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August 2014 • Vol. 35-No. 9

January 2004 • Vol. 25-No.2

Informing 112,000 55+ readers Southcentral Kansas Serving 80,000 Readers in in South Central Kansas

Music’s Magic Mosaic

The Douglas Design District’s newest piece of outdoor art, Music’s Magic, weighs 3,000 pounds and was cemented, mortared and screwed onto an exterior wall at Abode, 1330 E. Douglas in late June. The 12x18-foot mosaic contains 25,000 pieces of hand-cut glass. Bill Jackson, owner of Abode, commissioned Steve Murillo to create the piece. He was assisted by artist Margi Sweeton.

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10 percent of elderly may be abused

By Amy Geiszler-Jones Organizations that work with seniors know it happens, but no one knows for certain how many people are affected by abuse and neglect because it often goes unreported.

“The stigma is overwhelming,” said Don Strong, director of Mid-Kansas Senior Outreach, a gatekeeper program designed to identify and work with isolated and at-risk seniors. “The biggest deterrent is that seniors are afraid they’ll lose their independence.”

Other factors for under-reporting include pride, fear of retaliation, a lack of

cognitive ability to report it or not wanting to get the abuser into trouble. The National Center on Elder Abuse says about 90 percent of abusers are family members.

Raising awareness is one of the main reasons Strong and others have organized a free, open-to-the-public event about preventing, spotting and reporting elder abuse.

Safety for Seniors Day is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11, at Immanuel Baptist Church, 1415 S. Topeka. Speakers include officials from law enforcement agencies, the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s office

and protective services.

Aging experts estimate at least 10 percent of the elderly are abuse victims.

In Sedgwick County, that means more than 7,000 seniors could be victims, according to the TRIAD Council of South Central Kansas, a partnership among law enforcement agencies and organizations providing senior and community services.

Even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) consider elder mistreatment a public health problem. It says more than 500,000 older adults in the

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driver’s biggest gig? Elvis’ Wichita concert

By Bill Norris I rolled out of bed just in time to catch my first Monday morning class at Wichita State University. I tried to concentrate on the lecture, but the professor’s droning faded into the background as I mentally sketched out the logistics for the evening.

Earlier that year I had snagged a job running a limo service that specialized in providing transportation for touring rock bands. As a wannabe pro musician I took the job seriously and considered it more of a calling than just a means to help make ends meet. I had learned the ropes of the business and was starting to get comfortable in dealing with the eccentricities of the musicians we served.

But Oct. 7, 1974, would be different; we were driving for Elvis Aaron Presley.

That afternoon I found myself feeling increasingly tense as the small armada of four shiny Cadillac limousines rolled toward the Wichita airport.

When we reached the runway access point there was a growing crowd of the Elvis faithful waiting at the security gate. We were waved through the gate and onto the tarmac.

Within minutes we could see Elvis’ plane taxiing toward us. Our jaws dropped as we realized that Elvis was arriving in style – in Hugh Hefner’s “Big Bunny” Playboy jet. It was a tricked out, all black DC-9 that Elvis had rented for the tour.

The limo drivers lined up next to the

stairs that had been rolled onto the tarmac and waited for the king and his court to deplane.

To the passengers peering out of the plane we must have looked Elvis at Levitt Arena. like a motley crew. The limos -- two black and two white -- were of mixed vintage. We didn’t have snappy uniforms or caps.

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‘Music’s Magic’ mosaic enlivens Design District

By Alice Mannette With his trained eye, Wichita artist Steve Murillo took a bland brick wall and turned it into a work of art.

“I got a reputation for doing big art,” Murillo said. “I’ve done paintings, sculptures and now I’m doing mosaics.”

His most recent piece, Music’s Magic, is a 12-by-18 foot mosaic at Abode Venue, 1330 E Douglas.

Unveiled in late June, it features a guitar, a double bass, chords and notes in vivid oranges, deep blues and lots of earth tones.

When it was being assembled, Murillo said he felt like a director watching the actors being placed into their designated positions. “It was like being a filmmaker.”

After designing the work, cutting the tiles and meticulously placing them onto the surface with grout, Murillo and his assistant, artist Margi Sweeton, worked outside for several days under a canvas so no one could see it before the unveiling. “There was a lot of suspense,” he said.

Because the more than 25,000 tiles were placed in a different order than they were cut, Murillo said it felt as if the mosaic was constructed out of

inspiration.”

Jackson, a member of Douglas Design District, hopes others in the area will commission, display or create art. He knows not everyone can afford the $30,000 price tag that this work garnered, but he hopes others will plant a flowerbed, clean up trash or commission a piece Photo by David Dinell of art.

A crowd gathered for the unveiling of Steve Murillo’s “As private mosaic. citizens we need sequence. Sweeton tirelessly placed to do what we can to beautify the each tile in the proper place. Although community,” Jackson said. “This is a the work was time consuming, she said little step; one of these days it will it was fun. grow.”

Because they were working so close He chose a mosaic because the to the wall assembling the mosaic, artwork would last as long as the neither was able to view the complete building. This was Murillo’s third project until it was unveiled to mosaic. The first two are at area schools everyone else.

“We kind of cut our teeth on them,” That also was the first time that Bill Sweeton said.

Jackson, who commissioned the mural Murillo has designed and and owns the building, saw it. “It’s constructed public art for more than wonderful,” he said. “Hopefully it’s an

30 years. With a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in art from Wichita State University, he feels at ease with a brush, a chisel or pastels.

His work ranges from ceiling murals at Kansas churches to murals at both the Union Café in Kansas City, Mo., and the Old Mill restaurant in Newton, to a multi-unit solar sculpture at Wichita’s Central Riverside Park.

Public artwork expands his potential as an artist, he said, and by creating this larger-than-life art form he is able to reach a larger audience.

Murillo said he often drives through towns and says to himself, “That wall needs art.” Sometimes, if he can’t get the image out of his mind, he approaches a building’s owners and tells them about his plans with a brush.

“There’s this four-story high wall in Wichita that needs a mural,” he said.

Although the owners are interested, they haven’t yet decided to fill the 100-foot-wide space, but Murillo admits “I keep thinking about that wall.”

Contact Alice Mannette at mannette.a@gmail.com

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Jack, Jill tumble

Mishap results in concussion, loss of water

By Val Cheatham There are three types of writing: descriptive, expository and persuasive, but most writers compose for a particular audience. Many years ago a bard in some crowded village conceived this simple rhyme.

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.

Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.

• The same story by the poet Shakespeare, alone in a wooded garden, would want it flowing – full of feeling: A faire young lass and lad betook yon hillock to obtain a wooden pail f illed to abundance with precious, life-sustaining, liquid. But, forsooth!

Alas, poor Jack tumbleth and Jill, with abiding love, spake, “Wherefore art thou?” and followed forthwith.

• Written by the famous Edgar Allen Poe, we would have: Once upon morning weary, young Jack struggled weak and weary To borrow water from the hilltop well.

Then perched upon a sculptured stone, he spied beguiling Jill alone.

But with hurried step he slipped and fell.

Fearing harm to soul-mate Jack, Jill performed a cull-de-sack.

She too, tumbled upon the floor Seeking solace from his pain, Jack knew the venture now was vain And muttered, “Let us come here nevermore.”

• Jack and Jill written by an academic, a college professor, sitting at a desk piled high with books, would pen it intellectually, erudite and scholarly: A young male and female ascended an incline to procure a cylindrical vessel of valued, aqua fluid. However, the lad lost his footing resulting in a minor concussion to his cranial section. The youthful girl repeated his unfortunate incident.

• A rock star, swaying to the beat of a drum, two steel guitars, and three back-up singers would voice the same nursery rhyme with gobbledygook, jargon, slang and body motion: You ain’t heard nothing till I rap with you about where it’s at with this cat and his bird who took a climb to

Hillsville to get some Cool-Clear. But, Big Jacko like got his frugers tangled and pulled a Humpy-Dump. And, wow, man, his crazy chick like flipped with him!

• Jack’s mom, folding the ironing board and placing the dust rag on the counter, would slump depressed at her desk and complain in a letter to her sister: I told Jack he shouldn’t have gone up that hill and what did he do? He went up there anyway. He never listens and he took little Jill with him and neither one of them had their sweaters on.

How many times have I told them both to wear their sweater? It gets cold on

that hill! They never listen. And what happened? Jack stumbled and not only bumped his head, but scuffed his new shoes. I told him those shoes were only to wear to church but noooo, he wore them up to that hill any way. Then Jill was probably looking up at the clouds in that dreamy-never-pay-attention-way and tripped over some little pebbles.

Neither one of them ever pay attention.

Whatever will happen to them next? I just don’t know what to do!

• Jack would text Jill: Ruredygoagin Contact Val Cheatham at valrtea ch@aol.com

Letter to the editor Well, old folks like me, how did you react to the putdown we received from a Kansas legislator?

You know who I mean: The first-termer from Salina quoted in The Wichita Eagle ( July 16). He had noted the age of current and former Republican officials who now endorse Democrat Paul Davis for governor, and wrote on Twitter that they really raided the nursing home.

Well, it got my dander up! How about yours?

While I’m not yet in a nursing home, I value the insights of my friends who live there. They remember when a Kansas legislature wasn’t as lopsided and uncaring, but one that accomplished goals through cooperation.

Most old folks can’t beat the

pavement and knock on doors for candidates or bond issues anymore.

But we find other ways to give input.

Best of all, we want to stay informed – and we vote.

In the last presidential election year, 75 percent of the 65 and older folks voted; in congressional election years, it was no more than 59 percent.

Suggestion: Resolve to boost that percentage this coming election.

For women reading this who may have changed their names one or more times over the years, good luck proving you’re worthy. But do check with the election commissioner’s office soon. And let’s resist all attempts to restrict voting by mail.

Warning to smug upstarts: We’re not over the hill yet, and we do vote!

Peg Vines, Wichita

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U.S. may be abused or neglected each year.

Strong said many in the field find domestic abuse victims become elder abuse victims in their senior years.

Because it’s so difficult to encourage seniors to report mistreatment, agencies such as the Mid-Kansas Senior Outreach and the TRIAD Council encourage members of the community to report concerns.

“We need to become our neighbor’s keeper,” Strong said. “This is a community issue, and the only way we can combat it is to work together to create more awareness by reporting and respecting our seniors and their lives.

After working in this field for so many years, I’m aghast at how little respect we

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often have for seniors.”

Strong often uses “the lady in the rocking chair” story to illustrate how a community member took action when he suspected something was wrong.

Several years ago, a Wichitan realized he hadn’t seen an older neighbor for several weeks, shortly after the woman’s son had moved in. Knocks to the door went unanswered, so the sheriff ’s department was called. When the deputies came, they found the woman, in her 80s, tied in a rocking chair with a plastic clothesline.

Her son, a meth addict, had sold all her furniture and would return every two to three days to feed her. By the time she was found, the woman weighed less than 80 pounds.

The neighbor, Strong said, had heard about the senior outreach program and its message of being an advocate

Look for signs of abuse

Physical signs • Injuries that have not been treated properly • Injuries that are not consistent with medical history • Cuts, lacerations, puncture wounds, burns • Recent, unintentional weight loss exceeding 10 pounds • Poor hygiene • Soiled clothing or bedding • Frequent hospitalizations, emergency room visits or change of health care providers Financial signs • Lack of medications or necessary medical equipment • Lack of necessities, such as heat, food and water • Unusual withdrawals from accounts • Power of attorney given when person is unable to comprehend • Forged signatures on checks or legal documents • Missing property, items of value

• Numerous unpaid bills • Refusal or inability to pay for necessities Behavioral signs • Agitation or anxiety • Fear • Withdrawal and isolation • Depression • Hesitation to talk openly • Unbelievable stories • Confusion and disorientation • Anger To report suspected abuse call: TRIAD Council: 316-685-1821, ext.

297 United Way resource line: 211 Mid-Kansas Senior Outreach: 316685-1821, ext. 297 Adult Protective Services: 1-800922-5330 Kansas Office Consumer Protection and Antitrust: 1-800-432-2310 In case of an emergency: 911 Source: TRIAD Council of South Central Kansas

top calorie sources to avoid According to the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, a panel of 13 nutrition experts charged with helping develop federal nutrition standards, Americans are eating many more calories than they used to.

Few people follow the federal dietary guidelines, which recommend daily servings of dark green vegetables, orange vegetables, legumes, fruits, whole grains, and low-fat milk and milk products. Instead, they eat foods full of refined grains, sugar, fat and calories.

This is one Top 10 list you don’t

want to make.

1. Grain-based desserts (cakes, cookies, donuts, pies, crisps, cobblers and granola bars) 2. Yeast breads 3. Chicken and chicken-mixed dishes 4. Soda, energy drinks and sports drinks 5. Pizza 6. Alcoholic beverages 7. Pasta and pasta dishes 8. Mexican mixed dishes 9. Beef and beef-mixed dishes 10. Dairy desserts Source: Report of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

for seniors. The son ended up in prison, while the woman was connected with community resources and found a safe place to live.

Because elder abuse is a 365-day problem, Strong said his agency and others try to raise awareness in other ways than just the one-day Safety for Seniors Day. Volunteers with programs such as Meals on Wheels and the Senior Companion Program, another outreach program of the Mental Health Association of South Central Kansas,

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are trained to look for signs of abuse.

The TRIAD Council also offers training for law enforcement groups and even financial institutions to help spot financial abuse.

Every state has a toll-free number for Adult Protective Services, and every state’s Attorney General’s office generally has a consumer protection and antitrust division for reporting financial crimes against the elderly.

Contact Amy Geiszler-Jones at algj64@sbcglobal.net

Financial abuse protection A new Kansas law, which took effect July 1, is designed to better protect seniors against fraud and financial abuse.

It applies to victims of financial abuse ages 70 and older and provides for tougher penalties against financial abuse criminals, including those who misuse a trust instrument or a power of attorney in order to misappropriate money.

According to the Kansas Attorney General’s Office, its Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation Unit received 342 substantiated reports of adult abuse in fiscal 2013. Of those, nearly 60 percent were financial abuse cases, most involving seniors.

The Kansas AG office offers three

tips to help avoid becoming a victim when involving others in financial affairs: • Consult with a competent attorney before entering into agreements such as a power of attorney or trust to ensure the documents accomplish what you intend.

• The person you select to manage your finances should be someone you fully trust and who is competent at managing financial matters, including their own. They should respect your confidentiality and handle matters in a timely and responsible manner.

• If you suspect mismanagement, have an independent third party, such as an accountant, review your finances.

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Books

Midnight release

If you are a night owl and reader, Watermark Books & Café is hosting a midnight release party for Haruki Murakami’s Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage: A Novel, from 11 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Aug. 11.

The event begins with treats, prizes and readings from attendees’ favorite Murakami passages. Sales of the book begin at midnight; Watermark has a limited number of signed copies. He is an award-winning, internationalbestselling author.

In Colorless, Murakami tells the remarkable story of Tsukuru Tazaki, a young man haunted by a great loss; of his dreams and nightmares that have

Active aging unintended consequences for the world around us; and of a journey into the past that is necessary to mend the present.

It is a story of love, friendship and heartbreak for the ages.

Chicken Soup book

The new edition of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living with Alzheimer’s & Other Dementias includes the story, A Good Conversation, written by Wichitan Nancy Hamilton-Sturm.

Out of thousands of submissions, only 101 were selected.

An excerpt from Hamilton-Sturm’s story says: “Yes, Mom had lost the ability to convey meaning with her words. But I learned an important truth: We didn’t need coherent sentences to communicate, because the language of love doesn’t need words.”

The book includes essays, stories and poems from people living with Alzheimer’s or another dementia, caregivers, and affected friends and family members.

Alzheimer’s disease is the nation’s

Page 5 sixth leading cause of death, and the only cause of death among the top 10 in the U.S. without a way to prevent, cure or even slow its progression. For information visit www.alz.org or call 800-272-3900.

Didn’t order it? Keep it A 93-year-old Sedgwick County man recently contacted the District Attorney’s Consumer Protection Division about a package he received that he didn’t order.

The man said he received “a marshmallow prong” from Publishers Clearinghouse and a bill for $11.96 plus $6 for postage and handling.

Publishers Clearinghouse offered him an “opportunity” to pay off the bill in four payments. The man told Consumer Protection he didn’t order it.

Consumer Protection told the man to keep the item. In Kansas receiving any unordered property or services is considered an unconditional gift and you may use or dispose of it without any obligation to the company or supplier.

When exploring a website, be careful not to inadvertently order a service or merchandise.

There are a few exceptions to the unsolicited merchandise rule in Kansas.

For information call the Consumer Protection Division at 316-660-3653.

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Age no impediment for nun’s Hilltop Ministries

By David Dinell Carefully gripping a handrail, 92-year-old Sister Ann Catherine Burger makes her way down a flight of basement stairs into a storeroom at Dear Neighbor Ministries in southeast Wichita. Eyeing a couple of pillows and comforters, she decides they’re ready for use.

She climbs back up, loads them into her golf cart, slips behind the wheel and invites a visitor to get in.

The bedding is going to Lark Kohler, a resident in the Hilltop neighborhood Sister Ann serves as her mission. Besides delivering household goods, food, furniture and occasional assistance with utility bills, she also delivers comfort for the afflicted with a sprinkling of practical advice.

Kohler is pleased to get the additions to her modest home’s furnishings, but is just as happy to visit with Sister Ann, whom she has known for six years. “If not for her, I don’t know what I’d do,” said Kohler, who is unemployed but looking for

work. “And it’s not just me. She helps out a lot of people here. She’s a good person.”

Kohler and Sister Ann visit for a bit, discussing employment possibilities and the transportation challenges work entails for someone without a car.

Sister Ann knows some of the people she serves may have problems that are difficult to overcome, but says she looks for the good in everyone. “They just need to overcome problems.”

She talked about a young man whom Dear Neighbor helped send to a community college. He was given $260 for books and later returned, proudly paying back the funds. “That was very meaningful,” she said. “I always have hope.”

Hope is something that can be in short supply in Hilltop, the neighborhood between Bluffview east to Oliver and Harry and Lincoln.

Built in World War II to provide housing for aircraft workers, the

area’s modest units were supposed to be torn down after the war, but instead continued to be used, mostly for people on the low end of the economic ladder.

Some of the housing has Photo by David Dinell Sister Ann’s golf car was provided by a Dear Neighbor been well Ministries donor. maintained, but many units Neighbor, which is sponsored by the are rundown. While some may feel Sisters of St. Joseph. “The people of uncomfortable moving through the Hilltop look out for her.” neighborhood of about 1,800 people, While Sister Ann has been like not Sister Ann. the “Energizer Bunny,” age is taking “Everyone around here knows its toll, O’Donnell said. “There aren’t her,” said Patrick O’Donnell, director See next page of mission advancement at Dear

Models needed for Expo Want to be a model? This is a chance to strut our stuff at Senior Expo’s Fashion Round-Up. Central Plains Area Agency on Aging is searching for men and women aged 55 plus to participate in its annual fashion show at 1 p.m. Sept. 25 at Botanica, 701 S. Amidon.

The show is a popular part of Senior Expo and great fun for the models

involved, says Cathy Landwehr Bailey, show coordinator.

Models will find and wear their own outfits with assistance from Senior Expo partners. No experience is necessary.

Rehearsal is Sept. 9 from 1-3 p.m. at Botanica. For more information contact Bailey at 660-5232 or clandweh@cpaaa.org.

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many 90-plus-year-olds out on a golf cart,” he said.

Sister Ann, who has been working at her mission with a 40-hour-aweek schedule since April 2001, is reducing it to 26 to 30 hours.

“There’s never a lack of people who need help, and I like helping people in need.”

While she moves a bit slower and uses a cane, she is in good overall health. She plans to continue being a

neighborhood resource, with her golf cart, which was donated to her in 2004. It’s enclosed in plastic so she can travel in inclement weather.

In 2013 Sister Ann received the Spirit of Faith award from Interfaith Ministries. The awards celebrate “unsung heroes” who share their time, talent or wealth to help people.

Sister Ann says helping others is in her blood. “I’m going to be doing this as long as can — until I’m completely unable.”

Contact David Dinell at dinell932@yahoo.com

Food truck extends ministry

Sister Ann Catherine Burger’s food ministry will continue with a new truck operated by The Lord’s Diner. It went into service in late June and served more than 500 meals on its debut at the Hilltop Community Center in Friendship Park.

“Response has been amazing,” said Jan Haberly, Diner director. She said they expected to serve 200 to 300 meals initially but hit 700 at the end of the second week; 700 meals is the maximum the truck can serve.

Haberly said their cost for a meal is about $2; the organization

serves more than 1,900 meals daily from its four locations: The Lord’s Diner, 520 N. Broadway; Oaklawn, 2825 S. Hillside; a food truck at Evergreen Recreation Center, 2700 N. Woodland; and the one at Friendship Park, 1329 S. Terrace Dr. The trucks serve from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.

To support this project send donations to The Lord’s Diner, 520 N. Broadway, Wichita, KS 67214, or visit www.catholicdioceseofwichita.org and follow the links to The Lord’s Diner page.

Arts briefs Arthritis Art Gala

The annual Art for Arthritis Auction Gala is Aug. 1. It celebrates the lives of children living with arthritis by pairing them with local artists and giving them a voice through diverse mediums of art.

There will be both silent and live auctions. The event supports public awareness and raises funds to help nearly 575,000 Kansans with arthritis, including more than 3,000 children.

Tickets are $65 or $500 for a table of eight. They are available at the door, at artforarthritiswichita.org, or by calling Jack Brand, 213-3612.

Doors open at 6 p.m. at Crestview Country Club, 1000 N. 127th St. E.

Rockin’ with Rockwell

The art of Norman Rockwell will literally come alive on the Orpheum Theatre stage in “Rockin’ With Rockwell” on Aug. 16. Shows are at 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Local actor Bucky Walters will portray Rockwell, presenting 17

Page 7 of his illustrations in “living art,” featuring local residents posing in costume with props to replicate the iconic paintings.

“Edward R. Murrow” will interview Rockwell in the Person to Person television show, and local residents will sing and dance in an American Bandstand sequence.

The fundraiser benefits the Hereditary Neurological Disease Center of Wichita. Tickets start at $20 for adults; $10 for children under 12; and discounted for groups of 10 or more. They are available at www.selectaseat.com.

Ice cream social

Preview fall classes and enjoy an Ice Cream Social from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Aug. 6 at the Wichita Center for the Arts, 9112 E Central.

Enjoy lawn games and ice cream, and tour the Mary R. Koch School of Visual Arts to get a sneak peak at fall classes and to enroll.

The National Small Oil Painting Exhibition opens at the center on Aug. 22 with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m., offering light appetizers and a cash bar.

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Living With ‘It’

Nobody wants to have a chronic, long-term illness. Yet many will experience heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, emphysema, asthma, arthritis, chronic pain, etc.

Sedgwick County Extension offers “Live Well With It,” a six-week class to teach healthy ways to live with a chronic condition.

Sessions are offered at three senior centers: Aug. 4: 2-4 pm Derby Senior Center; Aug. 5: 10 a.m.-noon, Andover Senior Center; and Sept.

9:10 a.m.-noon, Downtown Senior Center.

For more information call Anita or Denise at 316-660-0100.

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Women’s right to vote

Kansas women gained the right to vote in 1912, eight years before Congress passed the 19th Amendment granting voting rights to all women.

Historian Diane Eickhoff will discuss “Women Rising: How Kansas Women Gained the Vote, 1859-1912,” at the 1 p.m Wichita Genealogical Society meeting on Aug. 16 at the Lionel Alford Branch Library.

Indian geneaology

The Mid-America All-Indian Center is hosting a lecture and workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 16 on American Indian Geneaology.

Jason Feilhkatubbe, a grant writer and program development specialist for the Kaw Nation, will examine available resources for those researching their ancestry.

For the hands-on workshop bring your questions and research for assistance. First-come, first-serve basis.

Is your lawn green?

If your lawn has ugly brown spots and problem weeds, Sedgwick County Extension is offering Fall Lawn Care classes from 7 to 8:30 p.m. that may help solve your problems.

Basic Lawn Care is Aug. 19 and Dealing with Lawn Weeds is Aug. 26, both at the Center’s 4-H Hall, 21st Street and Ridge Road.

Cost for the series is $5. Register online at http://lawncarefall. eventbrite.com or call 316-660-0100.

The deadline is Aug. 18.

Explore LifeVentures

LifeVentures’ eight-week Adventures in Learning session of

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classes and activities begins Sept. 9.

Coffee and conversation starts at 8:15 a.m.; classes are from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

New offerings include Adobe Photoshop Elements: Tips & Tricks, Learning from American Poet William Stafford and a walking group, Let’s Walk People – At a Comfortable Pace, Together!

Some favorite classes have been revamped, including Books, Authors and Novel Discussions, Genealogists Have More Fun and Make the Most of Who You Are. A complete schedule is available at the LifeVentures office, East Heights United Methodist Church, 4407 E. Douglas; online at www.lifeventuresks. com; or call 682-0504. Enrollment fee is $60.

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A husband and wife put their “Family First” when they decline a work promotion that would mean relocating. A wife works part-time and be available to her family. For others the goal of having enough income may mean working long hours or having several job. Another family pulls together after mom has a health crisis: A diagnosis of dementia.

The Club Sandwich:

The “Sandwich Generation” is middleagers caring for their children and helping their parents. For some, this also may include grandchildren, parents-in-law and other extended family members. The helping role may include becoming an agent on a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care and/or Finance. These roles are important when a loved one needs assistance managing health care decisions or making sure bills are paid. Never knowing when a crisis may hit, it’s important for families to discuss

in advance the “what ifs” and “who can help.” Advance Care Planning means putting legal documents in place so everyone knows what to do.

Advanced Planning:

Durable Power of Attorney forms are legally binding. It is the process of delegating someone to become his or her voice if a person becomes incapable of communicating. Advance Directives convey that person’s wishes regarding future care. In some families, different people are selected as health care and financial agents; in others they are the same person. Please note that it is important to have these conversations and complete this paperwork well in advance if possible. Information about Advanced Directives may be found at www.wichitamedicalresearch.org. Legal counsel is needed for Legal Guardianship and Conservatorship inquiries.

By Rita C. Voth, LMSW, CDP Owner/Operator, ComfortCare Homes of Harvey County

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Avoid hot weather health emergencies

By Annette Graham CPAAA Executive Director With summer’s hot and humid days, Central Plains Area Agency on Aging (CPAAA) reminds everyone to be aware of extreme temperatures and the risk for heat exhaustion, heat stroke or other heat-related illnesses.

A significant rise in heat-related health problems occurs when extreme temperatures last for two or more days.

Problems occur when your body can’t cool itself. Because of changes that occur with aging, seniors don’t cool down as easily as younger people.

The body cools itself through sweating. When the humidity is high, sweat isn’t evaporated as quickly so it’s more difficult for the body to release heat.

Anyone can suffer from a heatrelated emergency, but those 65 or older are at higher risk.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), they are more likely to take prescription drugs, including medications for depression or insomnia, that may impair the body’s ability to perspire. Those with chronic

illnesses such as heart disease or high blood pressure also are especially vulnerable, or an older person living alone.

Air-conditioning is the best prevention, but other expenses prevent many from using an air conditioner or fan, or repairing one when its broken. Fear of crime deters some from opening windows and doors.

Tips on Beating the Heat

CPAAA encourages seniors to stay out of the extreme heat and take advantage of low cost or free programs at senior centers, senior dining centers, museums, the public library or through volunteer opportunities.

These are excellent options to beat the heat, connect with the community and support community organizations.

Here are some tips from the CDC on coping with extreme heat: • Never leave anyone in a closed, parked vehicle.

• Drink more fluids regardless of your activity level.

• Avoid drinks that include caffeine, alcohol or large amounts of sugar.

• Stay indoors. Visiting a senior center, public library or mall, even for a few hours, can help you cope with the heat.

• Electric fans help but when temperatures reach into the 90s, fans moving hot air can give a hot room an oven-like effect. Take a cool shower or bath or find an air-conditioned location to provide the body needed relief from the heat.

• Do not engage in strenuous activity

Warning Signs

Become familiar with the warning signs of heat exhaustion. According to the CDC, they include: • Heavy sweating • Paleness • Muscle cramps • Tiredness • Weakness • Dizziness

• Headache • Nausea or vomiting • Fainting

The CDC stresses that untreated heat exhaustion may progress to a heat stroke. Seek medical attention immediately if symptoms are severe or the victim has heart problems or high blood pressure. Otherwise, help the victim to cool off and seek medical attention if symptoms worsen or last longer than one hour.

During times of extreme heat please take a few extra minutes to check on older neighbors and others at risk several times a day.

CPAAA is available to assist caregivers and seniors through life’s transitions with various levels of support. For information about senior centers, volunteer opportunities or other programs for seniors call 855-200-2372 or visit www.cpaaa. org.

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Local resources help avoid home repair scams

By Marc Bennett My grandparents are in their early 90s and have lived in the same home since 1951. Like many older citizens who remain in their homes, there are many reasons for them to stay: the comfort of familiar surroundings; the daunting task of moving a lifetime of accumulations; and a paid-off mortgage.

However, the down side of remaining is the upkeep. Older homes eventually need new roofs, windows or siding.

Basements leak, driveways crack and hot water heaters, heating and air units need to be, ultimately, replaced. The contractor they relied on for 20 or 30 years may have retired. So, where to turn?

Fortunately, Sedgwick County has many reputable contractors who do excellent work. Unfortunately, there are some folks who do substandard work or – worse yet – take the money and do no work at all.

Before handing over money to any contractor, I encourage citizens to take advantage of the many resources available to identify the reputable from the disreputable.

When shopping for a contractor, the Wichita-Sedgwick County Metropolitan Area Building and Construction Department (MABCD) recommends the following:

In Sedgwick County, all professional contractors must be licensed and/ or certified. To verify your contractor’s license status call MABCD at 2684413 or 660-1840. Do not hire someone who is not locally licensed.

Contact the Better Business Bureau, 316-263-3146, or kansasplains.bbb.org to check for contractor complaints. The Wichita Area Builders Association at 265-4226 also is a good resource and will advise callers whether a contractor is in good standing.

MABCD also encourages citizens to check for quality work. Ask the contractor for references and examples of his or her work, then check these locations. If driving isn’t an option, ask a friend to do so. Don’t be afraid to call a previous client and ask his or her opinion of the contractor’s work.

Finally, while there may have been a time when a handshake sealed any deal, when it comes to an agreement where money changes hands, get everything in writing. This way both you and the contractor know the scope of the work that is to be accomplished. Do not rely on verbal contracts or memory.

Any changes regarding work must be put in writing, dated and initialed

by both you and the contractor. If the contractor wants money up front to buy materials, make sure to get the receipt to verify payment for any materials or equipment. This requirement should be included in the contract.

Remember that licensed contractors should pull project permits through MABCD. If the contractor asks you to pull the permit, this is a red flag and should be questioned.

Depending on the scope of work, code inspections may occur through the process. At minimum, a final code inspection should be given on the completed work.

Call either of the two MABCD phone numbers to ask about an inspection schedule. If you do not receive an inspection after work is completed, this is a red flag. Contact MABCD. Marc Bennett, marc.bennett@ sedgwick.gov, is the Sedgwick County District Attorney.

If you have been the victim of a consumer fraud violation or know about a possible fraudulent scheme, call the Consumer Protection Division, 660-3600, or email consumer@sedgwick.gov.

If you or a loved one has been the victim of a crime, call 911 immediately.

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A DELICIOUS ASPARAGUS ‘AD LIB’ DISH

By Joe Stumpe Jackie Smith is that cook – you know, the one who leaves the meat counter with a bag of veal bones she’ll spend hours turning into a rich, velvety demiglace.

But she’s also that cook who can throw together a delicious meal with whatever ingredients happen to be on hand. In fact, she says her cooking is evolving more in that direction.

“A lot of what I do is easy -- ad lib,” she said.

That’s a good description of her Asparagus With Fried Eggs, Pancetta and Parmesan. If you’re a multi-tasker in the kitchen, this dish can come together in 15 minutes or less.

An Iowa native, Smith has lived

Photo by Joe Stumpe

in Wichita since 1994. She and her husband, John, a surgeon, are active in the city’s food and wine scene. They host themed fund-raising dinners for Music Theatre Wichita and the Sedgwick County Historical Society, and Jackie is

one of the chairs for the 2015 Midwest Winefest.

Among foodie friends, some of Smith’s culinary feats are legendary, such as the seared scallops with a trio of sauces she spent several days refining. Smith said she’s still learning about cooking.

“When we travel, I like to have the food of the region we’re in in. In Scotland, I had to have the haggis, which I loved.”

She’s a teacher as well. She operated Zest For Cooking out of her home for several years, but is on hiatus right now.

She hints about re-starting it when John retires. “We already have a name -- ‘Zest Squared.’”

Contact Joe Stumpe at jstumpe@cox.net

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Asparagus with Fried Eggs, Pancetta, Parmesan • 8 eggs • 12 slices pancetta, torn into large pieces (bacon or prosciutto can be substituted) • 2 bunches asparagus, washed &

Vinaigrette

• 1 tsp. Dijon mustard • 1/4 cup white wine or champagne vinegar

ends trimmed • About 1/2 cup shaved Parmesan cheese • Salt • Cracked black pepper • 1-1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

For vinaigrette whisk mustard and vinegar in small bowl. Slowly whisk in olive oil. Add pepper and salt to taste. Fry pancetta in large, nonstick skillet, until crisp. Drain on paper towels. Save fat from skillet.

Cook asparagus in a steamer to desired doneness. (It also can be roasted or grilled). Set aside and season lightly with salt and pepper.

In the skillet, fry eggs over medium-high heat until whites are set and yolks still slightly runny. Season to taste.

To present: Divide asparagus into 4 servings and place on warmed plates. Top each with two fried eggs and pancetta. Drizzle with vinaigrette. Top with shaved Parmesan. Serve with crusty bread.

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Aviation Museum

Grand art deco building reborn

By Amy Geiszler-Jones With teal paint smudged on his fingers, 73-year-old Charlie Gorges talks about the painting project at the Kansas Aviation Museum that has kept him off the ground for the past five years.

Gorges, a retired Derby schoolteacher, is re-creating the stenciled artwork on the ceiling of what used to be the lobby of Wichita’s municipal airport. It’s the same atrium where legendary dancer Fred Astaire reportedly once entertained fellow passengers while waiting for a flight.

Using archived photos of the atrium and a ladder, he has been meticulously painting the orange, yellow, pink and teal pattern that he uncovered several years ago when he was tasked with painting the lofty ceiling in the artdeco building that is on the National Register of Historic Places.

“This was a grand old building,” said

How to volunteer

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer at the Kansas Aviation Museum, call 316-683-9242. You also can fill out an online volunteer form and indicate your areas of interest – from fundraising to archiving to tending the museum store and more. For information, visit kansasaviationmuseum.org/ volunteer

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Volunteer Tom Holmes is welding a piece of one of the museum’s planes.

Gorges. For those who would like to tour it, admissions will be discounted

$2 on National Aviation Day Aug. 19.

Completed with money and manpower from the New Deal and Works Progress Administration, the building was dedicated in 1935 to serve as Wichita’s airport. It was one of the nation’s busiest in the 1940s. In

1954 all non-military and commercial air traffic moved to the new MidContinent Airport.

The original airport, which is located near McConnell Air Force Base, was used in the 1950s for pilot training. The next 30 years the Air Force and Kansas Air National Guard used it. The government closed it in 1984.

About this time the Wichita Aeronautical Historical Association began searching for a museum location; this seemed an ideal site.

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by the city of Wichita and leased to the museum. Volunteers got into the building in the late 1980s and began the arduous cleanup process. The museum opened April 19, 1991.

Volunteers are its backbone, say officials. The small paid staff relies on them for duties ranging from rebuilding airplanes to acting as tour guides.

About 30 to 40 of the volunteers are particularly active, said Lon Smith, museum executive director. Many who work to preserve the historic airplanes are retired from aviation manufacturing careers while others, like Gorges, have had a lifelong love of

Aviation Thursday

Interested in learning more about Kansas’ connection to aviation?

Join the museum staff and special speakers the second Thursday of the month from 10-11 a.m. for free presentations known as Senior Thursdays.

Aug. 8 – Restoring History: The early history of Cessna and its Cessna AW airplane Sept. 11 – What happened after 9/11? with guest speaker John Cromwell on the history of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Oct. 16 – Mary Chance Van Scyoc – the first female air traffic controller who worked at the Wichita Municipal Airport Nov. 13 – Dwane Wallace, former longtime leader of Cessna Dec. 11 – Olive Ann Beech, who is credited as being the first female aviation executive

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Across the street, in a metal-sided building, more than a dozen people are restoring airplanes. They meet every Wednesday to work on rebuilding planes.

Ed Scott, a 27-year Beechcraft veteran, and George Koch, a retired TWA line maintenance worker, are rebuilding the horizontal stabilizer of a 1944 Beechcraft Staggerwing, a biplane originally built for the military and then became the corporate airplane line used by tire company BF Goodrich.

After sitting for 17 years in a Hutchinson barn, this plane needs a lot of work. Acquired by the museum in October 2012, it’s now stripped down to the bare frame. Workers are creating the wooden pieces needed to re-build the frame.

Eventually, the Staggerwing will join other planes on display in the museum. It owns or has on loan about 40 historic planes. Volunteers helped restore some of them, including a 1934 Model 73 Stearman Trainer and a 1927 Laird Swallow.

In addition to historic aircraft, exhibits include a Link trainer, an early flight simulator; various aircraft engines; and a learning center for children which includes real cockpits.

Visitors also can tour the original control tower, one of the first to feature angled windows.

The museum, located at 3350 S. George Washington Blvd., is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $8.95 for adults, $7.95 for seniors 65 years and older, $6.95 for children 4-12, and free for those 3 and under.

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Wichita’s grand art deco airport was opened in 1935. Volunteer Charlie Gorges has been re-creating and refinishing the ceiling’s stenciled artwork for five years.

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Mansion the builder built for himself

By Ken Elliott Sternberg Mansion, built in 1886 at the height of one of the greatest economic booms in U.S. history, was the first designated historic structure in Wichita. That declaration was No. 1 on the agenda after the city passed a historic preservation ordinance in 1975. The house also is listed on the state and national historic registers.

In 1887, members of the Chamber of Commerce named the 10 Most Beautiful Homes in Wichita and printed a flyer to promote them.

William Henry Sternberg’s house, located at 1065 N. Waco, is the only survivor of the 10. Sternberg designed and built eight of those homes.

In the mid-1880s Wichita was often called the “Mecca of the Southwest” and “Peerless Princess of the Plains,” among other slogans.

Looking to capitalize on all the mansions being built, the Chamber also billed Wichita as “The City of Beautiful Homes.” The single biggest designer and builder of those houses was Sternberg.

He is credited with several firsts.

He was the first local designer to build a laundry chute in a residence,

he introduced European designs to the Plains and he was the first builder to hire an architect – Stanford White from New York City – for purely aesthetic purposes. White often was called the most important architect of America’s Gilded Age. Sternberg hired the most talented local craftsmen he could find, which enabled him to construct homes with a high level of quality and detail. An example was placing a window directly above a fireplace. That required cutting flue tile and curving the flue around the window versus building the flue straight up from the firebox.

Almost without exception Sternberg built curving staircases with landings so when entering the staircase people couldn’t see where they would end up. This created an element of interest and intrigue that a straight staircase doesn’t.

He built his personal home to show off as many unique architectural features as possible, including 12-foot ceilings, multiple porches on three elevations and sweeping corbelled chimney columns rising 50 feet off the ground.

After David and Sally Dewey

bought the house in 1976 at auction from the city for $30,000, they made it available for fundraisers. Tours and luncheons were a regular feature. Since they sold it in the early 1990s the house had been deteriorating.

When I purchased the property in 2004 I started renovations. Due to its size and complexity no one person has been able to restore it. Much has been done, but much more is needed.

I have been helped from a variety of sources, but the most important base has been interested and concerned citizens. A community fund drive, Save the Sternberg, has been organized.

Donations are tax deductible.

Recently an agreement was made between the Historic Sternberg Mansion Foundation, which now owns the house, and Old Cowtown Museum. When restoration is completed the museum will open the mansion for 90 days as a Victorian Show House benefit for Cowtown.

David Flask, Cowtown executive director, said they are “hugely excited” about the benefit, and hope to raise a substantial amount of money.

After the Show House, it will be opened for historic and educational tours, and as a comfortable place for meetings, parties, weddings, dinners,

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reunions, fundraisers and other special events. There also is discussion about teaching restoration skills to at-risk youth, which would enable them to qualify for construction jobs, and to conduct an archeological dig in the

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area where the trash was burned.

However, without community support, the house will likely collapse and Wichita will finally have lost the last of its “Ten Most Beautiful Homes.”

Contact Ken Elliott at historicsternbergmansion@yahoo.com

How to help

You can help save the Sternberg Mansion, a historic Queen Anne home and the last still standing of 10 homes voted in 1887 as Wichita’s most beautiful.

The issues facing restorers are serious. Three areas of the foundation have collapsed; one chimney column collapsed into the basement. The mansion needs work just to keep it standing. Further work also is needed on dry rot, water drainage, the porch and more.

Once restored the mansion would be open to the public.

For information about the restoration and how you can help go to www.

SaveTheSternberg.org.

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This photo was taken in 1976 at the grand re-opening of the Sternberg mansion shortly after the City of Wichita renovated the exterior.

Nation ages, but 7 states become younger

The median age declined in seven states between 2012 and 2013, including five in the Great Plains, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates recently released.

In contrast, the median age for the U.S. as a whole ticked up from 37.5 years to 37.6 years.

These estimates examine population

changes between April 1, 2010, and July 1, 2013.

“We’re seeing the demographic impact of two booms,” Census Bureau Director John Thompson said. “The population in the Great Plains energy boom states is becoming younger as more male workers move in seeking employment in the oil and gas industry,

while the U.S. as a whole continues to age as the youngest of the baby boom generation enters their 50s.”

The largest decline in the nation was 0.6 years in North Dakota. The median age in four other Great Plains states — Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota and Oklahoma — plus Alaska and Hawaii also dropped.

The nation as a whole grew older as the oldest baby boomers became seniors.

The nation’s 65-and-older population surged to 44.7 million in 2013, up 3.6 percent from 2012. By comparison, the population younger than 65 grew by only 0.3 percent.

There was a more than 42-year difference in the median ages of the county with the highest median age — Sumter, Fla., at 65.5 — and the county with the youngest median age — Madison, Idaho, at 23.1.

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Triple-arch stone bridge is one-of-a-kind

By Bob Rives If you ever liked hunting treasures, looking for the stone bridges of Cowley County may be your kind of day trip.

With a design perfected centuries ago by Roman engineers, these bridges look as if they’ve been plucked from Tuscany or rural England, then set in south central Kansas, The oldest – and the only triplearch bridge in the country – spans Grouse Creek. It’s listed on the National Register of Historic Structures. It was built in 1890 for $3,350.

Contractors Walter Sharp and J.F. Davis built all the bridges; most have one arch, a few have two. The closest to Wichita, a single-arch bridge, is three miles southeast of Udall.

Cowley is a 1,200-square-mile county where rock quarries long have been a major business and where, on the east side, the Flint Hills begin.

Eighteen arched bridges made of local limestone blocks are scattered throughout the county, according to Debra Clifford, of the Cowley

County Public Works Department.

That the ancient design still works is proved by the fact that almost all have survived. About 20 years ago one north of Dexter was washed out by a flood; another, the Elrod Bridge off Cowley route 9, still stands but is closed to traffic. The others have load limit signs, but still support the farm and other vehicles that rely on them.

Finding the bridges is a sort of scavenger hunt. All are on unpaved country roads, generally in wooded valleys. But with road names or numbers at every intersection and the aid of a map complied by the county’s engineers, most are readily found. The map is available online, or from the Winfield Convention and Tourism Bureau, 877-729-7440.

There is a problem with the maps, however. The very small type size makes the telephone directory type look like headlines. If your eyesight is less than perfect, take a magnifier.

Driving over the bridges and a stop for a closer look makes the trip worthwhile. Some are harder to view because the roads narrow right-ofway forces the viewer to trespass on

Other daytrip sights

Bridges are not the only sights worth seeing on a daytrip to Cowley County. Here are a few: Fred Clarke Grave: If you’re a baseball fan, you can pay homage to the best baseball player ever to come from south-central Kansas. Clarke played and managed in the National league for 21 years and helped start the World Series, playing and managing the first one. He is in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, and the Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame in Wichita.

He’s buried in the Catholic cemetery in the 1200 block of East 12th Street in Winfield.

Caton Homes: Nationally known architect Bill Caton practiced for more than 40 years in Winfield and left a legacy of interesting homes, mostly in the southeast part of town

not far from the Clarke grave. Pick up a map at the Winfield Visitors Bureau.

Cowley State Lake: The 84-acre lake is 13 miles east of Arkansas City on US 166. Its 20-foot waterfall, one of the prettiest in Kansas, is near a small parking lot at the west end of the lake a quarter mile south of the highway.

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The Stewart single-arch bridge is one of 18 stone bridges in Cowley County.

private land.

Four of the bridges have wider public access: Badger Creek just east of Winfield; the Andes five miles farther east; and the Neer and the Fox which sit almost end to end north of Cambridge.

Most of the bridges are in scenic spots; driving over the unpaved roads

and seeing the countryside makes a pleasant trip. On our visit, we saw seven bridges, drove 153 miles from our house in Wichita and had a leisurely lunch in Winfield.

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Arts Briefs WCT stages farce Wichita Community Theatre will stage Fox On the Fairway through Aug. 10.

It focuses on Bingham, president of Quail Valley Country Club, and the upcoming match with opposing country club, Crouching Squirrel.

Bingman’s excellent golfer has switched to the opposing club, his replacement golfer breaks his arm and Bingman is likely to lose the large bet he has on the results.

Performances are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets are $14 and $12 for

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Chaplin Nature Center: The 230acre wilderness is crossed with hiking trails up and down steep bluffs and across riverside prairies. It is home to deer, predators and, in the winter, large numbers of Bald Eagles. The visitors’ center is open from 9 a.m.5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. It is three miles west of Arkansas City on US 166 and two and a quarter miles north on 31st Road.

Dexter: This small town is best known for Henry Candy Co., now 50 years old. Visitors can see candy made, taste it and buy it. It’s on the north edge of town. To be sure you’re there when they’re turning out chocolate call 620- 876-5423.

Dexter, which was named for a New York racehorse, also is where helium first was found in natural gas. The element eventually became useful for

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with Exline and repeated at 8.

Tickets are $15 and can be purchased in advance or at the door.

the museum lawn under the stars.

Admission is $10 at the door; free for members.

Dudegrass, a Tallgrass Film Festival event featuring cult classic The Big Lebowski, is 5 to 9 p.m. Aug. 16 at Northrock Lanes, 3232 N. Rock Rd. The evening features Peter Exline, the inspiration for Walter in the film; unlimited bowling and shoe rental; live music by DJ Carbon and J Skratch; a costume contest; food specials from AJ’s Sports Grill; and more.

Doors open at 5. The movie will be shown at 5:15, followed by a Q&A

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inflating blimps and for cooling in the nuclear industry. But residents were disappointed when it was first discovered because its meant gas from the town’s new well wouldn’t burn.

Cherokee Strip Land Rush Museum: Sitting on the original Cherokee Strip just south of Arkansas City, the museum tells the story of the last great land rush into what is now Oklahoma. In 1893 thousands of settlers started there to race south to claim free land, an event supervised

by Gen. Arthur MacArthur, whose son, Douglas, gained fame during World War II as US commander in the Pacific.

Winf ield City Lake: It is six miles east of US 77 on 82nd Street north

of Winfield. The 110-year-old Floral stone-arch bridge is a mile west of the lake’s dam.

military, seniors and students. Call for reservations, 686-1282.

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See the Wichita Art Museum in a whole new light — night light — from 8 to 10 p.m. Aug. 22.

This evening will bring activities both inside and outside of the museum, including screening of the 1902 French silent film A Trip to the Moon by George Mélies and a chance to explore the exhibition Night: Works on Paper from the Amon Carter Museum of American Art.Explore the museum galleries by flashlight and play neon Bocci ball on

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You want to do WHAT to a goat?

By Ted Blankenship In the four years I spent in San Antonio and over the years we visited Dorothy’s relatives in South Texas, I developed a taste for cabrito. We Yankees call it young goat.

I’m certain most of you are saying, “Gugghh.” I’m not sure of that spelling because it’s a word I haven’t seen before. But I know what you mean: “Young goat? Really?”

It’s readily available in South Texas (the Rio Grande Valley) and in Mexico. It’s eaten in Spain and in many African countries. It’s barbecued over hot coals or baked. Either way, it’s good. Its taste is somewhere between lamb and veal.

I have introduced this meat to Kansas’ friends and relatives with spotty results. I’ve found that it works best when you don’t tell them what it is.

Comments usually are something like, “What is this stuff ?” or “What did you do to the meat?”

The first time we served it we lived on North Fountain in Wichita.

My neighbor Ernie and I decided it would be great fun to barbecue some cabrito.

Ernie assumed that cabrito was just goat meat. We checked around and couldn’t find any “ranchers” who

wrangled goats. Some of them wanted to know what we were going to do with a goat.

“We’re going to eat it,” I said.

The rancher usually put his pickup in gear and spun the wheels to get as far away as possible in the shortest amount of time.

Ernie called his brother who worked for a meat processing plant in Kansas City. He knew of some farmers and ranchers who might know where to find two goats. He found two and had them processed. Early on the morning of the barbecue I heard what sounded like all the neighborhood dogs chasing a mailman.

Ernie’s sons were carrying two of the biggest goats I have ever seen.

They were roughly the size of a Rottweiler mixed with a Great Dane. At least three dogs were jumping up and barking and nipping at what they hoped would be their share of goat meat.

We shooed them away, and I attacked the goats with a hatchet to carve out sections small enough to fit over the fire we had built.

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chicken wire we had stretched over the coals, it started to rain. We put a tarp over the fire and smoked ourselves along with the goats. It was a little tough and stringy and we were all red eyed, but it was worth it.

We told people what it was AFTER they ate it.

Several years later I talked another neighbor into doing a goat roast.

This time it was at Mike’s place north of Rose Hill. Luckily, he had not heard of our roast in Wichita nor had he heard of eating goat meat.

Mike has lived in the Rose Hill area all his life and he knew where we could get a goat. We would barbecue it for a summer picnic.

We set up a pit of cement blocks and put chicken wire over the top.

Things were going well after having started the fires at dawn. Mike and I stood over the goat and dabbed it with sauce from time to time and kept two fires going, one for the coals and the other for the goat.

It was tedious work but the

results would be worth it, I assured Mike.

About 4 p.m. the goat was done and we went to the house to see if people were ready to eat and if the deviled eggs and other stuff were ready.

We went to retrieve the goat just as the family dog ran off with it. We chased him around the fish pond, through the timber south of the house and down the driveway.

As we ran, we looked furtively over our shoulders to see if anyone in the house was watching. The dog was not going to give up a freshly barbecued piece of meat easily.

Mike is more agile than I but hardly a match for a hungry dog.

Yet fortune smiled upon us. Mike managed to grab the tip of the dog’s tail and held on. The goat was ours.

We didn’t tell the others they were eating goat — and we didn’t tell them the dog had sampled it first.

Contact Ted Blankenship at tblankenship@cox.net

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We looked more like longhaired, folk singin’ college kids in K-mart suits, which was exactly what we were.

Eventually, they began to deplane and milled about waiting for Elvis.

The king toured with a number of the so-called Memphis Mafia and his TCB backup band. A cigar chomping Col. Tom Parker was there, along with the famous Stamps Quartet backup singers.

The crowd behind the fence cheered as Elvis appeared in the plane’s doorway. He looked heavy and tired, but still struck an imposing figure with his trademark mane of coal black hair and shades. He was wearing his version of hip street clothes and waved to no one in particular as he slowly walked down the steps.

Just before Elvis reached my limo the road manager called out to me: “Yo, Bill. Security wants Elvis to ride in one of the white cars.” So, with some disappointment, I directed Elvis to a white limo instead of my black one. Moments later we rolled out and headed to the downtown Ramada Inn. At the hotel, the entourage went to their dedicated floor. The road manager instructed us to return at precisely 6:45 p.m. When we came back, we weren’t quite prepared for the mob of excited fans that had gathered.

“OK guys, listen up,” the road manager said. “At exactly 7 p.m. you will see the musicians and backup

singers rushing toward the lobby.

Jump in your cars and keep the motors running while we load. The lead car will drive around to the back and pick up Elvis at the emergency exit door.”

We agreed my boss, Darrel, would drive the king to the show at WSU’s Henry Levitt Arena. We were instructed to drive in tight formation, and there would be a security guard in each front seat.

Precisely at 7 all heck seemed to break loose. We heard a commotion and saw the cadre of musicians, singers and assorted Memphis Mafia guys running down the hall as fast as their middle-aged legs would carry them.

Some of them were yelling, “Go! Go! Go!” The lead limo disappeared around the building, and the rest piled into the remaining cars. Moments later Darrel’s car reappeared with Elvis and company.

I fell in behind with a carload of musicians. We caught the light and away we went.

The trip was a blur as we “flew low” toward the arena. My hands were frozen to the wheel; I was well aware that arguably the most famous entertainer in the world was no more than a few car lengths ahead. I felt a great sense of relief when we arrived.

The cars rolled to a stop as the giant arena garage door closed behind us. I flipped open the back doors of my limo and scurried over just in time to open the door for Elvis. The performers were shuttled off to the dressing rooms.

“OK guys, gather around and listen up” the road manager said.

Active aging Each of us was assigned a place to stand during the show. I was stationed near the top of the stairs that Elvis would ascend as he took the stage. The manager told us, “It is absolutely imperative that when you hear the first notes of I Can’t Help Falling in Love you quickly go to your cars, start the motors and stay there no matter what happens.”

The arena was packed; a blue haze of cigarette smoke wafted up to the rafters. The crowd was decidedly older and more female than I was used to seeing at big shows.

As the minutes ticked by the din of the crowd rose in anticipation, rising to a roar as the musicians strapped on instruments and the singers lined up on the darkened stage. As the stage lights rose and the first notes of 2001 - Also Sprach Zarathustra swelled, it felt as if the roof would fly off.

The screaming suddenly rose exponentially as Elvis himself started climbing the stairs to the stage. By the time he grabbed the mic and swung into the first notes of See See Rider, mayhem ruled. For the next

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hour plus the audience was treated to a show of consummate 1970s kitsch, punctuated with flashes of the old Elvis brilliance.

He was wearing an elaborate white jumpsuit with a tiger pattern, and he paced the stage much as a real tiger would have. Throughout the show he threw scarves into the crowd, creating a feeding frenzy up front. The set list consisted of old favorites along with less famous cover tunes.

After about an hour the band struck up the ‘60s pop song, Polk Salad Annie. The crowd swooned and, as the tune ended, the unmistakable arpeggios of I Can’t Help Falling in Love lit the place up.

We were off like a shot to the limos. As Elvis hit the last note, the spotlight dimmed and he dashed down the back stairs and right into the lead limo. The band and backup singers vamped on an extended “outro” as the crowd roared for more.

By the time the announcer proclaimed, “Ladies and Gentlemen, See next page

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Elvis has left the building,� he was several blocks away, speeding toward the airport.

The half-hour trip was uneventful, and the limos met up back on the tarmac. By the time my car arrived Elvis had already disappeared into the suite in the back part of the Big Bunny jet. As the plane was readied for takeoff we lugged the carryon bags up into the cabin.

The glitzy interior of the plane was 1970s chic, but looked more like a dorm room with clothes and magazines strewn about the cabin area. With little fanfare we were paid and sent on our way.

Elvis had left his white sweat towel in the lead car. I stuck my backstage pass on the towel and put it in my desk drawer as a reminder of our night with the king of rock and roll.

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Celebration

Betty Jane (Wooten) Qualls will celebrate her 90th birthday Aug. 1. She was born in Salt Fork, Okla., in 1924 and moved to Wichita in 1942. She has been an Avon saleswoman for 40 years.

Betty Jane worked at Miro-Flex Co. for 29 years and Hallum Tooling Co. for 16 years. She is a lifetime member of the VFW Auxilary #112. Her Betty Jane Qualls nicknames include Miss Betty, Grandma Betty, the lip balm lady and the Avon lady.

She was diagnosed with cervical cancer in the 1960s, and with breast cancer in 2008. The surgery and cancer treatments were difficult, but this month she will celebrate six years in remission from breast cancer. She has donated lip

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balms for 23 years to the Komen Race for the Cure.

Other charity work includes Avon Cancer Foundation, American Cancer Relays, Grant for African Kansas Women Support Group and Women’s Wellness Support Group.

She has one daughter, Annette Topolinski; two grandchildren and three

great-grandchildren.

Friends are invited to a birthday celebration from 1 to 4 p.m. Aug. 3 at Bethany Methodist Church, 1601 S. Main. She requests that you consider honoring her through a donation to Victory of the Valley, 3755 E. Douglas, Wichita, KS 67218

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Calendar of Events Sedgwick County Senior Centers

BEL AIRE 7651 E Central Park Ave 744-2451, ext 121 www.belaireks.org/seniors.htm

Mon: 10 am Men’s fellowship, coffee.

Mon & Wed: 6 pm Yoga, Rec Center.

Tue: 1 pm Bridge.

Wed: 9 am Low-impact aerobics, Rec Center.

Fri: 9 am Breakfast at Braum’s.

Mon-Fri: 8 am Bel Aire Walkers, Rec Center.

1st Mon: 6 pm Potluck & program.

1st Tue: 8:30 am Breakfast out.

2nd Mon: Lunch & field trip, call for details.

4th Mon: 6 pm Covered dish, program, meeting, Rec Center.

4th Wed: 7 pm Bunko.

BENTLEY/EAGLE 504 W Sterling, 796-0027

Open Mon-Fri: Coffee, cookies, exercise.

Mon 2 pm Line dancing, chair exercise Wed: 1:30 pm Canasta Saturday 8-9:30 am Breakfast, donation 2nd Fri: 11 am Senior Lunch Out. 3rd Tue: 7 pm game night, bring snack.

3rd Fri: noon XYZ potluck, program.

4th Sat: 7 pm Movie Night.

CHENEY 516 Main, 542-3721

Mon-Fri: 10:30 am GNNP meal, reservations required; 12:15 pm Cards, games.

Mon, Wed, Fri: 10-11 am Exercise program.

1st Tue: 6 pm Potluck dinner.

2nd, 3rd, 4th Tue: 7 pm Cards, games.

CLEARWATER 921 E Janet, 584-2332

Mon: 10 am-noon Blood pressure check.

1 pm Painting, beginning to advanced Tue, Fri: 8:45 am Tai Chi; 10 am Exercise class.

Wed: 8 am-noon Coffee time.

Fri: 2 pm Knitting class.

2nd Tue: noon Carry-in lunch.

1st Sat: 7-9 pm Country jam session.

3rd Sat: 7-10 am Biscuits/gravy breakfast.

DERBY 611 N Mulberry Rd, 788-0223 www.derbyweb.com/departments/ senior-center.cfm

Exercise programs at low or no cost.

Aug 6: 1-3pm Woodcarving class. Equipment provided; blanks sold for a fee. Every Wed. Aug 11: 11 am Just Lunch, mystery location, $3 plus lunch. Depart from library.

Aug 12: 10 am 10 Tips for a Healthy Heart, blood pressure checks, healthy snacks Aug 14: 9:30 am Shoes, Shoes, Those Magical Shoes. Create your own pair; details at the desk.

Aug 28: 5 pm Dinner & entertainment by vocalist Jeb Beck. Catered meal, $3

DOWNTOWN 200 S. Walnut, 267-0197 www.seniorservicesofwichita.org

Regular activities: Exercise classes, Pickleball, computer classes; foot care.

Aug 5: 2 pm Hip Hikers Aug 11: 10 am Common causes of dizziness, vertigo, lightheadedness.

Aug 12 5:30-7 pm Adventures in Writing: essays, memiors, poetry, fiction.

Aug 19: 10:30 am Protect your memory with mental stimulation. Speech therapist offers tips to give your brain a workout.

Every Mon: 1 pm Beading Buddies Every Tues & Thu: 1 pm Pool tournament Every Wed: 9 am Spanish class; 10 am Madison’s Dance

EDGEMOOR 5815 E 9th, 688-9392

Mon-Fri: 11:30 am GNNP lunch, reservation required; 10-11 am Pool, cards, bingo, dominoes, puzzles.

GARDEN PLAIN 1006 N Main, 535-1155

Tue, Thu: 9:30 am Exercise.

Fri: 1 pm Cards.

1st Fri: noon Potluck, cards.

3rd Fri: noon Birthday/anniversary.

GODDARD 120 N Main, 794-2441

Mon, Wed, Fri: 9-9:30 am Exercise.

1st & 4th Tue: 9:30 am-noon Cards.

2nd & 4th Thu: 10 am-4 pm Covered dish, cards, dominoes.

Let’s Go

Cherokee Maidens will perform at the Ulrich Musuem’s Art for Your Ears, 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, on WSU’s McKnight Plaza, west of the museum. Enjoy the harmonies of Robin Macy, Monica Taylor and Jennifer Petterson performing traditional style western swing, jazz and original tunes. Bring your lawn chair, refreshments provided.

Stomp and Holler outdoor concert at Old Cowtown Museum, 8 pm, Sat., Aug. 9. Featuring Possum Posse. Tickets at wichitatix.com or 350-3323.

Butler Co Old Schools Reunion, Augusta Sr. Center, 640 Osage, 10 am-2 pm, Sun, Aug 10. Bring covered dish, drink and table service. Info, Lynda Gilder, 524-3311.

Medicare Options Workshop, Sedgwick Co Extension, 5:30 pm, Tues, Aug. 19. Participants receive a notebook to help get started with Medicare coverage. Notebooks e-mailed free; $3 charge for printed book at event. Reservations encouraged, call Mon, Wed, Fri, 660-01007.

Walk to End Alzheimer’s-Wichita.

WaterWalk Place. Sept. 13 - 8:30 am registration; 10 am walk. Recruit a team or walk as an individual. Raise $125 for a t-shirt. Sign up at alz.org/ walk.

Share our Culture, Mid-America All-Indian Center, 650 N. Seneca, Wichita.

7-9 pm, 2nd & 4th Wed. Discussion of different aspects and traditions of American Indian culture.

HAYSVILLE 160 E Karla, 529-5903

Regular activities: Cards, crafts, GNNP lunch.

Mon, Wed, Fri: 10 am Silver Foxes exercise.

Tue, Thu: 10 am STEP exercise.

1st & 3rd Wed: 11 am Blood pressure checks.

2nd & 4th Wed: 12:30 pm Crafts.

3rd Wed: 12:30 pm Bingo.

2nd Fri: 5:30 pm Birthday dinner, covered dish, bingo.

KECHI Kechi City Building, 744-017, 7441271

Fri: 9 am Breakfast at Braum’s.

LA FAMILIA 841 W 21st, 267-1700

Mon-Fri: Dance, exercise, pool, dominoes, 11:30 am-12:15 pm Hot lunch.

Mon, Wed, Fri: 10 am Exercise/Ejercicio.

Tue, Thu: 1 pm Exercise/Ejercicio.

Mon: 10 am English Class/Clase de Ingles; 1 pm Line dancing Tue: 10 am Nutrition class/Clase de nutricion.

Thu: 10 am Bingo/loteria.

Last Fri: 10 am Music/musica; monthly birthdays.

LINWOOD 1901 S. Kansas, 263-3703 www.seniorservicesofwichita.org

Regular activities: Cards and games, exercise programs, GNNP lunch.

Aug 8: 10:15 am Medication management Aug 13, 20 & 27: 9 am & 10 am Beginning computer classes.

Aug 20: 10:30 am Birthday party Every Tue: 10:30 am Bingo. Bring prize worth at least $1.

Mon: 9 am TOPS; 10:15 am Tai Chi. Mon & Fri: 9 am Dynabands; 9:30 am Strength training.

Tue: 9 am Brain games; 9:30 am Fitness & balance; 10:30 am Bingo.

Tue & Thu: 9 am Pickleball; 12:15 pm WSU Well-Rep combo exercise program.

Wed: 9 am Arthritis exercise; Noon Movie, popcorn.

MCADAMS GOLDEN AGE 1329 E 16th, 990-8921

Regular activities: Open gym, walking, GNNP lunches, dominoes, cards, pool.

Sun: 1-3 pm Quilting.

Tue: 10:30-11:30 am Gospel Sing.

Sat: noon-6 pm Classes: flower arrangement, sewing, jewelry making.

2nd & 4th Tue:10 am-noon Blood pressure checks.

MT HOPE 105 S Ohio, 667-8956

Aug 14 2 pm Rite Bite Diabetic Cooking Class: “Ways to Sweeten Without Sugar.”

Mon: 7-10 am Coffee, donuts; 11:30 am-12:30 pm Lunch; 1-4 pm Cards.

Tue, Wed, Fri: 9 am Exercise class.

Tue, Wed: 10 am-3 pm Crafts, quilting.

Thu: 9:30-10:30 am Line Dancing.

1st Fri: Noon Sr Citizens’ lunch.

MULVANE 632 E Mulvane, 777-4813

Daily: 7:30-9 am Walk-in gym, coffee; GNNP lunch; computers, dominoes, puzzles, pool, book loan.

Mon, Wed, Fri: 9:30 am Yoga.

Tue & Thu: 9:30 am Zumba.

2nd Tue: 7:30-9:30 am Breakfast, $3.

2nd Wed: 11:30 am Blood pressure checks.

3rd Wed: Noon-1 pm Blood pressure checks.

NORTHEAST 2121 E 21st, 269-4444 www.seniorservicesofwichita.org

Daily: Dominoes, cards, Wii, pool, GNNP lunch. Library, exercise room, computer lab.

Keep cool with movie matinees in Aug. Call for dates, times & titles. $1, popcorn, punch.

Aug 8: 11:45 am Health topic: Dizziness, vertigo & lightheadedness Aug 19 1 pm Eat Healthy, Be Happy with Sedg Co. Extension Aug 21: 11:45 am Health topic: Neck & shoulder pain.

Mon, Wed, Fri: 9:30 am WSU exercise.

Tue: 10 am Beginner’s crochet – new class Tue, Thu: 1 pm Spanish class.

Fri: 10 am Crochet class.

1 pm Bridge.

1st Tues: 11 am Blood pressure check.

OAKLAWN 2937 Oaklawn Dr, 524-7545

Aug 2: 8-10 am Breakfast fundraiser.

Aug 6 & 20: 1:30 pm Movie Day. Aug 14: 12:30 pm Bingo; 5 pm Red Hatters Fundraiser, Picnic dinner $3.50 Aug 16: noon, free lunch Aug 26: 12:30 pm depart center for Movie Time.

Aug 28: 12:30 pm Bingo, sponsored by community Every Mon: 9:30-11 am Joke-R-Xise, bagels, orange juice served; 1-3 pm Matter of Balance Every Tue: 7 pm Bible study.

Every Wed: 8:30 am Sweets & coffee, Panera Bread.

Every Thu: 9:30 am-4 pm Simple sewing.

Every Fri: 12:30-4 pm Cards; 5 pm Potluck & cards.

ORCHARD PARK 4808 W 9th, 942-2293

Regular activities: Exercise programs, cards, pool, GNNP lunch. Calendar: www.seniorservicesofwichita.org.

Aug 11: 11:15 am Unusual medicines for pain relief, Hart Pharmacy Aug 12: 11:30 am Lunch Out: Wichita Fish Company, 1601 E. Douglas.

Aug 15: 11:30 am Birthday celebration Aug 18: 11:15 am Hospice services, AsperaCare Aug 26: 8:30 am Breakfast Out, Jimmy’s Egg, 220 S. West St. Every Fri: 7-9 pm Golden Age Club Dance.

First Fri: 2:15 p.m. Book discussion group.

PARK CITY 6100 N Hydraulic, 744-1199

Regular activities: Cards, exercise, pool, GNNP lunch. Call for details.

Aug 27: 10:15 am Rite Bite Diabetic Cooking Class: “Ways to Sweeten Without Sugar.”

Mon: 6 pm Pitch.

Wed: 2:30 pm Line Dance.

Tue & Thu: 10 am Chair exercise 1st Wed: 10:30 am Chisholm Trail Seniors catered lunch, meeting, program.

3rd Tue: 8 am Breakfast out, call for location.

3rd Thu: 1 pm Bingo.

3rd Fri: 6 pm Fun, food, games.

VALLEY CENTER 316 E. Clay, 755-7335

Regular activities: Home-cooked meals, monthly outings including casino trip, exercise programs.

Mon: Donuts, coffee. Cards Tue: 10 am Brunch, $4, movie & cards; 6:30 pm Pitch, bring snack to share.

Wed: 9 am Meet at Methodist Church.

Thu: noon Lunch, $5. Games.

Fri: noon Lunch, $4.

3rd Thu: Birthday celebration.

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Butler County Senior Centers ANDOVER 410 Lioba Dr, 733-4441 www.andoverks.com

Regular activities: exercise classes, bridge, Pinochle, pool table, dominoes. Lunch 11:30 am-12:30 pm (reservation required), $3.

Tue & Thu: 9:30 am Walk A Mile; 10 am Blood pressure check.

Wed: 12:30-3:30 pm Stitch & Chat.

Thu: 7-9 pm Pitch.

Fri: 9 am Balance class; 3 pm Wii time.

1st Mon & 4th Thu: 6:30 pm Quilt Guild.

4th Tue: 6:30 pm Alzheimer’s support group.

3rd Thu: 1 pm Baking.

1st, 2nd & 4th Fri: 12:45 pm Bingo.

3rd Fri: 11 am Covered dish, meeting & program.

AUGUSTA 640 Osage, 775-1189

Regular activities: line dance, exercise classes, cards, games, lunch (reservation required).

1st Wed: 9:30-11 am Blood pressure checks.

2nd Sat: 7-10 am Biscuits/gravy, $3.

3rd Tue: 7:30 am Casino trip.

1st, 3rd, 5th Wed: 7-10 pm Jam Session.

BENTON Lion’s Community Bldg, S Main St

2nd & 4th Tue: 9 am-4 pm, Cards, games, occasional program. Covered dish.

CASSODAY Cassoday Community Center

Tue: 10:30 am Round Table Tue & Thu: 10 am Strong Women Stay Young Exercise & Wii Fit. 1st Mon: 7 pm Game night.

3rd Mon: 6:30 pm Potluck & program; blood pressure checks.

Last Fri: 7 pm Bingo.

DOUGLASS 124 W 4th, 746-3227

Regular activities: exercise, quilting, cards, homecooked lunch, $4 (reservation required).

1st Mon: 6 pm Finger foods & cards.

3rd Mon: 6 pm Birthday/anniversary covered dish

supper, bring own service. Cards.

3rd Sat: 7:30-9:30 am Biscuits/gravy, scrambled eggs, $3.

EL DORADO 210 E 2nd, 321-0142

Regular activities: exercise, cards, home-cooked lunch, $2 RSVP 24 hrs in advance.

Mon, Fri: 10 am Aerobics.

Tue: 12:30-2 pm Bingo. 6:30 pm Prairie Port Singles.

Wed: 10 am Back in Balance.

2nd Thu: 11 am Blood pressure check; 6:30 pm Crazy Quilters.

LEON 112 S Main, 745-9200 or 742-9905

Regular activities: exercise, cards, home-cooked lunch (reservation required).

Mon: 10:30 am Bible study Tue & Thu: 1 pm Bridge Wed: 1 pm Pinochle 3rd Sun: 11am-1:30 pm, Home-cooked lunch, $7 adults, $3.50 children. 745-9200.

ROSE HILL 207 E Silknitter, 776-0170

Regular activities: Wii, pool table, shuffleboard, home-cooked lunch (reservation required).

Mon & Wed: 9 am Strong Women Stay Young E xercise.

Mon: 7 pm Pitch games.

Wed: 1 pm Bridge.

Fri: 7 pm Card game.

1st Fri: 11 am Meeting, covered dish.

3rd Fri: Noon Covered dish.

1st Sat: 7-10 am Scrambled eggs, biscuits/gravy.

TOWANDA 317 Main, 536-8999

Open 10:30 am-5 pm Mon, Wed & Fri Thu: 7 am Breakfast/coffee at Stearman Bar & Grill, Benton.

WHITEWATER Legion Hall,Whitewater

2nd & 4th Tue: noon Potluck, program.

Harvey County Senior Centers BURRTON 124 N Burrton, 620-463-3225

Tue, Fri: 9:30 am Exercises.

Fri: 1 pm Table games.

1st Mon: 6 pm Bunko.

2nd Thu: Noon Meal, table games.

4th Thu: 6 pm Dinner, program.

HALSTEAD 523 Poplar, 835-2283

Mon & Wed: Games after lunch.

Tue & Fri: 9 am Exercise.

2nd Thu: 7 pm Dine out/activity.

3rd Thu: 6 pm Potluck, meeting.

3rd Fri: 12:30 pm Movie in.

3rd Sun: 1:30 pm Movie out.

4th Thu: 7 pm Penny Bingo.

HESSTON Randall & Main, 620-327-5099 www.hesstonseniorcenter.com

Mon, Wed, Fri: 8 am Stretch bands.

Mon & Tue: 1:30 pm Pitch.

Tue: 8 am Coffee Hour; 9 am Films; 1:30 pm Pinochle.

Wed: 6:30 am Men’s Bible Study; 1 pm Bridge.

1st & 3rd Tue: 6 pm Singin’ Seniors.

3rd Wed: 11:30 am Health luncheon; noon, program. Reservations by previous Fri. 1st Thu: 7 pm Bridge.

1st & 3rd Thu: 7 pm Pitch.

1st & 3rd Fri: 1 pm Mexican Train dominoes.

1st Sat: 7:30-9 am Breakfast; 8:30 am hearing aid check; 9 am blood glucose check.

4th Mon: 5:30 pm gathering, 6 pm Pot luck dinner.

Program follows.

4th Tue: 8:30 am Blood pressure check.

NEWTON 122 E 6th, 283-2222 www.newtonseniorcenter.org

Aug 7: 7:30-9am Buscuits & gravy oatmeal, fresh fruit & coffee. Communnity Chat with Loni Jensen, Hutchinson Community College Aug 12: 6 pm Picnic potluck, bring dish for 6, table service. Program: Wrinkle Box Players. Aug 13: 9 am Day trip: Sedgwick Co. Zoo. Aug 19: 10:30 am Aging Well: Diabetes Academy presented by Sharon Penner.

Mon: 10-11 am Blood pressure check; 7-9:30 pm Square Dance.

Tue: 1 pm Crafts 7 pm Round Dance.

Wed: 1 pm Pinochle/cards; 4:15 pm Line Dance.

Thu: 1 pm Wii bowling.

Mon, Wed, Fri: 9:30 am Arthritis exercise.

Wed & Fri: 10:30 am Learn-A-Game.

2nd & 4th Thu: 10:30 am Bingo.

1st & 3rd Fri: 6 pm Game night.

SEDGWICK 107 W. Fifth, 772-0393

Mon: 1 pm games.

Tue: 7-8:30 am Breakfast.

Wed: 9-11 am Quilting.

Mon, Wed, Fri: 9 am Exercise.

1st Fri: 7 pm Birthday party.

2nd Thu: noon Carry-in dinner, mtg.

3rd Thu: 5 pm Dinner Night Out. 2nd Fri: 7 pm Pitch party.

Last Thu: 7 pm Movie.

Senior Wednesdays Every Wed – Free or nomimal admission. www.seniorwednesday.org.

Aug 6 – Wichita Art Museum, 10 am, Exhibition Highlights with curator Lisa Volpe.

Night: Works on Paper from the Amon Carter Museum of American Art and White Symphonies and Red Flowers: The Color Abstraction of Natvar Bhavsar.$2. Water Center, 1:30 pm, 101 E Pawnee, Grease: Stories about the dark side of grease and the work to keep greace in its place.

Aug 13 – Sedgwick County Zoo, 10 am, Aging Animals. Aches, pains and arthritis aren’t just human afflications. See how we help aging animals cope. Wichita Public Library, Central Branch, 1:30 pm, Ste-

reographs: Early Phototgraphy in 3D. Learn about the library’s sizeable collection of stereographs and how the viewers bring photos to life.

Aug 20 – Ulrich Museum of Art, 10 am, -TBA Kansas African American Museum, 1:30 pm, Unsung Heroes and Heroines of the Civil Unrest During Freedom Summer.

Aug 27 - Wichita-Sedgwick Co Historical Museum, 10 am, Mourning in the Victorian Era. Carol Peterson will talk about Victorian mourning customs, $2. Exploration Place, 1:30 pm, Parasite Party. Investigate the world of parasites with Dr. Patrick Ross of Southwestern College.

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Clubs and Organizations

AARP 2614, Country Cafe, 2804 S. Seneca, 3rd Wed: 11 am, mtg/ program, 440-6931.

African Violet Study Club, Botanica, 3rd Fri:1 pm.

Visitors welcome.

After 5 Christian Women, Rolling Hills Country Club, 223 Westlink. 4th Thu: 6:30-8 pm, $15.

RSVP, 529-3472 Air Capital Active People, Grace Presbyterian Church, 5002 E Douglas, 3rd Sat: 11 am-1 pm.

Program/mtg/lunch, 943-6123.

Air Capital Chorus, Scottish Rite Temple, 332 E First, every Tue: 7 pm, Singers welcome, 776-2121.

American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Immanuel Lutheran Church, 909 S Market. Research Library, 1:30 pm 2nd Fri. Info 634-0353.

American Sewing Guild, Extension Center, 21st & Ridge, 1st Tue: 1:30 or 7 pm.

Beech/Raytheon/Hawker Retirees, Golden Corral, 11006 E Kellogg, 2nd Fri:11:30 am Lunch.

942-7435. Breakfast Groups: last Wed: 7:30 am, True Lies Ranch Hand Cafe, 607 N Oil Hill Rd, El Dorado. 320-1367.

Boeing Retirees, The Learning Center, 150 Stewart, Haysville. 1st Tue:10 am, $7.25. RSVP by previous Mon, 524-5549.

Calvary Fellowship, 2525 N Rock Rd, 1st Thu: noon, covered dish/program, 683-3913.

China Painting, Flying saucers, 1st Thu: 9:30 am; Kracked Kup Klub, 3rd Thu: 9:30 am; Sunflower Club, 3rd Fri: 9:30 am. June 943-2878 or Lou 722-3047.

Church Women United, St Paul’s UMC, 1356 N Broadway, 1pm May 2, Friendship Day. Guests welcome.

Colwich Srs, 310 S 2nd. 1st, 2nd, 3rd Thu:1:30 pm social; Mon, Tue, Wed:1 pm cards.

Cowtown Social Club, Hotel at Old Cowtown Museum, 1865 Museum Blvd. Last Mon: 9:30 am Info 264-6687.

Daughters of Union Veteran’s of the Civil War, 3rd Mon, 1 pm, Grace Methodist Church, 944 S Topeka. Pat, 636-9454.

East Wichita Christian Women, Wichita Country Club, 8501 E 13th St. 4th Thu–11:30 am. $14, RSVP 682-1495 Fleet Reserve Assoc & Ladies Aux, Good Shepherd Lutheran, 1451 E 47th S, 2nd Thu: 6 pm, 788-4549.

Friendship Club, 1900 McCormick, 2nd Fri:10:30 am-noon. Covered dish/program, 264-8133.

Friendship Force of Kansas, Gloria Dei Lutheran, 1101 N River Blvd. Meets quarterly. Susan Harrington, 775-3072; Jan Blick, 620-6650-6506.

Golden Age Clubs, Wichita Parks & Recreation program: Goldenrod, 1340 S Pattie, every Wed: 10 am, 337-9244; Evergreen, 2700 N Woodland, Every Mon: 10:30 am-noon, 303-8036; Linwood, 1901 S Kansas, Every Tue: 9 am-3 pm, 337-9191; McAdams, 1329 E 16th, Every Tue: 12:30-2 pm, 337-9222; Minisa, 704 W 13th, Every Thur: 9 am-1 pm, 303-8036; Orchard, 4808 W 9th, Every Thu: 9 am-12:30 pm, 337-9244; Osage, meets at Linwood, every Mon: 9 am-3:30 pm, 337-9191.

Grace Presbyterian-Best Years, 5002 E Douglas, 1st Thu: 10 am Fellowship, festivities; 11 am program; noon, lunch, $7. Reservations by previous Mon, Linda, 684-5215.

Haysville Genealogy Group, Community Library, lower level, 2nd Sat (1st Sat in Aug): 2 pm meeting.

Bev Miller, 529-4285.

IAM District Lodge 70 Retirees, 3830 S Meridian.

Last Thu: noon lunch; 1 pm program, 522-1591.

Inventors Assoc. of South-Central Kansas, NCAT/WATC, 4004 N Webb Rd. 4th Mon: 6:30 pm. John, 393-5553.

J.O.Y. (Just Older Youth), 2151 W Dora, 50 & older, every Thu:10 am-1pm companionship, special programs, bingo, covered dish 50¢ & flower donations; 4th Thu: birthdays/anniversaries. 264-0571.

Kansas Art Guild, Wichita Center for the Arts, 9112 E Central, 1st Tue: 1 pm Demonstration or lecture. 943-4747.

Kansas Authors Club, District 5, program, meeting, 2nd Sat, nine months a year. Location varies. Susan 316-688-0905 or www.kansasauthors.org

Kansas Knife Collectors, 3219 W Central, 1st Thu: 7 pm. Bill Davis, 838-0540.

Kansas Gas Service Retirees, Spears, 4323 W Maple, Last Fri: Noon, Meeting, 944-8773.

Keenagers, Pleasantview Baptist Church, 1335 N Buckner, Derby, 3rd Thu: noon, covered dish, meat furnished and entertainment.

Keystone High Twelve, Kansas Masonic Home, 402 E Martinson, every Mon:11:30 am, fellowship, lunch, program. Jim Pipkin, 721-5568.

Knife & Fork Club, Bank of America Bldg, 100 N Broadway, 9th Floor. One Mon per month, dinner, speaker, 832-0517.

Korean Veterans, American Legion Post 401, 101 E 31st S, 2nd Wed: 11 am. Howard Runft, 265-3414.

Life Ventures, education/enrichment classes, lunch, day trips, socials. Adventures in Learning, Tuesdays, three 8-week sessions annually. Call for dates. Fee. Stacy Jansson, 682-0504.

Marine Corps League, American Legion Post 401, 101 E 31st S, 3rd Tue: 6:30 pm social; 7 pm mtg. Former Marines & FMF Corpsmen welcome. Tom Huxtable, 721-0307.

Melodears, rehearsal every Thu:10-11:30 am, St Paul UMC, 13th & Broadway. Edna, 945-9146.

Midwest Historical & Genealogical Society Library, 1203 N Main, 264-3611, open Tue & Sat, 9 am-4 pm.

Military Officers Association of America, one Sun a month at Rolling Hills CC. 11:30 am lunch, meeting, program. Info LeRoy, 788-4366 or Terry, 686-6174.

Military Order of the Purple Heart, American Legion Post 256, 4301 W. Pawnee, 1st Sat, 9 am.

Tom, 316-650-1328 or 316-558-8059.

Motivator Singles Group, Central Community Church, K-Chapel, 6100 W Maple, lunch or refreshments, monthly meeting, 1 pm. Cletus, 755-2003 or Nora, 943-9766.

NARFE (National Active & Retired Federal Employees), 3rd Wed odd-numbered months, 11 am-2 pm, Golden Corral West, 616 S. Ridge Needle Arts Guild of Wichita, College Hill UMC, 2930 E 1st, Every Thu: 10 am-3 pm. 207-2643.

Northeast Sr Citizen Club, 2121 E 21st, 1st & 3rd Wed 10:30 am, programs, trips, fellowship.

269-4444.

North Wichita Optimists, Spears, 4323 Maple, Every Wed: 7 am, breakfast, speaker.

Old Time Fiddlers, Pickers & Singers, 210 E 2nd, El Dorado Senior Center, 1st Sun: doors open at noon, music starts 1:30 pm. Meat, potatoes, veggies provided; bring salad or dessert to share, $3. 755-1060 Phyllis Wheatley Sr Fellowship, 1005 N Mathewson, 1st & 3rd Thu: 11:30 am-2 pm. 612-0944.

Postal Retirees & Former Postal Employees, Even months, 1st Wed: 9:30 am, Village Inn, 1685 S Rock Rd. Jan Cragun, 682-9674 or Jan Pickering, 683-0160.

Prairie Quilt Guild, Downtown Sr Center, 200 S Walnut, 2nd Tue: 1 & 7 pm.

Retired Teamsters Local #795, last Sun of month, 1pm, lunch/mtg. Location varies: Bill, 620-545-7451.

River City Decorative Artists, 3rd Tue: 6:30-9 pm.

Society of Decorative Painters, 393 N McLean Blvd. Dee 265-7644.

River City Ladies, 4th Tue: time, location varies.

Cards, outings, spring luncheon. Karen Holden, 264-3615.

Scandinavian Society of Wichita, 2nd Fri: 6:30 pm. www.scandinaviansocietywichita.org.

Sierra Club, Great Plains Nature Ctr, 6232 E 29th N, 2nd Fri: 6:30 pm, pizza, salad (bring service); program 7:30 pm. davidkirkbride@knea.org Silver Streak, 2110 W 45th, 2nd Tue: 10 am-2 pm, Mtg/dinner/entertainment, RSVP Velma Compton 201-6071.

Singles Dinner Night, Every Wed: 6:30 pm, location varies. Also other events. 942-5117 or www. wichitaareaevents.blogspot.com Single Seniors, Downtown Senior Center. Every Tue:10:30 am-noon, 2nd Tue: Eat Out. 3rd Tue: Games. Arlene, 524-8726.

Society of Military Widows, 1st Sat: 11:30 am, location varies. Marilyn, 990-7320.

Sons of Union Veteran’s of the Civil War, Last

Thu, 7 pm, DAV Clubhouse, 3011 S Geo Washington Blvd. Bill, 722-9387 Sr. Tennis League, year-round schedule. Ron 838-7833 or Andy 689-0522.

Sunflower Horseshoe, 922 N Santa Fe, League play, Tue: 6:30-9 pm; Thu:12:30-3 pm Monthly tourney, inside courts. Bill 683-9428 or James 264-2663.

Telephone Pioneers, Location varies, 2nd Thu: 11:30 am. Arnetta 265-7542.

TROW (The Retired Officers Wives) 3rd Fri. Location varies. Wives of all services. 788-8830.

Twentieth Century Club, 536 N Broadway. Every Tue: Luncheon, noon; program, 1:15 am. Guests welcome. Lunch, $9. RSVP, Marjorie Parsons, 316-722-1057.

Tyler Roadrunners, 571 S Tyler, 3rd Thu: noon.

Covered dish, 722-4511.

University Club, Bank of America Bldg, 9th floor, 100 N Broadway, one Thu a month: 6 pm dinner, speaker, 832-0517.

VFW Post 971, Newton, 3rd Mon: 7:30 pm, 1610 SE 3rd St. 316-283-1717.

West Heights UMC Adults Plus, 745 N Westlink, 3rd Tue:10:45 am-1 pm, program/covered dish.

RSVP 722-3805.

West Side Christian Senior Fellowship, 1819 W Douglas, 3rd Wed, lunch/fellowship, RSVP by previous Mon. 263-5269.

West Side UMC Golden Agers, 1313 W Lydia, 1st Fri: noon. Fellowship, covered dish, bring service. 264-6605.

West Wichita Christian Women, Rolling Hills CC, 223 Westlink, 4th Fri: 9:15-11:30 am, Cost $11.

RSVP 524-5967.

Wichita Amateur Radio (WARC), Salvation Army, 350 N Market. 7:30 pm meeting. See website for dates. www.warc1.org.

Wichita Association of Retired School Personnel, 2nd Fri of Feb, April, June, Aug, Oct & Dec. at Gloria Dei Lutheran, 1101 N River Blvd. Luncheon, program. Reservations, 721-3125.

Wichita Audubon Society, 3rd Tue: 7 pm, Great Plains Nature Ctr, 6232 E 29th. www.wichitaaudubon.com.

Wichita Coin Club, Downtown Sr Center, 200 E Walnut, 2nd Thu: 7 pm. camon@sbcglobal.net or 943-1832.

Wichita Genealogical Society, Alford Branch Library, 3447 S. Meridian. 3rd Sat: 1 pm. www. wichitagensoc.org Wichita Postcard Club, Alford Branch Library, 3447 S Meridian, 1st Sat: 2-4 pm. Kathy, 832-0811.

Wichita PrimeTimers, social organization for mature gay and bi-sexual males; 10-12 social activities monthly. Email ictprimetimers@aol. com or visit primetimersww.org/wichita.

August 2014

Area Agency on Aging

Butler Co Advisory Council, For date, location, 775-0500 or 1-800-279-3655.

Central Plains Area Agency on Aging Advisory Council, 3rd Wed—1:30 pm. For location, 660-7298.

Harvey Co Advisory Council, 2nd Thu—9 am. For location, 284-6880 or 1-800-7507993.

Sedgwick Co Dept on Aging Advisory Council, 2nd Wed—2 pm. For location, info 660-7298.

AARP Driver Safety Classes Eight hours of instruction. Certificate on completion for insurance discount. Class size limited; call for reservations. $15 for AARP members; $20 for non-members.

Downtown Sr Center, 200 S Walnut, 12:304:30 pm Aug 4-5. 267-0197 or 722-0634.

Via Christi Rehab Hospital,1151 N Rock Rd, 9 am-1 pm Aug 16 & 23. 689-5700.

Benton Community Center, 120 S. Main, 8 am-noon & 1-5 pm Aug 18. 316-6443017 Wesley Friends, 550 N Hillside, 8 am-5 pm Aug 22. 962-8400.

Via Christi Village, 1655 S Georgetown, 12:30-4:30 pm Aug 28-29, 685-0400.

Transportation Sedgwick County

American Red Cross, 219-4040. Free rides for 60+ for medical and dialysis appointments.

24-hour notice. Ambulatory. Donations accepted.

Sedgwick Co Transportation, 660-5150, long distance 1-800-367-7298, transportation or services info. 8 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri; closed most holidays. www.sedgwick-

county.org/aging.

Butler County Transit

Weekday transportation in El Dorado, Augusta and Andover. Rides to Wichita on Wed, Thu. Call for information; 48-hr notice required: Augusta, 775-0500; El Dorado, 322-4321; toll free, 1-800-279-3655. $10 pass for 25 rides available. Wheelchair accessible; escorts ride free.

Harvey County Interurban Transportation for medical appointments, shopping and recreational activities. Reservations or information: 316-284-6802 or 1-866-680-6802.

Applications for reduced fares for those 60+ or disabled who meet income guidelines.

Personal appointments including medical trips: Mon-Fri, 8 am-5 pm. Reservations, first call-first served, must be made 24 hours in advance. Vans are wheelchair accessible.

Round-trip fares: $8 in Newton (wheelchair only), $12 in Harvey County, $20 outside Harvey County. Wheelchair escorts ride free.

AVI Route: Tue, 8 am-4:30 pm. Transportation to Newton for Burrton, Sedgwick, Halstead, Hesston, Walton residents. $6.

Halstead: In-town transportation Mon-Fri, 9 am-3:30 pm. $1.

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August 2014

Active aging

Support Groups ALZHEIMER’S: Wichita – Downtown: Early Stage Support Group, 3rd Wed 2 pm, chapter office,1820 E. Douglas, 267-7333; Young Onset (under 65), 3rd Thu 6 pm, chapter office, 1820 E Douglas, 267-7333. Northeast: 1st Mon 10:30 am, Catholic Care Memory Care, 6550 E 45th N, 744-4120; 3rd Tue 6 pm, Clare Bridge, 9191 E 21st, 630-0788; 3rd Wed 3:30 pm Cypress Springs, 1859 N Webb Rd, 558-5775; 4th Thu 2 pm, Grace Presbyterian, 5002 E. Douglas, 6306138. 1st Fri 10:30 am, Larksfield Place Assisted Living, 2727 N Rock Rd, 858-3975; Northwest: 2nd Thu 3 pm Pathway Church, 2001 N Maize Rd, 722-7414; 2nd Tue 6:30 pm, Park West Plaza, 505 N Maize Rd, 729-4114; 3rd Fri 10 am, Regent Park, 10600 E 13th; 4th Thu 7 pm, St. Francis of Assisi Ministry House, 866 N Socora, 722-3773; 4th Thu 11 am, Oxford Grand, 3051 N Parkdale Cir, 252-0030. 3rd Tue 1 pm, West Heights UMC, 745 N Westlink, 721-0323.

Andover: 4th Tue 6 pm, Senior Center, 410 Lioba Dr, 706-7930; Clearwater: 2nd Wed 5 pm, Clearwater Nursing & Rehab, 620 Wood, 620-584-2271; Derby: 6:30 pm 4th Thu, Derby Sr Center, 621 N. Derby, 788-0223. El Dorado: 3rd Mon 5 pm, Senior Center, 210 E 2nd, 316321-0339; 1st, 2nd, 4th Mon, Spangles, 2005 W Central, 321-0339; Hesston: 3rd Tue 3 pm, Schowalter Villa, 620-327-3414; Kechi: 1st Mon 7 pm, UMC, 4533 E 61st, 260-8882; Newton: 1st Thu 7 pm, Presbyterian Manor Library, 1200 E 7th, 283-5400.

ADDICTIONS: Alcoholics Anonymous, Wichita and So Central Kan. Personally answered 24-hour hotline, 316-684-3661. Meeting and AA info at aawichita.org. Recovery Outreach, 12-step program for subtance abuse/addictions, Pathway Church, 722-8020, ext 116.

ARTHRITIS, LUPUS & FIBROMYALGIA: 3rd Thu 2-3:30 pm, Independent Living Resource Center, 3033 W 2nd, Nate Moser, 942-6300 ext 234. Begins Sept. 15.

BRAIN INJURY: West: 3rd Tue 4-6 pm, Wesley Rehab Hospital, 8338 W 13th; East: 1st Thu 4-6 pm, Via Christi Rehab, 1151 N Rock Rd, Bonnie Stephens, 729-1099.

CANCER: Victory in The Valley, 3755 E Douglas: Breast CSG, 1st & 3rd Tue 7 pm, 682-7400; CRA (Colon, Rectal, Anal CSG), 2nd Thu 1 pm; Central Plains Kidney CSG 2nd Sat 1-3 pm; Encouragers CSG, 1st & 3rd Wed 10 am; Headstrong (Brain Tumor CSG) 2nd Wed 7 pm. Young Women’s Breast CSG, 3rd Sat 7 pm; Off site: East Side CSG, St. Stephens, 7404 E Killarney, 2nd Wed 1 pm; Footprints CSG, St. James, 3750 E Douglas, 3rd Wed 11 am, 928-4950; Glenn Park CSG, Glenn Park Christian Fireside Room, 2750 S Glenn, 2nd Tue 7 pm; McConnell AFB CSG, Dental Clinic Conference Room, 4th Wed 1:30 pm; Sharing Hope, Covenant Presbyterian, 1750 N. Tyler, 1st Thu 7 pm; West Wichita CSG, Pathway Church, 2001 N Maize Rd, Rm B100, 2nd Thu 7 pm. Area Meetings: Derby Area CSG, Woodlawn UMC, 2nd Thu 7 pm; Newton Area CSG, Shalom Mennonite Church, 800 E 1st, 4th Thu 7 pm. every Wed

Dances

Augusta Sr Center, 640 Osage St. Country Jam & Dance, 7-10 pm. Every other Wed. Donation.

Bring covered dish, dessert or snack to share. 755-1060 Derby Sr Center, 611 Mulberry. 7-9:30 pm 1st & 3rd Tue: 1st Tue Honky Tonk Time Band; 3rd Tue Country Heartbeats. $3 donation, refreshments.

El Dorado Sr Center, 210 E 2nd. 6-10 pm every Thu: Dinner 6:30, CD Dance 7. $2 suggested donation, bring covered dish/snack to share.

For information on groups not listed here The Center for Community Support and Research maintains a list of selfhelp groups. 978-3843, 1-800-445-0116 or www.kansashealthsolution.org/shn1.0 5:30 pm. Head & Neck, Cancer Resource Ctr, 817 N Emporia, CAREGIVERS: Andover, 1st Wed 2-3:30 pm, Andover Court, 721 W 21st, 284-6400 or 800362-0180; Newton, 2nd Thu 3-4:30 pm, Prairie View; Wichita, 1st Tue 3-4:30 pm, Prairie View, 9333 E 21st, 284-6400 or 800-362-0180; 3rd Wed 3:30 pm pm, Cypress Springs, 1859 N Webb Rd, Glenda Jacobs, 558-5775.

CELIAC: Quarterly meetings/speakers, dining, for celiac disease /gluten sensitivity.wichitacsa. blogspot.com, Ramona 316-254-8837 or Gayle 316-788-2531.

CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH: 3rd Thu 7-9 pm, Independent Living Resource Ctr, 3033 W 2nd, Karen Smith, 841-8852.

CLUTTER CLEANERS: 3rd Wed–2:30-4 pm, West River Plaza Bistro, 2622 W Central, Krista, 660-5144.

DIABETES: 2nd Mon 7 pm, American Diabetes Assoc, 837 S Hillside, 942-0908; 2nd Tue 1:30 pm, West Heights UMC, 745 N Westlink, 7220634 or 773-3616; 4th Mon 7 pm, 1st UMC, 330 N Broadway, 942-0908; 1st Tue 6:30 pm, African-American group, St. Mark UMC, 1525 N Lorraine, 681-2545, RSVP by previous Fri.; Valley Center, 1st Thu 7 pm, Christian Church, 1801 E 5th, 755-1101 or 744-8384; Butler County – 3rd Tue 7 pm: odd months, El Dorado, SB Allen Hospital; even months, Lakepoint of Augusta, 322-7848 or 320-1972.

DIVORCE: Sun 9:10-10:20 am Pathway Church, , B006, 2001 N Maize.

DISABLED: Every Thu 1 pm, peer support, Independent Living Resource Ctr, 3033 W 2nd, 942-6300.

EA-EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS, Every Wed 6-7 pm, call for location, Jo, 210-5550.

GRIEF: Good Grief of Kansas, www. goodgriefofkansas.org or 316-612-0700. Every Mon: 7-8:30 pm Grace Baptist Church, 1414 W Pawnee or Calvary UMC, 2525 N. Rock Rd, Rm A-3. Every Tue: 10-11:30 am RiverWalk Church of Christ, 225 N Waco, Fireside Room (south office door) or 7-8:30 pm West Towne Baptist, 2000 N. Maize Rd or in Derby at Woodlawn UMC, Rm 15E, Woodlawn & Kay. Every Wed: 7-8 pm RiverWalk Church of Christ, 225 N. Waco, Fireside Room (use SW door) special group for ages 20s thru 50s. 1st Mon: 7-9 pm Clearwater Church of Christ, 13900 N Diagonal Rd (use west door).

1st & 3rd Wed: 11 am-noon Resort Lifestyle Communities, 2300 N.Tyler Rd, 1st floor Conv Rm-north. Survivors of Suicide: Every Mon: 7-8 pm, River Walk Church of Christ, 225 N Waco,

Linwood Golden Age, 1901 S Kansas. 7-9:30 pm every Sat: Live music. $3.

Goldenrod Golden Age, 1340 S Pattie. 7-9:30 pm every Wed: Take 3 or Wildwood Band. $3, refreshments.

Minisa Golden Age, 704 W 13th. 7-10 pm every Thu: $3, info 721-5552.

Orchard Park Golden Age, 4808 W 9th. 7-9:30 pm every Fri: Live music. $3, refreshments.

Park City Sr Center, 6100 N Hydraulic. 7-10 pm 1st Sat, Yesterday’s Playboys; 3rd Sat, Wildwood Band; 5th Sat, The Wildvood Band. $4, bring cov-

Rm 106 (use SW door). SOCIALS: Lunch/Brunch every Thu: 10 am, Spears, 4823 W Maple or Country Breakfast Café, 2804 S Seneca; Breakfast every Sat: 10 am, Spears, 4823 W Maple. Dinner, 2nd Thu of each month: 6 pm, Copper Oven Café, 2409 W 13th. Griefshare, Pathway Church, 2001 N. Maize Rd, Mon 6-7:30 pm. Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, 313 N Market, 4th Mon 6 pm; Adult Grief (under 60), last Thu 6-7:30 pm, 219-1761; Companions in Grief, 3rd Thu 10-11:30 am, 219-1774 or 800-767-4965; 4th Sat, 8-9 am Newton Med Ctr, 316-283-1103.

Griefshare, Pathway Church, 2001 N Maize, Mon 6-7:30 pm, Rm B012. Hospice Care of Kansas, 2622 W Central, 1st & 3rd Wed 6-7:30 pm, Laura, 559-2049. Home Healthcare Connection Bereavement, 8415 E 32nd N, 2nd Tue 4-5 pm, 267-4663. Good Shepherd Hospice, Catholic Care Center, 6550 E 45th N, 2nd & 4th Thu 10-11 am; Asbury Park Assisted Living, 200 SW 14th, Newton, 1st & 3rd Tue 3-4 pm, Sharlene, 316-616-2277. Children, Pathway Church, 2001 N Maize, Rm B012, 1st Tue 7 pm.

LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA: Patients, 2nd Mon 7-8 pm, Via Christi Cancer Resource Center, 817 N Emporia; Caregivers, 2nd Tue 10-11 am.

Christy, 687-2222.

LUPUS: 2nd Sat 1 pm, Foundation of America, Kansas Chapter, Via Christi-St Joseph, Conference room B, 262-6180.

LYME DISEASE: 3rd Tue 7-8:30 pm, St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, 645 N 119th, 773-9173.

MENTAL ILLNESS: NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) 3rd Tue 7 pm 1st Presbyterian Church, 525 N Broadway, 686-1373.

MYOSITIS: (Dermatomyositis, polymyositis & Inclusion Body Myositis), Mid-America Myositis KIT (Keep-In-Touch), meets quarterly, Civitan Community Center, 901 Porter. Call Jerry, 207-6230.

PARKINSON’S: 4th Tue 11:30 am-1 pm, Reflection Ridge Retirement Community, 2300 N Tyler.

Caregivers 1st & 3rd Thu 4-5 pm, Relive Rehab, 2020 N Tyler Rd, Ste 112, Deb Wetta, 210-3587.

POST POLIO: 1st Sat 10 am-noon, College Hill UMC, 2030 E 1st, 651-5685.

PROSTATE CANCER: Us Too!, 2nd Mon 7:30 pm, Via Christi St. Joseph, McNamara Center, 3rd floor, 9w93-6997.

RECOVERY (Mental Health): Every Mon 7 pm, Downtown Sr Center, 200 S Walnut, 942-2364.

SPECIAL NEEDS FAMILIES, Pathway Church, 2001 N. Maize Rd. Helping special need children and their families. 2nd Sunday, 4-6 pm, 722-8020 STROKE: 1st Tue 3 pm, Via Christi Rehab Hospital, 1151 N Rock Rd, 689-5700; 3rd Thu 3 pm, Wesley Rehab, 8338 W 13th, 729-1146.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly): www.tops.org, Donna Shaffer, 540-6222 or Monty Bednasek, 755-1055.

VISION: 2nd Tue, 10 am-noon, Envision, 610 N Main, light brunch. Transportation, Bonnie Cochran, 682-4646.

ered dish or snack. Info 755-1060.

Prairie Wind Dancers: Learn circle, line & folk dances. 2 pm every Mon: Plymouth Congregational Church, 202 N Clifton. To register: Joyce, 683-1122.

Village Steppers Square Dance, Oaklawn Activity Center, 4904 S Clifton. 7:30-10:30 pm 2nd & 4th Sat. Terry 219-0100/Gordon 721-6718.

Westside Steppers Square Dance, Clare Hall, 861 N Socora (one block east of Central & Tyler). 2:30 pm 1st & 3rd Sun: Chuck, 670-0098; email westsidesteppers@juno.com.

Wichita Solos Square Dance, Southwest Presbyterian Church, 1511 W 27th St S. 7:30-10 pm 1st, 3rd & 5th Fri: Couples/ singles welcome. Jeanine, 734-3707.

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Food Share

Prairie Land Food: Package of meats, fresh fruit and vegetables, $28. Other variety options available, usually at 50% discount. Accepts Vision cards. Sites in Sedgwick, Harvey and Butler Counties. Info: June at 800-998-9436 or at www.prairielandfood.com

GNNP Menu

The American Red Cross Good Neighbor Nutrition Program (GNNP) serves a hot, nutritious meal weekdays for persons 60 and older at locations in Sedgwick, Harvey and Butler county communities. Reservations are necessary. For the closest location and reservations, call 316-219-4020.

WEEK OF AUG 1 Fri: spaghetti w/meat sauce, Capri vegetables, Mandarin oranges, breadsticks.

WEEK OF AUG 4 Mon: Beef patty w/ onion gravy, mashed potatoes, diced beets, berry & pear mix, dinner roll.

Tue: Chicken salad on wheat, Coronado salad, apricot halves, chocolate pudding.

Wed: Chicken & noodles, smokey green beans, fruit medley, chocolate pudding, wheat bread.

Thu: Cabbage roll casserole, parslied potatoes, marinated cucumbers, strawberry peaches, wheat bread.

Fri: Beef & macaroni, steamed broccoli, fruit cocktail, chocolate chip cookies, wheat bread.

WEEK OF AUG 11 Mon: Chili w/beans, Brussels sprouts, apple, chocolate chip cookies, crackers.

Tue: Ham loaf w/cream gravy, mashed potatoes, Romaine salad, spiced pears, potato roll.

Wed: Soft taco, calico corn, fruit gelatin.

Thu: Chicken primavera, Mediterannean vegetables, fruit cup, French bread.

Fri: Cranberry meatballs, scalloped potatoes, garden vegetable salad, citrus fruit mix, dinner roll.

WEEK OF AUG 18 Mon: Scalloped potatoes w/ ham, peas, fruit slaw, dinner roll.

Tue: BBQ baked chicken, herb potatoes, mixed green salad, Mandarin orange gelatin, wheat bread.

Wed: Beefy mac & cheese, California vegetables, cinnamon applesauce, potato roll.

Thu: Cheeseburger, calico baked beans, coleslaw, summer lime gelatin.

Fri: Beef gumbo soup, macaroni salad w/ carrots, Mandarin oranges, sugar cookies, crackers.

WEEK OF AUG 25 Mon: Ham & beans w/onion, spinach, rosy applesauce, cornbread.

Tue: Egg scramble w/bacon bits, ovenfried potatoes, banana, blueberry muffin square.

Wed: Apple-walnut-turkey salad on wheat bread, loose leaf salad, bananas & strawberries, oatmeal cookies Thu: Whole-grain spaghetti w/meat sauce, Romaine salad, citrus fruit mix, breadsticks.

Fri: Chili cheese potato, Capri vegetables, orange, chocolate chip cake w/topping, wheat bread.

Calendar Deadlines

Submit calendar items by the 15th of the month prior to publication. Mail or bring to Active aging, 125 S. West St., Suite 105, Wichita, KS 67213 or email: bfunke@activeagingonline.com.

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942-5385

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Classified Advertising

August 2014

942-5385

CEMETERY PROPERTY FOR SALE

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HOME CARE SERVICES CONT.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS CONT.

Resthaven, Freedom, spaces for two, includes vaults, marker, one Revere silver casket, one opening/closing. Value $13,000. Sell $6,500.

316-721-6462, 316-253-3980

DAV Thrift Stores of Wichita 25% Off Senior Days Sales!

Mon, 4623 W Central, 316-945-8001 Tue, 3015 George Washington, 316-682-9368 Wed, 5455 E Central, 316-684-7496 Thu, 1202 W Douglas, 316-262-4440 Friday, 4720 S Seneca, 316-529-2037 For donation information call 316-262-7440

Foot care in your home Diabetic, thick toe nails, fungus, corn and callus removal. Sedgwick and Butler counties. Senior centers: Andover, El Dorado, Cassoday. Cheryl Rosine ICMT, RN 316-312-2025

Wright One Home Improvements Kitchen & Bath Remodeling. Painting.

Basement Finishing. Windows. Siding. All Types of Flooring & Home Repairs. Free Estimates.

316-409-2160.

CNA to help with personal care, appointments, errands, shopping, light housekeeping.

Experience, easy to get along with. Reasonable rates. Patti 316-282-5808

Donate gently used medical equipment.

Local nonprofit needs adaptive bath equipment of all kinds, wheelchairs and walkers. We loan it at no charge to people in need. Call ILRC, 316-942-6300

HOME PLUS

Leaky basement repair dirt installation and Siding Repair Courteous, professional repairs. Free estimates.

Concrete work. 20+ years experience. Ernie Sponsel, 316-393-5461.

Resthaven, Garden of Gospels, space for two.

Includes vaults, companion bronze marker on granite and transfer fee. Value $10,500. Sell $2,800. 316-215-2289 Lakeview, Apostle Garden, lawn crypt, space for two, bronze companion marker. Will sell $3,500.

Call after 6 pm 316-733-5835 Resthaven, Garden of Christus, 2 adjoining spaces, 2 bronze markers, bases, installation, 2 Monticello vaults, 2 interment and transfer fees. Value $19,000. Sell $10,000. 316-722-2141 Lakeview, Garden of Memory, one space. Value $2,995. Will sell for best offer 480-807-2373 gertrudeburnside@yahoo.com White Chapel Memorial Gardens in The Garden of Atonement. Lot 309A. Four spaces value $6,476. Sell $3,200/OBO. $800 each. sholler123@aol.com 407-399-9739 Old Mission, Garden of Good Shepherd, four adjoining spaces. Value $6,400. Will sell all for $4,000. 316-683-8136

Power scooter, new, never used. $3,500/ OBO. May consider trade of equal value.

316-518-6619

ESTATE SALE SERVICES KC ESTATE SALES Complete estate & moving sale services. We can do the sale at your residence or place your items with another sale. Expert pricing, selling & clean-up. Packing & moving services available. Excellent results. Free consultation.

Call Carolyn Moshier. 316-634-0040

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Hair On Wheels Experienced, licensed, caring beautician in your home for shampoo, cuts and styling.

Call Carol 316-992-1744 Shirkmere stylist is back in the salon. Call for pricing or to schedule day or evening appointments. Ask for Mike 316-263-8794

Dave’s Improvements Painting—interior/exterior. Doors and windows replaced, grab bars, wheelchair ramps.

All general repairs. Guaranteed lowest rates.

Senior citizen discount. Lic #7904.

316-794-3632 Marv’s Home Improvements & Repair Windows, doors, trim, decks, ramps, patio covers, fences, siding, flooring. Basements, kitchens and baths. Painting. Also honey dos and handyman projects. Honest and dependable.

Senior discounts. Free estimates. 35 years.

316-737-4646.

Molina Electric—Wichita Lic #1364. Commercial or residential wiring. Service calls. New electric service. Troubleshooting. Business 316-5240434, Cell 316-461-2199.

Deadline for

SEPTEMBER: THURSDAY, AUGUST 14

HELP WANTED

CUSTOMIZED ESTATE SALES & MOVING SERVICES Experienced to fulfill all your needs from partial to completesales.Organize and sell your items for top dollar. Know your options. Free consultation.

Insured. GREATER PROFITS WITH LESS STRESS. 316-806-7360 or 316-838-5870. Julie

Help wanted September 5-8, 2014, two-three hours per day to provide sponge bath; help dressing and 30 minute light exercise routine; vacuum and dust. Pay $14/hr. 316-721-5081

KANSAS ESTATE SALES Free Consultation & References Expert Pricing, Displaying & Clean-up Excellent Results Janet 316-838-3626 or 316-258-3207

In-Home Services: Personal care assistance, meal preparation, housekeeping, handymen, and more! Phone Chester at the Senior Employment Program, 316-267-1771 or 316-2670302. Pre-screened, reliable help available.

A Better Deal Estate Maximize the value of your estate/moving sale.

Can start today. Ted Riker 316-409-5393

Foot Care in home. Home visit $40. Select Senior Centers, $25. Call Brenda Ingram RN, BSN @ 316-946-0722

K & G ESTATE SALES Moving and can’t take it all with you? Do you need to liquidate an estate? Turn your unwanted merchandise into a lot of cash. Call Kathy at 316260-5031 or 316-516-6981

Dependable home care provider, first shift, no Sunday’s. Help with bathing, dressing, LIGHT housekeeping, and doctor appointments. $15/hr. 316-390-3244

Sale by Gayle Moving, partial or entire estate sales.

Experienced and insured. Free consultation.

Competitive rates. www.salebygayle.com, 316-838-3521 or 316-206-3676

SAVE MONEY! $ On Repairs & Remodels Plumbing • Electrical • Carpentry Window A/C Repair • Tree removal Free estimates Call: 316-807-1234

Odd Job Handyman Painting, mowing, yard clean-up, minor household repairs. Free estimates. Call Joel, 316-772-8629.

FREE 100+ Mason and Kerr canning jars, some lids and rims. Bring your own box.

316-942-0906

HAIR CARE

$

Drywall Repair Fix all cracks, walls, ceilings and all textures.

32 years experience. Free estimates. Senior discount. Duane Ball 316-648-5221. Josh 316641-9081

Two old Schwinn bikes, $350. Two antique radios, Fairbanksmorse, Majestic, $75.

Craftsman lawn sweeper, $50. Simmons B-600 bed, $25. 316-838-0923

Lakeview, Garden of Holy Rosary, one space, Value $1,695. Sell $1,000. 713-861-2880 or micki@ livingmindfully.org Resthaven, Garden of Prayer, two adjoining spaces 1 and 2, Lot 121-B. Value $3,695 each. Sell $3,000 for both. 316-734-0393; loubowling@me.com

Gracious living for seniors in a safe home setting by loving certified staff 24/7. Private/semi-private. Daycare. Memory Care.

Affordable. Medicaid certified. Evelyn Hunt RN, 316-214-3359; reflections1201@att.net.

Reflections Residential Care

HOME CARE SERVICES

Home Care Specialties

IN-HOME CARE/TRANSPORTATION YARD WORK/GUTTER CLEANING HOME MAINTENANCE

www.homecarespecialties.com

316-371-4577

Going Up, LLC

Straight & Curved rail stairlifts Call Bill for more info.

316-722-4291, 800-365-0217 www.goingupllc.com License #08091 & Approved VA provider

Dave’s Improvements

PLUMBCO

Call the BEST for LESS Weekly Plumbing Specials

Ins/Lic #5803

316-942-1967

Painting—Interior & Exterior Doors & Windows Replaced • Siding Kitchen & Bath Remodeling Decks • Ramps • Grab Bars Minor Electrical & Plumbing Repairs General Home Repairs

Senior Citizen Discounts

Lic 7904

316-794-3632

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942-5385 HOME IMPROVEMENTS CONT. GRANDPA’S PLUMBING Repairs. Free estimates. 316-312-4391.

Handyman. Plumbing, electrical, heating, floors, doors, windows, screens, walls and more. HVAC certified. Licensed & insured. Senior discounts.

Call John 316-650-3013.

Semi-retired maintenance man. Experienced in most phases of maintenance & roofing. Light hauling. Sedgwick County only.

Call Paul 316-312-9970.

Cowboy Construction Remodeling, siding, decks, fences, windows, doors and more. 20 years locally owned. Free estimates. Senior discounts.

Todd Wenzel 316-393-4488 Do you have a project or honey-do? Painting, remodel, carpentry, drywall. All types of home repair inside and out. Garage/house cleanouts - Hauling. Handyman repairs. (Can-do Spaur) 316-524-2555 Back by popular demand Jane of all trades With continued excellence in Painting, Roofing, and Small Remodels inside and out. Power wash and stain your deck.

Call Susan at BGA 316-652-0828 Total yard clean-up, leaves, flower beds and bushes, tree trimming and stump grinding, attics, garages, and basements.

AND HAULING. Including all yard debris. 316-516-4630 or 316-838-5709.

Andy’s Painting & Home Improvements 20+ years experience. Popcorn removal and retexturing. Dust free environment. Fully insured. Senior discount. 316-390-2006

Home Repair Services Remodeling & Home Maintenance. Large or small We service rural areas Experienced www.homerepairwichita.com 316-990-2026

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Classified Advertising LAWN AND GARDEN SERVICES CONT.

TREE SERVICE

Brick Block & Stone Specializing in restoration, repair, design build, tuck-pointing, custom mailboxes, and columns. Troy 316-208-1105 or 316-529-4453

L Hayden 316-806-2591 Can take care of your needs: Garage/yard cleaning. Hauling, mowing. Tree trimming, leaf raking. Housekeeping. Pick-up and delivery service. Senior discounts.

Estrada’s Tree Service Trimming, crown reduction, removal. Storm damage prevention. Hauling. Firewood. Free estimates. Insured. Senior discount. Felix Estrada, 316-617-4392.

ALL PURPOSE HAULING HANDYMAN Tree, shrub, flower beds trim or removal. Fence, deck, shed repair or removal. Carpet and scrap metal removal. 316-807-4989

Felipe Tree Service Evergreen trimming. Tree removal. Brush hauling. Splitting. Deadwooding. Insured. Free estimates. 10 years experience. 316-807-4419.

Yard, leaves and gutters cleaned. Odd jobs.

Shrubs trimmed or removed. Abram Rinke 316-259-0717 please leave message.

Summer is Here!

ALL AROUND TREE SERVICE STUMP REMOVAL & GRINDING Trimming, deadwood, tree removal. Total yard clean-up, mowing and hauling. Also rural and farm areas. Free estimates. Experienced.

Good prices. Insured. Tom King, 316-516-4630, 316-838-5709.

PRIDE HOME REPAIRS Honest & Dependable Mike 316-838-1107 Siding • Fencing • Decks Licensed and insured Senior discounts • Free estimates Marv’s Improvements 316-737-4646

HOUSING FOR RENT WANT to RENT - TWO - 1st floor Rooms, sunny, spacious, quiet, UNFURNISHED + private bath, shared kitchen and garden, NO smoking, NO pets. Mature female looking to be housemate with mature female(s) with similar interest: healthy cooking, organic gardening, recycling + holistic approach to life. References provided.

Please write to Box #14-801, c/o Active Aging, 125 S. West St, Ste 105, Wichita, KS 67213 1636 Fairmount, near WSU, park, two bus routes. Duplex, two bedroom, one bath, central AC/heat, W/D, hardwood floors. Off street parking, modest garden space. $475/month, $475 deposit. Call 956-330-5448 Room available, private bath, furnished or unfurnished, shared kitchen, utilities furnished including cable and wifi. No pets or contract. $550/mo. 316-519-0470

HOUSING FOR SALE Two bedroom, lower level condo with carport in the heart of Riverside. Very safe and secure.

Community pool, party room, storage, and laundry. Priced in low $60s. 316-262-1918, 316-841-3504

LAWN AND GARDEN SERVICES Perry’s Professional Lawn Service Spring cleanup. Scalping, overseeding and verticutting. Bush and hedge trimming, mulching, gutter cleaning, handyman work and hauling. 20 years experience. Free estimates.

Perry, 316-871-3758.

Do You Have A Project Or Honey-Do? Rototilling, Grassing, Hauling Mowing, clean-ups, leaves, landscaping Hedge, Tree-Evergreen Trim & Remove Window cleaning Guttering - install - clean - repair. Fences Gutter Screen, Wood Decks & Ramps Water Drainage, Dirt Work Spaur Handyman 316-524-2555

Repair • Service All Brands Sales – Licensed Trane dealer Senior Discount SPECIAL: A/C check-up $75*

*Some restrictions, doesn’t include filters, parts License # 7258

316-641-9146

942-5385

HOME IMPROVEMENTS CONT.

Business, Home and Yard Etc. Aerate/overseed. Mowing/scalping. Fall/Spring clean-up.

Snow Removal. If you ever need any of these services, call Mark, 316-214-7579. City licensed/ Reasonable rates.

Stover Heating & Air Conditioning

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Mike E. 316-708-1472 Mowing, rototilling, leaf, yard, gutter and garage cleaning. Tree trimming and hauling.

Brick, Block & Stone Repair

Spring/Fall Cleanup Any type of mowing

Tree trimming/removal • Junk removal

Brock Eastman • 316-765-1677

Mowing, trimming, yard and leaf cleanup.

Gutter cleaning. Exterior painting. If you need any of these services, call Perry, 316-619-6126

PAINTING Ron Goodwin’s Painting Painting, interior/exterior. Power washing.

Gutter cleaning, handyman services and odd jobs. 30 years experiene. Senior discounts.

316-461-2510 Ron Bohannon Painting, interior/exterior.

Sheetrock and ceiling repair. Power washing.

One job at a time. Family serving Wichita since 1952. 316-648-9474 Al’s Painting & Remodeling Interior/exterior. All types remodeling and roofing including sheetrock. 30 years’ experience. Senior discounts. 316-871-9484

PERSONALS SWM 67 who is loving, caring, likes dancing, shows, short trips, other activities and knows how to treat a lady with respect is seeking NS/ ND independent, outgoing white or Hispanic female 55-75 who is not fearful of a committed relationship. Call, lets talk 316-305-5505

Joe’s Tree Service Trimming, removal, stump grinding. Licensed and insured. 316-312-4514 Bruce’s Tree Service Prompt, Immediate, Professional service.

Crown reduction, trimming or removal. Trees, hedgerows, evergreens & shrubs. Bucket truck available. We climb also. Over 25 years experience.

Sr. discounts. Insured. Call 316-207-8047.

WANTED ALWAYS BUYING A n t i q u e s , U. S . c o i n s , c o s t u m e a n d turquoise jewelry, Beech and Boeing pins, guitars, art, military items, records, e tc. A fe w i te m s o r e nt i re e s t ate s.

Dave 316-409-0992 BUYING Antiques, collectibles, stamps, postcards, paper advertising, costume jewelry, primitives, toys, glass and pottery. Anything old. Call 316-841-2080.

Seeking ocean cruise companion, male or female, Dutch treat. Cruise destination to be discussed. 316-712-1618

Donate your Durable Medical Equipment.

Will pick up. Tax credit. Medical Loan Closet of Wichita. 316-200-2005.

Woman 65 wants to meet man who is not rich, skinny or college educated, doesn’t dance. Ann 316-260-4130

Collector buying: WW II GERMAN and JAPANESE MILITARY items. 316-516-2737.

SERVICES Need help on your electric scooter, power or lift chair, stair or platform lift or hand controls?

Call Howard Distribution at 316-648-1694.

Howard is a certified service center and dealer for Best Bath walk-in tubs, Bruno, EMC, Golden Tech, Pace Saver, Pride and Ricon. Working for you since 1987.

Furniture Repair & Refinish Antique, Modern or Cane Reasonable pick-up & delivery Clark 250-9533 or 788-5805 Need a ride? Doctor appointments, ride home from hospital, court, casino, mini vacation or family reunion. You name the place, I will take you there. 316-259-6212.

In-home Spanish tutor. Years of experience. Spanish in focus. Contact me at calvin@debeverlyspanish.com or 316-250-0092 Carolyn’s Machine Quilting Finish, Repair, Memorial and T-shirt quilts 316-529-3555

BUYING American, German, Japanese Military swords, helmets, uniforms, medals, insignias, rifles, pistols, misc items. Also, any WW II paratrooper items. 785-825-0313.

Collector wanting “Older” guitars, amps and band equipment. Picks, slides, microphones, posters, etc. Dave 316-409-0992 Want to purchase mineral and other oil/ gas interests. Send details to P.O. Box 13557, Denver, CO 80201.

If you would like to place a classified ad in Active aging, please contact Sandie at 316-942-5385 or email her at scrane@activeagingonline.com

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1904 library lives on as historical museum

By Sherry L. Buettgenbach An imposing presence on Newton’s main street since 1904, today’s Harvey County Historical Museum and Archives provides visitors with triple value: a renovated historical building, a wealth of information about area history and special events that are both entertaining and informative.

Originally the city’s first library, it was funded primarily by a $16,000 grant from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, created by the industrial tycoon who founded hundreds of libraries across the United States – 59 of them in Kansas.

Newton’s Free Library Board and

the City Council requested the grant in 1903 to replace small “reading rooms” housed in rooms above local businesses.

The two-story, classical-style structure, designed by Kansas City architect William Rose, includes a large reading and study room, a reference desk and a stage for performances and public meetings.

Many Harvey County residents remember the distinctive checkerboard tile in the Children’s Room, constructed in the basement in 1937.

In the early days, library patrons didn’t browse through the shelves.

They selected publications from the

card catalog and took their request to a librarian seated in front of a beautifully arched window, framed by oak and leaded glass, to retrieve them.

The arched window is still there, along with newly restored, decorative scrollwork along the edges of the tall ceilings and pillars, the original skylight and the huge windows.

Restoring the building’s original beauty required the dedication and support of many area residents and the city.

In 1973, a new library was built and the original building was deeded to the Harvey County Historical Society. The building was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Much work needed to be done

to update the structure. Since 1973, carpet has been pulled up and the original hardwood floors refinished.

The entrance steps – designed to be shallow so that children could easily climb them – have been replaced and modern heating and air conditioning systems were installed. Fortunately, the founders had the foresight to wire the building for electricity, even though gaslights and steam heat were used originally.

Some rooms have not been restored, providing storage for the many artifacts, including more than 11,000 photos and reams of archives.

Rotating exhibits bring these treasures to the display areas.

Among the items currently on display are artifacts and photos

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Carnegie From previous page

depicting life among the original Quivira people and the Prussian Mennonite families who brought the famous Turkey red wheat to Kansas. Going back even further is a mammoth’s tooth, discovered in 1966. You can see photos of actors William Holden and Kim Novak starring in the movie Picnic, which was filmed in Halstead in 1955. A Santa Fe railroad display highlights Newton’s importance as a transportation hub.

One item bound to revive memories is a unique upright piano made of light-colored wood with yellowed ivory keys. During World War II, the piano helped entertain thousands of military personnel in the Newton railroad station’s USO canteen. They started writing their names and hometowns on the piano, until it was covered with more than 2,600 signatures, even one that appears to be in Chinese. The names are listed alphabetically in a notebook. Museum director Debra D. Hiebert hopes to put the names online when sufficient funds are

Photo by Sherry Buettgenbach

Built in 1904, Harvey County Historical Museum began as Carnegie Library.

raised. The piano – which incudes the signature of country music legend Chet Atkins – has been displayed at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.

The mission of the museum’s board of directors has always included celebrating history and making it a dynamic facility where the past comes alive. Hiebert said one of their goals is to point out how

things that happened in the past affect our lives today.

Upcoming special events include an oversized game of Uno on Sept.

21, planned to coincide with the exhibit Games People Play” On Oct. 18, Gravestone: A Wild West Murder Mystery invites participants to play roles in a villainous tale. On Oct. 19, Erika Nelson will present the stories of Jackalopes, Hodags, and Other Larger Than Life Myths From The American Road. A Victorian Christmas party on Dec. 14 will include games, carols and traditional activities of an earlier era.

The museum, located at Second and Main Streets, is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday to Friday and the first and third Saturday each month. For information call 316-283-2221 or visit hchm.org.

Contact Sherry Buettgenbach at slbuettgenbach@gmail.com

2014-2015 Senior Resource Guide Space Reservations deadline August 25th Hard deadline August 29 For more information, call

316-942-5385

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Meetings to help prepare, secure finances Two August events to help Kansans better prepare for a more secure financial future and protect their financial assets will be offered in Wichita by AARP Kansas.

“AARP is working to ensure those who are 50 and older have the financial security they need to take charge of their future and live

independently, no matter what their age,” said Maren Turner, Kansas director. “We want people to have the tools and information they need to make good decisions about their finances and know how to protect them.”

The first meeting is 6 to 8 p.m.

Aug. 18 in 4-H Hall at the Sedgwick

County Extension Center, 21st Street and Ridge Road. Topics include managing investments, retirement decisions, estate planning and avoiding scams and fraud.

Online registration: http://aarp. cvent.com/KS-Wichita-FS-pm-Aug 18 Additionally, a local company will offer free shredding of personal/ confidential files from 5 to 7 p.m. in the parking lot.

The second meeting is 8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Aug. 19 in Room 180 at Hughes Metropolitan Complex, 5015

E. 29th St. N. These topics include freedom from debt, saving for the future, avoiding identity theft and scams, and advance planning.

Online registration: http://aarp. cvent.com/KS-Wichita-FS-amAug19.

You also can call 1-877-926-8300 to register for either or both events.

For more information, visit www. aarp.org/ks or its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/aarpks.

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