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September U.S. employment report, coming Friday, is expected to show whether people who had exited the job market during the pandemic are ready to return

Many economists would welcome a small rise in the unemployment rate. They are troubled by the rate’s swift decline from its pandemic peak because it partly reflects a lack of job seekers—effectively limiting the amount of fuel in the economy’s engine. The Labor Department’s official unemployment rate—the most well-known gauge of the labor market’s health—counts as unemployed only those who aren’t working but are actively seeking a job. That leaves out millions who stopped working and looking for work since the coronavirus hit the economy in early 2020, leaving many businesses struggling to hire.
Source: WSJ

Ranson Financial2021-10-04T06:48:38-05:00October 4, 2021|News|

Garden City Finance Director calls it a career after 30+ years

Thursday was designated “Melinda Hitz Day” in Garden City, a tribute to the longtime Finance Director who retired after more than 30 years overseeing the City’s financial health. Hitz began working for the City on April 22, 1991. After graduating from Fort Hays State University with a bachelor’s degree in business and an emphasis in accounting, Hitz went to work for Lewis, Hooper and Dick in 1979. From 1981 to 1990, Hitz performed the annual municipal audit of the City of Garden City making her well familiar with the city’s finances, and things she wanted to improve, when she then started working for the City in 1991. Hitz and her husband Bob, a local general contractor who will also be retiring soon, have two adult children, Kristen Schultz and Jack Hitz, and two grandchildren, Mack and Hallie.
Source: Greater Garden City

Ranson Financial2021-10-04T06:36:47-05:00October 4, 2021|News|

Osawatomie Welcomes Deputy City Manager

The City of Osawatomie welcomes a new deputy city manager to its leadership team next week. Bret Glendening will take on the role of deputy city manager effective Monday, October 4th, 2021. The deputy position is part of the City’s ongoing structural reorganization meant to strengthen leadership capacity and better serve organizational and community needs. The newly created role is designed to assist the city manager with departmental oversight and to coordinate internal and external initiatives, specifically in the utilities and public works departments. In his new role, Glendening will oversee the City’s infrastructure and improvement projects, including water treatment and distribution, wastewater facility repairs, street repair, and solar array initiative. Glendening brings 10 years of large-scale project management experience, including solar projects and financial management, for Kiewet Corporation.
Source: City of Osawatomie

Ranson Financial2021-10-04T06:36:57-05:00October 4, 2021|News|

Canton Township Carnegie Library to celebrate 100 years

The Canton Township Carnegie Library is turning 100 in October. To celebrate, they will be holding an event from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 2 at the library. In addition to serving homemade ice cream from old-fashioned crank operators, the staff and board members will have games that were popular in the 1920s available to play and they will have a silent movie playing during the event to feature additional 1920s technology. “We are going to go with the 1920’s theme,” said Kim Witt, library board president. “People can dress in 20s costume if they would like and we’ll have a photo opportunity for that.” The library has three stenograph viewers, a turn of the century technology that displays 3D images when looking through a set of lens that will be set up in stations for guests to use. The viewers were purchased by the library when it opened.
Source: Hillsboro Free Press

Ranson Financial2021-10-04T00:14:21-05:00October 4, 2021|News|

Wichita heads back to the future as riverfront possibilities abound

After more than a year of disruption and delay because of the pandemic, new questions are being asked about the future of Wichita’s riverfront. Public projects on the riverfront have had some success over the years, such as Exploration Place and the Keeper of the Plains. But the centerpiece of Wichita’s riverfront, the area that stretches from Douglas to Kellogg along the east bank of the Arkansas River, has been the subject of redevelopment plans for decades that have had mixed results. Pieces of some of those plans — such as the Hyatt Regency, the Boathouse, WaterWalk Place and the Fairfield Inn — were successes. Some died on the City Hall drawing board while others were implemented and failed.
Source: Local News | Wichita Eagle

Ranson Financial2021-10-04T00:12:45-05:00October 4, 2021|News|

Paola PD to host Children’s Fall Festival

The Paola Police Department will host a Children’s Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 2. The festival will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Paola Justice Center, located at 805 N. Pearl St. The event will feature a free lunch, children’s face painting, fingerprint ID cards, games and more. Children will also be able to check out emergency vehicles from the Paola Police Department, Miami County Sheriff’s Office, Paola Fire Department and Kansas National Guard. Bicycles will be raffled for multiple age groups. Winners must be present for the drawing at 2:30 p.m., according to a news release.
Source: Local News | republic-online.com

Ranson Financial2021-10-04T00:11:08-05:00October 4, 2021|News|

Atchison sees rise in tourism for haunted attractions

On a late September weekend, the city of Atchison was bustling with tourists looking for a good scare. With fall beginning and the return of Halloween season, the city of about 11,000 people becomes a hot spot for out-of-town tourists and national publications like BuzzFeed. Kaycee Slough, director of marketing at the Atchison Chamber of Commerce, said it’s one of the most thrilling times of the year for the city. “We know that people are so excited about everything that Atchison has to offer, specifically the haunted aspect, and so really delivering on all of those things is something that’s really important to us,” she said. Haunted attractions like the Sallie House, a turn-of-the-century home that’s drawn paranormal investigators to it, and the 1889 McInteer Villa, which brings in visitors on self-guided tours and overnight stays looking for evidence of the paranormal. Each year, Slough said, it seems like their popularity grows.
Source: News | atchisonglobenow.com

Ranson Financial2021-10-04T00:09:42-05:00October 4, 2021|News|

Shawnee Tribe and City of Fairway will investigate the Shawnee Indian Mission boarding school

At a press conference Thursday to mark Orange Shirt Day — a memorial to the thousands of lives lost at Indian residential schools — the chief of the Shawnee Tribe announce a partnership with the city of Fairway to investigate the history of the Shawnee Indian Mission, while calling on the federal government to research U.S. Indian boarding schools nationwide. Earlier this year, the Department of Interior announced an initiative to find out the inner workings of federally-operated Indian boarding schools. Places like Shawnee Indian Mission, which was an Indian boarding school from the 1830s to 1860s on 2,000 acres of Shawnee Tribe land, isn’t included in the initiative since it was operated by Methodist missionaries. Now, the Shawnee Tribe is partnering with the city of Fairway to begin looking into the operational details of the Shawnee Indian Mission. But Shawnee Tribe Chief Ben Barnes said the federal government “needs to step up” as well.
Source: KCUR News

Ranson Financial2021-10-04T06:37:59-05:00October 4, 2021|News|

Kansas county fixing systems after ransomware attack

Computer systems are being restored in an eastern Kansas county after hackers launched a ransomware attack on Sept. 17, county officials said Friday. Pottawatomie County resolved the attack by paying less than 10% of the hackers’ original demands, County Administrator Chad Kinsley said in a statement. The eastern Kansas county did not disclose the amount it paid, WIBW-TV reported. “We are a small county with small resources,” Kinsley said. “With the extraordinary demands that the COVID-19 pandemic has placed on local governments like ours, we wanted to make sure that the hackers understood that there was no way we could even come close to meeting their demand.” Technical workers have installed more sensors on all servers to prevent further attacks. The investigation into how the hackers gained access to the system is continuing.
Source: KAKE – News

Ranson Financial2021-10-04T00:06:52-05:00October 4, 2021|News|

City of Lawrence bans airsoft, BB and paintball guns in parks after hearing community concerns

As a parent who visits the playground at Brook Creek Park regularly with her child, Jamie Benvenutti felt surprised last week to learn that BB and compressed air guns were permitted in city parks near areas where children and families congregate. “Shouldn’t there be a sign posted at each public park so parents can decide if they feel safe enough to bring their children to a place where it’s OK to shoot BB guns? I know I certainly don’t feel OK taking my child to a park where shooting guns is allowed,” Benvenutti said in an email late last week. Benvenutti’s concerns cropped up after reading a neighborhood post on a social media platform about squirrel hunting with BB guns at Brook Creek Park, 1200 Brook St.
Source: The Lawrence Times

Ranson Financial2021-10-04T00:03:44-05:00October 4, 2021|News|

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September U.S. employment report, coming Friday, is expected to show whether people who had exited the job market during the pandemic are ready to return

Garden City Finance Director calls it a career after 30+ years

Osawatomie Welcomes Deputy City Manager

Canton Township Carnegie Library to celebrate 100 years

Wichita heads back to the future as riverfront possibilities abound

Paola PD to host Children’s Fall Festival

Atchison sees rise in tourism for haunted attractions

Shawnee Tribe and City of Fairway will investigate the Shawnee Indian Mission boarding school

Kansas county fixing systems after ransomware attack

City of Lawrence bans airsoft, BB and paintball guns in parks after hearing community concerns

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