By Stacy Davis, Sumner County Economic Development Commission —  Every weekday morning, vehicles pull out of driveways across Sumner County.

Some head toward Wichita. Others travel to neighboring counties or cross the state line. At the same time, workers from outside Sumner County are driving into our communities to teach in our schools, care for patients, manufacture products, serve customers and keep local businesses operating.

We see the traffic, but we may not always think about the economic story behind it.

The U.S. Census Bureau calls this worker inflow and outflow. In plain language, worker inflow is the number of people who live outside Sumner County but work here. Worker outflow is the number of Sumner County residents whose jobs are located somewhere else.

Kerwin Spencer

Larry Gerwick

Sumner Newscow report — The Kansas Babe Ruth Leagues, Inc. inducted two new members on Saturday, September 26 at Derby.  The two honorees were Kerwin Spencer of Wellington and Larry Gerwick of Mulvane. 

Kerwin Spencer

For any organization to be successful, it must have individuals who give selflessly, believe in the organization’s goals, and are dedicated to achieving them.  Those characteristics have been demonstrated by Kerwin since he joined Kansas Babe Ruth Baseball.

Spencer’s involvement began as a player for the Oxford team in the Wellington Babe Ruth League from 1969 to 1972.   He was an assistant coach for that team from 1975 through 1978, when his father, Alfred, was the coach and his brothers, Brent and Brian, were players.