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What’s Happening at the Wieting?

Since we acquired our last grant for Phase II we will be getting everything lined up to proceed with the backstage project. When this takes place we will be closed for awhile. My fundraiser project may be later than I had anticipated. Just bear with us. We will get it done.Do you remember some ...

“King of the World”

The other night after I had gone to bed for that long winter's night nap, I was whisked off to one of my favorite places.....Dream world!! Dream world, for me, is where I'm hitting home runs in Yankee Stadium, throwing TD passes in the Super Bowl or just enjoying life on the coast of the ...

What’s Happening at the Wieting?

I haven't been informed about any live entertainment booked for the Wieting.I do plan to present a live entertainment program this spring of some of the old performers that have appeared on the Wieting stage.I plan to call the program "Homecoming" 2018. This will be a fundraiser for Phase II. ...

Small Town, U S A

I don't have any definite proof and haven't looked for any statistics or studies about this, but I get the feeling that readers of newspapers are somewhere in the golden years of their lives. I know my three daughters and their families do not read the newspaper. So with that in mind, I direct ...

What’s Happening at the Wieting?

The theatre guild and theatre just received great news yesterday. The last grant we needed to finish our Phase II fundraiser task has just come through. We have been trying and meeting with this committee for quite some time. Let the project begin!Thank you to the Foundation workers who kept at ...

Hollywood and awards!!!

How do you spell "hypocrisy"? H O L L Y W O O D ! I sure hope that my faithful, intelligent, wise and down-to-earth readers of this column did not waste your time watching the Global Golden Goose awards this past week. What? Oh, it's the Golden Globes awards!! Oops, sorry. There are so many ...

On the Stump – Politics 2018

Washington, DC: Continuing to advocate for Draining the Swamp, Rep. Rod Blum (R-IA) has introduced four new bills to add to his "Drain the Swamp" Package.Bills Introduced by Congressman Blum:Fiscal Responsibility Act (H.R. 4512) will cut the pay of Members of Congress each year the federal ...

What’s Happening at the Wieting?

Did you have an opportunity to get to the theatre to see the live production about the Tombstone Trial? We will have more live productions during 2018. Keep an eye on this column and other articles in our local newspaper informing you of them.I received a very interesting family newsletter ...

It’s So Cold That……………..

Can you believe the temperatures this past week or more? I guess it was so cold that there was absolutely no hot air in Washington, D.C. at all. Now that's cold!! Temperatures in the minus twenties and more. People in those southern states can't even fathom temperatures like that. And then ...

What’s Happening at the Wieting?

The Wieting had a good year. We have had some different types of venues at the theatre. Our school for the young people had a good turn out and did a very good production. Each year it gets better. Thank you kids!We had a movie play at the Wieting with a local man in the cast. Larry Yazzie of ...