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Obituary of Daryl Giltner
Daryl Wayne Giltner, age 76, a resident of Ft. Scott, KS, died Thursday, September 22, 2022, at his home. He was born October 11, 1945, in Parsons, KS, the son of Elmer and Cleda Wigelsworth Giltner. Daryl worked with his father in the family shoe shop in Parsons until he later took ownership. There he learned to work with leather and later worked with his sons. He worked for several auto dealerships through the years and co-owned Giltner Motors in Fredonia, KS. He worked for Modern Home Center in Pittsburg, KS, as well as Farm Bureau Insurance during his career. Daryl enjoyed sports, especially basketball and racquetball. He liked motorcycles, boats, racing cars, and basically anything with wheels and a motor. He enjoyed spending time at the lake. He loved spending time with his family most of all.
Survivors include his wife Patty of the home; 6 children, Pam Martin and husband Rich, Camdenton, MO, Louie Giltner and wife Julie, Franklin, KS, Terry Giltner, and wife Romi, Chouteau, OK, Brandon Giltner, Ft. Scott, Noah Giltner and Molly, Abilene, TX, and Zach Giltner and wife Jamie, Durant, IA; a sister, Peggy Shoemaker and husband Merle, Derby, KS; 13 grandchildren; 5 great grandchildren and one on the way; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother, Sonny Giltner; a sister, Sharon Jones; and his parents.
Pastor Michael Wriston will conduct memorial services at 1:00 PM Wednesday, September 28th, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial of cremains will follow in Springhill Cemetery, Parsons, KS. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 Tuesday evening at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to Integrity Hospice and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, PO Box 347,201 S. Main St., Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.
FS City Commission: Special Meeting To Approve Severance Agreement with Zellner
The City Commission will meet for a special meeting at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 at City Hall in the City Commission meeting room at 123 South Main Street, Fort Scott, Kansas. This meeting will be held to approve the severance agreement for Kelley Zellner.
This meeting will be broadcast on the City’s You tube channel. This meeting is open to the public.
New Specialty Food Shop Opens
Sisters Emelia Whiteaker and Addi Foster have started a specialty food store from an office at the South Main strip mall, and are calling it Mmm Flavor Shop.
“After a major health diagnosis in the family, I started doing my continuing education credits as a Certified Athletic Trainer on nutrition,” Whiteaker said. “Unfortunately, a lot of the herbs, spices and grains were not available in the quality needed to get the nutritional value.”
Whiteaker reached out to friends who are Registered Dieticians and Certified Nutritionists to see where they get their spices and dried herbs.
“This led me to a small family-owned wholesaler in Arizona,” she said. “Our wholesaler freeze dries as much of their herbs that they can, and they order straight from the farms insuring a higher nutritional content. Everything just kept going from there.”
“In April, we launched our products at the Home Show in Fort Scott,” Whiteaker said. “Throughout the rest of the spring and summer we have been doing vendor shows and markets.”
The business office is in the area on the backside of Tractor Supply Store, that Whiteaker has her athletic training business in.
“We have a converted office space inside Momentum Indoor Training that we use as our prep room, she said. “Our ultimate goal is to have Mmm Flavor Shop support an exercise pool for those individuals who have chronic health diagnoses that benefit from aquatic exercise which is not covered by most insurance.”
They just finished work on their website.
“We launched our website this month www.mmmflavorfs.com or we will take text orders through direct message on Facebook or text messages at (620) 224-8442,” she said. “If we don’t have it in stock we can usually order it and get it within a week.”
The products of the business include spices, dried herbs, house made spice blends, non-wheat flours, ancient grains, rices, dried beans and lentils, instant oatmeal, ready-to-make-packets, dried fruits, and nuts.
“We mix most of our spice blends, insuring there are no additives or preservatives.” Whiteaker said.
” We also have superfood powders such as spirulina, spinach, acai berry, and more,” she said. “In October we will be adding herbal teas, Turkish teas, and homemade candies.”
The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Daily Reports Sept. 22
FS City Commission Rescinds Josh Jones Resignation
Effective September 21st, 2022, Josh Jones has rescinded his resignation as a City Commissioner, therefore, there is no open City Commission spot at this time.
FS City Commission Meets in Special Session Today at 5 p.m.
The City Commission will meet for a special meeting at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 21st, 2022 at City Hall in the City Commission meeting room at 123 South Main Street, Fort Scott, Kansas. The City Commission is expected to recess into Executive Session. The meeting is open to the public, but the Executive Session is not.
This meeting will be broadcast on the City’s You tube channel. This meeting is open to the public.
Outdoor Blues Festival This Saturday: Plans In Place
This Saturday Sept. 24, gates open for a music concert at a residence at 2006 Maple Road, just west of Fort Scott. Plans are settling into place for the event, which was announced several weeks ago.
New comers to the Fort Scott area from Kansas City, Cory and Cecilia Bryars, have planned the blues festival on their property to benefit a local helping organization, Care to Share.
In addition to the blues concert, there will be food with proceeds going to Care to Share:
–Hot dogs, chips, and chili
–Smash Burgers from 4-8 p.m.
–Funnel cakes
–Chili Frito Pie
–Huge bake sale–pies, cookies, more
–Water (and if you care to share bring a case to donate)
–Coolers are welcome!
–Smash Burgers from 4-8 p.m.
–Funnel cakes
–Chili Frito Pie
–Huge bake sale–pies, cookies, more
–Water (and if you care to share bring a case to donate)
–Coolers are welcome!
There will be other booths and vendors, with proceeds to Care to Share and the booth vendor, featuring metal art, pottery, mums, spices, birdhouses, face painting and the Kansas City Blues Society and more.
The gates open at 1 p.m., and the musicians will play from 2-10 p.m.
Preliminary work has included having enough parking for those wanting to attend.
“There is lots of parking at the venue and neighboring yards,” Cory Bryars said. “Just follow the signs when you get there.”
“Also Dolly the Trolley ( local tourism trolley car) will shuttle from Twister Trailer (on North National Avenue, just across from Riverfront Park) to 2006 Maple at the following times– 1:15-4 p.m., 5:30-8 p.m., 8:30-10:30 p.m or when everyone gets back at their cars,”he said.
If planning on staying the duration of the concert, concert goers are asked to take the trolley.
“If you are staying for quite a while, please take the trolley, which will free up venue parking for people only coming for a short while,” Bryars said.
All the details are located on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/
The event is free. However they are asking donations to support Care to Share a local cancer survivor support group.
“Our mission statement is to provide friendship and support through emotional and financial assistance to individuals who are cancer fighters and their caregivers…because we care to share,” Lavetta Simmons, a spokesman for Care To Share said in a prior story.
“We are 100% volunteer individuals, no paid employees, so everything donated goes 100% right back into our community for our cancer fighters. Last year we were able to care and share 1,134 times for a total of $65,711.69 with our cancer families.”
“We are 100% volunteer individuals, no paid employees, so everything donated goes 100% right back into our community for our cancer fighters. Last year we were able to care and share 1,134 times for a total of $65,711.69 with our cancer families.”
No tickets are required and the event is free.
Donations to Care to Share are appreciated, Bryars said. “The event page also has a link to donate even if you can’t be here and want to support a great cause.”
The primary event activity is four top-quality blues bands playing from 2-3:30 p.m., 4-5:30 p.m., 6-7:30 p.m., 8-9:45 p.m.
To learn more about the event organizer:
Blues Festival Coming to Fort Scott Sept. 24
Blues Festival Coming to Fort Scott Sept. 24
The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Daily Reports Sept. 21
Kansas Hits 10 Straight Months of Record-Low Unemployment
TOPEKA – Today, Governor Laura Kelly celebrated that for the past ten months, Kansas’ unemployment rate has been below 2.9% — the previous historic low last reached in August 1978. For each of those months, Kansas’ unemployment rate was over a full percentage point below the nation’s unemployment rate.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Kansas has the 8th lowest unemployment rate in the country.
“We have been tireless about prioritizing job creation, business investment, and workforce development – and it’s clear our efforts are paying off,” said Governor Kelly. “For ten straight months, Kansas has far outstripped the nation as a whole when it comes to ensuring people have the high-quality employment they need to provide for their families and contribute to their communities.”
This month, Governor Kelly announced that Kansas has surpassed 50,000 jobs created and retained since the start of her administration.
Kansas began keeping records of monthly unemployment rates in January 1976.
Legislative Update By State Senator Caryn Tyson
Sept 19, 2022
Even though the Legislature is not in session, there have been some interim committee meetings and several people have asked that I write an update.
COVID Money
Last week, a Legislative Post-Audit (LPA) report on federal COVID-19 money distributions and spending was presented. Kansas governments (state, counties, cities, schools…) received over $34 billion of the $5.2 trillion from six major federal COVID relief programs in 2020 and 2021. The $34 billion doesn’t include federal money sent directly to Kansas non-profits, businesses, and individuals through other programs, like the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Keep in mind state spending in 2014 (before the two massive tax increases that I did not support) was under $6 billion State General Funds and $15 billion All Funds. In 2022 it is estimated to be $8.5 billion and $22.3 billion, so the federal government dumped more money on Kansas governments than the state spends in one year. With the federal government handing out this amount of money it is no wonder we are experiencing inflation.
Out of the $34 billion, LPA reviewed a sampling of 78 CARES Act purchases, projects, and grants totaling just under $18 million. Approximately $4.3 million of the $18 million reviewed had possible issues and a portion “appeared to be wasteful or of concern”. “For example, one county spent almost $225,000 to add showers to a community emergency shelter… [another community] spent $20,000 to help put on a local festival… another county spent funds on donuts, pastries, and coffee for meetings”. The report is posted online at https://www.kslpa.org/audit-report-library/covid-relief-funding-distribution/. Such waste in the $18 million makes one question how much of the $34 billion was wasted? And what the total waste was of the trillions of dollars given away by the federal government?
Unemployment Fraud
The Unemployment Council also met to review an independent audit. The audit estimated over $400 million was paid out in fraudulent unemployment claims and over 200 security vulnerabilities were found within the Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) unemployment system. The $400 million is a considerable drop from estimates of over $700 million presented by LPA earlier this year. Neither number is good news. To put it into perspective, our neighbors to the west, Colorado with a population of almost double Kansas, reported $73 million in fraudulent payments.
On a positive note, many property taxpayers will not see as high of increases because of the Revenue Neutral Rate (RNR) transparency. Several counties and other local governments, including a school district in Leavenworth County, chose not to increase property taxes this year.
It is an honor and a privilege to serve as your 12th District State Senator.
Caryn
Gordon Parks Museum open during annual celebration
Fort Scott, KS – Staffers are moving most of the Gordon Parks Museum’s artifact collections into the meeting
room and lobby area of the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center to accommodate public viewing
during the annual celebration Oct. 6–8 at Fort Scott Community College.
Continued supply–chain issues delaying the repair of the museum’s air–conditioning unit are the cause for the
change, said museum director Kirk Sharp.
“The date when repairs can be completed is still unknown at this time,” said Sharp. “We want to thank
everyone for their support and patience.”
Museum visits and tours can be scheduled for a later date by calling (620) 223–2700, ext. 5850, or by sending
an email to [email protected]
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