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Moran market wins $140,000 grant By SUSAN LYNN The Iola Register
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MORAN — The addition of a commercial-grade kitchen to the Marmaton Market will bring more traffic its way as well as provide a communitywide service, predicts Marilyn Logan, manager of the grocery store. The new kitchen is made possible through a $140,000 grant that Logan secured for Moran’s only grocery store. Logan learned of the award last week. The grant comes through the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its Healthy Food Financing Initiative that helps bring food-related retail opportunities to underserved
Of the 294 grants submitted, 134 were awarded nationwide. Of those, three made their way to Kansas. “We’ve been waiting on pins and needles,” in anticipation of the news, Logan said. “We thought we had no chance.”
Marilyn Logan urban and rural communities. Logan’s proposal passed muster last fall, which weeded out two-thirds of applicants.
LOGAN said the new kitchen will be constructed in the back portion of the store. “Our hope is that it will also stimulate use of the store,” she said. She envisions local residents using the kitchen to make homemade salsa, canned and bakery goods that can then be sold in local markets. “This kitchen will be certified for commercial purpos-
es,” she said. She also envisions the kitchen to be used to prepare food for large gatherings such as family reunions or celebrations. Logan also looks to use the kitchen to help prepare food for the county’s Meals on Wheels program. She estimates 20-25 households would partake of the services provided by the county. “As it is, people are reluctant to drive to Iola to fetch the meals to deliver here as well as Elsmore and Savonburg. That way we can better serve the eastern part of Allen County,” she said. Logan had worked with county commissioners on such a possiSee MARKET | Page A4
County wants to use grant to build a house By VICKIE MOSS The Iola Register
Devlin Silvey, who will enter the seventh grade at Humboldt Middle School in the fall, controls a drone Wednesday morning during a Summer STEAM Academy activity in the Humboldt High School gymnasium. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
Letting off some STEAM By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
HUMBOLDT — The learning at Humboldt Middle School is picking up steam this month. Middle-schoolers are in the midst of a three-week Summer STEAM Academy, where they are learning the basics of computer coding, drone operations and robotics. The program is offered through Kansas State University and is funded through a Department of Defense — National Defensive Education program grant. The first week focused on learning coding, instructor Darcie Croisant explained, while this week’s lessons utilized those coding skills to fly and control the drones. The students learned takeoff and landing procedures, as well as basic maneuvers, from flying the aircraft in triangles, squares and even loops and flips. By week’s end, the students will have earned TRUST certification, allowing them to fly Vol. 124, No. 180 Iola, KS $1.00
Thrive Allen County wants to change its focus on a grant intended to spur housing construction on lots throughout the county. The state gave the county $50,000 as part of a Moderate Income Housing grant to allow Thrive to purchase lots for housing development. Turns out the state expected the county to build between 10 to 12 homes. That’s not likely to happen, Jonathon Goering, economic development director with Thrive, told commissioners on Tuesday. Instead, he worked with the state to come up with an alternative plan that would build just one house in Humboldt. The grant would be used to pay an architect’s fee to design the home, along with marketing fees to two non-profit groups and some construction costs. A private entity, whom Goering did not name, would fund the majority of construction,
Jonathon Goering, economic development director with Thrive Allen County. contributing about $100,000. The project would build a two-story home. The main floor would be finished, but the second floor would only be partially finished. It would include essentials like electrical, plumbing and heating and cooling, but the owners would need to finish the floors and paint the walls. Goering estimated the main floor would be about 1,100 square feet. Not finishing the upstairs See COUNTY | Page A4
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THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2022 AT 8 P.M. Instructor Darcie Croisant, left, works with Humboldt Middle School student Bella Comstock on coding procedures for drone operations Wednesday during a Summer STEAM Academy lesson. drones recreationally. Next week’s courses cover basic robotics. The program’s benefits won’t end at the conclusion of next week’s courses, Croisant noted. That’s because the equipment purchased with the grant funding will stay with
USD 258. “We’ll be able to take what we learned about these process and apply them in the fall,” she said. The Summer STEAM Academy brought in 18 HMS students. STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, art and math.
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