Southwind Extension District 4-H members from Bourbon and Neosho Counties competed on Sunday, September 10 at the Kansas State Fair Photography Judging Contest in Hutchinson.
In the intermediate age group Austin Maycumber, Bourbon County, placed 32nd, and Jackson Han, Neosho County, placed 33rd and in the state.
They were accompanied by their coach Terri Kretzmeier.
Some of the region’s fastest mountain bikers will be in Fort Scott for the 10th Anniversary of the Marmaton Massacre Festival, on Gunn Park Trails, the weekend of September 16th & 17th.
Race promoter and trail steward Frank Halsey is proud of what his team of volunteers has accomplished over the past ten years.
“Our event attracts all types of riders from the region, professionals as well as beginners,” he said. “Lots of riders prefer our hand-built trails over the machine-built trails in popular areas such as northwest Arkansas, we just don’t have enough mileage to be a destination trail.”
The Festival begins Saturday, with some participants arriving on Friday, to prepare for the Saturday Marathon Race, which is as many miles as possible in a three-hour timeframe. Sunday events will consist of the age and ability Category Races.
Halsey encourages locals to grab their lawn chairs and join us in the park for the Saturday evening festivities which will include a performance by the Fort Scott High School Orchestra at 5:30 pm, followed by the always popular little kids race, and live music by the Pittsburg band, Left of Center. Sharky’s Pub & Grub will be providing food truck services.
“Mountain bike racing is not really a spectator sport, but my goal for this event has been to bring riders to our beautiful city and park, while providing locals an opportunity to have a relaxing evening in our beautiful Gunn Park,” Halsey said. “None of this would be possible without our awesome volunteers and local sponsors including, Cheney Witt Funeral Home, CrawKan, Southwind Cycle & Outdoor, Sonic, Typhoon Bay, Union State Bank, Ward Kraft, RPS Benefits, and Mid-Continental Restoration.”
For more info: https://www.bikereg.com/61371
Event Websitehttps://gunnparktrails.com/
Races begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday.
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2023 Rita J. Bicknell Women’s Health Fund and Making a Difference in Childcare – Bourbon County Grant Apps Now Available!The Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas (CFSEK) is pleased to announce the following grant applications are now available! The Women’s Health Fund grant applications are open until September 30th, while the Making a Difference grant application is available until September 22nd.
The Rita J. Bicknell Women’s Health Fund is made up of two giving circles. Both giving circles follow the guiding principal that Rita stood for, “to improve the health and wellbeing of women by supporting education, increasing awareness and sharing quality of life opportunities to benefit all women.”
The Making a Difference in Childcare- Bourbon County grant is available to any daycare provider within Bourbon County looking to expand or maintain their current facility to continue to provide quality childcare to their area.
Contact Sherri Stephens at SoutheastKansas.org/contact/
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The 117th Old Settlers Picnic continues today with a kid’s carnival, lunch, games, and car show.
Here are some moments caught before the parade:
The Bowman family of eight live in the Museum of Creativity at 102 S. National.
Jonathon and Lorina Bowman moved to Fort Scott with their six kids and started a venture called the Museum of Creativity which offers games, crafts, Barbie exhibits, legos, model trains, and more for youth and all ages. They live on the top floor of the multi-story building.
There is also a retail store on-site with ready-to-make craft kits and all kinds of “fun items,” Lorina said.
Today, August 31, there will be a grand opening and ribbon cutting for a Maker Space in the museum at 5:30 p.m.
“One of our main goals has always been to provide more opportunities for all ages to get creative by learning new skills and enhancing each individual’s talents,” Lorinda said.
Cost for using the Maker Space will be included in the museum entrance fee which is $2/child and $1/adult.
Parents are asked to please stay in the space with their children.
Maker Space Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting at Museum of Creativity
The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce invites members and guests to the evening ribbon-cutting event to celebrate the grand opening of the new Maker Space, according to a press release from the chamber.
Remarks and the cutting of the ribbon will take place at 5:30 p.m. while guests are welcome to come and go from 5 to 8 p.m., according to the press release.
Refreshments will be available along with craft kits to purchase. Featured projects for the evening will be bracelets and sensory bottles to assemble for those interested.
The fall lineup of youth and family programming for the Fort Scott Public Library.
Submitted by
Congratulations to Fort Scott High School Senior Katelyn Dancer on being named a 2023 College Board National Recognition Program Awardee!
Congratulations Katelyn and keep up the good work!
— Submitted by
Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas Awards $160,000 to SEK Nonprofits
The Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas (CFSEK) is excited to announce General Grant Funds totaling $160,000 have been awarded to 48 nonprofit organizations in Southeast Kansas. In 2023 alone, these grants will impact 12 Southeast Kansas counties and 23 different communities.
The areas of Basic Human Needs, Youth Activities, and Arts & Culture are the focus of the CFSEK General Funds competitive grant process. Proposals for projects in these focus areas were accepted during the month of June. Submissions were reviewed, and selections for funding were completed early last month.
“We are amazed by the work of our nonprofit community in Southeast Kansas, and we are proud to support their hard work,” said Devin Gorman, CFSEK Executive Director. “These organizations provide an incredible variety of programs, services, and resources that truly improve the quality of life in our communities.”
Since 2004, competitive granting from funds directly managed by CFSEK have provided over $1.5 million to organizations throughout Southeast Kansas. Competitive granting differs from other granting provided by CFSEK, such as donor-advised grants, designated grants, field of interest grants, and others. Since its inception in 2001, CFSEK has provided over $20 million in total grant funding throughout Southeast Kansas.
The following organizations and projects were awarded funds from the 2023 General Funds grant process:
Arts & Culture – $2,200
Basic Human Needs – $67,800
Youth Activities – $75,000
The CFSEK Board of Trustees and staff congratulate all the 2023 grant recipients!
For additional information related to CFSEK’s competitive granting opportunities, visit www.SoutheastKansas.org or call 620-231-8897.
This is part of a series featuring young entrepreneurs in our community.
Following the first set of stories on young entrepreneurs in our community, an anonymous donor wrote fortscott.biz that he wanted to grant each one of the featured youth with $50.
To view the prior story: Young Entrepreneurs Series Spawns An Anonymous Benefactor
If you know of a child, under 18 years of age, that is creating products or providing services to sell to the public, please send their name and phone number to [email protected]
Fortscott.biz wants to encourage the youth who are learning business by doing it.
Devlin Cole, 15, started a leather works business about a year ago, called DRC Leatherworks.
He hand stamps and hand cuts leather to make bookmarks, rings, bracelets, key rings.
His grandmother, Vicki Waldron, owner of ViCon, a sewing business, and he both got interested at the same time, and he works out of her shop on Maple Road, rural Fort Scott. His sister, Mackenna, has encouraged him in his business, he said.
“I started sewing when young,” Cole said. “I like hands-on personalizing and being a craftsman on something that is personal.”
He is currently creating a stock pile of leather work articles for the Children’s Business Fair on September 30.
“I used (his leather) bookmarks at school, when reading and friends noticed and ordered a few,” he said.
At a recent band event, some of his friends helped Cole select a name for his business and he has been working on pricing, business logo and a business email.
Belts are $10, keychains and pendants are $5, bookmarks are $7, rings are $3, and bracelets are $4.
“That is the prices I have thought of at the current moment not 100% sure on the belts due to leather costs but the rest is pretty set in stone,” he said.
At a recent Children’s Business Fair workshop, he developed a busniness plan and got all his ideas on paper, he said. Next was cash flow and payment options.
He will be selling, along with other young enrepreneurs, at the Fort Scott Farmers Market on September 30.
Kansas State University State 4-H Horticulture Judging Contest – August 12, 2023
Pictured from left to right are Southwind District 4-H’ers: Kason Botts, Will Maycumber, Jewel Endicott, Austin Maycumber, Seth Shadden, Camryn Wille, Hailey Shadden, Abigail Meiwes, and Coach Casey Diver.
Intermediate Division:
Hailey Shadden….10th Place Individual
Camryn Wille
Kason Botts
Austin Maycumber
Team – 4th Place
Senior Division:
Abigail Meiwes: 1st Place Individual
Jewel Endicott
Seth Shadden
Will Maycumber
Team – 2nd Place
This is part of a series featuring young entrepreneurs in our community.
Following the first set of stories on young entrepreneurs in our community, an anonymous donor wrote fortscott.biz that he wanted to grant each one of the featured youth with $50.
To view the prior story: Young Entrepreneurs Series Spawns An Anonymous Benefactor
If you know of a child, under 18 years of age, that is creating products or providing services to sell to the public, please send their name and phone number to [email protected]
Fortscott.biz wants to encourage the youth who are learning business by doing it.
Benjamin Shead,13, has an online tutoring business.
“Some classes I have guided other students in are geometry, Latin, sixth grade math, formal logic, algebra 1 and 2,” he said.
“Most of my clients contact me through Facebook,” Benjamin said. “I also take students when my sister’s (Katy Shead) schedule is too busy.”
“I started tutoring when my sister’s schedule was getting packed with students,” he said. “This showed me that I enjoyed helping other people in their educational trouble areas.”
“I tutor so that I can revisit material that I enjoyed learning but am no longer being taught,” he said. “Tutoring gives me the ability to experience a class again, this time on a deeper level, the level of teaching the material. I also enjoy finding new ways to explain a concept and tutoring gives me a purpose for the exploration of these ways.”
“One subject I really enjoy tutoring is Formal Logic,” Benjamin said. “It is awesome to learn how to explain proofs by comparing them to a hidden treasure or something else that the student understands better than proofs.”
“While it is a lot better for kids to be tutored, if they need it, across the school year, I sometimes help kids in last-minute cramming sessions for math and logic finals,” he said. “These sessions provide a last-minute review, and it gives kids confidence to try their best on this last assignment.”
Benjamin lives just outside the Fort Scott city limits with his sister, Katy and parents Mark and Haley Shead.
Benjamin submitted this photo of him working on a math problem called a collatz conjecture.
Here is his explanation of collatz conjecture:
“The collatz conjecture is a theory about mathematics which is believed to be true but no one has been able to prove yet,” Benjamin said. “It states that if any odd whole number is plugged into the formula (3n+1)/2, if any even number is divided by two, and every number is plugged back into one of these formulas, a formula will eventually reach one.”
