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ABCDE
Monday Messenger
May
29, 2007
ABCDE
– Better Together
Greetings!
This is the sixty-seventh edition of the Monday Messenger.
Its purpose is to bring you current information about the ABCDE
project and area. ABCDE consists of local residents from
Atlanta
, Burden,
Cambridge
, Dexter and
Eastern
Cowley
County
working together for community development. If you have
anything to submit for the newsletter, please send it to shannonthom@hotmail.com.
Dexter
Helium
Memorial Park
Dedication
A ribbon-cutting
and dedication of the new
Dexter
Helium
Memorial Park
was held Saturday, May 26, 2007. The park began with
the Dexter Caring Friends Club who saw a need to preserve one of Dexter's
Helium well sites, located behind the
Dexter
Senior
Citizens
Building
. The project enlarged when the Dexter Economic
Development Association envisioned a small pocket park at this
site.
Helium
was first discoverd in
Dexter
,
Kansas
in 1903. Helium did not have any practical applications at
the time, but by 1917 the federal government was sponsoring
extensive research into the possibility of using helium in
airships, according to Answeres.com. In 1923, a Helium
Plant was constructed in Dexter that was not only used
for helium production, but it served as a research center for
nitrogen uses.
"We
truley appreciate the cooperation of so many to make this
dream a reality - the Dexter Senior Citizens, Masonic Lodge and
Dexter City Council," said Carol Black, President of
Dexter Economic Development. "Jeff Powell designed the
plantings and pathway, Bud Henderson constructed the signage, Pray
Stone donated the limestone rocks and Jeff and Seth Martin created
the corner stone to enhance the beauty of the well site."
Black also stated that funding was largely provided by the Dexter
High School Alumni.
USDA
To Host Area Meetings
The
Q.U.A.D. Facilitation Program is encouraging community members to
attend one of four regional meetings conducted by the USDA.
The meetings will cover both the Agency’s housing programs and
community development programs.
The
four USDA Rural Development informational meetings will be held:
Winfield / June 6, 2007: 12:30 p.m. to 4:00
p.m., Middle School (Commons Area);130 Viking Blvd.,Winfield
Eureka / June 7, 2007: 8:30 a.m. to noon,
Jefferson Street Baptist Church, 300 S. Jefferson, Eureka
Hesston / June 13, 2007: 12:30 p.m. to 4:00
p.m., Crosswinds Conference Center, 8036 N. Hoover Rd., Hesston
Pratt / June 14, 2007: 8:30 a.m. to noon,
Pratt Community College, 348 NE Highway 61, Pratt
“USDA
Rural Development’s South-Central Kansas Regional Initiative
will provide an excellent opportunity for communities to expand
affordable housing opportunities and job opportunities, along with
enhancing local infrastructure. Whether it be
improving local housing or upgrading community projects such as
health care services, USDA Rural Development is positioned to
assist in this important Kansas economic development
opportunity,” commented State Director Banks.
The
Q.U.A.D. Facilitation Program offers free and confidential
services to businesses and individuals. The program encourages
business and economic development in Chautauqua, Eastern Cowley,
Elk,
Greenwood
, and
Woodson
Counties
. Those interested in learning more about Q.U.A.D or the USDA
programs may call at 620-249-2108 or email jack@quadcounty.net.
Cowley
County
Wildlife Tour
The
bus tour on June 9th will start at the
Winfield
High School
with coffee and donuts at 8:00 a.m. After a short ride to
Winfield
City
Lake
, participants will be able to identify and view beautiful
Cowley
County
wildflowers. There is no charge for the tour, but
reservations are requested. Please call Cowley County
Conservation District at 221-1850, ext. 3. The tour will end
around noon.
Did
You Know?????
Headrick’s
Greenhouse is open for business! Visit Kermit and Mary and
pick up bedding plants and flowers for your garden.
Headrick’s Greenhouse is located a couple of miles north of
Atlanta
and a mile and a half east. There is a sign at the
intersection. Call for more information 394-2385.
Business
Appreciation Month
June is
"Business Appreciation Month" across the State of
Kansas
. Cowley First has
partnered with the Arkansas City Chamber of Commerce,
Winfield Area Chamber of Commerce, Strother Field
Airport/Industrial Park, and Cowley College-Business, Industry and
Entrepreneurship program to express our gratitude to area
employers at two events planned during the month of June.
To
kick off the month, a Business Appreciation Luncheon will be held
in the Wright Room at
Cowley
College
on June 5th, with lunch beginning at 11:30am.
All
Cowley
County
businesses are invited to attend.
Businesses which were nominated for the Kansas Business of
the Year Awards will be recognized. Deadline
for registration for the luncheon is Thursday, May 31st.
You may register online at www.cowleyfirst.com
or by calling the Cowley First office at 620-221-9951 or
620-442-3094.
In
addition, the annual Industry Appreciation Golf Tournament will be
held on June 29th at Quail Ridge Golf Course in Winfield, with
registration at 8:00 am and tee-times beginning at 8:30. We invite
you to register up to four players from your business to
participate in the four-person scramble. The
deadline for registration for the golf tournament is June 22nd.
Contact any of the sponsors for more information.
Do
you have an idea for a business?
Through
2007, business owners and those with business ideas have access to
a Professional Business Coach. His name is Jack Newcomb and
he is available for free, confidential advice and he will even
come to you. Through the ABCDE program, we have joined the
Quad EF project and have access to their business coach.
Many local banks, businesses and the County assisted to pay the
Quad membership fee through December of 2007. For more
information contact Jack at (620) 249-2108.
ABCDE
Website
Don’t
forget to visit www.cowleynet.com
for information about the ABCDE project.
Upcoming
Activities/Events
June
4
ABCDE Monthly Meeting
June
9
Cowley
County
Wildflower Tour
June
16
Symphony in the Flint Hills
June
21
QUAD Monthly Meeting
To
submit information for the newsletter, send an e-mail to Shannon
Thom Martin at shannonthom@hotmail.com. |
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ABCDE
Monday Messenger
May
21, 2007
ABCDE
– Better Together
Greetings!
This is the sixty-fifth edition of the Monday Messenger.
Its purpose is to bring you current information about
the ABCDE project and area. ABCDE consists of
local residents from
Atlanta
, Burden,
Cambridge
, Dexter and
Eastern
Cowley
County
working together for community development. If you
have anything to submit for the newsletter, please send
it to shannonthom@hotmail.com.
Summer
Dinner Theatre – From Roger Moon
Hi
you all precious people in
Eastern
Cowley
County
. There is a piece of publicity we are trying to get out to
everyone, so I am sending it to you, as well as schools and
newspapers.
In
short, I am part of starting a new summer dinner theatre program
that will be doing one show this summer. We don’t have a
name for the theatre yet, but will remedy that by mid summer.
Our focus is in trying to give excellent theatre opportunities to
our area actors, designers, and technicians, and quality summer
dinner theatre to our audiences. This summer we are doing
one show, Seussical, a new Broadway musical based on the books and
stories from Dr. Seuss, and focusing the proceeds toward
renovation of the Marquee (old Fox/B&B movie) Theatre in
Winfield.
Seussical
will be performed at
Winfield
High School
on July 6, 7, and 8.
Acting
and singing auditions, along with technical signup and interviews,
are this coming Monday and Tuesday, the 21st and 22nd
at Winfield High School, and are open to children, youth and
adults of all ages. People are encouraged to call 620
229-6244 to sign up for an audition or interview time so they
don’t have to wait. We will provide music and reading
material for the audition, but if people have a favorite song they
feel confident with and have the music to, we invite them to mark
a chorus or 16-measure section and bring it. Please bring a
recent picture of any size that we can keep.
Rehearsals
will begin immediately after Memorial Day and be mostly during the
weekday evenings, though leads may have rehearsals during the day.
If
you know of any young people or families interested in
auditioning, or if anyone has questions, do let me know.
Let
me know if there is ever anything we can do together. You
folks over there are wonderful, and I’m so glad I got to know
what was going on over there with the ABCDE development of that
precious part of our county.
I
look forward to hearing from you, and to seeing you June 7th.
Always,
Roger Moon
roger.moon@sckans.edu
620
262-7700 – cell phone
Photo
Essay Winners
Congratulations
to the area Tourism Week photo essay winners.
Watch for names in the next Monday Messenger.
Cowley
County
Wildlife Tour
The
bus tour on June 9th will start at the
Winfield
High School
with coffee and donuts at 8:00 a.m. After a short ride to
Winfield
City
Lake
, participants will be able to identify and view beautiful
Cowley
County
wildflowers. There is no charge for the tour, but
reservations are requested. Please call Cowley County
Conservation District at 221-1850, ext. 3. The tour will end
around noon.
Did
You Know?????
Headrick’s
Greenhouse is open for business! Visit Kermit and Mary and
pick up bedding plants and flowers for your garden.
Headrick’s Greenhouse is located a couple of miles north of
Atlanta
and a mile and a half east. There is a sign at the
intersection. Call for more information 394-2385.
Flint
Hills Tourism Coalition
At
the May meeting, the FHTC several changes took place. Most
noticeable, the chair position was reassigned. Linda Craghead has
headed this position for the last nine months, and due to her
opening her own business and several time consuming
responsibilities, she didn’t feel that she’d be able to give
the coalition the time it needed, so she’s stepped into the
At-Large position and Dr. William Smith, from Emporia State
University has taken the Chair position. Also voted on Friday, was
the appointment of Bob Cole,
Pottawattamie
County
, as Vice Chair. The remaining Executive Committee members are as
follows: Connie Kimsey, Cowley County, Secretary; Karen Hibbard,
Riley County, Treasurer; Bruce Wells, Flint Hills RC&D &
Becky Blake, Kansas Dept. of Travel & Tourism, Ex-offico.
Additionally,
the standing committees were decided as follows:
Marketing/Branding Committee, Financial Committee, Heritage Task
Force Committee, Education/Outreach Committee and Marketable
Roadways Committee. Anyone wishing to become a part of any of
these committees is encouraged to contact one of the Executive
Committee members.
The
five winners from the Flint Hills Lottery were announced. There
were two from
Wichita
, and one each from
Kansas City
,
Garfield
and
Newton
. Three of the winners chose the Outdoor Hunting and Fishing
prize, one chose the Working Ranch prize and one chose the
Arts/Cultural prize.
There
will be no June meeting, so the next FHTC meeting will be July 20th
at Council Grove.
To
obtain more information about the Flint Hills Tourism Coalition,
visit www.kansasflinthills.travel.
Do
you have an idea for a business?
Through
2007, business owners and those with business ideas have access to
a Professional Business Coach. His name is Jack Newcomb and
he is available for free, confidential advice and he will even
come to you. Through the ABCDE program, we have joined the
Quad EF project and have access to their business coach.
Many local banks, businesses and the County assisted to pay the
Quad membership fee through December of 2007. For more
information contact Jack at (620) 249-2108.
ABCDE
Website
Don’t
forget to visit www.cowleynet.com
for information about the ABCDE project.
Upcoming
Activities/Events
June
4
ABCDE Monthly Meeting
June
9
Cowley
County
Wildflower Tour
June
16
Symphony in the Flint Hills
June
21
QUAD Monthly Meeting
To
submit information for the newsletter, send an e-mail to Shannon
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ABCDE
Monday Messenger
May
14, 2007
ABCDE
– Better Together
Greetings!
This is the sixty-fifth edition of the Monday Messenger.
Its purpose is to bring you current information about
the ABCDE project and area. ABCDE consists of
local residents from
Atlanta
, Burden,
Cambridge
, Dexter and
Eastern
Cowley
County
working together for community development. If you
have anything to submit for the newsletter, please send
it to shannonthom@hotmail.com.
Cowley
County
Wildlife Tour
The
bus tour on June 9th will start at the
Winfield
High School
with coffee and donuts at 8:00 a.m.
After a short ride to
Winfield
City
Lake
, participants will be able to identify and view
beautiful
Cowley
County
wildflowers. There
is no charge for the tour, but reservations are
requested. Please
call Cowley County Conservation District at 221-1850,
ext. 3. The
tour will end around noon.
It’s
National Tourism Week
Look
for wining tourism photo displays in downtown shops in
Winfield and
Ark
City
during National Tourism Week, May 12-20 – this week.
Did
You Know?????
Headrick’s
Greenhouse is open for business!
Visit Kermit and Mary and pick up bedding plants
and flowers for your garden.
Headrick’s Greenhouse is located a couple of
miles north of
Atlanta
and a mile and a half east.
There is a sign at the intersection.
Call for more information 394-2385.
Benefit
for Killman’s
A
benefit dinner will be held on Sunday, May 20 beginning
at 11:30 a.m. at the Sr. Citizen center in Dexter.
The dinner is for Amy Killman and her son and
will include chicken/noodles, green beans, slaw, rolls
and pie.
Mark
Your Calendars
The
Fall Countryside Excursion Tour (AKA Fall Farm and Ranch
Tour) will be held on October 20 and 21.
First
Flint Hills Heritage Conference
The
first annual Flint Hills Heritage Conference will be
held on October 19-20 at
Cottonwood
Falls
.
Flint
Hills Tourism Coalition
To
obtain more information about the Flint Hills Tourism
Coalition, visit www.kansasflinthills.travel.
Do
you have an idea for a business?
Through
2007, business owners and those with business ideas have
access to a Professional Business Coach. His name
is Jack Newcomb and he is available for free,
confidential advice and he will even come to you.
Through the ABCDE program, we have joined the Quad EF
project and have access to their business coach.
Many local banks, businesses and the County assisted to
pay the Quad membership fee through December of 2007.
For more information contact Jack at (620) 249-2108.
ABCDE
Website
Don’t
forget to visit www.cowleynet.com
for information about the ABCDE project.
Upcoming
Activities/Events
June
4
ABCDE Monthly Meeting
June
9
Cowley
County
Wildflower Tour
June
8-10
FAM Tour
June
16
Symphony in the Flint Hills
June
21
QUAD Monthly Meeting
To
submit information for the newsletter, send an e-mail to
Shannon Thom Martin at shannonthom@hotmail.com.
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ABCDE
Monday Messenger
May
7, 2007
ABCDE
– Better Together
Greetings!
This is the sixty-fifth edition of the Monday Messenger. Its
purpose is to bring you current information about the ABCDE
project and area. ABCDE consists of local residents from
Atlanta
, Burden,
Cambridge
, Dexter and
Eastern
Cowley
County
working together for community development. If you have
anything to submit for the newsletter, please send it to shannonthom@hotmail.com.
ABCDE
Meeting Tonight
The
monthly membership meeting will be held tonight at 7:00 p.m. in
Burden at Melissa’s building.
Hope to see you all there!!
Authentic
Flint Hills Experience Workshop
A
workshop on creating authentic Flint Hills Products and Services
will be held in Winfield on Wednesday, May 9th from
1:30 – 4:30 at
Baden Square
. The workshop speakers will be Bill Smith from
Emporia
State
University
and a panel of experts including Kris Hotchkin, local artist.
The workshop will feature a session on Experiential Tourism in the
Kansas Flint Hills.
Celebrate
Cowley
County
Photo Essay Contest
In
honor of National Tourism week – May 12-20, 2007 –people of
all ages are being invited to participate in a
Celebrate
Cowley
County
photo essay contest. All ages are encouraged to submit a
picture of their favorite place in
Cowley
County
and write an essay sharing what makes that particular spot so
special to him or her. Cowley county tourism groups will use
winning photos in future tourism marketing pieces for
Cowley
County
. Winning photo essays will be published in the Winfield
Courier and the Ark City Traveler during National Tourism Week.
All
entries must be submitted to the Ark City Chamber of Commerce,
Winfield Chamber of Commerce,
Dexter
School
,
Central
School
, or the Stockman’s Café in
Cambridge
by noon on Friday, May 11th. All entries must be
submitted with a photo release, which is available on the listed
websites and at the drop-off sites. The photos will be
judged that afternoon and evening. Winners will be notified
by phone and announced in the
Ark
City
and Winfield newspapers. All photos will be on display in
downtown shops in Winfield and
Ark
City
during National Tourism Week. The winning photos for each
category, as well as the runner up and third place winners will be
on display in area businesses.
For
complete guidelines, age categories and rules for the
Celebrate
Cowley
County
photo essay contest, please contact the Winfield Chamber of
Commerce at 221-2421, the Ark City Chamber of Commerce at
442-0230, visit www.wowwinfield.org,
www.cowelynet.com
or www.arkcity.org.
Did
You Know?????
Headrick’s
Greenhouse is open for business!
Visit Kermit and Mary and pick up bedding plants and
flowers for your garden. Headrick’s
Greenhouse is located a couple of miles north of
Atlanta
and a mile and a half east. There
is a sign at the intersection.
Do
you have an idea for a business?
Through
2007, business owners and those with business ideas have access to
a Professional Business Coach. His name is Jack Newcomb and
he is available for free, confidential advice and he will even
come to you. Through the ABCDE program, we have joined the
Quad EF project and have access to their business coach.
Many local banks, businesses and the County assisted to pay the
Quad membership fee through December of 2007. For more
information contact Jack at (620) 249-2108.
ABCDE
Website
Don’t
forget to visit www.cowleynet.com
for information about the ABCDE project.
Upcoming
Activities/Events
May
7
Monthly ABCDE Membership Meeting, Burden, 7:00 p.m.
May
9
Authentic Flint Hills Experience Workshop, Winfield, 1:30 -
4:30
June
8-10
FAM Tour
To
submit information for the newsletter, send an e-mail to Shannon
Thom Martin at shannonthom@hotmail.com.
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