The Fort Scott City Commission will meet on Tuesday May 11th, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Hall Commission Meeting Room at 123 S. Main Street, Fort Scott, Kansas to hold a work session to discuss Lake Fort Scott and the sale of City property. Also discussed will be street improvements. This meeting is open to the public, but no action will be taken.
The work session will also be available on the City’s YouTube channel.
Gloria Delonia Luker, age 87, of Uniontown, KS, died Friday, May 07, 2021, at Moran Manor in Moran, KS. She was born February 21, 1934, in Troy, AL, the daughter of J.P. Colquitt and Lillie B. Griggs Colquitt. Gloria spent her childhood years in Troy, graduating from high school in 1953. She married Eldon D. Luker on April 7, 1955, in Troy. They made their home in Uniontown, KS, working together on the farm. Gloria was a friend to many, someone who never met a stranger. She was a member of the Paint Creek Church of the Brethren where she taught Sunday School and served as moderator of the church for many years.
Survivors include her husband Eldon of the home; a daughter, Marita J. Tanner and husband Albert, Uniontown, KS; a son, Brent D. Luker and wife Andrea, Overland Park, KS; and 3 granddaughters, Meredith Luker, Alyssa Luker, Brittany Jo Tanner. She was preceded in death by a son, William K. “Bill” Luker, 5 brothers, 2 sisters and her parents.
Rev. Chub Bolling will conduct memorial services at 10:00 AM Thursday, May 13th, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial of cremains will follow in the Marion Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to either the Beacon or Uniontown High School 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.
Uniontown’s new medical clinic is open for patients as of May 4.
The staff has been in the building for a month, working on the accreditation process which was completed.
“There was a soft opening for four weeks,” Medical Assitant Lori Reith said. “We have seen 20 patients.”
The official title of the facility is the Girard Medical Center of Uniontown Clinic.
The building is located south of the USD 235 football field, at 401 Fifth Street. The phone number is 620-756-4111.
Clinic hours are 8 a.m to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The clinic is closed each day between noon and 1 p.m.
Reith is in the clinic on Tuesdays doing bookkeeping, she said. “I can schedule appointments, answer questions and fill out new patient forms.”
Stephanie Hallacy is the nurse practitioner and Reith is the medical assistant of the clinic. Candi Adams is the director of clinic operations, with Dr. Adam Paoni the medical director.
Hallacy is a family practice nurse practitioner, who will be offering primary care to the community in western Bourbon County.
Hallacy has worked for Girard Medical Center since 2013 as a nurse practitioner in their clinics as well as its walk-in clinic, she said in a prior interview.
From 2006-2014 she was a flight nurse for EagleMed.
Prior to that, she worked as a registered nurse in an intensive care unit in Oklahoma from 1994 – 2006.
To see a prior story on Hallacy, click below.
Stephanie Hallacy: New Nurse Practioner At Uniontown Clinic
Reith’s education was as an emergency medical technician but was cross-trained in the lab and as a medical assistant. She was a phlebotomist for 15 years and recently worked for the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas in Iola.
Reith is married to Uniontown Junior High/Senior High Principal Mike Reith.
“It is a walk-in clinic, but also primary care,” Reith said.
Other services:
rapid testing for strep, flu, COVID-19
urinalysis, urinalysis for pregnancy,
hemoglobin tests,
tetanus shots,
blood draw,
monitor of blood pressure,
steroid shots,
stitches and
referral of patients.
“We are also able to do sports physicals free for the month of May, Reith said. “We can do pre-school physicals. We offer immunizations, but those need to be scheduled.”
After more than a year of declining mental health at the national level, there’s finally some good news – nearly 75% of vaccinated U.S. adults say that getting the vaccine has positively impacted their mental health, according to a new Walgreens survey.
The sentiment most shared among respondents is relief (64%), followed closely by thankfulness and optimism.
Survey results also suggest good news ahead for businesses, especially in the travel, hospitality and fitness industries.
Survey respondents shared that they are significantly more comfortable resuming the following activities once fully vaccinated:
On my recent trip to Florida, I hurriedly rounded the aisle in Target, my daughter-in-law and grandbaby waiting for me in the car. An agitated, middle-aged man was talking on his cell phone. “I’m so sick of Christians,” he said. “In all my years in the business world, no one has stabbed me in the back more and been more crooked than they have.” I continued pushing my shopping cart away from the man who wasn’t through giving us a tongue-lashing. I wanted to linger, to tell him that I was sorry and to say that we all aren’t like that. Then again, maybe too many of us are. I certainly have my moments. Fewer, the older I get, but there still are times I don’t represent Jesus Christ very well. Jesus spoke of his “followers” who failed to embody the fruits of the spirit as listed in Galatians 5:22-23: love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. These people pretend well and are referred in Scripture as “lukewarm” Christians. Francis Chan spends a chapter in his best-seller Crazy Love describing behaviors of people in this category. Following is a short list of his descriptions. These people:
give money to charity and the church…as long as it doesn’t impinge on their standard of living care more about what others think of them than what God thinks of them don’t want to be saved from their sin but only from the penalty of their sin fail to share their faith for fear of being rejected gauge their morality by how they compare to the secular world have a hard time loving anyone other than those who love them back or don’t disappoint them
Here in Mexico, I have befriended Jessie, a sweet, young woman who is studying to be a missionary. A few weeks ago, she called me and said that her team of missionaries was at the beach near our condominium, and she wanted to talk. When I picked her up a few minutes later, she was wearing her swimsuit with a cover-up and shorts. I could tell immediately she was struggling with something. I was not prepared for what she had to share.
“I gave all my clothes away last night,” she began.
“All? And how would you define ‘all’ your clothes?” I asked. Apparently, all meant all, except for what she had on. At base camp the previous night, the discussion had been about our idols and what we love more than God. Two girls shaved their heads because they found that their hair determined much of their self-worth. Jess prayed about it and realized that she loved her clothes far too much, so she gave them away. “Well, honey, you can’t go to your classes this week in the outfit you’re wearing now,” I reminded her. She knew that, and within a few hours, I drove her back to her base, finding my closet now barer than when Jess arrived. Somehow, not surprisingly, her sacrifice had become mine as well. I had to laugh. The first commandment states that we are to have no god before God, yet lukewarm Christians do just that. Anything we don’t want to do without has the potential to be the one thing we probably should do without, if we want to grow in our faith. If the “Christians” with which the man in Target worked had put God before the idol of their business transactions, his conversation about them might have been radically different. We all must understand that we have the potential to be the person(s) about whom he was talking.
We are excited to share that Governor Kelly has signed a proclamation, officially recognizing May 6 – May 12, 2021 as Nurses Week in Kansas. A full version of the proclamation can be viewed by visiting https://bit.ly/33knxCT.
You have been a face of hope for the people of our state over the past year. You have shown courage, resilience, and selflessness in the most difficult circumstances. You have provided comfort in our greatest time of need. You have been strong when strength was needed most. The amount of gratitude toward you is unsurpassable. It seems no amount of appreciation is enough, but let us try by giving a very heartfelt thank you.
This week, we honor you.
Kelly Sommers, BSN, RN
KSNA State Director
[email protected]
ksnurses.com
Agenda
Bourbon County Commission Room
1st Floor, County Courthouse
210 S. National Avenue
Fort Scott, KS 66701
Tuesdays starting at 9:00
Date: May 11, 2021
1st District-Lynne Oharah Minutes: Approved: _______________
2nd District-Jim Harris Corrected: _______________________
3rd District-Clifton Beth Adjourned at: _______________
County Clerk-Kendell Mason
MEETING WILL BE HELD IN THE COMMISSION ROOM.
Call to Order
Justifications for Executive Session:
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 security measures, if the discussion of such matters at an open meeting would jeopardize such security measures.
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