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The Currency Corner in downtown Wellington specializes in offering vintage currency and unique coins. They currently have some very interesting bills that have a special Wellington connection.

One thing about working at the museum, you never know what history rabbit hole you’re going to go down. Recently, we had a visitor from Oklahoma City who asked if we had any information on the Wellington Maroons baseball club.

Thursday, June 20 10am, Chamber Coffee at Memorial Auditorium. This week’s host is Sumner County Community Drug Action Team with NAMI 3:30pm, WRC Balloon Smash Painting: $20, Ages 12+ Saturday, June 22 11am, American Flag Retirement Ceremony, VFW Post 881, HotDogs & Drinks provided Sunday, June 23 2pm, Wellington Christian Academy Open House Tuesday, June 25 7pm, Bingo, VFW Wednesday, June 27 5:30pm, Pool Tournament, American Legion Post 90 Thursday, June 27 10am, Chamber Coffee at Memorial Auditorium.

The Internal Revenue Service recently issued a warning about the rising threat of impersonation scams targeting older adults in Kansas. By pretending to be government officials, criminals are stealing sensitive personal information and money. “Scammers often target seniors, attempting to steal personal information through phone calls, emails or text messages by pretending to be from the IRS or other agencies or businesses,” said IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel.

How many of the United States of America have you personally traveled to? Landing at an airport doesn’t count, how many states have you spent at least a day exploring? Perhaps traveling isn’t your “thing”, but maybe you still have an innate curiosity about the 50 states and what makes them unique. If that’s the case, consider tackling an armchair adventure through the U.S.

THURSDAY, JUNE 20 Great Plains Nature Center Program at 11 and 11:30am High School Book Club at 6pm FRIDAY, JUNE 21 Pokemon Hunt from 10am - 4pm Lego Block Fun at 10:30am MONDAY, JUNE 24 Weekly Challenge worksheet for all ages Mobile Library to Botkin Care and Rehab at 11am Salad & Series at 6pm TUESDAY, JUNE 25 Adventures in Play at 10:30am National Explorers at 4:30pm Culture, Cuisine & Creativity - Mexico (adults only) at 5:30pm YA Spanish Club at 6pm WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26 Raising Readers Story Time at 10:30am YA Space Adventures at 11:30am THURSDAY, JUNE 27 Tanganyika Wildlife Park Program at 11:30am at Raymond Frye Complex .

Grace Calvary Fellowship VBS, August 5th - August 9th 4 - 6pm 305 N Jefferson Avenue Call 620-517-0672 to sign-up Wellington Methodist Church VBS, July 22nd - 26th 9 - 11:30 daily 202 West Harvey Call 620-326-7403 to sign-up Church of Christ VBS, July 21th - July 24th 5:30 - 8:30pm 217 West 13th Street Call 620-326-7511, or sign-up online at wellingtonchurchofchrist. org First Christian Church of Wellington VBS, July 22nd - July 24th 5:30 - 8:10pm 123 West 9th Street Call 620-326-2203 to sign-up .