Local business, My1Stop, is an online print company that makes promotional items for other businesses.

The business creates plastic cards, key tags, forms, envelopes, shipping labels, gift card carriers, medical ID forms and wristbands, industrial labels, among other items.

“We started in 2005 when we saw the need to sell print online and also to sell nationally and internationally,” according to Tina Wilson, who works inside sales and customer service.

“We want to make businesses in Fort Scott grow,” she said.

The business has been family owned and operated all those years.

“In 2020, we decided we needed to be involved more in the community,” Wilson said.

The staff: Kevins Collins, national sales; Rozemma Perry, inside sales; Wilson, and Brice Leonard, sales representative, are taking part in the community through involvement in the  Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce, Young Professional League,  mentoring and local youth and church organizations. Other staff are marketing, graphic design and accounting.

They recently hosted a Chamber Coffee to tell their story.

To contact, call 1.800.MY1STOP.

They are located at 3200 Liberty Bell Road, Suite 300.

The hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CST.

Orders can be placed online 24 hours a day online.

http://www.my1stop.com/

Attorney Andrew Bolton moved his office to a downtown location in November 2019.

He specializes in family law.

“Divorce, custody, adoptions,” Bolton said. “I also do estate planning and other help.  A general practice, like small-town lawyers do.”

Bolton said he enjoys helping people and the profession allows him to do that. He often works with people at a low point in their life.

” It’s nice that in a small town I usually know the person,” he said.

He can be reached at 620-644-9210.

Bolton said he is usually at his Fort Scott office on Thursdays and Fridays.

Bolton graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1999,  went to Pittsburg  State University and then earned his law degree from Notre Dame University in 2006. He worked for with a firm in Lawrence until 2012 when he started his own firm.

In 2015 he opened an office in Fort Scott and Louisburg, and just recently moved his office downtown, 14 S. Main.

Jessica Allison, a professional counselor, has started a  new service in the community, at Compass Counseling Services, Inc.

This service is domestic mediation.

“This is an alternative to court action for people seeking resolution in parenting/custody disputes,” Allison said.

“I am a Certified Domestic Mediator in the State of Kansas,” she said. “This certification is through the Kansas Supreme Court.”

She also provides individual counseling, couple’s counseling, anger assessments, and substance abuse assessments.

“I have lived in Bourbon County for over 40 years,” Allison said.

Allison earned a master’s degree in community counseling from Pittsburg State University in 2008.

“I have been licensed since 2011 and have been operating a part-time private practice since 2013,” she said.

She is a Kansas Licensed Clinician Professional Counselor,  and Kansas Licensed Clinical Addictions Counselor.

The address of her counseling practice is 120 South National Avenue Suite 203B (2^nd Floor of the Post Office Building).

Allison can be contacted at 620-223-1555  or email:

[email protected] or website:

www.ccskansas.com

In the community, Allison is a member of Post #25 American Legion of Fort Scott, and is also the director of the Post #25 American Legion Riders.

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Another business has moved uptown.

Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial employees rented an office space at 14 S. Main in December 2019.

“It’s a better location,”  Scott Gander, managing partner for the business said. “It’s more exposure.”

“The business helps people with all financial planning,” Gander said. “Anything with protecting money and making money grow.”

“Scott and I both feel the best part of our job is helping families and their loved ones achieve their financial security through all stages of their lives,” Jolynne Mitchell, financial representative, said.

“The fraternal side is giving back to the community,” Gander said.

“We do $2,500 in matching funds every year, and
$1,000 in three service projects each year,” she said. “We plant trees, do Hometown Hero and provide educational events for our members.”

“As a Premier Chapter, we are awarded additional funds to participate in additional activities in the community to show our Modern Woodmen support,” she said.

Business hours are 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Phone: 620-223-3000 for more information.