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Entertainment, Fort Scott

Firefighters Coming to the Library

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Storytime at Fort Scott Public Library will feature special guests from the Fort Scott Fire Department this Tuesday, November 8, at 10 am. Bring your young children to learn about firefighters and fire trucks with a touch-a-truck session, and then stay for stories, crafts, and snacks with Miss Val. Kids will also receive a plastic firefighter hat (while supplies last). 
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Storytime is a weekly event, with remote options available. In-person storytimes are Tuesdays at 10 am, while virtual storytimes are posted on-demand, with curbside pickup options, on Thursdays at 10 am. For more information, contact Miss Val at [email protected]. Watch the FSPL Facebook page for upcoming events, and fill out this form to order a curbside storytime kit if you want to participate virtually: https://forms.gle/o9sGo4yxbK5jmVte9
Entertainment, Fort Scott, Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce

What’s Happening in Fort Scott Nov. 4

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What’s Happening in Fort Scott!

November 4th Weekly Newsletter

UPCOMING CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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TROLLEY TOURS,

ON THE HOUR FROM THE CHAMBER!

Friday 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm

Saturday 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm

$6 adults, $4 children 12 & under

50-minute narrated tour of Historic Fort Scott!

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Daily Tours: 10am & 1pm

Donations being accepted for Wreaths Across America through 11/22, click here for info.

11/4 ~ Elks Lodge Paint Night Class, click here for info.

11/5 ~ Battle at the Fort 14U Fastpitch Softball Tournament, Cullor Field, 2108 S. Horton St., starts 8am, click here.

11/5 ~ First Saturday Storytime at Hedgehog.INK! Book Store, Downtown Fort Scott, 10:30am, this Saturday featuring “Sing and Dance in your Polka Dot Pants”, 16 S. Main St.

11/5 ~ Care to Share Cancer Support Group Quarterly Meeting, 10:30am, 902 S. Horton.

11/5 ~ Paint & Pizza by Happy Snappy Art at Papa Don’s, 11am, click here for info.

11/5 ~ Chili Feed & Bake Auction at Fort Scott Christian Heights School, dinner 4-6pm, auction immediately after, click here.

11/6 ~ Breakaway Buckle Series @ Taylor Ranch, 2pm, click here for info.

11/6 ~ Mary Queen of Angels Fall Festival, Turkey Dinner & More, 4-6pm, Kennedy Gym

11/7 ~ FSCC Greyhound Great Reamon will be at the Greyhound Legacy Center, Downtown Fort Scott, 12pm-7pm, click here for info.

11/8, 11/10, 11/12 ~ FSHS presents The Addams Family School Edition, click here for info.

11/10 ~ Chamber Coffee hosted by the VFW, 1745 S. National Ave.

11/10 ~ Kiwanis Pioneers Chili Feed, drive-thru only at First United Methodist Church, click here for info.

11/10 ~ Holiday Open House Shopping Event, Downtown & Around, 5-8pm, click here. See flyer below, hop & shop on the trolley as it goes store-to-store, 19 stores participating!

11/10 ~ Pizza Republic celebrates the US Marine Corps Birthday, all invited for a cutting of the cake ceremony at 7pm. See below for more info.

11/11 ~ American Legion Veterans Day Reverse Parade – Starts at Memorial Hall and routes around to Fort Scott school buildings, 9am.

11/11 ~ VFW Ceremony – All veterans, active duty, and the public are welcome to attend this event at the Fort Scott National Cemetery #1, 900 E. National Avenue, 11am.

11/11 ~ Immediately following the ceremony – VFW Luncheon, – Join us for lunch at VFW Post, 1745 S. National Avenue. Free-will donation is welcome.

11/11 ~ Memorials & Monuments Trolley Tour – Military monuments & memorials will be featured on this trolley tour in historic Fort Scott at 2pm on both Friday & Saturday, departing from the Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center, 231 E. Wall Street.

11/11 ~ Military Meet & Mingle, Dinner & Auction – Veterans and active duty, plus friends & family will have the opportunity to meet and mingle at the VFW (1745 S. National Avenue). Discounts for veterans & active duty. 6pm dinner, Doors open at 7pm for Social Hour, 8pm Live Auction. Only 30 seats for dinner.

11/11 ~ Pizza Republic Presents Outlaw Jim and the Whiskey Benders, 8pm. The concert benefits the E3 Veterans Foundation. Suggested $5 donation. 17 S. Main St, Fort Scott.

11/11 ~ FSCC presents “All I Want for Christmas is Big Foot”, 7pm, click here for info.

11/12 ~ The Veterans Day 5k Fun Run starts at 8 AM. Includes a competitive 5k Run, a family fun 5k Run/Walk, or a 10k Challenge (3.2k Run, 1.8k Row and 5k Bike). Event proceeds to benefit local veteran’s organizations. For entry fees and more info visit: www.Facebook.com/SmallvilleAthletics.

11/12 ~ Memorials & Monuments Trolley Tour – Military monuments & memorials will be featured on this trolley tour in historic Fort Scott at 2pm on both Friday & Saturday, departing from the Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center, 231 E. Wall Street.

11/13 ~ Holly Jolly Holiday Market, 9am-3pm, Buck Run Community Center. See below for more info.

SAVE THE DATE:

11/21 ~ FSMS Fall Extravaganza Shopping Event, 5-8pm

12/1 ~ Christmas Parade, click here for entry form or to register online.

12/3-4 ~ Candlelight Tours of the Fort Scott National

Historic Site, tickets now on sale by calling 620-223-0310.

12/3-4 ~ The Artificers 6th Annual Christmas Show

12/10 ~ Christmas in the Park, Gunn Park

12/9-23 ~ Christmas Light Trolley Tours, booking now! Tours each night at 5:45pm, 7pm, and 8:15pm! $8 adults, $5 kids, or book the whole trolley for $125 to tour with only your friends, family or co-workers!

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SHOPPING ~ SUPPORT LOCAL!

Boutiques-Antiques-Flea Markets & more!

Click here for Chamber member

specialty shopping & other retail in

Downtown & other areas of the community.
Fort Scott Area
Chamber of Commerce
620-223-3566
In This Issue

Calendar of Events

Special Event Features

THANK YOU Chamber Champion members!!
Chamber Highlights
Click here for our
Membership Directory.
We THANK our members for their support! Interested in joining the Chamber?
Click here for info.
Thinking of doing business in or relocating to Fort Scott?
Contact us for a relocation packet, information on grants & incentives, and more!
Seeking a job/career?
We post a Job of the Day daily on our Facebook page, distribute a monthly job openings flyer, and post jobs on our website.
Many opportunities available!
Housing needs?
Click here for a listing of our Chamber member realtors.
Click here for our rental listing.

First Saturday Storytime @ Hedgehog.INK!

Mary Queen of Angels Fall Festival this Sunday

Holiday Open House coming November 10th

United States Marine Corps Birthday

Come for a Cake Ceremony at Pizza Republic

Pizza Republic presents Outlaw Jim

and the Whiskey Benders in concert!

VFW Activities ~ Veterans Day Weekend

Limited # of Steak Dinners Avail. for Friday Night

Holly Jolly Holiday Market ~ November 13th

Upcoming Movie Schedule @ Fort Cinema
THANK YOU TO OUR CHAMBER CHAMPION MEMBERS!
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Fort Scott, Government

FS Commission To Meet Nov. 7 To Consider Financial Services Agreement

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There will be a Special Meeting of the Fort Scott City Commission held at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 7th, 2022.  This meeting will be to consider the agreement of financial services with BakerTilly.

 

This meeting will be held at 123 S. Main Street in the City Commission meeting room and will be broadcast on the City’s You Tube channel.   This meeting is open to the public.

Fort Scott, Schools

Veteran’s Day “Mobile” Parade

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Who: Thompson-Harkey American Legions Riders Post #25

What: School Parade drive by

When: November 11, 2022, at 9 a.m.

Where: Memorial Hall, 1 East Third Street, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Parade will drive by the USD234 Preschool, Winfield Scott Elementary School, Fort Scott High School, Eugene Ware Elementary School, and end at the Fort Scott National Cemetery prior to the Veteran’s Day Ceremony.

 

**ALL VETERANS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE VIA MOTORCYCLE OR AUTOMOBILE**

The more participants, the better.

 

Media Contact: Tom Metcalf, Jr. American Legion Riders Post #25, Director. 620-224-7951, [email protected]

 

Fort Scott, Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce

Chamber Coffee hosted by Integrity Home Care + Hospice on Nov. 3

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CHAMBER COFFEE ~ YOU’RE INVITED!
Join us for Chamber Coffee hosted by Integrity Home Care + Hospice!
Thursday, November 3rd
8am
1711 S. National Ave.
(directly behind Domino’s Pizza)
We hope to see you there!
Click here for their website.
Click here for their Facebook page.
About Integrity…
Introduce your family to our family.
We are passionately dedicated to improving the healthcare system because we all have had a personal experience with the struggle that comes with a change in health. We are here to help and support you and your family as you seek to improve or simply maintain your health and independence at home.
At Integrity, our mission is to identify and meet your home care needs and the needs of our employees with the unmatched skill, compassion, and integrity. Not just because its the right thing to do, but because that’s how we would like to be treated, too.
Let us help you on your care journey.
Thank you to our Chamber Champion members shown below!
FORT SCOTT AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
620-223-3566
Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce | 231 E. Wall Street, Fort Scott, KS 66701
Fort Scott, Jobs

Dale Wiley: A Handyman

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One of the 18 sewing machines that Marie Wiley has in her husbands shop.

Dale Wiley loved to tinker.

Dale Wiley. Submitted.

“He was handy and clever,” said his wife of 60 years said. “And he was pretty talented.”

Marie Wiley.

For over 23 years, Dale served on the Fort Scott Fire Department as a firefighter. But in his spare time, he began repairing sewing machines. Marie Wiley, his wife is a talented seamstress, who worked at Country Cupboard for several decades.

Before working at Country Cupboard, Marie worked for Helen Carson, owner of Helen’s Fabric,  and Helen asked Dale to repair sewing machines.

“He went to Bernina School in K.C. and also to training in Las Vegas for training,” Marie said. At first he repaired only Bernina’s, but began to tinker with other brands.

TWo of the Wiley sewing machines.

“Sometimes he would spend a couple of hours and sometimes a couple of weeks on a machine,” she said. “Sometimes he had to make machine parts. It had to be done right or he wasn’t going to do it.”

When Dale died on August 23, 2022, there remained 18 sewing machines in his shop that people had given him and he took on to repair.

A Brother Sewing Machine that Dale repaired.

“It was just a hobby for him to tinker around with,” she said.

Besides Bernina machines in the Wiley garage there are Singer, including two antiques, Brother, J.C. Penney, Montgomery Wards, Sears Kenmore, and Husquana Brands, along with two Singers for leather work and two sergers.  A serger trims the seam and encloses the seam allowance or edge of the fabric, inside a thread casing, all in one step, according to thesprucecrafts.com.

A serger that Dale Wiley repaired.

“He repaired no computerized sewing machines, just the heavier old ones with no nylon gears,” Marie said.

One of the sewing machines that sews on leather.

Marie also has eight sewing machines in her sewing room in the house and continues to create cloth heirlooms for her family.

As with her husband, small appliance repair options are dying.

“Small appliance repair is a dying art,” Marie said. “Everything is made to be thrown away when it doesn’t work.”

For more information about the machines, contact Marie at 620.215.2014.

 

 

Fort Scott, Government

FS CITY COMMISSION VACANCY

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Effective October 31 st , 2022, Shane Walker resigned his position
as City Commissioner on the Fort Scott City Commission. Persons
interested in applying to fill the position vacated by Commissioner
Shane Walker are asked to submit a letter of interest to: City Clerk,
Lisa Lewis at 123 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kansas 66701 or by email at
[email protected]. Letters of interest must be received by the City
Clerk by 12:00 p.m. on Friday, November 11th
, 2022.

Only individuals who reside in the City limits of Fort Scott are eligible to apply. Once the appointment has been made, it will become effective at the next scheduled City Commission meeting and the term will expire in December of 2023.
Any additional information or questions may be obtained by
contacting Lisa Lewis, City Clerk at 620-223-0550

Bourbon County, Fort Scott, Health Care

Neffs Make a Lasting Impact With Donation

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John and Pat Neff. Submitted photo.

John and Pat Neff lived in Fort Scott decades ago, but were impacted by the Sisters of Mercy and decided to give back to the community.

“I was told that John grew up in the area and then they lived here early in their marriage…and adopted two children from Mercy Hospital,” Carla Farmer, Fort Scott Area Community Foundation (FSACF) member said. “Pat reached out in the 1990s and wanted to give back to the local Sisters of Mercy, who helped them adopt two children. That’s the basis of them wanting to give back to the community. This was a couple that was touched by our community decades ago. This was where they raised there children.”

“The Neff’s created an annuity that paid them until they passed away,” FSACF Chairman Craig Campbell said.

John Valentine Neff and Patricia Renfro Neff were married 69 years until his death, according to Pat’s Neff’s obituary. Pat died in July 2022.

Upon her death the annuity money went to the Mercy foundation, and now to the FSACF for distribution into the community for future health care funds.

“When Mercy Hospital closed their doors in Fort Scott (in December 2018), the foundation voted to stay intact in order to be able to accept the Neff’s gift following the death of Mrs. Neff,” Jared Leek, president of the Fort Scott Mercy Hospital Foundation Board said.  “We voted for the board to go from a 12-16 member board to a board comprised of just three members; Jared Leek, President, Bryan Holt, Treasurer, and Darcy Smith, Secretary.  The three board members setup an account with the Fort Scott Area Community Foundation for health care needs in Bourbon County.”
“As of September 30, 2022, the account with the FSACF was valued at $243,985.41,” Leek said.  “At the Chamber After Hours (on Oct. 26, 2022) hosted by FSACF, the board presented a check in the amount of $299,446.17 which included the Neff gift and the remainder of our checking account.”
“On that date, the total in the FSACF account for health care needs would be valued at $543,431.58,” Leek said. “Obviously, accounts invested fluctuate with the market.”
Leek said the Mercy foundation board will be dissolving at the end of this year.
Fort Scott, Schools, Youth

FSHS Band Receives Superior Rating in Neewolah Parade

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The Fort Scott Band earned a 1-rating this past weekend, marching in the Neewollah Parade in Independence, KS.

“Thirty-four students were in the parade,” Justin Robinson, FSHS Band Director said. “And two middle school students were carrying the banner.

” The scale is 1-5, with top indicating a superior rating, ” he said. They will receive a plaque for this rating.

FSHS Band participated in the Neewollah Grand Parade on Saturday, October 29th.  “This is the first parade, we will plan on doing the Fort Scott Christmas Parade”(on Dec. 1), he said.

“There were a total of 32 bands that participated in the parade this year and a total of 123 entries in the parade, Robinson said.

The band works approximately fours hours a week on playing their musical instruments and marching.

“We meet 45 minutes a day,” he said. “We go to the auxiliary gym if it’s raining. But we go out and hit the streets of Fort Scott when we can.”

The band also plays all the high school home games.

This is Justin Robinson’s second year as the band director.

Justin Robison and wife Angela Robinson, who helps out with the drumline. Submitted photo.