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Sandzén begins expansion
TREES TOPPLED: An excavator topples a pine that stood at least 50 feet at the Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery. The somewhat smaller pine behind it also came down June 20.
Bethany hires VP for cultivating support
Bethany College hired Christie Denniston to be vice president of Advancement & Alumni Engagement. She will begin July 21.
Council OKs redirects old bond money
After a delay of two weeks over concern that the move could bring unwanted obligations, the Lindsborg City Council on Monday authorized for other uses $127,230 left over from a bond that had been issued in 2016 to improve drainage in the northwest part of town. About $100,000 will pay for repaving on Union and Green Streets, and about $27,000 will cover most of the new heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment atop City Hall.
Senior Center could lose lunch program
It’s unclear if and how government subsidized lunches at the Lindsborg Senior Center will continue. The nonprofit that has prepared the meals since 1974 and now delivers 18,000 per month across 10 counties says it’s pulled itself back from the financial brink over the past two years, but the agency that provides much of its money isn’t satisfied.
New contract raises teacher base pay 3.3%
At its meeting Monday night, the Smoky Valley Board of Education raised the starting annual pay for teachers by $1,400, or 3.3 percent, from $42,400.
Denver artist in residence
Denver-based Genevieve Waller will be artist in residence from June 13–26 at the Red Barn Studio Museum. Waller blends history and queer stories for sculpture, installation, and photography without a camera.
Bridge work to affect I-135 until Oct. 2026
The Kansas Department of Transportation plans to repair multiple bridges on Interstate 135 in Saline and McPherson counties from this week until October 2026. I-135 traffic will be reduced to one lane at the bridge work sites.
Attack on public media will hurt Kansas
On May 27, National Public Radio and three public radio stations sued the Trump administration in response to the May 1 executive order that sought to strip public media of its funding in the United States. The NPR lawsuit, filed in the District of Columbia, asserts that Trump’s executive order “violates the expressed will of Congress and the First Amendment’s bedrock guarantees of freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of association, and also threatens the existence of a public radio system that millions of Americans across the country rely on for vital news and information.” The 43-page filing pokes holes in Trump’s executive order: a brazen attempt to extinguish public media throughout the country — and harm its audience in Kansas — based on a partisan grudge.
Suit challenges law that ignores life-support wishes during pregnancy
Last year, Abigail Ottaway made a decision: If she is ever pronounced brain-dead and doctors don’t think she can recover, she doesn’t want to be kept on life support.