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Local kids to have Merry Christmas thanks to LPD & Me

ROBERT PIERCE

• Leader & Times

Some local children will get a chance to buy Christmas presents this Saturday at Walmart with the help of the Liberal Police Department.

Formerly known as Shop With A Cop, the event now known as LPD & Me Christmas will look to the event the department has had in previous years.

“Our staff will cook a delicious breakfast for the kids, officers and staff,” LPD Community Police Coordinator Dalanie Underwood said. “We will let everyone eat, and then we head over to Walmart and the shopping will begin.”

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Baker Arts Center receives grant from Kansas Tourism Department

ROBERT PIERCE

• Leader & Times

Liberal’s Baker Arts Center will soon have a digital art lab available for patrons’ use.

Last Thursday, financing for the project was finalized when Kansas Tourism provided Baker with one of its Tourism Attraction Development Grants in the amount of $28,000.

Tourism Director Bridgette Jobe said the grant is designed to help new attractions in the state or to help expand existing attractions.

“We want to bring more visitors to the state, more to Liberal,” she said. “These are dollars that are set aside where we can help these projects get started.”

Moran, King introduce Precision Brain Health Research Act of 2024

ELLY GRIMM

• Leader & Times

There are many injuries military personnel can become afflicted with during their service, with head and brain injuries being among the most serious.

Tuesday, U.S. Senators Jerry Moran and Angus King (I-Maine) – members of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee – introduced the Precision Brain Health Research Act of 2024 to direct the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other research partners to comprehensively study the impacts of repetitive low-level blast injuries on veterans’ mental health.

SCCC invites classes of 2005, 2015 to join Homecoming events

Seward County Community College

Seward County Community College will inject a fresh dose of Saints spirit into Homecoming Activities this year. Vice President of Student Affairs David Hardman is spearheading the project, which aims to reinvigorate Saints fans in the community and on campus itself.

“We want to invest in Saints spirit with a mixture of traditional and new tools,” Hardman said. “We’ve been focusing on enhancing the game day experience for our Saints fans, from the team profiles on the display board to our Saints Pep Band, halftime performances, and all the things people expect from college athletics.”