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The Liberal City Commission and some members of the community got to hear about an exciting economic development opportunity making its way to Liberal from overseas.
Seward County Development Corporation Executive Director Eli Svaty gave an update to the commission at its most recent meeting last Tuesday evening.
New Year’s Eve is one of the deadliest days of the year for drunk driving.
The Seward County Sheriff’s office joins law enforcement across the state to provide education about the importance of driving sober.
Drivers can expect to see increased law enforcement presence on local roads during the statewide Taking Down DUI campaign, which runs Dec. 26 through Jan. 2.
Though the temperatures may suggest otherwise, winter is upon the region, and the weather looks to soon be turning slightly colder in the near future.
This will find many staying inside with warmer conditions and indoor activities. Some popular winter activities include reading books and watching movies, and recently, the Olive Warner Memorial Library (OWML) in Hooker, Okla., gave patrons a chance to stock up on reading, audio and video materials through the library’s annual book sale.
“For this year’s book sale, we had magazines,” Librarian Carina Roybal said. “We had hard cover and paperback books. We had a few maps available and audiobooks on CD as well.”
Foundations such as the Meade County Community Foundation receive much in the way of funding throughout the year, but in the season of giving, Director Cheyenne Federau said she does not see much in the way of donations.
“We get a few little holiday gifts, but we don’t have a lot,” she said. “We have a few monthly donors who come in during the holidays, but we don’t get a lot specifically on the holidays because a lot of people give during our Match Month, which we had in September and October.”
Events such as Match Month are what Federau said feed MCCF’s grant cycles more so than Christmas donations.
Today, Christmas presents are being opened in homes across the country, and locally, the Western Kansas Community Foundation presented an early holiday gift to one Liberal non-profit last Friday.
As part of its Christmas grants program, WKCF leaders presented a check to Liberal Senior Center Director Tanya Rivera for $1,500.
Foundation Program and Marketing Director Stacie Hahn said Christmas grants are a surprise funding opportunity the WKCF board tries to do every year after reviewing grants given out in November as part of the fall grant cycle.
“We try to make it where we can impact at least one organization in all 15 of our counties with some surprise funding as a way to appreciate what they’re doing in the community and also to let them know we’re available should they need additional funding through grants we can partner with them through,” Hahn said.
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