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Special to the Leader & Times

The City of Liberal invites the public to join a listening session about railroad crossing concerns and preview potential overpass location options. A Spanish-speaking session will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, and an English-speaking session will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22. Both sessions will take place in the downstairs activity area at Liberal Memorial Library, 519 N. Kansas Ave.

Tri-County Electric Cooperative

In a remarkable show of community support, the Guymon Community Enrichment Foundation (GCEF) has received donations from the Tri-County Electric Cooperative’s  Operation Round Up (ORU) foundation and the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives (OAEC).

This additional funding aims to provide critical assistance to residents impacted by the recent flood disaster in Texas County.

ROBERT PIERCE

    • Leader & Times

For the Immunize Kansas Coalition, the last year has been a period of remarkable progress and resilience.

That according to Director Geovannie Gone in her letter submitted as part of the coalition’s annual report presented at IKC’s annual meeting in late July in Topeka.

IKC Community Health Specialist Patricia Fierro said the meeting likewise featured coalition staff and partners presenting recaps of the organization’s happenings throughout the past year. This information included IKC’s progress and numbers as to finances and contacts made.

ELLY GRIMM

    • Leader & Times

The eyes are a very important part of the human body, and recently, someone who has been helping care for area eyes celebrated a major milestone.

Dr. Dora Finney celebrated 20 years as an optometrist earlier this week and as she tells it, her introduction to the field came at a young age.