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Category Archives: Fort Scott
Independence Day Celebrations in Fort Scott 2022
In addition to family gatherings, there are some choices for celebrating America’s independence in 2022.
Fort Scott Celebrations
The Elks Lodge No. 579 community fireworks display will be at sundown July 3, as in years past.
“The fireworks show will be 20-25 minutes long,” Millie Lipscomb said.
The best spot is near south Horton Street.
“They can be seen from many spots around the community, but since they are shot from the ball field area behind Fort Scott Community College, prime locations are the fairgrounds, the Nazarene and Community Christian Church parking lots and the college parking lots.”
No personal fireworks can be shot off in those areas, by a City of Fort Scott ordinance.
“We’ve worked with a new pyrotechnics company this year to have higher lift on the fireworks so they can be seen from further away,” she said. “We’ve worked hard to contract a company with local ties that has allowed us to keep the prices achievable, but still it is up about 100% from the past few years. We are fortunate to be able to get the quality we have contracted for.”
Burke Street Parade
The Burke Street Fourth of July Parade is in its 40th year.
The neighborhood of Burke Street has people turn out in patriotic colors and clothing to celebrate the U.S.A. Fourth of July.
Some will be in the parade, some will be sitting in their lawnchairs, enjoying the fun.
“The parade will start at 10 a.m. at 10th and Burke, on the 4th,” Margaret Humphrey, one of the organizers, said. “It started in 1982 by myself, Susan Foster and Jill Gorman.”
“This year John and Carol Hill will host the refreshments, they live on the corner of 10th and Burke,” she said. “We want people to contribute cookies to them. Please donate by July 3.”
“This year we will have some kids that live on Burke Street lead the patriotic songs under the direction of Jill Gorman,” she said.
“Frankie Halsey will be in charge of traffic,” she said. “Barb Albright will be in charge of distributing fliers. I am not aware of other activities.”
Please no big vehicles in the parade.
If there is lightening the event is canceled, she said.
“Children are all over the place,” Humphrey said. “So cars and trucks drive safely.”
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Celebrate American independence with history at the Fort Scott National Historic Site.
Enjoy the sights and sounds and immersion in America’s history while honoring the service men and women who have defended the United States through the growth of the nation.
Fort Scott National Historic Site will host the 35th Division Infantry Band on Wednesday, June 29, beginning at 6:30 pm. The performance will be on the bricks in front of the Post Hospital/Visitor Center. Bring your lawn chair to ensure seating. Saturday through Monday, July 2 through 4, Fort Scott NHS will have artillery demonstrations, tours, programs, and living history activities throughout the day.
Wednesday, June 29
6:30 pm – 35th Division Infantry Band performing a kaleidoscope of pops, classical, and patriotic music.
Saturday, July 2
10:00 pm – Guided Tour of the Fort
11:00 am – Artillery Demonstration
Noon – Historic Yard Games
1:00 pm – Guided Tour of the Fort
2:00 pm – Artillery Demonstration
3:00 pm – Flash Flood: Fort Scott and Westward Expansion Discussion
Sunday, July 3
10:00 pm – Guided Tour of the Fort
11:00 am – Artillery Demonstration
Noon – Tales from the Trail: Santa Fe Trader Presentation
1:00 pm – Guided Tour of the Fort
2:00 pm – Artillery Demonstration
3:00 pm – Independence Day II: Fireworks at High Tide Discussion
Monday, July 4
10:00 pm – Guided Tour of the Fort
11:00 am – Artillery Demonstration
1:00 pm – Guided Tour of the Fort
2:00 pm – Artillery Demonstration
3:00 pm – Amputations and Ambulances: Civil War Medicine Discussion
FSHS All Classes Reunion This Weekend
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Brian Wendling to Perform for Summer Reading on June 28
Magician and juggler Brian Wendling is a Fort Scott favorite, and he drew the largest crowd of any library-sponsored event in the history of Fort Scott Public Library in the summer of 2019. He will perform on June 28 at 10 a.m. in the main auditorium at Memorial Hall.
Brian brings lots of energy and exciting tricks to his performances with the help of young volunteers from his audience. Learn more about Brian’s work at his website: https://www.brianwendling.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 Cherryvale Public Library and Independence Public Library.
FSHS Reunion Back On Track: Starts June 24
The upcoming Fort Scott High School All Class Reunion has been in the making for about three years.
“We have been planning since 2019,” Lori Potter Farmer, FSHS Alumni President said. “The regularly scheduled reunion would have been in 2020, however with (the) COVID (pandemic) we’ve had to bump it back twice.”
“FSHS alumni has the all school reunion every five years on the 5,” she said. “Our next scheduled reunion will be in 2025, barring any problems.”
“The purpose (of the reunion) is to bring as many alumni back to one location, as well as their home town to gather with friends and family,” she said. “The alumni board works really hard to get as many people back as possible and to plan a great weekend for everyone.”
“Seeing those you went to school with most of your childhood is always a great time,” Farmer said. “Memories from the past are shared as well as new memories are made. It’s always fun to drag out the old annuals and look at pictures of classmates as well as teachers from the past.”
Registration starts at 9 a.m. on June 24 at the Fort Scott High School Gym.
Fort Scott Software Business Is Recognized Internationally
Spyder, Inc, local software company, led by CEO, Nedra Barr and Chief Technology Officer Mike Upright was recently recognized by Data Magazine, UK, as one of the “Best Cloud Data Services Startups and Companies” in Kansas. “We are thrilled to be recognized by experts monitoring our space. These experts collect data on companies then rank them by categories, states, etc” said CEO Nedra Barr. “For Spyder to be recognized is amazing and showcases the hard work and efforts we have been putting in over the past 15 months.
The Spyder solution uses IBM Watson and Microsoft Azure to serve the insurance and financial services industries.
Spyder has big plans to assist the Fort Scott/Bourbon County community. Providing good paying jobs with great benefits is something desperately needed in the local community. Spyder’s minimum annual salary is higher than Fort Scott’s median wage. “Good paying jobs with benefits goes along way to help restore this wonderful community back to the glory days of the Western Insurance Companies, where good jobs were plentiful. These efforts will assist community efforts to attract a hospital group which is so important to our local community,” Barr said. “We believe the town is on the upswing. The downtown buildings are looking great, small businesses are plentiful, and the pride in this community is amazing. We think this community is ripe for a company like Spyder. It is truly exciting to be a part of such an important effort for this community.”
In July, Spyder will be raising their funding round to launch into growth mode.
“We have built and tested our basic infrastructure storage product and now ready to begin enhancing and adding larger product features and modules into the product,” she said. “In addition, we will be ready to launch our sales team into enterprise opportunities within large insurance and financial services firms in the next few months” said Upright. “Spyder’s products drive efficiencies within these large organizations saving them time and money. It is important for Spyder to raise this round of funding locally. We want to protect Spyder from being funded then pulled out of Fort Scott as our headquarters. We are building Spyder for our community to benefit from, so protecting the Fort Scott location is important to us.”
Spyder will host a luncheon in late July for interested potential investors to learn more about how Spyder will help the local community and their markets. Interested parties may reach out to Nedra Barr or Mike Upright to be added to the invite list. [email protected], [email protected]
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FSHS Alumni: Parade
The Fort Scott High School Alumni Association will honor two Fort Scottians during the all-class reunion parade. Fred Campbell and Don Miller were selected to be honored.
The parade starts at 5 p.m. on June 24 from the location of 4th and Judson Street to travel the typical parade route EXCEPT in light of past memories – it will be going backwards and will finish up at the high school. Classes will be displaying their class spirit as they travel south on Main Street.
The Alumni Association encourages citizens to line the parade route to welcome the alumni home.
Craig Campbell, Class of 1977, is the Parade Chairman.
M’Axe Throw House Is Open in Fort Scott
A year in the making, the M’Axe Throw House is open as of the first of June 2022.
Similar to darts, axe throwing is a sport in which the competitor throws an axe at a target, attempting to hit as close as possible to a bullseye, according to https://bargames101.com/axe-throwing-101.
A few of the rules are: 1) no one with sandals on may throw and 2) children can throw if under age 18, but parents must be there also.
Mac Stoughton began working on the building storefront that would house his axe throwing sport business in April 2021. It is located at 212 E. First Street, between Scott Avenue and State Streets in Fort Scott, near the downtown area.
“It took me that long because the building was in bad shape,” Stoughton said. By day he works at Stoughton Electric and Heating and Air Conditioning.
“We opened Good Ol’Days Weekend,” Stoughton said. “We offer entertainment and participating in a league.”
For walk in customers, he provides axes to throw.
League players have their own axes, he said.
For walk-in customers, the cost if $25 for 1.5 hours and he also offers knife throwing for $35 for 1.5 hours.
There are four seasons for axe throwing leagues and the first summer league event was on June 13.
“There are eight weeks of game play, then on week eight, we hold a tournament,” he said.
He currently has one employee, Cassandra Hueston.
Stoughton began an interest in axe throwing when looking for something to do, other than baseball, he said.
He found Main Street Axe Corp, in Pittsburg and started playing there in 2019.
“It sparked an interest,” he said. “I went on to enter three national championships. I placed in the top 20, a couple of times. In Tulsa there were 350 in the tournament, from all over the nation.”
U234 Board News Release
NEWS RELEASE
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Members of the USD 234 Board of Education met at 5:30 p.m. on June 21, 2022, for a special board meeting.
President James Wood opened the meeting and budget hearing. There were no comments, and the budget hearing was closed. Board members approved republishing the budget.
The board went into executive session to discuss personnel matters for nonelected personnel and returned to open meeting. Board members approved the following employment items:
A. Resignation of James Harrison, high school paraprofessional, effective at the end of the 2021-22 school year
B. Employment of Michael Freeze as a high school paraprofessional for the 2022-23 school year
C. Employment of Lacey Miles as a 6.5-hour Eugene Ware cook for the 2022-23 school year
D. Employment of Janet Fairbanks as a middle school teacher for the 2022-23 school year
The board adjourned.
City Offices Close At 3 p.m. This Friday
The City of Fort Scott Administration Offices will close at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, June 24th, 2022 due to the Fort Scott High School All School Reunion parade which begins at 5:00 p.m.
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Rock Ballet Recital: See Area Dancers Strut their Stuff
Kristin Lewis Gorman is the owner and director of Rock Ballet, a Fort Scott dance instruction studio.
Her dance instruction recital is at 7:30 p.m. on June 24 and 25 at the Bicknell Family Center for the Arts, on the campus of Pittsburg State University.
Gorman said the dancers are all getting very excited right about now.
She is as well, but last years recital is giving her confidence that this one too, will be a great performance for the dancers.
“Having one recital under my belt, I’m feeling a tiny bit less frantic at this point,” she said.
“Our dress rehearsal is Wednesday, June 22 and the shows will be Friday and Saturday, June 24 and 25 at 7:30 p.m.” she said.
“I would love to get our online- reserved seating- ticket link out there to everyone in Fort Scott because last year so many people told me after the fact that they hated that they didn’t even know about the show,” she said. “My fault totally, I just ran out of time.”
“It is super easy to purchase tickets using the link, as it is all done online through Tutu Tix,” she said.
Click below to purchase tickets for the event:
https://buy.tututix.com/rockballet
Her email is [email protected] and the website is therockballet.com
Her mission: “Building confident, graceful, dynamic dance-athletes from the ground up”
Click Here To Register For Dance Classes
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