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Lina Hill has filed her intent to run as a write-in candidate for the office of Seward County Register of Deeds.
The deadline to file the affidavit of write-in candidacy for county offices is noon Monday
From Oct. 20 through Oct. 30, the Seward County Register of Deeds office will not be issuing passports.
Register of Deeds Karen Warden said, however, workers in the office will review paperwork to make sure people have the right documents.
During this time, passports can be obtained at the Meade Public Library, the Guymon, Okla., Post Office and the Stevens County GIS Department in Hugoton.
Money was the hot topic of the evening for the Liberal City Commission at its most recent meeting Tuesday evening.
To conclude the meeting’s new business, the commission discussed compensation for Scarlette Diseker as the interim city manager.
“We have in our code book where it is $1,000 more per month on their salary, but I don’t believe that is actually in place anymore” Liberal Mayor Jose Lara said. “That means we don’t actually have an ordinance that states what you pay as a set amount, so we can either go with that method or we can come up with our own, and it would take a commission motion to do that, so how do we feel about that? And is there anything we need to know from our attorney?”
In late September, after forming in the western Caribbean Sea and approaching Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, a tropical storm received the name Hurricane Helene from the National Hurricane Center.
Sept. 26, Helene made landfall at peak intensity in the Big Bend region of Florida with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph. The hurricane would weaken as it moved inland before degenerating to a post-tropical cyclone over Tennessee Sept. 27, where it would stall before dissipating Sept. 29.
The Halloween holiday will be here before everyone knows it, and those looking to get some extra candy will have just that opportunity thanks to the Liberal Recreation Department.
The Liberal Recreation Department will be hosting its annual Trunk-or-Treat and costume contest from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28 at the Liberal Recreation Center at 950 S. Grant Ave. Activities Supervisor Christi Starr said last year’s event was definitely a success.
