The Agenda in Agenda, Kansas By Sharon Black

The agenda in Agenda, Kansas.

In July, the United Methodist Women from Smith Center, Kansas, go on a fun trip.

Apart from monthly meetings and lessons, and working at their Hardly Used Shop, this fun agenda was spent in Agenda, Kansas, in Republic County.

Although the first stop was in Belleville, Kansas where coffee was had at The Feathered Nest, which was a furniture store, kitchen goods, decorations, and flooring. Then on to Agenda, a rural town of 47 people.

Glenda Trecek

Glenda Trecek purchased buildings that were doomed, and the brick to be sent to California. These buildings were stuck in time, and it showed. Four buildings that were named Cedar Porch, Hope Floats, Chantilly Lace, and Clover House were renovated by Glenda and her husband.

Clover House is a two-story filled with old and new home décor. The Cedar Porch is a
boutique with jewelry, candles, clothes, and shoes.

Hope Floats is an old-fashioned soda fountain.

Chantilly Lace is a party room that opens up into a courtyard with fountains, statues, a pond, flowers, and brick walkways, all reminiscent of the French Quarter in New Orleans.

After shopping the ladies enjoyed chicken salad sandwiches and ice cream in the ice
cream parlor. A special treat of watching two peacocks walking down the sidewalk was enjoyed.

The ladies were off to the next town of Courtland to the Cider Depot where homegrown vegetables, snacks, and fruit can be purchased. A trip downtown to Courtland Days for a short while to hear music and shop.

Brick walkway between buildings

Sharon Black has been writing for many years including newspapers, short stories, and as a publisher. She was born in Nebraska and has lived in Kansas most of her life. In her hometown of Smith Center, Kansas, Willa Cather’s hometown is to the north and Bob Dole’s hometown is to the south. Sharon is a press release writer for the National Parks Arts Foundation and writes for b U n e k e magazine. The biggest project she has accomplished is the co-writer of the TV movie Home on the Range. The movie is about the song, which is the state song of Kansas and the lawsuit surrounding it in the 1930s and finding the rightful author of the song. Sharon is distantly related to the Mississippi writer Eudora Welty.

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