The Bourbon County Courthouse and Transfer Station will be closed Monday, September 4, 2023 in observance of Labor Day.
Starlite FCE August 2023
Starlite Family and Consumer Education Unit
August 2023
The Starlite FCE held its August meeting at the Presbyterian Village meeting room. President Glenda Miller called the meeting to order and led the members in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and the club collect. Nine members were in attendance and reported that they had volunteered for 134 hours and had recycled 1500 pounds.
The minutes of the May and June meeting were read and approved. The club had received thank you notes were read from Wilma Hibdon and Bryan Fry. Deb Lust presented the Treasurers report in the absence of Doris Ericson. Bank fees were discussed and Karen Peery moved that the club close their account and go to cash, Betty Johnson seconded the motion, motion carried. Karen Peery presented the Council report. She announced that the Fall Follies will be held in Bronson at the Community Center on October 10th at 6:00. Our club is responsible to bring four desserts and potato soup. Karen Peery, Deb Lust, Joyce Allen and Terri Williams will bring pies and Terri Williams will prepare the soup. Karen also announced that the Fair Bake sale had raised $316 to go toward a scholarship. Karen Peery, Doris Ericson and Betty Johnson will be attending the FCE State Meeting.
Glenda Miller recognized birthday of Delphine Parks and Leanna Taylor. Glenda also announced the lessons for the upcoming year and that Starlite and received 1st place in the State for our Service Project and 2nd on our accomplishment report. It was also announced that the club had handed out 100 brochures on Men’s health.
New business consisted of putting together goodie bags for the first responders in the area and signing thank you cards for their service. Thank you cards were also signed for the sponsors of the hay bale and scarecrow contests, since the club and won second place on our hay bale and third place on our scarecrow.
Deb Lust was nominated as Starlites representative for the Heart of FCE. Deb Lust moved that the meeting be adjourned, Karen Peery seconded the motion, meeting adjourned.
After the meeting Terri Williams presented the lesson on Blueberries and provided refreshments of whole wheat blueberry muffins, blueberry drizzle cake, chocolate covered blueberries, dehydrated blueberries and water.
Prepared by
Terri Williams
The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Daily Reports August 28
Too Heavy to Run by Carolyn Tucker
Keys to the Kingdom
By Carolyn Tucker
In 50 years of driving, only one vehicle proved to be a disappointment. She looked good on the outside, but the problem was under the hood. In my opinion, this vehicle should never have rolled off the assembly line! The car was just fine sitting in the garage doing nothing. But when the rubber met the road, she had no power for passing gear. She couldn’t run a quarter mile much faster than a tortoise because the body was too heavy for the itty-bitty engine, making her performance annoying and unsafe.
Christ followers are in a race, not a competition of comparison against one another, to cross the finish line just inside the pearly gates. There are no tricks or shortcuts in this race, but there is a participant’s handbook known as the Holy Bible. The writer of Hebrews states, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the Champion who initiates and perfects our faith” (Hebrews 12:1,2 NLT). We should be encouraged to know that Jesus has done everything necessary to ensure that we can cross the finish line by grace if we persevere in faith.
Do we realize that the Old Testament saints have passed their batons to us and they’re sitting in the grandstands cheering us on? My brother, who finished his race over a year ago, has a track record that was never broken at the Stockton High School. The only casual race I ran and won was in PE when the coach told us to run to the first boat dock and back. I remember seeing the finish line and giving it all I had. It was just enough to break Patsy’s record by only a few seconds. Physical and spiritual races are run with enduring perseverance without any weights to hold us back.
In World War II, Doolittle’s Raiders had to strip those heavy B-25s down to the bare necessities in order to get them off the carrier. They did something that had never been done before, and it worked. The pilots and crew members understood that their lives were at stake if they didn’t remove the weight that would actually kill them. We don’t want our lives to be too cluttered and clunky in order to move forward in a satisfactory manner. We need clean hands and a pure heart to run this race — in fact, we’ll be disqualified without them. “Only those whose hands and hearts are pure, who do not worship idols and never tell lies…will receive the Lord’s blessing and have a right relationship with God their Savior” (Psalm 24:4,5 NLT). The blood of Jesus, pure motives, right actions, exclusive dedication to God, and inner integrity are qualifiers to enter the race.
Only you and God know what specific junk could be weighing you down, holding you back, and cluttering your spiritual race. Be aware that believers are sometimes weighed down with trying to do too many good things which can cause us to lose our joy. We must use wisdom in order to experience the freedom to run victoriously without collapsing from exhaustion.
The Key: Strip off any weights dragging you down and finish the faith race you started.
Agenda for the Bo Co Commission On August 28
Bourbon County Courthouse
210 S. National Ave Fort Scott, KS 66701 Phone: 620-223-3800
Fax: 620-223-5832
Bourbon County, Kansas
Nelson Blythe
1st District Commissioner
Jim Harris, Chairman
2nd District Commissioner
Clifton Beth
3rd District Commissioner
Bourbon County Commission Agenda 210 S. National Ave.
Fort Scott, KS 66701
August 28, 2023 5:30 p.m.
Attachments:
- Call Meeting to Order
- Flag Salute followed by Prayer
- Approval of Consent Agenda
- Approval of Minutes from 8/21/23 and 8/24/23
- Approval of Payroll Totaling $336,998.21
- Approval of Accounts Payable Totaling $401,487.67
- Public Comments
- Department Updates
- Public Works
- Commission Comments
- Adjourn Meeting
Executive Session Justifications:
KSA 75-4319 (b)(1) to discuss personnel matters of individual nonelected personnel to protect their privacy.
KSA 75-4319 (b)(2) for consultation with an attorney for the public body or agency which would be deemed privileged in the
attorney-client relationship.
KSA 75-4319 (b)(3) to discuss matters relating to employer/employee negotiations whether or not in consultation with the
representative(s) of the body or agency.
KSA 75-4319 (b)(4) to discuss data relating to financial affairs or trade secrets of corporations, partnerships, trust and individual proprietorships
KSA 75-4319 (b)(6) for the preliminary discussion of the acquisition of real property.
KSA 75-4319 (b)(12) to discuss matters relating to the security measures, if the discussion of such matters at an open meeting
would jeopardize such security measures.
Obituary of Earl Hull
Earl D. Hull, age 80, formerly of Fort Scott, KS, more recently of Thomas, OK, died Thursday, August 24, 2023, at Maple Lawn Manor in Hydro, OK. He was born June 27, 1943, in Lawrence, KS, the son of James and Ruby Terrill Hull.
Earl worked for many years at Bruce Marble and Granite until they closed their doors.
He married Mary Waring in 1966 and became father to Orval, Ron, Earl, and Kevin. They later divorced. He married Shirley Jean Page in 1987 and became father to Doug, Joe, and Curtis also.
She preceded him in death on September 1, 2016.
Earl enjoyed hunting, fishing, Elvis Presley, and watching his many John Wayne movies. He was a big Kansas City Chiefs and Royals fan.
He loved spending time with family.
Survivors include 7 sons, Orville, Ron, Earl, Kevin, and wife Peggy Doug, Joe, and Curtis. and wife Kara; a brother, Leland Hull (Barbara); a sister, Beulah Adkins (Bob); 12 grandchildren; 7 great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Besides his wife Shirley, he was preceded in death by 4 brothers, Robert, Charles, Harold, and Joe Hull; 2 sisters, Liz Mills and Virginia Hull; and his parents.
Pastor Joel Crippen will conduct funeral services at 10:30 AM Friday, September 1st, at the Cheney Witt Chapel.
Burial will follow in the Chapel Grove Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 Thursday evening at the Cheney Witt Chapel
Memorials are suggested to the Earl Hull Memorial Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, PO Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.
Tips to Beat the Heat
By Clara Wicoff
Southwind Extension District
The recent miserably hot weather has had many (myself included) desperately looking forward to cooler temperatures. As I am writing this, more than half of the state of Kansas is under an excessive heat warning from the National Weather Service. According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, more than 100 Kansans are hospitalized each year as a result of heat stress. So, what can you do to beat the heat? Check out these tips from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
- Wear lightweight clothing.
- Stay in an air-conditioned space as often as possible. If you do not have air conditioning at home, remember that your local public library may serve as a cooling center!
- Protect yourself from the sun. Since sunburn can cause dehydration, be sure to wear a wide-brimmed hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen if you have to go outside.
- Never leave children or pets in a parked car. Try giving yourself visual cues to help prevent this from happening, such as always keeping a stuffed animal in your child’s car seat and then placing that stuffed animal in the front of the car with you after your child is buckled in.
- Stay hydrated. Do not wait until you are thirsty since the feeling of being thirsty lags behind your body’s need for water. To learn more about the importance of fluids to your health, visit bit.ly/ksreliquidassets to check out a recently released fact sheet from K-State Research and Extension.
- Keep your pets hydrated, too!
- Know the signs of heat-related illness. These can include (but are not limited to) confusion, dizziness, fainting, headache, losing consciousness, nausea or vomiting, and tiredness or weakness. Visit bit.ly/heatsigns to learn more about warning signs and what to do if someone shows these signs.
To learn more about hot weather tips from the CDC, visit bit.ly/cdchotweathertips. For more information, please contact me at [email protected] or 620-365-2242.
Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service
K-State Research and Extension is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Obituary of Betty Graham
Betty Ruth Graham passed away on Thursday, August 24, 2023. She was the daughter of Earl Shelton and Jessie Shackelford Shelton. Betty was born August 16, 1930, in Ft. Scott, Kansas. She attended Center School, northeast of Ft. Scott in 1935. She finished her education in 1947 at Stotesbury, Missouri.
Betty married Charles A. Meek on May 20, 1947. They had four children and later divorced. On May 19, 1963, Betty remarried Billy G. Graham and added three more children to their family.
In Betty’s earlier years, she worked at the Nevada State Hospital #3. She later worked at Western Insurance and Key Industries until she retired. Betty was a former member of the First Christian Church, the DAR, and the Heintz Workman Mother’s Group. Betty was a twenty-five year member of the Olive Chapter #13 Order of Eastern Star.
Betty is survived by her children, Maria (Meek) Smith of Ft. Scott, Penny Stutes (Ron) of Warsaw, Missouri, Jennifer Almond (Steve) of Ft. Scott, Stanley Meek of Ft. Scott, and Frank Graham (Teresa) of Boonville, Missouri. Also surviving are her brother, Marvin Shelton of Stotesbury, Missouri and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Billy Graham, her parents, Earl and Jessie Shelton, her brother Jim Shelton, two sons, Chris Meek and Bill Graham, Jr. and three grandchildren, Brenna Stewart, Joby Graham Jolly and Shannon Meek.
Graveside services will be held at 2:30 P.M. Wednesday, August 30th at the East Liberty Cemetery in Stotesbury, Missouri.
The family will receive friends at the Cheney Witt Chapel on Wednesday from 1:00 P.M. prior to leaving for the cemetery at 2:00 P.M.
Memorials are suggested to the Betty Graham Memorial Fund 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.
Agenda for FS Planning Commission Meeting on August 28: Request to Vacate East 21st Street
Please find attached the Agenda and Official Notice that was distributed and published for the upcoming Public Hearing that will be held for the Planning Commission at the request of the City Commission.
Case No. 1042 – Application to Vacate East 21st Street was addressed by Public Hearing at the July 25th City Commission meeting following an application that was submitted to the City Clerk’s office. The Commissioners approved a motion to refer the case to the Planning Commission upon legal advice of the City Attorney. Please see minutes of that meeting or view the YouTube video for more information.
The Planning Commission will hear the case and either recommend or not recommend the request of the applicant. The Planning Commission can also request additional information from the applicant and set another hearing date. They are a recommendation board only. This request with their decision will go to the City Commission for final approval on September 19th at the regular City Commission meeting under Public Hearing.
Both meetings are open to the public and will be available LIVE and recorded on the City of Fort Scott’s YouTube channel. If you should have any further questions, please contact Lisa Lewis, City Clerk.
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Revenue Neutral Rate Hearing is August 28 for U234
Unified School District 234
424 South Main
Fort Scott, KS 66701-2697
620-223-0800 Fax 620-223-2760
DESTRY BROWN
Superintendent
BOARD OF EDUCATION SPECIAL MEETING
AUGUST 28, 2023 – 5:30 P.M.
AGENDA SUMMARY PUBLIC
1.0 Call Meeting to Order David Stewart, President
2.0 Flag Salute
3.0 Revenue Neutral Rate Hearing
3.1 Open Hearing (Action Item)
3.2 Hear from Patrons
3.3 Close Hearing (Action Item)
4.0 Resolution 23-06: Exceeding the Revenue Neutral Tax Rate for financing the annual budget for 2023-24 by Roll Call Vote (Action Item)
5.0 Adjourn Meeting