Category Archives: Youth
July 27 Is the Parent Empowerment Circle
Uniontown FFA Cornhole Tourney at the Fair on July 17
Today at the Bourbon County Fair
Today, July 15, at the Bourbon County Fair:
The Uniontown 4H Club will be selling items at the Chuckwagon in the Cloverleaf Event Center starting at this morning.
This is a fundraiser for their club this year.
The Rabbit Judging will begin at 8 am in the Rabbit/Poultry Barn followed by Poultry Judging at 10 am.
The Myers Building is closed until 12 pm for Open Class Judging.
At 12 pm the FCE (Food and Community Education) will be auctioning the Open Class Food entries to raise funds for the scholarships they provide to area students.
The Sheep Show will begin at 5 pm followed by the Meat Goat Show at approximately 6:15 pm.
The Merchant’s Building is Businesses only this year and opens at 5 pm.
Vendors include:
Miller’s Feed and Farm
Sally Kraft
T-Mobile
Flying P
Pretty Notations
Baked by Dylan
Mary Kay – Lauren Wagner
Twig and Berries Cotton Candy
Fizz Factory – Non-alcoholic Dirt Sprites
Uppa Creek Honey
2 Ashley’s Just Crafting Around
Riggs Chiropractic
Leaf Guard
Champion Bath
Kitty’s Kreations
Kaitlyn’ Comely Creations
Seams Sew Nice
Remember to get your Chicken Annie’s ticket by Tuesday, July 15th from the Fort Scott FFA Officers or Aikins Insurance, to support the Fort Scott FFA. Then stay and play some Cornhole supporting the Uniontown FFA.
FSHS Senior Ali Simhiser Is Competing At The Junior National Wrestling Championship
Ali Simhiser, who will be a senior at Fort Scott High School this fall, is the only female Fort Scott wrestler to be invited to the 2025 U.S. Marine Corps Junior National Women’s Freestyle Wrestling Championship, held July 10-19 in Fargo, ND.
The event is at the Fargo Dome and men’s wrestling Freestyle and Greco-Roman athletes will also compete.
“It’s the largest in the world and a pretty big deal to be invited,” said her Aunt Stephannie Erie, who submitted the information. “She is the first female from First Scott to attend. She is also ranked 2nd in her weight class of 190lbs in the state for 4A.”
“She is a two-time state qualifier, placing 3rd at state, winning a Southeast Kansas League Championship, and reaching a huge milestone—100 career wins and pins as a junior.”
Alvin Metcalf is the head wrestling coach at Fort Scott High School.
Learn How Recent Federal Bill Will Affect Families
Submitted by
Jessica Herrera Russell
Senior Communications Manager for Kansas Action For Children
Now that the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” has been passed and signed into law, advocacy groups like Kansas Action for Children are diving deeper into the provisions to understand exactly how everyday Kansans will be impacted. Join the KAC experts on Tuesday, July 15, at 11:30 a.m. (CT) to learn what the bill means for kids and families. After the briefing, KAC policy advisors will be available for questions.
REGISTER: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uTupmf1VQROKaVvHCR29kw
Featuring:
- Emily Barnes, Education Policy Advisor, KAC
- Heather Braum, Senior Policy Advisor, KAC
- Dustin Hare, Economic Security Policy Advisor, KAC
- Nathan Kessler, Fiscal Policy Manager, KAC
During the call, we’ll cover what happened with Medicaid, SNAP, taxes, education, and more, including:
- How SNAP is in danger of ending in Kansas – if state lawmakers don’t choose to pay the required cost share
- Changes to child care tax credits
- Implications for the health care system
- Kansas kids losing access to the federal child tax credit
Parent Empowerment Circle Sunday, JUNE 22, 2025
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Parent Empowerment Circle
Sunday, JUNE 22, 2025
Agenda
1:30 PM – Sign the attendance sheet and get name tag
1:30-1:45 PM – Meet and Greet Time with other attendees
1:45 PM – Round table introductions: Please briefly introduce yourself, why you are attending today and what you hope to gain from coming to this meeting. Please share a recent “WIN” that you are positive about.
2:00 PM – RESOURCE GUIDE – Review Handouts of resources and discuss, take notes, updates, corrections
3:00 PM to 3:15 PM –
July Meeting: “Dealing with Discouragement”, guest speaker – Candy Turner
August Meeting: meet up at splash pad for a fun day?
September Meeting: “IEP’s and 504’s”, guest speaker – Tonya Barnes
October meeting: TBA
Other questions, comments, suggestions
3:15 PM – Dismiss meeting but you are welcome to chat with other attendees
3:15 PM to 3:30 PM – Clean up space and leave building
Next meeting: July 27, 2025, 1:30-3:30 PM at this same location
Cherri Walrod
Community Health Worker
K-State Research and Extension Southwind District
Incident at National Speech and Debate Conference Explained by Destry Brown
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
6/19/2025
Nine students and three coaches from Fort Scott High School attended the National Speech and Debate Conference this week in Des Moines, IA.
During the finals round of one of the competitions and unknown person walked onto the stage and interrupted the speech. They evacuated the auditorium thinking he was an active shooter. Later the National Speech and Debate Conference posted the following announcement:
This afternoon, an unidentified attendee entered the stage during the Humorous Interpretation Finals, interrupting the round. The individual has been subdued and removed from the premises. There were no weapons involved, and no threats were made. The hall was evacuated and there are no reported injuries. The rest of the venue has been swept for any potential threats by members of law enforcement. We understand the concerns people have, and we want to assure everyone that this is an isolated incident. We plan to resume the tournament later today and will aim to update attendees on the revised schedule by 4 PM CT.
The reunification area for all participants is the North parking lot, outside the Memorial Hall entrance.
All our students and coaches are safe and accounted for. The district administrators along with the sponsors on the trip have made the decision to bring everyone home this evening. Upon their arrival home, in addition to their families, our high school counselors and other support staff will be there to meet them at the school. We want to make sure our students, sponsors, and parents are given any support they may need in the coming days as a result of this very scary situation.
Mr. Slinkard, our debate and forensics coach, reported that our kids reacted very calmly and maturely during the evacuation and were helping each other as well as other kids from around the country get to safety. He is very proud of the way our kids and coaches conducted themselves during this situation.
We are very thankful that everyone is safe and on their way back home.
Submitted by Destry Brown, Superintendent of USD234
Parent Empowerment Circle Sunday, June 22, 1:30-3:30 p.m. First Southern Baptist Church
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Hercules Hobby Opens in Fort Scott
Hercules Hobby, a store that sells sports cards, autographed memorabilia, helmets, Pokemon, and Magic The Gathering cards, opened in Fort Scott on June 13.
The store is located at 20 Scott Avenue.
“I had 25 kids in here on our soft opening,” said Phil Jackson, owner of the store. “Some kids play tournaments with Pokémon and MTG cards. There may be tournaments possible at a later date.”
“I have been a collector my entire life; my grandpa, who passed away, was a collector,” he said. “I’ve been thinking about a brick and mortar store for a while—something fun for kids to do on the weekend.”
“My grandfather will be in the soul of this store,” he said.
Hours of operation currently are 4-8 p.m. on Fridays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays.
Other days and times to be determined at a later date.
“It’s something we don’t have around here,” Jackson said. “I bought and sold items at shops in Kansas City. There is none like this in our area.”
He hired the manager, Levi Qualls, following a conversation at Faith Church, where they both attend.
“Levi shares the same love of this hobby that I do,” Jackson said.
For more information, contact Jackson at 515-512-3883.
This new business is under Jacksons Enterprise LLC.
Parent Empowerment Circle Meets Sunday June 22
New Shade For the Splash Pad
The Fort Scott Splash Pad and Sensory Park was a grassroots project that opened in 2023, according to its Facebook page. This year a new handicapped-accessible restroom and two shading devices were installed on the north side of the park.