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ELLY GRIMM
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Patrons at Liberal Memorial Library will soon see the finishing of some great renovation work.
As Liberal Memorial Library Director Royce Kitts tells it, discussion about the work has been going on for multiple years by this point.
“We're retiling from the parking lot all the way to the elevator and over and into the children’s area with tile, and it's actually something that we've been talking about doing for the past seven years, give or take,” Kitts said. It's something we've been talking about because the tiles were put down in about 1987 or 1988, and what's happened is a lot of them have chips in them, and the glaze on tile that helps makes it easier to clean had completely worn off, and there were a lot of dead spots in the tile. It was kind of falling apart in certain areas. One of the factors that had always kind of been a barrier for that project had been the cost, and then we had Scantlin’s reach out to us wanting to work together on a project. We’ve used Scantlin’s a lot for our flooring projects in the past, and this was a time where they came to us and essentially said, ‘Hey, we want to work on a big project for the library and give a bit of a discount on the materials.’ That proposal alleviated a lot of the cost just right away, and then we reached out to a couple of different local groups like the Liberal Memorial Library Foundation and the Cooper Clark Foundation. They came through with a significant contribution, and we’ll also be using a small portion from our capital improvement fund. The tile lasted for 40 years, so we're looking for this to last at least 40 years.”
Read more: Construction continues at Liberal Memorial Library
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ELLY GRIMM
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The Liberal City Commission will have multiple matters seeking approval at its next meeting this evening starting at 5:30. This evening’s meeting will be in the commission chambers at the Liberal Recreation Center at 950 S. Grant Ave.
Up first for the commission will be discussion of Ordinance No. 4660 concerning a KDHE loan amendment for a water infrastructure project.
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Seward County Community College
Seward County Community College has received approval for a $125,000 Integrating Academics and Career and Technical Education grant through the Kansas Board of Regents. The funding will support the development of an Integrated Workforce Pathways Hub, an initiative designed to strengthen connections between adult education, technical training, career services, and regional workforce opportunities.
The award includes $90,000 in federal Perkins V funding and $35,000 in Adult Education and Family Literacy Act funding.
Read more: SCCC receives $125,000 grant to help with workforce pathways
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ROBERT PIERCE
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For rodeo contestants, the big stage of the National Finals Rodeo is a little more than a month away, and while most eyes are on the final world standings to see who will punch their ticket to the year’s last competition, rodeo committees and contract personnel recently found out the results of the year-end industry awards.
“Their hard work behind the scenes keeps the sport alive all season long,” Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) spokesman Ann Bleiker said in a press release from the organization. “As we close the book on the 2026 regular season, we officially kick off reward season in professional rodeo.”
The Seward County PRCA Rodeo, started in 2014, was named one of the honorees, receiving the WPRA’s Small Rodeo of the Year award for rodeos with prize money of $5,000 or less.
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EARL WATT
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Should there be a vote on whether or not Seward County should allow commercial wind farming? That was discussed at last Monday’s Seward County Commission meeting, and Commissioner Todd Stanton explained why he believed it was a necessary step before approving a conditional use permit that would allow the practice in Seward County.
“We have constituents of my district and other districts who have made numerous requests, I don’t think it’s a secret that the county had a public advisory vote,” Stanton said. “This is very different than a binding vote the clerk might hold through a regular election. It’s an entirely different process. It’s not binding. Seward County has done this in the past. Attached in your packet is charter resolution 97-3 which dealt with a very similar issue that was the hog farm advisory vote taken 30 years ago. I’ve included that just so you see how the commission at that point in time structured this. A currently ongoing resolution of a similar nature is in Pottawatomie County. They’ve got a small unincorporated area seeking to become a city in the county, and they have designed an advisory vote, which is non-binding, but will let them know what the public’s input is on this before the county commission takes formal action. I’m suggesting this is something the county commission and Seward County needs to explore relative to commercial wind farming.”
Read more: Commission discusses public vote to advise on wind farming
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