The annual Knights of Columbus fish fry wrapped up at the end of last month. The event was held in Kennedy Auditorium at St. Mary’s Catholic School and drew large crowds on each Friday.
Below are some photos from this years event.
The rain didn’t dampen the spirits of over 100 people who attended the grand opening ceremony for the James B. Tedesco Skatepark. City Manager Dave Martin, Mayor Jim Adams and Nate Lyons from the Fort Scott Skate Park Committee spoke.
Mr. Martin said that last year the city had some money left in the parks budget and asked the commissioners if they could use that toward the skate park. The commissioners agreed and around Christmas, Mr. Adams called to say that someone was willing to donate $25,000 to the project to help get it built.
The donor was Steve Tedesco who owns Running Fox Petroleum which has a number of wells in the Fort Scott area. The Skatepark is named after his late brother James.
Mr. Martin encouraged the city’s youth to take care of the facilities.
After the ribbon cutting, Evan Dohtery did a skateboarding demonstration. Evan is a very talented skater from the Kansas City area. You can see some videos of him skating in other places here.
A box of helmets was donated by the Tony Hawk Foundation and they were being handed out to youngsters who didn’t have any head protection.
There are over 100 pictures from the event shown below. If you click on one of the thumbnails you can view the full image. Clicking on the full size image will take you to the next image in the slide show.
According to Jamie Armstrong (President of YPL), the annual Soupline raised over $3,000 for the Beacon. The Young Professional’s League helped coordinate the event that involved volunteers from YPL, local churches and the community.
Below are some photos from this years event.
The Skate Park will be dedicated on April 7th at 1:00 pm. Please make plans to join the community for this event.
Fort Scott Christian Heights is holding a Family Fun Night and Open House on Friday, March 30th from 5 to 7 pm. (We originally said the open house would be on March 20th. The correct date is the 30th as shown now.)
The public is welcome and there will be activities for the kids as well as an opportunities for parents to find out more about the educational opportunities offered at Christian Heights.
Below are some photographs of school activities from this last year.
The pool is coming along. Here are some photos of the progress. The foreman said that the rain last week hadn’t helped them, but things were still coming along as planned. Don’t forget you can buy a historic brick and have it engraved with your name to be used as part of the walk way. The form can be downloaded from this link.
Each year the community raises money for the Beacon by putting on a soup line. This year it will be held on Thursday March 29th from 11am until 7pm at the Scottish right temple. Please make an effort to be there to help support this important organization. You can join the event page on Facebook and then share it with your friends to help spread the word. It may not seem like a big deal, but if everyone took a few minutes to invite a handful of their friends, it could make a very big difference for the Beacon this year.
The event is being coordinated by the Young Professional’s League and tickets can be purchased from members, from Country Cupboard or at the door.
Below are some photographs of last years event taken by Kenny Felt.
Scott Musgrove and several other workers from Who Skates of Maine were busy finishing concrete on the new skate park on Friday. Mr. Musgrove said that the concrete work should be finished in the next week and said he expected the grand opening to take place in April.
The skate park will be called the James B. Tedesco Memorial Skate Park in memory of a relative of a large donor.
Before buried fiber optic cables were common, microwave towers offered one of the best ways of transmitting data signals. As more and more fiber has been installed, the microwave towers fell into disuse. Roughly two decades ago, the AT&T office in Fort Scott installed a large tower for microwave transmission. It is now being taken down.
Below are some photographs of the demolition work being done to remove the tower.
Mark your calendars for Thursday March 29th. The Beacon Soup Line will be held at the Scottish Rite Temple from 11am until 7pm. You can visit the Facebook page and Join to indicate that you plan to come and then share it with friends from the area. If everyone helps spread the word, we can make this the biggest year for a very important local organization.
This is a little late, but here are some pictures from Bake and Shakes from around Christmas. Bake and Shakes is located in the same building as 5 Corners Mini Mart.
The National Weather Service out of Springfield is forecasting a surge of Arctic airmass in Southeast Kansas starting Friday evening with temperatures falling into the single digits by Saturday morning followed by snow and sleet fer the next several days. With the low temperatures road surfaces are projected to be very slick.