The Wellington Health and Rehabilitation building located at 1600 West. 8th Street is available and open to residents in need of temporary tornado or storm shelter during severe weather.
The evening was cool, but the styles were hot! The dominant color of the night was cobalt blue, but other primary colors were boldly represented as WHS juniors and seniors paraded past the local paparazzi.
What would you do with $1,500? Anna Ewing, WHS Sophomore, plans to invest it in her bakery business, The Bakery Girl. At the BIG Idea Business competition at Wichita State University, Ewing was awarded 1st Place and with that honor came the venture capital award.
Washington Elementary students visited the Cowley College Sumner Campus last Friday to learn more about programming and operating various robots. First Grade Teacher Amy Jenkins coordinated with the College to host a learning session in the morning and afternoon.
What began as a Face-Book group to help Kansas farmers and ranchers sell their products to nearby friends and families during the pandemic has evolved into a website that now sells farm grown products to thousands everyday.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19 Raising Readers Storytime and Craft at 10:30 - 11:30am THURSDAY, APRIL 20 Earth Day Crafts at 5:30pm MONDAY, APRIL 24 Mobile Library to Botkin Care and Rehab at 10:30am Salad and Series at 6pm TUESDAY, APRIL 25 Adult Coloring at noon - 5pm Popcorn for Patrons 11am - close WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26 Raising Readers Storytime and Craft at 10:30 - 11:30am .
Wednesday, April 19 Good Shepherd Hospice, Grief & Loss Support Group at Wellington Health & Rehab 10 - 11am Bites & Beverages 7 - 9pm $50/per person. Vodka -Rustica Thursday, April 20 Chamber Coffee, 10am in Memorial Auditorium, with host RCB Bank.
The April 4th Wellington City Council meeting began with a request for an approval to amend the agenda to include a third report of city officials regarding a street closing request that came in late. It was approved unanimously.
Brett Miller from DCS presented three HVAC bids for school district buildings using ESSER funds. The three bids came from South Central Mechanical out of Wichita, US Engineering out of Wichita and Waldorf-Riley Heating and Cooling. Waldorf-Riley’s bid was unusually low in Miller’s eyes, which brought concerns of accuracy and quality of service. Miller suggested spending the extra money and using US Engineering for their quality of reputation of service. Tom Henning motioned to accept the HVAC bid from US Engineering. Brandon Earls seconded, the motion carried 4-2.
The weather was beautiful on April 12th and students from Wellington High School divided into small groups and ventured throughout the community to volunteer during WHS Service Day. The idea behind Service Day is to provide kids with an opportunity to volunteer on local projects to help them develop a sense of pride and responsibility in their community.