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Kansas Department of Transportation

The Kansas Department of Transportation will host a job fair geared toward Equipment Operator and Engineering Technician positions in southwest Kansas from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29, at the KDOT subarea located at 11310 E Wyatt Earp Blvd in Dodge City.

The event will feature:

• Resume assistance – Staff can review resumes and offer suggestions to attendees.

• Application station – Online and paper applications will be available to fill out and submit, and staff will be ready to assist.

ELLY GRIMM

    • Leader & Times

September is just around the bend, which means it is almost time for people in the community to get their ducks in a row.

This year's Duck Race Festival will be Saturday, Sept. 14 at Light Park, with everything beginning at 10 a.m. and the duck race itself starting at 2 p.m., with the day ending at around 2:30 p.m. Ducks are available for adoption at the Chamber of Commerce office and any business with a 'Ducks Sold Here' sign, and like every year, people can adopt individual ducks for $10 each, or they can adopt a 6-Quack for $50 or a Lucky Pack of 13 ducks for $100. The total prize money will be $10,000 (1st place = $5,000; 2nd place = $2,000; 3rd place = $1,000; 4th place = $500; 5th place = $400; 6th place = $300; 7th place = $200; 8th place = $100; and Lucky Duck = $500).

ROBERT PIERCE

    • Leader & Times

September is almost here, and soon cooler weather will be in the air. The milder climate likewise creates for many a craving for certain culinary delights not present during the rest of the year.

One of those foods is chili, and for many years, Seward County United Way has given locals a chance to taste some of the food favorite through its annual chili cookoff.

The cookoff, according to SCUW Director Diana Esparza-Villarreal, normally serves as the kickoff for United Way’s annual fundraising campaign, but she added this year, a golf tournament in June served that purpose. Still, though, the cookoff, which takes place in conjunction with the Liberal Chamber of Commerce’s Duck Race Festival Sept. 14 at Light Park, is a big event.

ROBERT PIERCE

    • Leader & Times

A highway construction project in Southwest Kansas has been delayed.

Resurfacing work was scheduled to start Aug. 12 along U.S. Highway 83 from the intersection of that highway with U.S. Highway 50 and U.S. Highway 400 north to the south city limits of Scott City.

However, Kansas Department of Transportation Southwest Public Information Officer Yazmin Moreno issued a statement Tuesday that the project had been delayed, as officials with the contractor, Venture Corporation of Great Bend, had changed the project’s schedule.