The next bingo is happening at the Vesper Community Center this Saturday April 1st. Earlier this month 153 people visited from multiple counties to play bingo and over $700 in prizes were given out. Don Brewer from Sylvan Grove and Marlys Yarnell from Lucas won the jackpot prize. The community center is located as 1247 N 120th Rd a mile south of Hwy 18 in Vesper.
TOPEKA – With many festivities taking place to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, the Kansas Department of Transportation encourages everyone to remember the dangers of impaired driving and have a sober driver or alternative transportation secured before heading out on the road.
SALINA, Kan.— Ad Astra Books & Coffeehouse is now accepting grant applications for the Cash Hollistah Scholarship. The scholarship, named after Salina rapper/poet Cash Hollistah, will be awarded to a graduating senior in Central Kansas who shows merit in the field of community enrichment, as well as poetry, music, or visual art. Students must fulfill academic requirements, and plan to attend an institution of higher education in the fall of 2023. Applications are due by April 15th, 2023. The scholarship is available to high school seniors in the following counties: Saline, McPherson, Ottawa, Ellsworth, Marion, Dickinson & Lincoln.
The Vesper Community Center is hosting the annual Farm show on Saturday February 18th from 9a-2pm. Admission is free to the public. Vendors will be on-site with displays to answer questions and provide information about the services and products they offer area farmers and ranchers. There will be multiple free raffles offered by the community center and vendors. There will be gift certificates, gift cards, gift baskets and merchandise prizes including an air fryer. Winners do not need to be present when their names are called. There are several new vendors this year and many of the vendors will be providing free gimmees.
We are honoring two very outstanding young ladies at Sylvan-Lucas Unified High School as they are representing our school at the State Kansas Music Educator’s Convention as members of the All-State Mixed Choir and the All-State Treble Choir.
New employee recruitment incentive programs recently launched by Lincoln County Economic Development Foundation, in partnership with Northwest Kansas Economic Innovation Center, Inc. (NWKEICI) and Make My Move, invite and encourage traditional and remote talent to bring their jobs and families, establish roots, and call Lincoln County home.
Join us for the next installment of the history of the Santa Fe Trail, presented by historian Steve Schmidt. Building on his previous Museum program, “Santa Fe Trail 101,” he’ll focus on the Sibley Expedition of 1825-27. Learn about the driving force, George Champlin Sibley, a greatly underappreciated figure of the early 1800s. Schmidt will discuss why the expedition was mounted, how it was conducted and what the outcome was, including a surprisingly accurate survey. Steve, a retired Civil Engineer, and his spouse Glenda own pastureland in Marion County, across which the Santa Fe Trail can plainly be seen. Their land is in the National and State Registers of Historic Places. This presentation is offered by the Smoky Hill Museum, Thursday, February 2, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Experience it in person at the Museum, or watch from the comfort of your home, using Zoom. Request the Zoom link at www.smokyhillmuseum. org.
By Janet Humburg Secretary On January 3, 2023, the members of the Denmark Dames Service Club met at the home of Elsie Driscoll. The Ladies spent some time chatting about how we spent our Christmases and celebrated the New Year. We all took time to admire how Elsie has decorated her home.
Birding is a wildly popular hobby. According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, about 45 million Americans are birders, while data from the popular bird observation app eBird indicates that submissions from Canadian birders increased by 34 percent in 2020.