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ROBERT PIERCE

    • Leader & Times

Celia Stauch does not come from a library background, but after living in Hays for a few years ago and working in the medical field, she moved back home to Plains.

Wanting to become more involved with the community, with the resignation of former director Sara Munn, Stauch decided to take the job of director of Plains Community Library.

In addition to more community involvement, Stauch said upon application, she wanted to bring literacy back to the Plains community.

ROBERT PIERCE

   • Leader & Times

In 1968, Congress established the National Flood Insurance Program due to escalating costs to taxpayers for flood disaster relief.

The NFIP is based on the agreement that if a community practices sound flood plain management, the federal government will make flood insurance available to residents in that community.

ROBERT PIERCE

   • Leader & Times

Starting this week, Seward County will receive an upgrade as part of the county’s ongoing road maintenance efforts.

Work is scheduled to begin Wednesday, according to a press release from the county and is expected to be completed by July 31, weather permitting.

ELLY GRIMM

   • Leader & Times

Liberal’s Southwest Guidance Center (SWGC) officially received its status as a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) last week, and Michelle Ponce and Kyle Kessler from the Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas (ACMHCK) were on hand to educate people in the community about what all a CCBHC does and how it came to be.