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Just A Small-Town Girl — Stewart reflects on her big Olympic moment

info2021-07-28T07:39:33-05:00July 28th, 2021|

Kelsey Stewart has seemingly accomplished it all. She once struck out all nine batters while pitching a three-inning perfect game in a 19-0 victory against Wichita West in the Class 5A Regional playoffs. She was Kansas Gatorade Softball Player of the Year as a sophomore at Arkansas City High School. She picked up where she left off after two successful seasons for the ACHS softball team with two stellar seasons at Maize High School. She was a four-time All-State first-team selection while also earning letters in basketball and volleyball. Oh, and she was an All-American cheerleader. Source: The Arkansas City Traveler

USDA provides $480,000 grant to Erie, KS

info2021-07-28T07:40:19-05:00July 28th, 2021|

The USDA has released a $480,000 loan for the city of Erie.The loan comes from the Rural Economic Development Program. Through the program, the USDA provides zero-interest loans and grants to utilities. This loan, will be used to help the city of Erie buy and operate Stubs Market, the only grocery store in Erie. Source: KOAMKOAM

COVID-19 exposure closes aquatic center in Garden City

info2021-07-27T08:05:33-05:00July 27th, 2021|

Garden Rapids at The Big Pool in Garden City will be closed through Sunday after the Finney County Health Department notified the aquatic center that some of its employees had been exposed to COVID-19. The business said Monday that the exposure is limited to employees, not patrons, and that the health department is doing contract tracing protocols on many of its employees. Source: KAKE - News

An outlier in Johnson County, Shawnee Mission to mandate masks for elementary students

info2021-07-27T08:05:13-05:00July 27th, 2021|

The Shawnee Mission school district will require its elementary students to wear masks this fall — making it the only district in Johnson County with a mask mandate for children who are not yet eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. The other five school districts in the county have made masks optional, and only strongly encourage unvaccinated students and staff to wear them. Monday night’s decision by the school board means Shawnee Mission is the only school system following the county’s advice on opening schools safely next month. In the rest of the Kansas City metro, Shawnee Mission is now the third [...]

Sedgwick County COMCARE facing its biggest worker shortage in history

info2021-07-27T08:04:52-05:00July 27th, 2021|

Sedgwick County mental health services are in a crucial situation. COMCARE, the largest mental health center in the state, now sits at only 58 percent of its usual staffing. More than 200 positions are open after a lot of employees left over the past year. Executive director Joan Tammany says a big reason workers are leaving is pay. On top of that, after serving as grief counselors in many ways during the pandemic, some workers need to take care of their own mental health now. Source: KAKE - News

Fuel shortages drove February blackouts, Southwest Power Pool investigators find

info2021-07-27T08:03:38-05:00July 27th, 2021|

Rolling outages that left thousands without power in February were driven overwhelmingly by fuel shortages — especially in natural gas, executives with the Southwest Power Pool said Monday. This winter, sustained frigid temperatures across the Midwest and South forced huge demand for energy while the weather made generators struggle to keep up. The Southwest Power Pool, a regional transmission organization spanning 17 states, twice instructed its member utility companies, including Evergy, to shut off customers’ power or “shed load” in order to keep the grid stable and avoid uncontrolled outages like those seen in Texas. For five months, SPP has been reviewing [...]

Short-End Yields Pushed to Record Lows

info2021-07-27T07:51:39-05:00July 27th, 2021|

Municipals were stronger on the short end Monday, hitting record low levels for the second time this year in quiet trading while U.S. Treasuries were treading water and equities did much the same as all markets await Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting announcement. Source: Bond Buyer.

Municipal Bond Trends for July 26, 2021

info2021-07-27T07:49:18-05:00July 27th, 2021|

The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of MBIS "investment grade" yields. Every issuer's credit is different. For rates that may be applicable to your municipality, contact our Municipal Bond Advisors, Larry Kleeman and Beth Warren.

City of Wichita workers averaged $50K in 2020

info2021-07-27T07:45:57-05:00July 26th, 2021|

Employees working for the city of Wichita’s departments — including police, fire, human resources and elected officials under the city council umbrella — made an average of $50,580.21 in total compensation last year, according to an analysis of 2020 public salary data obtained by The Eagle. The calculation takes into account overall pay for all employees who made money from the city in 2020 including low earning seasonal workers, such as teenage swimming pool lifeguards who made much less than the average, and those making six-figure salaries, like the police and fire chiefs, the mayor, the head of Eisenhower National Airport [...]

How many terms should Winfield rec board members be able to serve?

info2021-07-27T07:47:27-05:00July 26th, 2021|

Discussion over the reappointment of a Winfield Recreation Commission member at the July 6 Winfield board of education meeting has led the board to write down and clarify its policy. ... The discussion at the earlier meeting centered around the number of times a person can be reappointed to the recreation commission. It was not a matter of the quality of the person’s service but the number of times that person has been reappointed automatically without a search for another person to fill the position. Source: The Arkansas City Traveler

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