s very exciting to develop the Spyder (her new company) product. It will help producers and home offices modernize, digitize, standardize and simplify their business.”
She is the Cheif Executive Officer of Spyder, Inc., and Sharon Ross, Charlotte, SC, is the Chief Operating Officer, with Bob Peacock, Denver, CO the Chief Technology Officer of the business.
Sharon Ross from the Spyder, Inc. website.
Bob Peacock, from the Spyder, Inc. website.
“All three of us are software executives in the insuretech/fintech industry,” Barr said. “I am an award-winning software executive. I have won a Top 50 Tech Visionary award in 2019, a Top 50 Tech Leaders award in 2021, and last week named one of the most impactful women in technology,” she said.
“Once our offices are ready, I will be spending lots of time in Fort Scott as well Sharon and Bob,” Barr said.
The office is located at 102 W 2ndSt, Fort Scott, with hours of 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Contact Barr at 620-531-0368.
“The first two Spyder products will be released in June,” she said. “The first two products will be cybersecurity device certifications and a document storage solution that is purpose-built for the insurance industry. Additional products will be coming in the fall timeframe as well.”
Barr has led teams and guided technology firms for many companies, including SunGard Insurance Systems, Insurance Technologies, Experian, and Docupace Technologies. Most recently, Nedra was Chief Revenue Officer for Skience,
” We are excited to get our software company going strong to contribute to the economic growth and employment of Fort Scott,” Barr said. ” We believe we will be hiring employees in the fall timeframe. We will work closely with the Healthy Bourbon County initiative and the Chamber of Commerce to contribute to the well-being and beautification of Fort Scott.”
