Trips and Events
Trips
The Silver Cougar Club (SCC) sponsors various trips throughout the year. Our goal is to provide experiences which appeal to a variety of interests. However you must be a current member of the SCC to travel with the club. Please take a moment to review our travel policy.
Past SCC Trips
WILDFLOWERS AND GYPSUM HILLS
Join us in early May for the Wildflowers Festival in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Imagine touring fields of rolling flowers on a bright spring day, then stopping in a park for a catered BBQ lunch. We’ll get back onto the bus for more wildflowers and ending on Route 180 through the Gypsum Hills.
CHURCH BASEMENT LADIES 2: “A SECOND HELPING”
The SCC enjoyed this delightful comedy at the Crown Up Town Theatre. This sequel is set in the year 1969 and the world is changing. As folks protest the Vietnam war and women are demanding equal pay for equal work, in their small rural Minnesota community, the ladies of the church basement kitchen are dealing with changes of their own. Church Basement Ladies 2: A Second Helping takes us from serving the high school students at the Luther League Banquet to a church sponsored Missionary Night and the rise and fall of a Viking's Super Bowl Sunday. From the elderly matriarch of the kitchen to the young mom-to-be, these women find strength in one another. As always, you'll laugh until your side dish hurts with their hilarious antics and down-to-earth charm from within the church kitchen.
A CROWN UPTOWN CHRISTMASSilver Cougar Club members kicked off the holiday season by attending an all-new musical comedy revue at the Crown Uptown Dinner Theatre in Wichita on November 19th. Everyone enjoyed this fun-filled show with dazzling dance numbers, sensational singing, colorful costumes and witty comedy. Some of our members helped provide entertainment by joining the cast on stage for a skit about Rudolph the Red Neck Reindeer.
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SCC members gather at the marquee. |
I can't believe I ate the whole thing! | Introducing the"Crown Uptown Players" |
Excursion and Dinner Trip- Members of the SCC boarded the bus and headed to Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure in Salina and enjoyed dinner and a countryside train ride in Abilene on September 24th. A surprise stop at Russell Stover's Candies Factory & Outlet Store allowed everyone to satisfy their sweet tooth. It was a full day with lots of walking, but was enjoyed by all.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers -Members traveled to the Crown Uptown Theatre in Wichita for a matinee performance. The group enjoyed a delicious lunch prior to the performance.
Wetlands Evening Tours - Curtis Wolf, Barton's biology instructor, escorted the members on tours of Cheyenne Bottom and Quivira wildlife preserves. Curtis gives an informative presentation during the tour on the many species of wildlife living in our own backyard.
Salt Mines & Cosmosphere - The members journeyed to Hutchinson where they toured the Salt Mines. Following a lunch stop in Yoder, they returned to Hutchinson to attend the Imax theater and Space Museum.
Events
Annual Membership Picnic- Each year the college treats Silver Cougar Club members to a free picnic supper. Members are invited to bring guests who are interested in joining the club. This year the picnic was held on Wednesday, June 9 in the Barton Community College Student Union. Over 200 SCC members enjoyed a traditional picnic meal of fried chicken, potato salad, cole slaw and baked beans. The meal was topped off with apple cobbler. Since June is the month in which we celebrate our flag, we choose "Old Glory" to be the focus of the evening. The tables were decorated in a patriotic theme. Coleen opened the program with a poem honoring our flag as well as recognizing our veterans. Roger Cooper of Alton, Kansas added to the evening's theme by sharing his favorite patriotic songs and well as childhood memories of days gone by. Another summertime activity is the "Garage Sale", so we held one of items with SCC logo. We also held a chance drawing for several items most of which were donated by SCC members, the proceeds from both the garage sale and chance drawing will be deposited in the SCC Scholarship fund. We netted $57.50 for the scholarship. It was an enjoyable evening so mark your calendars for our next picnic which will be held on June 8, 2011. Watch for the May-June newsletter for more information. Remember RSVP's are required to attend and guests must be 55 years or older.
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