Stories from Friday, September 19, 2008

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Hope is alive for the citizens of Bourbon County who are currently unemployed. An opportunity for temporary employment is being offered by the state of Kansas to help the county and the unemployed citizens. The Bourbon County Commission has agreed to a deal with Kansas Works which will provide temporary jobs in Bourbon County. On top of that, this program will also help restore the county from damage caused by the flooding in 2007...

Just two months after Fort Scott's Youth Activity Team put the city in the pages of Guinness World Records, a new youth activity based committee has emerged. The Fort Scott Skate Park Committee, spawned from efforts by YAT, has officially come together in an effort to build what many Fort Scott and Bourbon County youths have been after for years -- a safe place to skateboard...

Children living in rural areas are at greater risk of unintentional injury-related death than children living in urban areas, according to the Safe Kids Kansas organization. Each year in the United States, about 70 children 14 years of age and younger die from injuries that occur on a farm. ...

Area women will soon have the opportunity to partake in an inspirational evening scheduled to take place in Fort Scott. National speaker, musician and author Kim Bolton will make a special appearance at the Fort Scott Middle School beginning at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11, according to event organizer Nancy Wimmer...

The United Way of Bourbon County organization is taking a different approach this year to marketing its 2008-09 fundraising campaign. Instead of trying to raise about $100,000, which is typically the organization's goal each year, local United Way members will try to raise $99,999.99 during the organization's 2008-09 "Live United" campaign...