The Fort Scott Middle School Volleyball home opener against Praire View provided wins in all six matches. Fort Scott played against 59 athletes last night, August 28.
Click below for the Fort Scott Police Department daily reports.
The FSPD is located at 1604 S. National, Fort Scott, KS 66701 and can be reached at 620-223-1700.
Youth Engagement Team takes Leadership Role at Fort Scott NHS this Summer
Fort Scott KS – Fort Scott National Historic Site (FOSC) Youth Engagement Team planned activities and programs that introduced other youth to the park, shared the stories of Fort Scott, and built connections to park resources with youth in the surrounding area.
As one observer stated, “youth leading youth is a powerful concept”.
Jacey Bowen, a recent graduate of Uniontown High School in Uniontown KS, and Emily Davenport, a sophomore at Fort Scott High School, participated in the 2018 Youth Engagement Team.
The Youth Engagement Team is made possible in part through generous contributions by the Irby Family Trust, the Fort Scott Area Community Foundation, and the Friends of Fort Scott National Historic Site.
Activities the 2018 Youth Engagement Team have sponsored or been involved in include:
“The fort has been an integral part of the community for over 150 years, it is imperative that we make youth a priority in what we do today for the next 150 years,” said Betty Boyko, Superintendent, FOSC. “This is the third summer we have hosted the program and hope to continue into the future,” continued Boyko.
Jacey will be studying graphic arts at a college this fall in Pensacola, Florida. She has several works of art displayed around the area, including some murals at a local preschool.
Emily enjoys living history and has attended youth programs in the past at Fort Scott including our weeklong Trailblazer workshop and an overnight Camp of Instruction.
The team was led by NPS Park Guide Paul Goodman, who is in his second season at Fort Scott NHS.
The City of Fort Scott will be closed on Monday, September 3rd, 2018 in observance of the Labor Day holiday. The offices will reopen on Tuesday, September 4th, 2018.
The City’s tree and brush dump site located on North Hill will also be closed on Saturday, September 1st, 2018 for the Labor Day holiday. It will be open again on Tuesday, September 4th, 2018 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The former director of curriculum and instruction has taken on new duties in the Fort Scott School District.
Nicki Traul is now the assistant superintendent at USD 234.
“Mrs. Traul will continue to lead in the areas of curriculum, instruction, and assessment,” Superintendent Ted Hessong said. “She will also continue to oversee the preschool with the assistance of a lead teacher at the preschool. She will now be the lead for our special education department as well as the go-to person for the elementary principals, because of her elementary background.”
When Hessong came to the superintendency this year, he saw that Traul was doing the duties of an assistant superintendent.
“In my review of the district to prepare myself for my transition to USD 234,” he said. “I decided Mrs. Traul was doing the duties of an assistant superintendent and we needed to designate her with this title to put in her a true role as an administrator for the district.”
“I am excited about the new opportunity and am looking forward to working with Mr. Hessong,” Traul said.
USD 234 enrollment finalization is this week, Hessong said.
Click below for the Fort Scott Police Department daily reports. The FSPD is located at 1604 S. National, Fort Scott, KS 66701 and can be reached at 620-223-1700.
Fort Scott High School is proud to announce auditions for the regional premiere of the new musical “Bright Star.”
Auditions are from 6:30 to 9 p.m. either Monday, Aug. 27 or Wednesday, Aug. 29 at the high school auditorium. Students only need to attend one night, but need to plan to stay for the entire time period.
“Inspired by a real event and featuring the Grammy-nominated score by Steven Martin and Edie Brickell, Broadway’s Bright Star tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the American South in the 1920s and ’40s. When literary editor Alice Murphy meets a young soldier just home from World War II, he awakens her longing for the child she once lost. Haunted by their unique connection, Alice sets out on a journey to understand her past – and what she finds has the power to transform both of their lives. Propelled by an ensemble of onstage musicians and dancers, the story unfolds as a rich tapestry of deep emotion, beautiful melodies and powerfully moving performances. An uplifting theatrical journey that holds you tight in its grasp, Bright Star is as refreshingly genuine as it is daringly hopeful,” according to publisher Theatrical Rights Worldwide.
The show is open to current FSHS students and rehearsals are Monday-Thursday from 6:30-9 p.m. The performances are Nov. 6, 8, and 10.
Students who wish to audition for a lead solo role should prepare as follows: females will sing a portion of “If You Knew My Story” and males will sing “Bright Star” from the show. Links to karaoke tracks and piano accompaniment for the songs can be found at the “Fort Scott High School Thespians” Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/FSHSThespians/?ref=bookmarks and the “Fort Scott Choirs” website at www.fortscottchoirs.com.
The show is directed by FSHS Drama Director Angie Bin and FSHS Choral Director Meredith Reid and choreographed by Delynn Abati, assistant to the FSHS Dance Team.
For more information, please contact Angie Bin at [email protected] or 620-719-9622.
An empty downtown building is being gutted in preparation of renovation into apartments.
The Union Block Building at 18, 20, and 22 S. Main is the current project of Skitch’s Inc. which is doing the interior demolition of the building.
“It will probably be a week-and-a-half to get it down to the bare bones,” Kevin “Skitch” Allen, said. Demolition started on August 20.
Kent Hardesty is the electrical, heating and air conditioning contractor, according to Kevin Klassen, an employee of Skitch’s Inc.
In the demolition they are finding old theater seats, old stubs from the Charles Parsons Chiropractic Office, among other items, Allen said.
“They are ruined with pigeon poop,” he said.
The dilapidated building is being developed into Fort Scott Loft Apartments, whose developer is Flint Hill Holdings, Lawrence.
“Tony Krsnich is the owner,” Rachel Pruitt, Fort Scott Economic Director, said. “They did the Western Senior Living Apartments.”
The Western Senior Living building is across the street south of the Union Block Building.
The Fort Scott Lofts will allow 40 additional residents to live downtown, Pruitt said.
“One of the city’s problems to solve is parking,” Pruitt said. “But we are working on that.”
CELEBRATE LABOR DAY WEEKEND WITH FORT SCOTT NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
Celebrate the Dignity and Importance of Labor, 1840s style
Fort Scott KS – Saturday, September 1 through Monday, September 3, 2018, Fort Scott National Historic Site (FOSC) will commemorate Labor Day weekend with artillery, horses, music, living history demonstrations and a series of interpretive programs. All programs are free.
Saturday, September 1st
10:00 a.m. “Flour, Sweat, and Tears”: 1840s Bakehouse Program
11:00 a.m. Thunder Wagon: 1840s Artillery Demonstration
12:00 p.m. “Hardy Dashing Fellows” Dragoon Soldier Program
1:00 p.m. Guided Tour of Fort Scott National Historic Site
2:00 p.m. “Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: 1840s style” –Officers’ Wife Program (letter writing)
3:00 p.m. Thunder Wagon: 1840s Artillery Demo
4:00 p.m. Flag Retreat
Sunday, September 2nd
11:00 a.m. Thunder Wagon: 1840s Artillery Demo
12:00 p.m. “Saws and Scalpels: Civil War Medicine”
1:00 p.m. “Crack Post of the Frontier” Guided Tour-Construction History of Fort Scott
2:00 p.m. “The Griffith Trial: A Marais des Cygnes Conviction”
3:00 p.m. Thunder Wagon: 1840s Artillery Demo
4:00 p.m. Flag Retreat
Monday, September 3rd
11:00 a.m. Thunder Wagon: 1840s Artillery Demonstration
12:00 p.m. “Fort Scott Soldier Ants” 1840s Construction Demonstration
1:00 p.m. Guided Tour of Fort Scott National Historic Site
2:00 p.m. Musical Program-Holmes Brigade Minstrels
2:30 p.m. Free ice cream, served to honor all those who have worked hard to build America, courtesy of the Friends of Fort Scott National Historic Site.
3:00 p.m. Thunder Wagon: 1840s Artillery Demonstration
3:30 p.m. Musical Program -Holmes Brigade Minstrels
4:00 p.m. Flag Retreat
The thunder of artillery will sound each day at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. with a short program explaining how the gun is fired.
Other programs offered throughout the weekend are Guided tours at 1:00 p.m. and a flag retreat ceremony at 4:00 p.m. occur each day.
On Saturday, living history interpreters will be cooking in the mess hall and baking bread in the bakehouse with an interpretive program about the bakehouse at 10:00 a.m.
At 12:00 p.m. a program about dragoon soldiers titled “Hardy Dashing Fellows” and at 2:00 p.m. an officer’s wife will be sharing the latest gossip in the program “Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: 1840s style.”
On Sunday, September 2, in the program “The Griffith Trial: A Marais des Cygnes Conviction”, Park Ranger Robert Thomas will lead a reenactment of the trial of William Griffith, the only man to be convicted of the Marais des Cygnes Massacre.
Also on Sunday, you can learn about Civil War medicine in “Saws and Scalpels.”
“No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”
This quote from Martin Luther King can be applied to the workers of modern times as well as those who labored to build and maintain Fort Scott.
A special tour on Sunday “From the Crack Post of the Frontier:” will focus on the labor force, building materials, architectural styles, and construction techniques used in the building of Fort Scott.
Programs on Monday, September 3 will include a Labor Day construction demonstration, musical programs offered by the Holmes Brigade Minstrels and free ice cream at 2:30 p.m., served to honor all those who have worked hard to build America. The ice cream is being offered courtesy of the Friends of Fort Scott National Historic Site.
