The Fort Scott Police Department daily report can best be viewed on a computer.
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The police department phone number is 620-223-1700.
Work On South Main Street Resumes April 2
From the City of Fort Scott Government website:
Beginning on Monday, April 2, 2018 (weather permitting) Heckert Asphalt Company, in conjunction with LaForge and Budd Construction Company, will resume work on South Main Street beginning just south of 23rd Street and ending just north of the South National exchange.
With this work, there will be lane closures and possible flaggers at certain intersections while crews perform grinding work to the asphalt surface. During this time you may experience delays in travel and limited access to certain locations along this route. This work is expected to take one week to complete. Avoid this route if at all possible.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Chamber Of Commerce Job Of the Day-City Of Fort Scott
JOB OF THE DAY- SEASONAL LABORER- CITY OF FORT SCOTT
The City of Fort Scott is seeking applicants for Seasonal Laborer’s to work under direct supervision of the Parks & Facilities Manager. This position maintains grounds of public property. Essential Duties include: Cutting grass, trim and edge sidewalks, prune shrubs, cleans drainage ditches and culverts, empty trash and replace liners. Performing duties require walking, lifting 25-50 lbs, and exposure to outside weather. Apply here: http://ow.ly/iZEw30j8ZyL
Cheney Witt Grief Support Luncheon April 4
The Cheney Witt Grief Support Luncheon will be Wednesday, April 4, at noon.
Anyone dealing with a loss is encouraged to come and bring a friend.
Cheney Witt Chapel will provide lunch at the Carriage House, 301 S. Main.
Call 223-1186 if questions.
“We look forward to seeing you!”
FSCC Kids Fair April 14
The Fort Scott Community College Kid’s Fair is from 9 a.m. to noon April 14 at Bailey Hall South Parking Lot.
“This event is sponsored by Fort Scott Community College Community Relations Committee, we do it twice a year for the community kids just for fun and use it as a chance to get to know the community members,” Kassie Fugate-Cate, Director of Strategic Communications and Student Activities said.
Popcorn, cookies, drinks, games, and prizes will be offered.
“And of course, our teddy bear clinic sponsored by Student Nursing Organization (SNO),” Cate said. ” The kids bring their stuffed animals or dolls and they get a check-up like on ‘Doc McStuffins’.”
The event will be held in the south parking lot of Bailey Hall.
“We plan to have John Deere, our first responders, FSCC Cosmetology, FSCC STEM club, FSCC Athletics, and FSCC President’s Ambassadors present during the event along with FSCC SNO,” Cate said.
For more information contact Cate at 620.223.2700 ext. 5248 or
Obituary Of Minnie Marie Baucom
Minnie Marie Baucom, age 92, a former resident of Ft. Scott, KS, died March 27, 2018, in Wichita, KS.
She was born March 21, 1926, in Indianapolis, IN, the daughter of Keith and Kathryn Pence Kernodle. Raised as Minnie Marie, she dropped the Minnie somewhere in her married life and continued as Marie.
She grew up in Indianapolis. Her parents followed the work lines during the depression, so they were in a lot of states by the time they finally re-settled in Indiana. She lived in Indianapolis when she met the man who would become her husband having been introduced by her older sister. They were married in Phoenix, AZ, with an uncle and sister present. Lewis and Marie spent their life making a home for five kids and a whole parcel of grandchildren.
Marie taught her children in every sense of the word how to keep the wolf from the door. Her discipline was swift but always followed by a kiss, a smile and the knowledge that we were loved.
She would try anything once and if it worked she may do it again! When they were newlyweds, she made a brag she could drive anything on wheels. One day, Lewis needed a driver for his logging truck, so he agreed to let her. Marie got a little too feisty and a little too fast for a dirt road, so the pole truck started to weave, and she wound up driving through a ditch and cutting a telephone pole in half, but, otherwise unhurt. Scared, she refused to get back in and he insisted she was going to drive that truck into the timber! She did finally because there was no one else. That was the philosophy they lived by: “get back in the saddle”.
She loved to bake. She would make pies and cakes, and when they lived in the lumber camps, Lewis would come home and find men sitting around his yard waiting for the pies to cool.
Later, Marie kept the home alive and warm while he drove a semi around the country.
Lewis learned early on how to keep peace in the home. When Marie got mad at him he would go outside and work and by the time he was back in the house she had forgotten why she was mad in the first place, he claimed this practice worked several times for him!
Marie was always there with wisdom and advice for her children, sometimes the wisdom was overshadowed by concern and she would say later “I should have kept my mouth shut!”. But it was done with love and concern.
As a grandmother, she knew the way to win her grandchildren over. She made the best cheeseburgers! And for the sons-in-law, it was fried chicken, cheeseburgers, and pies! Marie was a great cook, a fact her husband took credit for often. He loved to remind her, “You couldn’t cook when we got married and I had to teach you how!”
Mama, we miss you
Survivors include two sisters and a brother. Her children include Joseph Baucom (Judi), Kansas City, KS, Dora George (Robert-deceased) in Wichita, KS, JoAnn Scott (John) in Ottawa, KS, and Kathy Swingle in Edgewater, FL; 10 grandchildren; three step-granddaughters; 12 great-grandchildren; and eight step-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father; mother; and step-father; three sisters; one brother; a daughter; and her husband of 64 years, Lewis Baucom.
Rev. Chuck Russell will conduct funeral services at 12:30 PM Friday, March 30, at the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Ft. Scott, KS. Burial will follow in the U. S. National Cemetery, Ft. Scott. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.
Booths Available At Job Fair April 24
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The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Daily Report March 27
Duncans Host Public Meeting To Answer Questions
Denise and Bobby Duncan are opening their residence located at 102 S. National Ave., to the public this evening at 6 p.m. to answer questions and concerns about their recent closure of the Beaux Art Center.
“We are hoping to have documents ready….there has been a lot of misinformation,” Denise Duncan said.
The event is “especially for people in the historic district,” Duncan said. “And people that rent historic buildings.”
Both she and husband, Bobby will be there, she said.
The Duncan’s have had several discussions about the building with city officials that have been unsatisfactory, she said.
Denise Duncan contends that because their residence is a historic building, a code footprint is not needed. Additionally, they contend that the code footprint provided to the city is incorrect, she said.
“The code footprint regulation, K.A.R. 22-1-7, defines minimum features… for an objective evaluation by uniform application of state law using minimum resources. It also makes the code footprint available to assist local fire and building officials (to) view new construction and changes in use,” according to http://firemarshal.ks.gov/division/prevention/plans-review-code-footprint.
“The State Fire Marshall verified that it (their building) is on the state historic register,” she said. “Since it is on the historic register they are giving the city power to make waivers, exceptions, and variances on such matters.”
The City of Fort Scott hired Zingre and Associates P.A. to make the code footprint.
“Zingre’s code footprint is full of errors,” Duncan said.
Among Zingre’s biggest concerns is lack of proper egress width for stairways and doors based on the calculated occupant load of the building and how this load would spread out among the building’s two exits, according to his letter to the city, which was provided by Duncan.
Egress is an exit, according to the dictionary.
The Duncan’s will explain these contentions and others this evening at the meeting they are hosting.
Fort Scott Police Department Daily Reports March 23-26
The Fort Scott Police Department daily reports can best be viewed on a computer. The FSPD is located at 1604 S. National and can be contacted at 620-223-1700.
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Agenda For Bourbon County Commission March 27
Agenda
Bourbon County Commission Room
2nd Floor, County Courthouse
210 S. National Avenue
Fort Scott, KS 66701
Tuesdays starting at 9:00
Date: March 27, 2018
1st District-Lynne Oharah Minutes: Approved: ____________
2nd District-Jeff Fischer Corrected: _______________
3rd District-Nick Ruhl Adjourned at: _______________
County Clerk-Kendell Mason
9:00- 9:15 Jim Harris- Discussion of Kansas Junkyard and Salvage Control
9:15-9:30 Jim Harris- Discussion of the 5 yr. Solid Waste Plan Resolution # 11-18
9:30-9:35 Jim Harris- Discussion of pothole patching machine
9:35-9:45 Jim Harris- Consideration of KDOT request for a haul road
10:00-11:00 Justin Meeks- Opioid discussion
11:00-11:30 Rachel Pruitt- Microbrewery
11:30 Justin Meeks
12:00- 1:00 Commissioners gone to Lunch
1:30-1:45 Justin Meeks- Tax Sale
2:30 Employee Handbook
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
Obituary Of Norma Jean Walker
Norma Jean Walker, a former resident of Bronson, Kansas and more recently of Ft. Scott, Kansas, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2018, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. She was born August 25, 1935, in Ft. Scott, the daughter of Alvin Cooney and Velma Elizabeth Taylor Cooney. Norma graduated from the Uniontown High School. She married Sherman Allen Walker on January 10, 1953, in Huntsville, Arkansas. Norma was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She loved life… and took great pride in her family and her home. She enjoyed gardening and tending her flowers and especially spending time with her family and friends. She had attended the First Missionary Baptist Church in Uniontown and was currently a member of the Hope Chapel. She loved the Lord and wanted to serve Him the best she could. Norma was always willing to help anyone, no matter the situation.
Survivors include a son, Craig Walker, of Bronson; four daughters, Pam Constans and husband, Paul, of Ft. Scott, Brenda Alter, of Lawson, Missouri, Kim Saleh and husband, Jay, of Kansas City, Missouri and Sara Slife and husband, Benjamin, of South Carolina; eight grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Her husband, Sherman, preceded her in death on February 27, 2008. She was also preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Dean Cooney.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, March 28th at the Cheney Witt Bronson Chapel. Burial will follow in the Bronson Cemetery. Services are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.