HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Cosmosphere Onward and Upward Telethon and Auction continues.&nbsp;

The first block of auction items went off the books Thursday night with a total of $25,157 raised. That goes along with the telethon which so far has raised $15,384 bringing the total of the first week to more than $40,000.

The Cosmosphere also announced that due to the bad weather south of here, some of the signed auction items for the second round of bidding are arriving late. For that reason, the second block of auction items will be on bid through October 16 at 7 p.m. A third block of items will then be up for bid with bidding running through October 23 at 7 p.m.

Items include trips, bottles of wine and lots of signed memorabilia. For more information or to make a donation go to <a href="https://cosmo.org/">cosmo.org</a>.

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 </figure>HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Cosmosphere Onward and Upward Telethon and Auction continues.&nbsp;The first block of auction items went off the books Thursday night with a total of $25,157 raised. That goes along with the telethon which so far has raised $15,384 bringing the total of the first week to more than $40,000.The Cosmosphere also announced that due to the bad weather south of here, some of the signed auction items for the second round of bidding are arriving late. For that reason, the second block of auction items will be on bid through October 16 at 7 p.m. A third block of items will then be up for bid with bidding running through October 23 at 7 p.m.Items include trips, bottles of wine and lots of signed memorabilia. For more information or to make a donation go to <a href="https://cosmo.org/">cosmo.org</a>.

Onward and Upward event raises more than $40,000 in first week