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FSHS Results of Math Relay
Fort Scott High School sent 21 students to the Allen County College Red Devils Invitational Math Relay on March 7.
“Many of these students (marked with *)entered events at a grade level higher than their actual grade because we had so many freshmen attend that we ran out of spots in the 9th-grade competitions,” said Angie Kemmerer, the gifted teacher for the district.
Here is how the students performed:
Computational Math:
Shekhar Gugnani – 1st in 9th grade
Word Problems:
Collin Thomas – 1st in 9th grade
Dominik Bishop – 5th in 9th grade
Zaria Byrd – 5th in 10th grade*
Math Potpourri:
Shekhar Gugnani – 1st in 10th grade*
Kirryn Sprague – 2nd in 9th grade
Elijah Self – 3rd in 10th grade*
Equations & Inequalities:
Shekhar Gugnani – 1st in 11th grade*
Aiden Marcum – 4th in 9th grade
Grant Feagins – 5th in 9th grade
Simplifications:
Neil Gugnani – 1st in 9th grade
Elijah Self – 2nd in 9th grade
Sierra Wright – 3rd in 9th grade
Algebra Relay for 9th grade only:
2nd place for the team of Dominik Bishop, Collin Thomas, Elijah Self, Kirryn Sprague
4th place for the team of Karlie Chipman, Zaria Byrd, Amanda Emmerson, Alexa Bukowski
Algebra Relay for 9th through 12th grade:
3rd place for the team of Shekhar Gugnani, Neil Gugnani, Zoe Self, Caleb Trim
Word Problem Relay for 9th through 12th grades:
3rd place for the team of Collin Thomas, Khris Patel, Bobby Kemmerer, Dryden Cosens
Students were accompanied by Morgan Felt, Kemmerer, and Karen Self.
Friendship by Patty LaRoche
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:24 (NIV)
“Real deal” friends are rare. Recently, Michael Robinson, an NFL analyst, was asked how he decided how many tickets to leave for family and friends when he played in the 2012 Super Bowl. He answered, “If they weren’t there to help me move into my dorm my freshman year of college, they won’t be there when I’m at the Super Bowl.”
Interesting definition of a friend, don’t you think? The internet has hundreds of clever quotes on the subject. These are five of my favorites:
- My father always used to say that when you die, if you’ve got five real friends, then you’ve had a great life. Lee Iacocca
- It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. Ralph Waldo Emmerson
- A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down. Arnold Glasow
- I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. Thomas Jefferson
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. Aristotle
The other day I was in an outlet store trying on clothes. I stepped outside my dressing room to look in the three-way mirror on the end wall. Gal-pals were in dressing rooms next to each other. One opened her door and asked for her girlfriend’s opinion.
Oh, please, NOOOOOO, I said under my breath. Back bulges were puffy scallops, and gold Lamé fabric jaundiced her overly-revealed body parts. Horizontal stripes were no help. Surely her friend would tell her so. Instead, this is what she said: “You go, Girl. You look F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S!”
I wanted to bang my head into the mirror.
That, Readers, is not the kind of friend I want. Proverbs 27:6 agrees: Faithful are the wounds of a friend…”. True friends wound when necessary. They speak truth and do not use flattery as a tool to keep things running smoothly. They challenge you when you need to be challenged. My husband and I have traveled a lot, and from that has come life-long friendships, causing my definition of a friend to be this: She and I pick up right where we leave off, no matter how many days/weeks/months we have been out of contact. No guilt is allowed. We just consider whatever time we have together as a blessing we probably don’t deserve. We also empathize—not in a fake sort of way– with each other’s struggles, and celebrate—not in a fake sort of way–with each other’s successes.
Sounds good, right? But it still falls flat. “Real deal” friends do more. Ephesians 4:15 reminds us that the end goal of friendship should be God and his glory. Bestest buds share Jesus.
Atheist Penn Jillette (known for his Vegas magic show) recently spoke about his respect for Christians who proselytize. “How much do you have to hate someone to believe everlasting life is possible and not tell them that?” Ouch! Even he, an atheist, realizes that the real deal shares the Real Deal. According to Penn, failing to do so is hateship, not friendship, and it certainly should make us ask ourselves one question: What kind of friend am I?
Obituary of Alice Jean Armstrong
Alice Jean Armstrong, 80, of Ft. Scott, died on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at the Medicalodge in Frontenac, KS.
Jean was born on August 22, 1938 at Hepler, KS to David and Ethel (Hardin) Huber. She graduated from Hepler High School in 1956 and attended Ozark Bible College in Joplin, MO.
She married Thomas Armstrong on April 26, 1958 in Hepler, KS. He preceded her in death on March 11, 1994.
She and Tom were charter members and helped to start Community Christian Church in 1972. She served many roles within the church, including youth leader, secretary, and pianist. She was a very gifted Bible teacher and mentored many over the years. She also loved to garden and tend to her flowers. Her favorite pastime, however, was to spend time with her family.
Survivors are sons Mike Armstrong and his wife Gina of Springdale, AR and David Armstrong and his wife Velva of Washington, MO; six grandchildren (Erin, Anna, Stacy, Heather, Abigail, Joel); seven great-grandchildren with one more on the way (Zoey, Bella, Peyton, Asher, Juniper, RJ, Owen); a sister-in-law, Bea Huber of Girard, KS; a brother-in-law, Ken Armstrong and his wife Sharon of Bartlesville, OK; many nieces and nephews and countless friends.
She was also preceded in death by her parents, brother Kenneth Huber, sister Dorothy Hanson and her husband Pete, sister Josephine Knopp and her husband Willis.
Rev. Mike Armstrong and Rev. David Armstrong will conduct funeral services at 10:30 AM Monday, March 11th, at the Community Christian Church.
Private family burial will take place in the Evergreen Cemetery later in the afternoon.
The family will receive friends from 4:00 until 6:00 PM Sunday at the Community Christian Church.
Memorials are suggested to either Wycliffe Bible Translators or Community Christian Church and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, PO Box 347, 201 S. Main, Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.
Fort Scott Special Events March 8-10
Work Continues On 69 Hwy.
Starting tomorrow, March 8, two more side road intersections with U.S. 69 Hwy. will be closed for reconstruction south of Fort Scott.
This is part of the expanding to four-lanes project of the national highway in Bourbon County.
On Friday, weather permitting, the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) plans to close the Fern Road and Deer Road intersections on the west side of the U.S. 69. The two intersections will be reconstructed during the month-long closures, according to Priscilla Petersen, Public Affairs Manager for the Southeast District Office of the Kansas Department of Transportation.
Birch Road won’t be reopened until late May 2019, Petersen said. “The U.S. 69 southbound lanes are closed beyond the Birch Road intersection, and the placement of traffic control devices plus the temporary crossover between the new and existing lanes creates line-of-sight and visibility issues for drivers.”
“The Bourbon County U.S. 69 expansion project should be open to four-lane unrestricted traffic by late May or early June, conditions permitting,” Petersen said.
Next in line for expansion is the 11 miles in Crawford County of Hwy. 69.
“The U.S. 69 expansion projects in Crawford County are the six-mile Arma Connection Expressway and the five-mile Crawford County expansion,” Petersen said. “The Arma Connection is tentatively scheduled to be let in the fall of 2019, with construction starting in the winter of 2019 or early in 2020. The Crawford County Expansion is tentatively scheduled to let in the fall of 2020, with construction beginning in winter 2020 or early in 2021. Both projects would likely cover two construction seasons.”
Koss Construction of Topeka is the primary contractor on the U.S. 69 project, which has a construction cost of $21.8 million. Persons with questions may contact Darrin Petrowsky at KDOT-Iola, (620) 365-2161, or Priscilla Petersen at KDOT-Chanute, (620) 902-6433.
The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Daily Reports March 7
Obituary of Ruth P. Sharp
Ruth P. Sharp, age 89, of Fort Scott, KS, passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 6, 2019, at home at Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott.
She was born June 7, 1929, in Lamar, MO, the daughter of Troy and Nellie Taylor Fanning.
Ruth grew up on a farm in Lamar and worked in the fields with her brothers.
She married Bob Taylor on March 20, 1950. Bob preceded her in death on November 30, 1965. She married Robert K. (Jack) Sharp on September 3, 1966, who preceded her in death on February 27, 2008.
Ruth is survived by two children, Doris Taylor Hite (Jim) of Wichita, KS, and Kenneth R. Sharp (Dawnie, deceased) of Fort Scott; nine grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren, 19 great-great grandchildren, and two brothers, Raymond (Ruth) Fanning of Grandview, MO, and Carl (Linda) Fanning of Independence, MO.
Besides her husbands, she was preceded in death by two sisters, five brothers, and her parents.
Rev. Paul Rooks will conduct funeral services at 11:00 AM Monday, March 11th, at the Cheney Witt Chapel.
Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM until service time at the Cheney Witt Chapel.
Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.
FSHS Earns First at the Regional Rube Goldberg Competition
Fort Scott High School Students participated in the Regional Rube Goldberg Competition sponsored by Black & Veatch on Saturday, March 3, 2019 at Olathe West High School.
This year’s challenge is to put money into a piggy bank.
FSHS students chose to do a theme of “Toy Story” using Andy’s bedroom as the backdrop for their machine. They had a total of 32 steps, created a Rube like cartoon and presented a skit to describe their machine to judges.
The team won both the “Peoples Choice Award” and 1st place in the high school division.
Black & Veatch gave each student two tickets to see a Sporting KC game on September 21, where they will be recognized on the field for their accomplishment.
They will be taking their Rube Goldberg Machine to the National competition in Lawrenceburg, IN on April 5-6, 2019.
“We would like to thank the Fort Scott Community Area Community Foundation for their support of partial funding for this project through the STEAM (Science Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) grant that was awarded last October,” said
Angie Kemmerer. “A big thank you for the FSACF for their continued support of not only our schools but the community as a whole. FSACF serves to fulfill the philanthropic goals that benefit the common good and improve quality of life by providing leadership and programming that is responsive to the interest and needs of the residents of the Fort Scott area.”
Kansas Water Office Newsletter for Winter 2019
The Winter 2019 Issue of the WaterFront is now available!
Make sure to save the date for Kansas Water Day in the Capitol on March 21.
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Bernita Hill: Hedge.INK on March 9
Bernita Hill will present a story time at Hedgehog.INK at 10:30 a.m. on March 9, “From Patches to Quilts.”
Farm Finances 101 March 21
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