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| Eudora School's Recipe for Success Eudora Schools Foundation celebrates 20 years of investing in the city’s future
| Laying the Groundwork for Success
How Eudora’s new infrastructure projects are shaping the city’s next chapter
15 | The Orphan Train Era
Tracing the routes of the children brought to Eudora to find new homes
22 | A Conversation With… Henry Sloan of Farmers State Bank and Dave Hill of Mid-America Bank talk about supporting the Eudora community
| Why Eudora Still Loves the CPA Picnic, 125 Years Later
What began as an organization dedicated to catching horse thieves is now one of the town’s most beloved family traditions
Story and photography by Fally Afani
Eudora School's Recipe for Success
Eudora Schools Foundation celebrates 20 years of investing in the city’s future
It’s Friday afternoon at Eudora Middle School, and the special education classroom is filled with the sweet scent of fresh-baked cookies.
The bustling activity has become a weekly ritual, as eighth graders spend their Fridays teaching students from the special education program how to cook.
The initiative was cooked up by special education teacher Mandy Shockley, who was looking for creative ways to help her students develop social and emotional skills.
“This is the first year we’ve done this,” Shockley says. “There are people kicking on the door to come in and be part of it. The interaction has been amazing.”
To get the idea off the ground, Shockley knew exactly where to turn: Eudora Schools Foundation. The nonprofit organization has spent the past 20 years supporting Eudora public schools through various grants and initiatives. Through the foundation, Shockley secured a $500 classroom grant to purchase the necessary food and supplies.
That $500 grant was among 25 awarded last year. In total, the Eudora Schools Foundation distributed $42,000 to innovative programs across USD 491 in 2025—the largest amount the organization has ever distributed in a single year. And as executive director Shanda Hurla will tell you, the foundation has no plans of slowing down.
Funding Our Future
The foundation got its start in 2006, a time when public education was facing major challenges.
The Eudora community began looking at what other school districts across the state were doing and established the Eudora Schools Foundation. Its mission was to fill funding gaps in public education and to establish stable, longterm support for students and teachers.
“It was really community driven,” Hurla says. “They wanted to put money right back into the classrooms, so one of the first things they did was establish classroom grants.”
The first year, the foundation gave out $1,300. Among those first recipients was Mandy Shockley, who received funding through the coveted Grants for Teachers to support her work in early childhood education. Fast forward to 2025, and Shockley was once again awarded funds—this time, two grants for two separate programs.
The first, Cardinals Gather and Grow, is a RISE (Reaching Independence through
Above: Thanks to the Eudora Schools Foundation, RISE teacher Mandy Shockley has received multiple grants for her special education classroom at Eudora Middle School.
Opposite: Eighth grader Hadley Stadalman helps Victoria Thuro bake cookies.
Special Education) program that brings general education eighth graders, or peers, into the special education room to help build peermentoring relationships, strengthen social skills and develop leadership abilities. Through this program, students cook together each Friday.
The second grant funded Bundles of Learning, another RISE program, in which students use infant simulators to develop empathy and responsibility. The idea for Bundles of Learning came to Shockley after a police officer and his dog visited her classroom. When the dog began to whine, she noticed her students become empathetic.
“Gathering around the dog, petting the dog … the kids absolutely melted,” Shockley says.
She knew she couldn’t regularly bring a dog into the classroom to help teach her students this important skill and wondered what she could do instead. Then she had an idea.
“When one of my students brought a baby doll that made noise, I watched the kids and how they interacted [with it], patting the doll and asking if the doll needs food. I wondered if that would help.”
Now, through the Eudora Schools Foundation, Shockley has acquired a specialized crying baby doll for her students, and it’s working just as she hoped. They are caring for it by feeding it and wrapping it up in blankets.
Since its founding in 2006, Eudora Schools Foundation has distributed more than 250 grants to the elementary, middle and high school, totaling more than $252,000. In addition, the foundation gives back to the school through its Cardinals Care Fund, which helps principals and counselors set students up for academic success by meeting their most basic and urgent needs.
This fund helps provide school supplies, but it also addresses students’ most fundamental needs. It helps keep them fed by offering financial assistance for delinquent lunch accounts; it helps keep them clean by providing items like soap, toothpaste and even laundry detergent; and it helps keep them clothed by providing shoes and sometimes entire wardrobes to those who need them most.
“Not only do teachers send in requests, but bus drivers, monitors, coaches … they also send in requests,” Hurla says. “They have a unique relationship with families and can help us navigate those situations.”
“There are a lot of misconceptions about public education and what’s happening [in our schools]. We need to be telling our stories—about what’s happening and how important it is.”
—Shanda Hurla
Each Friday, eighth graders join Shockley’s special education students to cook and build friendships through the Cardinals Gather and Grow program
Sometimes, the foundation can help students and their families secure rent payments or access money for food, Hurla adds. In November, when SNAP benefits were significantly reduced or delayed, the foundation helped more than 100 school families.
“Things are changing so fast,” Hurla says. “We have worked really hard to develop relationships with businesses and corporations, and we have so many community members who work to be able to provide these opportunities. We continue to look for outside grants to help support our families, particularly our families in need.”
Above and Beyond
Over the years, the foundation has expanded its reach beyond monetary support by creating meaningful opportunities for students.
At Eudora High School, the foundation offers two highly sought-after programs: Lunch and Learn, which connects students with local professionals to chat about career opportunities, and Cardinal U, which awards scholarships to students to earn college credit and certifications in career and technical education.
At Eudora Middle School, the Cardinal LinkUp program pairs students with community mentors, who encourage them to pursue goals beyond the classroom. In its first year, only 19 students signed up. Today, participation has grown to 130.
“We were able to create that program with very few resources, but a ton of community involvement,” Hurla says. “We know that when a youth has another caring adult in their life, they’re able to gain confidence and gain experience for the future.”
Community involvement, and seeing just how far a dollar can stretch when everyone pitches in, is at the heart of the foundation. That’s one reason the foundation’s Principal for a Half Day program has seen such tremendous success. This annual event invites community and business leaders—10 at each of the three schools—to spend a half day getting a behindthe-scenes look at the school district. These local leaders collaborate, build partnerships with the district, and teach students about possible career paths.
“We always get comments about how important this day was to business and community members and how they want to come back,” Hurla says. “There are a lot of misconceptions about public education and what’s happening [in our schools]. We need to be telling our stories—about what’s happening and how important it is.”
After 20 years, the foundation’s success is rooted in the community’s full support, and everyone has a role.
“My job is to steward the resources our community
Eudora Schools Foundation Signature Programs
Alumni Connections
Battle of the Books
Cardinals Care Fund
Career Connect
Classroom Grants
District Volunteers
EMS Enrichment Programs
LinkUp Mentoring
Principal for a Half Day
Old School Coffee and Conversation
Reality U
Staff Professional Development
Learn more at eudoraschoolsfoundation.org.
provides us,” Hurla explains. “We continue to gain that trust from our community by investing in what’s really important.”
Shockley is just one of many teachers who see the impact of that support firsthand. Because of the grants she earned this year, she can now help students build a future beyond the classroom—and she is thankful for that support.
“We have community members who don’t have kids in our school, yet they’re willing to help out. I think it’s because they see how beneficial it is,” she says. “I don’t know if [those providing the grants] truly understand how many kids they’re reaching … but it’s phenomenal. Community support has been through the roof, and none of this would have been possible if they didn’t donate their time and trust the teachers.”
Story by Gina DeBacker Photography by Jason Dailey
Laying the Groundwork for Success
How Eudora’s new infrastructure projects are shaping the city’s next chapter
Jamie Knabe enjoys a sunny stroll in downtown Eudora with her granddaughters, Ashlyn Webb (left) and Ayva Moeller—a scene that captures the small-town charm the city's planned growth aims to preserve.
Infrastructure has a way of going unnoticed— that is, until it fails, like the Wi-Fi or the plumbing in your home. The second it fails, it’s suddenly the most important thing in your life. For Eudora, city officials are working to prevent such problems before they occur.
Ever since the Panasonic plant announced it would be coming to De Soto—a project expected to produce up to 4,000 jobs in the region—there has been endless talk in Eudora about growth and opportunity. But growth doesn’t happen on its own. It requires a foundation strong enough to support it.
Mayor Tim Bruce says the city’s approach to growth is simple. “We want to grow on what we have now,” he explains. “There’s not a vision to drastically change anything. It’s more about diversifying our tax base and making Eudora an easier place to live.”
Right now, that vision means looking at the bones of the community: its water supply, roads and housing developments. It means laying the groundwork for success before any cracks begin to show.
Breaking It Down
According to the city’s 2040 comprehensive plan, the goal for the next 20 years is to steadily attract more people and businesses to Eudora while retaining its small-town character. But a glance at the list of upcoming infrastructure projects might feel a little overwhelming.
“The perception is that it’s happening all at once,” says city manager Zack Daniel. “To some degree, that’s true. But these development projects are all in different stages. … It’s going to take a number of years for them to come to fruition, and I think it’s happening at a manageable pace so that we can adequately prepare.”
At the moment, Daniel explains, the priority is the $50 million project to build a new water treatment plant. Situated just south of the Wakarusa River, the existing plant has outlived its life expectancy and sits directly in a floodplain, limiting what improvements can be made.
That’s why the city commission made an investment to purchase 10 acres along 10th Street to build a new facility. The goal is twofold: to improve water quality through more modern and efficient technology and to increase capacity.
The current plant treats up to 1.5 million gallons per day, but the new facility is designed to handle 2.5 million gallons. This improved capacity is critical to keep up with the anticipated residential growth, which, in turn, is critical to keeping consumer costs down.
“All of our utilities are driven by revenue from customers,” Daniel explains. “It stands to reason that the more customers we have, the more that cost will spread out among a greater number of people. … When we add rooftops, we’re adding new utility customers who will pay into that system.”
The plant is still in its early stages. The city recently wrapped up Phase 1A and is now moving on to Phase 1B, which will finalize the preliminary design and funding work.
Construction is not expected to begin until Phase 2; the hope is to have the whole facility up and running by the end of 2028.
Additional Support
While the water treatment plant addresses a basic utility, another major project targets something just as essential: driver safety. For several years, the city has been looking into a major reconstruction of Church Street just south of K-10. The project would convert the two-lane
road into three lanes with a center turn lane.
“It’s a pretty major route within the city, especially when you factor in the beginning of the day and end of the day traffic patterns from the [middle and high] school,” Daniel says. “We have a lot of families and a lot of kids driving along that corridor. Anybody who travels that route can speak to the amount of congestion that happens with the current street layout.”
This project would also extend utility infrastructure along 20th Street, paving the way for residential and commercial development south of
improvements, it becomes more attractive for all
Bruce describes it as a game of balance. “We don’t have enough rooftops to support some of the retail that we’ve been trying to bring to town. But on the flip side, we can’t get the rooftops because we don’t have the amenities that go along with it,” he says. “How do we build it so they’ll
RAISE grant it was awarded in 2023. That grant was put on pause in January 2025 following an executive federal aid programs. Later that year, the program program. The city later learned it would still receive
federal government, and Daniel says he is hopeful a final agreement will be approved later this year.
A growing city needs places to grow into, and
recently approved construction of two new housing subdivisions: Holladay Woods and Shadow Ridge North. Holladay Woods, planned just north of K-10, is expected to bring 60 new single-family homes and 80 duplex units by 2030. Shadow Ridge North, situated on a 42-acre property north of the existing Shadow
single-family homes within the same time frame.
Daniel sees these subdivisions as part of a larger financial strategy. New residents help spread the cost of city projects without placing the burden solely on current ratepayers. Plus, more residents
“The stronger our sales tax base, the less reliance we have on property taxes,” he explains. “That translates to more affordable housing opportunities within the city."
These particular developments plan to use the RHID (Reinvestment Housing Incentive District) program, a financing tool administered by the Kansas Department of Commerce that helps developers build housing by funding public infrastructure improvements. The idea is for the property taxes generated by the new development to reimburse the costs of the project’s infrastructure.
“The more rooftops we have, the more attractive that makes us for different kinds of commercial development,” Daniel says. “Whether that’s more restaurant options, fast food, shopping … these commercial companies have different metrics in terms of how they determine what area is valuable to their bottom line.”
The same logic extends to another project in development: a 100-acre industrial park. Although it’s still in its early stages, the Douglas County Economic Development Corporation has identified
a site in the northeast area, near Intech Business Park, as having strong potential for industrial growth, especially given its easy access to K-10. The land, previously outside the city limits, has since been annexed and rezoned to allow commercial development.
What This Means
Looking over the city’s upcoming projects, Bruce explains that each one serves a different purpose and fills a different need. And with the recent hiring of a full-time city planner, Kyle Kobe, the city is positioning itself to better manage these concurrent projects.
“In the past, we’ve relied on contracted help, which has been great, and we couldn’t have done a lot of these projects without it,” Daniel says.
“But having a full-time person helps streamline the process for applicants. … Having somebody who
Mayor Tim Bruce believes the key to preserving Eudora's small-town charm while growing with the times is maintaining its community hubs, especially downtown.
we can dedicate to review zoning codes, to look into special considerations for short-term rentals in residential areas … it’s huge.”
But with such growth comes a familiar fear: Will progress erase the very charm that makes this place feel like home? How does a city grow up without growing apart?
Ultimately, Bruce believes the key is maintaining community hubs—especially downtown—so the city can preserve its smalltown charm while still growing with the times.
“At some point, change is inevitable,” he explains. “If we try to stay the way we are, then we aren’t doing our citizens justice.”
Daniel agrees, adding that community character is an important component to all of this change.
“Maintaining that community character that everybody values so much is at the top of mind for both the city staff and the elected officials,” Daniel says. “And managing this growth at an appropriate pace is part of that.”
Which means Eudora won’t become a huge city overnight. It’s just quietly building the things it needs so that when growth arrives, everything works. And, if they’ve done their jobs right, you’ll never notice the infrastructure at all.
The current water treatment plant has reached its limits. A new facility with modern technology and greater capacity is in the works to meet Eudora’s growing needs.
Story by Cindy Higgins
The Orphan Train Era
Tracing the routes of the children brought to Eudora to find new homes
On the afternoon of January 11, 1882, a steam engine carrying 20 boys pulled into the Lawrence train depot. With only the clothes on their backs, they arrived hoping to start a new life. These boys, along with an estimated 250,000 other children, were part of a massive migration called the Orphan Train Movement, first organized by the Children’s Aid Society in New York City in 1854. The goal was to send children who were unhoused, abandoned or orphaned (or whose parents were too poor to care for them) from crowded eastern cities to the rural Midwest, where they could be adopted and begin again. The society began placing children in Kansas via "orphan trains" in 1867.
The Orphan Train Movement, launched in 1854 by New York’s Children’s Aid Society, brought thousands of displaced children to new lives in the Midwest. Kansas’ first orphan trains arrived in 1867.
Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons
Did You Know?
Among the children who arrived in Lawrence aboard the orphan train in 1882 was a 15-year-old boy who had sailed from Germany to New York City just one week earlier. He knew no one and spoke only German, so he was almost immediately put on a train headed west. On his first day in Kansas, he found a home with a family who spoke his native tongue. His journey was part of a much larger tide. In the late 19th century, immigration to the United States reached an all-time high. During this era, many children of immigrants ended up in orphanages because their parents were too poor to care for them, they were living on the streets, or they had been orphaned or abandoned. These children were commonly sent to the Midwest via train to find new families.
The scene at the Lawrence station was one of high emotion. A local committee had screened more than 50 applicants from Douglas County to ensure the children would be properly cared for and educated until age 18. According to an 1882 issue of the Lawrence Daily Journal, many of the families were moved to tears when matched with their new charges.
Thanks to the Kansas Tribune, which published the names of eight boys from that January arrival, we know that among them was a young teenager by the name of George Weir. He was taken in by T.C. Darling, a 49-year-old postmaster, surveyor and attorney from Eudora who already had a son and three daughters.
Just one month later, an agent from the Children’s Aid Society returned to Lawrence with 25 more children—17 boys and eight girls. By sunset, each one had
Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons
found a home.
Yet another train arrived later that year, this time pulling into Eudora’s depot, which was built in 1871. According to “Orphan Trains of Kansas,” a collection of articles compiled by Connie DiPasquale, five other depots across Douglas County, in addition to those in Lawrence, received children that year. However, their names and the names of those who adopted them remain elusive, often intentionally so.
As Lawrence historian Elfriede Fischer Rowe explains, the terms “orphan” and “adopted” carried a heavy social stigma in the late 19th century. To protect their adopted children, many parents guarded the truth of their origins. The identities of children adopted in Eudora are further obscured: official adoption records are closed to the public, and Eudora did not have its own newspaper until 1886.
The National Orphan Train Complex in Concordia preserves the history of the Orphan Train Movement (1854–1929) through a museum and research center housed in a restored 1917 Union Pacific depot. Gathered from historical records and descendant contributions, its archive includes a database containing information on 8,000 orphan train riders.
When asked about orphan train arrivals in Eudora, Wonda Phillips, treasurer of the National Orphan Train Complex, can offer only an
National Orphan Train Complex
One in 25 Americans can trace their roots to an orphan train rider. The National Orphan Train Complex in Concordia preserves their stories through archives, exhibits and photographs, bringing their remarkable journeys to life. After your visit, stroll through the city where more than 50 statues of children have been placed throughout town to honor the orphans who made Kansas their final stop.
educated guess.
“It might be that the New York Foundling Hospital placed children in [Eudora],” Phillips says. “They did not advertise their arrival in newspapers, and information for those placements is harder to track.”
The New York Foundling Hospital, known until 1891 as the New York Foundling Asylum of the Sisters of Charity, was a Catholic institution that sought to place Catholic children in Catholic communities. The sisters worked with local priests to match orphans with families, ideally from similar ethnic backgrounds, who could raise them in the faith. Children from this institution arrived with their names sewn directly into their clothing to ensure they were delivered to the correct families at the depot.
The Kansas Orphan Asylum in Leavenworth also arranged adoptions in the Eudora area. Originally known as the Leavenworth Protestant Orphan Asylum and Home for Friendless Children, it grew from a private charitable institution into a statewide sanctuary for orphaned children. Nearby, the Sisters of Charity opened St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum in 1862. It offered temporary housing for children whose families faced financial or physical crisis, similar to Kansas City’s St. Joseph Catholic orphanage that opened in 1880.
As the state matured, child welfare became
Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons
Train Tidbits
In 1882, a journey from New York City to Eudora was a three- to fourday expedition involving at least two different railroad companies. After arriving at the Kansas City Union Depot, passengers continued west on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, passing through Argentine, Holliday, Wilder and Weaver before pulling into Eudora.
Travelers headed to Fall Leaf, located 2 miles north of Eudora in the 1880s, followed a different route. They would change trains in both Chicago and Kansas City, then board the Union Pacific, Kansas Division. This line traveled through Kansas City, Kansas; Edwardsville; Bonner Springs; and Linwood (known as Journeycake at the time) before reaching Fall Leaf.
Onboard, standard accommodations featured simple wooden seats or slatted benches. For heat, a single cast-iron potbellied stove, burning coal or wood, sat at one end of the car. Thirsty travelers relied on a lone water cooler equipped with a single tin cup shared by everyone on board.
more organized. In 1887, a state-run orphanage opened in Atchison to care for the children of Civil War veterans, and, by 1901, Kansas began regulating all child-placement organizations. Governor William Stanley insisted, “We cannot afford to have the state made a dumping ground for the dependent children of other states, especially New York.”
This evolution eventually gave rise to the mid20th-century shift toward the foster care system. Today, the legacy of the orphan trains lives on in a philosophy that prioritizes placing children in families rather than in institutions.
Although many stories of individual orphans have been lost to time, George Weir’s journey provides a glimmer of hope. The newly established Eudora News printed a short but proud mention in 1888 about Weir, age 18, heading to Kansas City to seek his fortune in the newspaper business. That news report included a sentiment that could be applied to all those New York orphans who arrived on the train platform in 1882: “Success to him.”
This 1895 illustration from the Atchison Daily Champion shows a potential mother examining a child during an orphan train stop, capturing the clinical nature of the placement process at the time.
Calendar of Events
APRIL
7
Coffee Connections
Eudora Chamber of Commerce hosts an informal monthly gathering of members and guests. eudorakansaschamber.com
18 Prom
Eudora High School hosts its annual prom. www.eudoraschools.org
24
Cardinal Relays
Eudora High School hosts the annual track and field competition. www.eudoraschools.org
24
Principal for Half a Day
The Eudora School Foundation hosts its annual event, where businesses and community leaders spend a morning at one of three schools to learn about the day-to-day operations and collaborate.
28
Eudora Invitational
Eudora hosts the annual Eudora Invitational middle school track and field competition. www.eudoraschools.org
MAY 2
Kaw River Guide Workshop & Paddle
Friends of the Kaw opens a summer training schedule for guides and Beginner Wednesday excursions at various points along the Kaw River. See the website for a full schedule of locations and dates. kansasriver.org
5, 12, 19, 26
Eudora Farmers’ Market
Eudora Parks & Recreation hosts a farmers’ market in the Village Green area. cityofeudoraks.gov
6–7
Youth Football & Cheer Camp
Eudora Youth Football and Cheerleading Association hosts a free football and cheer camp at Eudora High School for children entering kindergarten through sixth grade. eyfca.org
16
Eudora High School Graduation www.eudoraschools.org
20
School Year Ends
Last day of classes for Eudora schools www.eudoraschools.org
21
Eudora's Veterinarian: Dr. Ron Lee Eudora Area Historical Society offers a free presentation at the Eudora Community Center. cityofeudoraks.gov/100/EudoraCommunity-Museum
JUNE 2
Coffee Connections
Eudora Chamber of Commerce hosts an informal monthly gathering of members and guests. eudorakansaschamber.com
2,
9, 16, 23, 30
Eudora Farmers’ Market
Eudora Parks & Recreation hosts a farmers’ market in the Village Green area. cityofeudoraks.gov
7
CPA Golf Tournament
The Eudora CPA hosts its annual four-man golf scramble at the Oak Country Golf Course. Team up with friends for 18 holes of golf. Registration includes a cart rental, lunch and two mulligans. The winning team will receive a cash prize. eudoracpa.org
11–13
CPA Picnic
The 125th annual community celebration and fair kicks off three days in Downtown Eudora with carnival rides, parades, vendors and musical performances. eudoracpa.org
11, 12
Main Street Market
Eudora CVB hosts a summer outdoor market at CPA Park with craft stalls, food vendors, drinks, music, live entertainment and more. domoreineudora.com
12
Youth Maker’s Mart
Eudora CVB hosts a youth maker’s market at CPA Picnic, designed for young entrepreneurs ages 6–17. domoreineudora.com
20
City-Wide Garage Sale
Numerous residential garage sales will take place throughout the city during this Eudora CVB-hosted event. domoreineudora.com
JULY
3
Main Street Market
Eudora CVB hosts an outdoor summer market at CPA Park with craft stalls, food vendors, drinks, music, live entertainment and more. domoreineudora.com
4
Eudora Star Spangled Celebration
Celebrate America’s 250th birthday with the community at Eudora High School. The evening will be filled with live music, delicious food and familyfriendly activities, ending in a spectacular display of fireworks. domoreineudora.com
7,
14, 21, 28
Eudora Farmers’ Market
Eudora Parks & Recreation hosts a farmers’ market in the Village Green area. cityofeudoraks.gov
16
History of Eudora’s Dari Treat Eudora Area Historical Society offers a free presentation at the Eudora Community Center. cityofeudoraks.gov/100/EudoraCommunity-Museum
27–AUGUST 1
Douglas County Fair
Douglas County Fair opens with amusement rides, battle of the bands, demolition derby and much more. dgcountyfair.com
AUGUST
4
Coffee Connections
Eudora Chamber of Commerce hosts an informal monthly gathering of members and guests. eudorakansaschamber.com
4,
11, 18, 25
Eudora Farmers’ Market
Eudora Parks & Recreation hosts a farmers’ market in the Village Green area. cityofeudoraks.gov
7
Main Street Market
Eudora CVB hosts an outdoor summer market at Lucy Kaegi Park with craft stalls, food vendors, drinks, music, live entertainment and more. domoreineudora.com
13
First half-day of school for grades 1–9 and students new to Eudora High School Dismissal is at 11:15 a.m. www.eudoraschools.org
14
First full day of school for grades 1–12 www.eudoraschools.org
14
First half-day of school for kindergarten students Dismissal is at 11:15 a.m. www.eudoraschools.org
14
Duck Derby
Eudora Parks & Recreation hosts its third-annual duck race at the Eudora Aquatic Center, with each adoption benefiting the Kurt von Achen Scholarship Fund. The race will take place just before the last dive-in movie of the summer. cityofeudoraks.gov
17
First full day of school for kindergarten and preschool students www.eudoraschools.org
23–29
Mackinac Island Trip
Eudora Parks & Recreation hosts a seven-day trip to Northern Michigan and Mackinac Island. Cruise through the mighty Soo Locks, explore historic Mackinaw City, visit a 1700s frontier village and stroll charming waterfront towns filled with shops and scenery; price includes transportation, lodging and meals. cityofeudoraks.gov
SEPTEMBER
1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Eudora Farmers’ Market
Eudora Parks & Recreation hosts a farmers’ market in the Village Green area. cityofeudoraks.gov
7
Labor Day School Break
No school in observance of the Labor Day holiday www.eudoraschools.org
17
James Naismith Living History Demonstration
Eudora Area Historical Society offers a free presentation at the Eudora Community Center. cityofeudoraks.gov/100/EudoraCommunity-Museum
26
Main Street Market
Eudora CVB hosts the summer’s last outdoor market at Village Green with craft stalls, food vendors, drinks, music, live entertainment and more. domoreineudora.com
26
Youth Maker’s Mart
Eudora CVB hosts a youth maker’s market at Village Green, designed for young entrepreneurs ages 6–17. domoreineudora.com
a conversation with
Henry Sloan, regional president of Farmers State Bank
Photography by Carter Gaskins
Henry Sloan has worked the last 10 years at Farmers State Bank in Oakley. Before moving to western Kansas, he attended Ottawa University and worked in the Kansas City area, where he met his wife. As he started working with more customers in this region, the opportunity arose for Farmers to acquire Kaw Valley State Bank, a fixture in the Eudora community for 125 years. Sloan calls it the “perfect fit,” allowing him and his family to return to the area while helping grow the bank in a market he believes holds a ton of potential.
Discover Eudora (DE): Farmers State Bank has been around for nearly 119 years. Kaw Valley State Bank was around for 125 years. Both banks are based in cities with small-town charm. There are quite a few similarities between them. Why do you feel this merger is a good fit?
Henry Sloan: The Hoover family holds the same ideals that we do, that you should always put the community first. This culture they have built fits in exactly with what we are trying to do. I would also add that Farmers has a slightly larger lending background than Kaw Valley. They had more deposits than loans, whereas our loans and deposits are fairly close. We saw this merger as a great opportunity to continue growing our loans and building relationships in this area, leveraging what we already have.
DE: What changes can Eudora residents expect to see in their banking? What will stay the same?
Sloan: They’re still going to get the same great customer service they’re used to and see the same faces they’re used to seeing. As for change, we can achieve a lot more from a lending perspective. We’ve grown our loans by 435% over the last 10 years while maintaining a top 10 ranking each quarter among more than 200 Kansas community banks. On top of that, we’re working on converting Kaw Valley to our main software. We’ll have new technology updates, hopefully with easier interfaces—mobile deposits, online banking—that should make the banking experience simpler for the customer.
DE: What are your long-term goals with the bank?
Sloan: As clichéd as it sounds, I just want to keep growing and getting better at what we do
“Don’t be afraid to do hard things. Anything you want in life is on the other side of doing something that’s going to be hard. Don’t shy away from the hard work. Embrace it.”
—Henry Sloan
day by day. I want to acquire the best customers and I want them to talk to their friends and families about their great experience with Farmers State Bank.
DE: What has stood out to you most about the Eudora community?
Sloan: After 10 years in Oakley, a town of 2,000 people, I knew everybody on a first-name basis. I love that the people in Eudora share the same love for their community as the people in Oakley. It’s important. Everywhere I’ve gone, people have been very welcoming.
DE: How do you plan for the bank to stay involved in the Eudora community?
Sloan: Community involvement is at the heart of who we are. Our staff volunteers hundreds of hours each year, and we’re preparing a check presentation for the new library. Through a nearly $35,000 donation, we helped support the installation of the new electronic marquee that just went up at the elementary school. We sponsor scholarships, school activities and community improvement projects. Plus, we encourage our staff to serve on local boards. We’re proud to reinvest our success into Eudora.
DE: What is the best piece of career advice you ever received?
Sloan: Don’t be afraid to do hard things. Anything you want in life is on the other side of doing something that’s going to be hard. Don’t shy away from the hard work. Embrace it.
a conversation with
Dave
Hill, founder
and
CEO
of Mid-America Bank
Photography by Carter Gaskins
Dave Hill was raised in Eudora, living a mere two blocks from where Mid-America Bank sits today. He left his hometown to attend college at the University of Kansas, then entered the banking world in 1982. After working for a couple of different banks and starting a mortgage business in 1995, he founded Mid-America Bank in 1997. The bank first opened in Baldwin and has since grown to seven locations, including the Eudora branch that opened about a year ago. Today, Hill says he continues to love what he does and is enjoying working in his hometown.
Discover Eudora (DE): What made you decide to open a bank in Eudora?
Dave Hill: I’m from here, so I knew a lot of people in town and have done a lot of business in the area for years. It really rounded out our presence in Douglas County, as we like to think of ourselves as a locally owned community bank. In Douglas County, we have banking locations in Baldwin, Lawrence and now Eudora. That gives us really good coverage for the county, which was ultimately our goal.
DE: You have almost been open in Eudora for a full year. Looking back, what has been the most rewarding moment so far?
“Running a bank was always my dream. If you really want to accomplish something, get a good understanding of your industry and of what you hope to accomplish, then go after it.”
—Dave Hill
Hill: I’ve really been enjoying reconnecting with people from my past, and it’s been great to scope out current and future opportunities. There’s going to be a lot of growth and change in Eudora in the coming years, and we hope to participate in that. When I left Eudora in 1978, there were 3,200 people living here. Now there’s maybe 7,000. That’s a lot of growth and change in and of itself. There’s also, what ... 250 single family homes and 48 duplex lots in development? There’s a lot happening.
DE: In your own words, why should local residents choose community banking over big online banks?
Hill: I’d like to think that people want to bank with a local community bank because we are involved in the community and give back to it financially. Also, we’re primarily a real estate lending bank. In fact, we’ve been the No. 1 real estate lender in Douglas County for the past 15 years—we specialize in all types of real estate loans with an emphasis in construction loans and what we call permanent home loans. That’s pretty much our niche, and I think that’s really going to fit in with what’s going on in Eudora right now. We have every facet of finance any big bank would have, including good technology for all our banking products and 30-year fixed rate home loans.
DE: How does the bank plan to stay involved in the community?
Hill: We give back our time and our
money. We try to stay involved with the chamber of commerce—our Eudora bank manager, Kelly Long, is in charge of the organization—and with local economic development. This year alone we raised $30,000 to $40,000 for local economic development efforts. We also were able to pledge $100,000 to the Dwayne Peaslee Technical Training Center. Their big fundraiser aims to raise $10 million to provide debt-free scholarships to high school students from Eudora, Baldwin and Lawrence. I think that’s pretty exciting.
DE: What stands out to you the most about the Eudora community?
Hill: What is really apparent about Eudora is how strong the school is integrated throughout the community and how much pride and support there is for it. I never thought about that when I was growing up here, but it’s probably the biggest asset in the community and the glue keeping it together.
DE: What is the best piece of career advice you ever received?
Hill: Never underestimate your abilities. When I was about 14 years old, my neighbor told me I should go into banking. I didn’t quite know what he meant by that, but it stuck with me my whole life. Running a bank was always my dream. If you really want to accomplish something, get a good understanding of your industry and of what you hope to accomplish, then go after it. There’s a lot of opportunity out there.
Why Eudora the CPA Picnic,
Still Loves 125 Years Later
What began as an organization dedicated to catching horse thieves is now one of the town’s most beloved family traditions
Story by Rochelle Valverde | Photography by Jason Dailey
Long gone are the early days of the CPA picnic, when prizes were awarded for the largest family, when children fished for silver dollars from buckets of flour, and when ladies raced to hammer nails.
Today, a single Ferris wheel has expanded into a full carnival, and a variety of concession stands has replaced community fried-chicken dinners. Yet through it all—through 125 years of change as cars replaced horses, electricity replaced kerosene lamps and Eudora’s population grew tenfold—the CPA picnic has remained the steady thread, entertaining and uniting Eudorans both near and far.
CPA president Kelly Jones has always made it a point to return home for the event, even when she lived elsewhere. “It’s a time for everybody to come together,” she says. “You’re always going to see someone you haven’t seen in years.”
As Eudora gathers to mark this 125th milestone, it’s the perfect moment to look back at the picnic’s history and trace its transformation through the decades.
The Social Event of the Year
In 1901, more than 1,500 CPA members and their families from across northeastern Kansas gathered for the first picnic even though Eudora’s population at that time was just 640. They gathered at Durr’s Grove, just outside Eudora city limits and north of the Wakarusa River. The picnic would not be moved to Eudora City Park (later renamed CPA Park) until 1913, where it has been held ever since. Even so, the essential elements date back to the first event: a parade; sack races, wheelbarrow races and bicycle races; and various contests with prizes.
“The newly formed Eudora lodge’s first gettogether—the area CPA Picnic—took on its own life and replaced Eudora’s Fourth of July Picnic as the social event of the year,” reports Cindy Higgins on her blog, “Where the Wakarusa Meets the Kaw.”
The Central Protective Association, or CPA, was one of several vigilance organizations formed to pursue horse thieves. Eudora organized its own CPA lodge in 1901—one of dozens of similar lodges established across Kansas. Though sometimes criticized for their violence, these vigilante groups were common in rural communities during the early 20th century. According to Ben Terwilliger, executive director of the Eudora Community Museum, livestock
What began as an organization dedicated to catching horse thieves is now one of the town’s most beloved family traditions, complete with carnival rides and a variety of concession stands.
theft was a serious concern that could spell devastation for townsfolk, driving the need for such organizations.
“In small towns like Eudora, there was almost no law enforcement, or there was maybe one officer of the peace,” Terwilliger says. “Horse thieves were a pretty consistent threat back then, as almost everyone had a horse. In many instances, horses were their most expensive and valued piece of property. It was a very serious issue to have a horse stolen.”
Although gatherings for CPA members and their families had become widespread across the region, Jones says the Eudora picnic quickly set itself apart, drawing people from beyond the small town and becoming the premier CPA event.
“There was a Kaw Valley CPA and a Douglas County CPA,” Jones explains, “but the town of Eudora was the one that grabbed the picnic idea and ran with it.”
1928 and became the CPA Picnic Committee, according to Higgins. The change officially left the CPA’s vigilante roots behind, clearing the way for today’s community event.
“There was this transition from a picnic for its members into a community-wide event,” Terwilliger says. “When it made that transition, it survived the end of the horsethief era.”
Now a three-day event, today’s picnic draws thousands of people to the small town over the course of the weekend. But ensuring the picnic’s longevity has meant striking a balance between preserving old traditions and embracing new ones.
Maintaining a Community Event
This year’s CPA Picnic includes the annual children’s parade on June 12 at 7 p.m., followed by the grand parade on June 13 at 7 p.m.
The event’s popularity was evident as early as 1911—only 10 years later—when at least 500 people traveled from just Lawrence for the picnic. According to archives from the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld compiled by Sarah Parsons, many arrived in carriages and automobiles while others came via early morning or afternoon train.
“The small town was swamped with the large number of guests and there was scarcely driving room through the streets of Eudora,” reported the local newspaper about the 1914 picnic.
But as horses gave way to cars and the world evolved, so did the Eudora CPA. The organization gave up its lodge affiliation in
For Jones, whose maternal great-greatgrandparents arrived in Eudora in the 1860s, the parade is her most treasured picnic event. She fondly recalls participating in the kids’ parade with her cousins as a child and dressing up as characters from The Flintstones and The Wizard of Oz, a tradition she now carries on with her own children.
“[The grand parade] is a time to showcase your business or your club, or your old tractor that you’re very proud of,” Jones says. “The whole town comes out for that. The streets are lined, and everybody really enjoys it.”
CPA treasurer Jason Musick, who also grew up in Eudora, shares fond memories of joining in the kids’ parade. He recalls dressing up with his family as characters from The Smurfs, watching people dance on the concrete pad next to the CPA Park gazebo, and lining up for carnival rides like the Zipper. Musick notes that youth participation in the parades and at concession stands remains a strong throughline for the event.
Today’s CPA Picnic is a three-day event that draws thousands of people to Eudora over the course of the weekend.
“That, to me, really has been the long-term staple,” he says.
But memory lane has its limitations. Eventally, the picnic began to show signs of struggle in both attendance and fresh ideas.
“Several years ago, the CPA we knew was kind of dying,” Musick says. “Turnout was going down … there was really a concern, like, ‘What happens?’”
What happened was a concerted effort to reinvigorate the event. Over the past five years, the committee has introduced new ideas and reinforced the event’s community ties. So far, they’ve acquired a liquor license and started collaborating with Main Street Markets.
Jones notes that because Eudora High School class reunions are traditionally held the same weekend as the picnic, organizers also hope more alumni will stay in the park and enjoy the entertainment rather than hold their reunions elsewhere.
For this year’s picnic, all three concession stands will be operated by youth organizations affiliated
This year’s 125th picnic, themed “Eudora Through the Ages,” offers a chance to celebrate the event’s long history while honoring the changes and additions that have carried the muchloved gathering into the present day. The three-day event, scheduled for June 11–13, will include longtime favorites such as the kids’ parade and the grand parade, as well as the many spinning, swinging and twirling neonstudded carnival rides inhabiting CPA Park. For those who prefer to keep their feet on the ground, there will be live music, craft vendors and concessions.
In the days before large amusement parks (think Worlds of Fun), local events such as Eudora’s CPA Picnic offered people the rare chance to enjoy carnival rides, says Ben Terwilliger, executive director of the Eudora Community Museum.
On top of enjoying such thrills, people attended the Eudora CPA Picnic to hear live music, dance, listen to (or give) political speeches, play games and win contests. Some of the more popular games included children’s foot and bicycle races, a ladies’ nail-driving contest, an egg toss and a pie-eating contest. There were some humorous competitions, too, with prizes for the most attractive widow, hungriestlooking man, biggest mustache for a boy under 17, as well as a “fat man” race (225 pounds and over) and husbandand wife-calling contests, according to the Eudora News and archives from the Eudora Community Museum.
A newspaper ad for the 37th Annual CPA Picnic from 1938 advertises a two-day event featuring a merry-goround and a Ferris wheel, two political speeches, a platform dance with live music both nights as well as daily races and prizes for the tallest corn and the largest family. Eudora Community Museum archival photos include neatly dressed youth in bonnets and brimmed hats astride horses; horse-drawn carriages fancifully decorated with tinsel, ribbons and streamers; and grand horse-drawn floats advertising local businesses and organizations.
And, of course, there was the food. While people brought picnic baskets to the initial gatherings, later events included a fried chicken dinner with sides. In 1911, the Lawrence Daily Journal-World reported that the picnic bought the Lawrence Creamery’s entire stock: 135 gallons of ice cream, according to newspaper archives.
with the school district. As in years past, the organizations running the stands will keep 75% of the profits. Additionally, the CPA will award a $1,000 scholarship to a Eudora High School student.
The caliber of both the food offerings and the musical entertainment has improved in recent years, Jones adds. For this year’s 125th anniversary event, the CPA has already booked Richie Lee & the Fabulous 50’s, a 1950s swing band from Des Moines, Iowa. Staying true to the “Eudora Through the Ages” theme, organizers have also made a point of honoring longtime residents with a Senior Swing Night on Thursday, June 11. The evening will feature food specials and live swing music for seniors. Additionally, the committee is exploring a shuttle service as an accessible transportation option for the event.
“That’s kind of our way to give back to the community—to give back to those who have made Eudora what it is,” Musick says.
In addition to the swing band, the committee will book several more musical acts to perform throughout the weekend. The carnival will run from June 11 through June 13. Attendees can look forward to the kids’ parade on Friday, June 12, and the grand parade on Saturday, June 13. The Main Street Market will be held both Thursday, June 11, and Friday, June 12.
“[The picnic represents] everybody coming together for the same event, catching up with people through the community and coming to a place that we all identify with and love,” Jones says. “The CPA really represents Eudora.”
Youth participation, whether in the parades or behind the concession counters, remains a defining feature of the CPA Picnic, says CPA treasurer Jason Musick.
Eudora Chamber Directory
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Ad Astra Travel and Leisure Concierge, LLC adastraleisure@outlook.com 717-576-9145 adastraleisure.com
Adler Pelzer jim.mills@adlerpelzer.com 785-760-4396 adlerpelzer.com
Alpha Roofing office@alpharoofers.com 785-841-7663 alphaRoofers.com
Ameriprise Financial vestana.ahlen@ampf.com 913-239-2512 ameripriseadvisors.com/ vestana.1.ahlen
AmyDeL Designs amydeldesigns@gmail.com 620-290-1691 facebook.com/amydeldesigns
AU Construction nikki@au-construction.com 785-843-4099
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Barbwire Barbecue smokin@barbwirebarbecue.com 785-856-0877 barbwirebarbecue.com
Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center shoadley@bertnash.org 785-830-1765 bertnash.org
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Central Bank jade.priest@centralbank.net 785-865-1000 centralbank.net
Circle Y Trucking nlouneis@msn.com 816-863-9191
City of Eudora, KS zdaniel@cityofeudoraks.gov 785-542-2153 cityofeudoraks.gov
Cornerstone Property Management info@cornerstoneproperties.us 785-542-0101 homewithcornerstone.com
Country Road Farms countryroadfarms@yahoo.com 785-615-1290 facebook.com/2014countryroadfarms
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Douglas County Community Foundation chipblaser@dccfoundation.org 785-843-8727 dccfoundation.org
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EBH Engineering mikey@ebhengineering.com 785-542-6052 ebhengineering.com
Ecogene LLC russ.seybert@gmail.com 913-544-9959 ecogeneEHS.com
Eudora Area Historical Society eudorahistory@gmail.com 785-690-7900 cityofeudoraks.gov/100/EudoraCommunity-Museum
Eudora Chamber of Commerce admin@eudorakansaschamber.com 785-979-0469 eudorakansaschamber.com
Eudora Community Library carolw@eudoralibrary.org 785-542-2496 eudoralibrary.org
Eudora Giving Garden eudoragivinggarden@gmail.com 785-393-3364 eudoragivinggarden.org
Eudora Schools Foundation foundation@eudoraschools.org 785-542-4905 eudoraschoolsfoundation.org
Eudora Times
F Farmers State Bank Eudora ghigh@fsboakley.com 785-542-4200 kawvalleystatebank.com
Frenzel’s BBQ and Catering bbqbill@sbcglobal.net 913-915-5086 frenzelsbbq.com
G Gambino’s Pizza eudoragambinos@yahoo.com 785-231-9997 gambinospizza.com
Garrison Roofing LLC garisn@live.com
785-841-0809 garrisonroofingks.com
Gateway Fiber kenzie.prewitt@gatewayfiber.com 888-201-4339 gatewayfiber.com
Gene Dorsey geneadorsey@gmail.com 785-764-4172
Gene’s Heartland Foods geneshfeudora@hotmail.com 785-542-2727 eudora.heartlandfoodsstores.com
Great Apparel Printing & Design gapdscreenprinting@gmail.com 913-375-2629 getgapd.com
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Hershey Salty Snacks
jtuttle@hersheys.com 260-846-1066 thehersheycompany.com
HOSS Liquor
lryburn69@gmail.com 785-690-7500
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Icon Structures karen.pritchard@icon-structures.com 816-423-9243 icon-structures.com
Impact Martial Arts tkboltefitness@gmail.com 785-256-0705 impactmartialartsks.com
Integrity Midwest Insurance, LLC clint@integritymw.com 785-542-2000 integritymw.com
J Jannell Lorenz CMT LLC jannell.lorenz.cmt@gmail.com 785-592-1920 jannelllorenzcmtllc.booksy.com
JayHawk Dental pajankowski0@gmail.com 785-843-9122 jayhawkdental.com
JS Wellness
jswellness01@gmail.com 913-398-1623 linktr.ee/jswellness01
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Keller Williams Integrity theresaseiwald@kw.com 785-917-0036
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Landplan Engineering, PA corbyr@landplan-pa.com 785-843-7530 landplan-pa.com
Light of the World Lutheran Church david@calltag.me 913-223-9878 desotolutheran.org
LMH Health Primary Care - Eudora autumn.bishop@lmh.org 785-505-2345
lmh.org/locations/profile/eudora
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M&M Services mmservices785@gmail.com 785-341-0047
Magical Adventures Travel jolene@magicaladventurestravel.com 913-424-2129
midwesttraveler.org
Main St Scoops & Sweets mainstscoopsandsweets@gmail.com 785-542-0398 mainstscoopsandsweets.com
Main Street Wines & Spirits mainstreetwinesandspirits@gmail.com 913-687-9268
McGrew Real Estate caren@askmcgrew.com 785-979-1243 askmcgrew.com
Mid-America Bank 785-542-7100 mid-americabank.com
Midwest Benefits Group
zach@mwbenefitsgroup.com 913-215-9522 mwbenefitsgroup.com
Movement Mortgage deborah.becker@movement.com 785-760-2522 movement.com/deborah.becker
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Neighbors Construction Co., Inc. nancyn@neighborsconstruction.com 913-422-5555 neighborsconstruction.com
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Olive Home Construction and Property Management LLC melissaypittman@gmail.com 785-760-4191
One Alliance Property Management onealliancepm@gmail.com 913-205-4984
P Peaslee Tech kevin.kelley@peasleetech.org 785-856-1801 peasleetech.org
Platinum Realty
meaganmoveshomes@gmail.com 785-979-0469 meagancox.unitedplatinumrealty.com
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ReeceNichols susie@reecenichols.com 785-691-9967 susie.reecenichols.com
ReeceNichols Preferred Realty lawrence@reecenichols.com 785-856-6200 lawrence.reecenichols.com
Refuge Christian Church info@refugecc.org 913-626-6236 refugecc.org
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Schaake’s Pumpkin Patch schaakepumpkinpatch@gmail.com 785-550-6424 schaakespumpkinpatch.com
Schwickert’s Tecta America sschwickerts@tectaamerica.com 507-381-5524 schwickerts.com
Scooter’s Coffee hannah.howey@freedom-llc.com 913-283-8577 scooterscoffee.com
Senior Foundation of Eudora sfeudora@gmail.com 417-230-0928 sfeudora.org
SERC Physical Therapy Eudora klperry@serctherapy.com 785-542-3333 serc.urpt.com/locations/eudora
Sunflower State Dance LLC admin@sunflowerstatedance.com 785-690-7200 sunflowerstatedance.com
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The Willow Domestic Violence Center
christyimel@willowdvcenter.org 785-331-2034 willowdvcenter.org
Top Tier Contracting lane.hadley23@icloud.com 785-615-9339
Tyler Flory W/Epoxy Floors By Welch LLC tyler@epoxykc.com 913-343-2714 epoxyflooringkc.com
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Vanguard Excavating
ryan@vanguardexcavating.org 913-486-1949 vanguardexcavating.org
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Warren-McElwain Mortuary infowarrenmcelwain.com 785-843-1120 warrenmcelwain.com
Warrior Wellness, LLC
dee@warriorwellnessks.com 785-253-5421 facebook.com
Waving Wheat Dental 785-542-9105 wavingwheatdental.com
Well Wilderness Kids Therapeutic NaturePlay Center
wellwildernesskids@gmail.com 913-231-8581 wellwildernesskids.com
Westerhouse Heating & Cooling Inc.
westerhouse@westerhouse.com 785-542-2707 westerhouse.com
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Zeb’s Coffeehouse
kathy@zebscoffeehouse.com
785-542-0103 zebscoffeehouse.com
quick guide.
Lawrence Memorial Hospital lmh.org (785) 505-5000
Kansas Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence kcsdv.org (888) 363-2287
Tip Hotline (Kansas Bureau of Investigation) kansas.gov/kbi (800) 572-7463
Child Abuse Hotline dcf.ks.gov (800) 922-5330
City Services
City Dog Pound cityofeudoraks.gov/506/City-Dog-Pound (785) 542-2153
Building, Planning & Zoning cityofeudoraks.gov/65/Building-Planning-Zoning (785) 542-3124 Atmos (Gas) atmosenergy.com (888) 286-6700
Parks & Recreation Department
Douglas County Services
cityofeudoraks.gov/76/Parks-Recreation (785) 542-1725
Douglas County douglascountyks.org
Douglas County Sheriff dgso.org (785) 841-0007
Douglas County Fire & Medical lawrenceks.org/fire-medical (785) 830-7000
Douglas County Health Department ldchealth.org (785) 843-3060
Douglas County Youth Services douglascountyks.org/depts/youth-services (785) 331-1300
Douglas County CASA dccasaks.org (785) 832-5172
Cottonwood Inc. cwood.org (785) 842-0550
Bert Nash Community Health Center bertnash.org (785) 843-9192
Living in Eudora
Eudora Chamber of Commerce eudorakansaschamber.com (785) 979-0469
Eudora Community Library eudoralibrary.org (785) 542-2496
Eudora Area Historical Society cityofeudoraks.gov/100/Eudora-Community-Museum (785) 690-7900
Eudora CVB domoreineudora.com (785) 542-2153
Public Schools
Eudora School District www.eudoraschools.org (785) 542-4910
