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By Joe Stumpe As politicians in Washington debate massive new infrastructure spending, it’s interesting to recall how the New Deal programs of nearly a century ago affected Wichita. The impact of those projects spearheaded by President Franklin Roosevelt can hardly be overstated. They are still a big part of the city’s life in areas ranging from its riverfront and water supply to industry, education, transportation, recreation and the arts. Iconic structures such as the city’s original, Art Deco-style airport terminal — now home of the Kansas Aviation Museum — picturesque Campbell Street bridge and Spanishstyle College Hill bathhouse are a few examples. Less known are projects like
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New Deal era workers remove Ackerman Island from the Arkansas River, creating the west bank where Exploration Place, right, sits today. Wichita's first airport terminal, left, was another project. the Water Treatment Plant, which upgraded the city’s drinking water. “We take all this stuff for granted but it’s continued to bless us for nearly
a hundred years,” architect Dean Bradley said. “There’s some cool stuff out there,” agreed Larry Hoetmer, principal
planner for the city. The New Deal was an umbrella term for several different programs — including the Civilian Works Administration, Public Works Administration and Works Progress Administration — started by Roosevelt to try to pull the United States out of the Great Depression. Although the New Deal is primarily associated with federal spending, local and state governments often had to pay portions of the cost. One of the biggest and earliest New Deal projects here was the removal of Ackerman Island from the Arkansas River. The island, which at one time held Wonderland amusement park, nearly filled the Arkansas River from the Douglas See New Deal, page 6
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Harvey County aging department gets new director By Joe Stumpe NEWTON — The new director of Harvey County’s Department on Aging shares more than just mutual respect with her predecessor. Lona Kelly, who will start Oct. 4, and Robert Carlton, who is retiring, both say it was their personal experience caring for family members that led them into the field of aging services. Carlton grew up in Hesston, served in the Navy and started his career as a youth counselor in Washington State. He moved back after his father was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer. “There just weren’t a whole lot of services in the early '80s. It was a struggle, but we were determined to help my father with anything we could do.” The experience “put me on this path of just wanting to be in a place to help people," he added. Carlton worked as administrator for Central Home and Hospice before becoming director of the aging department five years ago. The department operates the RSVP, senior transportation and respite programs and works closely with senior centers and many other agencies and
organizations. “In the last five years, we've probably averaged about 4,100 phone calls coming into this office or people coming into this office seeking some sort of help,” Carlton said. Carlton said he is proud of the SHICK (Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas) program, which has been saving county residents about $100,000 per year on Medicare coverage, and the department’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s been very challenging, but I tell you what, we have a lot of great directors running senior centers and they just — we all just — continued to keep the food program going. That was very important.” Carlton also worked closely with the Central Plains Area on Agency, and that’s why he recommended and recruited Kelly, who worked for CPAAA, to take over for him. Kelly started her career as an entrepreneur. As her mother’s death approached, Kelly found herself navigating “the maze to get the support and services she wanted” and then helped friends going through the same experience with their parents. “Then I decided if I was going to
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Speaking up for Toastmasters — and The Active Age By Tim Marlar Do you remember when having a meeting didn’t mean talking to a dozen postage stamp-size faces on a computer screen? Do you remember when public speakers spoke in public? Do you remember when having something to say didn’t mean finding a blog? If only there were someplace the communication skills you honed over a lifetime were still valued. For me, that place is Toastmasters International, a nonprofit organization that promotes public speaking and leadership. But, you say, “I never considered myself a great communicator.” Toastmasters is a welcoming environment, a place where you can speak “without risking embarrassment or failure,” in one member’s words. “How do I try it out?” you might ask. Go to www.toastmasters.org and click on “Find a Club.” In the bar at the left, enter Wichita KS. More than a dozen clubs will appear. Click on the one near you for location, day, time and contact information. “I live way north of Wichita,” you say. You are in luck; there are clubs in McPherson and Salina. “I am an early bird. No one is up when I want to talk,” you protest. The Sunrise Toastmaster Club meets at 6:30 a.m. Members would be glad to meet you. “I am still worried about Covid. Masked or not, I don’t want to be around people.” Since February 2020, almost all Toastmaster clubs meet online or have blended meetings combining virtual with in-person meetings. “I am former military; civilian audiences just don’t get it.” Total Force McConnell is open to active, reserve, retired military and their families. If you have base access, you are qualified to join. “I was a Toastmaster years ago.
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Street bridge to where The Keeper of the Plains stands today. The island contributed to flooding during heavy rains, while the portion of river that flowed west of it became a stagnant pool when water levels were low. To remove it, workers used shovels and wheelbarrows to move 350,000 pounds of soil from the east side of the island to fill in the west channel, changing the contour of the riverbank. The project cost $1 million. Heavy equipment would have moved the dirt more cheaply, but providing jobs was the point. Parks and roads The island had also held the city’s baseball stadium. To replace it, Lawrence-Dumont Stadium was built with New Deal money. It operated from 1935 to its demolition in 2018. In other places, the city removed sand bars, graded river banks and built sidewalks. The widening of Broadway started in 1933 and ran from the northern city limit to its southern edge, becoming a subsection of U.S. Highway 81 in the process. McLean Boulevard, meanwhile, was realigned to follow the new west river bank and surfaced for the first time north and
Dolls sewn by New Deal workers, now displayed at the Wichita-Sedgwick county Historical Museum. south of Douglas. The city had 11 parks at the time, and all benefited in some way from New Deal projects, often in the form of building new or improving existing swimming pools and bathhouses. Among structures still in use today are the community building at McAdams Park, Linwood Park-South greenhouse, Park Villa restroom building in Riverside Park and the College Hill children’s pool and bathhouse. Sim Park golf course was improved and numerous concrete grills and park benches were built nearby that remain. Other improvements from that era have disappeared, such as the huge pool in South Riverside Park that shows up in many postcards. Wichita used federal money to remove street car lines and replace
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them with city busses. Nearly 200 men were employed tearing out the tracks. Thirty new busses arrived in the summer of 1935. Major drainage projects were undertaken at 18th and Garland, on East Kellogg near the Veterans Administration Hospital and at Mt. Carmel Academy. Several bridges built with New Deal help continue carrying traffic today, including the Bitting and Campbell bridges. Airport and art Wichita Municipal Airport, then located on the outskirts of town at 31st South and Oliver, benefited from a decade of New Deal spending starting in 1933. Working on the administration building and terminal had been begun by the city in 1929 but halted because of the stock market crash and the ensuing Great Depression. With the federal government supplying 30 percent of the money, the building was completed in 1934. The next year, federal funds paid for 138 men to spend four months paving runways and building sidewalks at the airport. A diagonal road, George Washington Boulevard, was built to connect the city to the airport. In 1936, almost 200 men were employed in paving, drainage, excavating and landscaping work at the airport. Considered important to national defense because of its central location
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Marshall Middle School is one of five Art Deco-Style buildings constructed with New Deal era funds in Wichita. and Wichita’s prominence in the aviation industry, the airport received millions more in the early 1940s that was used for runways, tarmac, buildings and maintenance equipment. Like the airport, the Wichita Art Museum had been envisioned for years but never actually built until the federal government pitched in $23,900 in 1934. At one point, the city had considered locating the museum on the second floor of the stalled airport building. Instead, it was completed at its current location on Museum Boulevard in 1935, designed in the Art Deco style by a New York architect. Although budget constraints forced the city to leave off two planned wings, See next page
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the new museum was featured in Art Digest magazine and Architecture magazine. The original museum was encased by brick when the museum was completely rebuilt in the 1970s, and few if any of its features can be seen today. Water works Beginning in the 1880s, Wichita had obtained its municipal water supply from wells on Waterworks Island, located northwest of Ackerman Island (and eventually attached to the river bank). Dissolved minerals made the water less than desireable for drinking. In 1938, the city started a project to bring soft water from the Equus Beds near Halstead, with the federal government providing nearly half the funds required. A PWA grant also helped pay for the filtration system at the Colonial Revival-style Wichita Water Works building west of the art museum. Schools and sewing Wichita’s school district built several schools with help from the federal government, including John Marshall Middle School, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, Jardine Junior High, Douglas MacArthur Elementary School and Will Rogers Elementary School. All but Marshall were designed to accommodate children of defense workers pouring into south Wichita. Another federal grant turned the upper floor of the Forum, the city’s main auditorium at the time, into a recreational center for defense workers. And in 1942, a federal grant of $360,000 — combined with $525,000 raised by the Sisters of St. Joseph — allowed for construction of St. Joseph Hospital on the city’s south side. Wichita State University was a major beneficiary of the New Deal. Under its politically connected president, William Jardine, WSU obtained more federal money than any other college in Kansas, using it to double the number buildings on
campus. The first federal grant was used to pave campus roads, which were notoriously bumpy (and muddy in wet weather). More money was used to complete Wilner Auditorium in 1936 and Morrison Hall two years later. Federal money paid for 45 percent of a new university library, built to replace the Carnegie Library that had stood since 1909 (and was stuffed with twice as many books as its size dictated). The federal government covered a similar portion of the Georgian Revival-style President’s Residence, completed in 1939. One New Deal project at WSU that didn’t go as planned was the football stadium. The shool razed the old stadium, known as Shocker Field, after the 1939 season and announced plans for a new stadium, to be called Shocker Bowl and located at 21st and Hillside. A 1940 federal grant of $52,500 paid for another “wheelbarrow army” to remove dirt from the stadium’s bowl during the first phase of construction. The school got a second WPA grant to erect steel stands to hold seats, but in 1942, the government ordered it to stop construction because steel was needed for the war effort. Construction on what's now Cessna Stadium resumed in 1946, mostly paid for by private donations. The school recently said it will be torn down. New Deal work wasn’t all heavy construction. Wichita’s largest single WPA allocation was $643,000 for sewing rooms and supplies — the first was located at 201 N. Waco — which trained unemployed workers and provided finished goods to charities. Throughout the New Deal era, there was criticism that some projects were “make-work” or “weed cutting.” But generally they were popular, at least judging by Roosevelt’s three successful re-election bids. Editor’s note: This article relies heavily on “New Deal Construction Projects, Wichita, Kansas, A Decade of Change,” WSU, Dec. 1994 by Jeffrey L. Tully.
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Top: Fischer Field Stadium in Newton was completed with Works Progress Administration money in 1936. Bottom left: Community Building in Douglass, erected in 1936. Bottom right: The Augusta Post Office, built in 1937-38, which also contains New Deal. Below: New Deal-funded murals that hang in post offices in Anthony, left and Augusta, right.
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Fickle fortune felled his chance at fame By Ted Blankenship I don’t know who said it first, but the painter Andy Warhol usually gets credit for the phrase “15 minutes of fame.” I remember thinking mine had arrived in 1945 (long before Warhol became famous, incidentally). I was a senior at Eureka High School and a trumpet player in the marching band and orchestra. I doubled on the sousaphone because there was no one else to play it, and we did a lot of Sousa marches. If you are old enough, you will remember that Life magazine was at its zenith then. It was a weekly publication with more than 10 million subscribers. It featured the work of the greatest
photographers of the 20th century, including Alfred Eisenstadt, Margaret Bourke-White, Joe McNally and two Kansas photographers, Gordon Parks and Eugene Smith. If you were featured in its pages, your 15 minutes of fame (and more) were guaranteed. As always, Eureka took part in the Kansas State Music Festival, and we went to Emporia to compete. Life picked that year to do a piece on the festival. The editors chose Emporia because smaller schools would be there and might present quaint subjects for the magazine’s
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shopping for the elderly homebound but who are able to cook. “I feel that everyone wanting to volunteer for a few hours, or a few regular shifts during a week or a month would help every charity in Harvey County.” Harvey County resident Pat Denno found her volunteer fit at the Et Cetera nonprofit community thrift shop in Newton. The community has been so good to me," Denno said. "I wanted to give back."
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By Laura Olson Kansas Reflector WASHINGTON — A federal health advisory panel has recommended that a booster dose of Pfizer’s two-shot COVID-19 vaccine be offered only to older or higher-risk individuals. The Biden administration had hoped that states could begin rolling out a wide national booster shot campaign Sept. 20. Medical experts on the Food and Drug Administration panel debated the question for hours and expressed
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President Joe Biden and his pandemic advisers announced the administration plan for boosters in mid-August, leapfrogging the federal regulatory panels as the administration sought to tamp down another rise in infections and hospitalizations. Administration officials said the booster plan was announced early to give states time to prepare for another round of shots. But the public announcement appeared to irritate FDA officials involved in the approval process.
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Celebrations 80th Birthday Barbara “Kim” (Townsley) Gilbert celebrated her 80th birthday on Sept. 29. She was born in Howard, Kan., and graduated from high school there before moving to Wichita. She worked at several Dockum drugstores, Cessna and the Derby Walmart. She and her husband, Michael, have three children, eight grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Please send cards to 5437 S. Osage, Wichita, KS 672175439.
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Note to readers: Senior center schedules and other events normally listed on this page are expected to be affected by the coronavirus through October. For information, call the numbers listed below. BEL AIRE 7651 E Central Park Ave 744-2451, ext 121 www.belaireks.org BENTLEY/EAGLE 504 W Sterling, 796-0027 CHENEY 516 Main, 542-3721 CLEARWATER 921 E Janet, 584-2332 DERBY 611 N Mulberry Rd, 788-0223 www.derbyks.com DOWNTOWN 200 S Walnut, 267-0197 www.seniorservicesofwichita.org EDGEMOOR 5815 E 9th, 688-9392
GARDEN PLAIN 1006 N Main, 535-1155 GODDARD 120 N Main, 794-2441 HAYSVILLE 160 E Karla, 529-5903 KECHI Kechi City Building, 744-0217, 744-1271 LA FAMILIA 841 W 21st, 267-1700 LINWOOD 1901 S Kansas, 263-3703 www.seniorservicesofwichita.org MCADAMS GOLDEN AGE 1329 E 16th, 337-9222 MT HOPE 105 S Ohio, 667-8956
Butler County Senior Centers ANDOVER 410 Lioba Dr, 733-4441 www.andoverks.com AUGUSTA 640 Osage, 775-1189
CASSODAY Cassoday Senior Center 133 S. Washington, 620-735-4538
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Derby Sr Center, 611 Mulberry. El Dorado Jam & Dance, Senior Center, 210 E 2nd. Goldenrod Golden Age, 1340 S Pattie. Linwood Golden Age, 1901 S Kansas. Minisa Golden Age, 704 W 13th. Info 617-2560. Mulvane, 101 E. Main (Pix Community Center Second Tuesday of every month at 7-9pm. Oaklawn Activity Center cafeteria, 4904 S Clifton. Info: iamgary48@yahoo.com. Orchard Park Golden Age, 4808 W 9th.
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Oaklawn Activity Center, 4904 S Clifton. Info: Nick, 529-2792, or Mike, 650-2469. wichitacontra.org. Westside Steppers Square Dance, 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month at the Sedgwick County Extension Building at 21st and Ridge Road. Contact: Sheldon Lawrence (316) 648-7590 or countrycaller@cox.net for furher information. Wichita Solos Square Dance, For Info email: Curtis, wichitasolos@yahoo.com.
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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 620-669-8201. WEEK OF OCTOBER 1 Fri: Chicken Salad on bun, broc/ cauliflower salad, pickled beets, banana. WEEK OF OCTOBER 4 Mon: Autumn Soup, crackers, three bean salad, orange juice, bread pudding. Tue: Ham hash, combination salad, salad dressing, peaches, biscuit. Wed: Beef cutlet with/ apanish sauce over rice, parslied carrots, pineapple, bread. Thu: Italian baked chicken Italian pasta salad,peas, pears, wheat roll. Fri: Cranberry meatballs, baked potato, broccoli, mixed fruit, bread. WEEK OF OCTOBER 11 Mon: Split pea tortilla soup, carrots, pineapple, cookie. Tue: Oven fried fish w/ tartar sauce, macaroni & cheese, spinach, strawberries, corn muffin. Wed: Liver & onions in gravy or beef cutlet in gravy, mashed potatoes/gravy, green beans, mixed fruit, roll. Thu: Speghetti w/ meat sauce, mixed green salad, dressing, apricots, garlic bread, wacky cake. Fri: Baked chicken, baked beans, broccoli, cinnamon applesauce, roll. WEEK OF OCTOBER 18 Mon: Ham & Beans, potatoes w/ onions, parslied carrots, plums, cornbread. Tue: Chicken & noodles over mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, blushing pears, bread. Wed: meatloaf, cabbage au gratin, black eye peas, peaches, roll. Thu: Tuna noodle casserole w/ peas, broccoli, pineapple, pudding, roll. Fri: Taco salad (lettuce, tomato, cheese, chips), salsa, calico rice, strawberries, cinnamon roll. WEEK OF OCTOBER 25 Mon: Swedish steak over creamy rice, parslied cauliflower, strawberries, roll. Tue: Scalloped potatoes & ham, mixed vegetables, peaches, brownie, roll. Wed: Oven fried chicken, macaroni salad, broccoli, mixed fruit, wheat bread. Thu: Hot roast beef sandwich (mashed potatoes, bread, gravy, green beans, pineapple, gelatin. Fri: Harvest turkey soup, crackers, BLT salad, pears, apple crisp. * Milk is served with all meals.
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October quiz: Signature sign offs By Nancy Wheeler Many broadcasters and celebrities develop catchphrases to conclude their programs. See if you can match the phrase to the person who closed with it. The answers appear below.
1. “And so it goes.” 2. “And that’s the way it is.” 3. “Courage.” 4. “Go home.” 5. “Good night, and good luck.” 6. “Good night, and may God bless.” 7. “Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.” 8. “I’ll see you on the radio.” 9. “Say good night, Gracie.” 10. “That’s the news and I am outta here.” 11. “Stay positive, and test negative.” 12. “And now you know the rest of the story.” 13. “We’re in touch, so you be in touch.” 14. “Good night and a good tomorrow.” 15. “Peace.”
A. Charles Osgood B. Dan Rather C. Dennis Miller D. Edward R. Murrow E. George Burns F. Jimmy Durante G. Linda Ellerbee H. Red Skelton I. Tracey Ullman J. Walter Cronkite K. Dave Garroway L. Norah O’Donnell M. John Daly N. Brock Brower O. Paul Harvey
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October Theatre By Diana Morton Crown Uptown Theatre, 3702 E. Douglas Ave. Next to Normal. Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Drama and 3 Tony Awards, this contemporary and defiant pop/rock musical follows the story of a housewife with bipolar disorder. 8 pm Fri-Sat, 2 pm Sun, nowOct 3. Tickets $20-30; seniors $18-28; students $10. 316-612-7696 The Rocky Horror Show. Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. and meet a houseful of wild characters. 8 pm Thur-Sat, 2 pm Sun, Oct 2131. Tickets $20-30; seniors $18-28; students $10. 316-612-7696 Forum Theatre at the Wilke Center, First United Methodist Church, 330 N. Broadway. Clue On Stage. Murder and blackmail are on the menu when six mysterious guests assemble at Boddy Manor for a night they’ll never forget. 8 pm Thu-Sat, 2 pm Sun, nowOct 10. Tickets $23-$25. 316-6180444 Kechi Playhouse, 100 E. Kechi Road, Elementary, My Dear Holmes! by Storme Maynard. This combo of a Sherlock Holmes story with a modern mystery is an interactive theatre
experience. 8 pm Fri–Sat, 2:30 pm Sun, Oct 1-24. Tickets $13-$15. 316-7442152 Mosley Street Melodrama, 234 N. Mosley, HALLOWEEN: The Melodrama, written by Kyle Vespested, Monte Wheeler and Steve Hitchcock with a new Musical Comedy Revue. Dinner 6:15 pm, show begins 7:50 pm. Tickets $24-$34; Show only, $24. Now-Oct 30. 316-263-0222 Roxy’s Downtown, 412 E. Douglas, cabaret-style theatre. The Toxic Avenger. A Drama League-, Drama Deskand Outer Critic Circle-nominated musical, the exuberantly silly musical takes place on a toxic waste dump off the New Jersey Turnpike. 8 pm Th-Sat; 2 pm Sun. Oct. 7-31. Tickets $20-$30. 316-265-4400 Wichita Community Theatre, 258 N. Fountain. Murder on the Nile by Agatha Christie. Kay Ridgeway and her new husband embark on a honeymoon voyage shattered by a shocking and brutal murder. 8 pm Wed-Sat. 7 pm Sun, Oct 14-24. Tickets $15 or $13 for military/seniors/students. $12 opening night only. 316-686-1282 Contact Diana Morton at dianamorton12@sbcglobal.net
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RSV: ‘hidden epidemic’ among older adults By Dr. Terry Klein Most people age 60 and up — even those vaccinated against COVID-19 — don’t realize they’re at high risk for another dangerous respiratory virus on the rise: RSV. RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) is a highly contagious virus that, like COVID-19, transmits through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes and droplets enter the eyes, nose or mouth of a healthy person. Unlike the coronavirus, RSV can remain infectious on hard surfaces for up to six hours, making hand hygiene critical. RSV causes mild cold-like symptoms in older children and healthy adults who typically recover in a week or two. But for people ages 60+, RSV can be life threatening. Even the most active have a weakened immune system as a consequence of aging, putting them at higher risk. RSV is often confused with influenza. Flu symptoms generally include fatigue, body aches and fever.
RSV is specific to the pulmonary system, including a dry, frequent cough or wheezing. RSV becomes dangerous when it reaches the lower respiratory Terry Kline tract, making it increasingly difficult to breathe.
Pediatricians have known about RSV in children for decades, but RSV has flown under the radar for most doctors caring for older patients. With recent headlines about RSV in young children, most reports gloss over the risk to older adults. RSV leads to an estimated 14,000 deaths in adults age 60 years and older in the U.S. every year (and an estimated 200 deaths in children), according to the CDC. Yet RSV statistics are widely considered to be higher. When a patient is admitted for respiratory insufficiency, some doctors test for RSV, but a majority do not, coding patient records with influenza or
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Guest Column pneumonia. This is just one factor leading the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases to describe RSV as a “hidden epidemic” among older adults. RSV can profoundly exacerbate chronic medical conditions including COPD, asthma, sleep apnea and heart and lung diseases. People with immunodeficiency — such as organ transplant recipients or chemotherapy patients — also are at high risk. With no specific RSV treatment, doctors can provide only supportive care, which may include intubation. Compounding the risk is older adults increasingly participating in
child care. Frequently exposed to RSV in childcare facilities and schools, children can transmit the virus to their caretakers. Those who interact with children need to be especially cautious. RSV prevention is similar to the coronavirus, including frequent handwashing, disinfecting surfaces and avoiding close contact with symptomatic people. If you experience cold or flu-like symptoms, it’s important to get tested for COVID-19, which also can determine if you have RSV. With the growing population of older Americans, a vaccine to prevent RSV is the critical next step to public health. Dr. Terry Klein is co-founder of Alliance for Multispecialty Research (AMR) in Wichita, which is launching one of the nation’s largest RSV vaccine trials.
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Nicodemus historian to speak at Friends of Library meeting
Angela Bates
DERBY — A presentation about the historic African American town of Nicodemus, Kan., will highlight the annual Friends of the Library meeting here Saturday, Oct. 16. Angela Bates, executive director of the Nicodemus Historical Society, is the featured speaker. Nicodemus, a small, unincorporated town in Graham County, is the only remaining western town established by African Americans during the Reconstruction Period
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reared by parents who were former slaves.” The meeting starts at 10 a.m. in the community room of the library, 1600 E. Walnut Grove Rd., with a brief business meeting of the Friends organization. There is no charge to attend Bates’ presentation, which is funded by a grant from Humanities Kansas.
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By Bob Rives It was by default that our family visited Iceland in August. My wife and I, our children and their spouses had planned a trip to France to celebrate our 65th wedding anniversary. Covid stopped that as Europe closed its doors. By 2021, though, Iceland was welcoming visitors. Tourism is one of the country’s economic drivers and it’s an easy trip as international travel goes. So, we canceled France, spent two hours flying to Chicago then five more going on to near Reykjavik. Our short visit proved one thing: Iceland is a remarkable place and well worth taking a look. Iceland considers itself part of Europe. It is one of the world’s largest islands, almost half the size of Kansas, though its population of 369,000 is less than that of Wichita. Almost all of its residents live either in Reykajavik, the world’s northernmost capital, or in coastal fishing villages. Its recorded history goes back a ways. Wandering Norwegian Vikings settled there some 600 years before Columbus came to North America. By 920, it had formed a national assembly, making it one of the oldest governments on earth. But civics lessons aren’t why most people visit. It’s called the “land of fire and ice” because it is basically a volcano with glaciers. Its rugged landscape was formed by natural forces that continue even now. Iceland’s welcome mat came with some serious restrictions. Largely spared from Covid at first by its isolation, the influx of travelers started bringing the virus. By late summer, the CDC classified its epidemic as a Level 4, meaning unnecessary travel there is discouraged. Our cruise line responded with strong measures. It required
Land of fire and ice
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Brightly colored boats and buildings brighten life along Iceland’s coast where low-hanging clouds often hide the sun.
Despite restrictions, Iceland trip reveals fascinating contrasts
proof of completed vaccination and a negative Covid test made within 48 hours of starting the trip. It cut its passenger total by a third to ensure social distancing. Masks were required outside staterooms except when eating. Temperatures were taken each day, and all passengers and crew were tested for Covid every day. While these measures helped us get there, our activities there were still curtailed. My favorite pastime when overseas is walking through towns to see how people live away from obvious tourist spots. That was not allowed. We were limited to guided tours that reduced some of the spontaneous sights international travel provides. Yet it was still fun. In Europe, visitors usually see cathedrals and castles. In Iceland, it’s thermal springs and waterfalls. Because of active volcanoes, water coming from the ground is about 150 degrees. It’s piped
throughout the country, providing heat for 95 percent of the buildings. The waterfalls generate some of the world’s cheapest electricity. That led to a flourishing aluminum industry, which uses massive amounts of energy. In Iceland, it’s almost free. Beyond heating and electric power, almost everything is expensive because it has to be imported. Fish are the exception. Since Iceland was discovered, it has relied on the oceans to provide food and exports. During World War II, which largely spared the country, almost all of its 300 casualties were fishermen on boats sunk by German submarines. Weather was a delightful contrast to Wichita's. The hottest daytime temperature on our trip was 61 degrees. Even with summer nearing its end, the sun rose about 5 a.m. and set after 9 p.m. In mid-summer, there are 24
hours of daylight. Many towns stage golf tournaments starting at midnight. Golf is a national passion, with even the smallest towns boasting two things — an airport and a well-tended golf course. The sport was introduced to Iceland during World War II by American and British soldiers who were stationed there. The country has a Coast Guard but no other military, although it is a member of NATO. Police are not armed except for an elite unit called the Viking Warriors. That group’s main job seems to be protecting people from ravenous polar bears who show up after weeks at sea on icebergs that drift to the island. So peaceful seems Iceland that Reykjavik’s red lights on traffic signals are shaped like hearts. The landscape is barren and largely one color: tan. The soil is lava turned to rugged rock. When the Vikings arrived, Iceland was covered with trees. Now, less than one percent is forested. Mostly, waist-high shrubs remain. One guide told us what to do if ever lost in an Icelandic forest: “Stand up.” Still, the tundra and massive brown rocks are beautiful. One highlight of our trip was a seven-mile hike up a 1,000-foot cliff and back. Climbs like that are fairly easy. Iceland starts at sea level, meaning there’s plenty of oxygen. After reaching the top of the cliff, we still were at a lower elevation than is our house in Wichita. Having seen some of Iceland, would I go back? Yes, but I’d spend more time in the interior and wait until early fall when the northern lights are at their peak. If Covid can be kept at bay, travel is still one of the great gifts we have. Contact Bob Rives at bprives@ gmail.com.
Above left: Only about one percent of Iceland now is covered by trees. Center: An artist’s front yard adds color to an Icelandic fjord. The church on the far side of the inlet is Lutheran, a faith practiced by about two-thirds of the population. Right: Warm water flows from thermal springs. www.theactiveage.com
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Bicycle culture booms in Wichita area
By Amy Geiszler-Jones Barry Carroll has been bicycling for seven decades and has no plans to stop. “I grew up in Kentucky on a farm and I had four siblings, and as soon as I could ride one of their bikes — that was probably way too big for me — I have been bicycling, so since about age 4,” Carroll, 74, said. “Like so many people, bicycling equals freedom for me.” Since 2012, the Wichita Area Metropolitan Planning Organization has conducted annual counts of bicyclists and pedestrians during two days in 35 different sites in all of Sedgwick County and parts of Butler and Sumner counties. Between 2012 and 2020, bike/walk traffic increased by 31 percent, the annual count showed. This year’s count was scheduled for late September. Carroll, the founder of Bike Walk Wichita, has been influential in shaping the changing bike/walk culture around Wichita. As a kid, bicycling connected him to adventures and friends that awaited along the country roads in Kentucky. As a retiree, it keeps him active with his wife, Nancy, as they often bike from
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Nancy and Barry Carroll enjoy a ride along the Redbud trail. their home in Riverside to downtown city manager’s office helped in getting Wichita or elsewhere for dinner. BWW off the ground in 2010. He Leisurely rides with other bicycle also participated in the city’s efforts enthusiasts are frequent. to develop a Wichita Bicycle Master “The first couple of pedal strokes Plan. The plan was endorsed by the when I’m on the bike and I can feel Wichita City Council in 2013. That myself relaxing and thinking, ‘Ah, this year, Carroll was appointed by thenis good,’” Carroll said. Mayor Carl Brewer to the 11-member Carroll’s experience in the social Wichita Bicycle and Pedestrian services field and working with citizen Advisory Board and is the board’s groups while working in the Wichita current chair.
In the years since the passage of the Wichita Bicycle Master Plan, miles of additional trails and bike lanes on city streets have been installed. According to the city of Wichita’s website, there are now more than 100 miles of bike paths in and around the city. The paths also can be used for walking or running, Carroll pointed out. More information about bicycling in Wichita can be found at wichita.gov/Bicycle. Some of those paths were started well before the master plan, such as the Prairie Sunset Trail, an initiative that stems from the efforts of former Bicycle Pedaler shop owner Ruth Halliday, who since 1998 has led an effort to convert unused railway track corridors into bicycle trails. Another of Halliday’s efforts, the Andover Augusta Rails to Trails Initiative, has helped create the Redbud Trail. Another effort that has helped increase bike traffic is the BikeShareICT initiative. Started in 2018, BikeShareICT allows individuals to rent bicycles placed at certain locations around Wichita. April Lemon, BWW’s See next page
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Bike Walk Wichita's Wheels to Reels fundraiser drew a big crowd to Wave last year. could do safely and still be active,” she can be purchased or earned through communications coordinator, said that said. volunteering with the group. many businesses have now installed For the aging demographic, In return for donating 15 hours bike racks, another sign of the growing bicycling and walking has several of time to BWW, an individual can bicycle culture in Wichita. benefits, Carroll said. receive a refurbished bike, a lock Several bicycle and walking clubs “I have met so many people in and a light, Carroll said. BWW also have started, as well, Carroll said. the running, walking and biking has given away bikes to homeless Occasionally, he joins the Wichita communities who are so positive individuals or women in shelters who Geezers for rides. Other active groups and upbeat. It makes it fun, and your rely on the bikes for transportation. include Women Hiking Kansas and mental and physical health becomes a BWW also maintains a calendar Beyond and a “slow roll” group that on its website, bikewalkwichita.org, frequents the Evergreen neighborhood. byproduct.” He said he’s heard many where local bicycling and walking Both the Wichita Geezers and Women stories from his fellow senior citizens about losing weight and improving groups list upcoming cycling or Hiking Kansas and Beyond can be their quality of life. walking events that are open to anyone found on Facebook. to join. Occasionally, BWW also holds Lemon said that the COVID-19 How to get moving safety and education classes. Look pandemic helped fuel some of the As part of its advocacy and education for the Calendar link under the Get increasing foot and bike traffic. efforts, BWW has a program where Involved menu on the website. “It was a thing people felt they donated and refurbished bicycles
Each year, Bike Walk Wichita holds a fundraiser called Wheels to Reels, featuring films about bicycling. This year, the event is taking place outdoors at the Starlite DriveIn to accommodate social distancing. In the past, the event has often sold out, organizers say. The Thursday, Oct. 7 event will feature the Portland, Oregon-based Filmed By Bike touring film festival, telling the stories of cyclists from nine cities, including Portland, Brooklyn, Tokyo and Istanbul. Tickets are $25 and may be purchased online through the BWW website or at the door, with a $5 discount for BWW members. Participants can bike, walk or drive to the event. Gates open at 5 p.m., with a bike and gear show starting at 5:30 p.m. and the film starts at 7 p.m.
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Recipe for You or Two: Madras Chicken Salad
Jane Hodge is the winner of a $25 gift certificate from The Spice Merchant for submitting this Recipe for You or Two. “I liked the bean salad recipe in the last Active Age, so I decided to share one that we make all the time,” Hodge said. “It’s really easy and fresh-tasting.” The blend of flavors, colors and textures add up to a delicious main
course salad. Serve on a bed of lettuce or as a filling for a croissant if Jane Hodge desired. To submit your own recipe, mail to The Active Age, 125 S. West St., Suite 105, Wichita, KS, 67213; or email joe@ theactiveage.com (please put “recipe” in the subject line).
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½ cup mayonnaise ¾ tsp curry powder ½ tsp salt, or or to taste Freshly ground black pepper 1 small Gala, Fuji or Honeycrisp apple, cored and diced Juice from ½ medium lime 1 lb. cooked chicken ¼ to ½ cup fresh cilantro, chopped 2 green onions, thinly sliced ½ cup finely diced celery ¼ cup almond slivers, toasted Directions: In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, curry powder, salt and pepper to taste. In a separate bowl, toss the diced apple with the lime juice. (This keeps the apples from oxidizing and adds a nice zing.) Shred or chop the chicken and toss it into the bowl with the apples. Add cilantro, green onions, celery and curried mayo and mix well. Top with toasted almonds and serve.
Readers of The Active Age watched the Wichita Wind Surge beat the Tulsa Drillers 8-6 in an Aug. 29 game at the new Riverfront Stadium. The newspaper gave away 60 tickets to the game to readers who entered a drawing. “This was a fun time despite the rain delay and later drizzle,” said Jay Hinkle, who attended with his wife, Debbie. “These were excellent seats.” The Wind Surge finished in first place during their first regular season and were headed into the playoffs as this issue went to print.
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Vietnam War memorial returns to Valley Center
The Active Age VALLEY CENTER — A halfsize replica of the Washington, D.C. Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be displayed here Oct. 21-25. There is no charge to visit The Moving Wall, which will be open 24 hours each day. The wall was displayed here in 2012, but local organizers felt it didn't get the attention it deserved. This time, "We have about half the city involved helping us with whatever we need," said Ronald Colbert, chair of the local memorial committee. Plans call for the Patriot Guard of the American Legion Motorcycle Corps and Valley Center police to escort the caravan transporting the wall from Interstate 135 west along 85th Street to Meridian in Valley Center, arriving about 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 21. The parade will continue south on Clay Street before turning east to the Community Center where the wall will be assembled by personnel from McConnell Air Force Base. The wall will open to visitors
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The Moving Wall holds the names of more than 58,000 Americans who gave their lives in service. at 1 p.m. on Oct. 21. Parking will Sergeant Billie Joe Wilson, was from the memorial in Washington was be at the Intermediate School on Valley Center and 89 were from originally as controversial as the war it North Meridian and busses will take Wichita. Eight women are listed, all of commemorated, but it’s now visited by visitors to the wall. Paper and chalk whom were nurses. over one million people annually and is for rubbings will be available, and A military flyover and a speech considered architecturally significant. volunteers and heath care aides will by Sen. Jerry Moran will take place A group of veterans built a mobile staff the wall. Walkers and wheelchairs at a formal opening ceremony for version of the memorial and displayed will be provided. the memorial at 10 a.m. on Oct. 22. it for the first time in 1984. Today, The wall chronologically lists the Another flyover and a ceremony two versions the memorial travel names of more than 58,000 Americans honoring American POWs and MIAs throughout the United States from who gave their lives in service during is scheduled for Oct. 23, to be followed April through November, according to the Vietnam War, including 626 by a brief closing ceremony Oct. 25. themovingwall.org. from Kansas. One person listed, Staff Architect Maya Lin’s design for
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Man of many artistic talents creates ‘Healing Wichita’ mural By Amy Geiszler-Jones It took nearly two years for Victor Rose to complete the vibrant 9-by17-foot mural he created for Healing Wichita CBD+ shop in a shopping plaza at Harry and Rock Road. Much like Rose himself — a lifelong Wichita resident who has been involved in many creative endeavors — the mural features various elements and layers, incorporating iconic Wichita images and the city’s skyline, the Arkansas River, a firmly planted tree and variations on circular cultural symbols (the Celtic knot, mandalas and the yin/yang). He calls it “Healing Wichita.” Rose, 66, has nourished a passion for art since kindergarten. A few years later, in a Sunday School class, he met a fellow third-grader who would become his kindred creative and wife. The pair have been married for 48 years. Gwen Rose retired last year from a 30-year career teaching art in the Derby public schools. She’s known for her intensely colored floral paintings, often displayed at Botanica, where three times her works graced its annual posters. the annual posters. For the past two decades, the pair have been fixtures at the local renaissance festivals,
Victor Rose spent two years creating a mural depicting Wichita. drawing temporary henna tattoos for festivalgoers. Victor Rose earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in fine arts from Wichita State, going on to teach art and humanities classes at Cowley and Butler Community colleges and Newman University, where he managed the Steckline Gallery for
several years. He retired from teaching in spring 2020, and the “Healing Wichita” mural became his creative focus. The shop also is displaying a series of 21 prints from Rose’s sketchbook. For 40 years, Rose has also owned and run a janitorial and property maintenance company. About 15 years ago, he started an art and sculpture maintenance and restoration business. His company maintains the sculptures at Resthaven, a west Wichita cemetery where several massive bronze sculptures have been installed, including a cast-bronze eagle with a 22-foot wingspan, an 18-foot bronze of Jesus and a memorial to Sedgwick
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County public safety officers killed in the line of duty. Rose is also a founding member and bass player with The Benders, a Gwen Rose 1950s and '60s rock band that was inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame in 2015. For the past 10 years, he’s played guitar and sung in a band called Nimbodog with his son, Levi. While he retired from his art education career, Rose plans to keep in motion with his artistic endeavors and other passions. He finds solace in meditation, yoga and walking. As a teen, he recalled, he would walk from East High to West High, where Gwen was a student, to accompany her home. The pair, who own 15 tents, also love primitive camping. Both are members of the Kansas Native Plant Society. “I don’t like the idea of retiring,” Rose said. “Leaving teaching was about making life easier.” Rose’s mural can be seen during regular business hours, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. daily, at Healing Wichita CBD+, 7918 E. Harry. Copies of Rose’s three CDs, including one for meditation, are also available for sale. Contact Amy Geiszler-Jones at algj64@sbcglobal.net.
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How to Handle Your Medicare Coverage if You Move Dear Savvy Senior, My husband and I are moving to a different area of the country to be near our daughter. Will this affect our Medicare benefits? Will we need to adjust our coverage or re-enroll in a new plan? Moving Away
Dear Moving, Moving can indeed affect your Medicare benefits depending on the type of coverage you have and where you move to. If you and your husband are enrolled in “original Medicare” Part A and Part B, you’ll be happy to know that you won’t need to change your plans when you move because they’re the same throughout the U.S. You will, however, need to notify the Social Security Administration of your change of address, which you can do at SSA.gov/myaccount/change-of-address. html or by calling 800-772-1213. But, if you’re enrolled in a Medicare (Part D) prescription drug plan, or a Medicare (Part C) Advantage plan and you move out of your plan’s service area, you’ll need to choose a new plan that serves your new area. Here’s a breakdown of what you’ll need to do depending on the type of
coverage you have. If you have a Part D plan: If you’re in rolled in original Medicare and have a stand-alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plan, you’ll need to contact your Part D plan to find out if it will work in the area you’re moving to. If it doesn’t, you’ll need to enroll in a new plan that provides coverage in your new location. You can make this switch the month before you move and up to two months after the move. Otherwise, you’ll need to wait until the next open enrollment (in the fall) and could be penalized for having no acceptable prescription drug coverage. If you have a Medicare Advantage plan: If you’re enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, again, contact your plan to find out if it will serve your new area. If it doesn’t, you’ll need to enroll in a new plan that does. To shop for new Advantage and/or Part D prescription drug plans in your new location, see Medicare.gov/plancompare.
You can switch Advantage plans the month before you move and up to two months after you move. But be aware that if you relocate out of your Medicare Advantage plan’s service area and fail to enroll in a new plan in your new area, you’ll automatically be switched to original Medicare. This will happen when your old Medicare Advantage plan is forced to disenroll you because you don’t live within its service area anymore. If you have a Medigap policy: If you’re enrolled in original Medicare and have a supplemental (Medigap) policy, you’ll need to notify your provider that you’re moving, but you should not need to change insurance companies or plans. (Note: there also are Medicare Select plans, which are Medigap plans that are network-based and are available in a few states. These plans may require you to change.) Medigap plans are standardized across the country; for example, Medigap Plan F offers the same coverage in one state as it does in another state (Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Wisconsin have
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waivers from the federal government allowing them to standardize Medigap plans differently, so plan designs are different in those three states). But be aware that Medigap costs vary by location, so your monthly Medigap policy premium may be higher or lower depending on the cost of medical care in your new area. Call your provider and tell them the new ZIP code, and they’ll let you know the cost. Sometimes you’ll be pleasantly surprised that it’s lower. If it’s not, you could look for a cheaper policy. However, you may have to undergo medical underwriting. Medigap policies come with their own rules for enrolling, and some states have different enrollment standards than others. Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.
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