BELOITâA 2017 Beloit College graduate is hoping to transform the former Kolak Education Center and Roosevelt Junior High School building at 1633 Keeler Ave. into a non-profit community center offering activities for kids and support for entrepreneurship, home ownership and financial literacy.
In an interview Friday, Cole Swartz said he wanted to reassure the neighborhood the zoning for the siteâPublic Lands and Institutionâwill not change. There had been some concerns raised by residents in the past when real estate developers proposed plans to turn the site into apartments.
Swartz said there will be no apartments or zoning changes as part of his plan. Instead, Swartz said he hopes to revive the buildingâs unique and historical character and to keep it mostly âas isâ to help the neighborhood.
Jenny Lynn Allford 1933 - 2020 Jenny Lynn Allford
Jenny Lynn Allford, 87, passed away Dec. 14, 2020, at Brookdale Senior Living, Great Bend, Kan. She was born June 21, 1933, at Thrifty, Texas, to Raymond and Lynna Jo (Pearson) Rucker. Jenny married Robert L. Allford June 3, 1955, at Kermit, Texas. He died Nov. 28, 2016.
Jenny graduated from Kermit High School, Kermit, Texas, in 1949. She attended East Texas State University from 1949-1951, and transferred to Texas Technological University where she received her Bachelor of Music Education degree in 1953.
Jenny, a resident of Great Bend since 1969, was a long time vocal music instructor for USD 428 and area musician. She began her teaching career in 1953 in Plainview, Texas, as a junior high choral music instructor. She moved to the high school the following year and continued teaching in Texas until 1969. In 1969, Jenny accepted the vocal music position at Roosevelt Junior High School in