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Cecile Kellenbarger Community Volunteer Award

Ruth Holliday, bicycle advocate and volunteer extraordinaire, is the 2012 recipient of the Bike\Walk Alliance-Wichita’s annual Cecile Kellenbarger Community Volunteer Award. Holliday is recognized for the tireless amounts of time and support she has given to multiple organizations in and around the Wichita area. She has spent countless hours volunteering for organizations, including the Prairie Travelers, Oz Bicycle Club, the Greenway Alliance, and the Diego Ballesteros Benefit Fund. Holliday’s dedication to making Wichita and the surrounding communities a safer place to ride, bike and walk qualifies her as recipient to the first ever Cecile Kellenbarger Community Volunteer Award.
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Cecile Kellenbarger Memorial Covered Bridge Dedication

The dedication for Cecile Kellenbarger Memorial Covered Bridge has been set for July 4th, 2012 to coincide with Garden Plains annual July 4th celebration. The tentative time for the dedication is 9:30 AM at the west entrance of the trail at the bridge. If you'd like to join us in the parade, please watch for more details to be posted here as the date approaches.

New Trail Adopters!

The Darren Johnson Family has recently adopted the 215th St. W. to 231st St. W. section of the Prairie Sunset Trail. Now all sections of the trail are currently adopted. We sincerely appreciate all the effort our trail adopters put into maintaining their respective sections. Thank you!

New Meeting Place!

In the interest of a quieter environment, we've decided to meet at Bite Me BBQ located at 132 N. St. Francis, just 1/2 block north of Douglas. They have a side room that will accommodate all of us and make it more conducive to dialogue. Please come and join us in our discussions!

New Photo Gallery!

Continuing work on the covered bridge.

The Prairie Sunset Trail

Because of your membership dues and support, we continue to make progress on the Prairie Sunset Trail west of 167th St W, through Goddard to Garden Plain. We now have a bench at each half mile point. We have 6 of the 8 miles adopted by groups and or families which mean they keep their mile trimmed and clean. Several goals for 2012 are to complete the "Cecile Kellenbarger Memorial Bridge," install another layer of fine crushed limestone on several miles in need as well as landscaping by the tunnel.

For those of you who have enjoyed the trail, thank you for using it and keeping us in touch with daily trail needs. This trail belongs to all of us, so please renew your membership for 2012 and take time to enjoy it. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization so your donation is tax deductible. Continued improvement is feasible through membership dues and volunteering, please help in any way you can!

Sunflower Rail-Trails Conservancy

The folks at Sunflower Rail-Trails Conservancy have put together an informative brochure with the contact information for the rail trails in Kansas. In order to build and maintain these rail-trails for the enjoyment and benefit of all, volunteers and donations are always need and very welcome! Kansas Rail Trails.

Cecile Kellenbarger Covered Bridge Memorial

Prairie Travelers wishes to thank all who contributed to the Cecile Kellenbarger Covered Bridge Memorial, so far we have raised over $3000. We are looking towards fall to finish the construction of the roof on the bridge. We will keep you posted.

Rail Trail News

If you have information regarding rail trails (proposed, under construction, or current) in Kansas, please forward the information to bryantnc@gmail.com and we will update our information.

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Trail Benefits

Everyone wins with the preservation of transportation corridors and the development of linear trails: the nation retains a vital resource, the public gains a place to safely walk or ride, the railroads retain the right to restore rail service in the future, small towns can receive an economic boon, and adjacent landowners obtain access to a recreational facility and increased property values.

By helping to preserve Kansas' heritage and recreational opportunities, you will be giving your children and grandchildren an irreplaceable gift - living history. If the linear trails project cannot be kept on track, so to speak, the corridors may be lost forever. That is why Prairie Travelers needs your help.