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The Seward County Community College Library and its staff do a lot of work every day to make sure the patrons who walk through the doors get taken care of.
Recently, the library received some grant money to help with just that, having been named one of 300 libraries picked to receive a $10,000 grant that will help the library improve key mobility accessibility areas within its facilities.
Like many churches across the United States, several churches in Liberal currently do not have a full-time pastor in the pulpit leading services and other activities.
New Beginnings Church, though, currently has three such pastors, in Lead Pastor Phillip Dow, Associate Pastor Bailey Norris and Children’s Pastor Cody Bernsten.
Funding for education has been a hot topic especially recently, with many programs being threatened.
Last Tuesday, Gov. Laura Kelly announced she sent a letter to United States Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, requesting reinstatement of $22.6 million in federal pandemic relief funds. The United States Department of Education announced in late March the federal government was recouping nearly $3 billion in pandemic relief funds from states. Many states, including Kansas, had already obligated these funds for programs and services benefiting students and educators, according to a release from the State of Kansas.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and local health departments are working together in response to a measles outbreak in southwest Kansas. As of April 16, a total of 37 cases have been reported. KDHE is informing the public of potential measles exposure at the following location:
Location: Clarion Inn
Address: 1911 E Kansas Ave, Garden City, KS, 67846
Many new mothers need a place to breastfeed their newborns and recently, a spot for just that was put up in the park next to Libera’s Crosspoint Church.
The project, which consisted of putting in a new lactation bench, was completed last month, and Seward County Local Health Action Team (LHEAT) Leader Susana Hernandez said there were multiple inspirations for the project.
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