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Message from Your Council Member....
Greetings District 6 Friends -
Welcome to the next edition of the weekly newsletter! We hope you find items of interest in the articles and at the links provided. Please let us know if you have ideas, information, or events you would like to see featured in a future edition. We always welcome your feedback and suggestions.
Have a great weekend!
Janet L. Miller
District 6
City Council
316-268-4331
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Stay up-to-date with construction of the improvements to the Kellogg/I235 interchange. KDOT has established and is maintaining a website to keep citizens informed.
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15th ANNUAL
TREE FESTIVAL
Saturday, April 2nd
8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Sponsored by Sedgwick County Extension Master
Gardener Volunteers
and K-State Research & Extension - Sedgwick County
Trees are an investment in our landscape, for both financial and aesthetic reasons, and choosing, planting, and maintaining the best trees for our local conditions is important. Tree Fest will feature information on choosing, planting and maintaining trees that provide an important element for our quality of life and that are well-suited for our area of Kansas.
Tree care professionals will be on hand at the 2016 Tree Festival to share their advice on these topics, and more, on Saturday, April 2nd at the Sedgwick County Extension Education Center located at 21st and Ridge Road north in Wichita.
Seminars include appropriate topics for both the homeowner and commercial audience. Plant vendors from around the region will have unique trees an plants for sale. Admission is FREE. Click on the link below for more information.
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Young Artist Exhibit 2016
Starting Friday, April 1, the Wichita Public Library will display artwork created by hundreds of local preschool students. This is the 8th year the Library has hosted this unique exhibit. It occurs surrounding the Week of the Young Child, April 10 - 16, a national celebration of early learning, young children, their teachers and families.
Throughout the month of April, the Young Artist Exhibit can be seen at the Central Library and 5 library branches: Maya Angelou Northeast, Lionel D. Alford, Evergreen, Ford Rockwell, and Westlink.
Artist Receptions will be held at each of those locations for the artists and their families to enjoy a storytime and mingle with fellow artists. The public is invited!
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Walk Kansas Kick-Off at Farmers Market
Spring has sprung and that means the Kansas-grown Farmers Market at 21st Street and Ridge Road will be opening soon!
Kansas Trails, The Best Hiking, Biking and Riding in the Sunflower State, will be featured at the opening day of the Kansas-grown Farmers Market, on Saturday April 2, 8am to noon. The author, Jonathan Conard, wrote about great places he researched throughout Kansas.
And this is also the kickoff for Walk Kansas, April 3 and May 28. Form a 6-person team online at
www.walkkansas.org to walk for fun, safety and health in Wichita neighborhoods and parks. Check the Bike Walk Wichita website at
www.Bikewalkwichita.org
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Submit Your Project Ideas
to Make Wichita
Even Better
Share your ideas for projects to make Wichita even better. Together Wichita is accepting ideas for projects that make a noticeable difference to those who chose Wichita as a place to live, work, play or visit.
Previous Together Wichita projects include the K-96 Path wayfinding improvements and the Keepers on Parade. Check out the
Together Wichita webpage
for more information.
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Wichita Public Library seeks Community Input to Improve Technology Resources
Starting April 1st, the Wichita Public Library will be conducting an online survey to collect information about how people in the community use and benefit from public technology resources and services.
This information will help the Library evaluate its current services to enable better outcomes and to determine the value of public access technology and services. The Impact Survey collects data across the following domains: general use of library and online resources, education, employment, entrepreneurship, health & wellness, eGovernment, civic engagement, eCommerce, and social inclusion.
Customers will access the online survey through computer workstations at the Library as well as at the Library's website www.wichitalibrary.org. The survey takes 10-15 minutes to complete, is completely anonymous, and is available in English and Spanish.
The Impact Survey is the result of a successful research initiative from the University of Washington with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. To learn more about the research behind the survey, the logistics of running the survey, and what the patron experience is like, please visit http://impactsurvey.org or call (206) 543-4324.
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Summer of Discovery is a 10 week summer recreation program offered by Wichita Park & Recreation. This program is filled with exciting, fun and educational activities that will keep participants busy all summer. Designed to accommodate the working parent, fun is provided Monday-Friday from 7am to 6pm. Camp begins Tuesday, May 31 and ends Friday, August 5.
Register NOW to reserve your spot!
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Date
: April 4
, 2016
Location
:
Evergreen Park & Recreation
Time: 6:30 p.m.
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Date
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April 23
, 2016
Location
: Downtown YMCA
in the
Community Room
Time: 9 a.m.
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Wichita Public Golf Courses
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FREE ESOL CLASSES
CURSOS DE INGLÉS GRATIS
Evergreen Neighborhood Resource Center
5 to 7 p.m. every Tuesday
2700 N. Woodland
(next door to the Rec Center)
These free classes are designed to help those who are new
and more advanced English speakers.
Registration required: 303-8042
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The City dedicated another $100,000 to the Water Conservation Program this year. Beginning February 1, water customers became eligible to receive a rebate for switching to high efficiency appliances and other water efficient devices: such as HE washing machines, dishwashers, toilets and smart irrigation controls, rain sensors and rain barrels. In the first 30 days of the program, nearly $30,000 in rebates have been awarded.
Rain barrels are often an overlooked possibility for conserving water. Studies suggest that one inch of rain dumps 500 gallons of water on the roof of a 2,000 square foot house. EPA estimates that a rain barrel can save nearly 1,300 gallons of water usage during peak summer months. This is a cost effective solution for gardening and irrigation and also reduces the City's demand for treated water.
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