Community Happenings

________. ___ ____ Mom and I just spent a few fun-filled days in Houston at the International Quilt Market.

The National Depression Glass Association Museum (NDGA) hosted a fun, Halloween-themed “After Hours” event last Thursday. The community was welcome to attend and the event brought in a few newcomers as well as those who wanted to see the newest glass displays, including a spooky Halloween table setting.

__________.______ American country music singer Josh Gracin will be performing in Wellington on Saturday, November 11th. It seems especially fitting that a United States Marine Corps veteran perform in the historic Memorial Auditorium on Veterans Day.

Enjoy live music? Come out in the beautiful fall weather this Saturday, November 4th, as Wellington’s own nationally acclaimed music artists perform a concert at Wellington Lodge #150 from 11am – 4pm.

_______________ With Halloween behind us, we turn our thoughts toward Thanksgiving. To express our gratitude, the National Depression Glass Association (NDGA) Museum is honoring our volunteers and inviting new recruits to join us for a Muffin & Mimosa Morning this Saturday, November 4th, from 9 - 11am.

The Armaan Foundation is hosting Wellington’s “First Ever” Pickleball Tournament on Saturday, November 4th, 9am at their Activity Center, 715 North Woodlawn. The competition is limited to players that work or live in Sumner County.

Trucks were lining up before volunteers arrived at 7am to start unloading them as the community took advantage of the free “Wellington Fall Clean Up” day at Sellers Park last Saturday. Over 11 tons of debris from the homes and yards of local residents were collected and hauled to the Wellington Landfill.

The Hive has been buzzing with a retreat group of 19 women that spent a full week quilting projects they brought in to work on as well as making quilts using Villa Rosa Designs “Newsflash” pattern. “I’ve been doing ‘Rita’s Quilt Retreat’ for 10 years,” said organizer Rita Figg.

Last Monday, the Sumner County Historical and Genealogical Society hosted the authors of “These Old Bones: the Stories of Caldwell, Kansas’s Main Street” at the Wellington Memorial Auditorium. Sisters Michelle Schiltz Lou Ann Jamison wrote the tabletop book in an effort to document and preserve the history of the buildings in the community.

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