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Category Archives: Fort Scott
Fort Scott Public Library Newsletter February 2020
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Storytime
Tuesdays & Wednesdays at 10 a.m.
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Join Miss Val for stories, songs, crafts, snacks, and fun! Free ~ All Ages ~ Thematic
Upcoming Themes: Senses, Valentine’s Day, Dogs, Tea Time, Dinosaurs, Airplanes, Alphabet, and Spring Babies.
We will NOT have Storytime on Feb. 26 and March 17, 18, and 25. Volunteer by emailing [email protected]
Suggest your child’s favorites here.
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Celebrate all things Seuss at a drop-in program on March 2!
Between 10 am and 4:30 pm, stop by the library event room to
enjoy games, crafts, snacks, reading, and prizes inspired by the
works of Dr. Seuss. When available, Miss Val will read your
favorite Dr. Seuss story, as well!
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Minutes of U234 Board of Education Meeting Feb. 10
Members of the USD 234 Board of Education met on Monday, February 10, at the Board of Education office for their regular monthly meeting.
President David Stewart opened the meeting. The board approved the official agenda. The board also approved the consent agenda as follows:
- Minutes
- Bills and Claims
- Payroll – January 17, 2020 – $1,371,497.09
- Financial Report
- Bond Proceeds Reconciliation
- Activity Fund Accounts
- Fundraising Project – HS Debate and Forensics
Stephanie George, KNEA President, presented a report. Administrators from each building shared information with board members.
Superintendent Ted Hessong reported on BOLD training, Recruit and Hire, PSU Teacher Interview Day on February 19, Stop School Violence grant, accreditation visit, and Crisis Go.
Gina Shelton, Business Manager, discussed health insurance, the health stipend, the KSDE audit, and the roof project that will begin at middle school.
Board members approved the following items:
- Allowance of proposals for refinancing of the bond
- Roof payment
- Resolution to establish election of school board officers
Board members shared comments and then went into executive session to discuss personnel matters for nonelected personnel and returned to open meeting. The board approved the following employment matters:
- Retirement of Beverly Cummins, Eugene Ware paraprofessional, effective May 18, 2020
- Resignation of Shawn LaSota, high school English teacher, effective at the end of the 2019-20 school year
- Resignation of Brooke LaSota, Eugene Ware paraprofessional, effective at the end of the 2019-20 school year
- Transfer of Andrea Heckman, preschool long-term substitute teacher, to a licensed teacher at New Generation for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year
- Leave of absence request from Billie Young, high school kitchen manager
- Transfer of Cheryl Marsh, high school ticket clerk, to interim high school kitchen manager and transfer of Brenda Hathaway, high school cook, to high school interim ticket clerk for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year
- Adjustment in the work agreement for Moriah Dillow, Winfield Scott paraprofessional, from a 6-hour day to a 7.5-hour day for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year
- Addition of the following positions for the 2020-21 school year:
High School Family and Consumer Science Teacher
Middle School 7th and 8th grade English/Language Arts/Social Studies Teacher
Eugene Ware Assistant Principal
Director of Academics
The board adjourned.
City Offices Closed For President’s Day
The City of Fort Scott City Administrative Offices will be closed on Monday, February 17th, 2020 in observance of the President’s Day holiday. The offices will reopen on Tuesday, February 18th, 2020.
The City’s tree and brush dump site located on North Hill will also be closed on Saturday, February 15th, 2020 for the President’s Day holiday. It will be open again on Tuesday, February 18th, 2020 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
City Work Session Feb. 12 To Discuss Sewer
There will be a work session of the Fort Scott City Commission held on Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the City Commission meeting room at 123 S. Main Street. This work session will be held to discuss sanitary sewer in the City of Fort Scott. There will be no action taken by the City Commission at this work session. This work session is open to the public.
Visage Spa Moves Shop
Nancy Johnson, a licensed esthetician, has moved shop.
“I wanted to be downtown,” Johnson said.
Formerly on the south end of Fort Scott, she has moved her business, Visage Skin Care Spa, to 5 E. Wall.
The move took place in November 2019, but then Johnson and her husband took an extended vacation.
Johnson has been in the business for 13 years and received her training at the Euro Institute of Holistic Skin Care in Renton, Washington.
The services she provides are facials, waxing, lash and brow tinting, sugaring, body and foot treatments and she sells Niko Organic Skin Care products.
She can put together a gift basket for a loved one for Valentine’s Day or any special occasion.
Johnson is hosting the weekly Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce coffee on Feb. 13 at 8 a.m., with a ribbon-cutting for the business to follow the coffee at 8:30 a.m.
Johnson works by appointment and can be reached at 620.224.6455.
Fly the Flag Project Deadline is March 2
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Moe’s Breads Grand Opening
Moe’s Breads Bakery is having a grand opening on Feb. 15 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
“We will have drawings for merchandise and coupons,” said owner Melissa McCurry. “Seventy-five cents coffee, $1 single biscuits and gravy and are giving away 100 mini-muffins for a door prize.”
“We are doing a raffle for the 3rd-grade boys’ basketball to go to state, tickets are $1,” McCurry said. “We will draw at the grand opening for a full pan of cinnamon rolls.”
Hours of the bakery are from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Saturday and Sunday hours are 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
To place an order, call 620-768-8009.
Every morning McCurry makes homemade biscuits and homemade gravy and starts selling it and other breads, cookies, muffins along with hot and cold drinks at 5 a.m.
There is a lounge area in the bakery with a couch, table, and chairs in an adjacent room.
The list of food items sold:
The fruit loaves include banana, pumpkin, blueberry, and zucchini. They sell for $6. Apple cinnamon and caramel pecan swirl loaves are $7.
Cookies include banana chocolate chip, peanut butter, chocolate cream for $4 a dozen, no-bake cookies sell for $6.
Yeast bread orders must be placed 24-hours prior and start at $5: white, wheat, French, challah, jalapeno cheese, ciabatta, cinnamon rolls, and sourdough.
Coffee can be purchased for $1.25 and tea for75 cents. Soda, milk, orange juice, and energy drinks are also sold.
FSHS swimming Tigers are STATE bound
As a result of times on Thursday evening at the Parson’s swim meet, Bobby Kemmerer and Oliver Witt will be the first Fort Scott High School swimmers in school history to swim at the Kansas 1A-5A State High School Swim meet.
Oliver qualified for state in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1.56.65 and a consideration time in the 100 butterfly.
Bobby qualified in two races, the 100 free with a time of 50.98 and the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1.06.32.
In addition to qualifying for state, Bobby and Oliver took first in both of their individual races and their relay teams took two first places in the 200 Medley and the 400 Free.
Next week they travel to Osawatomie for the Southeast Kansas regional swim meet.
The state meet is in Topeka on February 20-22.
FSHS swimmers are building a winning tradition one stroke at a time. TIGER Proud!
Submitted by Angie Kemmerer
My1Stop:Online Printing Services
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.
Tiger Swimmers Earn Firsts
Tuesday night the Fort Scott High School boy swimmers competed in Coffeyville.
Tiger swimmers are living life in the fast lane.
Bobby Kemmerer took 1st in the 100 and 200-yard freestyle with state consideration times in both.
Oliver Witt took 1st in the 100-yard butterfly and 2nd in the 200 yard free where he also earned a state consideration time.
Both swimmers recorded personal best times dropping more than 8 seconds combined in their individual races.
The boys also placed 2nd in the 400-yard freestyle relay with team members Brett Baldwin and Jeremy Pousher.
With each meet, FSHS swimmers are inching closer to the ultimate goal of a state-qualifying time. Their next opportunity will be Thursday in Parsons.
Submitted by Angie Kemmerer
City Commission Meets Sat. Feb.8
Lauber Municipal Law will be holding a City Officials Training Seminar on Saturday, February 8th, 2020 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The seminar will be held in the City Commission meeting room. The City Commission has been invited and a majority of the City Commission may attend, although this is not a formal meeting of the Commission, nor will binding action be taken. This gathering may be subject to the Kansas Open Meetings Act and thus it is considered an open meeting.
The seminar’s agenda includes topics in Kansas Local Government law.