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The City of Liberal will host a town hall from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 30 in the City Commission Chambers at the Liberal Recreation Department at 950 S. Grant Ave.
Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.
Many senior citizens look for some part-time work after retirement, and there is a great program in Kansas to help with just that.
“The main goal of the Older Kansans Employment Program (OKEP) is to help bring about that realization of how age should be seen not as a limitation, but a qualification, for people 55 years old and older who are looking for part-time work,” Southwest Kansas Area Agency on Aging Information & Assistance Specialist Kristina Lindow said. “Finding a new direction after retirement can be a massive challenge, and we at the SouthWest Kansas Area Agency on Aging work with multiple agencies and entities to help ensure these older workers have that access to those resources. And these people can be looking for work either for some extra income or just some time to get out of the house for a bit and be in the community, or whatever their circumstances are. We work to let employers know these people would be wonderful employees and still have a great work ethic and want to be out and about. These senior citizens have the experience and knowledge, and again, they're wanting to actually contribute. These older workers bring such a diverse array of skills that can help boost morale, and one of our main goals is to help address any training needs and reduce any barriers these older workers might experience when trying to re-enter the workforce.”
Summertime is baseball season, and along with the professional players in the organized game, children across American can be found playing a pickup game of the favorite pastime this time of year.
For many, the 1993 classic movie, “The Sandlot,” symbolized young Americans’ passion with the game, and for the third time, a piece of the movie is making its way to Liberal.
Actors Victor DiMattia and Shane Obedzinski, who played brothers Tommy and Timmy Timmons in the film favorite, have been to Southwest Kansas once prior to this year, and “The Sandlot” Director David Mickey Evans, who also played a part in the movie, was in Liberal prior to that.
According to the Kansas Department of Transportation, traffic changes are anticipated to start on Monday, July 22, along U.S. Highway 54 from 3.5 miles east of the east intersection of U.S. 54/U.S. Highway 160 eastbound for 2.7 miles in Meade County.
The traffic changes are needed to allow for passing lanes to be constructed.
The appeal of a denial of a request of a variance on a zoning regulation by a Seward County commissioner will have to wait a little longer.
Monday, Commissioner C.J. Wettstein was scheduled to have his appeal of a variance request on a garage being built on his property being denied, but County Counsel Nathan Foreman recommended the request go through the proper channels before being heard by the commission.
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