Bourbon County, Fort Scott

Fort Scott Public Library Activities May 5, 6

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Fort Scott Public Library Storytime
May 5: 10 am Choices Storytime on Zoom (the meeting will be recorded and may be made available after it ends).
               11 am  Choices Storytime on Facebook Live (we may post the video on the library’s YouTube channel as well).
Join Miss Val online for virtual storytime! The library will use the Zoom platform for the 10 am storytime and Facebook Live for the 11 am event. This should remain the schedule until the library reopens, but stay tuned to Fort Scott Public Library’s Facebook page for all event updates. To attend the Zoom meeting, you will need to message the library for the meeting link. You may receive the link by one of two methods:
 

Message Fort Scott Public Library through Facebook or email Miss Val at [email protected] before the start (10 am Tuesday) of storytime, and they will send you the link. The same link will be used for all future Zoom storytimes.


Zoom can be accessed on any pc with a camera and headset, smartphone, or tablet with online access. The application will allow families to see and interact with one another, in addition to being a part of storytime. Storytimes will be recorded and posted afterwards, when possible, for anyone who misses part or all of the meetings to view later. You will have the option of turning your video and audio on and off anytime during the meeting.
This week’s books: “That is NOT a Good Idea!” and “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!” by Mo Willems!
We will read two stories this week, in lieu of a craft. Suggested activity to do after storytime: Tic-Tac-Toe or another decision-based game.
This week’s snack: Soup and/or crackers.
 
For activity suggestions and more see the library’s Storytime Pinterest board: https://www.pinterest.com/fortscottpublic/story-time/.
Read digital books related to the theme at http://sunflowerelibrary.overdrive.com or https://www.hoopladigital.com/ (seknfind.org account required) or https://kslib.info/963/eBooks-for-Kids (for residents of Kansas only).

#fsplstorytime

Teens & Tweens:
 
Due to lack of participation this week, we will hold a repeat of our teen & tween game night on Wednesday, May 6 at 4 pm – Virtual Teen & Tween Game Night on Zoom. To receive the link, families should email Miss Val at [email protected] or message the Fort Scott Public Library Facebook page prior to the start of the meeting. Games played will include 2 Truths, 1 Lie (bring at least enough truths and lies for 3 or 4 rounds) and Charades (bring ideas for words & phrases to act out). Other games may also be played. This meeting is for middle and high school students only.  
COVID-19, Government, Kansas

Governor’s Phase Out To Reopen Kansas

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AD ASTRA: A PLAN TO REOPEN KANSAS | APRIL 30, 2020 PHASE OUT

TRAVEL
Unrestricted.

GATHERINGS
Maintain social distance where applicable.

INDIVIDUALS
Adhere to personal hygiene guidelines.
Remain home if you feel sick.

EMPLOYERS
Follow any additional guidance for businesses and employees that is
released.

BEGINS NO EARLIER THAN JUNE 15, 2020
At a date determined by the Governor based on the overall progress of the State on outlined health metrics.
The Governor will issue an Executive Order to move the State into this phase.

AD ASTRA: A PLAN TO REOPEN KANSAS | APRIL 30, 2020 PHASE OUT

COVID-19, Government, Kansas

Governor’s Phase 3 To Reopen Kansas

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AD ASTRA: A PLAN TO REOPEN KANSAS | APRIL 30, 2020 PHASE THREE

BUSINESS AND ACTIVITY RESTRICTIONS
All education, activities, venues and establishments
may operate pursuant to mass gathering guidelines.

PHASE THREE

TRAVEL
Nonessential travel may resume.

GATHERINGS
Mass gatherings of no more than 90 individuals allowed.

EMPLOYERS
On-site staffing is unrestricted.

INDIVIDUALS
Adhere to personal hygiene guidelines.
Remain home if you feel sick.

BEGINS NO EARLIER THAN JUNE 1, 2020

At a date determined by the Governor based on the overall progress of the State on outlined health metrics.
The Governor will issue an Executive Order to move the State into this phase.
AD ASTRA: A PLAN TO REOPEN KANSAS | APRIL 30, 2020 PHASE THREE

COVID-19, Government, Kansas

Governor’s Phase Two to Reopen Kansas

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PHASE TWO ✓
AD ASTRA: A PLAN TO REOPEN KANSAS | APRIL 30, 2020

ACTIVITIES
NOT ALLOWED TO OPEN
Large entertainment venues
with capacity of 2,000+
Fairs, festivals, parades, and graduations
Summer camps

ESTABLISHMENTS
ALLOWED TO OPEN
Bars and nightclubs
at 50% total occupancy
Casinos (non-tribal) if compliant with guidelines approved by the KDHE.

EDUCATION, ACTIVITIES, & VENUES
ALLOWED TO OPERATE
Childcare facilities
Libraries
Swimming pools
Community centers
Organized sports facilities and tournaments
with some exceptions
✓
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PHASE TWO
BEGINS NO EARLIER THAN MAY 18, 2020
At a date determined by the Governor based on the overall progress of the State on outlined health metrics.
The Governor will issue an Executive Order to move the State into this phase.

TRAVEL
Minimize or avoid nonessential travel.
Follow KDHE travel and quarantine guidelines for travel to high-risk
areas.

GATHERINGS
Mass gatherings of
no more than 30
individuals allowed.

INDIVIDUALS
Masks are strongly encouraged in public settings.
Maintain 6 foot social distance.

EMPLOYERS
Telework is strongly encouraged when possible.
Any employee exhibiting symptoms  should be required to
stay home.

PHASE TWO ✓
AD ASTRA: A PLAN TO REOPEN KANSAS | APRIL 30, 2020

COVID-19, Government, Kansas

Governor’s Phase One To Reopen Kansas April 30

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PHASE ONE ✓
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AD ASTRA: A PLAN TO REOPEN KANSAS | APRIL 30, 2020
BEGINS MAY 4, 2020 AS DIRECTED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 20-29
TRAVEL

Minimize or avoid nonessential travel.
Follow KDHE travel and quarantine guidelines for travel to high-risk areas.

GATHERINGS
Mass gatherings of no more than 10 individuals allowed.

ACTIVITIES
NOT ALLOWED TO OPEN
Community centers
Large entertainment venues
with capacity of 2,000 +
Fairs, festivals, parades, & graduations
Public swimming pools
Organized sports facilities
Summer camps

ESTABLISHMENTS
NOT ALLOWED TO OPEN
Bars and nightclubs excluding already operating curbside and carryout services
Casinos (non-tribal)
Indoor leisure spaces
Fitness centers and gyms
Personal service businesses where close contact cannot be avoided

EDUCATION, ACTIVITIES, & VENUES
ALLOWED TO OPERATE
Childcare facilities
Libraries

INDIVIDUALS
Masks are strongly encouraged in public settings.
Maintain 6 foot social distance.

EMPLOYERS
Telework is strongly encouraged when possible.
Any employee exhibiting symptom should be required to stay home.

PHASE ONE ✓
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AD ASTRA: A PLAN TO REOPEN KANSAS | APRIL 30, 2020

COVID-19, Government, Kansas

KDHE adds states to travel quarantine list, removes others

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TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has added two states to the quarantine list: Massachusetts and Rhode Island and removed three states from the list: California, Florida and Washington. This is effective for persons returning today, April 30, and moving forward. A comprehensive list of those individuals in Kansas needing to quarantine for 14 days includes those who have:

 

Travel to:

  • Massachusetts and Rhode Island on or after April 30
  • Connecticut on or after April 6.
  • Louisiana or anywhere in Colorado on or after March 27.
  • Illinois or New Jersey on or after March 23.
  • New York on or after March 15.
  • Eagle, Summit, Pitkin and Gunnison counties in Colorado in the week of March 8 or after.
  • Been on a cruise ship or river cruise on or after March 15.
  • International travel on or after March 15.

 

Others needing to continue quarantining:

  • People who have previously been told by Public Health to quarantine because of their cruise ship travel should finish out their quarantine.
  • People who have previously been told by Public Health to quarantine because of their international travel to China, South Korea, Japan, Italy and Iran should finish out their quarantine.
  • Received notification from public health officials (state or local) that you are a close contact of a laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19.

 

Please note these quarantine orders do not apply to critical infrastructure sectors needed to continue operations during this pandemic. Public health, including hospitals, clinics, law enforcement, meat packing supply, etc. need to have the staffing resources to continue serving Kansans. While KDHE strongly recommends these quarantine restrictions for everyone, we do recognize that services need to continue.

 

KDHE encourages facilities to ensure they have updated their Emergency Preparedness Plans and implement protocols to ensure that no employee comes to work symptomatic.

 

For more information on COVID-19, please visit the KDHE website at www.kdhe.ks.gov/coronavirus.

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Bourbon County, COVID-19

Health Department COVID 19 Update April 30

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SEK Multi-County Health Departments

Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, and Woodson Counties

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update

April 30, 2020

Allen County

Current Positive Cases 0
Current Recovered Cases 0
Total Positives Since Testing 0
Deaths 0

Anderson County

Current Positive Cases 0
Current Recovered Cases 0
Total Positives Since Testing 0
Deaths 0

Bourbon County

Current Positive Cases 0
Current Recovered Cases 5
Total Positives Since Testing 6
Deaths 1

Woodson County

Current Positive Cases 0
Current Recovered Cases 5-1 case still hospitalized, but COVID-19 infection resolved
Total Positives Since Testing 5
Deaths 0

Recovered cases are based on dates of onset of symptoms, not on day testing results are received.

COVID-19, Government, Health Care, Kansas

Governor Lifts Stay-at-Home Order Effective May 4

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Governor Laura Kelly introduces plan to safely, gradually

re-open Kansas, get state back to work

“Ad Astra” plan increases local flexibility in COVID-19 response efforts

 

TOPEKA – In a televised address, Governor Laura Kelly today presented her detailed framework for gradually, safely re-opening the Kansas economy and getting Kansas back to work. Kelly’s framework, “Ad Astra: A Plan to Reopen Kansas” comes five weeks after a statewide stay-home order became necessary to aggressively mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Phase One will take effect on Monday, May 4, 2020, via Executive Order 20-29, when the statewide stay-home order outlined in Executive Order 20-16 officially lifts.

 

“I am incredibly proud of how the people of Kansas met the moment and answered the call to hunker down,” Kelly said. “It has been a difficult time that has taken a painful toll … financially, emotionally, physically, spiritually and professionally on Kansans,” Kelly said. “But because Kansans took this seriously, COVID-19 has inflicted far less devastation on Kansas than it did in other states.”

 

The framework is structured to return more flexibility to local community response efforts, while still operating under a statewide, regulatory baseline. It allows local governments to impose additional restrictions beyond those outlined at the state level, if they deem it necessary to local COVID-19 response efforts. Local governments that choose not to impose additional restrictions are required to operate within the regulatory baseline established by the state. This approach will increase flexibility for local communities while also ensuring a gradual, safe transition statewide.

 

“My Ad Astra plan was developed in collaboration with my state health department, state emergency management team, business leaders and a diverse team of community leaders,” Kelly said. “It aims to balance the needs and concerns identified throughout diverse regions of the state, and sectors of the Kansas economy, but without compromising public health and safety. Data must drive this process … not dates.”

 

The Governor will evaluate the state’s disease spread, testing rates, death rates, hospitalizations, ability of state and local public health authorities to contain outbreaks and conduct contact tracing, and personal protective equipment availability when determining if the state should move to the next “Phase.” Regardless of phase, the State Health Officer retains the authority to impose additional public health interventions in any area that contains an emergent and significant public health risk.

 

Throughout all these phases, Kansans should continue to adhere to hygiene and social distancing protocols, including:

  • Washing hands frequently, while avoiding contact with one’s face;
  • Remaining home when sick or running a fever;
  • Following isolation and quarantine orders issued by state or local health officers;
  • Wearing a cloth face mask when in public;
  • Working remotely, if possible.

 

These are basic public health guidelines that will slow the spread of this disease, regardless of which phase is in effect, and are essential to minimizing community transmission of COVID-19 in the absence of a vaccine.

 

“Even if Kansans do everything perfectly for the next couple of months, new outbreaks are almost inevitable until a COVID-19 vaccine is developed, manufactured and made widely available. It is essential that we make this transition slowly, gradually and cautiously,” the Governor said.

 

Kelly’s “Ad Astra: A Plan to Reopen Kansas,” is available in full at covid.ks.gov, in addition to industry-specific guidance for Kansas businesses.

 

Bourbon County, Business, Fort Scott

Kenny Felt Photography Has New Digs

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Kenny Felt Photography’s new studio is located next to the Common Ground Coffee shop location on East Wall.
Kenny Felt Photography’s new address is 10 E. Wall St.
He is moving from a small studio on Main Street, around the corner.
“When I moved into the old location, it was really only meant to last until I found a bigger space,” Felt said. “It worked well for newborns and seniors but I really needed more space.”
Having the larger space will allow Felt  to accommodate large groups and families  “as well as expand on what I can do creatively in the studio.”
Felt has memories of this particular building.
“I’ve loved this building on Wall Street since 2001 when I began working at the Fort Scott Tribune as a photographer,” he said. “
“I sort of grew up here as a college student. My first job out of high school was as a photojournalist for the paper even though I had barely any knowledge of how to work a camera. Through a lot of dumb luck, I fell into photography and have loved it ever since. Even after leaving the Tribune, I regularly photographed subjects throughout the various open areas in the building. it’s always had great light coming through the large windows. Now that it’s been given new life, I’m excited to see what happens! “
Kenny Felt’s new studio at 10 E. Wall. Submitted photo.
Felt is impressed with the renovation project of Jennifer LaRoche.
“When I heard about the plans for renovation I had high hopes for what it would turn into but never did I imagine it would’ve turned out as beautiful as it has,” he said. ” It’s unreal how beautiful everything is.”
Felt can be reached by phone a  620-719-0249.  His website is www.kennyfelt.com OR he can be found on Facebook or Instagram @kennyfelt
Felt provides all sorts of photography services.
“I do all varieties of photography but specialize in seniors pictures, weddings and newborns,” he said.

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