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Category Archives: Fort Scott
FS Street Advisory Board Invites Public to Discussion of Brick Streets
Street Advisory Board Meeting
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Discuss the Future of Our Brick Streets
PUBLIC PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND
The Fort Scott Street Advisory Board will meet Tuesday, March 8, 2022, from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. in the City Commission Room at 123 S Main St, Fort Scott, KS 66701.
The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the City’s policy regarding our brick streets.
The issues under consideration include:
- Should exposed brick streets be maintained, repaired, and preserved?
- Should asphalt overlay be removed and underlying brick streets restored where feasible?
- Should the City establish “brick street preservation zones” in which brick is preserved?
(Note-as a consequence, brick streets outside these zones might be overlayed or replaced.)
Please bring your questions, concerns, and suggestions to this meeting. This input will help the Street Advisory Board make recommendations to the City Commission.
Lake Advisory Board Meets Feb. 26
The Lake Fort Scott Advisory Board will meet on Saturday, February 26th, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. at the City Hall Commission meeting room at 123 S. Main Street, Fort Scott, Kansas. This meeting is open to the public.
The meeting will be available on the City’s YouTube channel.
The Prairie Troubadour: A Catholic Gathering This Weekend
The 6th Annual Prairie Troubadour starts tomorrow Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the River Room Event Center, 3 W. Oak.
The event is “to bring Catholics together to enjoy things we enjoy culturally,” Michael Pokorny, a house father at St. Martin’s Academy said. “To help our friends and neighbors understand our faith and how we live it with joy.”
The Prairie Troubadour is named in memoriam of poet, songwriter, and man of the Kansas prairie, Gerald Francis Kerr, the father of St. Martin’s Academy founder, Daniel Kerr.
The theme of this year’s event is Feasts, Fasts, and the Seasons.
Tickets to the event must be purchased before the event and can be ordered on the website: Feasts, Fasts and the Seasons: the Art of Living Liturgically Tickets, Fri, Feb 25, 2022, at 6:30 PM | Eventbrite
Tickets start at $85 for the weekend’s events.
The schedule:
Feb. 25 is registration at 6:30 a.m. followed at 7 p.m. by Baylor University Professor Dr. Michael Foley who will be speaking on “How to Drink Like a Saint.”
8 p.m. Dale Alquist, president of The Chesterton Society, will speak on “Feasting and Surprisingly Fasting with G.K. Chesterton.”
9 p.m. There will be an afterglow session.
Saturday, Feb. 26
9:30 a.m. Daniel Kerr, headmaster/founder of St. Martin’s Academy will welcome guests, followed at 9:45 a.m. by Father Joshua Moore, sub-prior at Clear Creek Abbey, Oklahoma, who will speak on “Fasting: Or Why Officers Eat Last.”
10:45 a.m. Brandon Sheard, owner/operator of Farmstead Meatsmith, Tulsa, OK will speak on “The Virtue of Pig Killing.”
At noon, lunch will be on your own, Luther’s Restuarant, directly under the River Room Event Center, is recommended.
At 1:15 p.m. Dr. John Cuddeback, a professor of philosophy at Christendom College, Front Royal, Virginia will speak on “Animating Your Home with Leisure.”
At 2:15 p.m. Dr. William Fahey, president of Thomas Moore College of Liberal Arts, Merrimac, NH, will speak on “My Little Horse Must Think It Queer and Other Musings on the Natural Order of Liturgical Living.”
There will be a break at 3:15 p.m. and a break-out with vendors.
A question and answer session with the speakers will happen at 4:30 p.m. and the symposium closes at 5:30 p.m.
At 7 p.m. there will be a whiskey and cigar soiree with the speakers and musical entertainment by the St. Martin’s Academy students and others. This event is for VIP Pass Holders only.
FSCC WEAVES MUSICAL MAGIC WITH ‘GODSPELL’
Fifty years after its theatrical debut, the musical “Godspell” returns to the stage at Fort Scott Community College in an exciting, powerful new form next month.
Called “a ‘Godspell’ for the new millennium” by Paul Shaffer, who conducted the Toronto production of the original musical in March 1972, the show was revised in 2012 with gritty new dialogue and edgy new arrangements of the memorable songs.
“This is not the version staged here in 2013,” said Allen Twitchell, FSCC theater instructor, who is directing the musical with the assistance of Dr. Denissa Rivas, FSCC music instructor, and Rachel Dugan, choreographer, of Fort Scott. “Our version is told by a group of homeless young people set amidst the urban decay of a metropolitan city who elect to follow the teachings of a messiah-like figure preaching peace, love and community.”
The musical was conceived and originally directed by John-Michael Tebelak with music and new lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. “Godspell” was originally produced on the New York stage by Edgar Lansbury, Stuart Duncan and Joseph Beruh.
Shows are 7:30 p.m. March 25-26 and 2 p.m. March 27. Admission is $5. FSCC students, faculty and staff are admitted free of charge. Masks are required.
The FSCC cast features: Ray Burch, freshman from St. Louis, as Jesus; Evan Ballinger, freshman from Pleasanton, as Judas; Lexi Ornelas, freshman from Chanute, as Anna Maria; Jacquie Hampton, sophomore from Uniontown, as Celisse; Hyden Wirsig, freshman from Drexel, Mo., as Nick; Sonny Webb, freshman from Tampa, Fla., as Morgan; Colleen Sweat, sophomore from Pleasanton, as Uzo; Robenton Wirsig, freshman from Drexel, Mo., as George; Kiera Threlfall, sophomore from Frontenac, as Telly; Mackenzie Peoples, sophomore from Fort Scott, as Lindsay; Shawn Huffman, freshman from Fort Scott, as Brick; Dray Dickey, freshman from Bronaugh, Mo., as Simon; Paityn Curtis, freshman from LaCygne, as Minnie; Carlee Studyvin, sophomore from Fort Scott, as Rachel; and Joy Nichols, freshman from Moundville, Mo., as Jo.
Meda Hurst, freshman from Fort Scott, is stage manager; Zach Loper, freshman from Girard, supplies the sound; and Dylan Graham, freshman from Tonganoxie, supplies the lights.
“Godspell” is presented through a special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
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FS City Parks Advisory Board Meets Feb. 28
The Parks Advisory Board will meet on Monday, February 28th, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. at City Hall, 123 S. Main Street, Fort Scott, Kansas.
This meeting is open to the public. This meeting will be made available via the City’s you tube channel at City of Fort Scott.
Kiwanis Annual Pancake Feed March 1
The 101st Fort Scott Kiwanis Pancake Feed is March 1 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and then again from 4-6:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, Third, and National Avenue.
It is a pick-up meal, with cars asked to come in from Fourth Street to the driveway in front of the church.
The cost is $5 per person with children under five free.
The club members will deliver to groups with 10 meals or more orders.
Call 620.224-9067 for the delivery service.
The meal includes two pancakes with butter and syrup and a sausage patty.
Kiwanis International is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time, according to information from John Crain, President.
“The club has 25 members, and we would love to have more,” he said.
The group meets on Tuesdays at noon for lunch at First Presbyterian Church, 308 S. Crawford, Fort Scott.
Crain listed some of the Kiwanis projects last year:
They
- Repaired and applied deck stain to picnic tables in Gunn Park, and the bridge on its first lake
- Decorated a shelter house for Christmas in the Park
- Trimmed low hanging trees for the school bus passage
- Helped with the Downtown Clean Sweep
- Will be planting trees across town this spring
Some of the organizations and activities they have donated to last year:
- CASA
- Beacon
- Sponsor students to Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar
- Sponsor students to Boy’s State
- Fort Scott Leadership
- $4,000 for high school scholarships
- Fort Scott Middle School Project Art
- Hedgehog Inc Book Project
- USD-234 In-Need Fund for all schools
- USD-234 Grade School Reading Projects
- Fort Scott High School Cheer
- FSHS Save our Seniors
- FSHS After Prom
- Wreaths Across America
Chamber Coffee hosted by Hare & Crow Feb. 24
The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce invites members and guests to the Chamber Coffee this Thursday, February 24th at 8am.
This week’s coffee will be hosted by Hare & Crow located in the Downtown Historic District at 118 S. Main St.
Coffee and light refreshments will be served.
Hare & Crow is an old-school barbershop & mercantile in downtown Fort Scott. They offer a full range of haircuts, styling, beard trims, straight razor shaves, grooming products, men’s accessories, and local goods. They look forward to getting to know everyone in Fort Scott and learning how they can serve our community.
Any member business or organization wanting to host Chamber Coffee in 2022 is encouraged to contact the Chamber to save a date by calling 620-223-3566 or emailing [email protected].
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Soup Lunch Drive-Through on March 18
The First United Methodist Church, 301 S. National, will host a drive-through soup lunch on Friday, March 18.
This is a to go meal that can be picked up under the covered entrance off of National Avenue.
Serving times will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
A variety of soups including potato, vegetable beef, and chili will be served along with a dessert for a free-will offering.
The soup lunch is sponsored by the Mission Committee at First United Methodist Church.
Submitted by:
Marla Gorman
Administrative Assistant
First United Methodist Church
Perry’s Pork Rinds $2 Off
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FSHS Talking Tigers Take 2nd Place
On February 18 & 19, Fort Scott High School Talking Tigers competed at Field Kindley Forensics Invitational.
As a team, FSHS placed 2nd in sweepstakes!
In Congress Novice House Joy Self placed 1st and Jase Anderson placed 2nd!
In Congress Varsity House Kinsley Davis placed 5th.
On Saturday in interprertation and speech events the following students placed:
Prose: Kinsley Davis – 2nd (state qualifier)
Poetry: Anna Laubenstein – 6th
HI: Joy Self – 1st, Caroline Barnes – 2nd (BOTH state qualify)
DUO: Joy Self and Caroline Barnes -1st ( state qualify)
Informative: Thade Yates – 6th
POI: Kinsley Davis – 4th, Lillian Collins – 5th
US Extemp: Thade Yates – 2nd (state qualifier)
Foreign Extemp: Joy Self – 3rd
Impromptu: Kinsley Davis – 5th, Lillian Collins – 6th
GO TIGERS!!