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Several people left Light Park Saturday with prizes and money, and one of those included Liberal’s Bart Osstavam, who took home a brand new 2025 Jeep Wrangler from Chrysler Corner.
Osstavam won the vehicle after his name was drawn from the many tickets for Seward County United Way’s raffle fundraiser which brought Saturday’s Duck Race Festival to a close.
The holidays will be here before everyone knows it, but for some children, the season is not quite as jolly as it should be in terms of gifts.
To help with that, the Harbingers Motorcycle Club and the local Knights of Columbus chapter are teaming up for a Toys For Tots Fundraiser that will be taking place Saturday, Oct. 11. Registration will start at 10 a.m. at S&M Cycle Center at 1020 N. Kansas Ave., and the entry fee is a $20 toy. The first motorcycles will go out at 10:30 a.m. and the last ones will go out at 11 a.m., with a chili feed and raffle drawing taking place after the run at the Knights of Columbus hall at 323 N. Kansas Ave.
There has been much talk regarding redevelopment of the downtown area of Liberal, and some of that work could be coming to the community in the near future.
“A very big part of my job is the communications that come out of City Hall every day, but an even bigger part of that is the community engagement we do,” Chief Communications Officer Keeley Young said. “That entails bringing forth ideas from the community, distilling them, crunching everything up, and then bringing them to City of Liberal leadership and the commission. Despite what this agenda item is labeled, this is not solely about angled parking, it’s so much more than that involved. But it is important to recap some of the conversations that have taken place, provide some data that came out of those discussions, and then review some of the major themes from the Comprehensive Plan that could relate to what we want to do.”
Seward County Counsel Nathan Foreman submitted his resignation Wednesday to Seward County Commission Chair Scott Carr, and in his letter he listed several reasons for his departure.
“My private practice has significantly increased to the point where I do not believe I have the time to adequately represent the county,” Foreman wrote in his letter.
He also stated he was experiencing health issues which “make it difficult to keep up with the demands of the county.”
One of Liberal’s leading mental health providers has moved locations.
Over the Labor Day weekend, Heartland’s Hope Mental Health Center moved from its former location at 500 N. Kansas Ave. across from Memorial Library to its new locale at 11 W. Parkway Blvd. next to USD 480’s Central Office.
CEO and Managing Director Dr. Tera Robinson said she was hoping to be moved by the end of July, but plans fell through there. She did say, however, the move has been made and she and her employees are settling into their new office.
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