🌱 Ready to dance at Fort Scott’s Gordon Parks celebration party?

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In today's newsletter:

• Ready to dance at Fort Scott's Gordon Parks celebration party?
• How Bourbon County's new budget and fees could hit your wallet
• Fort Scott community remembers the life of Vickie Sue Floyd

Also on today's calendar: Fort Scott Livestock Market and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 75 and low of 57 degrees.
• Friday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 71, low: 53.
• Saturday: Pleasant with some sun, with a high of 72 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Gordon Parks Museum Dance Party Set for Oct. 2 (fortscott.biz) — Fort Scott residents can head downtown Oct. 2 for the Gordon Parks Celebration Dance Party at The River Room, featuring R&B and soul from Wichita's Power Unlimited with Keith Marlo. Tickets run $25 in advance or $30 at the door, with a cash bar and a special hotel discount for celebration visitors.
   

• County adopts 2027 budget with 5% for pay; transfer-station rate hike dies without a second (fortscott.biz) — Bourbon County commissioners meeting in Fort Scott have adopted a 2027 budget that includes a 5% employee pay raise while holding the levy at 56.678 mills, and declined to advance a proposed transfer-station rate hike. They also set new records-request copy fees, approved key grants and fund transfers, and sent a purchasing-policy overhaul back for more input.
   

• Obituary of Vickie Sue Floyd (fortscott.biz) — Fort Scott friends are remembering Vickie Sue Floyd, who was born and raised here before spending decades caring for others as a CNA. Her family will announce a Celebration of Life later, and donations to help with final expenses can be sent in care of Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home on Wall Street.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fort Scott

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 2
• Fort Scott Livestock Market →
  Fort Scott Livestock Market, 2131 Maple Rd, Fort Scott
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Friday October 2
• KS - Pioneer Harvest Fiesta Steam Tractor and Gas Engine Show →
  Bourbon County Fairgrounds, 2102 S Hungtington Blvd, Fort Scott
Saturday October 3
• Fort Scott Stories Documentary Film →
  Gordon Parks Museum, 2108 Horton St, Fort Scott
  12:30 pm
Saturday October 10
• Fort Scott Livestock Market →
  Fort Scott Livestock Market, 2131 Maple Rd, Fort Scott
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday October 2
• Fall Homecoming Vs. Osawatomie
  Uniontown USD 235 Uniontown, KS 66779
• FB HOST Osawatomie @ 7PM
  Uniontown USD 235 Uniontown, KS 66779
Saturday October 3
• VB Invitational @ UHS @ 8:30AM
  Uniontown USD 235 Uniontown, KS 66779
• Golf, Volleyball Senior night
  Uniontown USD 235 Uniontown, KS 66779
• JH VB A Team Tournament @ Erie @ 8:30AM
  Uniontown USD 235 Uniontown, KS 66779
Monday October 5
• SEKMCHD Flu Shots
  Uniontown USD 235 Uniontown, KS 66779
Tuesday October 6
• VB @ Crest with Alootna @ 5PM
  Uniontown USD 235 Uniontown, KS 66779
Thursday October 8
• Girls Golf @ Erie 3 Man Scramble @ 1PM
  Uniontown USD 235 Uniontown, KS 66779

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🗞 Nearby News

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• Heartland REC gives $5,000 grant to Bourbon Co. Fair Assn. (fortscott.biz)

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• Carolyn Laughlin (blogspot.com)
• Regents note second straight year of enrollment growth at ESU, enrollment decline at FHTC (kvoe.com)
• Kansas Legislature's budget cuts compel Fort Hays State University to close Sternberg Museum (newsfromthestates.com)

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