Wichita State University offers free counseling to everyone in Wichita

Wichita State University says a relatively new mental health clinic on campus is offering comprehensive free counseling services to everyone in the Wichita community. “We wanted to be able to reach out to the community and try to break down the stigma around seeking mental health services,” said Dr. Jody Fiorini, chair of Intervention Services and Leadership in Education for Wichita State’s College of Applied Studies. WSU says counseling is different than psychology in that it’s more about wellness and preventative services than acute conditions. The clinic helps empower people to take control of their mental health and, at the same time, it gives WSU counseling students real-world experience. The WISE Clinic is staffed by graduate students in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at Wichita State, and the student clinicians are supervised by the six faculty members who also work at the clinic. Most services are offered in-person or virtually.
Source: KSN-TV

Ranson Financial2021-09-27T20:38:07-05:00September 27, 2021|News|

Manhattan Regional Airport receives $6M from Department of Defense for runway

Manhattan Regional Airport will receive nearly $6 million from the federal government to reconstruct its runway. The Department of Defense awarded the airport with $5.925 million earlier this week for its runway project. Defense officials said the money, which comes from the Defense Community Infrastructure Program, will support military use of the airport. The Federal Aviation Administration approved funding 90% of the cost for a 100-foot-wide runway, so the city government has been seeking additional money to cover costs for a 150-foot-wide runway, which better accommodates larger aircraft takeoffs for K-State and Fort Riley.
Source: Atchison Globe Now

Ranson Financial2021-09-27T20:36:36-05:00September 27, 2021|News|

Manhattan to review draft of strategic plan, to be released to public Friday

Manhattan city commissioners will discuss their five-year plan for Manhattan at their Tuesday meeting. … City staff members, with help from the hired firm Planning NEXT, are finalizing the first draft of the strategic plan, which they are calling Crossroads MHK. The plan lays out goals and priorities for local leaders, who are supposed to use those goals in their decision-making. The plan is set to be available to the public for feedback beginning Friday until Oct. 17. The plan will be available on the project website, engagemhk.org/crossroads, for review and comment, according to a city memo. The city government will have a public open house on the subject from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 7 at City Hall.
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Ranson Financial2021-09-28T06:28:45-05:00September 27, 2021|News|

USDA and HHS Launch Resource Guide to Help Rural Communities Increase Access to Child Care Services

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Justin Maxson and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development Katie Hamm today unveiled a joint resource guide (PDF, 3.5 MB) to help people in rural and Tribal communities increase access to child care services. … The guide was developed in partnership by USDA Rural Development and the Office of Early Childhood Development in HHS’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF). It provides useful information to help stakeholders in rural communities – including Tribes and Tribal organizations – address the need for improved access to affordable, high-quality child care and early learning facilities through USDA and HHS funding and technical assistance resources.
Source: USDA

Ranson Financial2021-09-27T07:46:57-05:00September 27, 2021|News|

Restoration of Topeka’s Constitution Hall is speeding up thanks to a national grant

Grant Glenn began to think he wouldn’t see in his lifetime the historic Constitution Hall reach completion of its restoration process. The project has moved slowly and its momentum has stalled a few times through the years. When the rest of the world seemingly stopped in 2020, the restoration of Constitution Hall hit a turning point. Momentum picked up. That turning point was when the building’s facade was restored. The creamy white stone exterior is a replica of Constitution Hall’s original, 1855 facade. Glenn, a Friends of the Free State Capitol board member, said he now believes he will see the project’s end.
Source: CJonline.

Ranson Financial2021-09-27T07:19:10-05:00September 27, 2021|News|

Municipal Bond Trends for September 24, 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.

Ranson Financial2021-09-27T07:07:17-05:00September 27, 2021|News|

Pilsen prepares for return of Fr. Emil Kapaun remains

The tiny town of Pilsen is preparing for the return of its most famous native son. Residents spent the day cutting the grass and painting parking lines outside of the church in town where Father Emil Kapaun’s remains will be taken after they arrive in Wichita Saturday morning. It’s a day many in the town never thought would happen. “It’s one of the greatest feelings I’ve probably ever had in my life,” said Marvin Tajchman, who has worked at the church where Kapaun’s remains are going to be taken for the last 20 years. Residents like Tajchman and others say they don’t know exactly how many people will be coming to town but there preparing to accommodate as many as possible. It has been an entire town effort to spruce the place up, something the director of the Fr. Kapaun Museum, Harriet Bina, says is what the priest would have wanted.
Source: KAKE – News

Ranson Financial2021-09-26T21:25:53-05:00September 26, 2021|News|

Rental housing program delivers $41.5 million in aid to struggling Kansas households

Olathe residents Sheryl and Gary Evert were among thousands of Kansans struggling to pay their rent during the COVID-19 pandemic. They eventually sought assistance under the Kansas Emergency Rental Assistance program authorized by Congress and financed through federal coronavirus relief legislation. Under KERA, the Kansas Housing Resource Corporation, or KHRC, has granted $41.5 million in rental, utility and internet assistance to 7,800 eligible households across the state since March. “My wife Sheryl and I are in our 70s, and before we received our KERA funding, life was really stressful,” Gary Evert said. “We didn’t know when we would be able to pay our landlord, but we remained patient.” He said his questions about the application process were answered by KHRC staff operating from a processing center in a Topeka office building.
Source: Kansas Reflector

Ranson Financial2021-09-26T21:21:45-05:00September 26, 2021|News|

The community gathered to celebrate a big milestone for one southeast Kansas tradition

The community gathered to celebrate a big milestone for one southeast Kansas tradition. This weekend was the 75 annual McCune Fall Festival. The tradition was originally started to bring people into town to celebrate the start of the fall season. It started off with a few people, but eventually grew into what we see Saturday. Clint McCulm has been the parade marshall for the past 41 years and says this has been a great way for McCune graduates to reunite. Clint McCulm, McCune Fall Festival Parade Marshall, says, “We have a lot of classes coming back every year, like just coming by us is the class of 1950 that graduated, only one lady that’s celebrating, and then we have the 50 year class that comes every year, so you get to see a lot of people you haven’t seen in a long time.”
Source: KSNF/KODE

Ranson Financial2021-09-26T21:20:10-05:00September 26, 2021|News|

In Parsons the community was focused on paying tribute to the past, present and future of the city

In Parsons the community was focused on paying tribute to the past, present and future of the city. Saturday the city gathered in Forest Park for a dedication ceremony to celebrate the refurbishment of the park’s urns. The two urns were placed by the Ladies Improvement Association back in 1908. About a decade ago one of the urns were left on its side during the construction of a new bathroom in the park. It stayed like this until Mike Brotherton and Dave Mattox worked to fix the urn as part of the city’s 150th anniversary. Dave Mattox, Parsons 150th Anniversary Committee, says, “They just basically just destroyed the base and left the urn in the middle of the park and so our goal has always been to put it back so that there’s a pair of them again instead of one that’s standing like the one behind me and one laying around in the middle of the park, so that’s what we’ve done.”
Source: KSNF/KODE

Ranson Financial2021-09-26T21:18:37-05:00September 26, 2021|News|

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