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Lawn mowing can cause fires when weather conditions are hot and the grass is dry. Be sure to remove any dry grass that gets packed in the mower deck as that can result in a lawn mower catching fire.

As local temperatures remain in the upper digits, the project Sumner County is conducting with The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Building Technologies Proving Ground – Public Sector Field Validation, has begun with the installation of passive thermal energy storage ceiling tiles in the Wellington City Hall building.

The talented film-makers from Kansas! The Wichita Eagle won its first Emmy at the Heartland Emmy awards ceremony held July 16th, 2022 in Oklahoma City. The Eagle’s documentary entitled, “Once Was Lost: The 70-Year Search for Father Kapaun,” won the Documentary Program: Topical category.

The 2022 Kansas Wheat Festival is over, but before memories of this year’s celebration starts to fade, let’s take a look back at the very first Wheat Festival. Since my flux capacitor is in the shop, we will have to take a ride in the old-fashioned, lowtech time machine using our imagination - and the Museum’s archives.

On Wednesday, July 13th, 2022, Governor Laura Kelly announced the largest economic opportunity to come to Kansas in its history with the news that Panasonic Energy plans to develop a stateof-the-art electric vehicle battery facility in DeSoto, Kansas. This is a game changer. No longer will we be categorically dismissed as the “fly over” state!

The Mayfield tradition of summer fast-pitch softball has a long history of bringing families from all over Sumner County together for old-fashioned fun and unquestionably delectable burgers. The community softball tradition in Mayfield began back in the 1930’s.

Thursday, July 21st: Chamber Coffee, 10am in Memorial Auditorium, hosted by hosted by Homestead Assisted Living of Wellington. Everyone is welcome to gather for Daylight Donuts and No.7 coffee.

Wednesday, July 20th -Raising Readers Storytime and Craft at 10:30- 11:30am Thursday, July 21st -Cupcakes and Cookies Social for Kids at 3pm! Friday, July 22nd -Kids Draw, Color & Paint Fun at 2pm – Stretch your child’s creativity! All supplies provided. Saturday, July 23rd -Pokemon club at noon Tuesday, July 26th -YA Book Club at 6pm -Tech Tuesdays at 6-8:30pm – Tech trouble? Talk to Jarrod Kline Wednesday, July 27th -Raising Readers Storytime and Craft at 10:30- 11:30am .

It’s been a busy couple of weeks as we hosted a number of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) camps here at the Sumner Campus, continued construction on the local dorms and welcomed a new President to Cowley College, Dr. Randy Smith.