Everyone is invited to take part in the 34th Annual Sumner County Toy Run, set for Saturday, October 25th. Each year, toys and funds collected through the event support Operation Holiday, a local volunteer-driven program that provides gifts, clothing, and other essentials to Sumner County families in need.
The Sumner County Historical & Genealogical Society is hosting “The Last United States Land Rush in 1902” presented by author and YouTube creator, Donnis Slusser Crane next Monday evening, October 20 at 6:30 p.m. in the Short Education Center at Cowley College- Sumner Campus.
Last Friday night, Wellington Public Schools, football players, and members of the community honored former teacher, counselor, and coach John Gifford by officially naming the football field at Sellers Park “John Gifford Field.”
A sea of red lined Washington Avenue last Thursday evening as the community turned out in full force to celebrate Wellington High School’s Homecoming Parade.
After walking miles up and down the Wellington sideline at Seller’s Park, Coach John Gifford’s career which spans more than 40 years will culminate tomorrow night at 6:30pm with the familiar field now bearing his name. Under the Friday night lights, “Coach Giff” as he’s affectionately known, will witness the football field being named “John Gifford Field” in his honor.
As you stroll downtown enjoying the scarecrows and fall displays, be sure to stop by The National Depression Glass Museum. In the front window, you’ll find a display that’s both rare and beautiful — nearly 200 pieces of colorful, iridescent stretch glass from The Stretch Glass Society’s William Crowl Collection.
Through its Concern for Community Fund, Sumner-Cowley Electric Cooperative recently donated $8,000 to Wellington First Christian Church for the replacement of its baptismal unit. The church also opens the unit for use by other congregations in the area, extending the impact of this gift beyond its own members.
AAR - Component Services in Wellington recently welcomed U.S. Congressman Ron Estes (R–Kansas) during a series of visits across the 4th District.
On October 5, Mike Scanlon will pedal both the North and South Loops of the Cottonwood Trail in Arkansas City, followed by a ride on the Prairie Sunset Trail out of Garden Plain the next morning. The rides are part of a month-long, 700-mile cycling journey across Kansas called Ride for Resilience, which launched September 15 and continues through October 15.
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) will begin a field survey along U.S. 81 in Wellington on or about September 22.