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Category Archives: Entertainment
FSCC Foundation Gala July 16: RSVP by July 10
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Music Performance Fundraiser for Gordon Park Museum July 8
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Priscilla Howe to Perform for Summer Reading on July 12
Priscilla Howe to Perform for Summer Reading on July 12
Storyteller Priscilla Howe will perform on July 12 at 10 a.m. in the main auditorium at Memorial Hall.
Priscilla tells original stories with the help of her puppet friends. Learn more about Priscilla’s work at her website: https://www.priscillahowe.com
Library performances are free and open to the public. This event is part of the library’s summer reading program. Learn more about and register for the program at: https://fortscott.mykansaslibrary.org/summer-reading/youth-summer-reading-2022
This performance is made possible in part by partnerships with Garnett Public Library and Mound City Public Library and is provided in partnership with USD 234.
Friday Night Free Concert: The Hemphills
This week’s Friday Night Concert will be presented by local family musicians, The Hemphills. Jack Hemphill plays keys, wife Sandy plays violin, mandolin, guitar, saxophone, and keys. Son Brad joins in with lead, rhythm, and bass guitars, and daughter Kristen Weeks ties the band together on the drums. All the members are vocalists and will perform a variety of music including classic country and 70s pop classics.
“The Hemphills are a great family to work with and have a tight sound,“ concert-series organizer Ralph Carlson said. “We are pleased to welcome these talented, fun, and heartwarming musicians back to the park pavilion. Floyd Feezell, Fort Scott, will also sing some familiar tunes. Come out and join your friends for an enjoyable evening.”
The concert begins at 7 p.m. at the Heritage Park Pavilion at First and Main streets. The shows, sponsored by the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce, are free and open to the public. Dave Oas and Jim Butler provide the sound each week. Due to limited seating, attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs.
In the event of inclement weather or extreme heat, the concert will be moved to the Loading Dock at Common Ground Coffee Co., 12 E. Wall Street.
Chamber Golf Classic on July 15
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Bingo at Memorial Hall
Until further notice, bingo will be the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month by the American Legion Post.
Location: Memorial Hall
Start Time: 7:00 pm
Doors Open: 6:00 pm
Submitted by:
Jessica Allison
Commander
American Legion Post #25
Fort Scott, KS
Bronson Day Has Been Re-energized
Bronson Day, a local community event of this small town in western Bourbon County, has been revamped.
Bronson Day has typically been held yearly in the spring and led by the Bronson Ruritan, said Kelly Perry.
Perry is part of a new organization in Bronson.
The town held an open town meeting seeking volunteers for the new organization, called the Bronson Pride Committee.
“In the past, we had a larger Ruritan group and several locals realized this was a big task to put on just one or two people in the Ruritan,” Perry said. “After speaking to Terry Johnston, head of the Bronson Ruritan we agreed to all work together to help promote the event.”
Elected to head the organization are Kayla Greenway-president, Michael Stewart-vice president, Danielle Minor-treasurer and Perry as secretary.
The event, moved from the spring to the summer, starts as 9 a.m. with a horseshoe tournament hosted by Terry Johnson.
“Bronson is the home of the first world horseshoe tournament,” she said. “This event is free.”
“We have a huge day of events planned, from free bounce houses to a mini horse pull, a parade, a color run, Kale Nelson’s State Farm Car Show, a three-on-three basketball tournament,a horseshoe tournament, a cornhole tournament, kids games, over 25 vendors, several food trucks, a street dance, a live DJ, a beer garden and of course our fireworks display,” she said.
“This year we created a bit more buzz by creating not only the committee, but allowing food trucks, doubling the fireworks budget, and bringing back the street dance,” Perry said. “Board members and volunteers were able to get sponsors and received a grant from Bourbon County Regional Economic Development Inc. The funds are not all spent on one single event but are going to be used for overall community improvement and morale which includes The Bronson Day Celebration.”
“Bronson Day is just part of the vision the entire board has for the Bronson Pride Committee,” she said. “In the future, we will continue to meet and grow and make this yearly event better and bigger. We want to unify our community through ideas, efforts, and solving problems and needs. If we can motivate others we can change the community morale and continue to thrive together,” she said.
Kayla Greenway has lived in Bronson for many years and raised her four children here.
“I’ve helped with Bronson days in the past, but this year‘s planning has been ramped up by our new Bronson Pride Committee,” Greenway said. “It’s a committee we started to help clean our town up, bring awareness to community development, and come together in unity with the same goal of helping one another in our town.”
“Teamwork makes the dream work,” Greenway said. “I am excited to see what our future holds. We are always accepting new members and our next meeting is July 6 at 5 p.m. at the city park.”
Learn more: https://www.facebook.com/BronsonPride
Kansas Rocks: Local Fun For 4-Wheel Drive Enthusiasts
Kansas Rocks Recreation Park, located at 2051 130th Road, Mapleton, offers a 380 acre off-road park open to 4-wheel-drives, side-by-sides, mountain bikes and hikers.
Kanrocks Recreation Association Inc. is made up of 30 volunteer members and is a 501 (c)(3) not for profit business.
The founder and president is David Killion.
For those just starting in four-wheel drive adventures, the organization offers classes.
“We offer Off-Roading 101 classes and the next class is July 23 followed by a fall class on Sept 17,” Killion said.
The park is busy throughout the year with events.
“We also have our largest regular Frostbite event the last Saturday in February,” he said. “Our Creep-Crawl Halloween event is the third weekend in October that offers a ton of things for the kids and adults, ending the night in a haunted trail ride. We also have events sponsored and put on by clubs like the Sunflower Run in June. There is also an Adopt-A-Trail program where clubs come in and help do trail maintenance for a half day, twice a year, in exchange for a free half day of wheeling.”
“We are open Friday afternoons, Saturdays and Sundays,” Killion said. “The cost is $25 per vehicle and driver and $5 per passenger over 12.”
“We have RV parking and tent camping, picnic shelters, a pavilion, shower house restrooms and a kids playground,” he said.
“We have separate costs for camping and RV and offer 2 and 3-day discounts,” he said.
Camping reservations can be made at the website: ksrockspark.com. The park also has a Facebook page.
History of the park
“I started the first 4-wheel-drive club in the Kansas City area in the 1990’s and soon found out the closest, legal places to go off roading was about three hours away,” Killion said.
“I wanted to develop something closer and began searching for land, quarries, talking with farmers etc. In my search, I found a grant administered by the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism that helped entities develop trail systems.”
“After applying for the grant, we looked at 150 pieces of land within 90 miles of the KC area. We found this great property and started building a premier off-road park. We are celebrating 19 years this year and will have a big event next year to celebrate 20 years.”
Charlie Redd and the The Luna Voo Doo Band Coming July 8
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Independence Day Celebration in Uniontown is July 1
The Uniontown fireworks display by Union State Bank is a go, but has moved to Friday, July 1.
That day will see the Uniontown Park fill with residents and visitors to view the fireworks which are purchased by the bank.
Free hot dogs, chips and a drink are provided for free from the bank.
“We usually serve about 500 hot dogs,” USB CEO and President Bryan Holt, said, but the crowd is bigger than that for the fireworks display.
In addition, there will be inflatable jump houses for the kids, a photo station for selfies and food and drink purchases from local vendors/organizations.
Additional food and drink offerings are:
Mimi’s Food Truck (turkey legs and funnel cakes)
Lora Ripper (popcorn)
Uniontown High School Cheerleaders (bake sale)
First Missionary Baptist Church raising funds for kids going to summer camp (pop/drinks)
Uniontown school kids and parents raising funds for Washington Workshop next summer (bake sale)
” We are still open for any organizations or vendors that would like to set up in the park,” said Amy Holt, who is Vice President of Loan Administration at the Uniontown branch. She is facilitating the event for the bank. “They can contact me at 620-756-4305 during business hours or by email at [email protected].”
There will be a disc jockey entertaining the crowd as well.
Since 2005, the bank has sponsored fireworks for the community on July 3, but since it fell on Sunday this year, the the CEO, Bryan Holt decided he didn’t want the employees to work on Sunday.
The bank employees plan the event and prepare and hand out the free hot dogs with chips and a bottle of water.
In addition, they didn’t want to conflict with Fort Scott’s Independence Day celebration on July 3, he said.
This event was originally a fund raiser for improving the Uniontown Park, but it is now “A way to say thanks to our customers,” Bryan Holt said.
Uniontown has been the headquarters for Union State Bank since 1901.
In 1992, the bank expanded operations and started a branch in Fort Scott. This year they have expanded again to accommodate more employees and upgrade security. There will be a feature of this expansion later this week on fortscott.biz.
This Week at Fort Scott Public Library
