Bourbon County, Schools

New UJHS Social Science Teacher: Gabrielle Studer

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Gabrielle Studer. Submitted photo.
The following is part of a series of new teachers in Bourbon County schools.
Uniontown teachers have In-Service on Monday, August 26. The first day with students is Thursday, August 29.
Name: Gabrielle Studer
Age: 41
Title and where you will teach: Junior high social sciences teacher, Uniontown
Experience: Five years of teaching English at Fort Scott High School, two years as an instructional coach at Fort Scott Middle School.
Education: BS in sociology from MSSU, and earned a teaching license through PSU. “I worked as a social worker for several years before moving to Fort Scott in 2004.”
Family: Husband Brian and two kids, Sadie (age 7) and Callum (age 5).
Hobbies/interests:  “I enjoy traveling, reading, snow skiing and of course being with family and friends.”
How did you become an educator?
“I didn’t initially study to be an educator. For several years, I had been enjoying my work in the field of social work. But after moving to Kansas, I found that the private sector required me to have different qualifications than I had. Rather than attending school to gain a similar degree to what I already had, I decided to switch to education. Since high school, I’d always worked in some capacity with youth. It was my niche. So I thought teaching would be fun. And I was right — I love teaching secondary students.”
What is the best part of teaching for you?
“I enjoy teaching because I love hanging out with teenagers. It’s just a serious bonus that I also get to teach material that I love. I could learn all day about history, archaeology, geography, literature — even grammar. As a teacher, I get to keep learning about the topics that thrill me, and I also get to hang out with teenagers, who are so much fun and always full of surprises. I can’t think of a better job. Besides getting paid to travel the world. I admit that would be better.”
What is the greatest challenge in teaching?
“For me, the greatest challenge to teaching is finding a way to interest every student. But if people are having fun together, they often find interest in whatever they’re doing together — even if it’s learning the Pythagorean theorem or diagramming sentences.”

 

Bourbon County, K-State Extension

Extend the Season with a Fall Garden

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Krista Harding
District Extension Agent, Horticulture
Southwind Extension District
111 S. Butler
Erie, KS 66733
Office: 620-244-3826
Cell: 620-496-8786

 

I know there is still a lot of summer left. But in just a few weeks, students will be back in school and fall will be here in the blink of an eye. Although our summer gardens are going strong, it is time to start thinking about getting our fall vegetables planted. Believe it or not, fall is a great gardening season!

When you think about it, fall weather is much like spring – warm daytime temperatures and cool nights. Rainfall is typically more abundant in the fall than summer (although we have had plenty this summer) so less irrigation is needed and fall gardens often have fewer insect pest and disease problems. Combine all of these and you have the ingredients for a great garden! And of most importance is the taste of the produce grown. Flavors of fall grown vegetables are often sweeter and milder in taste than those grown during hot summer weather.

Some of the best vegetables for a fall garden are lettuce, spinach, radishes, beets, cabbage, turnips and carrots because of their frost-tolerance. These vegetables can be planted directly into your garden wherever space can be found – next to plants still growing in the garden like tomatoes, cucumbers and pumpkins. Plant mid-August until the first week of September.

Left over seed from spring planting can be used as long as it was stored in a cool, dry location. To speed up germination and seedling emergence, soak the seeds overnight before planting. If you are purchasing new seed, look for the shortest season cultivars that you can find to insure harvest before a killing frost. The average fall freeze date for our area is around October 24 according to the Weather Data Library on the K-State campus.

Sometimes establishing a fall garden can be difficult during the summer when soil temperatures are extremely high. One way to avoid this is to establish plants in containers or pots for transplanting into the garden later in the season when the weather begins to cool. Cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and collards can be grown in cooler protected areas for 2-4 weeks prior to setting in the garden. Be sure to acclimatize crops for several days before transplanting directly into the garden.

Garden soil should be prepared just like for spring. An application of fertilizer will probably be necessary for optimum plant growth. Use one pound of a complete analysis fertilizer, such as 12-12-12, applied per 100 square feet of garden area. Weeds and grasses will also grow well in a fall garden so mulching may be warranted.

Everyone gets geared up to plant vegetables in the spring, but the fall season offers many benefits to gardening. Few take advantage of the season, but consider giving it a try this year.

The Extension office has the “Vegetable Garden Planting Guide” publication available free of charge. This guide offers information such as days to first harvest, days to germination, planting depth, frost resistance, and more.

Krista Harding is a K-State Research and Extension Agricultural agent assigned to Southwind District. She may be reached at [email protected] or 620-244-3826.

K-State Research and Extension is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Business, Entertainment, Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce

Chamber Coffee and Ribbon Cutting at Nelson State Farm and Meeks Law Firm

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WEEKLY CHAMBER COFFEE REMINDER
Join us for Chamber Coffee
Hosted by:

Kale Nelson State Farm
& Meeks Law Firm
With ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating their new location immediately following the coffee
Location:

1805 S. National Ave.
Thursday, August 8, 2019  at 8:00 a.m.
Chamber members and guests are encouraged to attend for networking, community announcements, and to learn about the hosting business or organization.
Members may pay $1 to make an announcement about an upcoming event, special/sale/discount, or news of any kind.
Upcoming Coffees:
August 15 – Craw-Kan (at Sleep Inn & Suites, 231 E. Wall St.)
August 22 – Ascension Via Christi Fort Scott
August 29 – Fort Scott Washateria (501 S. National)
September 5 – Stutesman’s Action Realty (New Location: 120 E. Wall St.)
Bourbon County Sheriff's Office

The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Daily Reports Aug. 7

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08/06/2019 – 08/07/2019
293 E 20th St., Fort Scott, KS 66701
Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office
Arrest Summary Report
Charges, Bond Type, Bond Amt.

LYMAN, ZACHARY RYAN, 27, – 2019-000724
Warrant Type
8/6/2019 1:07:00 AM
CRIMINAL DEPRIVATION OF PROPERTY; CIRCUM
UNKNOWN
NO CASH/SURETY 2500.00
Bond Total 2500.00

CLEMENTS, AMANDA LAKIN, 32, -2019-000726
Warrant Type
8/6/2019 1:20:00 AM
DOMESTIC BATTERY; KNOWING CAUSE PHYS CONTACT
2ND
NO CASH/SURETY 5000.00
INTERFERENCE WITH LEO; OBSTRUCT/RESIST FELONY NO CASH/SURETY 0.00
Bond Total 5000.00

MITCHELL, JERRY LEE, 60, – 2019-000727
Warrant Type
8/6/2019 8:54:00 AM
WARRANT BOURBON COUNTY ( BOND REVOKE) * NO 19CR313 NO BOND 0.00
WARRANT BOURBON COUNTY ( BOND REVOKE) * NO 19CR170 NO BOND 0.00
Bond Total 0.00

KEEDY, AUTUMN RENEE, 29, – 2019-000728
Warrant Type
8/6/2019 10:33:00 AM
WARRANT BOURBON COUNTY ( BOND REVOKE) * NO 2019-CR-0046 NO BOND 0.00
Bond Total 0.00

WILLIAMS, ANTHONY ED, 38, – 2019-000729
Warrant Type
8/6/2019 11:33:00 AM
DISTRIBUTE CERTAIN HALLUCINOGENS NO NO BOND 0.00
DISTRIBUTE OPIATE/OPIUM/NARC/STIM IN 1000′ SCHOOL NO NO BOND 0.00
ENDANGERING A CHILD NO NO BOND 0.00
WARRANT – OUT OF STATE * NO 1259613 NO BOND 0.00
Bond Total 0.00

25
Warrant No
MERRIMAN, CALEB ANTHONY, 25, -2019-000730
Warrant Type
8/6/2019 3:16:00 PM
WARRANT BOURBON COUNTY ( BOND REVOKE) * NO NO BOND 0.00
Bond Total 0.00

RICE, MONICA IRENE, 26, – 2019-000731
Warrant Type
8/6/2019 4:11:00 PM
CULTIVATE/DISTRIBUTE/W/INT
OPIATES/OPIUM/NARC/STIM
NO NO BOND 0.00
DISTRIBUTE CERTAIN HALLUCINOGENS NO NO BOND 0.00
Bond Total 0.00

COULTER, KEENA LEIGHANN, 23, -2019-000732
Warrant Type
8/6/2019 4:51:00 PM
DISTRIBUTE CERTAIN HALLUCINOGENS NO NO BOND 0.00
DISTRIBUTE CERTAIN OPIATES BY 18YOA W/IN 1000′ SCH NO NO BOND 0.00
ENDANGERING A CHILD NO NO BOND 0.00
Bond Total 0.00

PORTER, MICHAEL ALLEN, 43, – 2019-000733
Warrant Type
8/7/2019 12:11:00 AM
WARRANT BOURBON COUNTY ( FAILURE TO APPEAR) * NO 0.00
Bond Total 0.00

Bourbon County, Elections, Fort Scott

Unofficial Election Results for Bourbon County Primary Election

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Just in from the Bourbon County Clerk’s Office.

Total votes cast for that person is the first number.

     2019 CITY/SCHOOL PRIMARY                           UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
                                                        BOURBON COUNTY, KANSAS
                                                        AUGUST 6, 2019
     RUN DATE:08/06/19 07:55 PM                                                                                  REPORT-EL45A    PAGE 001
                                                  TOTAL VOTES     %    ELECTION DAY    EARLY VOTE
     
      PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 16) .  .  .  .  .         16  100.00
      REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL .  .  .  .  .      9,771
      BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL.  .  .  .  .  .  .      1,340                   814           526
      VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL  .  .  .  .  .  .              13.71
     
     CITY COMMISSION FORT SCOTT
     VOTE FOR  3
      Cheryl L. Adamson.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        219    7.38           122            97
      Harold (Pete) Allen .  .  .  .  .  .  .        247    8.32           157            90
      Kevin "Skitch" Allen.  .  .  .  .  .  .        301   10.14           213            88
      Cynthia Bartelsmeyer.  .  .  .  .  .  .        333   11.22           179           154
      Casey Bolden  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         58    1.95            43            15
      Tracy Dancer  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        110    3.70            73            37
      Bobby Duncan  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         99    3.33            64            35
      Bob Farmer .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        213    7.17           116            97
      Josh Jones .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        215    7.24           133            82
      Deb McCoy  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        329   11.08           195           134
      Diana Morriss .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        198    6.67           118            80
      Jeanie Parker .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        204    6.87           111            93
      Lindsey Watts .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        285    9.60           185           100
      Matthew Wells .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        158    5.32           106            52
     
     
     SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER POSITION 3 USD 234
     VOTE FOR  1
      Kellye Barrows.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        643   49.46           377           266
      Joe Foulk Sr. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         36    2.77            26            10
      Michael J. Hoyt  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        133   10.23            83            50
      Josh Jones .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        302   23.23           189           113
      Aaron Judy .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        186   14.31           118            68
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Obituary

Obituary of Winifred Daly

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Winifred Ada (Winnie) Daly, age 89, a resident of Fort Scott, died early Tuesday, August 6, 2019, at the Medicalodges of Fort Scott.

She was born January 18, 1930 in Richards, Missouri the daughter of Ross Albert Leek and Hazel Gwendolyne West Leek

. She graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1947.

She married Bob Daly on November 1, 1950, in Ft. Scott.

She taught in a one room schoolhouse near Hiattville, Kansas, and then later Deerfield, Missouri. She then got a position as the first Head Start teacher and worked there for 30 years.

Winnie enjoyed quilting, crocheting, and gardening. She loved fishing and attending her grandchildren’s sporting events.

Survivors include her children, Becky Davis and husband, Don, of Ft. Scott, Judy Hayden and husband, Sam, of Maxville, Kansas, Gwen Lancaster and husband, Don, of Ft. Scott,  and Max Daly and wife, Laurie, daughter in law Sharon Daly, all of Ft. Scott; fifteen grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two sisters, twin sister Wanda Giddens, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Fleeta Antrim, of Fort Scott.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Bob, parents; a son Jeff Daly; two grandsons, Eric Hayden and Joel Daly, Four brothers, Hollis, Wayne, Max, and infant brother Wilbert Leek.

Rev. Chuck Russell will conduct funeral services at 10:00 am Friday, August 9, 2019 at the Cheney Witt Chapel.

Burial will follow in the Memory Gardens Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 5 – 7 pm Thursday at the Cheney Witt Chapel.

Memorials are suggested to Care to Share and may be left in 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, Fort Scott

Attorney Justin Meeks Gets New Office: Ribbon Cutting Aug. 8

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Attorney Justin Meeks is in his new office at 1801 S. National Avenue. The wall behind him was the former outside wall of Lockwoods Steakhouse, he said.

Attorney Justin Meeks has moved into his newly renovated office space at 1801 S. National Avenue after months of hard work.

“It would’ve been way cheaper to tear down and build new,” he said. “But we saved the building….it’s got lots of character.”

Character such as original walls with a hand-painted sign and names sketched in concrete from a different era, which were both preserved.

And a great location with Hwy. 69 and National Avenue in close proximity.

The building was renovated and now is the home to Justin Meeks Attorney at Law and Kale Nelson State Farm Insurance.

Meeks is also the Bourbon County Counselor for the county government, which is a part-time position. The new space is for his private law practice, which is also part-time.

“I moved into this space for my private law practice in late June,” Meeks said. “It’s a very limited private practice: probate, business transactions, human resource issues, contract work, landlord-tenant issues, and banking issues.”

As of October 1, Meeks has been the Bourbon County Counselor for five years. “I’ve been out of private practice for five years,” Meeks said.

“I like helping people, that’s why I’m going back into a limited part-time practice,” Meeks said.

His office hours are Monday through Thursday, appointment only; Friday, 9 a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m.

 

History Of The Property

Justin Meeks and Kale Nelson purchased the circa 1925 building last year.

The new office spaces have had many repurposings through the years: a machine shop, Lockwood’s Steakhouse, various liquor store owners including Silver Spur Bar, a pet shop, a vape shop and other business entities.

This handwritten note was discovered in the renovation of the 1925 building, during the era of the machine shop. Meeks left the note on the exposed brick as art for his new office.

 

The renovated building was first used for a machine shop, Meeks was informed by people in the community.

There is a handwritten sign on the exposed brick in his entrance space that says “Leave Tools After Used.”

Then the shop was added onto in the 1960-70s, according to Meeks.

On the concrete floor in a closet, the names Patty Chow and Sharon Manyo are sketched into the concrete.

That’s part of the character of the building that was preserved.

Ribbon Cutting

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce will have a  ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the new location of State Farm Insurance, 1805 S. National Avenue and Meeks Law Firm at 1801 S. National Avenue on Thursday, August 8 following the Chamber of Commerce Coffee, which starts at 8 a.m.

Owner of the property is JK Hold’M Properties, a partnership of Meeks and Nelson.

The public is invited to the ribbon-cutting to view the transformation of the buildings to updated and modernized offices.

Justin Meeks law office is located at 1801 S. National Avenue.
The Meeks and Nelson offices before renovation in July 2018.
Justin Meeks Attorney at Law is next door to Kale Nelson State Farm Insurance on South National Avenue with Hwy. 69 behind the complex. This is the “after photo.”

 

Bourbon County, Government

Bourbon County Commission Agenda Aug. 7

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Agenda

Bourbon County Commission Room

1st Floor, County Courthouse

210 S. National Avenue

Fort Scott, KS 66701

Tuesdays starting at 9:00

Date: August 7th, 2019

1st District-Lynne Oharah Minutes: Approved: _______________

2nd District-Jeff Fischer Corrected: _______________

3rd District-Nick Ruhl Adjourned at: _______________

County Clerk-Kendell Mason

9:00-Commissioners to have budget work session.

Justifications for Executive Session:

          Personnel matters of individual non-elected personnel

          Consultation with an attorney for the body or agency which would be deemed privileged in the attorney-client relationship

          Matters relating to employer-employee negotiations whether or not in consultation with the representative(s) of the body or agency

          Confidential data relating to financial affairs or trade secrets of corporations, partnerships, trusts and individual proprietorships

          Preliminary discussions relating to the acquisition of real property

          Matters relating to the security of a public body or agency, public building or facility or the information system of a public body or agency, if the discussion of such matters at an open meeting would jeopardize the security of such public body, agency, building, facility or information system

Bourbon County, Elections, Fort Scott

Vote Today for City of Fort Scott and USD 234 BOE Position 3

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The vote here sign sits in front of the north wing of the Bourbon County Courthouse, 210 S. National.

The Bourbon County Primary Election is today, August 6.

Polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Exercise your right as a U.S. citizen to vote your conscience in this election.

From the Bourbon County Clerk Kendell Mason:

“This primary will only be for the City of Fort Scott and USD 234 position 3.  The other schools, cities, FSCC, Extension District, etc. will not be on the Primary ballot.”

The November general election will be for Bourbon County cities, schools and K-State Extension Board positions.

Vote at these sites (taken from the Bourbon County Kansas website)

1st Ward        Community Christian Church                    DRYWOOD        Grace Baptist Church

2nd Ward      Grace Baptist Church                                   FRANKLIN         Mapleton Community Building

3rd Ward       Grace Baptist Church                                   FREEDOM         Fulton Community Building

4th Ward       Community Christian Church                     MARMATON       Redfield City Hall

5th Ward       Community Christian Church                     MILLCREEK      Redfield City Hall

6th Ward       Community Christian Church                     OSAGE               Fulton Community Building

7th Ward       Grace Baptist Church                                   PAWNEE            Redfield City Hall

NORTH SCOTT       Community Christian Church

SOUTH SCOTT       Grace Baptist Church

TIMBERHILL        Mapleton Community Building

The Primary Election will narrow the candidates down to two times the number of positions open.

 

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