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Some Kansas youth on probation receive expensive incentives

BY JONATHAN SHORMAN

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Xboxes. iPads. Amazon gift cards.

Some teens on probation in Sedgwick County receive highpriced items — paid for with public dollars — as rewards for

succeeding in an after-school program that aims to keep them from committing crimes.

The expensive incentives provided by the Sedgwick County Department of Corrections are not in line with state recommendations that call for incentives of limited financial value. A similar program in Johnson County pro-

vides rewards up to $25.

County officials and lawmakers say the incentives, funded by a grant from the Kansas Department of Corrections, are part of a juvenile justice system that encourages youth to make positive choices. Kansas overhauled its approach in 2016 to keep youth out of detention whenever pos-

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On display at the Sedgwick County evening reporting center are incentives youth can earn such as this video game console.

sible. The cost of the items pales in comparison to incarcerating youth, they contend.

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The Eisenhower complex in Abilene includes an 11-foot statue. “Ike and Mamie are going to tell their own story,” curator William Snyder says.

Eisenhower museum reopens in Abilene with a host of new exhibits

BY MELINDA SCHNYDER

Eagle correspondent ABILENE

When the museum honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) reopens this week after a yearlong overhaul, visitors will get much of the “incredible, awesome” story of the 34th president of the United States from the last president and first lady born in the 19th century themselves.

“Ike and Mamie are going to tell their own story,” curator

William Snyder said during a preview in June, pointing out oversized quotes from the couple included in each gallery within the 25,000-square-foot exhibition space and mini-theaters showing seven new films.

“We have a wealth of great stuff providing their written and spoken words from our collection here in Abilene and the National Archives holdings.”

Besides the new perspective and stories shared, the complete reimagining of the museum’s interior space modernizes the original building, incorporates

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the latest exhibit technology and design, and updates content with information from continuing research of Eisenhower’s roles as supreme commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces during World War II and president.

“We are unique among the presidential museums in that we have a 40-year military career as well as eight years of presidency to talk about,” Snyder said.

Museum officials plan to open their doors to the public Monday for the first time since June

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If you go What: Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum & Boyhood Home Address: 200 SE Fourth St., Abilene Hours: 9 a.m.-4:45 p.m. daily, beginning Aug. 1.

Admission: Adults, $10; seniors 62 and older and retired military and disabled, $7; students, $5.

Active military members with ID and children 5 and younger are admitted free. ...................................................................

2018. The original schedule was to open in time for the 75th anniversary of D-Day in early June, but the federal government shutdown this year deSEE EISENHOWER, 2A

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layed the timeline because the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum is one of 14 facilities overseen by the Office of Presidential Libraries in the National Archives and Records Administration.

Finishing touches are still in process, so this is considered a soft opening, said Samantha Keener, the site’s communications director. She advises visitors considering a trip to Abilene, about 90 miles north of Wichita, specifically to visit the museum this week to call 785-2636764 or visit their new website www.eisen howerlibrary.gov to see if the museum is open. Summer hours — 8 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. — are scheduled to end on July 31; hours the remainder of the year are 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. daily.

A dedication ceremony for the redesign is planned for Saturday, Oct. 12 to coincide with Ike’s birthday weekend. The museum building sits across from the library on a 22acre campus with five other Eisenhower-related

attractions within walking distance of one another.

All are open to the public.

A The former elementary school where Ike first enrolled is a visitor center with a gift shop and a 23-minute introductory film.

A Ike’s six-room boyhood home, occupied by the Eisenhower family from 1898 until his mother’s death in 1946, is open for tours.

A The Place of Meditation is where Ike, Mamie and their first-born son Doud, who died at age 3, are buried. The building, designed by Kansas State architect James Canole and made of native limestone quarried in Cottonwood Falls, has an area for meditation per Ike’s wishes.

A A bronze statue of Ike in the familiar World War II “Eisenhower Jacket” stands between the library and museum buildings.

Sculptor Robert L. Dean, Jr. completed three other statues of Eisenhower: at his birthplace of Denison, Texas, on the grounds of

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A On the east end of the campus, behind the bronze statue, are five pylons completed in 1956 as a project of the Kansas Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution in cooperation with the Soroptimists International clubs of Kansas.

They were moved to their current location in 1962 when the library building was dedicated.

The Eisenhower Foundation formed here in 1945 to honor Abilene’s most famous son and the nation’s first five-star general. The family home opened to the public in 1947 as a World War II Veterans Memorial, then the museum opened in 1954. Ike served as president from 1953-1961, and the Eisenhower Presidential Library opened in 1962.

As the home refocused into a presidential site, so did the museum. Its building expanded twice, with new galleries added each time. This is the first chance to form the entire 25,000 square feet into one comprehensive story arc, said director Dawn

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Visitors start in a gallery exploring Ike’s childhood life in Abilene, then move into a section that explores his early military postings and mentors.

This is where Mamie (1896-1979) is introduced; they met when Ike was in her home state of Texas on his first tour of duty at Fort Sam Houston. A new interactive display, “Becoming Ike and Mamie,” allows visitors to explore their pre-WWII career assignments.

They always thought of themselves as one entity, Snyder said, so the museum does too; new content better integrates Mamie throughout as well as giving her a separate gallery.

“Without Mamie, there would have been no General Eisenhower let alone President Eisenhower,” he said.

The chronological exhibits then flow into a war gallery that explores the lead-up to World War II and a significant section of D-Day artifacts, including the planning table, maps and a mulberry harbor model as well as the famous “in case of failure” note. It was Ike’s success

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in giving the order to invade German-occupied France on June 6, 1944, that set the stage for Europe’s liberation and propelled him to the presidency.

The final gallery is devoted to the Eisenhower presidency and is twice the space previously allotted. Rather than chronological, it is thematic.

“The first half of the presidential section is ‘Warrior for Peace,’ again using Ike’s own words, and the second half is ‘Promoting Prosperity,” Snyder said. “The first half is looking at the challenges he was facing globally — the threat of Communist expansion, the nuclear threat and the space race — and the second half is domestic challenges he faced, things

like civil rights and the interstate highway system.”

In addition to videos and interactive displays, there are manuscripts, photographs, automobiles, fine art and other types of artifacts. The museum’s new cases provide flexible space so that staff can rotate items from the 70,000-item collection more often, Snyder said.

The library and museum also houses 26 million pages of records and papers, 335,000 photographs and 145 miles of film. He estimates 2% to 5% of the holdings are on display at any one time.

“We have so much good stuff that helps us tell the story,” Snyder said. “We want visitors to recognize these artifacts are rotating so they’ll want to return.”

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