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SCCC offering classes to help those seeking citizenship

ELLY GRIMM

• Leader & Times

Citizenship is a hot topic in many circles, and a local class aims to help with just that.

Seward County Community College will again be hosting citizenship classes for the fall semester. The daytime class will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 to 2:15 p.m. and will run from Sept. 9 through Nov. 18 (though there will be no class Oct. 14), for a total of 20 sessions. The evening class will meet Mondays from 6 to 8 p.m., and that will run from Sept. 8 though Dec. 1 (though there will be no class Oct. 13) for a total of 12 sessions. Classes for both of those sessions will be at the SCCC tech campus in Room T151, Sign-ups can be done in the SCCC Business & Industry Office on the SCCC tech campus, and people can call that office at (620) 417-1170 to get things started and register for the class, which is $130 per person for the whole semester. And for the first time, people can also sign up online, and a QR code is also available on the class flyer. The class will help students prepare to get their citizenship, and will feature U.S. history, U.S. government, the U.S. Constitution and other basic information they'll need to know about the U.S. to help the students pass their tests. Participants will also get some help on what to look for on the application and completing all of that paperwork and will also be guided through the USCIS interview process and how to prepare for that.

Edgren takes love of flight to new heights

ELLY GRIMM

• Leader & Times

The Liberal AirFair will be full of new faces for this year’s festivities, including performer Erik Edgren.

As Edgren tells it, his passion for aviation was sparked before he could even officially reach the controls.

Meade County Community Foundation provides funding to local organizations

ROBERT PIERCE

• Leader & Times

The Meade County Community Foundation recently distributed $16,500 in grants to 17 applicants for its summer grant cycle, and along with its winter grant cycle, the foundation has donated nearly $30,000 to local charities this year.

MCCF Director Cheyenne Federau said 31 applicants were awarded money in February, and she said the foundation, which started in 2019, has now rewarded more than $76,000 to non-profits in its history.

City discusses economic package for Dairy Queen

ELLY GRIMM

• Leader & Times

Discussions to bring a Dairy Queen restaurant to Liberal have been going on for multiple months, and a major part of those discussions has centered on incentives for the developer.

At the Liberal City Commission’s first regular meeting this month, the commission directed Liberal City Manager Scarlette Diseker to start negotiations with the developers, which have been ongoing since then. Diseker provided some updates to the commission at a special meetinG Tuesday afternoon.

Friday Night Lights contest could mean cash for Mustangs

ELLY GRIMM

• Leader & Times

T-Mobile is giving schools a chance for some money to help their schools, and Southwestern Heights High School is among those that could be getting some.

Southwestern Heights High School is among the schools entered in the T-Mobile 5G Friday Night Lights contest and as SWH Principal Ryan Kisner tells it, the contest is very exciting.