Bourbon County, Business, Fort Scott

Small Business Saturday: Buy Local

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Small Business Saturday
Saturday, November 30, 2019

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce encourages the community to support SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY on November 30th.

For every $100 spent locally, $68 stays in our community. When the same $100 is spent with a national franchise, only $43 is retained locally. Shoppers across the nation are encouraged to “SHOP SMALL” and support local businesses this season.

The Chamber encourages all to take part in a Passport Event as part of Small Business Saturday. This Saturday when shopping at participating retailers, customers may collect stamps by spending $5 or more at a minimum of four stores, then turn in the passport to one of the businesses by 5 pm to be entered in a drawing for Chamber Bucks.

Small businesses promoting the passport event include Bartlesmeyer Jewelry, Bids & Dibs, Books & Grannies, Country Cupboard, Courtland Spa, Fort Scott Munitions, Fort Scott Gun & Pawn, Front Door Christmas Store, Hedgehog.INK, Here We Go Again Upholstery, Hole in the Wall, Iron Star Antiques, J & W Sports Shop, The Lavender Patch, Lowell Milken Center, Main Street Gallery & Gifts, Mayco Ace Hardware, Papa Don’s Pizza, Redbud Farm & Nurseries, Ruddick’s Furniture, Sekan’s Occasion Shop, Sunshine Boutique, The Electronics Store, Trader Dave’s, and Treasure Hunt Flea Market.

Contact the Chamber of Commerce for more information at 620-223-3566.


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Entertainment, Fort Scott, Schools

Youth to perform in January

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Fifth graders Lanie Jackson, Lillian Jackson, Jackson Montgomery, Icysis Reeder, Madi Davis, Karlee Hereford, Michaela Morrell, and Javon Steadman were nominated by Eugene Ware Elementary Music Educator MJ Harper to participate in Southeast Kansas Music Educator’s Association Elementary Honor Choir.

This event will take place in Frontenac on Saturday, January 18th. Students meet after school once a week and on
their own to prepare the five pieces and are eager to perform with their counterparts throughout the district.
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Contact: MJ Harper, 620-719-6633, [email protected]

Fort Scott

Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner By the Schwalms and Friends

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For over 20 years, Marjorie Schwalm has been serving meals on Thanksgiving for people in the community.

“I originated it and run it with my friends and family,” Schwalm said. “I buy the food, take the orders for deliveries.”

There is no cost to the recipient.

“All are welcome to come or we will deliver,” Schwalm said.  “We deliver to Meals on Wheels people, Cavalry Crossing Crossing and High-Rise apartments. Those that don’t have a way of comming to the lodge. We deliver. A lot of people help deliver. The most we’ve delivered is 300 people.”

Delivery starts at 10 a.m. on Thanksgiving day, then the focus is on those who come to the Elks Lodge, 111 W. 19th to eat the dinner.

 

 

She said helpers show up on Thanksgiving morning and ask what they can do to help.

 

The Elks Lodge members smoke the turkeys and allow her to take over the lodge, to cook and serve the meal to those attending, she said.

 

Dinner is served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

 

And they serve between 600-700 people every Thanksgiving.

 

Community Christian Church makes all the desserts for the dinner, Cthe hurch of God Holiness pays for all the rolls.

“It is truly a community effort,” she said.

For more information or to order a meal contact Schwalm at 620.223.1521.

 

 

Entertainment, Fort Scott, Schools

Christmas Caroling by 4th and 5th Grade Students Dec. 3

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Eugene Ware Youth Choir, under the direction of MJ Harper, will spread holiday cheer on Tuesday, December
3rd at 1 PM and 6 PM.

Presbyterian Village, Country Place, and the Board of Education will be serenaded in the
afternoon by 40 performers in 4th and 5th grade that rehearse once a week after school.

These young singers
will also carol during the Fort Scott Christmas Parade in the evening

Bourbon County, K-State Extension

Ranchers/Farmers: Think Outside the Box

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The Range Beef Cow Symposium was held in Scottsbluff, Nebraska during the week of November eighteenth.
You may be wondering what this has to do with ranching in Southeast, Kansas, but the answer is more than you would think.
Western ranchers face many of the same production problems we have in this area. Cattle prices have been depressed, the weather has been uncooperative, and good labor is in short supply.
If anything, the environment is even harsher out west. Ranches are measured in 640-acre sections, rather than in acres because carrying capacities are so low.  Water can be in short supply, and mother nature deals out long, cold, and snowy winters.  These factors make it imperative that western ranchers think outside the box for strategies that work well for them.
With a little brainstorming, we can do the same on your farm or ranch. What labor and natural resources do you have? What are you willing to learn how do differently? Have you considered multi-species grazing, or crossbreeding your cows? What about leasing cows out to a younger producer to help them get started in the business?  What consideration have you given to alternative forage crops like teff grass or cover crop mixes? Have you thought about growing stocker calves during the spring and early summer, when there may be excess grass growth on your farm?  When was the last time you purchased extra fertilizer, or seeded legumes like clover into your pastures?
One of the best things about farming and ranching is that your options are nearly limitless.
Once you determine what your long term goals are, I can help you with strategies to achieve them.
Call me, Christopher Petty, Southwind District Extension Agent for Livestock Production and Forage Management at 620-223-3720 or e-mail me at [email protected]. I’d be happy to visit with you about your options for success.
Christopher Petty, M.S.
Extension Agent
Livestock Production and Forage Management
K-State Research and Extension
Southwind Extension District
210 S. National
Fort Scott, KS 66701
(620) 223-3720 Work
(620)224-6031 Cell
[email protected]
Bourbon County, Government

Bourbon County Commission Agenda Nov. 26

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Agenda

Bourbon County Commission Room

1st Floor, County Courthouse

210 S. National Avenue

Fort Scott, KS 66701

Note new time.

Date: November 26, 2019

1st District-Lynne Oharah Minutes: Approved: _______________

2nd District-Jeff Fischer Corrected: _______________

3rd District-Nick Ruhl Adjourned at: _______________

County Clerk-Kendell Mason

1:30-2:15 – Jim Harris

2:15-2:30 – Robert Uhler – Smart Growth America

3:00-3:30 – Justin Meek – Executive Session

4:30-6:00 – Lunch

6:00-7:30 – Jody & Jeff – Economic Development Incentive Guidelines

Obituary

Obituary of Dr. F. Wayne Stark

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Dr. F. Wayne Stark

Dr. F. Wayne Stark, 79, a resident of Fort Scott, KS, died Sunday, November 24, 2019, at his home.

He was born December 25, 1939, in Fort Scott, KS, the son of Ernest Lloyd Stark and Lillie Elizabeth Davis Stark.

On March 25, 1963, Wayne married Alice Garner Stark.

He served the Church of the Nazarene in several capacities from 1960-2015.

Wayne graduated from Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, OK in 1963 with a bachelor’s degree in religion. He went on to earn his M.A. in religion from Southern Nazarene University and his Master of Divinity from the Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri. Wayne received his Doctorate of Divinity from the Nazarene Theological Seminary on June 2, 2019.

Wayne began his service to the Church of the Nazarene in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the Nazarene Gospel Mission as Head Pastor from 1960-1962. Wayne then served as Pastor at the Church of the Nazarene in Noble, Oklahoma until 1966. He spent the next ten years serving at Central Church of the Nazarene in downtown Oklahoma City. In 1976, Wayne accepted the call to the Nazarene Indian Bible College in Albuquerque, New Mexico. During his time in Albuquerque, Wayne served as both Pastor and professor before being appointed by the General Superintendent as President of the College until 1983.

Following a one year sabbatical, Wayne moved his family to Pleasanton, Kansas where he would serve as Pastor of the Pleasanton Church of the Nazarene until 1996.

At that time, Wayne felt a calling to once again go back and serve the inner city of Oklahoma City. He took an unpaid position as pastor at First Indian Church of the Nazarene in Oklahoma City, OK. In addition, he served as Site Director of Love Link Ministries until his resignation in 2008. Wayne retired in 2015 after serving the Nazarene denomination for 55 years.

Wayne is survived by his wife, Alice Garner Stark; his brother Eddie Stark and wife Margaret; his sisters Naoma Hemphill and husband Bob, and Marilyn Rogers; his sons Kevin and wife Cristin Stark, and Stephen Stark; his daughters Evangeline and husband Matt Korinke, and Michelle Seciwa; his grandchildren Christian Tavernaro and wife Cristin, Johnathan Stark and wife Sarah, Wyatt Stark, Wes Seciwa, Dawson, Brody and Lila Korinke.

Wayne was preceded in death by his grandparents M. Grant and Leota Stark and Ernest Eddie “Edd” and Haskell Hayse Davis; and parents Ernest and Lillie Stark.

Rev. Virgil Peck will conduct funeral services at 10:30 AM Wednesday, November 27th, at the Fort Scott Church of the Nazarene.

Burial will follow in the Prescott Cemetery, Prescott, KS. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 7:30 PM Tuesday at the Cheney Witt Chapel.

Memorials are suggested to either Pathways or AgGrandize Global and may be left in care of the website Grandizeglobal.com or Cheney Witt Chapel, P.O. Box 347, 201 S. Main, Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.

Obituary

Glen A. Pearson, Jr. Obituary

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Glen Alexander Pearson, Jr.

Glen Alexander Pearson, Jr., 3-day old son of Glen Pearson, Sr., and Shelby Brown, of Iola, Kansas, passed away unexpectedly, Saturday, November 23, 2019, at the Allen County Hospital Emergency Room in Iola, Kansas.

He was born November 20, 2019, at Pittsburg, Kansas.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by a sister, Brailynne and his grandparents and great-grandparents.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, December 2nd at the Cheney Witt Chapel.

A private burial will take place Tuesday at the Highland Cemetery in Iola, Kansas. Memorials are suggested to the Glen Pearson, Jr. Memorial Fund and may be left in the care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.

Bourbon County, Business, Entertainment

Rosie’s Cabin Hosts Vendors Dec. 7: Buy Local

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Rosie’s Cabin and Event Center, 563 Maple Rd., Uniontown
Rosie’s Cabin Event Center Manager Kelsey Blythe was approached by a local entrepreneur to host a vendor show.
“Kelly Perry from Perry’s Pork Rinds is a very motivated entrepreneur with great ideas,” Blythe said.  “She came to me with an idea to have a local vendor show. Since we have space, we were delighted to host.”
The Backwoods Holiday Mart is scheduled for December 7 at Rosie’s Cabin – 563 Maple Road Uniontown, just 20 minutes from downtown Fort Scott.
“Everyone is invited,” Blythe said.  “The more support our local vendors get, the better for all of the community in Bourbon County.”
The event is from 9 am – 4 pm on Saturday, Dec. 7.
There will be giveaways, prizes, and samples.
Santa Claus will be available for family photos by Erica George Photography.
“Loads of people will be setting up a booth to sell and advertise their products,” Blythe said.  “There are so many different kinds of vendors coming, it’s going to be so fun to look around.”
  “There will be hand made jewelry, wines, nuts, knives, Perry’s Pork Rinds, homemade baked goods, homemade dog treats, leather goods,  woodworking, Tupperware, homemade Christmas wreaths and many many more. Come support your local business people!! Most of these vendors travel to vendor shows and put their heart into their products.”

Blythe is considering this an annual event and possibly bi-annual
“to give hard-working people a good chance to sell LOCALLY! What would be better than to have one of your best shows be here in Bourbon County,” Blythe said.

 

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