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The USD 480 school board made relatively quick work of its agenda at its most recent meeting Monday evening.
The meeting began with hearings regarding the Revenue Neutral Rate and the budget, and local citizen Rick Madden spoke to the board to share his thoughts.
A Ulysses man suffered a suspected serious injury in a one-vehicle accident involving a semi Tuesday morning in Morton County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported around 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, a 2005 Peterbilt semi was northbound on Road 9 just north of BB Boulevard about 10 miles south of Manter.
KHP said the semi went off the road to the right with the passenger side tires, and the driver, 67-year-old Richard Lynn Lebrun of Ulysses, attempted to steer left to return to the roadway.
The semi and trailer, KHP said, overturned on the passenger side, with both facing northwest on Road 9 blocking both lanes of travel. Rock from the semi covered the northbound lane, shoulder and ditch.
Lebrun suffered a suspected serious injury and was taken to Stanton County Hospital. He was not wearing his seat belt at the time.
Those wishing to know what it feels like to fly will soon have just that chance at the Liberal AirFair.
Paradise Skydiving will be offering tandem skydiving Oct. 3 through 5 as part of the Liberal AirFair festivities. There are three packages people can choose from: the Aloha tandem skydive (which includes a jump and freefall from 8,000 feet and costs $245), the Honolulu Package (which includes a jump from 8,000 feet, 200 4K images of the jump, and a professionally edited skydiving video of your jump for a total of $395), and the Waikiki Package (which includes a 10,000 foot jump, the features of the Honolulu Package, and a Paradise Skydiving t-shirt, for a total of $479). There is a $50 deposit required, with the rest of the fee due the day of the jump. People can sign up at paradiseskydiving.com to choose their time, and they must select Liberal for their particular time.
Many events will be taking place around the area Saturday, Oct. 4, some of which include the Liberal AirFair and the Sylvia’s Fragrance of Hope Benefit Gala.
Also taking place that day, Southwest Medical Center will be hosting its 16th annual Community Health Fair from 7 a.m. to noon at the Seward County Activity Center.
SWMC Business Development Manager Rachel Downing said as in the past, visitors to the health fair get general lab testing for $35 and several other lab tests for $7 each.
The High Plains Heritage Foundation (HPHF) is always looking for ways to help the community, and Saturday night, the group kicked off an upcoming new fund to help with just that.
The foundation hosted its first color run Saturday evening to kick off its new United Play fund, and coordinators said they were very pleased with the event.
“I felt like everything went really well, especially since we had to make a last-minute change due to Friday night's weather,” coordinator Teresa Randle said. “I was really happy to see the community out and supporting our efforts, I especially loved seeing the children run around and get colored up.”
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