TOPEKA – The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) will hold an open house and public hearing on Wednesday, July 10 in Dodge City to discuss an application from Grain Belt LLC to site two 345 kV transmission lines designed to connect nearby wind and solar facilities to the Grain Belt Express line. One line is planned to run through parts of Ford, Meade, and Gray Counties (the “Meade-Dodge City Line”) and the other through parts of Ford County (the “Bucklin-Dodge City Line”). The AC Collector System was approved by the Commission in 2011 as part of the Grain Belt Express project....
The City of Guymon will be hosting the annual Public Firework Display in the park this coming Thursday July 4th. “The Guymon Fire Department has been preparing for this over the past couple of weeks”, said Fire Chief Grant Wadley. Western Enterprise Inc. from Enid, Oklahoma will fill the skies with their legendary spectacular show. Unique to this, the firework show is choreographed with music only played on Guymon’s own KKBS radio station 92.7FM. Pre-show will start at 9:45pm with fireworks starting at 10:00pm. Tune in and listen while the Fireworks are matched with music.
By SCCC Long-time Liberal resident Mary Lloyd presented a check to the SCCC Adult Learning Education program on Friday. Mary received her GED at the age of 85 in 2014 from the SCCC Adult Learning Education program and is oldest GED graduate of the program. Mary made a donation of $30,000 and will have a room named in her honor.