Public Notice
City of Fort Scott Water Distribution Department
6th Street between Holbrook and Lowman Street will be closed starting at 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 24, 2018, and expected to re-open on Thursday afternoon, January 25, 2018. The Water Distribution Department will be installing water services to the new construction at 6th and Lowman Streets.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact City Hall at 223-0550.
The daily report sheets from the Fort Scott Police Department.
From subscribers responses, these reports are best viewed with a computer, not a cell phone.
The Airport Advisory Board will meet on Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the City Hall Commission Meeting Room, 123 S. Main Street, Fort Scott, Kansas. This meeting is open to the public.
The Fort Scott Planning Commission will meet on Monday, January 22, 2018, at 4:00 p.m. at City Hall, 123 S. Main Street, Fort Scott, Kansas. This meeting will be held to discuss the Comprehensive Plan. Letters of interest to serve on the Planning Commission will also be reviewed. This meeting is open to the public.
Presbyterian Village, an assisted living facility, hosted a talent show Friday afternoon.
Members of the community were invited to showcase their talent, along with some employees and residents of the facility.
A crowd filled the dining room of Presbyterian Village to enjoy the entertainment.
The following are photos from the event.
Fort Scott High School Prom is April 21, 2018.
Students of area high schools are beginning to look for that special outfit to wear to the annual spring event.
Parents also are making preparations.
Parents of junior class students are currently working to make an after-prom party for the students.
The object of the party is student safety.
“If you are a parent or a business owner, or possibly a friend of Fort Scott,” Sabrina Terry, spokesperson for the group said. “Each of us has different roles that we are trying to play in keeping the kids safe as well as have fun on prom night!”
“As parents, we put together a fun-filled evening of events that the kids can participate in, in order to have fun and stay safe,” Terry said. “Our goal is to keep our kiddos doing fun and appropriate things prom night.”
Business owners and friends of Fort Scott have donated to help with the costs of putting together the after-prom event, she said.
“If you are willing to help out please just let me know,” Terry said.
“We still need a lot of prizes that will be given out throughout the night by drawing tickets. The tickets will be given to each of the kids throughout the night by playing different games and just entering the after-prom party.”
“Right now the after-prom party is up in the air as far as where it will be held,” Terry said.” The options are Buck Run (Community Center) or Fort Scott Middle School.”
“As far as what will the juniors and seniors participate in when they go to the prom party that is also up in the air depending upon what the committee decides,” Terry said. “However we do know that there will be obstacle courses that they will race through, dodgeball, nine square, etc.”
Prizes will be handed out throughout the evening.
“We have big prizes such as TVs,” she said. “However at this point, we are short on money so we do fundraisers to build up our funds so that we can go buy prizes to keep their interest. The goal is to keep them there so that they don’t create their own parties that have negative things or outcomes.”
Submitted.
Fort Scott Community College’s Meats Judging team took 2nd place overall at the AMSA National Western Intercollegiate Meat Contest on January 14, 2018. The team traveled to Denver to take on other eager teams and didn’t leave there without a trophy!
The team was led by Alysia Johnston, FSCC President, who was said she was very excited to see the team in action.
Freshman, Kaylyn Crystal quotes, “Overall, we are very pleased with this outcome. We are a young team and this was our first contest at the college level. I have a good feeling about how our team will continue to grow, and the progress we will make.”
The individual rankings are found below.
FSCC congratulations the Meats Team.
Kaylyn Crystal
2nd High Individual Overall
2nd High Individual in Overall Beef
2nd High Individual in Beef Grading
3rd High Individual in Beef Judging
3rd High Individual in Questions
4th High Individual in Pork Judging
Matt Robinson
3rd High Individual in Lamb Judging
4th High Individual in Beef Judging
5th High Individual in Lamb Judging
William Green
3rd High Individual in Overall Placing’s (3-way tie for 1st)
5th Overall
The Lunch and Learn at Fort Scott Community College Gordon Parks Museum is rescheduled to Feb. 1
Guest speaker is John Edgar Tidwell, a Kansas University professor and member of the Kansas Humanities Council’s Speaker’s Series.
Tidwell will present “When Freedom Changed America”.
Bring your lunch, drinks, and dessert will be provided.
The following link is for the Fort Scott Police Department Day Sheets, which are event reports logged daily.
The Young Professional League annual fundraiser benefit for the Beacon is underway.
The Beacon is a non-profit religious organization that has food, clothing, and household goods that it distributes to the community, among other services.
YPL chooses to have a yearly fundraiser to help the Beacon.
“Many people in our community are generous with donating supplies, such as clothing and food to the Beacon,” Jessica Schenkel, president of YPL said. “However, cash donations are needed to purchase the supplies they may not receive or for other reasons.”
Enchiladas are the fundraiser food the group makes.
“We are selling a ready-to-bake pan of homemade enchiladas,” Schenkel said. ” We are offering beef, chicken or cheese, or a combination. There are a dozen enchiladas per pan. They will come with instructions and can be chilled in the fridge if they are being baked soon, or they can be frozen for later. We prepare the meat the evening before the pick-up date, and ensemble all the orders the morning of pick-up.”
The cost is $20 per dozen.
“People can order from any YPL member in person or they can order online,” Schenkel said.” We are accepting orders right now and our deadline to order is January 25.”
Here is the link for online orders: https://www.ypl-bbco.org/enchiladas
Or to order by phone 785.817.8877, leave a voicemail if no answer.
This year the food will be cooked, assembled and picked-up at Fort Scott High School.
Pick-up will be at the Fort Scott High School cafeteria on Saturday, February 3 between 2 and 5 p.m., according to the website set up for the fundraiser. Enchiladas that are not picked up by 5 p.m. will be given to the Beacon Food Pantry or re-sold. The payment will be considered a donation to YPL.
“YPL used to host a soup feed fundraiser and worked with the local churches, ” she said. “However, we have moved to a different facility and the churches have been graciously donating funds to cover the necessary expenses to make the enchiladas. This way, every bit of our profits are donated to the Beacon.”
“YPL is an organization made of professionals who are adaptive advocates of a better community through progressive partnerships and networking,” Schenkel said. ” “Most of our members enjoy the social aspect of meeting other young professionals throughout the community and utilize our meetings as a way of networking.”
Schenkel is president for 2018.
Laura Agee is vice president and secretary; Tiffiny Durham is treasurer; board members are Amanda Bourassa, Devin Tally, Chris Petty, and Holly Baker.
YPL recently held its strategic planning meeting for 2018.
“We will be rolling out a few exciting changes for this year,” she said. “Stay tuned!”
