Category Archives: Fort Scott

Bourbon County, Entertainment, Fort Scott

Watch Fun in the Mud April 23-24 at Bo Co Fairgrounds

Leave a comment
Mike Hayden and son.
Submitted photo.

A Fort Scott 4×4 Mud Run to benefit a local recreation center is coming to town on April 23-24 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.

Spectator’s cost is $5 person, or $10 for carload (6 and under free).

Participating Mud Run entries are $20.

All proceeds are being donated to the Fort Scott Recreation Center, according to the event organizer Michael Hayden.

“We really appreciate him doing this, the additional funds really help out,” Tom Robertson, director of Fort Scott Recreation Center, said. “This assistance will help with scholarships for kids and families that can’t afford to sign up for a program such as baseball, swim lessons or cooking class, anything with a fee attached.”

Bourbon County was chosen to have the event because leadership was welcoming, Hayden said.

“We wanted to have a mud run somewhere in the southeastern Kansas area to give our members a larger event to attend in a part of the state that is often overlooked for bigger cities,” said Hayden. “After contacting a few different counties, the leaders in Bourbon County and the City of Fort Scott seemed most open and welcoming to the idea.”

Submitted photo.

The event will be at the Bourbon County Fairgrounds, located on South Horton in Fort Scott, just across from the community college.

 

“Mud Runs involve a mud pit dug to a specific depth and length in which a vehicle attempts to power through and reach the other side in the shortest time possible,” Hayden said. “Heavy equipment is standing by to pull out those that get stuck before reaching the end.”

There are typically several different classes of vehicles to keep competition fair, he said.

“We will have two different mud pit depths and three different classes, based on tire size,” Hayden said. “The vehicles need to be registered and street legal, with the exceptions of a few minor modifications. The intent is to allow the average person to be able to come out and have fun! We we have trophies and door prizes in all classes.”

The mud run is organized by the Kansas Ram Club.

“Our major sponsors are Ron’s Tire and Service in Fort Scott, Simon’s Dirt Work in Fort Scott and Buddy’s Home Furnishings in Pittsburg,” he said.

“Also, we have added an additional exhibition night for Friday night at 6 P.M. in which the Kansas Gambler 500 vehicles are going to be coming through the mud pit as part of their annual cruise,” Hayden said. “They plan to have somewhere around 100 eccentric vehicles and should be an exciting time!”

Entertainment, Fort Scott

Easter Egg Hunt This Saturday April 9 at 11 a.m.

Leave a comment
The Easter bunny, in 2018 portrayed by Carmen Flater, gets a little help before appearing to the children from her husband, Scott.

The Kiwanis Club Easter Egg Hunt has been going on for about 50 years, John Crain, president, said.

The tradition continues when the Kiwanians will be in Gunn Park this Saturday, April 9 distributing the eggs and getting the hunt areas set up before the hunters are released to search for their eggs.

The hunt starts at 11 a.m. sharp, on that day, and at11:05 a.m., “It’s all over,” chuckled Bob Eckles, who is the chairman of the annual hunt.

The Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt in 2018.

“We hope everybody brings their kids and enjoys the morning,” Crain said.

Each child needs to bring their own basket to collect the eggs, which will have coupons from area businesses or candy in them.

Preschool children should go to the area below #2 Shelter House, kindergarten through second grade children will meet south of the #2 Shelter House and third, fourth and fifth grade children will meet on the north side of the entrance road to the park, Crain said.

Parking is by #1, #2 and #3 Shelter houses.

The Easter Bunny will be there and photos can be taken with the bunny by parents, Eckles said.

Fort Scott High School Key Club and the Mud Turtle Softball Team helped stuff the eggs with coupons and candy, Eckles said.

Some Key Club students will help the morning of the hunt as well, he said.

The annual event is funded by donations from the community that includes cash from Diehl, Banwart and Bolton CPA, R & R Equipment, Heidrick’s Hardware, Big Sugar Lumber, Don’s Spirits, Iron Star Antiques and Such, Merle Humphrey Insurance and Photography,  Max’s Way Station.

Coupons for the eggs are provided by the following businesses:

Fort Cinema, Marsha’s Deli, Leanna’s Flowers, Nu Grille, McDonald’s Restaurant, Dairy Queen, Papa Don’s Restaurant, Bids and Dibs Resale Shop, and HedgehogInk Bookstore.

Bourbon County, Church news, Fort Scott

Testimony of God’s Deliverance From Drug Addiction

Leave a comment

Fort Scott Aglow Lighthouse welcomes Benton Cavaness who will share his story. After a 20 year drug addiction, Benton is free! “God miraculously gave me complete victory over addiction and I have experienced more miracles and blessings in the last year than most people ever get to witness!”

Benton is from Thayer, KS. His interests now are God, church, family, farming, cattle, horses and staying free!

Guests welcome Thursday, April 7th at 6:30 pm.

We will gather in the conference room of Fort Scott Inn, 101 State Street.

Aglow International is an interdenominational ministry for women and men. The goal is: Every Nation touched, every heart changed.

Art, Entertainment, Fort Scott

Museum of Creativity Spring Happenings

Leave a comment
Beaux Art Center

 

Submitted photo, 2020. From top left to right:Theodore, Lawrence, Vivian, Adelaide, Marshall, Johnathan, Lorina, and Harriet Bowman

The Bowman family purchased the building at 102 S. National Avenue in March 2020.

They have been slowly building it into The Museum of Creativity, which is a children’s play place, a gift shop, a snack bar, a party rental space and a place to display many exhibits.

They provide a family safe environment to have fun, learn new skills, discover talents and develop hobbies for all ages, according to Lorina Bowman.

“It is the perfect mix of interactive and display exhibits for all generations to enjoy,” according to Bowman. “We hope to grow our support and continue to provide workshops, clubs and events to enrich our community.”

They have a fund raiser planned for next month to provide funds to make the building handicapped accessible.

The museum has updated spring hours of
Friday 9 a.m. – 10 p.m. and Saturday from 10 .am. to 4 p.m.
The following are some upcoming events offered:
The LEGO CLUB is every Thursday and costs $2/person.
13+ years of age meets from 4 pm-6 pm
7-12 years of age meets from 4:30-5:30 p.m.
The LADIES CRAFT NIGHT is also every Thursday from 6-8 p.m
On the 1st Thursday of the month, bring your own project to show off, work on or get help with, the cost is $2 per person.
On the 2nd Thursday of the month, there is a card making workshop, the cost is $5 per person.
On the 3rd Thursday of the month is needle craft night (knitting, crocheting, embroidery, etc) –  $2/person
4th Thursday, there will be special workshops – $5/person
More information is on their Facebook page. (Click the “Events” tab and make sure to click “see more” to view them all.) Or message them on Facebook with any questions.
The museum is having Easter activities for children.
On April 9, the Easter activity from 10 am – 4 pm, with a cost of $3/person.  There will be crafts, games and “fun”, she  said.
Register for one of their Easter egg hunts held at 11 am – 1 pm – 3 pm for $5/dozen filled eggs.
On May 6-7, the museum will have an indoor yard sale/bake sale during the regular hours.
The museum is accepting donations of gently used items to add to the sale. Contact Angela Handly at 785-204-2881 or Lorina Bowman at209-204-9743 to arrange drop off or pick up.
“ALL proceeds from the yard sale and quilt auction will go toward getting our building handicapped accessible,” she said. “After a little research on pricing of the ramp and chair lift and the construction changes needed to install both, we have a goal of raising $15,000.”
“Any donation helps,” Bowman said. “Whether it is money, time, used items for the yard sale, or items for the auction, we appreciate your support so much! We want to continue improving our guest’s experience at the museum.”
On May 7, there will be a quilt auction at 1 p.m.
Quilts will be on display and open for silent bids during the museum’s open hours Friday and Saturday.
The silent auction will end at 2:30 p.m. when the live auction begins. “We will be on Facebook Live too, so you can bid that way as well,” Lorina said.
“We are accepting donations of prizes, finished quilts or finished quilt tops until April 30th but the sooner the better so we can post them to draw more attention to the event,” she said.
Entertainment, Fort Scott

Day Trip to K-State for Gordon Parks Exhibit April 13

Leave a comment
One-Day Shuttle Trip
to the Gordon Parks: “Homeward to the Prairie I Come” & Doug Barrett: Find Your Voice Exhibition
Join us for a one-day shuttle trip to the Parks exhibition, in the Marion Pelton Gallery at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art featuring photographs donated by Parks to Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, in 1973. Also view the ”Doug Barrett: Find Your Voice,” Exhibition.
Deadline to register is April 12th
Thank you to all of our Chamber Champions listed below.
Business, Fort Scott, Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce

Chamber Announces Find the Golden Egg Shopping Event

Leave a comment

 

 

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce announces a Golden Egg shopping event which will take place on Saturday, April 16th.  Most stores in the Downtown Historic District and several additional locations will be participating in the hunt!

 

Customers are invited to shop local retailers to search for the hidden gold eggs. The golden eggs will contain coupons, promotions, Chamber Bucks, and more! Participating retailers include Angie Dawn’s Boutique, Bids & Dibs, Hedgehog. Ink! Bookstore, Iron Star, Laree + Co., Main Street Gallery and Gifts, Mayco Ace, Museum of Creativity, Sunshine Boutique, Treasure Hunt Flea Market, Varia Quality Resale Clothing, Sekan’s Occasion Shop, and Shirt Shack!

 

The Chamber encourages the community to join the hunt on Saturday, April 16th. Get ‘egg-cited’ to shop local!

Contact the Chamber for more information at 620-223-3566.

Fort Scott, Government

Updated Agenda For FS City Commission This Evening

Leave a comment

NOTICE OF AND AGENDA FOR
MEETING OF
FORT SCOTT CITY COMMISSION
CITY HALL  

CITY COMMISSION MEETING ROOM

123 SOUTH MAIN STREET
APRIL 5, 2022
6:00 P.M.

 

Call to Order

  1. Roll Call:
  2. Jones T. Van Hoecke      S. Walker      M. Wells        K. Allen
  3.      Flag Salute:
  • Invocation: Led by:   Pastor Brian Rhoades, Grace Baptist Tabernacle

 

  1. Consent Agenda:
  2. Approval of minutes of the regular meeting of March 15th, 2022, special meetings of March 16th, 2022, and March 28th, 2022.

 

  1. Approval of Appropriation Ordinance 1309-A totaling $539,731.85.

 

  1. Request to Pay – Agricultural Engineering Associates – $8,092.91 – Lake Lot Surveys

 

  1. Request to Pay – K & G Striping, Inc. – $4,249.92

 

  1. Request to Pay – Nuss & Farmer, P.A. – February Invoice – $1,470.00

 

  1. Request to Pay #1 – Mid-Continental Restoration Co., Inc. (Hammon’s) – Urgent Need Grant – $57,329.08

 

  1. Request to Pay #1 – Mid-Continental Restoration Co., Inc. (Sharky’s) – Urgent Need Grant – $32,967.12

 

  1. Request to Pay #2 – Mid-Continental Restoration Co., Inc. (Hammon’s) – Urgent Need Grant – $91,651.71

 

  1. Request to Pay #2 – Mid-Continental Restoration Co., Inc. (Sharky’s) – Urgent Need Grant – $72,143.77

 

  1. Request to Pay – Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission – Administration Services – Urgent Need Grant – $5,000.00

 

 

  1. Public Comment:

(Sign up required.  Comments on any topic not on agenda and limited to five (5) minutes per person, at Commission discretion)

 

  1. Old Business: None

 

  • Appearances:

 

Shaun O’Brien – Requests for closure of streets for Good Ol’ Days event:

 

Old Fort Blvd. from Wall Street to National Avenue

Main Street from Skubitz Plaza to Third Street – Close Friday at 1 p.m.

Wall Street from National to Scott

First Street from National to Scott Street

Second Street from National to Scott Street

Use of Memorial Hall:

Baby Contest on Saturday morning

Blane Howard Concert – Saturday night (Possible Friday night concert also)

Heritage Park at corner of First and Main

Parking lot behind Heritage Park

Parking lot at corner of Third and Main

Parking lot at Second and Scott

Parking lot at Wall and Scott

Parking lot at Wall and alley between Main and Scott

Parking lot between Memorial Hall and the Library

Parking lot between National and Block House (Carnival will begin setting up here on Tuesday, June 2nd)

Parking lot between Old Fort Blvd. and H & H Realty Agency (Carnival will begin setting up here on Friday morning)

Old Fort Blvd – South side from National to alley (Carnival will begin           setting up here on Friday morning)

Skubitz Plaza – (No special set up for event this year, but need Old Fort Blvd closed when tents go up Wednesday on east bound from Main.  All closed Thursday and Friday.

 

Millie Lipscomb – Elks Fireworks Donation Request

 

Bailey Lyons & Craig Campbell – Downtown Cleanup Project

 

  • Public Hearing: None

 

  1. New Business:

 

  1. Consideration of Franchise Agreement Ordinance No. 3605 for Verizon Wireless
  2. Consideration of Amendment No. 1 for Agreement for Consulting Services for Fort Scott Municipal Airport
  3. Consideration of Bid – Airport Taxiway Rehabilitation Project
  4. Consideration of Bids – Cape Seal Project 2022
  5. Consideration of Ordinance No. 3606 – Increase in camping fees – Gunn Park
  6. Consideration of Ordinance No. 3607 – Increase in shelter rental fees – Gunn Park

 

  1.     Lake Advisory Board Comments:

 

 

  1.    Reports and Comments:
  2. City Manager Comments:

Bird Scooter – Memorandum of Understanding Extension

Dude Solutions Contract

City of Fort Scott Updated Meter Pricing

Demolition Contract

 

  1. Commissioners Reports and Comments:
  2.   City Attorney Reports and Comments:

XII.         Executive Session – If requested, (please follow script in all motions for   Executive Sessions)

XIII.         Adjournment:

 

Bourbon County, Fort Scott, Fort Scott National Historic Site, History

Experience the Excitement of Life at Fort Scott During the Civil War

Leave a comment

 

Without Needing to Enlist!

 

Fort Scott Kan. – Fort Scott National Historic Site is hosting its 39th Annual Civil War Encampment, April 23 and 24, 2022.  Join us for cooking on the open fire, experience artillery and infantry troops preparing for battle, smell bread baking, participate in discussions about troop and refugee support, step back in times while playing period games, and try writing with quills and ink! This event is a well-loved tradition that is back and better than ever!

 

Acting superintendent Carl Brenner welcomes the community to the Fort to experience life as it really was. “We are grateful to have the generous support and participation from the Holms Brigade, Wichita Boy Scout Troop 704, Friends of Fort Scott, Inc., and plenty of new and old Fort Scott National Historic Site volunteers alike,” said Acting Superintendent Carl Brenner. “We encourage everyone to step back in time and smell, hear, see, and experience life at the fort.”

 

Park volunteers and staff will be leading a variety of programs. Both days will consist of several artillery and infantry demonstrations and tours of the fort. Saturday: join the discussion around the importance of the Lunette Blair Block House (adjacent to the park on Skubitz Plaza),  find out about the lives of women during the Civil War period with the Ladies Union Aid, a cooking demonstration outside our mess hall and baking bread in the bakery. Sunday: begin the day aa authentic 1840s church service, play authentic lawn games, and participate in a discussion about being a Civil War refugee. The day is full of fun and games for the whole family straight from the 1800’s!

 

Encampment Schedule:

 

SATURDAY, APRIL 23

Interpreters will be at the firing range with historic weapons, and in the bakehouse doing demonstrations throughout the day

  • 9 a.m.               Raising the Colors with the Boy Scout troop 704 of Wichita, KS
  • 10 a.m.             Artillery Drill and Weapons Demonstration
  • 10-11 a.m.        Calvary Discussion
  • 10-11 a.m.        Guided Tour of the Fort
  • 11-12 p.m.        19th Century Writing
  • 11 a.m.             Infantry Drill and Weapons Demonstration
  • 11:30-1:30 p.m.    Cooking Demonstration
  • Noon                Artillery Drill and Weapons Demonstration
  • 12:30 p.m.        Infantry Drill and Weapons Demonstration
  • 1 p.m.               Guided Tour of the Fort
  • 1:30-2 p.m.       Lunette Blair Block House Program
  • 2 p.m.               Artillery Drill and Weapons Demonstration
  • 2:30-3:30 p.m.  Ladies Union Aid Demonstrations and Dialogue
  • 3 p.m.               Infantry Drill and Weapons Demonstration
  • 4 p.m.               Flag Retreat with Troop 704

 

SUNDAY, APRIL 24

Interpreters will be at the firing range with historic weapons throughout the day

  • 9 a.m.               Raising the Colors
  • 10 a.m.             Historic Church Service
  • 11 a.m.             Infantry Dress Parade, Drill, and Weapons Demonstration
  • 11-2 p.m.          Historic Lawn games
  • 11:30-12:30 p.m.      Cavalry Discussion
  • Noon                Artillery Drill and Weapons Demonstration
  • 1 p.m.               Guided Tour of the Fort
  • 2-2:30 p.m.       Life as a Refugee Dialogue
  • 2:30 p.m.          Infantry Drill and Weapons Demonstration
  • 3 p.m.               Lunette Blair Block House Program
  • 3:30 p.m.          Artillery Drill and Weapons Demonstration

 

You are always welcome to wear a mask, and please remember to keep safe distances, wash your hands, and have fun!

 

From April 1-October 31, Fort Scott National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park Service, will be open for its summer hours of operation.  The site exhibit areas and visitor center are open daily from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Park grounds are open daily from a half hour before sunrise until a half hour after sunset. To find out more or become involved in activities at the Fort, please contact the park at 620-223-0310 or visit our website at www.nps.gov/fosc.

 

-NPS-

 

Credit Photo as: NPS Photos

 

Business, Fort Scott

Poetry Contest and More Offered at HedgehogINK!

Leave a comment

 HedgehogINK, a used bookstore at 16 S. Main, is sponsoring a poetry contest  for all ages in April.Poetry Contest 2022

There is a two poem limit for entry with the theme of “What Inspires YOU?”, which must be submitted by April 30.

The application and guidelines are below.

Poetry Contest 2022

 

 Name:

Check age group:    _____Under 12 _____13-20     _____  Adult 21-55   _____ Seniors 55+

Address:

Phone:                              Email:

Title of each Poem: (Remember, each poem needs to be on a separate page. Limit 2 poems per entry. – list titles here)

Entry:         $5 entry fee. An entry may include up to 2 poems. One entry per person.  Entry forms are available at the store or email Jan at [email protected] for an entry form.

Deadline:      All entries must be delivered, emailed to [email protected] or mailed to Hedgehog.INK! 16 S. Main, Fort Scott, KS 66701 by 5:00 p.m. on April 30, 2022.

Theme:         The theme for this year’s contest is, “What inspires you?”

Guidelines:

  • Entries need to be typewritten if at all possible. (Neat hand-written manuscripts will be accepted.)
  • Each poem should include a title and be submitted on a separate page. No other information should be included. A number will be assigned to each participant at the time of submission.
  • Remember, do not include your name on your submitted poem.

 Two winners in each age group will be posted during the first week of May.  A celebration of poetry will be held at a later date.

Contact info:

620-670-2752,   16 S. Main Fort Scott, KS 66701                  [email protected]                                                 

A Community of Books for the Community