Fort Scott, Government

Dave Martin Retires As City Manager, Effective Oct. 30, 2020

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Dave Martin

Dave Martin, Fort Scott City’s Manager retired today, with an effective date of  Oct. 30, 2020. He was hired as city manager in August 2010.

According to the retirement/severance contract provided by the City of Fort Scott, Martin through the remainder of 2020  will receive his full rate of salary, $4,133.60 bi-weekly.

Martin will remain on the city health plan until Dec. 2021, also according to the document, which can be viewed below:

DOC102120-10212020134903

 

To see a prior story on Martin, click below:

City Commission Approves Raise For Martin

 

 

Obituary

Obituary of Dexter Clark

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Dexter Allen Clark, age 87, a resident of Wichita, Kansas, passed away Monday, October 19, 2020, at his home.

He was born July 8, 1933, in Ft. Scott, Kansas, the son of James H. Clark, Sr. and Alice Anna West Clark.

In earlier years, Dexter worked for the Ft. Scott Tribune first as a paperboy and later in the print room.  He graduated from the Ft. Scott High School and later served with the United States Army during the Korean War.  Following his military service he graduated from Wichita Drafting College.

He married Lucille Williams in 1955.  They later divorced in 1987.  Dexter began a career with Litwin Corp., an oil refining business, where he worked for many years as Senior Design and Draftsman.  When the company relocated to Texas, Dexter took a position with PDF/Texaco in Eldorado, Kansas where he worked until he retired.

Dexter was extremely mechanically minded and used this ability in his hobby of constructing models of all kinds especially cars and airplanes. He also enjoyed ceramics, collecting stamps and coins, gardening and photography.  He was a member of the NRA.

 

Survivors include a daughter, Susan Clark, of the home in Wichita; a grandson, Shannon Colby Urban; four great-grandchildren, Isaac, Tristin, Michala and Jillian and two great-great-grandchildren, Zoe and Benjamin.  Also surviving are a brother, Richard Clark, of Lenexa, his in-laws, Rollin and Betty Swaim and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Leon Clark and James H. Clark, Jr.

 

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, October 23rd at the Cheney Witt Chapel.

Burial with military honors will follow in the Maple Grove Cemetery northeast of Ft. Scott.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Ft. Scott, KS 66701.  Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.

Bourbon County

Scouts Jam On The Air

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From left to right are: Dwight Moore, Alison Moore, Charlie Widder, and Cameron Lamb

Jamboree On The Air is an annual event to provide an opportunity for Scouts to get on the air and talk to other radio operators through ham radio.

Amateur radio operators are often called hams, though the origin of that term is open to debate.

Scout Pack 114 from Fort Scott participated on Saturday, October 17th, in the event.

Dwight Moore, KD0OIX, set-up a portable station at the fairgrounds in Fort Scott.

Several cub scouts and their parents came by to listen and four of the cub scouts made phone contacts with operators in New York and Pennsylvania.

Overall, they worked 23 stations from the fairgrounds, including one station in Germany.

If you are interested in joining scouting contact Cyndi Goebel, Cubmaster for Pack 114, 620-215-9733 or visit the Facebook page, BAS Scouts pack 114.

Bourbon County, Elections, Government

Advance Voting Up in Kansas and in Bourbon County

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The number of advance voting ballots mailed out for the Kansas 2020 General Election has sharply increased, according to The Kansas City Star newspaper dated Oct. 15.

“The state said it was shipping 456,148 advance ballots this year, way beyond the 133,822 in 2016 and 128,220 in 2018.

“Democrats so far have had the highest mail-in ballot turnout. Officials reported that among ballots received, 1,261 were from those affiliated as Democrats, followed by Republicans (556), unaffiliated voters (549) and Libertarians (17).”

“On Day 1 of early voting Wednesday, (Oct. 15) Kansans returned more than triple the number of mail-in ballots sent in 2016, according to the Secretary of State’s office.”

“Officials reported 2,383 ballots sent back as of Wednesday. That’s three times the 771 after the first day of mail-in voting in 2016 and 423 in 2018.”

“The Secretary of State’s office explained in a subsequent Tweet that the ballots returned thus far are from military personnel and overseas citizens, who are sent ballots beginning 45 days prior to the election.”

To see the entire story, click below:

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article246473700.html

 

In Bourbon County to date,  there have been 432 advance in-person voters with two weeks left until the Nov. 3 election, according to Clerk Kendell Mason.

“We have mailed 970 ballots and 376 have been returned,” Mason said.

 

Kendell Mason. Submitted photo.

 

In the 2019 general election, there were  493 total in-person advance voters, she said.

 

“Advance voters put their voted ballots in a machine that counts their votes, but we will not know the results of those votes until we close down the machine on November 3rd,” Mason said.

Voters took advantage of advance voting at the Bourbon County Clerk’s Office.

 

 

 

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Fort Scott, Government

FS Commission Special Meeting Oct. 21 at 1:15 p.m.

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There will be a Special Meeting of the Fort Scott City Commission held at 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, October 21st, 2020. This meeting will be held to consider a contract on a personnel matter.

This meeting will be held at 123 S. Main Street in the City Commission meeting room. This meeting will be broadcast on the City’s You tube channel. This meeting is open to the public.

 

Business, Fort Scott, Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce

Chamber Coffee At Exploratorium Oct. 22

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Join us for
Chamber Coffee tomorrow!
Hosted by New Chamber Member
FORT SCOTT
EXPLORATORIUM INSTITUTE
Come meet museum owners and new residents to Fort Scott, President Lorina Bowman and Husband, Vice President Jonathan!
This will be a sneak peek to their future plans!
Thursday, October 22nd, 8am
102 S. National Ave. located in the Beaux Arts Centre
Masks & social distancing are encouraged.
LINKS HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO TAKE YOU TO VIEW THE FORT SCOTT EXPLORATORIUM
Click HERE for their Facebook page!
Click HEREfor their website.
By attending the Chamber Coffee we will be the first to see the displays and sample exhibits that the Fort Scott Exploratorium will present at their first OPEN HOUSE, October 24th. Also two more scheduled for November 21st and December 12th
Bowman’s ~ “We plan on creating a museum with interactive components. For each of the sections we’ll have some displays behind plexiglass and others that visitors can explore hands on”.
We will also be teaching classes ourselves (or leasing space for others to do so), hosting clubs and birthday parties.
Be sure to follow our blog to keep tabs on our progress converting this open space into a realization of dreams.
Chamber Members & Guests are welcome
to make any announcement for $1 to the Chamber about their business or organization including events, new products, promotions, or any other specials!
UPCOMING CHAMBER COFFEE SCHEDULE
Announcer for October: Gregg Motley
  • 10/29 ~ OPEN date to schedule a Chamber Member Coffee
  • 11/5 ~ VFW
  • 11/12 ~ INTEGRITY HOME CARE & HOSPICE
  • 11/19 ~ BRIGGS AUTO
  • 11/26 ~ NO CHAMBER COFFEE
Area News

Red Cross Volunteers Sought

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Art, Bourbon County

Fort Scott Fall Photo Contest

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The Fort Scott Chamber and Co-sponsor Kenny Felt Photography
Invite you to enter into the
FALL PHOTO CONTEST!
ENTER NOW THROUGH OUR FACEBOOK PAGE,
TWO STEPS TO ENTER:
1. Share your photo to our Facebook page with the hashtag #FORTSCOTTFALL
(hashtag is required for entry)
2. Email the original file of your photo to the Chamber at [email protected], with your name & location of the photo.
Show your love, share your view on what Fall looks like to you in
Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas!
We are excited to see the submissions and eager to award the winner with a Fall Fort Scott print sponsored by Kenny Felt Photography!
Please below the Rules & Submission Information!
*The sponsors reserve the right to not award the prize print if no entries,
or quality entries, are submitted.
Bourbon County

Republicans Sponsor Trump Parade Oct. 25

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Bourbon County Republicans are sponsoring a “Trump Parade” this Sunday, Oct. 25 @ 1:00 pm in Ft Scott.

Starting at the Riverfront Park on North National Avenue, with vehicle lineup at Twister Trailer and Ft Scott Livestock parking lots.

“We will proceed south on National to 23rd, over to Horton, to 6th, National to Wall and returning back on Wall after turning around at R & R Equipment,” Deb Martin, Bourbon County Republican Corresponding Secretary said. ” Held rain or shine, if the group wants to do a second pass on the route we will! Street legal vehicles, all traffic laws obeyed. Come out and join us in support of our president and America!”

 

COVID-19, Government, Kansas

Sixth Correctional Facility Resident Death Oct. 19

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A  Ellsworth Correctional Facility (ECF) resident who died Monday, October 19, 2020 had tested positive for COVID-19. This is the sixth resident death related to COVID-19 in Kansas, the first at ECF.

 

The resident tested positive on September 26 at which time he was moved to the Lansing Correctional Facility (LCF) COVID-19 Management Unit (CMU).  Three days later he was transported from LCF to the hospital.

 

The resident’s family has asked that his name not be released.  He was a 60-year-old black male with underlying medical concerns that contributed to his condition.

 

This resident was serving a life sentence based on four sex crime convictions from Wyandotte County, Kansas.

 

The Ellsworth Correctional Facility opened in 1988. Serving only males, the Central Unit provides housing for 820 multi-custody residents and the East Unit provides housing for 95 minimum-custody residents.

 

For current information on COVOID-19 in Kansas, and to sign up for updates, go to the KDHE COVID-19 Resource Center at kdhe.ks.gov/coronavirus.  For information on KDOC’s response to COVID-19, visit https://www.doc.ks.gov/kdoc-coronavirus-updates.

 

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