June 2024

Quilt crazy

Quilters create treasured pieces for friends, family and good causes

The Active Age

Peggy Smith isn’t sure how many quilts she’s made over the years. She stopped counting at 100. Multiplied by the time each required, that’s the equivalent of years of full-time work. Smith considers it time well spent.

“It’s something I taught my daughter to do,” Smith, of Haysville, said. “I’m getting ready to teach my oldest granddaughter. It’s something useful you can do for other people. It’s a way I can show them I love them, that I can do something nice for them. And it keeps me out of my husband’s hair.”

Quilting — an old-fashioned craft often intended as a gift to others — will take center stage June 21-22 at Century II, when the Prairie Quilt Guild presents its Common Threads Quilt Show.

Organizers expect it to be largest such show in the state, with about 400 quilts on display, said Judy Wohlford, who’s on the show’s publicity board. The show, held every two years, will also feature vendors, an antique quilt display and quilt auction, with

proceeds going to the guild.

Wohlford first tried quilting 20 years ago, on a friend’s recommendation. Since retiring a decade ago, she quilts almost daily.

See Quilts, page 22

By Joe Stumpe

For Ted Blankenship, this time it’s serious.

Blankenship, who started writing his “It’s Not Serious” column 67 years ago, says he may have filed his last one. Blankenship cited a combination of health problems and an uncooperative new computer for his decision.

Then again, he’s not ruling out a return.

“It’s Not Serious” has been a staple of The Active Age since 2012. Blankenship started it in 1957 while

Ted, page 6 Ted Blankenship

Spangles ‘grannies’ have fun with TV fame

By Joe Stumpe

Kay Goodnight is getting used to the look — that one where strangers recognize her but can’t quite figure out why.

The retired optometrist’s assistant is enjoying semi-celebrity status, at least in the Wichita TV market, as one of four “grannies” featured in Spangles commercials hawking the fast-food chain’s cocktails.

“The reaction has been unbelievable,” Goodnight said. “People recognize you out in public. I think a lot of our generation can relate.”

Spangles aired the first ad a little over a year ago and — judging by the fact that eight more have followed — they’ve apparently been a success. Playing the four “grannies,” who are all grandmothers in real life, are Goodnight, Margaret Shook,

Nancy Roberts and Sandy Steven. Rene Steven, Spangles’ director of operations, put the group together.

“Rene is a good friend and she called me one day and said, ‘I need a favor,’” Goodnight said. “We thought it was going to be one commercial and we just did our ninth.”

Shook, a volunteer for Rainbows United, said she’s “always asking (Steven) for gift cards and donations” for Rainbows. “She said, ‘Well,

See Grannies, page 6

Photo courtesy of Peggy Smith

Peggy Smith, right, made this quilt before her granddaughter, Gabby, left for college at Kansas State University.

Photo courtesy of Spangles

From left, Margaret Shook, Kay Goodnight, Nancy Roberts and Sandy Steven react to a flub while shooting a Spangles commercial.

June 1 - Living History in Boom Town, 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. FREE with paid admission.

June 1 - “Night at the Museum: The case of the Priceless Artifact” Doors open at 5:30pm., Meal at 6:00pm (rescheduled from 4/26 & 4/27)

June 8 - Historical Butler County Bus Tour Featuring El Dorado, Towanda & Andover 9am-2pm - $75 per person - Lunch & Transportation Included

June 13 - Speaker Series, The History of the Kansas Turnpike, Colleen Beckley, Speaker, noon-1pm, FREE for members, $5 non members

Kansas Pond Society hosts tour June 15-16

June 13 - Summer Concert Bash & Food Truck Rally, 5-9pm June 29 - MUSEUM & GROUNDS ARE CLOSED for a Private Wedding Rental

KANSAS OIL MUSEUM

383 E Central - El Dorado, KS 67042 316-321-9333 www.kansasoilmuseum.org

The Kansas Pond Society will host its annual Water Garden Tour in the greater Wichita area June 15-16. Tickets are $10 per carload and are available at Johnson’s Garden Centers east and west locations.

The ticket brochure includes a map and descriptions of ponds on the tour, which vary in size and features such as fish, plants, streams and waterfalls.

Homeowners will be on hand to discuss pond design, construction and maintenance as well the society, which meets monthly and is known for its potluck dinners.

The ticket also grants entry to Botanica, which features several water attractions the society has helped build and maintain.

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Mike Kandt, president of the Kansas Pond Society, will show off his koi pond during the group's tour this month.

Free fitness court opens

The city last month opened a free outdoor fitness court in Pat Garcia Veterans Memorial Park in north Wichita.

Located at 2640 N. Wellington Place, between Arkansas and Broadway, the court was developed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Wichita Park and Recreation and the National Fitness Campaign.

It is designed for people aged 14 and over and with all abilities and fitness levels. Users also may download the free Fitness Court App, “which acts as a coach-in-yourpocket and enhances the outdoor gym into a digitally supported wellness experience,” according to a news release about the fitness court.

Tour El Dorado gardens

El Dorado Main Street is hosting its third annual garden tour from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, June 9.

Five private gardens are on the tour, including Les and Roxanne Limon, 1340 S. Emporia St.; Sean and Tammy McKibban, 3650 N. Main; Kim and Kathy Robertson, 556 Prairie Road; Tom and Glenda Fleener, 1020 McCollum Road; and Annie’s Garden at Jackson Ranch Stables, 1462 NW 40th St.

Tickets cost $20 and are available online https://eldoradomainstreet. org/upcoming-events/ or at Walter’s Flowers, 124 Main St.; Prairie Blossom Garden Center, 415 Metcalf Road; and Speed Trap Distillery, 703 S Main St. Tickets will also be available at all five gardens on June 9.

Picklepalooza pals

John Mareda, above left, and Wayne Calvery won our drawing to represent The Active Age at Picklepalooza. They describe themselves as intermediate pickleball players. Picklepalooza, a fundraiser for Senior Services, Inc., of Wichita and the Alzheimer’s Association, takes place Friday, June 1, at Chicken N Pickle, 1240 N. Greenwich Road. For tickets and more information,

visit seniorservicesofwichita.org/ picklepalooza.

‘Home funerals’ recalled Funerals held in homes, which were common during Wichita’s first half century, are the subject of a new exhibit at the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum. A parlor inside the museum’s seven-room Victorian cottage depicts the scene of a typical home funeral.

According to a news release, such funeral gatherings typically took place at the residence of the deceased where the casket was displayed and mourners gathered preceding the trip to the cemetery.

The museum is located at 204 S. Main. For more information, visit wichitahistory.org.

Common Threads Quilt Show

- June 21 & 22, 2024

10:00 am - 5:00pm - Century II- 225 W Douglas, Wichita

The Largest Display Of Quilts In Kansas Award - Winning piecing, quilting, and designs - Mini Quilt AuctionQuilt Appraiser demonstrations

Vendors - Quilting supplies, sewing/quilting machines, patterns, fabric, notions and much more

Buy CHANCES to win this year’s opportunity quilt. Your ticket will give you three chances to win the Opportunity Quilt or one of two lovely quilt bags

TICKETS $15 for one day or $20 for two days - Advanced purchase at www.wichitatix.com* *surcharges applied @ Wichita TIX Presented by Prairie Quilt Guild Common Threads Quilt Show

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Short takes

High-flying 107-year-old regains record

Al Blaschke won his first Guinness World Record for his skydive in 2020 when he was 103 years of age. But then a Swedish woman took the title; she was 103 and 259 days old. But when Blaschke was approaching his 107th birthday recently, off he — and his tandem partner -— went off again into the wild blue yonder and took back his title. His advice for all of us as we grow older is to remember that “if you think you can’t [do it, whatever it is], you’re just underestimating yourself. Everyone is more capable than they think. They just need to make the decision to try.”

Picture this California constables ordered

Etienne Constable of Seaside, Calif., to build a fence to hide the fishing boat he keeps in his driveway, apparently because it was an unappealing sight. So, with the help of a neighborhood artist, he built a fence featuring a life-like, detailed painting of his vessel. Neighbors and passersby approved his solution as did the town’s city manager, Nick Borges, who told reporters: “I thought, ‘Wow, that’s pretty creative.’ I laughed at it. The only action I’m going to take is a high five.”

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Ted

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working for the Hutchinson News and later continued it for newspapers in Coffeyville and Wichita.

“I enjoyed every one of them,” he said during an interview last month.

If Blankenship has written his last column, it caps what surely must be one of the longest journalism careers in Kansas, if not the United States. Many readers probably feel like they already know him since he often wrote about his life — from being a short, chubby kid to having various adventures with people, animals, vehicles, musical instruments and more.

Blankenship grew up in the oil fields of Teeterville, now a ghost town in the Flint Hills, and initially planned to be a petroleum engineer like his father. As a teenager, he played trumpet and sang professionally on a radio station in Coffeyville. He went into the U.S. Air Force as a musician during the Korean War but got reassigned as a typist when superiors discovered he had two years of college and could type.

After the war, he earned a journalism degree from the University of Kansas and interned at the Topeka Capital newspaper, which eventually hired him in the mid-1950s.

“The editor called me in and said, ‘Did you ever live on a farm?’ I said no. He said, ‘Do you know anything about farming at all?’ I said no. He said, ‘Well, you’re our new farm writer.’”

Blankenship quit that job not long after the Capital merged with the rival Topeka Journal, worked for a trade magazine for a year, then moved to the Hutchinson News as a general assignment reporter. After a car accident one day, Blankenship wrote a column about the cumbersome neck brace he was wearing as a result, illustrated with a picture of African

Grannies

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paybacks are you know what.’” Roberts is a friend of Shook’s and Sandy is Rene’s aunt. Goodnight said she’s known Shook for 50 years. “We were just shocked the day we went to meet with Rene, and there we both were.”

Most of the 30-second ads portray the women meeting in the Spangles location on West Street to sample and talk about the chain’s latest cocktail offering.

According to Shook, the original concept was for the foursome to portray members of a book club, but the segments instead became known as

neck rings (it was a different time).

The column caught on, and Blankenship kept it going in Coffeyville and Wichita. Not that he didn’t cover plenty of serious news as well.

In Coffeyville, Blankenship wrote editorials about racial issues.

“I had the whole town on my rear. I had people threaten me on the phone, threaten my kids. It got pretty hairy for a while.”

In 1966, the Wichita Eagle and Beacon hired him to run its Capitol bureau in Topeka during the administration of Gov. Robert Docking (who, as Ted noted in one column from that period, was as vertically challenged as himself). He covered political stories daily, but the most dramatic event of that period was the June 8, 1966, tornado that killed 17 people and leveled a 15-mile swath of the capital. “What a mess it was,” he said. “First time I ever had to show a press card in my life because they had a lot of looters.”

The Eagle and Beacon ran his photograph of some of the damage across the top of its front page.

He returned to Wichita and filled several roles at the paper, from editorial writer to covering the science and energy beats. One assignment took him to Venezuela to cover that country’s nascent oil business.

“I spent an evening with the president of the country, which was interesting. They had AK47s everywhere.”

Blankenship’s son, Tedd, a former art teacher at Southeast High, said his father sometimes dragged him along on assignments to destinations such as an archaeological dig in Oklahoma and nuclear collider in Colorado.

“The joke in the family is that no matter what you say, he’ll say, ‘I wrote a story about that one time.’ And the truth of the matter is, he probably did.”

One series of columns he wrote

“grannies' night out.”

There’s a script, but much of the ads’ appeal comes from the women’s unplanned interactions.

“Oh my gosh, we have a ball,” Goodnight said. “As you can tell, we’re always laughing.”

“They’ll have a script, but if we interject or do something funny, they’ll go with it,” Shook said. “We do many takes, and how it all fits together, it’s amazing.”

The drinks they’re shown with don’t actually contain alcohol, but Goodnight said the women “get to taste it so we know what we’re promoting.” They are paid to appear in the commercials.

Two of the group’s favorite spots

played a major role in launching the Wichita Jazz Festival, started in 1972 and still going strong today. Blankenship contends he gave up on performing music himself after the Air Force, but he’s been known to pull out his trumpet or pick up a microphone on occasion.

Blankenship taught journalism at Wichita State while working for the Eagle and Beacon, then moved to a job as publications director and journalism teacher at Friends University in 1989. He also spent four years as editor of The Kansas Times magazine. Blankenship was recruited to join the board of The Active Age (then called Active Aging) by Charles Pearson, his former colleague at the Eagle and Beacon. He also wrote a column about photography for this publication, then became its humor columnist after the death of Pearson, who’d been handling that role.

He resigned from the newspaper’s board at the end of 2015.

“He did it reluctantly,” remembers fellow board member Elma Broadfoot. “But he wanted to stay on writing the column because people really liked his column. He cared about the publication, and about seniors. I think that’s why he stayed as long as he did.”

A few years before that, Blankenship and other board members — including Broadfoot, Elvira Crocker and Fran Kentling — stepped in and put out the paper on an emergency basis when its editor at the time became ill. “I really don’t know how we maintained our cool or friendship, but we did,” Broadfoot said.

In 2017, the first five years of Blankenship’s columns for this newspaper were collected in a book, “It’s Not Serious,” with illustrations by former Eagle editorial cartoonist Richard Crowson.

Blankenship and his wife, Dorothy, a native of Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, lived for years in a house built around

were filmed outside the restaurant. One was set in a kitchen, where Goodnight was trying to recreate Spangles’ orange slush cocktail. “The blender went kind of crazy,” Shook said. “We laughed so hard at that.”

The other, shot at Spangles owner Dale Steven’s home, showed the grannies admiring a buff young pool boy nicknamed “Tiger” while sipping frozen drinks. Or as Goodnight describes it: “Four old ladies making over a pool boy.”

The grannies were celebrity walkons in Gridiron, the annual show staged by local media members, and they are set to appear at a Habitat for Humanity fundraiser this fall. There’s a 7½-minute collection of outtakes from

a silo in Rose Hill, another topic of his columns. Several years ago, they moved to the Catholic Care Center in Bel Aire. In addition to Tedd, the couple have two daughters and one grandchild.

Blankenship was in good spirits during an interview last month, often chuckling as he recounted his life and long career in journalism. He said he appreciates all the many responses from readers his column has generated through the years.

“It was interesting to me that a lot of columns that weren’t intended to be especially funny ended up the ones people liked the most,” he said.

And he left open the possibility of his column returning, if his health and computer cooperate, saying he might write one “whenever I feel like it and I have enough time do it.”

To send well wishes Well wishes to Ted can be sent care of The Active Age at 125 S. West St, Ste 105, Wichita, KS 67213; or by email to joe@ theactiveage.com

their commercials on youtube.com (google “Spangles grannies outtakes”). Wichita-based Spangles introduced alcohol onto its drink menu in late 2019 in what was seen as an innovative move for a fast-food chain — and controversial by some.

“I have only had one person who had a negative thing to say about it, because it was about alcohol,” Goodnight said.

One of the commercials showed the grannies discussing such criticism. In it, Roberts glanced at her phone and said: “How about this email? ‘I don’t think you should be promoting old ladies drinking.’”

Replied Sandy Steven: “Who are they calling old?"

Courtesy photo

Ted and Dorothy Blankenship celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary in 2013.

Books look at U.S. political conflicts of past and present

“Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics” by H.W. Brands (Doubleday, 2023, 451 pages, $32.50)

“Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning” by Liz Cheney (Little, Brown and Company, 2023, 372 pages, $32.50)

By Ted Ayres

Have you noticed that 2024 is an election year? Even if I wanted to forget, my mailbox and the television provide multiple reminders on a daily basis. I confess that my outlook and emotions today are much different than when I voted for a president for the first time in 1968.

I recently finished two books that provide perspective on partisan politics and the process of electing a president. One author deals with the earliest days of our democracy, and the other offers insights relevant to the current political environment.

Dr. H.W. Brands, a professor at the University of Texas, has written

more than a dozen biographies and histories. His latest, “Founding Partisans,” covers the contentious early years of our nation.

The Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Adams, sought to make the federal government more robust. The Anti-Federalists, led by Thomas Jefferson feared the encroachments on liberty that a strong central government would bring.

The ultimate Founding Father — George Washington — warned against excessive partisanship in his Farewell Address, saying “demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame lest, instead of warming, it should consume.”

But the reins of power did pass peacefully when Jefferson defeated the Federalist candidate and incumbent, President John Adams, in 1800.

As Brands writes: “Jefferson took

June quiz: It’s all in the family

By Nancy Wheeler

The answers to the following clues all mention a family member. The answers appear on page 20.

1. What program debuted on CBS in October 1954 and starred Robert Young as the dad who had all the answers?

2. What 2008 movie starred Meryl

June Theatre

By Diana Morton

Forum Theatre, at the Wilke Center, 1st United Methodist Church, 330 N. Broadway. Words & Music: Stayin’ Alive: The Bee Gees. Get ready for some “Jive Talkin” with this show featuring songs by brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibbs, who ushered in the era of disco and became the most successful trio in the history of contemporary music. 8 pm, May 25, 26. Tickets $30. 316-618-0444

Streep and featured songs by ABBA?

3. What anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe was published in two volumes in 1852?

4. What '60s comedy duo had their own television show and often argued about “who Mom liked best?”

5. What legal or contract clause provides an exemption for someone

Guild Hall Players, St. James Episcopal Church, 3750 E. Douglas.

I Never Sang for My Father by Robert Anderson. When Gene Garrison’s parents return from a winter in Florida, his mother’s health has deteriorated and Gene must take greater responsibility for his difficult father. Heartwarming story about family, aging and loss. 8 pm May 24-26 and 7 pm May 27. Tickets $12; Students $10. 316-683-5686

pride in ‘the revolution of 1800,’ as he called the change of government produced by the election of that year. ‘That was as real a revolution in the principles of our government as that of '76 was in its form, not effected indeed by the sword, as that, but by the rational and peaceable instrument of reform, the suffrage of the people.’”

Brands is adept at using the words spoken and written by the Founding Fathers to convey his own interpretation. I am always amazed about the amount of correspondence and communication that took place in early America — and grateful that these writings have been preserved. They provide for compelling reading.

Liz Cheney’s book, “Oath and Honor,” provides a modern-day viewpoint. Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, represented Wyoming in the

when a rule change occurs?

6. What 1992 comedy movie featured Whoopi Goldberg as she revamped a convent’s choir?

7. What '60s comedy show featured Fred MacMurray as the widower Steve Douglas who is raising Mike, Robbie, and Chip?

8. What mall pretzel shop creates a variety of different types of pretzels

Kechi Playhouse, 100 E. Kechi Road, Picnic by William Inge A handsome drifter shakes up a Kansas town, particularly its female inhabitants. 8 pm Fri–Sat, 2:30 pm Sun, June 7-30. Tickets $16-$17. 316-744-2152

Mosley Street Melodrama, 234 N. Mosley. Reno County 911 by Carol Hughes, followed by a new musical review. Now – July 26. Tickets, dinner, & show $36-40; show only $26-30. 316-263-0222

U.S. House of Representatives from 2017 to 2023. She served as vice chair of the Select Committee to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

It’s no secret that Cheney is a fierce critic of former President Trump, who was largely credited for her losing her seat. She includes her own remarks from one Select Committee meeting: “Our Constitution, the structure of our institutions, and the rule of law — which are the heart of what makes America great — are at stake … We must get to the objective truth and ensure that January 6th never happens again.”

I appreciated her behind-thescenes accounts of members of Congress, their staffs, members of the Executive branch and other Washington insiders. These two books provide context on the political environment of our country today. Both books emphasize the importance of an informed, concerned electorate.

Contact Ted Ayres at tdamsa76@ yahoo.com.

while customers look on?

9. What ladies’ historical group recognizes their heritage and honors veterans through their Wreaths Across America program?

10. In what vintage children’s game do you politely ask permission to take steps forward?

11. Who is said to be watching you in George Orwell’s “1984”?

charms her way into the prestigious law school and sets out to prove herself to the world. 8 pm Thu – Sat, 2:00 pm matinee Sat, Now – June 8. Tickets $40. 316-265-4400

Next: The Sunshine Boys. Classic Neil Simon comedy follows two former vaudeville partners who reunite for a television special after years of estrangement. 7 pm Th; 2 pm and 8 pm Fri & Sat, June 20-29. Tickets $40. 316-265-4400

Times are uncertain. Your funeral plans don’t have to be. Call 316-682-4553 for information about pre-planning a funeral. www.dlwichita.com

Music Theatre Wichita, Century II Concert Hall. 9 to 5. Featuring Dolly Parton’s music, this show celebrates the resilience, humor and camaraderie of strong women in the face of adversity. June 12-16. Contact box office for times and prices: 316-265-3107

Roxy’s Downtown, 412 E. Douglas, cabaret-style theatre. Legally Blonde Elle Woods’ life is turned upside down when her boyfriend dumps her so he can attend Harvard Law. Determined to get him back, Elle ingeniously

Wichita Community Theatre, 258 N. Fountain. The Puzzle with the Piazza by Mark Dunn and directed by John Dalton-White. In this comedic drama, septuagenarian Althea Witlin has less than a day to finish a 3,000-piece jigsaw puzzle before she must move out of her house due to poor health. Then a stranger with a mutual love of puzzle shows up and decides to help her complete the puzzle. 8 pm Thu-Sat, 2 pm Sun, June 6-16. Tickets $16-18. 316-686-1282

Contact Diana Morton at dianamorton12@sbcglobal.net

‘Buzzsaw’ McHenry took up Carry Nation’s battle

By Jim Mason

Carry Nation was temperance’s best-known crusader in these parts, but a follower who was every bit her match in militance actually carried on the battle against demon rum longer.

Myra Gaines Warren was born March 18, 1848, in Dover, Mo. She married James A. McHenry of Neodesha, Kan., in 1872. The marriage took place in the same room she was born in. James had trained as an attorney in Ohio and gone west in 1870 to seek his fortune. The family eventually settled in Howard, Kan., the county seat of Elk County. They had seven children, three of whom died in childhood, a sad but not uncommon occurrence in the late 1800s.

Around 1900, Myra became enthused about the work of Nation and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. She promoted enforcement of Prohibition in Elk County and began publishing The Searchlight, a monthly temperance newspaper. Kansas had enacted Prohibition in 1880, but it seems many people found ways to get around this impediment.

Myra’s fanaticism for this cause came to take sole precedence in her life. She eventually relocated to Wichita and became estranged from her family. James continued to work as an attorney in Howard.

In early 1902, Myra bought a half pint of whiskey from a “jointist” in Arkansas City and then turned him in for violating the law. This got press across the state. The trial ended in a hung jury, with 6 of 9 jurors voting for acquittal.

Myra wrote and sold tracts for a nickel at her speeches. She had a good command of the English language and all its admonishing, accusatory possibilities. She turned her pen against everyone in government from the governor down to beat officers. Demon rum was the enemy, as was tobacco. Women’s clothing styles also took a beating.

She worked closely with Nation in Wichita for a while beginning in 1903. After one smashing spree in 1904, Myra, Carry and two other women were brought to trial. They

served as their own attorneys, much to the amusement of the 500 people who crowded into the city court chamber to witness the spectacle. Once the main parties of the matter had been brought to the stand and deposed, the defendants insisted on calling a roster of local luminaries to testify, including Mayor Ben McLean; Sam Amidon, one of the prosecuting attorneys; and Marshall Murdock, publisher of The Wichita Eagle.

Nation died in 1911 but Myra carried on. She often brought out a hatchet, which she claimed had belonged to Carry, for photo ops. The saloon smashing ended but she attended WCTU conferences, made speeches on sidewalks in towns across the state (for which she was often arrested) and otherwise doggedly strove to continue the work.

In 1918, the WCTU purchased an immense drinking fountain in honor of Carry Nation and got it placed in front of Wichita’s Union Station. In subsequent years, Myra gave speeches there on several occasions and laid wreaths on the fountain. (The fountain was removed from the site decades ago. It is now in storage after temporary sojourns at Old Cowtown and Naftzger Park.)

The photo above, taken in the mid-1920s, shows Myra standing next to the Carry Nation Fountain,

holding her hatchet. She was small of stature, weighing 90 pounds. One publication, covering her speech at the 1902 WCTU convention in Topeka, described her as a “nervous little buzzsaw” and noted her unpopularity in Howard.

Myra castigated anyone who did not fully agree with her. In 1918, at the intersection of Market and Douglas, she made disparaging remarks about a local minister who was shipping out to Europe to work for the YMCA in support of World War I troops. His daughter walked up and slapped Myra three times, for which she was fined $1. In 1926, another woman threw punches at Myra for making harsh remarks about her in another sidewalk sermon. Myra brought charges but refused to testify in court. A judge threw out the case and sternly admonished the plaintiff.

Myra was also known for speaking at events unrelated to the Temperance movement. She did so at a Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Hutchison in 1905 and got egged for her efforts.

She made a couple forays to Washington, D.C. In the summer of 1911, Kansas’ Sen. Charles Curtis gave her minor office work to do as a source of employment. In the nation’s capital again in 1913, she was horrified to see Abraham Lincoln’s face on an

advertisement for whiskey. She reached out to members of Congress and got a bill passed forbidding the use of the likenesses of former presidents in such displays.

In 1921, Myra proudly told the Topeka State Journal she had been arrested 44 times. She said the Emporia jail was her favorite. “It’s the cutest thing! Topeka hasn’t a very good one.” When asked which political party she preferred, she stated, “Oh, I don’t know that there’s much difference. The Republicans drink and say they don’t and the Democrats drink and say they do.”

On June 6, 1939, she went to the clerk’s office in the old Sedgwick County courthouse to cash a check for $10, something she did daily. On her way out, she missed a step at the top of the south stairs and tumbled all the way down. With a broken leg and other injuries, she went into a coma and died on June 17. Her estate apparently consisted of little more than her hatchet and some clothing. Her surviving children made no effort to either attend her funeral or take charge of her things. She is buried in an unmarked grave in Park Cemetery.

Both the morning and evening editions of the Eagle carried long pieces on her passing. They were balanced and respectful. It was noted that her eyesight had been failing and that might have contributed to her fall. Her faculties were also failing. The Evening Eagle ended its June 19, 1939 article thusly:

“She had some angles that only a few people knew about. Sartorially, her mode was wholly exceptional among her crusading kind. She was a superb seamstress. She might have been a great milliner. She had curious dietary theories. She believed the mineral, salt, to be poisonous to man.

“Peace has come to her in her ashes. Her spirit long outlasted her remarkable physical stamina. One of her last nights on earth was spent in The Eagle office, where in fear she sought refuge from enemies who did not pursue.”

Contact Jim Mason at jemason53@ gmail.com.

Temperance crusader Myra McHenry was a familiar, controversial figure in Wichita during the early 1900s.

Low-income senior apartments in demand on church property

By Matthew Kelly

The Wichita Eagle

When Kyra Cano got the call that she had been approved to move into the Central Landing senior housing community, she was overjoyed.

“I got in by a miracle,” Cano, 84, said.

She moved in in February as one of 16 applicants selected from a waiting list of more than 100 to live in a new addition of the 55-and-older housing development, which is owned by Central Community Church and managed by Mennonite Housing.

The first phase of eight quadplexes opened in late 2021. Four more buildings were completed early this year, bringing the total number of units to 48. There are currently no vacancies.

“We have a large property, and we’ve looked at ways of developing it in the past,” said Justin Mohr, executive pastor at the West Maple megachurch. “How do we use it to really impact our community?”

They landed on creating affordable housing for seniors, many of whom are on fixed incomes.

“We saw it as an opportunity to help our community with a solution to that,” Mohr said.

Units are around 900 square feet with two bedrooms, one and a half bathrooms and an attached garage.

Kyra Cano, 84, is paying $275 a month to live in a new two-bedroom apartment in the Central Landing community for low-income seniors at 6100 W. Maple St.

Rent at Central Landing ranges from $205 to $615 a month based on what residents can afford to pay. The federal grant program that sustains the development requires apartments to be rented out exclusively to low-income tenants — some of whom are at or below 30% of the area median income, some at or below 50%, and the rest at or below 60%. Mennonite Housing vets applicants to determine their eligibility.

Penny Herron, Mennonite’s property manager director, said many seniors in and around Wichita are

being priced out of their leases, leaving them with few options.

“It’s not so much that all of them are without housing, but they are seeing an increase in their rental rates at their current location that they’re not able to afford on their fixed income, and so they’re trying to find something that is more affordable for them,” Herron said.

Cano, who relies on Social Security benefits after retiring at age 70, now pays $275 a month in rent. “It’s the cheapest I’ve had in my whole life,” she said — considerably more affordable than either of the apartments she stayed in previously after moving from Florida to Wichita in 2017 to be closer to two of her sons, her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

“I love my kitchen. I’ve never had a big kitchen like this,” said Cano, who immigrated to the U.S. from Panama in 1988. She’s also partial to her living room.

“Because I can sit down, do everything, pray — I pray a lot

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there,” said Cano, a devout Catholic, who was initially surprised to learn residents weren’t expected to attend services at the non-denominational Christian church. The opportunity to live affordably at Central Landing, situated to the west of the church on the expansive property, was absolutely a blessing, she said.

“People are friendly here, and even though I don’t know them, every time that I go out and I see a car of people coming in, I say hello,” Cano said. “I like it here.”

Phase two of the Central Landing development has one extra component besides the apartments — a clubhouse with a kitchenette and communal space.

“We are Central Community Church,” Mohr said. “We believe in community, want community, so we built a clubhouse so the residents out there can have their own little community. They can host gatherings or dinners or game nights.”

Mohr said the church is still evaluating what else to do with the acres of vacant land around the development. Nothing is set in stone yet.

“I know the church at one point had talked about having another street [of apartments],” Herron said. “I don’t know if that’s still their plan, but we have let the developer and the church know that, from what we’re experiencing with the calls and the waitlist, the demand is there and we could easily fill up another probably 48 apartments.”

This article was made available by The Wichita Eagle, a member of the Wichita Journalism Collaborative. For more coverage, visit wichitajournalism. org.

Photo by Jaime Green/The Wichita Eagle

Sunflower Summer provides access to more than 200 attractions

By Ainsley Smith KMUW

Families with children in pre-K through 12th grade can get free admission to more than 200 attractions this summer.

Sunflower Summer provides a free ticket for each child and up to two adults at participating museums, state parks and other attractions across Kansas.

The program is organized by Kansas Tourism, a division of the state’s Department of Commerce, and lasts from May 25 to August 11.

To access tickets, families can download the Sunflower Summer app.

For a full list of attractions and

links to download the app, visit https:// sunflowersummer.org/

Participating attractions in and around Wichita include:

• Botanica, Wichita

• Cheney State Park

• CityArts, Wichita

• El Dorado State Park

• Exploration Place, Wichita

• Field Station: Dinosaurs, Derby

• Great Plains Nature Center, Wichita

• Harvey County Historical Museum and Archives, Newton

• Hillsboro Museums

• Hutchinson Zoo

• Kansas African American Museum, Wichita

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• Kansas Aviation Museum, Wichita

• Kansas Learning Center for Health, Halstead

• Kansas Oil Museum, El Dorado

• Kansas Wildlife Exhibit, Wichita

• Kauffman Museum, Newton

• Mark Arts, Wichita

• Mennonite Heritage & Agricultural Museum, Goessel

• Mid-America All-Indian Museum, Wichita

• Museum of World Treasures, Wichita

• National Glass Museum,

Wellington

• Old Cowtown Museum, Wichita

• PBS Kansas Children’s Education & Discovery Center, Wichita

• Rock River Rapids, Derby

• Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita

• Tanganyika Wildlife Park, Goddard

• Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University

• Wichita Art Museum

• Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

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Botanica is among attractions that are part of Sunflower Summer.

Best cell phone choice not the same for everyone

Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend some good cell phones for seniors? My 79-year-old mother needs to get a new mobile phone and has asked me to help her find one that she would like.

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Dear Searching,

For older adults, choosing a cell phone is not a one-size-fits-all proposition. Some seniors love the latest high-tech smartphones with high-megapixel cameras, while others prioritize simple phones with basic functions. So, the best cell phone for your mom will depend on her comfort with technology, priorities and budget.

To help identify the best cell phones for older adults, I consulted Wirecutter, a product testing and recommendation service from The New York Times that recently tested 18 cell phone models.

Their testing focus was on three different areas, including best phones for older adults who are comfortable with technology and want to upgrade to a full-featured smartphone with robust accessibility settings; best cell phones for seniors who are not techinclined or who prefer a smartphone with fewer features, as well as those

who are experiencing vision, hearing, or dexterity issues; and best cell phones for elderly seniors who need specific accessibility features due to physical or cognitive issues. Here are top choices based on their tests.

Apple iPhone 15 Plus: This is a great choice if your mom is comfortable with technology and willing to spend more for a toptier smartphone with a range of accessibility, health and safety features. The 15 Plus has an easy-to-read, large (6.7-inch) screen and the most robust health and safety features, including an off-grid SOS, a personal-safety check, and plenty of customizable accessibility options that help seniors with vision and hearing loss as well as with speaking and/or dexterity problems. ($899, apple.com).

Google Pixel 8: If your mom has been using an Android device and is more comfortable with this operating system, the Pixel 8 is a high-end, reasonably priced smartphone that tops

Hope for those with vision loss

• Is it difficult to read regular print in newspapers, magazines or books?

• Does your vision make it difficult to watch TV or recognize faces?

• Has your eye doctor told you eyeglasses can no longer be made stronger?

If so, call Envision for an appointment or schedule an education presentation in your senior living facility.

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the list for older adults. It too has a sharp, large (6.7-inch) screen with an excellent camara and many health, safety and accessibility features that can help seniors with vision impairment, hearing loss, hand tremors and more. And it costs significantly less than the new Samsung Galaxy and iPhone models. ($699, store.google.com).

Lively Jitterbug Smart4: If your mom wants a simplified smartphone that’s very affordable, she might prefer this model. Like the Apple 15 Plus and Google Pixel 8, the Jitterbug Smart4 also has a 6.7-inch screen, but this phone comes with a listbased menu (no icons) that provides easy navigation. It also offers voice command capabilities and a number of health and safety services including a 24/7 emergency monitoring service. This phone would also work well for people with memory or vision issues. ($150, lively.com).

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in touch with family and friends while also reducing common problems such as unnecessary calls to emergency services, spam and fraud.

It also has a dedicated SOS link on the screen that can alert up to three contacts; has GPS tracking capabilities; provides caregiver controls and more. ($349, razmobility.com).

Snapfon ez4G: This is a nonsmartphone if your mom doesn’t want or need all the functionality of a full-featured smartphone. This simple cell phone provides large buttons, big screen type and an SOS emergency button on the back of the phone that will alert up to five preselected contacts by call and text. ($100, snapfon.com).

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Make lemons your aide in cooking

By Joe Stumpe

When life gives you lemons, you can make a lot more than just lemonade.

Sour, yes, but also bright as sunshine, lemons are an ingredient that seems to grow on cooks the more they use it.

While some fans love the summery feel a lemon brings to dishes during the winter, I actually prefer the way it lightens recipes during warm weather months.

My mom always added lemon juice to her fruit pie fillings. My wife goes through bags of them for iced tea.

I like to lay slices on fish fillets as they bake and stuff halves into the cavities of roasting chickens.

Of course, the internet is full of non-cooking uses for the fruit, from cleaning windows and stainless steel to deodorizing garbage disposals. This seems almost disrespectful to me. Do we ask chocolate to do something other than taste good?

One great thing about lemons is that the zest — the yellow outer layer — can be used to flavor dishes as well as the juice.

Here are a couple recipes that utilize lemon to good advantage.

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Lemony White Bean Dip

1 can cannellini or great northern beans, drained and rinsed

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon lemon zest

1 to 2 garlic cloves

Salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste 2 to 4 tablespoons water, if needed

Fresh basil or parsley, chopped, for garnish

Crackers, toast points, pita or veggie crudites, for dipping

Place beans, olive oil, lemon juice and zest and garlic in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Season to taste with salt and pepper, adding water to adjust texture if needed. Garnish with fresh herbs and serve.

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Lemon Pasta

This recipe gets its creamy sauce not from heavy cream, but instead from the starchy water used to cook the pasta.

8 oz. spaghetti

Kosher salt, divided use ¼ cup olive oil or 4 tablespoons butter

3 to 6 garlic cloves, minced ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, optional

Juice and zest of 1 lemon

¼ to ½ cup Parmesan cheese

Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

1/2 cup freshly chopped parsley or basil

Bring a pot of salted water to boil. Use a little less water than usual. Cook the pasta until al dente. Before draining, reserve 1 cup of the pasta water (you won’t need it all).

When pasta is done, heat the oil or butter over medium heat in a skillet large enough to hold the cooked pasta. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes, if using, and cook until garlic is just fragrant. Using tongs, add the pasta to the skillet along with the lemon zest and juice and ½ cup of the pasta cooking water. Toss until a light sauce coats the pasta. Add the cheese and stir again, adding a bit more pasta cooking water if needed. Season to taste with salt and pepper, garnish with fresh basil or parsley and serve.

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AAAs mark 50 years of service, seek seniors' input

Kansas’ area agencies on aging are marking their 50th year in operation.

AAAs such as Central Plains Area Agency on Aging (CPAAA) — which serves Butler, Harvey and Sedgwick counties — were established in the 1970s to plan community services for people 60 and older. They also provide or fund many of those services, coordinate work among other agencies and organizations serving seniors and advocate for the older population.

The overarching goals are to help older residents live healthier, happier lives while staying in their homes as long as desirable.

“I think we’ve really engaged more on the health and wellness side,” Annette Graham, executive director of CPAAA, said of the agency’s recent work.

Kansas originally created 10 AAAs, later adding an eleventh that serves Johnson County alone.

CPAAA has the largest number of residents in the state 60 and over — about 130,000 — of the state’s AAAs.

CPAAA was initially administered by the city of Wichita.

Sedgwick County took over those duties in 1980. Today, it’s housed in the Ronald Reagan building, 271 W. 3rd St. CPAAAs work closely with Departments on Aging in Butler and Harvey counties. CPAAA staff are actually employees of Sedgwick County’s Department on Aging and Disabilities.

AAAs distributes federal funding for programs such as senior nutrition, in-home care, transportation and legal aid. CPAAA helped start The Active

Age in 1979 and has awarded it a grant through the federal Older Americans Act every year since then.

Not surprisingly, the pandemic was one of the agency’s biggest challenges.

“The challenge was to quickly be able to pivot to provide services virtually, to work remotely and to support providers as they were trying to pivot as well,” Graham said.

Currently, CPAAA is conducting

a needs assessment survey to help plan its services for the next four years. The survey can be completed by calling 1-855-200-2372 or by picking up a paper copy at the CPAAA office front desk. The survey can also be found by scanning the QR code in the agency’s ad on this page.

“We really want to get a wide perspective from older adults,” Graham said. “What do you need?"

Annette Graham

Ogalla Acquifier: No time or water to waste, farmer says

By Ben Palen Kansas Reflector

The Ogallala Aquifer Summit took place in Liberal earlier this year. Given publicity about the decline of the water levels in the Ogallala, one might have surmised that a consensus would be apparent about the severity of the decline and the reality that inaction is not a solution.

But in one survey of 206 producers from throughout the Ogallala area, the report noted that “a majority of producers do not feel personally responsible for groundwater depletion and do not believe that they need to minimize or reduce their groundwater use.”

The decline of the Ogallala is well documented. How is one to save it when there are attitudes of doubt?

As a fifth-generation farmer, I have seen many changes in agriculture in my lifetime. What remains little changed, however, is an attitude of independence and resistance to “outsiders” making decisions that affect one’s farm.

There are really only two types of solutions. First, it can be top down, where change is imposed by higher levels of government. Second, it can

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come from a combination of local and state input. In other words, a collaborative effort. The entire state of Kansas will suffer if the Ogallala continues to decline.

Several of the white papers presented in Liberal suggested that the adoption of technology to measure, and manage, water has been slow in many areas. I suspect the reason is that farmers are geared toward production, production, production. The mentality has to change.

There are some benchmarks along the path to preserving the Ogallala:

• Financial incentives from state and other government entities to use water-saving technology.

• Mandatory participation in groundwater management districts, with penalties for over-pumping the aquifer (this is akin to the model in the North Plains Groundwater Management District in the Texas Panhandle).

• Funding from the federal government to retire X number of acres from irrigated production. This concept

is already in use at a local level in the “South Fork (of the Republican River) Focus Zone” in northeastern Colorado.

• Private industry participation to encourage farmers to change agronomic practices not only in the name of saving water, but for reducing carbon emissions from less use of fertilizer, fuel for pumping water, etc.

It will take a cooperative effort from farmers, governments, bankers and others.

The dry bed of the Arkansas River near the Santa Fe Trail crossing at Cimarron. The Ogallala aquifer groundwater levels in much of western Kansas started dropping in the 1950s as pumping increased, according to the Kansas Geological Survey.

For the most part, farmers are in the business for the long haul. That same viewpoint should apply to finding the right balance of solutions for the decline of the Ogallala.

Ben Palen is a Kansas native and a

fifth-generation farmer and agriculture consultant in Colorado and Kansas. A longer version of this commentary can be found at kansasreflector.com.

Photo by Max McCoy/Kansas Reflector

Strength training can increase healthy years in your future

By Monica Cissell

Sometimes it’s difficult to find the energy and motivation to exercise, especially when factors like bad weather and lack of access to an exercise facility are added in. But exercise is important at any age, and strength training is an important part.

Research into strength training by the National Institute on Aging has found it increases muscle mass and mobility. By challenging their muscles, adults over 60 can stay strong, active and engaged.

One of the most critical takeaways from this research is the concept of “use it or lose it.” As we age, there is a loss of muscle mass and strength, a condition called sarcopenia. This leads

to a higher risk of falls, injuries and even death. According to the NIA, poor nutrition and lack of exercise increase the chance of developing sarcopenia. On the other hand, it can be slowed by maintaining an active lifestyle.

Roger Fielding, a NIA researcher, strongly urges older adults to keep pushing the body’s muscles as they age. He and his colleagues have found that “the best recipe for improving physical function and avoiding disability is a combination of walking and strength training (also known as resistance training).” Strength training includes weight lifting using machines or hand weights; using a medicine ball, resistance bands or body; and weight-bear-

ing exercises like pushups, squats and yoga.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend older adults strength train two times a week, alternating these days with walking, biking or other aerobic activity. Easing into strength training is recommended, starting with 10 to 15 minutes a day. Before changing an exercise routine or starting a new one, you may want to discuss it with your doctor.

Joe Samaniego, wellness coordinator for the Central Plains Area Agency on Aging, agreed that strength training has many benefits. It can reduce pain and stiffness caused by arthritis, increase loss of bone density caused by osteopenia or osteoporosis, help improve blood sugar control, decrease the risk of heart disease and increase metabolism. It’s especially important in reducing the risk of falls.

In Samaniego’s Enhance Fitness class, he is known for sayings like “motion is lotion, and rest is rust” and “strength is never a weakness, and weakness is never a strength.” His enthusiastic approach has won him a following of individuals committed to improving their health and the 2024 Byron G Stout IV Meritrust Wellness Champion Award for his work.

Interested in learning more about strength training or increasing your physical activity? Check out the Enhance Fitness class at the Haysville Senior Center M-W-F from 1-2 p.m. Individuals 55+ are welcome. There is no cost to attend.

Monica Cissell is deputy director of CPAAA, which offers a variety of wellness programs. Call CPAAA’s resource center at 855-200-2372 for information on services and programs available to older adults and caregivers.

Donate for chance to win Botanica membership

Displayed across both printed and digital mediums, the exhibition offers a dynamic peek into the artist’s contemporary practice and focus. Whether highlighting household names or local heroes, these works demonstrate Leibovitz’s discerning vision and desire to celebrate the extraordinary now. With more than five decades of experience photographing some of the most influential names in entertainment, politics, business, and athletics, Leibovitz has established herself as a keen watcher of society.

Donate at least $50 to The Active Age, and you could win a family membership to Botanica. The Active Age holds a drawing for a family membership each month from among people on our Honor Roll list of donors.

This month's winner is Eve Hill. Donations may be made by calling 316-942-5385; through our website, theactiveage.com; by mail to The Active Age, 125 S. West St., Suite 105, Wichita, KS, 67213; or in person.

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SedgwiCk County Senior CenterS

BEL AIRE

7651 E Central Park Ave 744-2700, ext 304 www.belaireks.org

BENTLEY/EAGLE 504 W Sterling, 796-0027

CHENEY 516 Main, 542-3721

CLEARWATER 921 E Janet, 584-2332

DERBY 611 N Mulberry Rd, 788-0223 www.derbyks.com

DOWNTOWN

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

EDGEMOOR 5815 E 9th, 688-9392

GARDEN PLAIN 1006 N Main, 535-1155

GODDARD 120 N Main, 794-2441

HAYSVILLE 160 E Karla, 529-5903

KECHI Kechi City Building, 744-0217, 744-1271

LA FAMILIA 841 W 21st, 267-1700

LINWOOD 1901 S Kansas, 263-3703

MCADAMS GOLDEN AGE 1329 E 16th, 337-9222

MT HOPE 105 S Ohio, 667-8956

MULVANE 632 E Mulvane, 777-4813

NORTHEAST 212 1 E 21st, 269-4444

OAKLAWN 2937 Oaklawn Dr, 524-7545

ORCHARD PARK 4808 W 9th, 942-2293

PARK CITY 6100 N Hydraulic, 744-1199

VALLY CENTER COMMUNITY CENTER 314 E Clay, 755-7350

Butler County Senior CenterS

ANDOVER 410 Lioba Dr, 733-4441 www.andoverks.com

AUGUSTA 640 Osage, 775-1189

BENTON Lion’s Community Bldg, S Main St

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

DOUGLASS 124 W 4th, 746-3227

EL DORADO 210 E 2nd, 321-0142

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

ROSE HILL 207 E Silknitter, 776-0170

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June 5

10:30 am Wichita Art Museum 1400 W. Museum Blvd., $2 admission. Artist Talk— “Rachel Curtis: Dissolution” 1:30 pm Museum of World Treasures 835 E. 1st St. Oceans of Kansas Part II

June 12

10 am Sedgwick County Zoo, 5555 Zoo Blvd. (316) 266-8213, $4 Squawking or Talking?.

1:30 pm Advanced Learning Library, 711 W, 2nd, (316) 261-8500, Free. Wichita Journalism Collaborative

Derby Sr Center, 611 Mulberry. 1st & 3rd Tuesday 7pm-9:30 pm.

El Dorado Jam & Dance, Senior Center, 210 E. 2nd.

Linwood Golden Age, 1901 S Kansas. Every Saturday 7pm-9:30pm. Call Jim 316-945-9451

Minisa Golden Age, 704 W 13th. Info 617-2560. Every Thursday 7pm9:30pm. Call Rita 316-364-1702

Mulvane, 101 E. Main (Pix Community Center Second Tuesday of every month at 7-9 pm. Oaklawn Activity Center, 4904 S. Clifton. Contra Dance1st Saturday of each month. 7pm-9pm. Call Amanda at 316-361-6863.

June 19

10 am Ulrich Museum of Art, 1845 N. Fairmount. Sketch-ASculpture with Tim Stone.

1:30 pm Great Plains Nature Center, 6232 E 29th St N. Info unavailable

June 26

10 am Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, 204 S. Main. Dude, Just Google It: Making Public Art Public

1:30 pm Mid American All-Indian museum. 650 N Seneca (316) 350-3340, $2 + tax admission; free for MAAIM members. Indigenous Games & Toys.

Orchard Park Golden Age, 4808 W 9th. Every Friday 7pm-9:30pm. Call Casey 316-706-7464

Prairie Wind Dancers: Plymouth Congregational Church, 202 N Clifton. Joyce, 683-1122.

Village Steppers Square Dance, Oaklawn Activity Center, 4904 S Clifton. 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month September through May 7:30 - 10:00 pm. Info: Mike Huddleson 316-650-2469

Westside Steppers Square Dance, 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month, 6-8:30 p.m., West Heights United Methodist (entrance "D"), 745 N. Westlink Ave. Info: Sheldon Lawrence (316) 648-7590.

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Friendship Meals

Aging Projects serves a hot, nutritious meal weekdays for persons 60 and older in Sedgwick, Harvey and Butler counties. Reservations are necessary. For locations and reservations, call 316-686-0074

WEEK OF JUNE 3

Mon: Broccoli & Rice casserole, mixed vegetables, pineapple, wheat bread. Tue: Cheeesy mac chili, green beans, blushing pears, Texas toast.

Wed: Taco Burger, black bean & corn salad, sliced apples .

Thu: Chicken pot pie pasta, combo salad, mixed fruit, breadstick.

Fri: Ham Salad on croissant, carrot raisin salad, tropical fruit.

WEEK OF JUNE 10

Mon: BBQ Chicken on bun, coleslaw w/ carrots, apricots.

Tue: Creamy tuna noodle cass, cucumber & onion salad, pineapple, wheat bread.

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BURRTON 124 N Burrton, 620-463-3225

HALSTEAD 523 Poplar, 835-2283

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

NEWTON AREA SENIOR CENTER 122 E 6th, Newton, 283-2222 www.newtonseniorcenter.com

SEDGWICK 107 W. Fifth, 772-0393

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Butler County Transit

Weekday transportation in El Dorado, Augusta and Andover. Rides to Wichita on Wed, Thu. Information: Augusta, 775-0500; El Dorado, 322-4321; toll free, 1-800-2793655. 48-hr notice required.

Harvey County

Transportation reservations or information: 316-284-6802 or 1-866-6806802. Round-trip: $8 Newton (wheelchair only), $12 Harvey County, $20 outside Harvey County. AVI to Newton: Tue, 12:304:30 pm from Burrton, Sedgwick, Halstead, Hesston, Walton.

Wed: Swedish Steak, creamed peas & potatoes, mixed fruit, roll.

Thu: Ham & Beans, pickled beets, pears, cornbread muffin, chef's choice birthday cake.

Fri: Chicken pasta salad,cauli-broccraisin salad, applesauce, crackers.

WEEK OF JUNE 17

Mon: Swiss steak, parslied carrots, tropical fruit, wheat roll.

Tue: Cheese omelete, breakfast potatoes, sausage gravy, cinnamon apples, buttermilk biscuit.

Wed: HOLIDAY.

Thu: Chicken & cheese cass, combo salad, apricots, texas toast.

Fri: Turkey salad on whole grain bun, calico salad, pineapple.

WEEK OF JUNE 24

Mon: Sloppy joe on bun, corn relish salad, ambrosia fruit salad.

Tue: Italian chicken, au gratin potatoes, pears, wheat bread.

Wed: Pork & noodles, mixed vegetables, peach crisp, wheat roll.

Thu: Cheeseburger on whole grain bun, coleslaw, tropical fruit

Fri: Tuna salad on croissant, tomato salad, blushing pears.

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HEAVENLY RESTING PLACE at Lakeview Gardens Everlasting Life. Lot 53 Spaces 3&4. Retail $3,695 each, Selling both for $4,000 OBO. Seller pays transfer fee. Call 316-393-6054

White Chapel. Masonic Garden. 2 lots side by side. $1,500 plus transfer fee FOR BOTH 316-838-5844

Resthaven Cemetery Garden of Faith, Prime location. 2 lots on center isle. 40 B 3&4. $12,500. 316-617-8581

Two ground burial spots at Lakeview Gardens Cemetery. Section: Garden of the Holy Rosary Lot 30. $2800 each Contact C Mansaw 316-942-4291xt 2165 mansawc@newmanu.edu

2 burial plots at White Chapel Nativity Garden valued $2,049 each. Sell $1,450 each. Seller pays transfer fees. Kurt 316-992-2539.

White Chapel. Sermon on the mount. 4 plots, $1,200 each OBO plus transfer fees. Call 316-371-4454.

Two burial plots for sale in Lakeview Cemetery, Meditation Section, Wichita, $3,000 each. Price negotiable. Contact Sonya Hull, threeearz@yahoo.com

2 plots in Resthaven Garden of Memories, Garden of Gethsemane, $4,800 each, includes transfer fee. Contact Kay 785-614-2775, or kreed@cloud.edu

2 plots at White Chapel Memorial Gardens by Jesus statue of the Good Shepherd. $1,300 Total. 316-942-2364

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Cyberattack shuts down multiple city services

By Trace Salzbrenner

The Beacon Wichita found itself tossed back in time by last month’s cyberattack on City Hall that upended basic ways of doing business online.

Residents needed to head to Walmart or Dillons to pay their water bills.

Parents who wanted to enroll their kids in swimming lessons had to go to a recreation center to sign them up in person.

And because the hack disabled fare boxes — and because efforts to get people to pay with cash were shortlived — riders temporarily didn’t need to pay anything to board a city bus.

A ransomware attack on May 3 and 4 throttled many services that the city government in Wichita does online. Hackers copied files from the city’s network, and the city shut down many online services, buying time to minimize the damage and make City Hall tougher to hack in the future. The situation had not been resolved as of May 22.

City Hall remained tight-lipped about the attack, directing all questions to the alert page on its website.

John Godfrey, chief information security officer for Kansas, could not

comment directly on Wichita. But he said no “one-size-fits-all” approach works for getting a city’s systems up and running again.

“It depends on specifics,” Godfrey said. “It depends on how many systems were impacted, if you have cyber liability insurance, how long assessment and eradication needs to occur.”

In the meantime, the city was leaning on paper records and performing more administrative chores by hand.

What kind of cyberattack happened to Wichita?

Hackers copied multiple records and threatened to release the data if the city doesn’t pay a ransom. The attack compromised payment information, police and traffic records, Social Security cards and state identification cards like driver’s licenses.

The city has not confirmed the hackers’ identity, but Russian hacking group LockBit reportedly took credit for the attack and posted a deadline for the ransom on its website. After the deadline, the website stated that the group had sold the data.

“I liken it to the old saying, right, “We don’t negotiate with terrorists,’” Godfrey said. “Ransomware is

interesting because it’s successful only because people pay the ransom.”

Multiple state and federal agencies recommend not paying the ransom because the data will often be released, sold or left encrypted after the ransom is paid.

How did Wichita become compromised?

The city said in a press release that the attack came through a known vulnerability that it had been working to address.

“Our technical teams have been working around the clock,” the city says on its website. “We are coordinating with law enforcement to investigate this matter further.”

No more information was given on the vulnerability or the type of attack.

“More than 90% of successful cyberattacks start with a phishing email,” said Geoff Jenista, regional chief for the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “A cybercriminal can send an email to 1,000 employees of a large organization, and all it takes is for one person to open the email and click a link.”

A click like that releases malicious code onto the target’s network.

Sharing life stories with Shockers a rewarding experience

By Al Higdon

Many senior residents of southcentral Kansas have the opportunity to be in the lives of their grandchildren, but many others do not. And this is also true of many 20-somethings, some of whom don’t have a chance to interact much with older adults.

Three years ago, Jacie Green sought a way to change that. Green is director of graduate programs and associate educator in the department of public health sciences at Wichita State’s college of health professions. Working with senior living communities Catholic Care Center and Larksfield Place, she created a freshman course at WSU called Connecting Generations: Sharing Life Stories with Shockers.

The third interaction of these two divergent age groups was completed in May at Larksfield, and I was fortunate to be one among 10 residents to participate, along with more than 20 WSU students.

With Jacie as our constant “den mother,” two or three WSU freshmen were paired with one Larksfield resident, meeting one or two times each week, generally on the Larksfield campus, over a two-month period. At these one-hour sessions, students — always meeting with the same resident — asked an extensive series of

questions about the resident’s parents, early childhood, schooling, career path, family life, travel experiences, observations and thoughts on life and more.

Ours responses were recorded on tablets using technology known as the Life Bio Memory App (quite a new experience for most Larksfieldians), then converted digitally to hard copy printouts of what had been each resident’s responses.

Ultimately, the response went into soft cover books telling each resident’s life story as well as large illustrated banners that Jacie created and had printed for residents.

WSU and Larksfield are the first university and senior resident community to collaborate using the Life Bio Memory App for such a program.

To a person, my fellow residents and I found these sessions with our new young friends to be highly rewarding. And apparently this feeling was reciprocated by the students. One told Jacie: “I am so happy with how this project went. I never thought a Connecting Generations class would have such an impact on my life.” Another said: “This experience highlights the significance of intergenerational interaction, showing

a potential for mutual enrichment and understanding.”

WSU will seek to expand this intergenerational experience with other area independent living senior centers. Additionally, Jacie and her colleagues are looking into expanding the project beyond freshmen seminar, taking the program to assisted living and heath care centers with clinical students collecting life stories.

“Having grown up close to my grandparents, it’s a personal passion of mine to connect younger generations with older generations, so we can break down barriers that stereotypes have built,” Jacie said.

As a recent “graduate,” I can attest this program does just that.

Al Higdon is a member of The Active Age’s board of directors. He can be reached at akhigdon@yahoo.com.

Al Higdon, center, enjoyed getting to know Wichita States students Rashad West, left, and Jaden Jenkins.

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“I just love the creativity of it,” she said. “It’s just a fun hobby to do.”

While Wohlford said she finds quilting relaxing, another guild member says it is literally therapeutic for her.

Stacy Crundell, editor of the guild’s newsletter, started quilting in 2011, teaching herself via YouTube videos.

“I did it for physical therapy because I was diagnosed with MS in 2009, and I had lost a lot of the abilities to do some of the activities that I really had an interest in, like playing sports,” Crundell said. “My doctor said I needed a hobby to take my mind off the hard times.”

“Sometimes I have to look at the instructions 20 or 30 times, but it keeps me motivated,” she added.

The 300-member guild is believed to be the largest in the United States, Crundell said, explaining that larger cities often have several smaller groups. The guild hosts an afternoon and evening meeting on the second Tuesday of each month at Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church, 1600 W. 27th St. N., usually to hear a guest speaker.

Most members are in their 40s and older, although the guild holds a summer quilting camp for kids.

“I think it (quilting) is popular because it still gives them the ability to make something for their families,

to create bonds,” Crundell said.

“Sometimes they’ve been in a work environment and are just retiring, and they’re looking for something to be a part of. It might be something that their grandmother or mother taught them once upon a time.”

Another guild member, Diana Dobbins, took a quilting class at the Sedgwick County Extension Center about 15 years ago, then joined a quilting bee that meets weekly at the Northeast Senior Center. She will display three quilts at the show, two of which were made by her husband’s grandmother.

“She was born in 1878. She quilted until 1962, that I know of. That’s a long time.”

Quilting is usually defined as the process of joining a minimum of three layers of fabric together, either through

stitching manually with needle and thread or mechanically with a sewing

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machine. But that leaves out the piecing together of the top layer to create a design that is typical of most quilts, Dobbins said.

“What quilters do is they take perfectly good yards of fabric, then they cut it up in little pieces, then they sew it all back together,” she said. “It doesn’t quite make sense, but that’s what they do.”

The other thing quilters do is make memories, Dobbins said. When quilts are intended as gifts, quilters often put labels on them with the names of the recipient and giver, date and occasion — “because it’s important for the people that get them and end up passing them down to why they have that quilt. Otherwise, there are antique

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Members of the Prairie Quilt Guild will auction off mini quilts at their Century II show June 21-22.

quilts that have been used in the driveway to change oil.”

Dobbins said her quilting bee is quilting a wall hanging for a Wichita State student from Guatemala who’s become a frequent visitor to the senior center. But quilters often make pieces for the comfort of complete strangers. Dobbins’ group makes baby and youth quilts for local shelters, usually accompanied by a stuffed animal and doll-sized quilt. During the pandemic, guild members made thousands of masks for area hospitals.

Smith has been sewing quilts for the local chapter of an organization

called Sleep in Heavenly Peace, an organization that builds and delivers beds to children in need.

Smith said Kansas has a rich heritage of quilting. At one time, the Kansas City Star newspaper was well known for publishing original quilt patterns. The Wichita area, she said, is served by shops such as the Beehive Quilt Shop in Wellington, Charlotte’s Sew Natural in Newton, Field of Fabric Quilt Company in Winfield, Needle in a Haystack in Severy and Picket Fence Quilt Company in Wichita.

Smith is taking an Alaskan cruise with quilting enthusiasts from around the country this summer. And yet, one thing she doesn’t have is a large stash of quilts in her own cedar chest.

“To be honest, I probably only have six or seven quilts at home. I just give them away.”

Common Threads Quilt Show

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 21-22

Century II, 224 W. Douglas Tickets:

$15 per day, $20 for both days

For the birds

Soft landing

The Kansas Aviation Museum has loaned model planes and art from its collection to Oxford Vista, the former Kansas Masonic Home at Maple and Seneca. The items are being displayed in the Eagle’s Nest Pub

A large quilt may take a couple hundred hours to complete.

Chisholm Place residents Lynn Heath and Dan Bliss work on bird houses at the memory care community on north Webb Road.

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Eisenhower museum to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day

ABILENE — The Eisenhower Presidential Library Museum hopes to host the largest gathering of World War II veterans in the United States on June 6, the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The museum is inviting all

World War II veterans to attend.

For more information, visit eisenhowerfoundation.net.

On June 1, the museum will also offer a day full of events starting at 1 p.m.free and ending with a concert by

the Salina Symphony startign at 8:30 p.m.

Admission to the museum is free both days The museum is located at 200 SE 4th St. in Abilene.

Volunteers needed to deliver Meals on

Senior Services, Inc. is experiencing extremely low volunteer numbers in its Meals on Wheels program due to the start of the vacation season. The program delivers approximately 800 lunch-time meals each weekday to homebound, isolated seniors.

Current or past volunteers are asked contact the program at (316) 267-0122. For those interested

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in volunteering for the first time, visit the website at https:// seniorservicesofwichita.org/mealson-wheels/ to fill out an online application.

Since Meals on Wheels delivers to the homes of a vulnerable population, all volunteers must be reference checked and attend a brief orientation prior to their first delivery.

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