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Yahoo
25-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Kiwanis Park unveils new $68K zipline after fundraising success
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — The University Kiwanis Club has officially opened it's new zipline. A ribbon cutting was held on Thursday, April 24, to mark the opening of the $68,000, 66-foot zipline at the Kiwanis Park playground. Playground Committee Chair Mary Rhoads said this was made possible through countless grants over the past four years. The zipline cost nearly $70,000, with $16,000 coming from donations. Rhoads said the rest of the cost was covered by funds raised during the Kiwanis Club Pancake Festival, which speaks volumes about the people who make up the Wichita Falls community. 'I think it's because it's for the kids, and it's also for families. This is a place where people can come with their parents or grandparents. We have benches for people to sit, and they can enjoy the out of doors, and the kids can have an enormous amount of fun. I don't think there's another zip line this long in the city anywhere,' Rhoads said. Rhoads continued to say that they have plans to add even more to the park in the future, but they can't do it without community support. Click here to make a donation or learn how to join the University Kiwanis Club. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
12-04-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
The Benson Iris Society postponed its show. Here's the new date for the blooming event
The annual Benson Iris Society Show has been postponed to April 26 after local irises took a beating in April hail storms, Mary Rhoads, president and show chair of the organization, said Saturday. Free to the public, the show was set to take place Saturday, Rhoads said. But thunderstorms dropped hail in the Wichita Falls area April 4-5, leaving damage in their wake. "Any iris that was in bloom got totally creamed, I mean, shredded," Rhoads said. Irises have a long blooming season though, so more will be flowering by April 26, she said. The show will be open to the public 1:30-5 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 5800 Southwest Parkway. Both bare-rooted and potted irises will be for sale at the show, Rhoads said. The show is sanctioned by the American Iris Society. More information is available through the Benson Iris Society's Facebook group and by calling Rhoads at 940-704-5606. More: Smith's Gardentown suffers hail damage More: Wichita Falls City Council to consider annexing land for data centers Trish Choate is the executive editor for the Abilene Reporter-News, San Angelo Standard-Times and Wichita Falls Times Record News. Contact Trish with news tips at tchoate@ Read her recent work here. Her X handle is @Trishapedia. This article originally appeared on Wichita Falls Times Record News: Benson Iris Society postpones annual free show, here's the new date
