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Nominations for Quilts of Valor recipients now open

L&T staff report

The Needles and Friends Quilting Guild is looking for candidates for Quilts of Valor for the upcoming Five State Free Fair.

The deadline to nominate is Friday, July 26, and the ceremony will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, at the Seward County Fairgrounds.

Those who have a local veteran who would like to be honored in receiving a handmade quilt from Quilts of Valor can send his or her name, address and phone number to Mary Rose by calling 620-655-1678.

Lloyd gives back

ELLY GRIMM

• Leader & Times

Mary Lloyd made Seward County Community College history in 2014 by being the oldest graduate of the college’s Adult Education program, and last week, she decided to pay it forward for future students with a donation.

A special ceremony was hosted Friday, and Adult Education Director Katie Reck began by reading a statement from former director Travis Combs, who is currently working with the U.S. Department of Education.

Butchery expanding to Liberal

ROBERT PIERCE

• Leader & Times

As with how many businesses are started, Mark West and Dwayne Devellen saw a need in the Plains community, and from that vision came Hat Creek Butchery.

The butchery started in 2021 and is a USDA-inspected beef and pork processor. Hat Creek Sales, Marketing and Communications Manager Damien Denmark said the business processes beef and pork on site with a USDA inspector at the facility.

“We’re able to have our products labeled as USDA inspected, and we dry age our beef and pork products,” he said.

Floyd receives Wright Brothers Master Pilot award

ELLY GRIMM

• Leader & Times

The Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award is a major honor among the piloting community, and recently, Liberal added another name to that list.

Last Friday, longtime local pilot Jim Floyd was named as the community’s most recent recipient of the award.

Kansas Medicaid program secures $2.5 million grant to enhance school-based health services

Special to the Leader & Times

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is proud to announce that the state Medicaid program, known as KanCare, has secured a $2.5 million grant awarded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the implementation of School-Based Services (SBS). This grant underscores KDHE’s dedication to enhancing the health care services available in Kansas schools, including those related to mental health.