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The office can be reached at (620) 223-2380.
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Business Pick of the Week: Mercy Health For Life
The Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce has selected Mercy Health For Life business pick of the week.
CONGRATULATIONS TO MERCY HEALTH FOR LIFE FOR BEING THE PICK OF THE WEEK!!!
Mercy Health For Life is located at 405 Woodland Hills Blvd. in Fort Scott. They provide many opportunities to help you perform your very best! Come check out this wonderful business and thank you for 20 years of health and fitness services you have provided for this town.
Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce Featured Job of the Day
JOB OF THE DAY – LIBRARY CUSTODIAN – FORT SCOTT PUBLIC LIBRARY
Fort Scott Public Library has an opening for a part-time Custodian. Responsibilities include cleaning the library, some yard work, clearing snow/ice from sidewalks, and minor maintenance work as necessary. Positions opened until filed.
Applications available at 201 S. National Ave. No phone calls, please. Bourbon County residency required. An Equal Opportunity Employer.
FSCC Offers Free Children’s Summer Theater Camp, Auditions July 9
We’re bringing back children’s theatre camp!!
What happens when “Mean Girls” meets a classic Disney fairy tale? Well, you get something like D.M. Larson’s “Beauty IS a Beast,” an original twist on the age-old story of what constitutes real beauty.
The play, a parable in six scenes, will be presented Aug. 1 and 2 at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center as the culminating event of a four-week children’s summer theater camp, conducted by FSCC theater director Allen Twitchell with assistance from FSCC students and staff.
The camp is free to all area youth ages 6 to 17 and runs from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Thursday beginning with introductions and auditions July 9.
Roles are available for 15 to 55 young actors.
The script is available to read at www.freedrama.net/beauty.
Enrollment is open by attending the first day of camp July 9.
Late enrollees also will be accepted the first week of camp only.
In addition to rehearsing the play, camp participants receive instruction in theater basics and the chance to engage in theater exercises.
Campers are encouraged to bring snacks and indoor activities for a 15- to 20-minute break time each session.
For more information, contact Allen Twitchell by phone at (620) 218-2147 or by email at [email protected].
Get Rid of Unwanted Meds, Safely, at Walgreens
Bourbon County residents now have access to disposing of unwanted medications in Fort Scott during the local Walgreen Store hours.
This is thanks to a new partnership between Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas and Walgreens.
“Having access to this kiosk (in Walgreen) is a great way for those living in Fort Scott to safely dispose of their unwanted, unused or expired medications — prescription or over-the-counter,” Mary Beth Chamber, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Kansas Corporate Communications Manager said in a press release. ” Properly disposing of medications can lower the incidence of misuse, abuse and accidental poisonings. This is especially important as we face a growing opioid epidemic in Kansas.”
There is no cost for the disposal.
The kiosk in Walgreens Fort Scott is located in the northeast section of the store, near the pharmacy window.
Accepted items for the kiosk: prescriptions, inhalers, liquids, lotions, pet medications, prescription patches, over-the-counter ointments, creams, aerosol cans, medications, and vitamins.
Not accepted are hydrogen peroxide, illicit drugs, needles, and thermometers.
The store hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday.
In addition to Fort Scott Walgreen, the kiosks are available in Walgreen stores in the following communities: Derby, Dodge City, Hays, Hutchinson, Lawrence, Leavenworth, Manhattan, and Ottawa.
Since 2016 more than 270 tons of unwanted medications have been collected in the program, according to the press release.
The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Daily Reports June 5
Tata Ride June 16
The Care to Share/Sharing Bucket Cancer Support Group Fourth Annual Tata Ride is June 16. Contact Stacey at 417-214-7338 or Lavetta Simmons at 620-224-8070 for more information.
Governor Colyer Issues Statement on Capitol Protests
Governor Jeff Colyer, M.D. issued the following statement on today’s protests in the State Capitol:
“Governor Colyer appreciates the advocacy of the protestors today, however he continues to support work requirements for able-bodied adults on government welfare programs and opposes the expansion of Obamacare in Kansas.”
Bourbon County Commission Agenda June 5
Agenda
Bourbon County Commission Room
2nd Floor, County Courthouse
210 S. National Avenue
Fort Scott, KS 66701
Tuesdays starting at 9:00
Date: June 5, 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-2019 Road & Bridge Budget
9:15-9:30 Trash bids
9:45-10:00 Rhonda Cole-2019 District Court Budget
10:00-10:30 Bill Martin- Jail Sales tax
10:45-11:00 Firework Permits
11:00-11:07 Justin Meeks- Executive Session privileged in the attorney-client relationship
11:07-11:12 Justin Meeks- Executive Session confidential data relating to financial affairs or
Trade secrets of corporations, partnerships, trust & individual proprietorships
11:12-11:15 Justin Meeks- Business accelerator
11:15-11:20 Justin Meeks- Sale of County Property
11:20-11:25 Justin Meeks – Update on NRP
11:25-11:28 Justin Meeks – County Counselors Association of Kansas
11:28-11:33 Justin Meeks- Old Jail/Data Center Trip
11:33-11:48 Cassie Laemmli- Wall Street Insurance
12:00- 1:30 Commissioners gone to Lunch
1:30- 2:00 Pat Curnow- P1 Group
2:00-2:15 2019 Bourbon Co. Soil Conservation Dist. Budget
2:30-2:45 2019 Tri-Valley Budget
3:00-3:15 Will Wallis- 2019 Emergency Management Budget
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
Good Ol’ Days Parade Winners Announced
Submitted By: Lindsay Madison, Executive Director
Phone: (620) 223-3566
Email:lindsay.madison
The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the 2018 Good Ol’ Days Parade winners.
The Chamber would like to thank everyone who entered and participated in the parade, as well as parade chairman Gina Shelton, Chamber Board Member and Downtown Division Chair.
The Chamber would also like to thank the many volunteers who judged, marked the line-up, or otherwise assisted with the event. There were a variety of festive entries with the theme of “Fins, Feathers, and Furs”.
Category Winner
Foot Unit Mercy Hospital
Tractor 1953 IHC Super H, owned by Raymond Kalm and driven by Jessi Momen
Horses Fort Scott National Historic Site
Antique Car Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War – Humboldt Camp #9
Classic Car Fort Scott Rotary Club, car owned by Ron and Shirley Palmer
Float 4-State Sanitation
Golf Cart No winner selected due to limited number of category entries
Overall Best Buck Commanders Baseball
The Chamber invites everyone to enter upcoming community parades in 2018 including the Burke Street parade Wednesday, July 4th, Pioneer Harvest Fiesta parade Thursday, October 18th, Halloween parade Saturday, October 27th, Veterans parade Saturday, November 10th, and Christmas parade Tuesday, December 4th.
Thanks again to the participants and volunteers. The Chamber organizes the Good Ol’ Days parade, Halloween parade and the Christmas parade; the other parades are run by those organizations and volunteers.
If you have feedback or suggestions for future parades you may contact the Chamber at (620) 223-3566 or email [email protected].
Obituary For Linda Lee
Linda L. Lee, age 72, a resident of rural Ft. Scott, Kansas, passed away Sunday, June 3, 2018, at her home.
She was born November 20, 1945, in Miami, Oklahoma, the daughter of Chester Lee Barrett and Claudia Elrita Miller Barrett. Linda grew up near Bluejacket, Oklahoma. She graduated from Miami High School and Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College also at Miami. For a time, she worked at the First National Bank of Miami.
She married William Keith “Bill” Lee on June 1, 1976, at the Miami Church of God (Holiness). Bill and Linda lived in Miami and later moved to rural Joplin, Missouri. While in Joplin Linda worked as the lunch lady for College Heights Christian School. In 1996, the Lee family moved to Ft. Scott, Kansas, where Linda worked at the Ward-Kraft Daycare and later as a receptionist for Shepherd Team Auto Plaza. Linda was a woman of faith who was devoted to her God and her family. She faithfully attended Parkway Church of God (Holiness).
Survivors include her husband, Bill, of the home; her three children, Lora Greenwood and husband, Travis, of Owasso, Oklahoma, Matthew Lee and wife, Jill, of Overland Park, Kansas and Valerie Biswell and husband, Curtis, of Merriam, Kansas and grandchildren, Preston, Reagan, Logan, Gavin and Peyton Greenwood and Loralei, Quincy and Jameson Biswell with grandson, Jake Lee due at the end of June. Also surviving are several cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents Lee and Claudia Barrett.
Rev. Eric Going assisted by Rev. Matthew Lee will conduct funeral services at 11:30 A.M. Wednesday, June 6th at the Parkway Church of God (Holiness).
Burial will follow in the U. S. National Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 P.M. Tuesday at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Memorials are suggested to Ft. Scott Christian Heights or Kansas Christian College 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.
Scenes From Good Ol’ Days June 2
A rain overnight cooled things down a little for Saturday’s Good Ol’Days events. The event is in its 37th year.
A street fair stretched from Third Street to Skubitz Plaza, a petting zoo, pony rides, motorcycle, tractor and automobile displays, a baby contest, the Red Garter Show, a carnival, a turkey calling contest, and lots of other entertainment was offered for the public’s enjoyment.
