Category Archives: Fort Scott
Audit of City of Fort Scott: Future Savings
Last week the City of Fort Scott announced a city-wide infrastructure project to look at energy savings, growth in facilities, building, parks, and downtown redevelopment, through a multi-national company called Schneider Electric.
FortScott.Biz contacted the company to get a clearer view of the project.
“Schneider Electric’s team of engineers and construction experts audited every facility, park, and infrastructure owned or operated by the City of Fort Scott, “Brian Puffer, Regional Marketing Manager of
Energy and Sustainability Services for Schneider Electric said.
Puffer’s office is in Franklin, TN but the headquarters are located near Paris, France.
Reducing energy consumption and future operation and capital burdens
“The goal was to identify opportunities to help reduce energy, operational and future capital burdens facing the city,” he said. “Our team worked with city administration to focus the scope of the project on those items that create the biggest impact and will be funded through the reduction of energy and operational expenses.”
The following facilities will be impacted:
- Airport
- Aquatic Center
- Buck Run Community Center
- City Hall
- Davis Life Station
- Animal Shelter
- Fire Station #2
- Golf Course
- Gunn Park
- LaRoche Stadium
- Memorial Hall
- Public Safety (Fire/Police)
- Public Works
- Water Distribution
- Water Production Plant
- Wastewater Treatment
“Our team creates detailed energy models based on the current equipment and operational parameters of each facility,” Puffer said. “This allows us to determine what changes and impact a specific scope item (lights, HVAC, envelope, etc.) will have across a specific building or the entire city as a whole.”
Creating New Revenue
“The goal is to take what was generally viewed as an expense in energy and maintenance costs and redirect those dollars into capital investments,” he said. “So, when referring to a new revenue stream, we are really tapping into what is lost to a utility from an operational expense and reinvesting those dollars into a capital need.”
For the original Schneider Electric press release, click below:
City-Wide Infrastructure Project Begins
History Comes Alive at The Fort
Our history is a part of our culture.
And one of the gems of Fort Scott is the national historic site at the end of Main Street that tells of the beginning of the city as an army outpost.
This weekend the 38th Fort Scott National Historic Site’s Candlelight Tour will help participants understand the life of military life in the 1840s.
Tours start at dusk Friday and Saturday night Dec. 6 and 7 and last approximately 45 minutes. Tickets must be purchased prior to the tour.
Call the Fort at 620-223-0310 (with a major credit card) or stop by the Visitor Center on Old Fort Blvd.
Participants are advised to please dress for the weather and the terrain, as they will be outside and on sidewalks.
“It’s a way to share and celebrate the holiday with the community,” Carl Brenner, Cheif of Interpretation and Resource Management said.
“The public (tour-goers) will be a dragoon soldier and get an enlistment card, each will be a different soldier,” Brenner told the weekly Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce Coffee attendees Thursday morning.
“The persona of each soldier will be giving tours of each scene,” he said.
There are six different scenes.
Approximately 100 volunteers help with the annual Candlelight Tour, Brenner said.
Every year the tour is different.
“We want people to learn and have new experiences telling different stories,” Brenner said.
The Fort Scott High School Drama Department will be a part of the storytelling.
“They do such a great job, we wanted to get them involved,” he said. “They will be showing a scene of what payday was like (for a dragoon.)”
Fort Scott High School Drama Teacher Angie Bin’s advanced theatre students, in their third or fourth year of taking drama class, were given guidelines and information from the FSNHS to guide them in writing a scene that takes place in the 1840s on a payday.
“I had two classes that each wrote a script and then Barak Geertsen, at the fort, consolidated the two scripts into one final draft. We have five students who are acting in that scene. We also have a student acting as a sergeant in another scene.”
Many other students will act as tour followers during the tour, she said.
Most of the tours are filled so an 8:30 p.m. tour was added.
The cost of the tour is $8 for those 6 years of age and up.
“We are asking that people show up 10 minutes early to find a parking spot and make their way to the visitors center, Brenner said.
The Friends of FSNHS will provide refreshments at the end of the tour, one of their many supportive rolls for the fort.
Christmas In the Park Dec. 7
Christmas In The Park will take place on December 7th from 5 – 8 p.m. at Gunn Park.
The event is for families and is free.
For more info on the activities click here:
Christmas in the Park Dec. 7: Family Fun For Free
Fellowship and Fun for Missions Fundraiser Dec. 8
Christian summer camps have impacted several local youths to serve on mission trips.
“Some of these students are from the Fort Scott Church of the Nazarene and some from Community Christian Church partnering together,” Tonya Cliffman, mom to one of the students, said. “The same group that traveled together for Denver Christ In Youth, last summer.”
The youth will be having a combined fundraiser for their mission trips Sunday, Dec. 8 at Community Christian Church.
The meal begins on Sunday at noon and there will be a pie auction at 12:45 p.m., followed by bingo at 1 pm.
Bingo cards can be purchased for $10 and this packet will cover all of the games played.
“This group, while hosting individual fundraisers, have teamed together for the fundraising event planned for December 8th at Community Christian Church,” Tonya Cliffman said. “The travelers are hosting ‘Missions Meal’. A meal of baked potato and soup for a free-will donation.”
” Some of these soups will be provided by the Ladle Wars competition—a competition of local people interested in entering the contest of whom has the best crock pot of soup…. the winner will receive a Golden Ladle,” Tonya Cliffman said.
“This will be a day of food, fellowship, and fun,” Tonya Cliffman said.
The students have been fundraising individually as well.
“Each student is actively fundraising for their trip in various ways, selling salsa, pies, M & M’s, blankets, dog treats and more,” Tonya Cliffman said. “Each student has an adult chaperone partnering with them for these trips.”
One of the students, Bailey Cliffman, has also started a local compassion ministry.
“This young lady that goes to my church is making backpacks for children in foster care,” Malinda Bailey said. ” I think it’s pretty amazing.”
“Last summer Bailey attended CIY in Denver, where the idea of B Bags formed (her local compassion ministry),” Tonya Cliffman said.
Dec. 13 Friday Night Free Concert: Pioneer Sunflower Strings
On Friday night, December 13th, the Pioneer Sunflower String group will be performing at the Common Ground Coffee Shop. This is part of the Chamber of Commerce Friday evening concert series. The ladies will be performing Christmas music for the crowd.
The group consists of seven women who are lucky enough to practice weekly at this coffee shop.
The group includes Marilyn Adcock, Sandy Hemphill, Joyce Love, Diane Spencer, and Jean Strader, who are all from Fort Scott. Other members of the group are Cherry Nelson, from Columbus, KS., and Charlena Burns, from Mound City, KS. There are four dulcimer players, one fiddler, one autoharp, and a guitar in the ensemble.
Come out to the coffee shop at 7:00 on Friday, December 13th, to hear Christmas carols played by this group. You will enjoy the Christmas music with a touch of mountain dulcimers.
Ribbon Cutting for Legweak Properties Dec. 11
AFTER-HOURS AND RIBBON CUTTING EVENT CELEBRATING LEGWEAK PROPERTIES, LLC
The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce an After-hours and Ribbon Cutting event celebrating the new professional business space leased by Legweak Properties, LLC. Jeff and Jamie Armstrong purchased the property at 1711-1715 S. National Ave. late 2018 and have converted the building into six beautifully renovated offices.
Chamber members and guests are invited to 1713 S. National Ave. Suite C on Wednesday, December 11th from 5:15 to 6:30pm for libations, light appetizers, drawings and great networking. There will be a $2 admission for a Chamber half-and-half drawing. The remarks, ribbon cutting and drawings will take place at 5:45pm.
The offices are in a prime location at 18th St. and National Ave. and there are three units still available for lease.
Contact the Chamber at 620-223-3566 for more information or visit the events calendar on fortscott.com to RSVP.
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Christmas Dinner Theater Dec. 14
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Tiger Baseball Fundraiser: Hats For Sale
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City-Wide Infrastructure Project Begins
Fort Scott Begins Infrastructure Revitalization Project
Working with global energy leader, Schneider Electric, improvements will help the city sustain growth and economic development.
Fort Scott is excited to announce a city-wide infrastructure project with Schneider Electric, that will drive economic development and enhance city buildings. Through this project, Schneider Electric has helped identify energy savings measures and growth within the city’s wastewater and water treatment facilities, buildings, parks and downtown redevelopment that will exceed $52,000 a year for the next 20 years. With a goal of anticipating and mitigating future needs, this strategic initiative also plans to reduce annual operating and maintenance costs by an additional $25,000 and create new revenue streams through improved city services and infrastructure. Over the next 20 years, The city of Fort Scott can expect at least $2.1 million in savings, which will completely offset the cost of the $1.5 million project.
By adopting new technology and replacing existing equipment, Fort Scott will be providing enhanced city services and upgraded facilities through an innovative design-build construction model. The impact of reinvesting energy and operational dollars back into capital needs of the city, provides an opportunity to leverage current capital dollars in other areas of need. Additionally, the targeted improvements in this initial phase will greatly improve the overall environments for city staff and visitors to the City of Fort Scott’s municipal facilities.
For more information on Schneider Electric, please visit www.enable.schneider-electric.com.
About Schneider Electric
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CHCSEK Health Care Update From Krista Postai
Since taking over operations of the medical clinic from Mercy Hospital earlier this year, the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas has been working to add more doctors’ services.
Added Doctors
The following doctors have recently been added or added more days available in the Fort Scott clinic.
Dr. Alicia Pino, D. O. is a board-certified pediatrician and holds medical privileges from Ascension Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg.
Dr. Holly Gault, M.D. is a board-certified family physician with obstetrics and has medical privileges at Ascension Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg.
“They aren’t really new,” Krista Postai, CEO and president of CHCSEK said of the two doctors. “Dr. Gault, a family physician, has been with us for more than three years in Pittsburg and lives near Arcadia so is actually closer to Ft. Scott. She has been seeing patients there one day a week and is increasing to two.”
“Dr. Pino joined us this summer; she is a board-certified pediatrician and is currently seeing patients one day a week in Fort Scott. She also sees newborns at Via Christi Ascension and patients in Pittsburg three days a week.”
“We thought it would be more convenient for those Bourbon County women delivering in Pittsburg to have both these doctors more available for follow up visits,” she said.
Dr. Grant Hartman, a Fort Scott Chiropractor officially joins CHCSEK this month and, beginning in January, will provide chiropractic services at their clinics in both Pittsburg and Fort Scott, Postai said.
Dr. Bashar Marji is the latest addition of specialists added, Postai said. Marji is a cardiology specialist who will come to Fort Scott one Friday each month.
The following are the specialists currently in Fort Scott, with their frequency:
- Cardiology – Dr. Markham (HCA) – the first, third and fourth Thursday of each month;
- Urology – Dr. Tawil – every Thursday;
- Orthopedics – Greg King, APRN (Freeman) – every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday;
- Surgery – Dr. Hall (Allen County Regional Hospital) – Thursday afternoons, Friday all-day of every week;
- Cardiology – Renae Bateman, APRN (Mercy) – every Monday;
- Cardiovascular Surgery – the combination of Dr. Meyer/Dr. Brown/Pam Darnell, APRN/Amanda Lumpkins, APRN/Paige Palmer, APRN (all Mercy) – First and Third Friday of every month;
- Cardiology – Dr. Marji – one Friday each month
New Clinic Building In Process
The move to build a new clinic on the Horton Street side of the former Mercy Hospital in on-going, Postai said.
Currently, CHCSEK is finalizing the donation of land from Mercy Hospital, she said. Additionally, they are working on the design of the new building.
“We are looking at eight acres including the helipad,” Postai said. “We expect to have that done very shortly and are looking at a groundbreaking in the spring.”
Chamber Coffee Dec. 5 at Fort
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