BELLEVILLE -- Waddell & Reed, Belleville, was awarded a grant of nearly $6,500 from the Kansas Department of Commerce's Incentives Without Walls program.

The company plans to remove plywood covering its downtown storefront, including windows and doors, to expose the historic storefront. Transom and plate-glass windows will receive new glass, and a new door will be installed. The expansion will allow the company to add a new employee.

Funding for the Incentives Without Walls program comes from the Economic Development Initiatives Fund, which is derived from proceeds from the Kansas Lottery.

Boys arrested for damaging school

Salina police arrested two boys Tuesday in connection with damage done to the exterior of Sunset Elementary School.

Cody W. Luther, 15, 1446 Pawnee, and Gilberto Martinez, 14, 623 Jameson, were arrested for causing nearly $9,000 damage to the exterior of the school's multipurpose room in mid-June. Numerous holes were poked in a stucco-like material that had to be patched, retextured and repainted.

Saline Deputy Police Chief Carson Mansfield said more arrests are possible.

Minneapolis center receives state award

MINNEAPOLIS -- Kathy Greenlee, secretary of the Kansas Department of Aging, will be in Minneapolis on Tuesday to recognize Minneapolis Good Samaritan Center as one of this year's PEAK award winners.

Greenlee will tour the center at 1:30 p.m., and there will be a public celebration of the award at 2 p.m.

PEAK stands for Promoting Excellent Alternatives in Kansas nursing homes. The awards recognize centers that promote resident-directed care.

The other PEAK award winner from north-central Kansas was Parkside Homes, Hillsboro.

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