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Last Friday night, the WHS seniors from football, band, girl golf, girls tennis, cross county, dance and cheer were honored before the game against the Rose Hill Rockets. The following students, along with their parents, family and friends were recognized: Camryn Bannister Tennis/Band Breegan Bevan - Tennis/ Band Kyra Cornejo - Tennis Lyric Cornejo - Tennis River Douglas - Tennis Thalia Garcia - Tennis Kendall Janzen - Tennis Savannah Saunders Tennis Aubrey Hunt - Golf Evelyn Trafecanty - Golf Conner Walker - Cross Country Maggie Dry - Cheer/ Dance Elli Franke - Dance Abbey Gill - Cheer/Band Carley Hamilton - Cheer Tatum Rountree - Cheer Olivia Smith - Cheer Whitney Zeka - Cheer/ Dance Kate Haines - Dance Morice Ayers - Football Maddox Black - Football Coltin Clark - Football Andrew Helpingstine Football Dalton Levine - Football Derrick Lowe - Football Kayden Martin - Football Riley Nichols - Football Nolan Russell - Football Alejandro Del Rey Football Chance Thomas Football Sam Wylie - Football Sheadyn Stewart Football Manager Gaby Mason - Football Manager Anika Fairbanks - Band Sally Palmer - Band Photos by Ursula Goff .

A few days ago, the University of Notre Dame Glee Club stopped in Wellington to have lunch while traveling between concert performances in Oklahoma City and Wichita.Time locals spent with the singers was joyful, magical and spiritually uplifting.

A reader recently reached out to me to ask if I had ever written anything about a community’s struggle to improve in the face of negativity. I had not, but this post is an attempt to correct my omission.

ADVANCE VOTING BY MAIL HAS BEGUN; BALLOTS MUST BE RETURNED BY NOVEMBER 7TH OCTOBER 31 ST - LAST DAY THE ELECTION OFFICE WILL MAIL OUT BALLOTS; ADVANCE VOTING IN PERSON BEGINS AT THE COUNTY CLERK OFFICE NOVEMBER 6TH, NOON - LAST DAY TO VOTE IN PERSON AT THE COUNTY CLERK OFFICE NOVEMBER 7TH - ELECTION DAY, POLLS ARE OPEN AT THE RAYMOND FRYE COMPLEX, 7AM - 7PM.

All eyes where pointed to the sky on Saturday as the clouds parted to reveal the annular solar eclipse here in Wellington. The Library hosted a watch party complete with free solar sunglasses and views through a telescope with a special-purpose solar filter.

Last night, Janet “Jan” Grace, Cowley College’s Sumner Campus Operations Officer presented her final briefing on behalf of Cowley College to the Wellington City Council. Grace began serving this community in April of 2017 when she moved here from Salina, KS to accept the position with Cowley.

Members of the Sumner County Economic Development Commission joined businesses and individuals from across the state who were honored for their “outstanding contributions to Kansas communities and the state’s economy” at the Kansas Department of Commerce’s 2023 To the Stars: Kansas Business Awards ceremony.

Wednesday, October 18 6 -7:30pm, Wellington Community Theater Auditions for 1st-8th graders, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” in Memorial Auditorium. Thursday, October 19 10am, Chamber Coffee in Memorial Auditorium, with host Studio K.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18TH Raising Readers Storytime at 10:30am THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19 High School Book Club at 6pm FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 Pokemon Scavenger Hunt at 10am - 4pm SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 Pokemon Club at 1pm Kids Entrepreneur Market Workshop at 1pm MONDAY, OCTOBER 23 Bookmobile to Botkin Health and Rehab Soup & Series at 6pm YA Spanish Club at 6pm TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24 Baby Laptime at 10:30am Adult Coloring at 1pm - closing National Explorers at 4:30pm WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25 Raising Readers Storytime at 10:30am .