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Vol 44 No. 3
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February 2023
Wichita's 'Queen of Bohemia' celebrated in New York City
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“She was misquoted By Joe Stumpe and misportrayed in the Society wifepress, and she ranted turned-gossip columnist about it.” Zoe Anderson Norris Kahn’s book stirred up early Wichita about Norris has with her sharp pen. As been accepted by an it turns out, she was just academic press and getting started. is expected to be Norris went on published next year. to become one of the In March, Kahn is most prolific writers staging an exhibit of her time as well and will speak about as a colorful New Norris at the Grolier York City personality Club in Manhattan, known as the “Queen the country’s oldest of Bohemia.” Now, the and largest society for author of a forthcoming Zoe Anderson Norris found fame, if not bibliophiles and graphic biography of Norris fortune after leaving arts enthusiasts. wants to rescue her Wichita. Kahn is a former from the relative antiques columnist obscurity into which she for The New York Times who’s also fell after her death in 1914. written about art, architecture and “I’m fueled by the fact that she design for it and other publications. constantly wrote about how women’s She first learned about Norris in 2018 stories don’t get told,” Eve Kahn said. when she visited the home of a New Jersey physician and noted collector of American periodicals. He handed See Queen, page 6
Margaret and Larry Goering plan to turn their Harvey County farm over to their grandson, Jacob.
All in the family
Family owned farms buck trend of consolidation By Joe Stumpe NEWTON — As Margaret Goering watches her husband, Larry, amble across their barnyard in boots, jeans and John Deere ballcap pulled low, she knows he’s right where he wants to be. “He’s an outdoor farm person,”
she said of her husband. “As long as he’s physically able, he’s going to farm.” “Well,” Larry, 77, said, “you just get it in your blood.” That’s no exaggeration. Five generations of Goerings have farmed See Family, page 8
Christmas. “This data shows that adults 70 years and older are twice as likely to be hospitalized with COVID than adults 60 to 69, who are in turn twice as likely as adults 50 to 59,” Byrne said. Byrne also cited a Washington Post report that nine out of 10 deaths from COVID are now among people 65 and older, the highest rate ever. During the first year of the pandemic, that group made up about 80 percent of deaths, a percentage that fell as that population became “highly vaccinated,” Byrne said. But less than 40 percent of people 65 and older have received the updated vaccine, which became
available in September. The free vaccine is available at numerous pharmacies and clinics around the area. Uninsured adults can receive it at the health department’s main clinic at 2716 W. Central. Call (316) 660-7300 to make an appointment. Masks also are still recommended when older adults are around other people, especially larger groups, Byrne said, adding that the best protection is offered by K95 masks, which feature a particulate-filtering respirator. They are available at some local retailers and on Amazon. A surgical mask merely protects other people from us, not the other way around, she said.
Health official renews call for vaccination, masks The Active Age Older adults should get the updated (bivalent) booster COVID-19 vaccine and mask up as necessary in light of data showing those residents are still most at risk of hospitalization and death, a health official said. “It is still the case that the older the person, the higher the risk there is,” said Adrienne Byrne, director of the Sedgwick County Health Department. Hospitalization rates among people 60 and older peaked in early December, after Thanksgiving get-togethers, and statewide data showed a similar rise in Kansas after
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