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The Fort Scott Parks Advisory Board Meets May 16
The Parks Advisory Board will meet on Monday, May 16 th , 2022
at 4:00 p.m. at City Hall, 123 S. Main Street, Fort Scott, Kansas.
This meeting is open to the public. This meeting will be made
available via the City’s you tube channel at City of Fort Scott.
The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Daily Report May 12
Meet and Greet For Second U234 Super Candidate Today
The Board encourages the community to come meet the candidate at the Meet & Greet opportunity on Thursday, May 12th. This will be held at the Fort Scott Middle School Flex space from 4-5 pm and from 5:30-6:15 pm. Please enter through the south doors.
Those who attend the Meet & Greet receptions will be given a paper survey to provide feedback. Be sure to turn this in before you leave to provide your feedback. The responses will be tallied and provided to the board in summary.
The Board will then meet in executive session at the board office at 6:30 pm on Thursday evening for purposes of interviewing the candidate.
Submitted by
Gina Shelton, U234 Board Clerk
Lake Fort Scott Advisory Board Meets May 14
The Lake Fort Scott Advisory Board will meet on Saturday, May 14th, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. at the City Hall Commission meeting room at 123 S. Main Street, Fort Scott, Kansas. This meeting is open to the public.
The meeting will be available on the City’s YouTube channel.
Uniontown City Council Worksession May 25
PUBLIC NOTICE
COUNCIL WORKSESSION
TO BE HELD BY
THE CITY OF UNIONTOWN
GOVERNING BODY
ON
May 25, 2022
6:00 PM
AT THE UNIONTOWN CITY HALL
FOR THE PURPOSE OF:
To work on ordinances for storage containers, storage/accessory buildings, fences, governing body protocols/operating procedures, and solid waste (trash) collection. They will also be working on strategies to utilize the American Rescue Plan Act funds.
No action will be taken at this worksession.
U234 Press Release of May 10 Meeting
NEWS RELEASE
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Members of the USD 234 Board of Education met at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, for a special board meeting.
President James Wood opened the meeting.
The board went into executive session to discuss personnel matters for nonelected personnel. The board returned to open meeting and adjourned.
Insurance Education Dinner May 24
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Guide To Boost Eco Devo in Rural Areas Available
USDA and EDA Launch Resource Guide to Boost Economic Development in Rural Communities
WASHINGTON, May 11, 2022 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small and U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) Deputy Assistant Secretary Dennis Alvord today unveiled a joint resource guide to help community organizations access USDA and EDA resources to build strategies to boost economic development in rural America.
“America’s rural communities are critical to the success of our nation’s economy,” Torres Small said. “When we invest in rural communities, we build opportunity and prosperity for the people who live in them. The guide we are unveiling today will better equip people with the tools they need to make their communities more attractive, economically viable and safe places to live and work.”
Alvord added, “We are committed to working together to explore new ways to support and strengthen rural America. It’s important that we’re equipping our communities with tools that are easily accessible and easily utilized to maximize the work of providing greater, inclusive economic prosperity across our country. This guide is a great tool to deliver on that commitment.”
The resource guide outlines programs and services that can be used to advance community and economic development in rural communities through four key focus areas:
- Planning and technical assistance
- Infrastructure and broadband expansion
- Entrepreneurship and business assistance
- Workforce development and livability
The guide also features information and links to USDA Rural Development and U.S. Economic Development Administration key priorities and resources.
Under the Biden-Harris Administration, Rural Development provides loans and grants to help expand economic opportunities, create jobs and improve the quality of life for millions of Americans in rural areas. This assistance supports infrastructure improvements; business development; housing; community facilities such as schools, public safety and health care; and high-speed internet access in rural, Tribal and high-poverty areas. For more information, visit www.rd.usda.gov. If you’d like to subscribe to USDA Rural Development updates, visit our GovDelivery subscriber page.
USDA touches the lives of all Americans each day in so many positive ways. Under the Biden-Harris Administration, USDA is transforming America’s food system with a greater focus on more resilient local and regional food production, fairer markets for all producers, ensuring access to safe, healthy and nutritious food in all communities, building new markets and streams of income for farmers and producers using climate smart food and forestry practices, making historic investments in infrastructure and clean energy capabilities in rural America, and committing to equity across the Department by removing systemic barriers and building a workforce more representative of America. To learn more, visit www.usda.gov.
About the U.S. Economic Development Administration (www.eda.gov)
The mission of the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) is to lead the federal economic development agenda by promoting competitiveness and preparing the nation’s regions for growth and success in the worldwide economy. An agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, EDA invests in communities and supports regional collaboration in order to create jobs for U.S. workers, promote American innovation, and accelerate long-term sustainable economic growth.
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USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
New Church Plant Starting in Fort Scott In September
A new church will soon be starting in Fort Scott which is being started from Family Life Assembly of God (FLAG) of Pittsburg.
At 3 p.m. on May 22, FLAG will be hosting a first interest meeting at the Fort Cinema Movie Theater, 224 W. 18th.
“We want to start being in the community and give the opportunity for people in Fort Scott to come learn what were all about,” said Grady Proffitt, Fort Scott Campus Pastor for FLAG.
“We will be in the exact location where we will host our Sunday morning worship services starting September 11,” he said. “Everyone and anyone are welcome as we get to share and our plan and meet new people!”
History of the Church Plant
FLAG Church began the church planting process in 2019, he said, but they had a transition with lead pastor’s at the church as well as the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic in early 2020.
“FLAG decided to pause and wait for the dust to settle during the pandemic before continuing the process to church plant,” he said.
In the pandemic, the Fort Scott Assembly of God Church closed late last year, he said.
“The pastor lost his wife to COVID,” Profitt said.
“We believe God is sending us to be another light in a great community”, he said. “FLAG’s decision to plant a video venue campus was heavily influenced by the closing of (the) other affiliated Assemblies of God church in Fort Scott just this past year. Our heart is to be another avenue for people of Fort Scott to be a part of a healthy church community and become disciples of Jesus!”
“Everything is live (in a video venue), except a message that will come from the church in Pittsburg,” Proffitt said. Tom Jacobs is the pastor of that church, with an attendance at about 480 people. “In person attendance has been going up (since the waning of the pandemic),” he said.
“We think God is sending us there for a reason,” he said. “We are not replacing a church, we are starting a new church.”
“Through God’s perfect timing, we as a church have said yes to God’s call and we are planting FLAG Fort Scott Sunday, September 11th, 2022.”
Proffitt, 27, and his wife, Jacque, have a one-year-old son, Tyson.
Proffitt attended the James River Leadership College, Springfield, MO. then earned a bachelor of science in business administration from Evangel University, Springfield. He has been in ministry seven years and helped plant James River Church in Joplin and has been at FLAG for two years.
“I love pastoring,” he said. “I will still be under the administration of FLAG Church, with the official title of campus pastor.”
There will be several “interest” meetings, he said. This one in May, then one in June, one in July and one in August.
“At the meetings we will tell about who we are and listen and hear what people are excited about,” Proffitt said.
Family Life Assembly of God can be contacted in the following ways for more information:
(620) 232-FLAG
Obituary of Lori Ruddick
Lori Grace Ruddick, age 63, resident of Nevada, MO, passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at the Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS. She was born February 1, 1959, in Fort Scott, KS, the daughter of Alvin M. and Betty Pauli Ruddick. Lori graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1977 and received her Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, KS in 1982. She was in private practice at Alternatives in Mental Health since 1994 in Nevada, MO. She raised two children, Jeremy Adam Ruddick, and Abby Ruddick Simmons.
Lori had a passion for raising golden retrievers and Maltese for over 40 years. She lived for her children and dedicated her time to their community and school extracurriculars throughout their childhood. She spent summers, holidays, and many days in between traveling to the lake to spend time with family and friends.
Survivors include her mother, Betty Ruddick, Fort Scott, KS; her two children, Jeremy Ruddick and wife Nicole and their son Cooper, Lamar, MO, and Abby Simmons and husband Cody and their son Jackson R., Carl Junction, MO; her three sisters, Lisa and husband Ron, St. Louis, MO, Linda Burger, St. Louis, MO, and Leslie and husband Chris, Lee’s Summit, MO; her nieces and nephews Haley Trainor and husband Michael, Aaron Rucker, Nick Ogden and wife Taylor, Hannah Ogden, and Samantha Irene. She was preceded in death by her father, Alvin M. Ruddick.
There was cremation. The family will hold private services with a public celebration of life to be announced at a later date. Memorials are suggested to Bourbon County CASA 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 quest book at cheneywitt.com.
