Wellington News
Texas Retired Teachers Association District 16 President Bobette Doerrie emphasizes current issues during the Wednesday, Nov. 19 meeting of the Collingsworth County Retired School Personnel.
Doerrie, Cantu address Collingsworth County Retired School Personnel
Wellington Lions Club recognizes new members
Wellington High School (WHS) Student Council, including WHS freshman Ava Peters, traveled to Dallas on Wednesday, Dec. 3 to attend a leadership event at the American Airlines Center, featuring several Dallas Maverick executive speakers. To top off the trip, the students and sponsors watched the Dallas Mavericks take on Miami Heat before the return trip, arriving home in the early morning hours of Thursday, Dec. 4.
Wellington High School Student Council takes Dallas daytrip
Alesia “Lisa” Freeland, a veteran of the U.S. Army, displays her four-foot-by-eight-foot mural designed to honor all the branches of the military, in all conflicts, from the Revolution to the Space Age. Freeland displayed her artwork at the recent Veterans Day lunch at the Glynn Moore Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6439, the new home of “A Veteran’s Tribute.”
Collingsworth County’s Freeland creates ‘A Veteran’s Tribute’ mural
Collingsworth Police Blotter
Wellington City Council awards hay bid
Recently touring a segment of House District 88, Rep. Ken King stops in Childress, where he met with constituents to discuss the 89th Regular Legislative Session, as well as the Special Sessions that followed, Tuesday, Dec. 2.
Rep. Ken King tours segment of House District 88, including Childress, Memphis, Wellington
Host Brooke Carter, left, with Hearts United Give Support (HUGS) volunteers Whitney Wiebe, Marcy Sessions and Donnie Carter, welcome visitors for the Holiday Home Tour on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 7.