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By Elma Broadfoot They reside in assisted living facilities on opposite sides of the city and neither drives. He is bent at the waist from pinched spinal nerves, and she has short-term memory loss. These circumstances do not get in the way of Carol Konek and Jim Lawing embracing life and exploring boundaries together.

They lived less than two blocks from each other for 20 years, but their paths never crossed. As an attorney, Jim once sued Wichita State University over a faculty issue where Carol was a professor in Women’s Studies. Again, their paths never crossed.

Then one day some three years ago, Jim was driving down Douglas and saw Carol and two women friends walking. He pulled the car over and asked, “What are you gals doing?

Street walking?” They had just voted at St. James Episcopal Church and were walking to their apartments at

the Hillcrest. Jim gave them a ride.

Shortly afterwards, friends invited both of them to dinner at a local restaurant. A few weeks later, Jim invited Carol to a concert and then they began doing more Photo by Rob Howes things together. What Jim Lawing and Carol Konek are enjoying life. was the initial attraction? “I was looking for Both are philosophical and clear someone to bring me out of myself,” about their challenges. Jim moved Carol says. from independent to assisted living Transportation is an issue, but both at Georgetown after a fall last Seprely on friends and family members tember. “I told them (nurses) ‘hell no’ to get them to appointments and to when they wanted to distribute my get them together. “If I still drove we medications and help me in the showwould be together every night for din- er,” Jim explains. ner,” Jim declares. He stopped driving “I’ll tell you when I need help. I when he no longer trusted his right do what needs to be done, and people leg to move quickly enough to touch who think they are helping me just get the brake or accelerator pedals. in the way,” he declares. It isn’t pride The day Carol got home from the that prompts him, but the desire to hospital after her brain aneurysm, her remain independent, to do for himself. husband told her she couldn’t drive “If I want to get from the first floor anymore and took her car keys. “I hat- to the second floor, I find the damn ed that,” Carol says. “Not being able to elevator and do it.” drive is worse than wrinkles.”

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Friendship turned into relationship

By Elma Broadfoot After 29 years together there are still fireworks between Sherry Burnett and Larry Coleman. And it isn’t just because they own a fireworks business.

It’s the easy, fun and loving banter between the two.

It’s the type of banter that would only be enhanced with a drummer doing rim shots in the background to punctuate a joke.

Sitting side by side in matching cushioned chairs, Sherry says: “I’m 84 years old.”

Larry says, “I’m 77 years old.”

“Now the young girls are going to be after you because they’ll think I’m going to die any time,” Sherry says to him, laughing.

“I love her to death,” Larry says, grinning. “If she weren’t so cute she wouldn’t get away with everything.” A bit later Larry says, “I met Mrs. Right.

I just didn’t know her first name was always.” (Hear the rim shot?)

Their relationship grew from a sevSee Friendship, page 9

No Medicaid expansion hurts hospitals

By Ken Stephens When Mercy Hospital in Independence closed last year, it set off alarm bells because many other rural hospitals in Kansas face similar financial and demographic struggles.

Mercy closed for reasons that worked independently and together.

It had a patient population that was older and poorer, relying on Medicare and Medicaid to pay for their care.

At the same time, federal reimbursements for services provided by those programs was reduced. Mercy had a hard time recruiting and retaining doctors and medical staff, and the hospital couldn’t afford to modernize

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facilities and equipment.

So patients looked elsewhere, primarily to Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Okla. Declining utilization created the perfect storm.

The fact that Kansas is one of 20 states that has rejected expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) probably wouldn’t have saved Mercy in the long run, but it could have helped, said Cindy Samuelson, vice president for member services and public relations for the Kansas Hospital Association (KHA).

She cited studies by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the KHA that

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estimate rejecting Medicaid expansion cost Mercy between $1.4 million and $1.6 million a year in federal funds.

By KDHE’s estimates, she said, Kansas’ 84 critical access hospitals (hospitals with less than 25 beds) are losing about $255,469 a year. Sixteen rural hospitals are losing out on an average of $913,418, and the state’s 28 urban hospitals could be getting an average of $6.2 million more with expansion of KanCare, as Medicaid is called in Kansas.

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Symposium to study Gordon Parks’ life, legacies

By Ken Stephens In 1956, famed African-American photographer Gordon Parks shot one of his iconic pictures of a young black woman and her daughter, both immaculate in white dresses, standing outside a department store in Birmingham, Ala., beneath a neon sign designating the “Colored Entrance.”

Sitting in his Wichita home nearly 60 years later, Galyn Vesey, who never met Parks but nonetheless connects with him through their shared experience with racism and the civil rights movement, holds a copy of the picture and wonders what the woman and her daughter are staring at so intently across the street from the department store.

He also wonders what might have happened if they had ignored the “colored entrance” and gone around the corner to the main entrance.

Vesey is one of the black Wichita teenagers who staged the Dockum sit-in in 1958 to force the chain of drug stores to desegregate their lunch counters. He will be among a group of artists, historians and scholars who will assess the life and legacy of Parks, the Fort Scott-born photographer,

film maker, writer and composer, during exhibitions of his work and discussions of it at Wichita State University’s Ulrich Museum of Art, the Wichita Art Museum and the Kansas African-American Museum.

Parks was “selftaught in everything he did: photographer, filmmaker, writer, Photo by Ken Stephens choreographer, comGalyn Vesey is leading a research on Black poser, actor, director, Wichita, 1943-1958. producer and poet,” himself how to use it and landed a job Vesey said. “He also had been poor... (But) he never limited documenting social conditions for the himself. He always drove himself to ex- Farm Security Administration.

He would gain acclaim as the first ceed beyond just mediocrity and strive full-time African-American photografor excellence.” pher hired

by LIFE, a job he held for Parks was born in 1912 in Fort Scott, where he felt the sting of racism 22 years.

In 1964, he wrote The Learning and segregation. After the death of his Tree, a semi-autobiographical novel mother, he left Kansas in 1928 to live based on his early life in Fort Scott. with a sister in Minnesota. He didn’t Five years later, he made it into a movreturn until 1950. ie, becoming the first African-AmerDrawn to photography, he purchased a camera at a pawnshop, taught ican to write and direct a Hollywood

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movie. In 1971, he directed Shaft, a ground-breaking movie with a blackaction hero.

But Parks is best remembered for his photography, especially his photo essays for LIFE, the subjects of which ranged from a Harlem gang leader, to Muhammad Ali, race relations, poverty, civil rights, urban life and the Nation of Islam and Malcolm X. He returned to Fort Scott in 1950 to work on a photo essay for LIFE about his early life. His return was marked by bitter disappointment at the neglected, unkempt condition of the black cemetery where his mother was buried, across the road from the city’s well-tended white cemetery.

That photo essay was never published, but it will be on display to May 8 at the Wichita Art Museum.

Parks again returned to Fort Scott for the filming of The Learning Tree in 1969, only to discover that little had changed. A hotel manager told him that he couldn’t stay there because he was black.

Vesey, a retired college teacher, is leading a research project on Black Wichita, 1943-1958. He said that See next page

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when he was growing up in Wichita there were two worlds: one white, one black.

Elementary schools were segregated. Although high schools were integrated, they didn’t have any black teachers. African-Americans couldn’t eat in most white-owned restaurants, and they were ignored in stores while clerks took care of white customers farther back in line. There were separate YMCA and YWCA facilities.

In 1958, the youth chapter of the NAACP decided to do something about it. They decided to stage a sit-in to force the management to abandon

Photo by Gordon Parks

Ethel Sharrieff, Chicago, Ill., 1963

its policy of refusing to serve blacks at the lunch counter of the Dockum Drug store at Douglas and Broadway.

If you want to go...

Exhibitions of Gordon Parks work • Visual Justice: The Gordon Parks Photography Collect at WSU – Through April 10, Ulrich Museum of Art. (Extended hours until 8 p.m. on Wednesdays).

• The Power of the Image: Documentary Photographs by Gordon Parks – Through April 23, Kansas African-American Museum • Gordon Parks: Back to Fort Scott and Freedom Now! Forgotten Photographs of the Civil Rights Struggle – Through May 8, Wichita Art Museum.

Community symposium Friday, Feb. 12, Ulrich Museum of Art 3 p.m. – Welcome, Bob Workman, director

3:15 – Jamal Cyrus, When Images Are Deployed 4:15 – Julia Brown – Unfitting Images 5:15 – Reception and exhibition viewing 6 – John Edwin Mason, Visual Justice: Gordon Parks’ American Photographs Saturday Feb. 13, Wichita Art Museum 2 p.m. – Welcome, Patricia Donnell, director 2:15 – Galyn Vesey, Black Wichita: 1945-1958 3 – Karen Haas, Gordon Parks in Kansas 4 – Martin Berger, Images of the Civil Rights Struggles

Photo by Gordon Parks

Red Jackson, Harlem, NY, 1963

Blacks could order food and drinks to-go from the end of the counter, but they could not sit at the counter.

The sit-in began in July 1958. The protestors occupied seats at the counter in shifts every Saturday and Thursday nights, when stores were open late.

Over several weeks, there was tension but never any violence.

Then suddenly the management gave in (apparently the sit-in was

costing the store too much business) and agreed to serve blacks at all nine of its stores. Soon other lunch counters – at the Kress store, Woolworth’s and others – also began serving blacks.

“There’s something worse than being called a n-----,” Vesey said. “That’s being treated with inhumanity... There’s nothing worse than that.”

Parks, on the other hand, was an inspiration because of his humanity, Vesey said. Parks died in 2006. Two years later, WSU won a competition with the Library of Congress and New York Public Library to house, catalog and make available Parks’ personal papers.

Last year the university acquired 125 of his photographs from the Gordon Parks Foundation.

Those, and about 50 photos already in the university’s collection, form the backbone of the exhibitions.

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Local hospitals feel financial stress, but doing OK

By Ken Stephens Although hospitals in Wichita and Harvey counties are feeling some of the same financial stresses as Mercy Hospital in Independence did before it closed last fall, none of them are in danger of going under.

That’s because they have much larger patient populations, stable medical staffs and the resources to expand facilities and acquire technology to enable them to pursue new streams of revenue in health care.

Bruce Witt, director of advocacy for Via Christi Health, which operates hospitals in Wichita, Manhattan and Pittsburg, said that cuts in federal reimbursement for Medicaid and Medicare services cost Via Christi about $40 million a year, nearly the same amount he says the hospital system could take in annually if the state agreed to expand Medicaid to about 150,000 currently uninsured Kansans who would qualify based on low income.

Via Christi provided $82.5 million in “community benefit” in 2015, which included $15.5 million in uncompensated Medicaid services, and $46.2 million in charity care, which was up from $40 million one year earlier.

Without expansion, he said, Via Christi faces financial challenges. “We have made significant adjustments in our budget to address that, and we have had some better financial months since then.”

Via Christi has managed without layoffs, he said, but it doesn’t fill all job openings. Nurses and front-line clinical positions get filled, but any other positions must be vital before someone is hired.

“We’re still not obtaining mission-sustaining margins,” Witt said, “We’re approximately 2 percent below where we’d like to be.”

Those margins are what make

it possible to invest in facilities and technology to continue to deliver the state-of-the-art health care expected by patients.

The cuts in federal funds come in two ways: a reduction in Medicare payments as a result of the automatic budget cuts in 2013, and the gradual reduction in payments received by about 40 Kansas hospitals that serve a disproportionate number of low-income patients for services not covered by Medicare, Medicaid or other insurance.

That cut was supposed to be off-set

by Medicaid expansion, which Gov. Sam Brownback and the Republican leadership in the Legislature have rejected.

Matt Leary, chief financial officer at Wesley Medical Center, said the reduction in payments cost Wesley $4 million over the past 12 months.

“Urban hospitals are losing significant revenue, and it’s not being offset by the addition of more insured people.”

In 2014, Leary said, Wesley’s two campuses provided $181 million in uncompensated care: care provided when payment wasn’t expected because the patient didn’t have insurance and didn’t qualify for Medicaid, charity care and bad debt.

For years, hospitals have tried to offset uncompensated care by building it into the rates charged for services provided to patients who did have private insurance, most of them through their employers.

However, he said, they’ve reached the limit and are now having to make some tough decisions.

“We’re doing OK, but we’ve had to be very conservative and aggressively manage our costs,” he said. “We’ve also had to look at the service we provide, and if it’s not an emergent issue and it’s elective, if the patient is uninsured and

can’t pay at least some portion, we’ve had to say we’re sorry, but we can’t provide that service.”

Medicaid expansion would help, he said. He agreed with the Kansas Hospital Association’s estimate that it could mean an additional $53 million a year for Wesley.

Steve Kelly, president and CEO of Newton Medical Center, has a couple of other interesting ways of looking at the economics of hospitals.

“Every dollar we charge, we collect only 36 cents because of contractual allowances, charity and bad debt that is written off. If we have someone on private pay, we collect 15 cents on the dollar and write off 85 cents on the dollar.”

One reason is that people without insurance turn up at the emergency room, which is the most expensive place to get care.

“Anybody can go to the ER and know they can get care whether they can pay for it or not,” he said. “They use the ER for primary care.”

It used to be that doctors and hospitals were paid a fee for each procedure performed, each dose of a drug administered. Today Medicare, Med-

icaid and Blue Cross insurance pay according to a diagnosis-related group (DRG). In other words, you come in, your problem is diagnosed and the doctor or hospital gets paid a flat fee for treatment.

The problem is when cost of treatment rises faster than the DRG payment, sometimes because of the cost of drugs.

“We’ve seen a box of a certain drug go from $40 to $1,200. That sounds crazy, but that’s what we’re seeing.

Generic drugs are going up 8 to 9 percent a year on average, and our DRG payments actually declined this year,” he said. “All hospitals are seeing their profit margins going down pretty significantly.”

Nonetheless, he said Newton Medical Center is “doing pretty well.” According to KDHE and KHA, it could take in an additional $2.3 million to $2.5 million with Medicaid expansion.

The Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado and the Kansas Medical Center in Andover did not respond to a request for an interview.

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not require states to expand Medicaid.

But that didn’t affect the ACA’s cuts in federal reimbursement rates designed to pay for that expansion.

While there aren’t any other Kansas hospitals known to be in immediate peril, nearly all are feeling the same stresses Mercy did.

Some hospitals in rural areas have unique challenges, Samuelson said.

They are smaller, and the doctors and staff are scarcer. They also have a higher percentage of Medicare and Medicaid population.

The first hit to hospitals struggles with declining reimbursement for Medicare and Medicaid services came in 2013, when Congress couldn’t agree on a spending plan and automatic, across-the-board cuts in federal spending were imposed (known as “sequestration”).

They took another hit in 2014 when the ACA set into motion a yearby-year reduction in payments some hospitals receive for serving a disproportionately high share of low-income patients for services not covered by Medicare, Medicaid or other insurance.

That was supposed to be offset by

the active age Medicaid expansion, which would cover most of the people who used to show up with no insurance at all.

However, Kansas and 20 other states rejected Medicaid expansion in the hope that Obamacare will be repealed.

Going on three years into full implementation of Obamacare, however, the KHA estimates that the state’s inaction has cost Kansas more than $915 million as of January 2016.

“I suspect that many rural hospitals are operating on razor-thin margins,” said Bruce Witt, director of advocacy for Via Christi Health, which operates hospitals in Wichita, Manhattan and Pittsburg. “In their case, if things don’t change positively soon, I think we’ll see more closures. Via Christi will not be closing, but the financial strain does affect the level of quality of care."

The hospital association is mounting a full-court press for expansion of Medicaid. Joining the push are organizations as diverse as the Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce and Kansas Health Foundation and the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund.

The foundations and the KHA say the plan they would like the Legislature to adopt would be budget neutral.

A study by Manatt Health Solutions says expanding Medicaid to cover 150,000 currently uninsured low-in-

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come Kansans would cost the state an average of $53 million a year between 2016 and 2020, after the federal government pays 90 to 100 percent of the total costs. However, Manatt adds that the state’s costs could be offset by other savings and revenue gains.

The state already spends millions to support health care services for the uninsured, many of whom could be covered under Medicaid expansion.

For example, the study said, the state spent $4.9 million in FY 2015 to provide medical services to people who received general assistance but did not qualify for Medicaid. Expansion would eliminate the need for that appropriation, the report said.

The state also spent $69 million for mental health programs and $6.3 million for substance abuse treatment.

Those numbers could be significantly reduced because many of those receiving treatment would qualify for coverage under Medicaid expansion.

In FY 2014 the state spent $28.9 million to help offset uncompensated care delivered at Federally Qualified Health Centers, Rural Health Centers and Community Mental Health Centers, part of which could be reduced with Medicaid expansion.

The state spent about $9 million on in-patient health care for state prisoners. But Manatt says Medicaid would cover the in-patient care for prisoners

who qualify which it estimates would be the vast majority.

In other words, Manatt concluded, there are strategies available to the state to replace state general-fund dollars with federal Medicaid dollars, which could offset and even exceed the state’s costs to expand Medicaid.

“One way to keep hospitals operating in our local communities is to insure more patients,” Samuelson said.

“Covering more Kansans will reduce the cost of uncompensated care and, in turn, reduce the costs that are passed along to hospitals and those who have insurance.”

Witt said he thinks the Medicaid expansion bill that will be introduced on the part of the KHA will get “considerable attention” this year. “But where it goes depends on the will of certain legislators.”

Steve Kelly, president and CEO of Newton Medical Center, predicted that as things now stand, some hospitals “will survive; some will thrive and some will die.”

“All hospitals are challenged by it,” he said. “If things continue to show urgency, maybe that will drive some change. But right now, we’re stuck on ideology rather than expanding care.”

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Effects of aging can paint grim picture

By Steve Ochsner What happens to our bodies as we age? It's not pretty.

Cardiovascular system: The centerpiece is the heart, which happily pumps away. As with all pumps, it grows less efficient with age. Maximum attainable heart rate decreases about 6.3 percent per decade. Stroke volume, the amount of blood pumped per beat, similarly declines.

These two factors combine to reduce max cardio output 20 to 30 percent with age. Blood pressure increases due to stiffening of the ventricle walls and heart muscle. Cholesterol increases, leading to potential blockage of the arteries and less blood flow to the brain.

All of these factors can lead to hypertension/heart disease.

Respiratory: By age 70 there is a 40 to 55 percent decrease in the lungs’ air capacity, with a corresponding 30 to 50 percent increase in the non-usable air in your lungs.

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brain and working muscles. The breathing process becomes more difficult. The lungs, after all, merely function as a bellows Steve Ochsner sucking air in and blowing it out. As chest muscles and abdominals weaken and as bones and cartilage in the rib cage grow less resilient breathing, particularly deep breathing, becomes more difficult.

Musculoskeletal: The number and size of our muscle fibers decrease; by age 70 we have lost 25 to 30 percent of our strength. Inactive men and women lose 5 to 7 pounds of muscle mass with each passing decade, resulting in a 15 percent loss in total body strength for each decade after age 50.

Muscle fiber/connective tissue elasticity and joint flexibility decrease, resulting in a similar 25 percent to 30 percent loss in flexibility by age 70.

Bone mineral content drops in women, primarily due to a decrease in estrogen production, resulting in an approximate

30 percent bone loss.

For men it’s typically in the 15 percent to 20 percent range. This weakening contributes to falling.

Basal Metabolic Rate: As sedentary people age, they lose 2 to 3 percent of their muscle mass each decade. For a woman, that can be about 5 pounds.

Since a pound of muscle burns about 35 calories a day and a pound of fat burns only 1 calorie, an inactive woman who does not adjust her caloric intake will realize a gain of at least 15 pounds of fat during that decade.

Over a few decades that turns to 30 or 40 extra pounds with more than 50 percent body fat. With your metabolism operating at a snail’s pace losing or even maintaining weight becomes next to impossible.

Neurological: Reaction/response times slow as we age. Sensory perception and motor coordination also decline, often resulting in loss of balance leading to falls and can impair your ability to operate machinery.

Cerebral: The ability to concentrate, to make decisions and to react to stimuli deteriorates due to reduced oxygen flow to the brain. Neurons and

synapses with the brain deteriorate, leading to short-term memory loss.

Diseases of Choice: Age-related ailments thrive in sedentary people.

Hypertension, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), arthritis and osteoporosis are all byproducts of aging and inactivity.

All of this is compounded by the fact that we are essentially an inactive, aging population. With age your physical condition deteriorates. Fifty-six percent of Americans over 75 are in some way restricted. More than 40 percent can’t walk even ¼ of a mile.

A third can’t handle a single flight of stairs. One fifth can’t lift 20 pounds.

For those over 70, only 5 percent can be classified as fit.

Grim? Sure. But what can be done?

We will explore solutions next month.

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Sexually transmitted diseases rising among seniors

By Kristie Eubanks Cases of syphilis and chlamydia for seniors rose 52 percent and 32 percent respectively between 2007 and 2014, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Why the increase?

1. Older people are living longer and are in better health. So, they’re remaining sexually active longer.

2. Seniors are experiencing better sex lives through pharmaceuticals thanks to medications such as Viagra and Cialis for men and hormone creams for women.

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similar to that of a new college student with so many single people close together on a campus.

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Tragic event brought Judy to Eddie

By Amy Houston Eddie and Judy Moreland have an inspiring, but unusual, love story.

Judy was Eddie’s home health nurse after he shot himself in the face on Nov. 15, 1999. He was left disfigured and blind.

Eddie married his first wife two weeks after his high school graduation in Cedar Vale. They had three children and eventually settled in Bronson, Kan. He worked in Iola, and she worked in Fort Scott. Eddie had 12-hour shifts -- 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. His wife worked days.

Their marriage was in trouble. “We started drifting apart,” Eddie said. He was angry and depressed.

On Nov. 14 he spent the night in his parents’ travel trailer in Eureka.

“His mom didn’t realize what his mental status was,” said Judy.

The next morning when Eddie returned home, his son misbehaved.

Eddie spanked him, and the boy went to school crying. Later that day Eddie’s wife called to tell him that the sheriff wanted to talk to her after school.

That afternoon Eddie went to the garage and shot himself with a .30/30 deer rifle. The bullet went up through his chin and emerged between his eyes. He said he wasn’t using drugs or alcohol.

His children -- 11, 10 and 8 -were in the living room when they heard the noise. They found him and called 911. He was airlifted to Joplin and then flown to the University of Kansas Medical Center where doctors performed a 12-hour surgery.

When Eddy woke up he couldn’t see or talk, but he could hear. He spent a month in intensive care, and several more months with his parents until he could go to a rehabilitation hospital in Wichita. He and his wife divorced.

Eddie said at first he was unhappy to be alive, but he was started on an antidepressant and that helped his outlook. He eventually moved to an apartment to receive mobility training at Envision, which provides services for the visually impaired.

Eddie met Judy Oct. 1, 2000, when she came to his apartment to be his home health nurse.

She had worked with patients in poor physical condition for 10 years, but Eddie’s appearance was jarring. “I was surprised at how he looked. Nobody prepared me for that.”

Judy, who checked on him four times a day, met several members of his family. He was Photo by Amy Houston the youngest of six, Eddie and Judy Moreland, no longer ‘just friends’ and two of his older sisters were especially dedicated to his the federal courthouse and the Finney care. One cleaned his apartment and State Office Building, and now has six. took him grocery shopping.

Eddie hired Judy’s daughter to She watched Eddie hugging his drive him to restock the machines. relatives, and when he’d meet her at the Judy or another family member – door he also hugged her. “His family sometimes even Judy’s ex-husband – was so affectionate, and I wasn’t used helps him shop for merchandise. to that,” Judy said.

Eddie said he’s grateful that his She later learned that represented a brain was not affected by the shooting. change.

Surgeons recreated his nose and jaw, “Before Eddie did that to himself, but he has no teeth and part of his he had a terrible temper – awful, awful tongue could not be saved. temper,” Judy said. “But now it takes a People sometimes stare at him; it’s lot to make him mad.” usually kids. Eddie tells them, “Don’t When Eddie found out Judy play with guns.” was struggling to make her house payments, he offered to give up his apartment and rent a room from her.

When Judy notified her agency, she Wichita Grand Opera’s new assured company officials that they season opens April 23 with a ballet were just friends. A few months later, double-bill of Tchaikovsky’s Romeo & that changed.

Juliet and Bizet’s Carmen, performed “You’re not supposed to get inby the Russian National Ballet Theatre. volved with your patients,” she acA new production of Gilbert & knowledged. “You’re sure not supposed Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance will to marry them. But it was kind of hard be this year’s Opera on the Lake at not to fall for him because he was so Bradley Fair on May 21. sweet.”

Verdi's Rigoletto, the story of a Eddie now works through the hunchbacked jester trapped between Blind Enterprise Program. It hires his desire to be normal and his hatred legally blind people to manage vending of those who are, is Sept. 3. Puccini's facilities in government buildings. He La Bohème, a passionate, timeless and started with four buildings, including unforgettable story of love among

Eddie and his kids often talk and text (his cell phone reads text messages aloud). He now has seven grandchildren. Judy now has three children, nine grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

Eddie maintains the couple’s vehicles and lawnmower. He also does most of the cooking and all of the laundry. Judy sorts clothing colors in specific hampers. He also has a lot of gadgets – from a talking tire gauge to a barcode reader – that tells him the difference between cans of food.

The couple has a dog and three cats.

They attend church, and they recently received credentials to volunteer as mentors for prisoners. “I just feel like God’s got plans for our lives – my life and Judy’s life together,” Eddie said.

“We’re living every day for Him.” Judy said they believe that God will restore his eyesight. She figures Eddy might be surprised by her looks, just as she was when she met him years ago.

“I tell him, when God heals his eyesight, then he’ll know,” she said with a grin.

“You are beautiful,” Eddie replied.

“You can’t tell me no different.”

Eddie said he understands that he can’t change the past, and he is at peace. Then he cautions: “Don’t ever try suicide – it just ain’t worth it. Just get help.”

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en-year friendship between Larry and Sherry’s now deceased husband, Don. “We met through the Shrine and hung out together,” Larry says.

“He means they met for drinks,” Sherry clarifies. Larry and Don were friends about five or six years before Sherry met Larry. “At the time, I didn’t like either of them,” Sherry declares.

Then Don became ill, and Larry would sit with him at the house while Sherry worked. Larry was there the day Don died.

“I came by to help Sherry, to do the lawn work, and one day I just stayed,” Larry says, chuckling. “I needed help with the lawn and pool,” Sherry admits.

On their first date, Larry took her to the state fair to see Red Skelton. “I loved him (Skelton), I have some of his paintings,” she explains, pointing to one hanging over the fireplace.

They’ve thought about marriage but “we’re too busy”, Sherry insists. “If it’s not broke, why fix it,” Larry adds.

Sherry’s family was “cool” to Larry at first but “now they like him better than me,” Sherry says, quickly adding, “because he’s good to me.” The family pet, Kizzy, never leaves Larry’s side.

They’ve worked together in the fireworks business for 20 years. They start getting ready in April of each year packing, delivering and re-inventory-

“I don’t golf or play cards,” Larry notes. “I don’t know what I’d do if I didn’t work. I don’t want to become one of those hunters,” he says. “You know the ones who hunt for the cheapest places to eat.”

Sherry is retired but “I exercise at least three days a week and can bench press 65 pounds.” To which Photo by Rob Howes Larry responds, “I Larry Coleman, Sherry Burnett 29 years later. ing stock. They’ve gone from 22 to 10 July 4 stands and provide fireworks for some individuals around New Year’s Eve. “We’re a good team,” Sherry says, adding, “I boss him around.”

“She works hard,” Larry is quick to add, noting that often means inventory work in a 100-degree warehouse.

They are both involved with the Shrine and have served several years on the Champagne Chocolate committee, which raises money for Wichita State University’s hearing and speech department. “They (WSU) provide services to people who can’t afford them otherwise,” Sherry explains.

Sherry answers for Larry about why he still works 40 hours a week. “Larry left home at 14 and he’s never done anything but work all his life; it’s all he knows.”

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They take at least “one good trip each year” and have been to Ireland, Italy, Hawaii and Nova Scotia, and were recently in New York. They are looking forward to starting dance lessons, a Christmas gift from a family member.

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Carol’s aneurysm caused the short-term memory loss. “It has been a challenge for me to accept that loss and to accept the help of well-meaning friends,” she notes. “I’ve learned to take it all in stride and to accept that people are well intentioned.”

Carol’s father, whom she lovingly calls Daddy, had Alzheimer’s. She published a memoir, Daddyboy, about that time. “I learned a lot from that experience, and it has come to my aid,” she explains.

“Hi, Sweetie,” Jim says when Carol joins him in the library at Larksfield Place. “Hi, Honey,” she responds and kisses him.

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This past holiday, “I took two weeks and traveled to see my grandchildren,” Jim says. He has three children from a first marriage and six children from his marriage to Mary Ann. “We continue to have good relationships all the way around.”

Carol and John were married in 1954. “I remember the moment, but not the year” John died she says.

John also died in 2011. She has three children, two grandchildren and one great-grandson. Her five-year-old great grandson Ryder lives in Wichita, so

Nominated short subject films This year marks the 30th year the Wichita Public Library will screen Academy Award short subject films, free to the public. Since 1986 the Library has previewed the short films nominated in the animated, live action and documentary categories.

Wichita is one of the first in the nation to provide the community a chance to see these films. The Academy Awards show is Sunday, Feb. 28.

Screenings of all the categories of films will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Orpheum and 10 a.m.

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Between Feb. 21 and 25, the Library will host six other screenings either documentary or live-action and animated films at the Central Library and four of its branch libraries.

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she sees him most frequently.

“He usually visits me wearing a costume and thinks I won’t know who he is.” Ryder will knock on her door and then plaster himself against the wall and “thinks I won’t see him,” she says, laughing.

Carol and Jim both describe their relationship as “exploring boundaries.”

They like similar things such as music and movies. Regular church attendance “is a part of our lives,” Jim says. They are aligned politically and share mutual friendships.

“I admire his fatherhood style,” Carol says. “He helps in every way possible and is the kind of father I like to see. He is an ideal feminist male,” she adds, “and he has my seal of approval.”

“I admire her mind, it is amaz-

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Jim is “in a weening period” regarding his law business. He was going to the office part-time up to about five months ago. “I told him he should call his law business Pro Bono Inc., because he’s a lawyer with a heart, and he’s never heard a sad story he’s not responded to,” Carol explains.

They talk about a movie they both want to see, and who they might call to take them. They talk on the phone to each other every day. “Whenever I think he’s really busy, I call to interrupt him,” Carol adds. It is a safe bet that Jim welcomes the interruption.

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Cook is still learning

By Joe Stumpe As winter’s cold gripped Wichita one recent afternoon, Lori Linenberger's kitchen filled with the irresistible aroma of homemade turkey stock.

"Dale loves it," she said of her husband. "He drinks it like it's wine or something."

Turning a leftover turkey carcass into soup is something Linenberger might not have thought of before undergoing on-the-job training as food editor of The Wichita Eagle in the late 1990s.

"I learned a lot under the previous food editor, Kathleen Kelly," she said.

"I worked with her a number of years."

Linenberger, who grew up in Great Bend, says she might have learned more about cooking from her mother except Mary Linenberger, now 80, was busy raising seven kids.

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Home cook Lori Linenberger

After earning a journalism degree from the University of Kansas, she went to work for UPI, covering state government in Topeka (and meeting Dale, who then worked for Harris News Service).

She moved to The Eagle in 1990, serving as its food editor until ‘99, then as its features editor until 2011. She is now a proposal writer for the Wichita Sate University Foundation.

Linenberger enjoys reading, travel, playing cards, miniature schnauzers and spending time with family and friends. She and Dale entertain frequently. "We prefer home cooking and home dining to restaurant meals

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February 2016

Invisible display honors Vietnam veterans

By Debbi Elmore Barney Tull is on a mission to give a voice to the hundreds of thousands of Vietnam veterans who arrived back in the United States, not to a hero’s welcome, but to a deafening silence.

“You have to remember it was a time of huge unrest,” Barney says. “It wasn’t just about the war. Not only did we lose John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy, there were race riots, campus demonstrations and draft dodgers fleeing to Canada. A lot of America was in chaos.”

A 21-year veteran of the U.S. Army, Barney was 18 when he enlisted. He was recruited for Officer Candidate School and soon was a second lieutenant in Army intelligence, stationed in Vietnam.

When he returned home he taught

intelligence-related subjects to the Army and Air Force. When the intelligence school moved to Ft. Huachuca in Arizona he met Susan. They married Barney Tull in 1975 and have two sons.

Barney, who had a top-secret clearance, received a call from Boeing. He spent 22 years in security for all three bomber-platforms. “I have protected the nation’s secrets for 43 years,” he says, smiling.

Ever since he was young, Barney enjoyed taking pictures. Being a photo analyst in the Army helped to hone his powers of observation, and he became adept at spotting beauty where others might overlook it.

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When he told Tami English at the Derby Public Library about his concept, she told him, “Your hang date is October.” The display, which opened just before Veterans’ Day, drew the largest crowd in the history of any High Wall gallery event.

Barney said the 10-month process had a lot of obstacles. “I didn’t have a studio; I didn’t have professional lights; I didn’t know how I was going to present them.”

He contacted various groups to identify those who participated in Vietnam and to find some of the “doughnut dollies” -- Red Cross volunteers who gave soldiers coffee and doughnuts.

Friend and photographer Jay Hall loaned Barney his lights. The library provided a room for his studio. Susan and Jay helped him with questionnaires and photo releases.

Barney selected 17 people from Sedgwick County who had been involved in the war effort and who

agreed to be photographed.

“This was not about their war experiences,” he says. “This was to present the modern day voices from 50 years ago. I wanted to hear their voices, the voices that were never heard.

He asked two questions: How did you end up in Vietnam, and why Vietnam? “Some of their answers were funny, some were serious and some were compelling. I asked one nurse and she said, ‘Because you need to pay to live here.’ It rocked us back on our heels.”

Barney saw an ad in a photography magazine for a company that produces photos on metal. He chose that for his exhibition. When he asked about shipping costs, the person at Meridian Pro laughed, noting they were located in Parsons so he could just drive over and get them.

At the Derby reception Barney said, “I believe I have kept my promise to these 17 veterans. I have put you all in plain sight, everyone will see you, and 50 years later you now have a voice.”

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Cuba in the news spurs memory of DXing

By Wally Jensen The news of loosening 50 years of restrictions on Cuba reminded me of an interesting hobby from my younger days.

As a kid in the 1950s, listening to my father’s amateur radio short-wave receiver, I became interested in finding short-wave government radio stations from around the world.

DXing is a hobby born with the first radio stations. An early 1920s log enumerating all the stations in the world showed nine nations with stations. U.S. and England have the most.

Virtually every nation in the world had a government-owned overseas broadcasting radio service. Its purpose was to disseminate information about their country’s stand on world matters along with entertainment.

For the United States, this was (and is) The Voice of America. These stations, encouraged listeners to mail reports to them regarding the frequency, the day heard, time, strength of signal along with the nature of the listener's receiver and antenna.

Each station broadcasts on many frequencies in many languages, simultaneously, at many times over the day.

The reports let them know how well their signals were getting through.

The tuning-in process was not like today's digital devices where you can enter the exact frequency. On the early ‘50s-model vacuum-tube receiver I used, you searched with two tuning knobs.

One tuned the dial to a band of frequencies where these stations broadcast. The other attempted to tune out atmospheric disruption, static and

multiple stations clustered together in the ether.

A listener submitting a valid report was rewarded with a QSL card confirming reception statistics. The fronts of the cards were frequently colorful art or artistic presentations of the country.

Unlike all other countries whose QSL response was a onetime communication, I learned that sending a report to Radio Havana put one on a list for a year or so of random mailings.

Besides a QSL card and letter, I received a couple of clever artwork cards and a year later, a 45- page commemorative propaganda tabloid titled U.S. Instigator U.S. Author U.S. Perpetrator 12 Years of Aggressions. (My mother was not pleased to see mail from Radio Havana.)

Closer to home, stateside commercial radio stations also issued QSL cards for reports of their signals. Many of us remember Wolf Man Jack for whom the radio station’s transmitter was located just over the border in Mexico.

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Mentors needed now for young moms The Young Mom Mentoring Program, operated by Senior Services of Wichita, is in immediate need for at least 12 women who are willing to commit eight hours a month for six months to developing a friendship with a young mom age 12-21.

Mentors may be adult women of any age. They will be trained and matched to a mom through Senior Services, which is working with young women referred through the Wichita

Children’s Home’s M.O.M. program and The Treehouse.

“At this very moment there are at least 70 young moms in the Wichita area who desire a one-on-one relationship with a mentor,” said Debbi Elmore, mentoring program manager.

A grant from Volunteer Kansas has provided funds to expand the program.

Research shows that the teenagers in mentoring relationships are three to four times more likely to postpone a

second pregnancy, have less depression and feel less socially isolated. The babies benefit because they are breastfed longer and are in less frequent need of medical care.

The primary goals of the program are for moms to: * Graduate from high school or obtain their general education diploma (GED) * Postpone subsequent pregnancies while in the mentoring program

* Find and maintain employment * Develop a post high school life plan If you are interested in volunteering call Debbi Elmore at 316-237-0302 ext. 203, or email debbi@seniorservicesofwichita.org. You may also apply or find out more about the program at www.volunteerkansas.org; type “young moms” in the search box.

Snow White signing

the film on the Disney studio and the world.

Kaufman, a film historian and author, also will sign the companion book, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Art and Creation of Walt Disney’s Classic Animated Film, which details the animation process and features more than 200 original works of studio art.

Shop exquisite accessories in an array of price points and styles Thursday, Feb. 11, at Wichita Center for the Arts. Someone's old favorite can be your new look. Local women donated almost all the merchandise.

At Rodeo Drive, guests can sip, shop and buy designer handbags, sunglasses, jewelry, belts, hats and one-ofa-kind artisan pieces from the Center's jewelry studio. There is a wide array of price points, so there should be something for everyone.

There is a special $100 VIP shopping hour from 5 to 6 p.m. where shoppers can sip champagne and get first pick. Doors officially open from 6 to 8 p.m. and include wine and hors d'oeuvres.

Tickets are $30 in advance or $35 at the door. All proceeds benefit Wichita Center for the Arts, 9112 E. Central.

World Music Workshop

Arts briefs

In celebration of the re-release of the classic animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, author J.B. Kaufman will sign both of his books on the making of the Snow White film from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, at Barnes & Noble in Bradley Fair.

Kaufman’s first book, The Fairest One of All, chronicles the making of the Walt Disney film in three sections, including the history behind the Snow White folktale, the detailed creation of the Snow White film, and the impact of

Baubles Boutique

Take a shopping trip to Rodeo Drive without leaving Wichita.

A workshop on World Music will be offered from 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 19 and 26 and March 4 and 11 at the Downtown Senior Center, 200 S. Walnut.

This Wichita State University course will be a brief survey of many different musical traditions found throughout the world, focusing primarily on traditional and folk music.

Students will learn through listening, watching and optional group participation. Cultures include Native America, Africa, Caribbean, Brazil, India, Japan and Indonesia. John Goering, WSU assistant professor, is the instructor.

Enrollment deadline is Friday, Feb. 12. Registration forms are available at senior centers or downloaded at www. wichita.edu/LifelongLearning. Pay the $13.58 fee on the first day of class.

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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

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: 8-9 am Bel Aire Walkers, Rec Center.

1st Mon: 6:30 pm Potluck & program.

2nd Mon: 11:30 am Lunch out, call for details.

3rd Wed: 1:30 pm, Book Club.

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

4th Wed: 7 pm Bunko.

4th Thu: 2 pm Geneaology group.

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.

Sat: 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 Hot 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; 1-3 pm Painting, beginning to advanced.

Wed: 9 am Morning coffee.

Tue, Fri: 8:45 am Tai Chi; 10 am Exercise class.

2nd Tue: noon Carry-in lunch & program.

Thur: 10 am Bible study.

1st, 3rd & 4th Thu: 9 am Help with technologybring your own device.

DERBY 611 N Mulberry Rd, 788-0223

www.derbyweb.com Regular activities: Exercise programs at low or no cost, foot care, book club.

Feb 9: 5 pm Valentine dinner with catered meal and entertainment by North of Fifty. $5.

Feb 11: 1 pm Nicholas St. Jon, research scientist, will give you tips to supercharge your immune system. Free.

Feb 22: 1 pm Social coloring. Coloring sheets provided, bring your own colored pencils.$1.

Feb 25: 6:30 pm Speed dating. Free, must sign up.

1st Tue: 11:30 am Friendship Club lunch out.

3rd Tue: Noon Friendship Club; 1 pm Book Club.

Reading list at front desk.

1st Thu: 9 am New-member orientation.

DOWNTOWN 200 S. Walnut, 267-0197

www.seniorservicesofwichita.org Regular activities: Exercise classes, Pickleball, computer classes, foot care by appt.

Feb 5: 10:30-11:30 Blood pressure checks.

Feb 10: 1:30 pm Senior legal advisor Jennifer Stults will give a presentation.

Mon: 11 am Lewis Street Singers; 1 pm Bridge; Beading Buddies.

Tues: 10:30 am Single Seniors (except for 2nd Tue).

Wed: 9 am Spanish class (adv); 11 am Latin Dance 1 pm Spanish (beg), Massage by Ruth Lundstedt.

Thu: 9:30-11 am Drawing class.

Mon & Wed 11 am Well Rep Excercises.

1st Mon: 10 am Book Club.

2nd Thurs: 9 am Wichita Coin Club.

EDGEMOOR 5815 E 9th, 688-9392

Mon-Fri: 11:30 am Hot 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 celebration.

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.

HAYSVILLE 160 E Karla, 529-5903

Regular activities: Cards, crafts, hot lunch.

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

Tue, Thu: 10 am STEP exercise.

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

12:30 pm Bingo.

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

KECHI Kechi City Building, 744-017, 744-1271

3rd Thu: 6:30-7:30 pm Meeting.

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.

Mon, Fri: 9:30 am-3 pm Tax-Aide, by appt.

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.

Senior Wednesdays

www.seniorwednesday.org.

Feb 17: 10 am Ulrich Museum of Art, R.G. Feb 3: 10 am Wichita Art Museum, Dr. Miller will talk of his life-long passion for Gretchen Eick will give a presentation the art of film-making. Free. 1:30 pm about the Civil Rights movement and Kansas African American Museum. her work in foreign policy and peace To be announced. lobbying. $2 10 am at the Water Center Feb 24: 10 am Wichita Sedgwick County Septic Tanks with Kathy Jackson. Learn Historical Museum, Western Cattle Trails about septic tanks from the City of

by Gary and Margaret Kraisinger. They Wichita's water quality inspector. Free. will discuss the Texas cattle trails that Feb 10: 10 am Sedgwick County Zoo, came through Kansas. $2. 1:30 pm ExOnline Dating... For Animals. Learn how ploration Place, Guitar: The Instrument animals are introduced to each other for that Rocked the World: Part 1. Discover breeding. $4. 1:30 pm Wichita Public the science and history behind guitars Library, The History of KMUW. Sarah and how the instrument revolutionized Jane Crespo discusses the radio station's music. $4. beginnings and milestones. Free.

LINWOOD 1901 S. Kansas, 263-3703

www.seniorservicesofwichita.org Regular activities: Computer classes, cards, Pickleball, exercise programs, hot lunch.

Feb 5: 10:15 am Preventing identity theft by Maggie Newton.

Feb 8: 8 am Early bird book club. Call for more info.

Feb 19: 10:15 am Emergency home Repair by Mike Henson.

Feb 17 : 3-4 pm Craft time with Barbara. $10, must RSVP by Feb. 12.

3rd Wed: 10:30 am Birthday party.

Mon & Fri: 9 am Dynabands; 9:30 am Stretching.

Tue: 9 am Brain games; 9:30 am Fit & balance.

10:30 am Bingo.

Tue & Thu: 9 am Pickleball.

MCADAMS GOLDEN AGE 1329 E 16th, 337-9222

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

Sun: 1-3 pm Quilting.

Fri: noon-1:30 pm Sewing.

Sat: noon-4:30 pm Classes: sewing, jewelry making.

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

MT HOPE 105 S Ohio, 667-8956

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: Walk in the gym, coffee; hot lunch; computers, dominoes, puzzles, pool, book loan.

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

Mon, Wed, Fri: 9 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, hot lunch. library, exercise room, computer lab.

Feb 4: 11:45 am Journey notebook, bed safety.

Feb 11: 11:45 am Positioning, mealtime Issues.

Feb 18: 11:45 am Transfer training.

Feb 25: 11:45 am General care, dressing devices.

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

Mon: 12:30 pm TOPS; 1:30 pm Sing-a-Long.

Thu: 10:30 am Jewelry class.

Tue, Thu: 1 pm Spanish class.

Fri: 10 am Crochet class; 1 pm Bridge.

OAKLAWN 2937 Oaklawn Dr, 524-7545

Daily: 11:30 am Red Cross meals.

1st Thur: 12:30 pm, Golden Agers meeting.

1st Thur & Fri: 8:30 am-5 pm, Commodities.

2nd Thu: 12:30-2:30 pm, Golden Agers bingo. $1.

4th Thu: 12:30-2:30 pm, Community bingo. $2.

Every Fri: 12:30 pm Afternoon cards.

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

ORCHARD PARK 4808 W 9th, 942-2293

seniorservicesofwichita.org Regular activities: Exercise programs, cards, pool, hot lunch, Wii bowling, dominoes, crafts.

Feb 1: 11:15 am 7 heart healthy shopping tips for seniors by Diane Nutt.

Feb 12: 11:45 am Valentine's exchange, snacks and a game.

Feb 22: 11:15 am Take steps to a healthier you

by Shirley Lewis Feb 26: 11:15 am Issues of aging and heart disease by Diane Nutt.

Tues: 12:30-4:30 pm Duplicate bridge.

Wed: 10:30 am-noon Computer Lab.

PARK CITY 6100 N Hydraulic, 744-1199

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

Wed: 1 pm Walking; 2:30 pm Line Dance.

Fri: 10:00 am Exercise; 7 pm Square Dance.

Sat: 1 pm Pinochle.

Tue & Thu: 8:30 am Wii Bowling; 10 am WellRep exercise.

1st Wed: 10:30 am Chisholm Trail Seniors catered lunch, meeting, program.

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.

Do You Have Family Ties to Sumner County?

Visit the Sumner County History & Genealogy Center to research from a large collection of books, family histories, obituaries and other resources for Sumner County and beyond.

Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Tuesday (closed for lunch)

208 N. Washington, Wellington

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Butler County Senior Centers

ANDOVER 410 Lioba Dr, 733-4441

www.andoverks.com Regular activities: Exercise, bingo, bridge, quilt club, dominoes, pool.

Daily:11:30 am-12:30 pm Lunch (reservation preferred, 316-733-4441), $3.

Mon, Wed, Fri: 10 am Exercise.

Tues & Thu: Special music at lunch.

Mon: 12:30 pm Pinochle.

Tue: 10 am Blood pressure check; 10:30 am-2 pm Memory Café; 12:30 pm Pinochle; 1 pm Pool.

Wed: 1 pm Quilt club; 1 pm Bridge.

Thu: 12:30 pm Pinochle, 1 pm Pool, 7-9 pm Pitch.

Fri: 11:30 am Covered dish lunch, meeting & program; 12:45 pm Prize bingo; 1:45 pm Pinochlee.

4th Sat: 7 - 10am Monthly breakfast. provided

by American Legion Post 406. Sausage gravy, biscuits, scrambled eggs & pancakes. $5.

AUGUSTA 640 Osage, 775-1189

Regular activities: Exercise, cards, dominoes, pool, line dancing, lunch daily at 11:30 am.

Friday: 9:30 am Prize bingo.

Every other Tues: 7-9 pm Live music/dancing.

Call for dates. Snacks/desserts welcome.

2nd Sat: 7-10 am Biscuit/Gravy breakfast. $4 suggested donation.

3rd Mon: 8 am Casino trip. Call for reservation. $5 suggested donation.

4th Mon: 5 pm Evening meal. $5 suggested donation.

BENTON Lion’s Community Bldg, S Main St

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

CASSODAY Cassoday Senior Center 133 S. Washington, 620-735-4538

Tue: 10:30 am Round Table.

Tue, Thu: 9:30 am Exercise with WSU. 1st Mon: 7 pm Game night.

3rd Mon: 6:30 pm Carry-in dinner, blood pressure checks.

Last Fri: 7 pm Movie Night.

DOUGLASS 124 W 4th, 746-3227

Regular activities: Exercise, quilting, cards, home-cooked lunch, $4 (reservation required).

1st Mon: 6 pm Finger foods & cards.

3rdMon: 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, bingo, hot lunch $3, support groups.

Mon: 12:30 Mexican train.

Mon, Fri: 10 am Aerobics.

Tue: 9 am Coffee; 12:30 pm Bingo; 2 pm Line Dance; 6 pm Prairie Port Seniors.

Tue, Thu: 8:30 am Men's coffee..

Wed: 10 am Back in Balance; 1 pm Pinochle.

Sat: 6 pm Cards and games.

3rd Tue: 12:30 am Blood pressure checks.

Harvey County 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: 8:30 am Coffee Hour; 9 am Film; 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.

2nd Thu: 7 pm Movie Night.

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

1st Sat: 7:30-9:30 am Community Breakfast.

4th Mon: 5:30 pm gathering; 6 pm Potluck dinner, program follows.

Support Groups The Center for Community Support and Research has an extensive and up-to-date listing of area support groups. Visit www.supportgroupsinkansas.org. To add or correct a listing call Angela Gaughan at 978-3843 or 1-800-445-0116 or email angela.gaughan@wichita.edu.

GRAND CENTRAL 122 E 6th, Newton, 283-2222 www.newtonseniorcenter.org

Feb 1: 9:30 am Shopping trip to west Wichita.

Feb 4: 7:30-8:30 am Community breakfast. $5.

Feb 4: 8:30 am Community chat with Michael Lunsford.

Feb 9: 6 pm Shared supper. Bring a dish to serve 6.

Mon: 9:00 am Thai Chi; 10-11 am Blood pressure check; 1:30 pm Golden Notes choir practice; 7 pm Square dance.

Wed: 1 pm Pinochle/cards.

Thu: 1 pm Wii bowling.

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

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

1st & 3rd Fri: 1-4 pm Game time.

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.

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

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

Mon, Fri: 10 am Aerobics.

Tues: 12:30 pm Bingo; 1:30 pm Line Dance; 6:30 pm Prairie Port Singles.

Tue & Thu: 1 pm Bridge.

Wed: 10 am Back in Balance; 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 Exercise.

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.

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 or 1-800-367-7298, transportation or services info. 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. 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 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 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.

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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 Senior Center, 200 S. Walnut, 12:30-4:30 pm Feb 8 & 9, 267-0197.

Via Christi Rehab, 1151 N. Rock Road, 9 am Feb 20 & 27, 689-5700.

Friendship Meals Aging Projects, Inc. 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 620-669-8201.

WEEK OF FEB 1

Mon: Chicken & cheese casserole, beets, cole slaw, peaches, wheat bread.

Tue: Crispy fish sandwich w/tartar sauce, spinach, macaroni & cheese, strawberries.

Wed: Easy beef & rice, broccoli, lima bean salad, apricots, bread.

Thu: Pulled pork on bun, baked beans, peas & carrots, Mandarin oranges, gelatin.

Fri: Oven fried chicken, mashed potatoes w/chicken gravy, herbed green beans, glazed blueberries, wheat roll.

WEEK OF FEB 8 Mon: Swedish ham balls, mashed sweet

potatoes, broccoli, pears, roll.

Tue: Chili, combo salad w/dressing, pineapple, crackers, cinnamon roll.

Wed: Tuna noodle casserole w/peas, cole slaw, apricots, orange muffin.

Thu: Baked chicken, California mash, 3 bean salad, strawberries, chocolate cake, roll.

Fri: Cheesy potato & egg bake, grape juice, carrot pineapple salad, banana, orange juice, biscuit.

WEEK OF FEB 15

Mon: Chicken fajita salad, salsa, pears, bread pudding.

Tue: Liver & onions or salisbury steak, mashed potatoes w/beef gravy, peas, peaches, bread.

Wed: Scalloped chicken, sweet potatoes, broccoli, pineapple, blueberry cobbler.

Thu: Pork & noodle casserole, wax beans, tomato salad, grape juice, apricots, wheat roll.

Fri: Cheese spread on bread, cream of celery soup, bean medley salad, strawberries, crackers.

WEEK OF FEB 22

Mon: Pork roast w/gravy, mashed potatoes w/gravy, Spanish green beans, mixed fruit, bran muffin.

Tue: Tahitian chicken & rice, roasted zucchini, cole slaw, peaches, wheat roll.

Wed: Sloppy joe on bun, French fries, cauliflower bean salad, apricots, apple crisp.

Thu: Ham & beans, parslied carrots, beets, banana, orange juice, cornbread.

Fri: Crispy fish w/tartar sauce or chicken sandwich, macaroni & cheese, mixed green salad w/dressing, Mandarin oranges, bun.

WEEK OF FEB 29

Mon: Goulash, German mixed vegetables, plums, garlic bread, pudding.

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Resthaven: Plots 1, 2, 3 & 4 in section 37-D of the Garden of Devotion. Valued at $2000 each OBO. Call 316-644-9399.

Apartments by the river. Studio apartments, $345; one bedroom, $385. Lower level, front door parking. Security deposit waived for seniors with this ad. 316-263-2692.

Dependable caregiver for elderly person in their home. Cleaning, cooking, meds. Weekends, nights, days or overnight. 30 years experience.

316-390-9526.

STILES MAINTENANCE Heating & Air • Plumbing • Light Electrical Drywall • Painting • Tile Basic Home Repairs Licensed & Insured 25% Senior Discount 316-200-6601

Ascension Catholic Cemetery double-space lawn crypt, 24N, on the corner next to sidewalk, near mausoleum wall. Includes two granite markers.

Value: $3,900, asking: $2,900. Call 316-259-1428.

Resthaven, Garden of Gospels, stacked plot for two. Granite marker base and install fee. Value $9,700, sel for $4,500. 838-7038.

Two plots with three spaces in each. Robins Cemetery, Coffeyville. $200 for each plot. Call 316-461-0447.

Resthaven Garden of Christus, double lawn crypt.

You pick location. Valued $8,000 sell for $2,500.

Call 316-796-4370.

Two plots in Garden of Cross, Resthaven Cemetery, Wichita. Valued at $7,200, will sell for $$5,000 including transfer fees. Call Pat, 316461-0447.

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F FOR SALE F Premium mix firewood. Seasoned, stacked and delivered. Oak wood also. Call for price 316-807-8650.

Heavy duty walker. Deluxe, handbrakes, chair and rubber wheels, $50. Two four-prong adjustable metal canes, $5 each. Call 683-2986.

Large upright deep freeze, 20.3 cubic feet, works great. I need the room. $100 cash. Sewing machine in cabinet, $45 cash. Call 316-524-4357.

Wheel chair, $25; 42" LG Flat TV, $100; large power wheel chair, $100; large bike with basket, $25. Call 440-8959 or 706-9763.

Heavy duty power wheelchair for sale in good condition, $850. Call 316-518-6334.

Small utility trailer, $115; small dog house, $15 & large $20; 73" DLP TV, $175; small girls bike, $5. Call 706-9763 or 440-8959.

Four post bed, solid wood, dark color, good shape, $395 OBO. Will trade for writing table or small desk. 316-200-4122.

F HELP WANTED F Reliable, experienced person with housekeeping skills to be a housekeeper in my home, part time, 3 days a week. Lunch provided. For interview, call 316-682-5766.

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.

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In-Home Services: Personal care assistance, meal preparation, housekeeping, handymen and more! Phone Chester at the Senior Employment Program, 316-267-1771 or 316-267-0302. Prescreened, reliable help available.

Tuck-pointing, foundation & chimney repair.

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BRICK & STONE WORK OF ANY KIND

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We service on-site at local Senior Centers in Kansas & our Wichita Office. Call for appt. at 316-260-4110. Most insurance accepted.

Family owned cleaning service. We clean commercial and home properties. Loyal, Christian honest worker. Charge $10/hour for all cleaning services. Call 316-282-6725.

Paul 316-807-1209

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Senior discounts. Call John 316-650-3013.

Hermes Healthcare

Loving Touch Cleaning & Home Repair. Residential cleaning and home repair. Customer satisfaction. Insured. Affordable. Discounts.

20+ years experience. Call Mary or Mike for free estimates. 316-650-9206.

316-806-7360 Julie

Odd Job Handyman Painting, mowing, yard cleanup, minor household repairs. Snow removal. Free estimates. Call Joel 316-772-8629.

Doors, trim, decks, ramps, patio covers, fences, siding, flooring. Basements, kitchens and baths.

Painting. Also honey dos. Honest and dependable. Senior discounts. Free estimates. 35 years.

License #8691. Insured. 316-737-4646.

Wright One Home Improvements Kitchen & Bath remodeling. Painting. Windows. Doors. Siding. All types of flooring and home repairs. Free estimates. 316-409-2160.

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Dirt Installation and Siding Repair Courteous, professional repairs. Free estimates.

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

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Felipe Tree Service Evergreen trimming. Tree removal. Brush hauling. Splitting. Deadwooding. Insured. Free estimates. 12 years experience. 316-807-4419.

Interior/Exterior & Odd jobs Husband & Wife Team 316-648-4478

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Call for HELP! 316-217-0882. Free estimates and senior discounts.

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pruning - tree removal - stump grinding - debris/ brush haul off - chemical sprays - emergency services - firewood - consultations - demolitions

Andy's Painting & Home Imp. 316-390-2006

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Harley Painting & Remodeling

Molina Electric - Wichita Lic #1364 Comm. or Residential wiring. Service calls. New electric service. Troubleshooting. Business 524-0434, Cell 461-2199.

Drywall Repair

Fix all cracks, walls, ceilings and all textures.

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

GRANDPA’S PLUMBING

Repairs. Free estimates. 316-312-4391.

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Semi-retired maintenance man. Experienced in most phases of maintenance & roofing.

Light hauling. Sedgwick County only.

Call Paul 316-312-9970

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Scheduled maintenance, repair, sales on all garage doors. *Springs-Torsion & Extension *Garage Door Openers, Doors & More

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

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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.

Roofing – Windows – Siding A Reliable General Contractor Senior Discount

Furniture Repair & Refinish Antique, Modern, or Cane.

Reasonable pick-up & delivery.

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Cowboy Construction

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

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Popcorn removal and retexturing.

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garywilbertroofing.com garywilbertroofing@cox.net F LAWN AND GARDEN F P&A Landscaping 316-708-7236 Holiday lighting, snow removal, Complete lawn care, leaves and storm cleanup. Any odd job.

Residential and commercial. Gutters clean.

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Total yard clean-up, flower beds and bushes, tree trimming and stump grinding, attics, garages and basements.

LEAF cleanup and HAULING.

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Snow removal, mowing, leaf and gutter cleanup, tree trimming, hauling, roto-tilling. Chimney repairs. Brick, block and stone repair.

JD's All Trades Fall Service

Handyman/hauling, tree trimming/removal, snow removal and all winter weather care.

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Christian Lawn Care Mowing, verti-slicing, core-aerating, overseeding, new lawns, mulching flower beds, cleanup, shrub trimming and removal, gutter cleaning, hauling.

Senior discount. Steve 316-685-2145.

Perry's Professional Lawn Service Leaf cleanup. Snow removal. Bush and hedge trimming, mulching, gutter cleaning, handyman work and hauling. 20 years experience. Free estimates. Perry 316-554-6409.

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

COMPUTER HELP in your home. Very patient.

Call Norm 778-1487 or email nngentry@aol.com.

F SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS F

Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church 3700 E. Mt. Vernon Worship: 10:30 AM

“Sharing Good News with Fresh Expressions” Soup for the Soul each Monday Noon during Lent, beginning February 10th.

F THRIFT SHOP F Gently Used Resale (Thrift Shop)

2523 S. Seneca (Westway Plaza) Wichita, Ks. Store & Donation Hours Mon & Thu 9 am-7 pm Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat 9 am-5 pm Purchase with a purpose. Benefits those served by the Bethesda Lutheran Communities to enhance the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through services that share the good news of Jesus Christ.

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Estrada’s Tree Service

Trimming, crown reduction, removal. Storm damage prevention. Hauling. Firewood.

Free estimates. Insured. Senior discount. Felix Estrada, 316-617-4392.

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Stump REMOVAL & GRINDING Trimming, deadwood, tree removal. Total yard, leaf clean-up & hauling. Also rural and farm areas. Free estimates. Experienced. Good prices. Insured. Tom King, 316-516-4630, 316-838-5710.

Bruce’s Tree Service Prompt, Immediate, Professional service.

Crown reduction, trimming or removal. Trees, hedgerows, evergreens & shrubs. Residential line clearing and roofs. Bucket truck available.

We climb also. Gutter cleaning, yard raking, firewood for sale. Handyman work. Over 29 years’experience. Sr discounts. Insured. 24 Hour emergency storm damage available. Snow removal and Christmas lights. Call 316-207-8047.

F WANTED F ALWAYS BUYING

Older items of all kinds including: antiques collectibles - costume and turquoise jewelry Boeing and Beech - pins - pocket knives guitars and amps - postcards - watches cigarette lighters - art glass - metal signs *Contents of attics, basements or garages* FOR FAST FRIENDLY ASSISTANCE CALL DAVE AT 316-409-0992 Over 20 years of assisting folks sell items.

Want to purchase mineral and other oil/ gas interests. Send details to P.O. Box 13557, Denver, CO 80201.

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

Donate your Durable Medical Equipment.

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

Militaria. 316-686-5644.

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Vendor, grower’s workshop Dining with diabetes

Oklahoma Shakedown

Oklahoma Shakedown, a documentary on the dramatic rise of man-made earthquakes across Oklahoma and the reaction from citizens and experts, will show at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, at the Murdock Theater, 536 N. Broadway. It is part of the First Friday Alternative Film series.

The film follows activist Angela Spotts and the grass roots organization, Stop Fracking Payne County, as they push for safer zoning regulations in Stillwater and raise awareness.

A $5 donation is requested. Film co-sponsor is the Kansas Sierra Club Fracking Group.

Share a memory

Looking back, recollecting...it’s a good way to help bind one generation to another. Your nostalgic tale may be perfect for our Reminisce website page. Email fran@theactiveage.com or mail to the active age, 125 S. West, Ste. 105, Wichita, KS 67213.

The 7th Central Kansas Market Grower & Vendor Workshop will be from 8:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at the Sedgwick County Extension Education Center, 21st and Ridge.

Beginning and experienced vegetable growers will learn how to improve production methods and marketing skills for selling their local vegetables.

The workshop is combined with a regional farmers’ market vendor workshop.

Registration is $25; deadline is Thursday, Feb. 4 Register online at sedgwick.ksu.edu; call 316-660-0100.

Topics include beginning beekeeping, building healthy soils, scaling up production of foods, food safety, resources for market vendors and more.

Diabetes, a common, serious and costly disease, can often be controlled and complications prevented if blood sugar is controlled. A meal plan is the first step to that objective.

K-State Research and Extension – Sedgwick County is offering Dining with Diabetes to help individuals learn

strategies to manage their diabetes.

Classes are 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Fridays, Feb. 5-26, in the Sunflower Room, Extension Education Center, 21st and Ridge. There will be evening sessions in August.

Register online at www.sedgwick. ksu.edu or call 316-660-0100. The fee is $25. Space is limited so registration is required.

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44. Frenchman's love 1. October stones 46. Charlie "Bird" 6. "The ____ bone's Parker's sax connected to the 47. Pop group "'N back bone" ____" 9. Show appreciation 48. *Like Super Bowl 13. Set to zero 50 14. Down Under bird 50. Virginia Institute 15. James Blunt's of Marine Science "____ Beautiful" 52. Epitome of 16. Actor Owen easiness 17. Credit card rate 53. Margarita fruit 18. Bone-chilling 55. Throw one under 19. To begin with it?

21. *NFL Comis57. *Expensive big sioner game purchase 23. Doh, re, mi, fa, 61. *Three-time Su____, la, ti, doh per Bowl MVP 24. Beacon light 65. Some are bright 25. Actors' group 66. Chain letters 28. First name in 68. Defier jeans 69. Mr. Ed's remark 30. Russian grand70. Young newt master 71. Do like phoenix 35. Heidi's shoe 72. Sunbathes 37. Bulgarian money 73. High or low card 39. Actress Watts 74. "The Second 40. Indian music Coming" poet 41. 100 centimes 43. *Teams have an offensive and defensive one for the game

DOWN 1. Black and white "killer" 2. Fox coat, e.g.

3. "Clueless" catch phrase 4. *Played this year at ____ Stadium 5. End of "cholesterol" 6. Asia's "____ of the Moment" 7. Rascal 8. Rid of impurities 9. Like most U.S. campuses 10. A siren's song, e.g.

11. Seed cover 12. Banana skin 15. Beefeater 20. Elf perch 22. Acorn producer 24. Mollusks with two shells hinged together 25. Scrawny one 26. Remember this battle 27. "Taras Bulba" author 29. Wang or Bradley

31. *Walter Payton does it in "The Super Bowl Shuffle" 32. Tissue growth 33. Yemeni neighbor 34. *Given name of man the trophy is named after 36. Cheap trinket 38. Not in favor 42. Fast food option 45. Dog stand staple 49. Jodie Foster's '08 movie "____'s Island" 51. *Game day 54. Mythological princess of Colchis 56. Fixed look 57. Not a word?

58. One of #65 Across 59. Bit attachment 60. Links to a posted photo 61. First one on a ship 62. Pavarotti's song 63. Hitler's Eagle's ____ 64. Aphrodite's lover 67. *Represented last year by Seahawks

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Fancy Cat Show

The Wichita Cat Fancy Show will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Cotillion Ballroom, 11120 W. Kellogg.

You may enter a non-registered cat in the household pet division, a category that celebrates the beauty of everyday cats. Cats must be at least 4 months old, spayed or neutered, current on vaccinations, good tempered and declawed. Entry fee is $30 per cat; deadline is Feb. 3.

Tickets are adults $5 and children 6-12 and seniors $3. A family weekend pass is $10.

For more information call Marybeth at 316-516-9428.

Girl Scout gathering

Alumni and Friends are hosting a reunion for adults who have been Girl Scouts or friends of Girl Scouts from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at Starwoods Outdoor Center Lodge, 7800 S. 103rd St. W., Clearwater.

Anyone 18 years and older who was a Girl Scout or supporter and would like to meet Girl Scout friends for an afternoon of reminiscing is invited.

Guests are encouraged to bring scrapbooks, patch jackets, Girl Scout quilts and other memorabilia to share.

Send your RSVP and $5 to Alumni and Friends at 360 Lexington, Wichita, KS 67218. For more information call Pat Munk, 316-522-3942, or email gsalumniandfriendsks@gmail.com.

Civil War Letters

Civil War Letters Home will be presented at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, at the Harvey County Historical Museum, 203 N. Main, Newton.

Col. Jack Bender III illustrates the comfort given and received by Civil War soldiers from Kansas as they communicated with loved ones.

Admission is $5. For more information, contact museum director Debra Hiebert at info@hchm.org or call 316-283-2221.

A party invitation

The public is invited to attend a Rebrand Launch Party from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22, at Senior Services, 200 S. Walnut.

Guests will see the unveiling of its new logo and website. This is part of Senior Services’ effort to update the organization’s public image and to market to future generations, says Chris Heiman, Development Director.

The reception, hosted by the Senior Services Board of Directors, is free. To help plan for the attendance, RSVP to Heiman at 267-0302, ext. 216. www.theactiveage.com

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You say ‘get down;’ your dog hears ‘lick my face’

By Ted Blankenship We watch those shows on TV where people buy and remodel houses, and we’ve noticed that you are not a real American family unless you have a dog or two. Most of these people won’t consider a new home that the dog doesn’t like.

How they know when the dog would rather keep looking is a mystery.

We have friends who have three dogs, and they’re looking for more.

Happily, they moved to Florida. I can only hope their dogs approve of their new surroundings.

I have nothing against dogs. And, though we are dogless at the moment, we’ve had dogs. We did not consult them when we moved from one house to another.

I believe that if you have a dog or dogs, they must be trained. And how do you train a dog? First, you do not ask the dog whether the back yard is big enough or whether the fences are too high.

The dog may be your best friend, but he or she must know who is the boss. The assumption is that you are.

The dog may disagree. You must con-

vince the dog that there is something in it for him, food and lodging for example.

First, make friends with the dog.

That’s easy for me because I am short and dogs can easily jump up and lick my face. If there is one thing a dog dearly loves, it is licking a face — any face.

This is one of the first things you will want to teach your dog NOT to do. That’s because, as you may have noticed, dogs don’t give a hoot what they put in their mouths.

When your dog licks you, your first impulse will be to say, “Get Down.”

The dog thinks this means, “Please lick my face.”

Another favorite fun thing for dogs to do is to jump up on you. The muddier the paws, the more fun. You of course will shout, “get down.” The dog will interpret this to mean, “please lick my face." And jump on me again.

Animal trainers will tell you that consistency is the answer. Use the stan-

dard commands and make sure the dog obeys. The usual commands are “sit,” “stay,” “come” and “down.”

There are others, but my experience is that dogs have small vocabularies and a non-existent attention span. But, we have to start somewhere, so let’s begin with “sit.”

Look your dog in the eye and say “sit” like you really mean it. At first, not having mastered the new vocabulary, the dog will run around you twice, jump up on you and happily lick your face. This is not what you want.

If the dog persists in this behavior, lift your knee and give the animal a gentle rap in the chest. Try not to enjoy it. The dog will look bewildered.

Going through his canine mind will be such things as, “Did I lick his face too slowly? Was my jumping lethargic? I will do better!”

This scenario will continue into the night. Don’t despair. Tomorrow you can push gently on the dog’s rear and softly say, “sit.” The dog will assume:

• You are being playful and would like to be licked in the face.

• There is a fly on my rump, and you’re being helpful.

• You mean it this time, and I will just have to sit (unlikely).

But believe it or not, one day the dog will sit. Then you can graduate to “stay.” This is a tough one because the dog will assume that you are so happy that he sits on command that he will sit at all the other commands, too.

Teaching a dog to stay may try your patience. I never said it would be easy.

The trouble is that to you, “stay” means “do not move an inch or you will die.”

To a dog it means “come here.”

If the dog does what you say, pat him on the head and say, “good dog.”

It’s called positive reinforcement.

The dog is thinking, “he’s not telling me to stay, so I’ll just lick him in the face, and if I could talk, I’d tell him he’s a good boy."

Contact Ted Blankenship at tblankenship@cox.net

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11 a.m.– 12:30 p.m.

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Helping You Recover Starts In One Of Our Suites.

Come by and check out our Rapid Recovery Suites (we have twenty) to see why we’re the perfect place for your post-op and post-hospital recovery. Our advanced resources and technology offer a wide range of short-term, intensive rehabilitative services dedicated to your speedy recovery. Speech, physical, occupational, VitalStim, and ultrasound e-stim therapies are all part of our expanded list of services dedicated to easing a smooth transition to home again. Our recovery therapy team creates individualized treatment plans for your best one-on-one care.

For nearly 120 years, KMH has been happy to call the corner of S. Martinson and W. Maple Streets our neighborhood. It’s where you’ll experience a legacy of care founded on a history of guiding principles. And that includes recovery care.

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