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Cody Rierson says he began smelling the burning plastic and started looking for the source. “Of course, I didn’t want to call anyone,” Cody Rierson said. “I wanted to figure it out myself. After about 30-45 minutes, Abbey finally called the fire department. “They were to our house within minutes.” Once on scene, the firefighters located the hot spot in the Rierson home. The burning smell was coming from a faulty motor in the central air system. The issue was addressed and the Rierson family wasn’t injured and their home sustained no fire damage. Once the emergency had passed, the children asked the firefighters for their autographs, which they willingly provided. “They were kind, courteous and professional,” Cody Rierson said. “I was so happy to live in Mac after last night.”
Source: McPherson Weekly News » Feed
Barclay College in Haviland is in the process of welcoming one of the largest classes in school history to campus this month, even amid the COVID-19 pandemic. With more than 70 new students coming in as freshmen and 80 returning students on campus, recruitment tactics seem to be paying off for the four-year, Quaker-based college. “When I started here last year, I met with Royce [Frazier, BC President] and I told him I want to expose this secret to the world,” said Scott Post, Coordinator of Recruiting and head women’s basketball coach. “Not enough people know about this amazing place and we worked really hard to change that this past year.”
Source: News – Butler County Times Gazette
Olathe Mayor Michael Copeland died Wednesday night at the age of 58, city officials announced Thursday. Copeland was the longest-serving mayor in the city’s 162-year history, officials said in a news release. Olathe Mayor Pro Tem John Bacon, who has served on the City Council since 1995, will assume the role of acting mayor. “I can’t begin to say how much Mike will be missed. I lost a great friend of 40 years, and the community lost a true advocate and cheerleader who loved Olathe,” Bacon said in a statement. “Olathe loved Mike as well. We will do our best to carry on his legacy.”
Source: Joco 913 News
Each year, Mayor Michael Copeland would visit Olathe elementary schools with the neediest kids to read to first-graders and pass out book bags, paperbacks and stickers. “He didn’t do it to get credit. He absolutely loved it,” Olathe Superintendent John Allison said Thursday. “There was a bounce in his step when he went through the school doors and could talk to students. You could just see his smile and his enthusiasm, and how the students got so engaged. That will always be a vision I will carry of the mayor.” The mayor’s children literacy program is only one example of how Copeland chose to serve the Johnson County city for nearly 30 years.
Source: Joco 913 News
Sometimes big things come in small packages. For more than 80 years, Shield Ag Equipment, which began as Welders Supply Company, has welded and manufactured tools in Reno County. Although the company manufactures both large and small machines, ShieldAg also excels at designing and producing smaller agricultural application tools, including disc blades, subsoilers, heavy-duty chisel spikes and fertilizer knives. ShieldAg holds or shares seven patents and two registered trademarks. In addition, the company developed 20 products.
Source: Kansas Agland – The Hutchinson News
Stand at the corner of 81st Street and Overland Park Drive, and you’ll see a downtown revived. To the west, the new Thompson Park awaits dedication next week after a $3.6 million renovation of the old Santa Fe Commons that provided something for everyone. Kids can run through splash pads or get lost in their imaginations with a “crabtrap” play set. A new stage features an awning shaped like a paper airplane, and a carriage house built by Overland Park founder William Strang now serves as a modern event space. Office workers and teens alike can get outdoors while staying connected, thanks to plugs and Wi-Fi.
Source: Kansas City Business Journal – The Business Journals
Wichita public elementary school students will have the option of taking classes in person or online, but all middle and high schoolers will start the year online only. Sports and extracurricular activities will not be allowed. The Wichita Board of Education voted 5-2 on Thursday, mostly following the advice of medical experts, to put the district in the orange zone of the reopening plan for the first nine weeks of the school year. The in-person and online classes start Sept. 8.
Source: Local News | Wichita Eagle
Dr. Giancarlo Pezzino may not have a “magic solution” for Shawnee County’s school districts, but he does have a magic formula that will help them decide when to close and open schools. The Shawnee County Health Department will begin publishing a weekly “scorecard” grading the rate of COVID-19 spread in the community to help area school districts determine when to move between in-person and remote operations, Pezzino told the Topeka Board of Education Thursday evening. The department will announce more details on the weekly updates at a Friday morning press conference. Every Thursday, department officials will start issuing a report that will look at COVID-19 indicators over the past two weeks, like the average number and trend of new cases in the county, the percentage of positive tests out of all tests performed, percentage of cases with no known source of infection, hospital capacity and public health system capacity.
Source: Local News | Topeka Capital-Journal
For many, Amazon’s entrance into the Wichita market symbolizes a reward for many hard-fought efforts. That incentive programs for private developers are working. That the industrial real-estate market is strong here, even amid the economic uncertainty of Covid-19. And that Wichita is taking critical steps toward diversifying its workforce and industry. “The ingredients came together to mix up a fertile area for growth,” says Scot Rigby, assistant city manager.
Source: Wichita Business Journal
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