Following the birth of her first son in 2008, Jennifer Baffoe started painting prolifically, butartworks became more frequent when she started raising funds in the country of Ghana in West Africa.
“I’d sell my paintings to raise money for a school in west Africa, and I just keep learning and growing,” she said. “I’ve traveled all over.”
Baffoe said most of her artwork is based on travels from the places she sees to the people she meets and things she finds beautiful and interesting.
Parts of Adventure Bay Water Park are starting to show their age and need upgrading, and Tuesday, the Liberal City Commission got to hear some proposals regarding just that.
“As everyone will remember, at the July 8 meeting, the Liberal City Commission approved an agreement with Waters Edge Aquatic Design to do a full scale facility review of Adventure Bay Water Park. The intent of the audit was to identify potential safety and equipment concerns and provide an estimate of repairs versus a quote for a complete overhaul of the park,” City Manager Scarlette Diseker said. “With Adventure Bay starting to age, city staff felt this assessment would assist in starting a conversation about the future plans of the water park and how the commission wishes to move forward. With ongoing talks between the City of Liberal, Seward County Community College, and USD 480 regarding the need for a new indoor swimming facility, we feel the condition of the existing park needs to be examined and taken into consideration before funds can be appropriated either way. The quotes were as follows: for the repair of existing facility (pump house, basin, features, pool deck, office, and restrooms), that would be $1,748,500, and a total overhaul and reconstruction of a new facility would be $7,657,000. Not included in the overhaul quote were utilities, parking, parking lot lighting, furniture, fixtures, equipment, and contractor’s general conditions. There is a lot to consider, and I wanted to make sure these conversations were taking place before the public.”
Sources within Seward County have stated Seward County Counsel Nathan Foreman has tendered his resignation.
Foreman has been the county counselor for several years.
His resignation comes at a time when the county is facing several challenges to its recent tax increase as well as while the county is facing a court case with Arkalon Energy over the valuation of the ethanol plant, although that case is being handled by an outside legal firm.
A request was made to county administration for the resignation letter and for a plan to replace Foreman, but there was no response as of press time.
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