People may have noticed the warning tape on the steps at Memorial Hall, located at Third Street and National Avenue.

The tape was put up last Tuesday, May 21, when city personnel noticed some of the mortar above the steps was coming off and felt it was unsafe for citizens to use the steps, according to Fort Scott City Manager Brad Matkin.

“The problem with Memorial Hall is the mortar on the top of the entryway is crumbling and pieces of it have been falling onto the stairway,” Matkin said.  “There is nothing wrong with the stairs, we roped it off believing we do not want citizens to go into those entry doors and have something fall on them. It is strictly for the safety of our citizens.”

“We are going out for bids to get the area fixed,” he said.

The Good Ol’ Days Baby Contest WILL take place in Memorial Hall on Saturday, June 1. Citizens are asked to NOT use the front steps, but instead the doors on the north and south of the building, according to Shaw O’Brien, chairman of the steering committee.