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Hope, questions surround new drug for Alzheimer's
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By Joe Stumpe As someone afflicted with Alzheimer’s, David Welch was happy to see a drug called aducanumab conditionally approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this summer. Now, he and many others are wondering when it will be available locally and how much it will cost patients to obtain, even though some medical experts say there’s no David Welch evidence it actually works. Welch has been part of a clinical trial of the drug for about six years and believes it has kept his memory problems from getting worse. The trial is being conducted by Via Christi
Research, part of Ascension Via Christi St. Francis. “Oh my gosh, I’m still driving, still working,” said Welch, who’s in his 60s. “I’ve still got a normal life. This doesn’t happen with dementia, you know.” The FDA approved aducanumab for all Alzheimer’s patients in June. A few weeks later, however, the agency said the drug should be used only for patients with mild memory or thinking problems, or about onefourth of the estimated 6 million Americans affected by the disease. That doesn’t prevent physicians from prescribing it to other Alzheimer’s patients, but it may influence if and how insurance companies and Medicare decide to cover the drug. The drug, made by Massachusettsbased drug giant Biogen, currently carries a list price of $56,000 per year. It’s sold under the name Aduhelm. See Alzheimer's, page 6
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You could spend a lot of hours in her rambling ranch home and attached studio and not see all the pieces she’s created or collected in travels. One that holds special meaning is of a World War II veteran from Italy, which Mellor made while in that country. “He was wonderful. He told us how he was starving (during the war) and ate straw to stay alive and how his feet were frozen.” And because he said the children in his village didn’t believe his stories, Babs added two children to the piece who appear to be listening intently to the man. She based them on a photo of her grandchildren. Mellor started teaching at the Art Association, continuing when See Babs, page 14
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Veterans honored for service
Seventh graders from Wichita Collegiate School chalked thank-you messages at Chisholm Place that were appreciated by residents including Leon Huff (above left), a private in the Army from 1952-54, and retired sergeant major Henry Bittle, who served 36 years in the Army.
Four veterans and an organization were honored last month during the 7th annual Veterans Coming Home Salute hosted by PBS Kansas Channel 8. Col. Robert Hester received the Dole Distinguished Service Award for his U.S. Army career and influence on thousands of Junior ROTC members in Wichita. U.S. Air Force veteran Ronald Colbert was recognized for bringing the Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall to Valley Center earlier this year. U.S. Navy Veteran John Noonan was cited for playing “Taps” at military funerals. Herman Hicks, a pastor and U.S. Air Force veteran, was honored for his ministry in the community. Veterans Upward Bound, represented by executive director Stacia Lyday, was recognized for helping retrain veterans for the workforce in Butler, Harvey and Sedgwick counties.
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December Briefs Book celebrates Wichita’s first 150 years Wichita’s 2020 sesquicentennial anniversary celebration got upended by the pandemic, but a new book will help residents celebrate those first 150 years. “A Spell Created” was authored by Judith Heberling, former curator of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum. She worked with the current curator, Jami Frazier Tracy, to develop content based on the museum’s permanent collection. The 360-page hardbound book features over 425 images and is printed in large, full-color format, with
benefit the museum. The book’s release is scheduled for Dec. 11, with a 3-5 p.m. event at the museum. WAM celebrates holidays The Wichita Art Museum is holding its annual Senior Wednesday holiday on Wednesday, Dec. 1. The museum store and Muse Café will offer discounts. Holiday music from B-Side will be featured from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Great Hall. WAM’s holiday open house is from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5. The event features dancers, singers, a reindeer, refreshments and more.
printing limited to 2,000 copies. The book costs $95 and will be for sale in the museum gift shop. All proceeds
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An article about the Twin Lakes area in our November issue misidentified Elizabeth McLean as the daughter of former Wichita Mayor Ben McLean. She was his daughter-in-law. A brief about the McCormick School Museum open house gave the wrong date for the event. It will be held from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3.
102nd birthday Kenneth D. Rupe will celebrate his 102nd birthday Dec. 3. A World War II veteran and 1949 graduate of Wichita University, Rupe worked at Koch Industries for 36 years before retiring. Cards may be sent to 1401 W. River Blvd., No. 5, Wichita, KS, 67203. 96th birthday Kathryn Compton will celebrate her 96th birthday Jan. 11. She plans to
mark this milestone with her friends, her son and daughter-in-law, and her five grandchildren. 90th birthday card shower Reuben T. Roundtree, Sr. celebrated his 90th birthday Nov. 30. Cards may be sent to E. 39th North, Bel Aire, KS 67220.
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Admission to both events is free. Andover craft show back ANDOVER — The Andover Senior Center is holding is fifth annual craft show this month at the center, 410 Lioba Dr. The show’s hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 2-3 and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 4. For more information, call (316) 733-4441. Alzheimer’s in-person support The local chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association is transitioning some of its support groups from virtual to in-person meetings. For information about the meetings, call 1-800-272-3900.
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Governor’s race off to oddly agreeable start By Joe Stumpe How can we have a low-down, bruising election in Kansas next year if the two leading candidates for governor keep agreeing with each other? I refer to Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, and Attorney General Derek Schmidt, the presumptive Republican nominee for that position. Last month, Kelly and Schmidt both came out against President Biden’s proposed vaccine mandate. Within days of that political footsy playing, Kelly and Schmidt both also said they want to eliminate the state’s sales tax on food. It’s the stuff of nightmares for political partisans and commentators.
From our archives 40 years ago A 61-year-old karate instructor, alarmed by reports of attacks on older people, offered them free self-defense classes in his Wichita studio … Jewish volunteers took over Meals on Wheels deliveries on Christmas for the second straight year. 25 years ago Volunteers from First Presbyterian
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Don’t our state’s two most powerful office holders know the way to get ahead politically these days is to instantly oppose whatever your opponent does? Of course, their supporters were happy to muddy the apparently peaceful waters. Republicans alleged that Kelly only opposed the vaccine mandate to give herself a chance at re-election in a Republican-leaning state. Democrats noted Schmidt had supported sales tax increases while a member of the state Legislature. But just imagine that this idea of agreeing on things actually caught on. To cite a couple of possibilities: Church drove seniors around town to look at Christmas lights as part of the 42nd annual Christmas Caravan … An article on the Cassoday Museum highlighted its past as a depot for the Santa Fe Railroad. 10 years ago The Active Age paid tribute to Les Anderson, president of its board of directors, and former columnist Charles Pearson after their deaths the previous month.
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From Page 1 Some experts believe the clinical trials of aducanumab such as the one Welch participated in were inconclusive. The FDA has said its decision was based on the drug’s ability to reduce a protein called amyloid in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, rather than on proof of its ability to slow cognitive decline in those patients. The FDA gave what’s known as “accelerated approval” to Aduhelm, meaning that Biogen must conduct a new clinical trial to verify that it’s beneficial to patients. Otherwise, the agency may withdraw approval. The Alzheimer’s Association and other patient advocates urged FDA approval and continue to champion the drug’s potential. “We’re still advocating for it to definitely be more widely available and for everybody to be able to afford it,”
said Breana Tucker, program director of the association’s central and western Kansas chapters. “That is our stance now.” Tucker said her office has received “quite a few” calls from people interested in the drug, but she knows of no physicians prescribing it locally at this time. Biogen’s rollout of Aduhelm was expected to move slowly because its use is relatively complicated. The drug is administered intravenously once every month. MRI brain scans are required before and at six-month intervals while a person is taking Aduhelm. The scans are used to check for brain swelling and bleeding, which can be side effects of the drug. Follow-up cognitive tests are also required. Janie Krull, director of research at Ascension Via Christi, said Aduhelm seems to have helped most of the people she’s studied. Krull noted that Biogen suspended the clinical studies in 2019 because of doubts about the
drug’s effectiveness, then restarted them last year. “I know that some people had a decline over that year they were off the medication,” Krull said. “I think for the majority of the people I have on the study, it’s really held them at where they were” when the study restarted. “A couple of them had a little bit of decline, but it’s hard to say where they’d be without it.” Dr. Tiffany SchwasingerSchmidt, director of the KU School of Medicine-Wichita Center for Clinical Research, said she knows of a few local providers who are going through the process of obtaining approval from Biogen to administer Aduhelm. “My understanding is if it’s not here currently, it should be here soon.” Typically, insurance companies and Medicare want more information on the long-term effects of a drug such as Aduhelm before covering it, she said. In June, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced it would decide whether to cover
By Dena Bunis AARP Medicare’s Part B monthly premium for 2022 will increase by $21.60, the largest dollar increase in the health insurance program’s history, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced last month. Standard monthly premiums
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Thousands of uninsured Kansans qualify for free health insurance with federal subsidies
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Deer Kansans: Don’t get struck by the rut
approaching a deer standing near the side of the road. Deer will run when frightened and the road ahead can always be part of their chosen escape path. • Be loud. A long blast of the car’s horn will often frighten deer away from the road. Plus, a car’s honk can caution other drivers within the vicinity.
By Celia Llopis-Jepsen KCUR/Kansas News Service In 2014, a man in his fifties showed up at GraceMed Health Clinic in Wichita, asking about his options for buying health insurance. He hadn’t bothered with coverage before. The expense proved daunting for someone running his own business. GraceMed employee Juven Nava recalls helping the man find coverage for a monthly premium of about $20 through Healthcare.gov. “For such a long time, the one thing that he felt he could sacrifice was health insurance,” Nava said. And now he finally had it. “I told him … ‘Use it. Get everything checked out. You haven’t been to a doctor in forever.’” So the self-employed man did just
This is the time of year when active deer add an extra element of risk to roadways. In 2020, Kansas experienced 9,670 deer-related accidents with an average insurance claim of nearly $5,500, according to Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt. From mid-October until the end of December, deer-related collisions
that. The checkups uncovered cancer, and he began treatment. The experience stuck with Nava, who has helped people sign up for subsidized health insurance every year since. This year, more uninsured Kansans qualify for financial aid than before the pandemic. It’s part of a coronavirus relief law that Congress passed in March. About 260,000 Kansans don’t have health insurance. The Kaiser Family Foundation estimated in May that about 70,000 uninsured Kansans are eligible for free health plans through Healthcare.gov for 2022. Tens of thousands more can get discounted premiums, sometimes as low as $10 a month. Because of the temporary
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Veterans Day and Christmas inspired our master quiz maker Nancy Wheeler to compose two tests of knowledge. The answers appear below.
Veterans Day quiz: Name these famous soldiers
1. When asked why he had seized a machine gun and taken on an entire company of German infantry, he replied simply, “They were killing my friends.” He was the most decorated soldier of W.W. II. 2. He resigned his position as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to lead the First Volunteer Cavalry in Cuba. He led charges up Kettle Hill on his horse, Texas, during the Battle of San Juan Heights. 3. During W.W.I, this sergeant received the Medal of Honor for
leading an attack on a German machine gun nest and capturing 132 prisoners. 4. In 1942, he volunteered to lead his Raiders on a daring one-way mission of 16 bombers targeting Tokyo, Kobe, Osaka and Nagoya, Japan. He survived by landing in a Chinese rice paddy. 5. During World War II, Hitler personally offered a sizable bounty to anyone who could capture this movie star and soldier who went on to win both the Distinguished Flying Cross
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5. What organization first dressed its volunteers in red and white costumes in the 1890s to solicit donations for needy people? 6. What famous actress played the role of Susan Walker in “Miracle on 34th Street”? 7. Who composed the great Christmas oratorio, the “Messiah,” that was first performed in 1742?
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Red flags may signal your ID has been stolen Better Business Bureau Last year, 49 million American consumers were victimized by identity thieves, costing them approximately $56 billion. Kansas led the nation in ID theft reports per capita, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Here are some early warning signs that your identity made have been compromised by ID thieves. • Mailed bills that stop coming. Crooks that acquire your identity often notify billers of a change of address, fraudulently keeping the tell-tale evidence of them using your credit cards away from your mailbox. You should keep track of when your bills regularly arrive and keep a record of how much you owe, enabling you to spot such changes. • Unknown withdrawals. Read over your account statements and watch for even tiny withdrawals that you do not recognize. • Bounced checks. This could be
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Riverside Park was reopened with a ribbon cutting and open house last month. It’ll be used as a rental venue by the city. “I just think that it’s a marvelous resource,” said Kathy Morgan, the city’s historic preservation planner and a key volunteer on the project. “To know that this is, if not the only one, one of the very few purpose-built baby camps that exist in the United States, Wichita is fortunate to have something like that.” Claire Willenberg, president of the Friends of the Historic Fresh Air Baby Camp, said “thousands and thousands” of volunteer hours went into the restoration along with about $700,000 in real and in-kind spending. As the project stretched on, Willenberg said, it was the history behind the building that kept volunteers going. The baby camp was part of an international campaign to better care for ailing infants from lower-income families by treating them in a wellventilated space rather than the close confines of a hospital, when weather permitted. Wesley Hospital, then located at 10th and St. Francis streets,
The Fresh Air Baby Camp building is noted for its big triple-sash windows, green clay tile roof and serene setting on West 11th. had set up a tent for babies there a Willenberg said of the city, which few years earlier. Acting on a local then had about 72,000 residents. The physician’s suggestion, a committee of building had room for 20 cribs. 15 women raised money in 1919 to “They did in three months what build a new tent baby camp in a more has taken us 10½ years — it was kind bucolic setting, choosing a site near of depressing,” Willenberg jokingly the current building, where the Little added. Arkansas River could provide a cool The Wichita Eagle regularly ran breeze. But just prior to its second updates on babies in the camp, such season, the camp was destroyed by fire. as this one from the summer of 1923: In response, the women’s “Baby Kenneth will have an operation committee quickly raised money for a once he has gained weight and is new facility, designed to be fireproof. stronger.” Architect Lorentz Schmidt and builder The building served as a summer George Siedhoff donated their services. baby camp until 1926, when the When the building opened in August operation moved to Wesley’s new of that year, a supporter called it “the location on North Hillside. The best summer home for sick babies west building was then leased for a dollar of Chicago.” a year to the Girl Scouts, who used “It was just an outpouring of care it for day camps and troop activities and concern for babies. It wasn’t huge, for 75 years. Willenberg remembers but Wichita wasn’t all that big either,” packing her lunch for day camps at the
Little Girl Scout House, from which Scouts would set off on hikes around Riverside Park. One estimate is that 30,000 Scouts passed through the Little House. The Girl Scouts turned it back to the city in 2001. After sitting vacant for several years, the structure appeared headed for demolition. The sky showed through holes in the roof, termites had destroyed supports around the front and back doors, and concrete structures had crumbled away. Neighbors’ concerns brought it to the attention of the city’s historic preservation office in 2004. A couple years later, Morgan and Barbara Hammond, who also worked in the preservation office, wrote the application that got the building placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The two happened to be neighbors in North Riverside. In 2011, they joined with other neighbors to form the nonprofit Friends group. Willenberg took over as president a couple years later. Wichita attorney Jim Guy, who died in 2017, helped the group with legal matters while his fellow preservationist, Mike Seiwert, signed on as project architect. The group got a big boost two See next page
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years later with a matching grant from the Heritage Trust Fund, which allowed it to re-roof the building with green clay tiles made by the same company that produced the originals. The Friends continued to raise money while devoting four to six hours to hands-on labor most Saturdays. Much of the work was done by six to eight regulars, all of them 60 or older, occasionally supplemented by 10 to 15 more volunteers. Morgan noted that each of the 28 original triple-hung windows required at least 40 hours to restore. The exterior was painted, Craftsman-style window and door trim that had been covered by paneling restored, concrete floor polished, outside electric lines moved underground, a new sewer line installed, fireplace repaired, bathroom and kitchen stripped and outfitted. Another grant from the Heritage Trust provided storm windows. A heating and air company donated a geothermal system, and Willenberg said much of the work that had to be hired out was discounted. “Concrete cutters would take off five hours of time (from their bill). Sheet rockers would give us 20 percent off. The sewer line guy did his work for free. The election union, plumbers and pipefitters all donated stuff to get it up
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Above left, volunteers restore the interior of the Fresh Air Baby Camp. Left, Mike Seiwert was project architect and a hands-on volunteer. At right, Girl Scouts set out from the house on a nature walk during the 1970s. and running.” the back patio, it’s now substantially some time because everything was Hammond, the project historian complete. based on donations,” he said. “They and grant writer, continued to David McGuire, the city’s wanted to do a really good job of research the building. One person she superintendent for park maintenance making it look new but making it interviewed was the twin of a woman and forestry, called it unusual for look original, and that’s what they who’d been cared for there as a baby. a private group to restore a public accomplished.” The pandemic set back work on the property. building about eight months, but other “They took on a pretty big than a pergola or canopy to cover endeavor and it took them, you know,
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From Page 1 it became The Center for the Arts and then Mark Arts. She had to be persuaded by her mother to give it a try. “I knew I could sculpt, but I didn’t know if I could teach. I said I’d try it for one semester,” she said. Mark Arts CEO Katy Dorrah describes Babs Mellor as “an institution.” That makes sense when you consider Mellor taught two classes a day — one in the morning and one in the afternoon — with 20 students in each for nearly five decades. Mellor’s influence went beyond the studio, Dorrah said. “She organized
social gatherings for them. They all loved being in her class and really got to know each other.” When her husband, Phil, was alive, they often hosted cookouts in the family’s backyard, with her students bringing their families as well. "It was so fun. They became wonderful friends,” she said. She also took students to Loveland, Colo., known for bronze foundries that cast art pieces. In her studio is a life-size statue of Mellor that her students sculpted for her. “Look, they even have my rings because I wear them every day,” she said. One bit of wisdom that Mellor shares with students is a saying: “Sio
“When The Missouri Ran Red,” by Jim R. Woolard (Kensington Publishing Corp., 2021, 297 pages $26.00) By Ted Ayres Jim Woolard’s novel “When the Missouri Ran Red” focuses on the final few months of the Civil War in Kansas and Missouri. It’s also a coming-of-age story. Owen Wainwright is a 17-yearold orphan living with his aunt and uncle in Sedalia when in August 1864
he’s accosted by his older half-brother Lance. Their interactions throughout the remainder of the book create a plot line that is perhaps intended as a metaphor for how the Civil War divided families and friends as well as the nation. Later, Owen is captured and conscripted by the Confederate troops who have raided Sedalia for the horses and cattle maintained there by Union forces. He travels with the Rebels, observing numerous battles and
Ancora Imparo.” “That’s what Michelangelo said when he was 87 years old,” she said. It means ‘I’m still learning.’ “I’ve studied with 10 famous teachers and I have loved sharing what I learned with my students. “And I feel blessed that I can create. You can’t be in a bad mood if you’re creating,” she said. Now Mellor is retired from teaching, but certainly not from sculpting. “I miss my students. This is the first time I’ve had so much free time. “But I’m doing portraits. Three so far, and I’m working on a fourth, and I have my bridge group and I’m having people over for chili on Halloween as I
Novel portrays Civil War through eyes of teen skirmishes between the Blue and the Grey. He is then arrested and jailed in a Union prison until he is given a chance at freedom — if he agrees to pursue and help capture his halfbrother, who has fled to Texas as the Union’s superiority in resources, men and materiel make it clear that the days of the Confederacy are numbered. As Owen’s tale unfolds, the terror, hardship and misery of war are made quite clear. However, Wainwright also learns that there remain honorable
December 2021 usually do,” she said. Mellor’s work can be found around Wichita and beyond. One of her best known pieces is a life-size sculpture of famous prohibitionist Carrie Nation that stands out the Eaton Hotel building, where Nation famously vandalized a saloon. Does Mellor have a favorite piece? She mentions a bust of Charlie Daniels that she presented to the musician, but her favorite pieces are those of her family. She sculpted her granddaughter when she was two, and when the piece was finished, the toddler looked at it and said, “That’s me! And I have on my pretty dress!” Mellor said, “That is such a sweet memory.” men and women and that both sides of the conflict have heroes and villains. Woolard›s story references many locations in Missouri and Kansas that will be familiar to readers. War is, for better or worse, a fertile ground for writers, scholars and historians. Woolard’s novel skillfully plows that ground.
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New cars and trucks don’t pass sniff test
By Ted Blankenship Americans buy millions of pickup trucks each year, many of them difficult to squeeze into American garages. And as they get bigger and bigger — the trucks and the Americans — the seats get farther from the pavement. What to do? Bring back running boards or install ladders? Manufacturers chose retractable running boards designed to appear when a door is opened. Modern cars are generally so close to the ground that they don’t need running boards. I’m old enough to remember cars of the 1930s and 1940s. They had real running boards that stretched between the front and back fenders, right out where everybody could see them. If you kept the car
long enough, the running boards rusted through and you might step right through one. This could result in a nasty cut and an unsightly hole in a very visible part of your car. The running boards weren’t unsightly — at least not before they rusted through — and they had a purpose. For instance, they gave truck owners a place to bolt a tool box to convince people they actually did some work. I like running boards, and I’m glad to see them return. I wish the car makers would bring back some of the other things the engineers have eliminated to make all the cars
look alike. For example, there used to be gear shifts on cars because the transmissions were operated manually, and not just on sports cars. These were often in the form of a rod sticking up from the floorboard and ending in a knob between the driver and the frontseat passenger. Cars also had low-voltage batteries that might refuse to turn the engine over in cold weather but on the plus side would not power lights bright enough to blind oncoming traffic at night. The drawback was that you couldn’t see much with them at night either. The switch to turn the brights off and on was on the floor to the left of the clutch (used in conjunction
with the gear shift), and in those days drivers actually used that switch. The best thing about the cars of that era is that the body style changed every year. The day when the new cars came out, usually in September, was a big event — like a Broadway show. Car dealers taped butcher paper to their showroom windows before opening day so you couldn’t sneak a peak at the new models. When the public was allowed in, everybody slammed the new models’ doors to see if they were quiet and sniffed them to see if they smelled new enough for the price. Each car was different. You could actually tell a Chevy from a Ford. And some cost as little as $500, which you probably still couldn’t afford. Contact Ted at
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Calendar of Events Sedgwick County Senior Centers
Note to readers: Senior center schedules and other events normally listed on this page are expected to be affected by the coronavirus through December. For information, call the numbers listed below. BEL AIRE 7651 E Central Park Ave 744-2451, ext 121 www.belaireks.org BENTLEY/EAGLE 504 W Sterling, 796-0027 CHENEY 516 Main, 542-3721 CLEARWATER 921 E Janet, 584-2332 DERBY 611 N Mulberry Rd, 788-0223 www.derbyks.com DOWNTOWN 200 S Walnut, 267-0197 www.seniorservicesofwichita.org EDGEMOOR 5815 E 9th, 688-9392
GARDEN PLAIN 1006 N Main, 535-1155 GODDARD 120 N Main, 794-2441 HAYSVILLE 160 E Karla, 529-5903 KECHI Kechi City Building, 744-0217, 744-1271 LA FAMILIA 841 W 21st, 267-1700 LINWOOD 1901 S Kansas, 263-3703 www.seniorservicesofwichita.org MCADAMS GOLDEN AGE 1329 E 16th, 337-9222 MT HOPE 105 S Ohio, 667-8956
Butler County Senior Centers ANDOVER 410 Lioba Dr, 733-4441 www.andoverks.com AUGUSTA 640 Osage, 775-1189
CASSODAY Cassoday Senior Center 133 S. Washington, 620-735-4538
BENTON Lion’s Community Bldg, S Main St
EL DORADO 210 E 2nd, 321-0142
DOUGLASS 124 W 4th, 746-3227
Senior Wednesdays
NOTE: REGULAR SENIOR WEDNESDAY PROGRAMMING IS EXPECTED TO RESUME IN JANUARY. HERE ARE THE LOCATIONS, DATES AND TIMES OF PROGRAMS.
2nd Wednesday 10 am Sedgwick County Zoo, 5555 Zoo Blvd. (316) 266-8213, $4 1:30 pm Advanced Learning Library, 711 W, 2nd, (316) 261-8500, Free
3rd Wednesday 10 am Ulrich Museum of Art, 1845 N. Fairmount, (316) 978-3664, Free 4th Wednesday 10 am Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, 204 S. Main, (316) 265-9314, $2 5th Wednesday 10 am Great Plains Nature Center, 6232 E. 29th N., (316) 683-5499, Free 1:30 p.m. Old Cowtown Museum, 1865 Museum Blvd., (316) 350-3323, $2
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Augusta Sr Center, 640 Osage. . Info: 755-1060 Derby Sr Center, 611 Mulberry. El Dorado Jam & Dance, Senior Center, 210 E 2nd. Goldenrod Golden Age, 1340 S Pattie. Linwood Golden Age, 1901 S Kansas.
Park City Sr Center, 6100 N Hydraulic. 1st and 3rd Saturday 7-9:30 p.m. Info: 755-1060 Prairie Wind Dancers: Plymouth Congregational Church, 202 N Clifton. Joyce, 683-1122.
Oaklawn Activity Center, 4904 S Clifton. Info: Nick, 529-2792.
Mulvane, 101 E. Main (Pix Community Center Second Tuesday of every month at 7-9pm.
Westside Steppers Square Dance, 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month at the Sedgwick County Extension Building at 21st and Ridge Road. Inf: Sheldon Lawrence (316) 648-7590.
Oaklawn Activity Center cafeteria, 4904 S Clifton. Info: iamgary48@yahoo.com.
Wichita Solos Square Dance, For Info email: Curtis, wichitasolos@yahoo.com.
Minisa Golden Age, 704 W 13th. Info 617-2560.
Orchard Park Golden Age, 4808 W 9th.
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LEON 112 S Main, 745-9200 or 742-9905 ROSE HILL 207 E Silknitter, 776-0170 TOWANDA 317 Main, 776-8999 Open 10:30 am-5 pm Mon, Wed, Fri WHITEWATER Legion Hall, 108 E Topeka
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1st Wednesday 10:30amWichita Art Museum 1400 W. Museum Blvd., (316) 268-4921 $2 admission 1:30 pm Museum of World Treasures 835 E. 1st St. (316) 263-1311 $4 (includes Museum admission)
MULVANE 632 E Mulvane, 777-4813 NORTHEAST 2121 E 21st, 269-4444
BURRTON 124 N Burrton, 620-463-3225
HALSTEAD 523 Poplar, 835-2283 HESSTON Randall & Main, 620-327-5099 www.hesstonseniorcenter.com GRAND CENTRAL 122 E 6th, Newton, 283-2222 www.grandcentralseniorcenter.com SEDGWICK 107 W. Fifth, 772-0393
Transportation Sedgwick County
Sedgwick Co Transportation, 660-5150 or 1-800-367-7298. Information: 8 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri; closed most holidays. www. sedgwickcounty.org/aging.
Butler County Transit
Weekday transportation in El Dorado, Augusta and Andover. Rides to Wichita on Wed, Thu. Information: Augusta, 775-0500; El Dorado, 322-4321; toll free, 1-800-2793655. 48-hr notice required.
Harvey County
Transportation reservations or information: 316-284-6802 or 1-866-6806802. Round-trip: $8 Newton (wheelchair only), $12 Harvey County, $20 outside Harvey County. AVI to Newton: Tue, 12:304:30 pm from Burrton, Sedgwick, Halstead, Hesston, Walton.
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NOTE: AGING PROJECTS, INC. PLANNED TO MAKE FRIENDSHIP MEALS AVAILBALE THROUGH PICK UP AND DELIVERY IF NECESSARY. FOR INFORMATION, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL MEAL SITE OR CALL 316-681-4440
Friendship Meals Aging Projects serves a hot, nutritious meal weekdays for persons 60 and older in Sedgwick, Harvey and Butler counties. Reservations are necessary. For locations and reservations, call 620-669-8201. WEEK OF DEC.1 Wed: Pulled pork sandwich, potato wedges, green beans, mandarin oranges, cookie. Thu: Goulash, combination salad, applesauce, garlic bread. Fri: Ham and beans, Potatoes O'Brien, parslied carrots, plums, cornbread. WEEK OF DEC. 6 Mon: Oven friend chicken, cabbage au gratin, green beans, peaches, roll. Tue: Chili, combination salad, applesacue, cinnamon roll, crackers. Wed: Chicken and noodles over mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, mandarin oranges, peach crisp. Thu: Beef cutlet with onion and mushroom gravy, baked potato, broccoli, mixed fruit, spice cake, wheat roll. Fri: Mexican pork stew, hominy, sunshinesalad, apricots, cornbread. WEEK OF DEC. 13 Mon: Meatloaf, California mash with gravy, parslied carrots, pineapple. Tue: Chicken sandwich or fish with tartar sauce, vegetable soup, banana, crackers, gelatin. Wed: Mexican lasagna, combination salad, strawberries, chocolate pudding. Thu: Chicken and rice soup, broccoli, peaches, crackers. Fri: Roast beef, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, Ambrosia fruit salad, cranberry swirl cake. WEEK OF DEC. 20 Mon: Ham chowder, green beans, mandarin oranges, apple crisp, cornbread. Tue: Scalloped chicken, broccoli, pickled beets, applesauce. Wed: Cheeseburger soup, corn relish, peaches, pineapple bread, crackers. Thu: Chicken fajita salad, Mexican rice, strawberries, sugar cookie. Fri: Holiday. WEEK OF DEC. 25 Mon: Holiday. Tue: Swiss steak, baked potato, parslied carrots, pears, roll. Wed: New England stew, peas, orange juice, peaches, crackers. Thu: Cranberry meatballs, baked potato, green beans, mixed fruit. Fri: Holiday.
* Milk is served with all meals.
FUNDING MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT, KDADS AND CENTRAL PLAINS AREA AGENCY ON AGING
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Lakeview lots. Everlasting Life Lawn Crypt. C-4 space 10. Sold out area in Lakeview. $4,500. 316-839-2301 Two Mausoleum Crypts plots, Lakeview Gardens (K-96 and 13th) Peace Garden, Level D, Space 3&4. $4,995/each OBO Please call 316-641-7199
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Prairie Express Courier and Delivery Services • Will deliver packages, crates, parts, etc., • Transport people for errands such as grocery store, airport, doctors’ appointments, etc. Call/Text 316-640-6327
Private Duty Aide with light house keeping. Availability evenings and weekends. References upon request. Cynthia CNA/HHA 316-992-6711
Cowboy Construction Remodeling, siding, decks, fences, windows, doors and more. 20 years locally owned. Free estimates. Senior discounts. Todd Wenzel 316-393-4488
Resthaven Garden of Gospels double lawn crypt with bronze marker. Value $10000 sell $6000. Seller pays transfer fees. Call 316 293 9442
Chauffer/ Personal Shopper Ladies in East Wichita/Andover, Need rides to appointments/shopping? I will wait with you and ensure your safe return home. Walkers OK, no wheelchairs. (Can shop for you). $20/hr. 316-685-7336.
Plot in White Chapel. It has a vault already paid for. Asking $500 and buyer pays $500
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White Chapel, Garden of Devotion. Lot 49-B, plot 4. Buyer pays $299 transfer fee. Asking $2,000. Call/Text 316-655-6667 2 side by side plots Lakeview Veterans First. Includes granite and bronze markers. Value $7,500, sell for $6,400. 316-686-6500. White Chapel Memorial in Last Supper Section. 3 adjoining lots 292B Spaces1,2,3. Value $6,300. Sell $3,300/all.Transfer fee included. 316-990-5442. Resthaven; Garden of Sermon on the Mount. 4 adjoining lots, $2,000 per lot or all 4 for $6500. Seller will pay transfer costs, Call 501-864-7180. 2 plots in Kechi Township Cemetery. Price $1,400. Call 316-992-8148. Lakeview Gardens, Garden of Meditation. 4 plots together. Will sell pairs or all 4 for $1,700 per plot. Buyer pays transfer fees. Call 620-456-3336. Resthaven single plot available in Garden of Freedom. Plot #62 C-3. Paid $4,695 sell for $3,000 OBO. Call 316-993-2223. Resthaven 2 plots 91-C 1&2, $1800 each OBO. Value $4695 each. Seller pays transfer fee. Call 316-689-1930 or email s-buller@sbcglobal.net Resthaven Gardens, plot #38-C-2, prime location in front of the Praying Hands. Value is $4,200. Asking $1,500 OBO. Seller pays transfer fee. Maggy Thompson 702-254-5024
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F HELP WANTEDF ATTENTION JOB SEEKERS – AGES 55+ The Senior Employment Program’s Job Club is meeting in person again. EVERY TUESDAY at 1:00pm. Call 267-1771 for details.
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Savvy Senior: Tips and tools for family caregivers Dear Savvy Senior,
Can you recommend any resources that offer help to family caregivers? I’ve been taking care of my 86-yearold mother and could use some help. Burned-Out Brenda Dear Brenda,
Caring for an aging parent or other loved one over a period of time can be very challenging both physically and mentally. Fortunately, there are a number of tips and services you can turn to that can help lighten the load. Here are several to consider. Assemble a care team: A good first step is to put together a network of people including family, friends and even neighbors that you can call on to help out when you can’t be there or need a break. Tap local services: Many communities offer a range of free or subsidized services that help seniors and caregivers by providing things like home-delivered meals, transportation, senior companion services and more. Call 211 to find out what’s available in your community, or call AARP’s caregiving resource center (877-3335885), which provides referrals to local resources. Use respite: Respite services can provide short-term care to your mom so you can take some time off. To locate services in your area, try the ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center at ARCHrespite.org. Hire in-home help: You may want to consider hiring a part-time homecare aide that can help with things like preparing meals, housekeeping or personal care. Costs can run anywhere from $12 to $30 an hour depending on where you live and the qualification of the aide. To find help through an agency, use Medicare’s search tool Medicare.gov/care-compare. Or to find someone on your own, which is a more affordable way to go, try websites like Care.com or CareLinx.com. Use financial tools: If you’re handling your mom’s finances, you can make things easier by arranging direct deposit for her income sources and set up automatic payments for her utilities and other routine bills. Also, consider setting up your mom’s online banking service at her bank so you can pay her other bills and monitor her account anytime. If you want or need help, there are professional daily money managers (see AADMM.com to locate someone) that can do it for you. They charge between $60 and $150 per hour. Also, if your mom is lower-income, use BenefitsCheckup.org, a free, confidential website that will help you
“Quick Links”). insurance policy with an average benefit of Search unclaimed property: If your dad died more than a few years $2,000. It could be like ago, benefits may have already been finding out you have a turned over to the unclaimed property secret savings account. office of the state where the policy was While locate financial assistance programs unfortunately, there isn’t purchased. Go to MissingMoney.com, that can help pay for her medications, a website of the National Association a national database for tracking down utilities, health care, and other needs. of Unclaimed Property Administrators, these policies, there are a number of Get insurance help: If you have to search records from 39 states, Puerto strategies and a few new resources that questions about what Medicare or Rico and the District of Columbia. Or, can help your search. Here are several Medicaid covers, or about long-term to find links to each state’s unclaimedto get you started. care, your State Health Insurance property division use Unclaimed.org. Search his records: Check your Assistance Program (SHIP) provides If your dad’s name or a potential free counseling on all these issues. Call dad’s financial records or areas where benefactor’s name produces a hit, you’ll he kept his important papers for a 877-839-2675 or visit ShiptaCenter. need to prove your claim. Required policy, records of premium payments, org to locate a nearby counselor. documentation, which can vary by or bills from an insurer. Also contact You can also get help at Medicare. state, is detailed in claim forms, and a his employer or former employer gov or by calling 800-633-4227, and death certificate might be necessary. benefits administrator, insurance through the Medicare Rights Center, Search fee-based services: There agents, financial planner, accountant, which staffs a helpline at 800-333are several businesses that offer policy attorney or other adviser and ask 4114. locator services for a fee. The MIB if they know about a life insurance Tap other resources: There are a Group, for example, which is a datapolicy. Also check safe-deposit number of other organizations you can sharing service for life and health boxes, monitor the mail for premium draw on for additional information like insurance companies, offers a policy invoices or whole-life dividend notices the Family Care Alliance (Caregiver. locator service at MIB.com for $75. and review old income-tax returns org/family-care-navigator), which But it only tracks applications for looking for interest income from, and provides a state-by-state listing of individual policies made since 1996. interest expenses paid to life insurance caregiving programs and services; You can also get assistance at companies. Caring.com, which offers caregiving Policy Inspector (PolicyInspector.com) Get help: The National advice, senior housing information and for $99, and L-LIFE (LostLifeIns. online support groups; the Alzheimer’s Association of Insurance com) for $108.50, who will do the Commissioners offers a policy locator Association (ALZ.org/care), which searching for you. service (see NAIC.org and click on provides information unique to the “Consumer” then on “Life Insurance challenges of dementia caregivers; Policy Locator”) that lets you run and the U.S. Department of Veterans Does Medicare cover a nationwide search for insurance Affairs (www.caregiver.va.gov), which mobility scooters or policies or annuities in the names offers caregiver support services to wheelchairs? of people who have died. There are veterans and even spouses of veterans. Dear Savvy Senior, also six state insurance departments And, if you happen to be sharing I have arthritis in my hips and knees (Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, New care responsibilities with others, and have a difficult time getting around York, North Carolina and Oregon) sites like LotsaHelpingHands.com anymore. What do I need to do to get a that have free policy locator service and CaringBridge.org can help you Medicare-covered electric-powered scooter programs that can help you search. coordinate together. or wheelchair? To find direct access to these state Take care of yourself: Make your Need a Ride own health a priority. Being a caregiver resources visit the American Council of Life Insurers website at ACLI.com is a big job that can cause emotional Dear Need, – click on “Missing Policy Tips.” and physical stress and lead to illness If you’re enrolled in original Contact the insurer: If you and depression. The only way you can Medicare, getting an electric-powered suspect that a particular insurer provide the care your mother needs is mobility scooter or wheelchair that’s underwrote the policy, contact that to make sure you stay healthy. covered by Medicare starts with a visit carrier’s claim office and ask. The more to your doctor’s office. information you have, like your dad’s How to track down an If eligible, Medicare will pay date of birth and death, Social Security 80 percent of the cost after you’ve unclaimed life insurance number and address, the easier it will be to track down. Contact information met your Part B deductible ($203 in policy 2021). You will be responsible for the for some big insurers include: Dear Savvy Senior, remaining 20 percent unless you have Prudential 800-778-2255; MetLife When my dad died, we thought supplemental insurance. Metlife.com/policyfinder; AIG 800he had a life insurance policy, but we 888-2452; Nationwide 800-848-6331; Get more Savvy Senior have no idea how to track it down. Any John Hancock JohnHancock.com To find more advice from Savvy suggestions? Senior columnist Jim Miller, visit Searching Son (click on “Lost or unclaimed policy form” at the bottom of the page under theactiveage.com Dear Searching, Lost or forgotten life insurance Stay up to date with policies are very common in the U.S. The Active Age website According to a study by Consumer Get regular news updates and features all Reports, 1 out of every 600 people is the beneficiary of an unclaimed life month long by visiting theactiveage.com www.theactiveage.com
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'I prayed to help'—and now Catalina Garcia does just that
By Debbi Elmore Brought to the United States from Mexico as a teenager, Catalina Garcia knows the challenges that a new country, language and culture present. They can even put a person’s health at risk. Decades after her arrival, Garcia is helping others navigate those challenges as part of a program call Promotoras de Salud that serves north Wichita’s Hispanic residents. “I prayed to help people,” Garcia said. Promotores de Salud is the Spanish term for “community health worker.” Garcia and colleague Denise Romero help residents with the health care system, nutrition, physical activity and more while trying to foster a sense of community.
Catalina Garcia works in the garden at St. Patrick school, above, and teaches a nutrition class at Evergreen Community Center, right.
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Bison roam near Canton as a tram tour gives visitors a close-up view. Photos by Doug Stremel.
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Before becoming a town, Newton became notorious
By Joe Stumpe NEWTON — The most famous of Old West shootouts took place some 1,000 miles west of here, outside the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. But that fracas pales in comparison to the mayhem unleased in Harvey County a decade earlier. Known as the “Gunfight in Hide Park” or “Newton General Massacre,” the burst of gunfire on Aug. 20, 1871 left five men dead and briefly made Newton notorious across the country. Adding to the drama was the fact that the young man believed responsible for most of the bloodshed disappeared immediately afterward, never to be heard of again. The massacre was part of a summer-long spree of violence that coincided with the arrival of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, which turned Newton into the terminus and cattle shipping point for the Chisholm Trail. Practically overnight, Newton grew from a village with a dozen homes and blacksmith’s shop into a bustling commercial center serving something like a thousand settlers and Texas cowboys. A strip of saloons and bawdy houses called “Hide Park” also sprung up — so named because its female citizens showed so much of their backsides (some later writers referred to it as “Hyde Park,” presumably out of delicacy). The area was located south of the railroad tracks and west of Main Street. According to a history penned by Judge RWP Muse, an early civic leader, the first two saloon killings occurred that June. In early August, two more deaths followed. One of the latter was perpetrated by Mike McCluskie, an Irishman who’d been hired by local authorities to keep the peace during a railroad bond election. Instead, he shot down a drunken Texan named Billy Bailey who’d been hired for the same purpose.
Fearing retribution from Bailey’s Texas friends, McCluskie fled town by train to Florence in neighboring Marion County. But he returned a week later and visited a dance hall in Hide Park to gamble early on the morning of Aug. 20, a Sunday. About 2 a.m., four Texans entered the place. One of them, whose name was Hugh Anderson, shot McCluskie in the neck. Fatally wounded, McCluskie tried to return fire but his gun misfired. At that point, another gunman opened fire on the Texans, hitting all four of them in addition to three unlucky bystanders. One of these bystanders, Jim Martin, ran out and fell dead in front of a saloon known as the Alamo. Another, a railroad brakeman named Patrick Lee, died of his wounds a few days later, as did two of the Texans, Billy Garrett and Henry Kearnes. Anderson, the original shooter, was gravely wounded and initially not expected to survive. The last Texan, James Wilkerson, and a third bystander, named Hickey, suffered less-severe wounds. By comparison, the gunfight at the O.K. Corral killed three men and wounded three others. Unfortunately for Newton’s reputation, correspondents for several newspapers happened to be in town to cover the cattle drives. Instead, they spread news of the gun battle from coast to coast. Despite the attention, the gunman who’d wreaked such havoc in the dance hall was never arrested or even named in contemporary newspaper accounts. One article, by a correspondent for the New York World, referred to him as “Nemesis.”
It wasn’t until 11 years later that Judge Muse, in "A History of Harvey County: 1871-1881," gave him a name: Riley. Muse wrote that Riley was about 18 years at the time of the shootings, “quiet and inoffensive, and evidently dying of consumption.” Muse added that Riley was known as “McCluskie’s Shadow” because he “followed the railroad gunman around like a little dog that barked and snapped behind his master.” It’s unclear why, if Riley was so well known, he wasn’t named in newspaper accounts at the time. An arrest warrant was issued Hugh Anderson for Anderson in McCluskie’s slaying. However, before it could be served, his father — a wealthy Texas cattleman — arrived in Newton and arranged for his escape. Muse and other residents helped with the scheme, fearing that Anderson’s arrest would spark more violence. According to Muse, the men carried Anderson on a litter down a dark cattle trail and placed him in a closet of a railroad car that was then locked. He was taken to Kansas City, where he recovered from his wounds. The violence continued. In September, Deputy Sheriff Carlos King was gunned down in Hide Park. Altogether, Muse estimated a dozen homicides took place during Newton’s cowtown era. But the massacre spurred residents to take steps to form a city government in an attempt to restore order. Before August was over, a mass meeting was held to nominate a mayor, judge, marshal and five councilmen. A jail was quickly erected and an ordinance enacted against the carrying of weapons. In February 1872, Newton incorporated as a city. Not long after, the city passed a law prohibiting the driving of large animals through Newton. Its days as a booming cowtown The Gunfight at Hide Park drew the attention would have been Frederick Remington. of famous Western artist numbered anyway. Above left, a city marker is one of few reminders of the massacre today in Newton. The railroad reached www.theactiveage.com
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The city of Newton will mark its 150th birthday Feb. 2, 2022 with a community event at the Meridian Center, 1420 E. Broadway Ct. Plans are still being finalized, but city communications director Erin McDaniel said it will probably take the form of an afternoon open house, with activities for children, refreshments and more. A community committee is planning other events as well, including a larger get-together during the summer. Wichita in 1872 and that young town became the shipping point for the Chisholm Trail — and experienced much the same type of violence as Newton, though not on the scale of the Gunfight in Hide Park. Indeed, Wichita’s best-known early outlaw — saloon keeper and gambler “Rowdy Joe” Lowe — simply moved his operation from Newton to Wichita. For the most part, Newton has downplayed its bloody beginning. Unlike Wichita’s Old Cowtown Museum and Dodge City’s Boot Hill Museum, for instance, Newton doesn’t regularly stage simulated Wild West gunfights. Kristine Schmucker, curator of the Harvey County Historical Museum, said some people think the influence of Mennonites in the county had something to do with that. But Schmucker, who is Mennonite, doubts that’s the case. “Those early city leaders were so appalled at what had happened that they wanted it to be gone,” she said. “It was never celebrated. It never caught on.” Muse, the civic leader and historian, was probably speaking for many residents when he wrote: “It is an old saying, that a bad beginning insures a good ending, and if this be true, then will the infamous character, which the town justly earned, in the early days, fore-shadow an after career of unexampled greatness and prosperity.” This article relies heavily on research by Kristine Schmucker, curator of the Harvey County Historical Museum in Newton. For more information, visit hchm.org.
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Community bands ring in holidays once more
By Nancy Carver Singleton A casualty of COVID-19 last year, live holiday concerts are back in a big way. And the performers who make up community bands are ready to blow — er, go. “It has been a couple years,” said Romella Rausch, a flutist from Colwich who’s played in the Senseney Community Band for 20-plus years. “It is going to be fun again. We get to visit again and catch up.” The Senseney band last performed for the 2019 holiday season. It was supposed to play a St. Patrick’s Day concert last year but the pandemic cancelled that. When the first rehearsal of the season was held last month, more than 80 musicians showed up. Bill Johnson, the group’s longtime musical director, said the musicians felt comfortable playing again since many members are vaccinated. Also, the churches that host their Christmas concerts told Johnson they welcome the return of the band. “I had no idea what to expect,” Johnson said. “Seeing all the people was very nice. It felt very good to me.” “There’s an excitement in people
After a two-year break, members of the Senseney Music Community Band are preparing to play a series of free holiday concerts again. wanting to get back together to play again." The concerts are: 7 p.m. Dec. 2, St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church, Wichita; 7 p.m. Dec. 5, Wichita, Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church, Wichita; and 7 p.m. Dec. 12, St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church,
Andover. All are free and open to the public. This is Senseney Music Community Band’s 34th Christmas concert. Johnson said the concerts will offer as a medley for an American Christmas ranging from the sacred to the secular — “Silent Night” to “Jingle
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Bells.” Musicians dress in red or green shirts, and many sport antlers or Santa hats. “It’s very light, very fun. It is just a good time of year to spread some joy.” Senseney Music Community Band formed on April 7, 1987, after two employees in instrument repairs suggested a community band be formed. “I thought that was a great idea, so I went to the boss, Denny Senseney. He said, ‘Great, I will play the tuba,’” said Johnson, who was then vice president of Senseney Music. He and Danny Senseney, who has since sold the store, are former school band directors. Johnson did a newspaper and a radio interview to publicize the idea, hoping to attract 30 to 40 musicians. Instead, 104 people came to the first rehearsal. He continues as musical director 10 years after his retirement from Senseney. The band’s purpose is to provide a performance opportunity for amateur wind and percussion players. It’s open to anyone who has played a See next page
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Conductor Bill Johnson has been part of the Senseney Music Community Band since its start in 1987. band instrument. There are no fees or auditions. “Just check the website for more information because we’re always adding more new people,” Johnson said. Senseny provides rehearsal space at its store on East Lincoln, sheet music and a number of the larger percussion instruments. Store vans transport larger instruments and equipment to concerts. Lori Supinie continued the sponsorship after buying Senseney
Music in 2008. She plays bassoon in the band. Johnson is principal conductor, and George Naylor is associate conductor. Members generally range from their 20s to their 80s, though an eighth-grade bassoon player joined in November. Musicians come from outlying towns as well as Wichita. Several are former band directors. At a rehearsal last month, musicians greeted each other
In addition to the Senseney band concerts here are some more scheduled for the area: Wichita Choral Society, Handel’s Messiah—2 p.m. Nov. 28, Country Acres Baptist Church, Wichita, free. Delano Wind Ensemble—3 p.m. Dec. 5, West Side Baptist Church, Wichita. Concert is free, but a $10 per person donation is suggested. Wichita Chamber Chorale—7 p.m. Dec. 11, Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, Wichita and 3 p.m. Dec. 12, location not set as of press time, check www.wichitachamberchorale.org. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and $5 for college students and available at the door. Stan Kenton Christmas Brass—10 a.m. Dec. 12 during the regular service, West Heights Methodist Church, Wichita, free will offering. Delano Chamber Choir Ensemble—3 p.m. Dec. 12, West Side Baptist Church, Wichita. Concert is free, but a $10 per person donation is suggested. Heart of America Men’s Chorus—7:30 p.m. Dec. 18 and 3 p.m. Dec. 19, St. James Episcopal Church, Wichita. Tickets are $15 for adults. Great Plains Dulcimer Alliance—Noon Dec. 21, brown bag concert at Coutts Museum of Art, El Dorado, free. enthusiastically after almost two years apart. Paul Bland has been a percussionist in the band since 2007. “We all have the day-to-day jobs and things to take care of. This is a great time with people you are familiar with playing music together. We all came back for one reason or another. A lot of the time it is to reconnect with friends.” He said playing with others is a good way to improve his technique
and practice regimen. Rausch spoke of friendships and of fellow musicians’ musical skills. “There is amazing talent in this band. It has been an honor to play with them.” Rausch also noted the beauty of churches where Christmas concerts are performed. “It is truly inspirational. Sometimes during the songs, it is overwhelming. It gets to your heart. It gets you in the mood, the holiday spirit. That is what it is all about.”
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Eat smarter and make physical activity a routine during the holidays By Monica Cissell CPAAA We all cherish family traditions, which often are centered around food and sharing family meals. With subtle changes to classic dishes we can remake these favorites into healthier fare. Healthy swaps include: • Bake with apple sauce or pureed fruit instead of oil and butter – ratio is 1:1 (for instance, a half a cup of oil would require half a cup of apple sauce). This works great for muffins and quick breads. • Use evaporated skim milk instead
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Hawaiian pulled pork: 3-ingredient magic By Joe Stumpe If this is the year you finally make it to Hawaii for the holidays, kudos to you. If not, you can bring a bit of island fun to get-togethers right here with super-easy Hawaiian pulled pork. The main part of this recipe calls for just three ingredients — pork shoulder or butt, salt and liquid smoke. I like to serve the resulting pulled pork on Hawaiian rolls with pineappleinfused barbecue sauce, but the pork is deliciously juicy on its own. If possible, use pink Himalayan salt or Hawaiian sea salt in this recipe. The former is widely available and not cost prohibitive in the quantity you’ll need. I can’t explain exactly why it’s
better than table salt in this recipe, but in my experience it is. Coarse kosher salt is an acceptable substitute. The pulled pork is supposed to be salty and smoky, though not overly so. The pork can be made in an Instant Pot in about an hour, in a traditional pot in about twice that time or left to cook all day in a slow cooker. For the barbecue sauce, King’s Hawaiian and Sweet Baby Ray’s both makes a pineapple-flavored barbecue sauce, or you can make your by adding pineapple chunk, crushed pineapple or pineapple juice to another favorite store-bought sauce. Aloha!
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1 pork shoulder, about 4-5 lbs. Salt, 1 teaspoon per pound of meat Liquid smoke, 1 teaspoon per pound or meat Barbecue sauce, if using Hawaiian rolls or buns Directions: Cut meat into 2-inch chunks, discarding excess surface fat. Place in a bowl, sprinkle the pieces with salt and liquid smoke and stir with your hands or a spoon to combine well. Place meat in a pot with 1 cup water. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to a simmer. Cook about 2 hours or until meat easily shreds with a fork. If using an Instant Pot, use the stew setting. Remove meat from pot and shred, reserving the cooking liquid. Add cooking liquid to meat for juicier pork, and serve with Hawaiian barbecue sauce and buns if desired.
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A good year for alternative gifting
By Leslie Chaffin How many of you still have those dough or paper ornaments your kids made you in school? They may be faded, a little cracked and don’t always get put on the tree anymore — having been replaced by ones from your grandchildren — but you still have them. Why? There’s meaning in them. If the past two years have taught us anything, it is not to take the people we care about for granted. When I worked at Hospice, Inc. (now Harry Hynes Hospice), Father Tom Welk spoke at a monthly memorial held for the employees and said: “One of the greatest presents we can give is to be present for each other.” In these times, this seems particularly fitting. Last year, we were advised that family gatherings could risk infecting others, and a good portion of the population celebrated long distance. I wonder how many understood what a caring gift this was — to put the health of those you love above the traditions of the season. While we aren’t out of the woods yet, being able to gather again is a gift. More than likely, there are a variety of sponsored ads showing up on your Facebook page, in your email and other online accounts. “Get the 20 Best Gadgets of 2021 Before They’re Gone,” reads one; jewelry is the best way to show you love someone, implies another. Such messages can make us feel empty-handed without a physical gift for certain people during the holidays. Yet to be there for someone else, to listen and say “I love you” is and always has been the greatest gift we can give. Carl Williams — musician, writer and all-around unique personality — relates that he once gave his wife an
Carl Williams gave his wife, Gayle, unlimited massages through the year 2084 as a Christmas gift. unlimited, 24/7 on-demand certificate interest. An art class, nature walk, for a massage. symphony performance, visit to the “Early on in our marriage, I gave Flint Hills to find fossils — the Gayle a certificate, done in a fancy possibilities are endless. Gothic type font, that read ‘This Animal lover on the list? Certificate Entitles Gayle Dawnell Symbolically adopt an animal through Williams to a full body massage on the many wildlife charities or local demand, 24 hours a day 7 days a week animal rescue operations. For those 365 days a year! Certificate good only who have pets, offer your time to pet thru 12/25/2084. This Husbands 4-U sit so they can get away for a weekend. offer is only valid if certificate holder You may remember making “chore redeems services using 1945CARL.’” coupons” to give grandparents when He added that it has been redeemed you were growing up. It’s still one way many times over the years. to give your time to someone special Children on the list can be the in your life — from offering to spend hardest, even when you get a list time to help with cleaning or yard from their parents. Time with their work to a day trip to explore Kansas. grandparents may have been limited A certificate or “coupon book” that can the past couple of years. With school be redeemed during the year is more out over the holiday season, think personal and valued than you may of their interests and make your gift realize. Wrapped in a pretty box, the one of time to help them pursue that gift of time is one that is uniquely you.
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Of course, there are physical gifts that show you care. The year my mom died, my best friend, whose mom also had Alzheimer’s, gave me a handmade ornament that is the symbol of the Alzheimer’s Association. which represented a gift she gave to the Alzheimer’s Association Music Program in my mom’s name. It touched me deeply, and I keep the ornament hanging where I see it every day. One year, I happened to be passing by the old Santa Fe transportation building downtown and noticed a moving sale. One room was full of old volumes of notes from board meetings from the time my grandfather worked for the railroad. As I thumbed through the books, I saw his name and signature signing off on the minutes. I paid $2 for the volume I chose, used a red ribbon to mark pages and gave it to my dad for Christmas. He got a little choked up when he opened one of the marked pages and read it, realizing what the book represented. There were other gifts that year, but this one would be treasured for years to come. A framed photo of a friend’s pet or spontaneous moment you caught with a grandchild are sure to make the recipient smile. With supply chain problems threatening to make Christmas shopping more challenging than ever, the beauty of these types of gifts is that you don’t have to worry if they are in stock or when they will arrive. They let the recipient know you are really present for them. Contact Leslie Chaffin at lrchaffin20@gmail.com.
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Indian museum collecting elders' stories, Bosin works
Blackbear Bosin created the monumental Keeper of the Plains sculpture but was primarily a painter. The Active Age Two projects at the Mid-America All-Indian Center are dovetailing nicely, according to executive director April Scott.
The museum’s “Tell Me a Story” oral history project has been collecting stories from Native American elders on video. Some of those elders are family members of artist Blackbear Bosin, whose work the museum is celebrating through next June. “They’ve got some great stories about him,” Scott said of Bosin, who’s best-known locally for his Keeper of the Plains sculpture. The museum hopes to collect stories on a wide variety of topics, not just Bosin, and plans to make them available via YouTube, Scott said. The first one to be posted features Eugene “Louie” Stumblingbear telling a humorous story about visiting a Native American healer. “I am simply trying to capture a moment in time before they’re gone,” Scott said. “A lot of these elders are traditional and they know their culture, and there’s an awful lot of generations after them that don’t.” The museum’s “Bring the Bosins Home” project aims to collect Bosin originals for the museum’s collection
Eugene "Louie" Stumblingbear recorded a tale of Native American healing man as part of a oral history project. and raise money to preserve them. person behind” the work. Originally from Oklahoma, he moved The museum “pretty much turned to Wichita in the 1940s. the museum over to” Bosin for what The museum’s exhibit on Bosin, would have been his 100th birthday who died in 1980, looks at his on June 5, 2021, Scott said, and will professional and personal life. continue to do so until a pow wow and “He walked into the world at celebration set for June 2022. a time when it wasn’t cool to be an The museum, located at 650 Indian, and he was in a multiracial N. Seneca, is open 10 a.m.-4 marriage and a lot of things,” Scott p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. For more said. “We try to show more about the information, visit theindiancenter.org.
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