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Discussions about repairs and/or renovations to a particularly historic part of the Mid-America Air Museum have been going on for a while and soon, another step in the process will be happening.
The project is still in very early stages, with recent discussions centering on figuring out the overall scope of work.
A worker from Seward County’s Women Infants and Children (WIC) office recently received an award from a state agency.
WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Lilia Perez was named one of the recipients of the Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition’s Rising Star Award at the coalition’s annual conference earlier this year, and like many who receive awards, the news came as a surprise to her.
“I went to my e-mail, and I got a notification saying I had been nominated and awarded,” she said.
Still in surprise, Perez said she felt she was not going to be able to travel to Wichita to receive the award due to ongoing funding concerns for the county.
“We didn’t have any funds for me to go,” she said.
Across America, homes and businesses are filled with the sights and sounds of Christmas, and in the nation’s capital, the White House is decorated with much color.
Each year, people apply to have the opportunity to fill the White House up with holiday flair, and among those getting the opportunity to do that this year is former Liberal resident Amber Welch.
Welch’s family owned the former Bears & Hares store in downtown Liberal, and she grew up working for the local business. After graduating from Oral Roberts University, she started her own business with her mother in Tulsa, Okla. – Amber Marie & Company – which is similar to Bears & Hares.
Before she started that company, though, Welch said like any other college graduate, she wanted to see the world, and she felt the best way to do this was to work it. So she traveled the country in a truck and trailer doing retail shows for about 12 years.
A building at 900 E. Pancake Blvd. has been home to multiple businesses throughout the years, most notably a Harley-Davidson dealership, and now, a new business calls it home.
Rensenhouse recently celebrated its ribbon-cutting for the public and as the store’s manager, Geoff Karhoff, tells it, there is a lot the facility offers.
“Rensenhouse is an electrical wholesale distributor primarily focused on industrial automation spaces. We also do a lot of commercial construction and some residential,” Karhoff said. “At this new Liberal location, we'll be offering everything from residential construction to commercial construction to industrial automation of robots and hardware control. Our primary focus is on the industrial landscape, and we've worked quite a bit with National Beef in Liberal and the Seaboard Foods plant in Guymon, Okla., and we've worked with multiple other industrial partners.”
Mass transit service in Liberal began Sept. 17, 2012 with the inauguration of the CityBus program. Within mere days, the service reached 1,000 passengers and the 10,000th ride was provided March 29, 2013.
CityBus averages 3,000 riders per month, and paratransit services are also available. The program also helps support the local business economy, and costs are reimbursed in part by the Kansas Department of Transportation, with local match funding coming from the 1-cent sales tax.
The program has been housed in the parking lot of City Hall for many years and last Tuesday, the program broke ground on a new facility in the 200 block of East 4th Street. The new facility will provide indoor space to park the fleet and will also include office space. The facility is expected to be completed in August 2026.
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