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K-State 2023 Weed School
District Extension Agent, Crop production and Forage Management
Southwind District
210 S. National
Fort Scott, Kansas 66701
Office: 620-223-3720
Cell: 308-991-8415
[email protected]
Kansas State Research and Extension will be hosting the 2023 Eastern Kansas Weed Schools in three locations across eastern Kansas:
January 23rd, Ottowa, Neosho County Community College, 7-9 pm
January 24th, Bronson, Bronson Public Library, 7-9 am
January 24th, Parsons, SE Research and Extension Center, 11:30 am- 1:30 pm
Please join us and come with any of your herbicide related questions in either crops or pastures!
Dr. Sarah Lancaster will discuss row crop weed management with her presentation, “Timely Tips for Corn and Soybean Weed Management.” Dr. Bruno Pedreira will discuss his work on broomsedge and pasture weed control with his presentation, “Successful Control of Broomsedge and Pasture Weeds.”
To register please contact your local extension office. Ottowa – Frontier District, 785-229-3520, [email protected]; Bronson – Southwind District, 620-365-2242, [email protected]; Parsons – Wildcat District, 620-784-5337, [email protected].
This program is free thanks to our sponsor, Frontier Farm Credit.
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K – State Research and Extension is an equal opportunity provider and employer
Motor Carrier Restrictions Lifted For Winter Storm Relief
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Preschool to Move to the Former Mercy Building in August 2023
The plans are getting close to being finalized for the Fort Scott Preschool move to the former Mercy Hospital building at 401 Woodland Hills. It currently is located at 409 S.
Judson.
“We are planning to open the preschool at the new site in August,” USD 234 Superintendent Destry Brown said.
The new preschool will be located in the lower level of the hospital, Brown said. “There is a secure entrance to the facility in that part of the building and we can secure the preschool wing on the other end of the hallway as well.”
The Need For More Room
“Currently, we have around 100 students being served at the preschool,” Brown said. “We would like to double that in the near future.”
“We will be adding two more classrooms for preschool in this new building,” he said. Currently the school has four teachers and eight para-professionals.
“We also have a couple of other programs that support families with preschoolers who are housed at the preschool,” Brown said. “There is also one Head Start classroom that will be joining us at the new site.”
“We do not have any space to expand in our current location,” Brown said. ” We have two classrooms in the building on Judson and one at the Happy Kids Daycare Center. This will allow for growth and for all programs to be in one location.”
Remodel
“There will be remodeling to take place as soon as we get some financial estimates on the costs of the remodel, the mechanisms for funding, and board approval,” he said. “This should all come together in the next two months so construction can be under way. The Legacy Health Group (who received the Mercy building from the Bourbon County Commission) has told me they can meet the date of August.”
The Preschool Mission
The Fort Scott Preschool’s mission is to provide free preschool opportunities for all kids so that they are prepared to enter kindergarten successfully, Brown said.
The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Daily Reports
Paint Party at Pizza Republic This Evening
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What’s Happening in Fort Scott
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Christmas Parade is Dec. 1, Enter Your Organization by Nov. 29
Join us for the2022 Christmas Parade in Fort Scott! Thursday, December 1st, 6pm “It’s a Gingerbread Christmas in the Fort!” |
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CASA Benefit: “Change A Child’s Story” On December 9
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Obituary of Buddy Copelin
Buddy Copelin, age 90, of Peculiar, MO, passed away Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center in Mansfield, TX.
He was born October 12, 1932 in Talihina, Oklahoma, the son of Elias and Etta Copelin. He graduated from Rogers High School in Arkansas with the class of 1952.
Shortly after graduating, Buddy entered the US Army and served in Salzburg, Austria. He married his bride, JoAnn, in May 1953 and had 69 wonderful years together.
He owned and operated Goodyear Tire stores for the majority of his life and after retirement, he worked another 20 years for O’Reilly’s Auto Parts. Buddy enjoyed fishing, camping, gardening, and spending time with family and friends. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Peculiar for almost 50 years.
Buddy will be lovingly missed by his wife, JoAnn, his daughter, Debbie Taylor, and husband Steve, his grandsons, Nathan Taylor, Nick Copelin, and wife Jennie, and Zack Copelin, three great-grandchildren, Presley, Foster and Judah Copelin and many nieces, nephews, brothers and sisters-in-law and friends.
Preceded in death by his parents, four brothers; Paten, EJ, JT, Billie, 3 sisters; Nadine, Alene and Maxine and his son, Randy.
Pastor Tim Reeding, will conduct funeral services, at 11:00 A.M. Friday, October 28, 2022 at the First Baptist Church in Peculiar, Missouri.
Burial will follow on Monday, at 11:00 A.M. October 31, 2022, at the U. S. National Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 – 7:00 PM at the First Baptist Church in Peculiar, Missouri, 216 E. Broadway, Peculiar, Missouri, 64078.
Memorials are suggested to Alzheimer’s Disease Research and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Ft. Scott, KS 666701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com
The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Daily Reports Oct. 24
Am. Legion National Vice Commander in Fort Scott Oct. 25
Fort Scott American Legion Post 25 will host National Vice Commander Glen Wahus of Watford City, North Dakota, on his four-day tour of Kansas with a Reception on Tuesday, 25 October, 2022 at 9:30 AM. During his tour National Vice Commander Wahus will visit eleven American Legion Posts while in the State.
Glenn Wahus is a member of American Legion Carl E Rogen Post 29 in Watford City, North Dakota, and is a U.S. Navy veteran (1983-87). Wahus served as Department of North Dakota Commander (2018-2019), and has served on several Post, Department and National committees, including the National Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation Commission (2015-2022). Most recently he has served as the North Dakota Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation chairman. He was instrumental in bringing back the “courage carries on” suicide awareness and prevention program to veterans and youth in North Dakota. Wahus was picked by Governor Doug Burgum to serve on North Dakota’s Administrative Committee on Veterans Affairs.
Wahus and his wife Tina have two sons. He is retired from the oil industry.