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WEEKLY CHAMBER COFFEE REMINDER
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FSCC Celebrates 100 Years
Join the Centennial Celebration!
Celebrating 100 Years of Excellence
Fort Scott Community College came to life on September 8, 1919 on the second story of the local high school with only 17 students enrolled. Today, in 2019, FSCC averages over 3,000 students enrolled through five locations. FSCC has continuously strived for student success and has proven themselves time and time again. To celebrate this momentous occasion is truly an honor and we hope that all friends of Fort Scott Community College can join us in our celebrations. Below are some of our centennial events. To continue to receive updates of all things FSCC, please “like” our Facebook page by clicking HERE.
Centennial Kick-Off
When: September 9th
Where: FSCC Cafeteria and Ellis Fine Arts Center
Time: Lunch at 12pm, Assembly 1pm-2pm.
Description: On September 9th, we will start with a FREE lunch at 12pm in the FSCC Cafeteria, followed by an assembly in Ellis Fine Arts Center at 1pm. There will be refreshments, tree dedication, and aerial picture of all that attend.
Celebration Dinner-Reservation Required
When: September 20th
Where: River Room ( 3 W. Oak Fort Scott, Ks.)
Time: 6:30pm
Description: On Septemeber 20th, we will have a celebration dinner at the River Room with a ‘Meet & Greet’ starting at 6:30pm, followed by dinner at 7pm. At 8pm, there will be a live band and dancing. Reservations are required and cost is $10.00 per person. Please reserve your spot by September 1st. To reserve your ticket, please click the link below or call Cindy Proctor at 620.223.2700 ext. 0:
Centennial Celebration Dinner Reservation
Tailgate Party & Homecoming
When: September 21st
Where: Frary Field
Time: 4:30pm to 6:30pm, game at 7pm
Description: Nothing starts a good Homecoming game off like a good ‘ol tailgate party. We will have FREE hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, etc. Grab some food and enjoy some Greyhound Football!! Homecoming crowning at half-time.
Questions? Please contact Cindy Proctor at 620.223.2700 ext. 0 or email at [email protected].
The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Daily Reports July 17
Tracy Dancer Confirmed as New Rotarian
Rotary Club of Fort Scott welcomed its newest member, Tracy Dancer at a recent meeting.
Dancer moved to Fort Scott in 1998 while serving on active duty at Fort Leavenworth and has maintained a home here since.
He currently works as a Business Development Manager for a defense contracting firm. Dancer also currently serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserves.
Rotary is a service organization dedicated to “service above self.” The Fort Scott club meets every Wednesday at noon at the Fort Scott Presbyterian church.
Anyone interested in joining Rotary is welcome to join a meeting or can contact membership coordinators: Lindsay Madison, Melissa Wise, Kathy Dancer, Shirley Palmer, or Janet Braun.
Get Productive Today at 11 a.m.
REMINDER: CHAMBER TO HOST GOOGLE LIVESTREAM
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Lowell Milken Center For Unsung Heroes
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce would like to remind Chamber and community members that they are invited to a Google Livestream: Get Productive With Google’s Digital Tools, hosted by the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce. The event will take place on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Lowell Milken Center For Unsung Heroes, 1 S. Main Street in Fort Scott.
In this free Google Livestream, attendees will learn how to use Google’s digital tools to help them manage everyday tasks more efficiently.
The following topics will be covered:
- How Google’s office productivity tools (including Gmail, Calendar, Drive and other apps) can boost productivity
- Tips and tricks for getting more out of the tools, and how to use them most efficiently
- Creative ways to accomplish a variety of tasks for your professional and personal projects in your everyday life
Whether you’re a student, job seeker, parent, volunteer, an employee, or business owner, digital tools can help you manage everyday tasks more efficiently.
For more information or to register for this free Google Livestream, please visit our website at fortscott.com, or contact the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce at (620) 223-3566.
Help the Fort Scott Youth Team Search the Fort
Fort Scott National Historic Site’s Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) is looking for clues during the Fort’s Junior Ranger Day Saturday, July 20, and ‘Texting and Twitter: 1840s style’ 10 am until 3 pm Saturday, July 27. Both Saturdays are for all ages.
Get clues from dragoon or infantry soldiers, a laundress, or other people from the fort as you search the grounds. The interactive Junior Ranger Day programs are separated into age brackets of 3-5, 5-7, and 8-up. We also encourage the young at heart, and older ‘Jr. Rangers’, to try our new ‘Fort Inspector’ program. This program will keep you on your toes and test your I-Spy skills as you search for items throughout the fort. Upon completion of your Junior Ranger Program, you will be sworn in as an official Junior Ranger and awarded a Junior Ranger badge. This program runs continuously all day.
‘Texting and Twitter: 1840s style’ will give you clues into historic methods of communication including quill pen and ink well letter writing, deciphering messages in Morse code, and composing a ‘tweet’ for a historic news story.
All programs are free and open to the public. To participate, stop by the visitor center.
The site exhibit areas and visitor center are open daily from 8 am -5 pm daily. The park grounds are open daily from ½ hour before sunrise until ½ hour after sunset.
Craw-Kan Taking Orders For High Speed Internet
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Friday Night Concert at First United Methodist Church: Blackwood Brothers Quartet
“This Friday night we are excited to bring to you the Blackwood Brothers Quartet,” Ralph Carlson, organizer of the Friday Night Concerts. “This Quartet features some of the finest musicians in Gospel music. We have presented them for several years now and I am particularly pleased to get them back this year.”
This week instead of Heritage Park, downtown Fort Scott, the concert will be moved to the First United Methodist Church at Third Street and National Avenue.
First United Methodist Church and the Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce are jointly sponsoring the concert.
Admission is free.
There will be a free-will offering taken and CDs will be available for purchase.
“Come early as the church will be packed,” Carlson said. “You might consider the balcony for the young and able-bodied as the seating is quite good up there and visibility is also good. Come out Friday night and enjoy this very special concert.”
National Public Radio: Concordia Building A New Hospital to Replace the Old
National Public Radio Journalist Sarah Jane Tribble has been writing stories of the Mercy Hospital-Fort Scott’s closing in December 2018.
To her NPR Facebook group, she shared this link on the Concordia, KS hospital’s story in dealing with their old hospital.
“Building a new hospital to replace an old one? It’s happening in Kansas,” Tribble wrote in the introduction to the featured link. “The original hospital opened 1951 with 150 beds. The new hospital will be a single story with 14 beds.”
Sarah Jane Tribble shared a link to the group: No Mercy: What Happens When A Rural Hospital Closes?
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Click below to see the story from the local paper, The Concordia Blade-Empire.
Support The Alzheimer’s Association On July 31
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Today is Last Day to Register for 2019 Elections: Candidate Forum July 23
A larger than average number of residents have signed up to be a candidate in the local elections. A few have filed to run in several contests at once.
Bourbon County elections will be decided on August 6 in the primary election and finalized in the general election on November 5.
There are two contests that have a higher than average amount of people running for positions in local government: Fort Scott City Commission and USD234 Board of Education.
In addition, one candidate Michael Hoyt has filed to run for three different positions: city, school and FSCC.
Josh Jones has filed to run for two positions: city and school.
Registration ends today, July 16
Voter registration will be open at the following places during regular business hours until today.
On July 16, 2019 the books for new registrations will close and remain closed until after the election, according to the Bourbon County website.
County Clerk’s Office-Courthouse: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
City Clerk-Fort Scott City Hall: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
City Clerk-Uniontown City Hall: 8:00 am – 11:00 am
City Clerk-Bronson City Hall: 8:00 am – 11:00 am
Persons who apply for services at registration agencies may register to vote at the following places during regular business hours:
Department of Motor Vehicles-108 W. 2nd Fort Scott, KS
Department of Social & Rehabilitation Services
The county clerk can be reached at (620)223-3800 ext. 191.
Candidates Forum
The Chamber of Commerce and the Young Professional League are hosting a candidates forum on July 23 at the Ellis Arts Center on the campus of Fort Scott Community College, 2108 S. Horton.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for a meet and greet with the candidates and the forum will begin at 6 p.m., according to a press release from the Chamber.
Light refreshments will be served.
The public is encouraged to submit questions for the candidates by July 22 to the Chamber in the following ways:
By email:[email protected]
or drop off at the Chamber at 231 E. Wall St., or call them in to 620-223-3566,
Candidates should let the Chamber know prior to the forum whether they will be attending, by e-mailing [email protected] or by calling 620-223-3566.
Candidates
In the Fort Scott City Commission contest, 14 people have filed to run for three possible seats. Three incumbents will run for re-election.
” In 2017 we had four file, in 2015 we had three file and in 2013 we had four file,” for the Fort Scott City Commission election, Bourbon County Clerk Kendall Mason said when asked to compare the 2019 numbers.
Another highly contested race is for USD 234 Board of Education with 11 people who filed, of which three will be selected to serve.
The list of candidates is at the bottom of this feature.
Laws for voter registration
A citizen of the United States who is 18 years of age or older, or will have attained the age of 18 years at the next election, must register before he or she can vote. Registration is open until the close of business on the 20th day before the election, according to the Bourbon County website.
When a voter has been registered according to law, the voter shall remain registered until the voter changes name by marriage, divorce or other legal proceedings or changes residence.
The voter may re-register in person, by mail or other delivery when registration is open. Application forms shall be provided by the county election officer or the Secretary of State upon request. The application shall be signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.
Kansas voters must show an acceptable form of a photo ID when casting their vote.
Per KSA 25-4610, voting machines will be tested on August 1st, 2019 at 2:00 pm at the Bourbon County Courthouse.
CANDIDATES THAT HAVE FILED FOR THE 2019 BOURBON COUNTY ELECTION
CITY OF BRONSON-CITY COUNCIL (3 COUNCIL POSITIONS)
JAMES E. OLSON
DANIELLE MINOR
MICHAEL STEWART
CITY OF FORT SCOTT-CITY COMMISSION (3 COMMISSION POSITIONS)
CHERYL L. ADAMSON
HAROLD (PETE) ALLEN
KEVIN “SKITCH” ALLEN
CYNTHIA BARTELSMEYER
CASEY BOLDEN
TRACY DANCER
BOBBY DUNCAN
BOB FARMER
JOSH JONES
DEB MCCOY
DIANA MORRISS
JEANIE PARKER
LINDSEY WATTS
MATTHEW WELLS
CITY OF FULTON (1 MAYOR & 5 COUNCIL POSITIONS)
NO CANDIDATES FILED
CITY OF MAPLETON (3 COUNCIL POSITIONS)
NO CANDIDATES FILED
CITY OF REDFIELD-CITY COUNCIL (3 COUNCIL POSITIONS)
WILMA K. GRAHAM
JIMMIE JACKSON
L.D. MORRISON
ANGELA HIXON
CITY OF UNIONTOWN-CITY COUNCIL (3 COUNCIL POSITIONS)
DANEA D. ESSLINGER
DAVE WEHRY
USD 234
JAMES WOOD
DANNY BROWN
MICHELLE HUDIBURG
KELLYE BARROWS
JOE FOULK SR
MICHAEL J. HOYT
JOSH JONES
AARON JUDY
SHAWN GOANS
LYNETTE JACKSON
Bill Michaud
USD 235
TROY GOODRIDGE
JASON SUTTERBY
JOSHUA HARTMAN
KOLBY STOCK
SALLY JOHNSON
FSCC BOARD OF TRUSTEES (3 POSITIONS)
DAVID ELLIOTT
KIRK HART
MICHAEL J. HOYT
CURTIS LEAR
ROBERT NELSON
SOUTHWIND EXTENSION DISTRICT (2 POSITIONS)
DIANE BRILLHART
PETE WILEY