Buddy Curry, CTE Department Chair and Agriculture Instructor and Tim Kennedy, Admissions Representative, presented Cowley College’s Ag program at the annual Kansas FFA Convention’s Opportunities Fair in Manhattan, KS on the Kansas State University campus.
Now, through June 26th the Chisholm Trail Museum is showcasing 14 unique vintage quilts from the museums’ archives. The quilts are distributed throughout the museum floors and date from around 1845 – 1935. Each quilt displayed includes a brief description of any known details about the piece. Printed Museum maps can help guide you to each one.
Unlike the telecom world of today, letters were the only way to stay in touch with loved ones during times of conflict. This process was made faster by the creation of V-Mail, which significantly sped up the speed, security, and shipping costs of correspondence between battlefront soldiers and their communities at home in the states.
The Wellington Senior Center hosted a Memorial Program featuring pianist Betty Pattrick and a reading by Navy Veteran and Wellington City Councilman, Rick Roitman. Roitman, a retired US Navy Commander, served for 27 years and on this occasion honored a fellow Navy man, Bob Rice, by reading a letter he had written from his ship during WWII.
Wellington Heat baseball players have arrived! The Wellington Area Chamber of Commerce/ Convention Visitors Bureau opened Memorial Auditorium to host Coach Ryan Jenkins’ “Heat and Greet” with this year’s Wellington Heat Baseball players.
Lucy is a 2-3 year old mixed breed. At first Lucy is shy, but the second she warms up to you she will be your best friend! Lucy loves to play and has a very goofy personality. Lucy’s past is unknown but she is ready to find her furever home. Come meet Lucy today!
Hundreds gathered early on Saturday morning to raise more than 1,200 flags and honor plates at Prairie Lawn Cemetery, recognizing veterans on Memorial Day. Choreographed from years of custom, the young, old, men, women, boys and girls joined together for this impressive endeavor.
When was the last time you visited the Wellington Public Library? We offer a whole lot more than books! The Library serves as a resource in our community, offering free WiFi and computer use to everyone. Our computers have been utilized more than 2500 times in recent years.
Just a quick reminder that burning, other than in a fire pit or chiminea, within the city limits requires a burn permit issued here at the Fire Department. Burn permits are only issued for open areas where there is enough room to safely burn. We encourage citizens to take brush, leaves and grass to the city compost site instead of burning.
Residents and visitors to Kansas can still hear primal sounds that speak to attentive humans the very essence of wildness. One is the clatter of migrating sandhill cranes, rising with the sun in their thousands from their roosting areas at Quivira National Wildlife Refuge or Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area and returning at dusk.