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Wednesday, April 12 First United Methodist Church, Grief Share 6pm. Wednesdays through April 26th Open to anyone who has lost a loved one.
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Sean Clift with the City of Wellington Street Department
Sean Clift with the City of Wellington Street Department went the extra mile on Saturday helping City of Wellington Police temporarily remove a traffic sign so that a semi-trailer truck carrying a wind turbine blade could safely navigate a turn onto the viaduct
Downtown Street Closings At Railroad Intersections
The BNSF Railroad crossings at “G”Street and Jefferson Ave closed beginning April 6th and will remain so for two to three weeks. During that time, Washington Avenue and “H”Street crossings will also be closed for track maintenance.
Wellington Welcomes KanOklaTo Downtown
Last Thursday, the Wellington Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a Business After Hours & Ribbon Cutting celebration to welcome KanOkla to the community. Jill Kuehny, KanOkla President, cut the ceremonial ribbon along with Chief Operating Officer David Nance and Erma Ratliff, Sales & Development Coordinator, numerous other staff members, city representatives and local business owners.
Wellington Public Library Wednesday-to-Wednesday
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12 Raising Readers Storytime and Craft at 10:30 - 11:30am SATURDAY, APRIL 15 Pokemon Club at noon MONDAY, APRIL 17 $Tree Hack at 5pm TUESDAY, APRIL 18 Adult Coloring at noon - 5pm Bookies Book Club at 5:30pm WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19 Raising Readers Storytime and Craft at 10:30 - 11:30am .
Midsummer At Lincoln
Last week, the Lincoln Elementary 5th Grade classes performed Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, as adapted for children by Marilyn Nikimaa. All of the props, set backgrounds and costumes were made by the 5th Grade students.
Standing Up For Rural America
The 2023 Spring Stand Up Rural America Regional Forum is currently taking place at the Kansas Star Event Center. Sumner County Economic Development Commission (SCEDC) partnered with a number of nationally recognized experts to share their diverse knowledge on rural leadership and revitalization.
Cowley College Chat
We are excited to announce that the Third Annual Robotic Challenge will be conducted over two days this year on the Cowley College Sumner campus. The “Basic Challenge” events will be held on Thursday, April 27th from 9am – 3pm and the “Advanced Challenge” events are on Friday, April 28th from 9am – 3pm.
Celebrating The Teller of Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen was born 218 years ago on April 2nd in Odense, Denmark. Many of us grew up with his timeless fairy tales and now his date of birth is commemorated as International Children’s Book Day around the world.
That Ancient Tree, Don’t Let It Fall
By Hans Christian Andersen That ancient tree, don’t let it fall Until old age is knelling; So many things it can recall, What tales it could be telling. We once did see its blossom-haul Each branch with fruit was swelling. That ancient tree, don’t let it fall, You must not think of felling!