Val Brown, Jr., left, followed his father, Val Brown, Sr., center, and grandfather, G.G. Brown, into the medical profession.
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Habitat for Humanity volunteer Stan Chase cuts walls for on a new home on Estelle Street. See Budget, page 8
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“They’re really kind of the backbone or heart of our organization,” said Christine Moser, volunteer coordinator for Wichita Habitat for Humanity, part of an housingdifferenttoo.”Wepredominantlygentlemen,cores,arewithout“Weinnonprofitinternationalactive70countries.couldn’tdoitthem.Thereabout25activespredominantlyretired.havesomeladies,Habitatisthanmanynonprofiteffortsinthatitleads to home ownership, not just housing, for beneficiaries of the program.
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On a sweltering August day when the sensible thing to do would seem to be staying near an air conditioner, a half-dozen retirees are outside climbing ladders, pounding nails and sawing boards in a central Wichita neighborhood.Heatgone to their heads? No, more like hard-headed, soft-hearted Habitat for Humanity volunteers determined to get another home built for a Wichita family who needs one. “This will get me ready for hiking,” one of them, Donna Bates, joked as she climbed a ladder to paint a wall.“I start out a large (shirt size) and lose a size during the day,” another, Lyle Koehn, said. The organization refers to Bates, Koehn and the others as “cores."
The Sedgwick County Medical Society has launched a black physician recruitment effort to recruit and retain more black medical students and residents in Wichita, with the hope that many will remain here to practice. In June, the medical society announced that the recruitment effort would be named the Brown Family Fund for Black Physician Recruitment. That move came shortly after the death of Dr. Val Brown, Sr., the son of G.G. Brown. “We’re excited about that,” Val Brown, Jr. said. “It wasn’t anything we pursued. Of course, we were truly honored.”
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By Joe Stumpe Dr. G.G. Brown moved his medical practice to Wichita in 1908 to serve the city’s black community. Although the days of segregated medicine are long gone, the need for black physicians such as Dr. Brown has never been more acute than it is now.“We really need to figure out how to get more minority doctors to train and stay here,” said Dr. Val Brown, Jr., the grandson of G.G. Brown and third generation of his family to practice medicine here. “The numbers are just awful. They haven’t improved at all in decades. It’s kind of deplorable.”
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Depot dinners BELLE PLAINE — Unique food, music and setting are the draws for the series of dinners at the Bartlett Arboretum in Belle Plaine. Called “Live from the Whistle Stop,” the locally sourced dinners are made by a group of arboretum volunteers known the Soil Sisters. Gypsy jazz music is played by guitarist Kentucky White, violinist Shelby Eicher and others. The dinners take place in an old railroad depot that was moved to the arboretum from Oxford, Kan., and restored. The next two dinners are Monday, Sept. 5 and Monday, Oct. 3. The cost is $50 per person. For reservations, email info@bartlettarboretum.com or call (620) 488-3451.
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opportunity and love art, the Wichita Art Museum has a spot for you. WAM will offer docent training on Tuesday afternoons starting Sept. 20. For more information, contact Mat Buckingham, curator of education, at buckingham@ wichitaartmuseum.org Swing your partner MAIZE — Lessons in Lawrence,Sheldonofferedaresquarewesternmoderndancebeingbyasquare dancer caller and instructor for more than 50 years and member of the Kansas Square Dance Hall of Fame. Classes are held from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday at the Maize Recreation Commission building, 10100 Grady Ave. The first session runs from Sept. 13 through Oct. 20, and the second session goes from Oct. 25 to Dec. 22. The cost is $30 per person for people who live within the Maize school district and $35 for everybody else. To register, visit the commission office or website, maizerec.com, or call (316) 729-7818.
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Lunch and learn The Riordan Clinic’s free Lunch & Learn programs are returning in person. Dr. Ron Hunninghake will talk about nutrients at noon Sept. 15 at the clinic, located at 3100 N. Hillside. The talk will also be carried on Facebook and YouTube. Registration is required to attend in person. To register, visit Riordanclinic.org or call (316) 9274791.
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Symphony on the lawn The Wichita Symphony will play a concert Friday, Sept. 30 on Botanica’s Grand Lawn in what’s envisioned as a new annual fall event. The concert’s first half will feature symphonic music on botanical themes, while the second half covers music from Broadway and Hollywood shows including The Phantom of the Opera, Gladiator, Star Wars and more. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $45 for adults and $10 for students and children. Buy tickets online at wichitasymphony.org or botanica.org, or call the Symphony box office at (316) 267-7658. New docs on PBS PBS Kansas this month debuts a new local documentary on Kansas ghost towns as well as a new threepart documentary by Ken Burns exploring the United States’ response to the Holocaust. Kansas Ghost Town premieres at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6. It was produced by Chris Frank, who previously produced Kansas Baseball and Wichita: The Air Capital. Burns’ new documentary, The U.S. and the Holocaust, airs 7-9 p.m. on Sept. 18, 19 and 20.
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The effort has been rebranded “Rock the Block 214” — the last three numbers of its zip code — and expanded north to 17th Street.
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Suicide prevention training offered Learn how you can help prevent suicide and raise community awareness of the issue during a workshop at the Advanced Learning Library from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13. Dr. Jessica Provines, a psychologist and assistant vice president for well ness at Wichita State University, will present evidence-based suicide preven tion Thetraining.workshop is being sponsored by the Wichita Journalism Collabora tive in partnership with the Sedgwick County Health Department, WSU and Suspenders4Hope, a WSU suicide prevention program active since 2015. The collaborative, which includes The Active Age and nine other media and community organizations, has made community mental health a focus of its efforts.The training is geared toward peo ple who consider themselves influenc ers of opinion in the greater Wichita area, but anyone is welcome to attend. Lunch will be provided, so regis tration is encouraged. To register, visit conversationss,maywichitajournalism.org/events.includedifficultyfollowingfrequentlyneeding to turn up the volume on the TV, radio or cell phone, and trouble hearing over background noise. For information about community resources that are available, call the Central Plains Area Agency on Aging at 855-200-2372.
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All seem to like the fact that the program isn’t a “handout,” but rather requires beneficiaries to volunteer as well.“It helps people instead of enabling them,” Bates said. “I have worked alongside some of them.” The volunteers aren’t crazy, by the way. On the hottest days, they start and end their work days early to avoid the worst of the heat. The physical nature of the work seems to be a main draw.
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Chuck Graber, a volunteer for six years, said staying active helped him get past cancer. “I found it was a pretty good group of guys. There was aways somebody to talk to. They just let me be comfortable with whatever I was dealing with at that point.”
O er code: CARE20 with a no-interest mortgage, with the proceeds used to build more homes. In recent years, Wichita’s Habitat has been concentrating its work in one neighborhood with a project called “Rock the Block.” The organization has built about 80 houses in an area bounded by Ninth Street, 13th Street, Hillside and Grove. The idea is that by replacing vacant lots and dilapidated housing with new, owner-occupied homes, nearby property values with rise and private development will follow.
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Wichita Habitat has also launched a home repair program for existing homes, mostly focused on roofs, siding and other exterior improvements. The organization is seeking more volunteers, which “would just make sure that we continue” with all of Wichita Habitat’s efforts, Moser said. “There’s always a need for more housing, so we are always trying to to ramp up how many houses we build during the year.” Core volunteers anywhere from one morning to 40 hours a week, choosing their own shifts and jobs for the most part. Tuesdays are for cores only, while other volunteers join them Wednesday through Saturday. When plenty of volunteers are available, “The cores will end up taking more a teaching role,” Moser said. The cores cite a variety of reasons for their involvement. “I felt like I wanted to give back, and I like working with my hands and swinging a hammer,” said Stan Chase, who’s volunteered for two years. “In my life, I feel like I’ve been fortunate.”
“Up and down ladders and stretching and carrying paint — it’s a great outdoor gym,” Bates said. How to volunteer To volunteer or get more information about Habitat for Humanity, contact Christine Moser at (316) 269-0755 and her email christine@wichitahabitat.org, or visit wichitahabitat.org.
Monica Cissell is director of information and community services for the Central Plains Area Agency on Aging. Kapaun Mt. Carmel's classs of 1972 will hold its 50th reunion Oct. 7-9 with a gathering at the school Friday; a picnic at Santa Fe Lake, mass Kapaun 50th reunion at the Cathedral and dinner at Scotch & Sirloin Saturday; and golf Sunday/ Monday. For information, visit kapaun. org/reunions or Facebook: KMC Class
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Nationally, about 2 percent of physicians are black. Some research shows that black patients, particularly black men, tend to have better health outcomes when they are seen by black physicians. In Sedgwick County, 33 of the medical society’s total membership of about 1,000 physicians are black. “One problem that we definitely have is that we have too few minority teachers,” said Val Brown, Jr., whose wife, LaTricia, has taught school in Wichita USD 259. “Minority teachers and counselors should be in a position to identify talented minority youth, to kind of gear them toward STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education, and in particular towards medicine.” In addition to recruiting black medical students and residents, the medical society is trying to encourage students to consider a career in medicine. This year, for example, it sent physicians to 17 different USD 259 classrooms to talk about their profession. The society also helped sponsor local showings of “Black Men in White Coats,” a documentary about the shortage of black male physicians. The society is donating $10,000 to the Brown Family Fund effort.
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Community Voice. He retired from his private internal medicine practice in 2016, although he continued to work in emergency rooms for a time and more recently has worked as an independent contractor for ProMed, an occupational medicine practice. “When I retired, it took me about eight months to realize that I’d still like to be involved doing something,” he said.
Dr G.G. Brown graduated from the medical school at Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1901 and headed to Atchison, Kan. “What influenced him to become a physician, I’m not sure,” Val Brown, Jr. said. “But there weren’t enough minorities there (in Atchison) to support a practice, so he came to Wichita.”“Hewas a general practitioner,” Brown said of his grandfather. “He did some surgeries, he delivered babies. I have seen pictures of the babies he delivered. There were just dozens, you know.”Val Brown, Sr., was born at the family home on Cleveland Street, across 13th Street from the current site of McAdams Park, and was just a year old when his father died during a volleyball game, probably of heart attack. He was called “little Dr. Brown” growing up and also earned his medical degree from Howard University before returning to Wichita to practice in 1948.“It was indelibly pressed on my
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mind that this — studying to become a doctor — was what I was going to do,” he told the Wichita Eagle in a 1994 article about his retirement. Wichita hospitals — along with restaurants and other facilities — were segregated when Val Brown, Sr. began his practice. But Brown eventually became one of the first black physicians to have privileges at Wesley Medical Center. His wife, Jo, became the first woman of color elected to the Wichita School Board. “Dad was such a patient, persistent, thoughtful physician,” Val Brown, Jr. said. “He was the complete physician. He saw his hospital patients every day — Monday through Friday, Saturday and Sunday. There were only about two other physicians in the whole city who did that.”ValBrown, Jr. graduated from the University of Kansas School of Medicine–Wichita in 1979, one of the first two black physicians to do so. He served primarily African-American patients and earned a reputation as both an old-fashioned physician who took time to get to know his patients and one who could be stern when those patients didn’t follow doctor’s orders, according to an article in The
The Brown family’s physiciansthreearen’t the only members getting recognition lately (see story above). Sheila Kinnard, who is the daughter of the late Dr. Val Brown, Sr., recently had her 70th birthday featured in a segment on the “Today” Show. Kinnard’s daughter, Sheinelle Jones, is a co-host of the NBC morning show. She not only played a video of her mother’s birthday party, Party gets ‘Today’ show shout-out she planned the Aug. 13 event from her home in New York City. “It was just absolutely glamorous, glorious, wonderful, perfect,” Kinnard said of the party, held in Old Town. The video segment showed Kinnard sitting in front of large, lighted letters spelling out “Sheila” and guestsKinnarddancing.isa retired educator. Jones, a 1997 Wichita Heights grad known for making frequent on-air references to her hometown of Wichita, ended the segment by saying, “There’s no place like home.” Kinnard
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Cruse appeared to agree with Howell about the need for another ballot3rdmeasure.District Commissioner David Dennis, however, said his chief concern is that all five county districts receive the same amount of aging-related services. Dennis, who chairs the commission, said the number of seniors in each district is fairly equal.
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Larsen Apartments at Mt. Hope Nursing Center gradually lowered the rate, in effect leaving millions of dollars on the table each year. The proposed levy of .391 mill in the 2023 budget would be the smallest yet. “I find this disrespectful of the senior population, and I find it a dereliction of your duty to meet the needs of the seniors in Sedgwick County,” Burgess said. Burgess, who’s also a member of the Derby Senior Center Advisory Board, said he was speaking as a private citizen and not representing either organization. Area senior centers, nutrition programs, medical transportation and about a dozen other services are funded by the aging mill levy.Burgess said there are “at least two senior centers — Oaklawn and La Familia — that are struggling to stay open because of a shortage of funding from the county or from any other source. Both serve low-income communities and offer services heavily used and badly needed by their members.”Noting that the senior population has increased rapidly since 1982, Burgess said the amount of revenue generated by the aging mill levy should grow rather than shrink or remain stagnant. The aging mill levy revenue makes up about 18 percent of the aging department’s overall budget this year, which is projected to rise 3.2 percent, to $13.95 million. Most of that comes from federal and state sources. “Just to keep up with inflation, we would have expected to see an increase of at least 9 percent in funding of seniors in Sedgwick County,” Burgess said. “Instead, it’s virtually the same number of dollars as last year.” “Is it that you don’t care?” Burgess asked commissioners. “Or that you’re not interested in taking care of the seniors needs? Or is just that – I hate to use the word – that you’re stingy?” 5th District Commissioner Jim Howell said he “completely agreed with everything (Burgess) said today.” As he has in the past, Howell called for putting the aging mill levy to another vote of residents, this time with a clearly defined rate. That way, revenue from it would grow as property valuations rise. “I am confident it would pass,” Howell said. 4th District Commissioner Lacey Cruse said she spent several hours at the Northeast Senior Center on Monday and was disturbed by its condition.“When I walked in, the lighting was so terrible for me, as a 40-year-old, that I was concerned at tax time, when our seniors go to do their taxes in this building, that they can’t even see to do theirCrusepaperwork.”saidshe asked the center staff for an estimate of what it would cost to “get the lighting up to snuff.” She said the center also has a ceiling “falling down” in its crafts room and had been cited by city inspectors “because it can’t take care of its trees.” Another senior center, La Familia, has security concerns, she said. Cruse said it’s time for the commission to reevaluate how much money is allocated to each center in the county. Noting that Northeast and La Familia now get $57,000 each from the county, she said that “doesn’t really cut the mustard when you’ve got to pay for things.”
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If you want text messaging capabilities, an extra $1.50/month will buy you 50 texts per month. US Mobile runs on Verizon’s and T-Mobile’s networks and gives you the option to bring your existing phone (if compatible or unlocked) or purchase a new device, while keeping your same phone number if you wish. If your flip phone is becoming
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“However, the funding going into each district is not close to equal,” Dennis said. “We have some senior centers that are getting as much for one senior center as I’m getting for my entire district.”
“I will continue to fight for senior services but until we can figure out a way to make sure we are providing an equal level of services to all seniors instead of selected pockets, I will continue to Sedgwickobject.”County is the primary provider of aging-related services in Wichita and the rest of the county. The aging department budget represents about 2.7 percent of the overall county budget. The county commission was expected to approve a budget Aug. 24.
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In addition to these super cheap plans, there are several other wireless companies that cater to older customers and offer low-cost basic plans and simple flip phones.
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There’s a lot of wow factor in Wichita’s newest museum. Now open as part of the Riverfront Stadium complex is the Wichita Baseball Museum, a 3,000-square-foot, $1.8 million showcase that not only is exciting but free to visit.
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One attraction is a working radio studio for ESPN, 92.3 FM Wichita. Broadcasters are on the air each afternoon. Although technically not part of the museum, it is next to it and the broadcast can be seen through a large“Inwindow.designing it, one thing we wanted was for the museum not to be static, and we wanted something kids as well as adults could enjoy,” Kobritz says.Although he hadn’t been involved with a museum like this in his long front-office career, he is familiar with one in the St. Paul (Minn.) Saints’ home park. “It is well done but only about half the size of this one,” he says. “But it became our standard.” Kobritz says he’s been to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown NY, the Negro Leagues Museum in Kansas City and the Hockey Hall of Fame by groups wanting to hold events or meetings there. “We aren’t trying to make money from the museum, but we do have expenses to cover, and this is one way we can do so.” While the Covid pandemic delayed completion of the Wichita museum, he said, “it did give us some extra time to work on it.” It seemingly took almost a village to design and build the museum. Both the city of Wichita and the Wind Surge worked on it. Schaefer Johnson Cox and Frey was the lead architect. Eby Construction Co. built it. Professional Engineering Consultants, Image Resources Group and Gardner Design, all of Wichita, took part in putting it together as did Cortina Productions of McLean, Va., and Cambridge 7 of Cambridge, Mass. The museum is at 275 S. McLean next to the Wind Surge ticket office and is open from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and during home baseball games. To see the museum, visitors need to use a button-activated voice communicator to ask the operator inside to open the door.
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Jordan Kobritz, a part owner and chief executive officer of the host Wichita Wind Surge minor league baseball team, says he’s heard “rave reviews” of the museum and describes it as “the only thing we’ve done that no one has Andcriticized.”theyshouldn’t. The museum combines artifacts such as old uniforms and photographs with state-of-theart interactive games. Visitors can try their skills at fielding ground balls — virtually — or answer Wichita baseball trivia questions. (Sample question: Did the Alomar brothers, Roberto and Sandy, play for the Wichita Pilots in 1987? The answer is yes.) Another exhibit is an outfield wall where visitors see how high they could jump to haul in a fly ball and save a home run. Nine feet anyone? Just standing at the entrance rouses a viewer’s baseball instincts. At the right is a wall filled with colorful lifesized cutouts of players who performed here, ranging from Satchel Paige to Barry Bonds (both Barry and his dad, Bobby, played in Wichita). To the left is a dugout with life-sized cutouts of modern Wind Surge players. Visitors can sit in the dugout for a photo session with the cutouts. Straight ahead is a diamond painted on the green turf floor with exhibits on pylons that dwarf viewers. And that’s just the start.
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Wichita has a second baseball museum: the Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame at 4700 E. Central. Also free, the museum highlights Hall of Fame players and most of the state’s best-known player, managers, coaches and others associated with the game. Photographs and gameused uniforms and equipment are on display. Call (316) 264-5222 before visiting to be certain it’s open.
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www.theactiveage.com museum in Canada. He believes the new Wichita facility compares well withThethem.Cooperstown and Negro Leagues museums may well be represented here in future years, he continues. Both have traveling exhibits “and we’re in the process of trying to raise funds to bring them here.” Wichita’s museum is operated and funded by a charitable foundation. Plans are to rotate exhibits so one trip won’t be enough for most people. “We have a lot more artifacts that can be displayed to be sure the exhibits remain fresh,” Korbitz said. Outreach also is an important part of future plans. “Starting this fall, we’ll be going into schools and hosting school groups,” Kobritz adds. “We have a kitchen adjacent to the museum that is capable of providing meals for groups.” The museum can be rented
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Editor’s note: Beechwood was one of three neighborhoods built as “temporary” housing for aircraft workers and their families who flooded Wichita during World War II. While Planeview and Hilltop Manor survive, Beechwood did not. By Donald Willis Beechwood is gone, and I doubt there are many left who know it ever existed. This saddens me because it was a magical place for a kid to grow up. Beechwood was built on Douglas between Rock and Webb, where the Independent School and Bonnie Brae addition sit today. Each of the 400 barracks-style units had an ice box supplied by delivery men and a coal burning furnace, supplied from housing authorityManybins.ofits residents were employed at Beech Aircraft Co., close enough for them to walk or bike to work. The people who moved to Beechwood went there because of the economic opportunity afforded by the war effort. My father was a fireman in Pittsburg, Kan., who took the same job at higher pay at Beech Aircraft, leaving his family behind until he could find housing for us. Others came from smaller towns and farms, including a great number from Oklahoma. Beechwood had several Native American families from Oklahoma: the Tigers, Squirrels, Moons, Bobbs and Guydelkens are names I recall. The Tigers occupied the other half of our unit. They had six or seven kids, and we eventually had six, so we got along well.It’s difficult today to convey how World War II colored everything in Beechwood. I still remember the parade and celebration that happened on V-J Day, even though I was 3 years old at the time and probably didn’t know what we were celebrating. Slightly more than half the units were torn down shortly after the war. A tornado demolished more in 1948. I
Beechwood magical in writer’s memory slept through Beechwoodit. had a grocery store run by George and Frank Farha, a drug store and lunch counter run by Ed Jabara, a barber shop and tavern all occupying one building facing Douglas. Beechwood grade school and its gymnasium were the center of most activity. One night a week, a cartoon, serial or short and feature were shown there to a big crowd of kids. For kids, there was always something to do, limited only by our imagination and with very little involvement from grown-ups. We would follow the creek north through the wealthier Forest Hills addition almost as far as 21st Street. We used to hide in the hedge rows and watch polo games, played by rich oil men, on a field that was located where either the Charles Koch home or Wichita Country Club are today. I suppose the players might have known we were there, but they never chased us off.We knew we were considered poor by the folks living north of us, but that just tweaked our curiosity as to how the other half lived. One hot summer day we were on the creek just north of Central Street and could see people playing tennis and swimming in the pool at the Vickers mansion, where Kapaun-Mt. Carmel high school is located today. After considerable debate, we walked up to the place and asked for a cool drink. They were gracious, and probably amused, and did give us each a glass of water, and after taking in as much as we could we returned to the creek. Ironically, later in life I worked for the Vickers Petroleum Company, but this was long after the family sold it. There was one summer that we did not run around very much. In 1952, polio struck fear into many households, and some kids ended up in iron lungs or were crippled. My mother and many others thought that hot weather and being outside caused the disease; my younger brother and I were kept inside during hot summer days. The only good thing that came from this was listening to Dizzy Dean and Peewee Reese on the radio doing “The Game of the Day” baseball games.
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Beechwood residents lived in 400 barracks-style units. I think it was the year after this, in 1953, that television first arrived in the Wichita area. The cost of a television set was beyond the means of most of Beechwood’s inhabitants, but eventually a young childless couple did buy one. All the kids in Beechwood were wild with curiosity. I will never forget the nighttime scene around the home of the TV pioneers. Envision a blue glow emanating from within their living room, and surrounding the window were the heads of at least 10 window peekers, with several more standing around nearby whispering “they got television” while awaiting theirBeginningturn. in 1954, the government decided to tear down the aircraft worker housing. Residents of Hilltop Manor and Planeview hired lawyers and successfully fought the decision. I guess those in Beechwood did not, but I was only a kid at the time.This initiated the diaspora of the Beechwood community. Some of the dispossessed found housing in Planeview or Hilltop Manor. My parents bought the only home they would ever own in the 1800 block of Windsor Street, near Harry and Woodlawn, and they and their six children moved in the summer of 1955.In September of that year, I started attending Curtis Intermediate School on Edgemoor Street and lost contact with my Beechwood friends. In 1958, when Wichita Southeast High School opened and Planeview High School closed, some of us met again, but it was not the Aftersame.the housing units at Beechwood were gone, only the school and administration building were left. And when the Pizza Hut headquarters — now the Ruffin Building — was built in 1978, all traces of Beechwood disappeared Contact Donald Willis at donald_ willis@sbcglobal.net. For a longer version of his article, visit theactiveage.com.
Many children grew up in Beechwood during and after World War II. A Beechwood grade school class poses, above, while a mother and her children enjoy a moment outside their unit at right.
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Mon: Itailian chicken, baked potato/ margarine, herbed green beans, peaches, garlic bread..
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1:30 pm Advanced Learning Library, 711 W, 2nd, (316) 261-8500, Free. Wichita Noir: The Mysteries of Gaylord Dold. SEPT. 21 10 am Ulrich Museum of Art, 1845 N. Fairmount. Information unavailable. SEPT. 28 10am Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, 204 S. Main. Dress for Success: Nelly Don and American Fashion, with Marla Day.
Fri: Mexican pork stew, hominy, refried beans, mandarin oranges, cornbread.
Thu: Turkey & cheese casserole, spinach, mandarin oranges, oatmeal cookie, garlic bread. Fri: Pork roast w/ gravy, green beans, banana, vanilla pudding,roll.
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Tue: Baked Chicken, mashed potatoes w/ gravy, combination salad, mixed fruit, wheat bread. Wed: Beef tips over rice, carrots, pineapple, sugar cookie, roll. Thu: Ham & Beans, potatoes & onions. sliced tomatoes, glazed blueberries, cornbread.
Tue: Hot turkey casserole, copper pennies salad, cranberry sauce, sweet muffin. Wed: Ham salad on abun, potato soup cracker, three bean salad, peaches, blueberry crisp.
* Milk is served with all meals. Meals fall within the following ranges: Carlories 650-750; protein 25 grams or higher; fat 20 to 30 percent of calories; calcium 400 mg or higher; sodium 1,000 grams or less; fiber 9 grams or higher.
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 26 Mon: Swedish steak, baked potato/ margarine, broccoli, pineapple, bread.
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 5 Mon: HOLIDAY. Tue: Goulash, corn, peaches, fruit crisp, garlic bread.
Note to readers: Senior center schedules and other events normally listed on this page are expected to be affected by the coronavirus through September. For information, call the numbers listed below.
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Oaklawn Activity Center, 4904 S Clif ton. Info: Nick, 529-2792.
Thu: CSouthwest chix bake, combination salad, salad dressing, pears, cornbread. Fri: Meatloaf, cabbage au gratin, parslied carrots, mixed fruit, roll.
FUNDING MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT, KDADS AND
NOTE: AGING PROJECTS, INC. PLANNED TO MAKE FRIENDSHIP MEALS AVAILBALE THROUGH PICK UP AND DELIVERY IF NECESSARY. FOR INFORMATION, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL MEAL SITE OR CALL 316-686-0074 SedgwiCk County Senior CenterS Calendar of eventS BEL AIRE 7651 E Central Park Ave 744-2700, ext
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Mulvane, 101 E. Main (Pix Community Center Second Tuesday of every month at 7-9pm.
Westside Steppers Square Dance, 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month at the Sedgwick County Extension Build ing at 21st and Ridge Road. Inf: Shel don Lawrence (316) 648-7590.
Fri: Oven fried fish w/ tartar sauce, macaroni & cheese, green beans, mandarian oranges, wheat roll.
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Tue: Liver & onions in gravy or Beef cutlet in gravy, mashed potatoes w/ gravy, peas, mixed fruit, roll. Wed: Taco salad, mexican rice, banana, cinnamon roll.
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. County HILL
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Prairie Wind Dancers: Plymouth Congrega tional Church, 202 N Clifton. Joyce, 683-1122.
SEPT. 14 10 am Sedgwick County Zoo, 5555 Zoo Blvd. (316) 266-8213, $4 Migration Masterpiece.
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Oaklawn Activity Center cafeteria, 4904 S Clifton. Info: iamgary48@yahoo.com. Orchard Park Golden Age, 4808 W 9th.
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WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 12 Mon: Cowboy beans, corno'brien, strawberries, brownie, roll.
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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.
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SEPT. 7 10:30am Wichita Art Museum 1400 W. Museum Blvd., $2 admission. Director's talk and screening: "For Your Amusement: The Wonderland Park on Ackerman Island," with Sara J. Harmon. 1:30 pm Museum of World Treasures 835 E. 1st St. Information unavailable.
NOTE: SOME SENIOR WEDNESDAY PROGRAMMING FOR SEPTEMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE AS THE ACTIVE AGE WENT TO PRESS.
Thu: Chix & broccoli pie, tomato salad, pears, pineapple bread (pudding).
Wed: Ham & Egg bake, broccoli, blushing pears, orange juice, pumpkin muffin.
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Thu: Cranberry meatball, baked potato/ margarine, green beans, mixed fruit, applesauce cake, roll.
Sedgwick Co Transportation, 660-5150 or 1-800-367-7298. Information: 8 am-5 pm, Mon-Fri; closed most holidays. www. sedgwickcounty.org/aging.
207 E Silknitter,TOWANDA776-0170 317 Main, 776-8999 Open 10:30 am-5 pm Mon, Wed, Fri
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Augusta Sr Center, 640 Osage. . Info: 755-1189 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.
Wichita Solos Square Dance, For Info email: Curtis, wichitasolos@yahoo.com.
The Active Age needs your help updating our calendar! Please call Joe at 316-942-5385 or email joe@theactiveage.com with your current schedule. the
ANDOVER 410 Lioba Dr, www.andoverks.com733-4441AUGUSTA 640 Osage, 775-1189 BENTON Lion’s Community Bldg, S Main St CassodayCASSODAYSeniorCenter 133 S. Washington,DOUGLASS620-735-4538 124 W 4th, 746-3227 EL DORADO 210 E 2nd, 321-0142 LEON 112 S Main, 745-9200 or 742-9905 ROSE
Park City Sr Center, 6100 N Hydraulic. 1st and 3rd Saturday 7-9:30 p.m. Info: 755-1060
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Fri: Chix & pasta salad, tomato slices, pickled beets, cantaloupe, bread.(ALL COLD)
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
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Lakeview Gardens, 2 plots in Everlasting Life, Value is $3,395, Sell for $2,000 OBO. Call or text 316-2180495 Resthaven, Garden of the Cross. 2 plots, last plots in area, side by side. $3,400 each plus transfer fee. 316-641-0889
White Chapel Memorial Garden, Last Supper, lot 274, space B3 & B4. $1,000 each. 520-834-6603
4 plots in White Chapel Cemetery. Section of Nativity. Lot 211. Plots starting at $1,200 per plot. Call for details 316-644-4321.
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1 Plot in Resthaven Garden of the Good Shepherd. Call 316-990-6294. Kechi Cemetery. 6523 N Hillside. 2 spaces available. $2,000. Call Kenny Miller 316-358-0670. (3) premium burial plots at Old Mission, Wichita Park, $4,000. cecilytinder@mac.com or 720979-7615 Buyer pays title transfer $295. Consultations 316-806-7360 Julie IPK Enterprises Estate Sales. Know your options, you have many. Please call us for a free consultation. 316-806-3435.
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White Chapel Cemetery. 3 adjoining plots Last Supper section $2,700, transfer fee included. 316990-5442.
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Resthaven- Garden of Prayer 1 plot $4,200. Call or text 316-293-8593
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Center Manager – Haysville Peachtree Plaza Tower Meals On Wheels/Friendship Meals M-F 10:00 am – 1:00 pm. Wonderful opportunity working with older adults. Experience with food service helpful, some record keeping. High school diploma or GED required. Some benefits available. Apply: 141 Sarah Lane, Haysville Call: 316-522-5881 EOE Center Manager – Park City Meals On Wheels/Friendship Meals M-F 9:00 am – 1:00 pm. Wonderful opportunity working with older adults. Experience with food service helpful, some record keeping. High school diploma or GED required. Some benefits available. Apply: 6100 N Hydraulic, Park City Call: 316-744-0751 EOE
Three (3) premium burial plots at Old Mission, Wichita Park, $4,000. cecilytinder@mac.com or 720979-7615 Buyer pays title transfer $295.
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White Chapel, Nativity area, Single plot $1,200 plus transfer fee. 316-641-0889
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Servicing South Wichita, Derby, Mulvane, Haysville, and Rose Hill Check us out on www.facebook.com/Handymanjones19/FB…. A to Z Kitchen/BathRemodeling Painting * Windows * Texture * Siding Flooring * Decks * Doors * Fences Free Estimates * 15 years experience 316-339-9543 Lois Thompson Serving families for 30 years with arrangementspreneedatallDignityMemorialLocations 316-516-8815 316-722-2100 F HOME CARE EQUIPMENT F Stair/chair lift. In Excellence used condition, Easy to install, local delivery available. Call for details. 316-734-1275 Golden Lite Rider Envy Electric Wheelchair. Like New. $700 OBO. 316-300-5357. F FOR SALE F F FOOT CARE F F COURIER SERVICES F PLUMBCO Compare Our Prices Weekly Plumbing Specials Ins/Lic #5803 316-942-1967 F FENCING F Professional Fencing Fence installations and Repair FREE(316)ESTIMATES670-3023 S & V Concrete Steps, porches, patios, sidewalks, driveways & garage floors. Also 4-inch steps with 18-inch landings for seniors. Licensed, bonded, insured. Free estimates Steve 992-6884 Place your ad today! Call 316-942-5385 Page 20 the active age September 2022
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Two Lakeview burial plots for sale. Located in Apostles Garden lot. Two spaces #5&6 w/ 2 eternal rest caskets(deluxe). Sold together $7,400. Call 316-209-6905. Leave Message or email Alacram56@ Seriousyahoo.com.inquires only. Single Plot – Resthaven Cemetery –Garden of the Cross 46A1 $4500 OBO Email: arkpegram@cox.net OR 479-644-6680 Serious inquires only
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Cook – Hesston Meals On Wheels/Friendship Meals M-F 7:00 am – 2:00 pm. Experience with food service purchasing and preparation helpful. Scratch techniques desirable, some benefits available. High school diploma or GED required. Apply: 108 E Randall St, Hesston Call: 620-327-5099 EOE at 316-312-1575 Lic. #1303 We have a for all of your “fix-it” Light carpentry including deck and and lawn mowing “LG or SM”, Yard & Garage clean-up, mulching, hauling miscellaneous,hauling dirt, sand, and rock/gravel upto 3.5 tons. What you need done I can probably handle. Call for HELP! Brian 316-217-0882 Construction Remodeling, siding, decks, fences, windows, doors and more. 20 years locally owned. Free estimates. Senior discounts. Todd Wenzel 316-393-4488 Derby, Haysville, Mulvane, Rose Hill, Wichita Exterior & Intereior. House painting, siding, decks, fences. Build, repair and stain. Free Estimates and references. See us on angieslist.com. Keith Kimball 316-250-2265 or 316-789-9639 Be Blessed. Thank you MOBILE GLASS REPAIR Windows * Patio * Doors Windows won’t stay up, Crank Outs, Patio Rollers and Lock Latches, Morris Glass & Service, 316-946-0745 FENCING fencce install and fence repair. Call or text 316-821-6341 316-210-1057Jones
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F CEMETERY PROPERTY FOR SALE F FOOT CARE IN YOUR HOME Cheryl Rosine ~ The Foot Lady ICMT RN Diabetic, thick toe nails, ingrown & callous care $40 : In-home, Sedgwick & surrounding counties • 316-312-2025 • Benjamin Jones ~ CNAICR • 316-932-8524• Prairie Express Courier and Delivery Services • Will deliver packages, crates, parts, etc., • Transport people for errands such as grocery store, airport, doctors’ appointments, etc. Call/Text 316-640-6327 Foot Care in home. Home visit $40.00 Call Francine at 316-943-4360. Leave a message. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO DELIVER MEALS ON WHEELS Routes are open each weekday to deliver a lunchtime meal. Thursday & Friday has the most open routes. If interested please visit our website at meals-on-wheels/https://seniorservicesofwichita.org/andfilloutthensubmittheapplicationonlineatthebottomofthepage.Nowalkinsplease.Allvolunteersmustbeprescreenedpriortodeliveringroutes. ATTENTION JOB SEEKERS –AGES 55+ The Senior Employment Program’s Job Club is meeting in person again. EVERY TUESDAY at 1:00pm. Call 267-1771 for details. F HOME CARE F La Familia Senior Community Center Join us for Senior Daily Meals at 11:30 (RSVP at least 48 hrs. ahead/enroll) All classes and activities are scheduled for 10:30 Daily Monday:activities: Health and Social Classes Tuesday: Board Games Wednesday: Exercise Class RSVP Thursday: A Matter of Balance Class, certified coaches), RSVP(limited space)$2.00 Course materials Friday: Sport Quiz Class w/ Retired Coach Private Duty Aide with light house keeping. Availability evenings and weekends. References upon request. Cynthia CNA/HHA 316-992-6711 Male Caregiver. 4-6 hrs, 15/hr. Can cook, clean, and run errands. Can take to doctors appointments. Call 316-249-0372 F HOME IMPROVEMENTS F F COSMETICS F Dave’s Improvements General Contractor Lic #7904 Roofing, Siding, Doors, Gutters, Windows, Storm damage repair, Senior Discount. 316-312-2177 F HOME IMPROVEMENTS CONT F Bruce Smith Roofing & Siding Protect your home from the elements of the weather! 35 Years Exp. Locally owned & operated FREE ESTIMATES All types of roofing, siding, handyman work, hauling, clean-ups & other exterior projects Licensed316-640-3155&Insured F ESTATE SALES F CUSTOMIZED ESTATE SALES GREATER PROFITS WITH LESS STRESS Insured with 20 years experience Free
Resthaven, Garden of Freedom, eight spaces, most adjoining. Value $7,300 each. Will sell at good discount, make offer! 316-644-0844
Rest haven Garden of Gospel. Space, vault & marker for 2. 7-1 C-1. Retails $10,000 will sell for $4,500. 316-648-4479. Resthaven, 2 plots in Sermon on the Mount. Close to a tree & road. Call 316-304-7475 for single or bundle pricing.
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“The students loved it so much that we had to offer Shakespeare 2, and they loved that so much that we offered Shakespeare 3.”
“Apple computers excel at cre ative work, and we are seeing a higher demand for assistance with graphic design, video and photo editing and audio production,” said Jeff Tate, digital services manager for the library.
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Each iMac has the full Adobe suite, which alsovideos.ProandeditingPhotoshopincludesforphotosPremiereforeditingThereisFinalCutPro for video editing and Logic Pro for sound editing. The computers will also feature Microsoft Office.The iMacs are made possible through grant funds from the South Central Kansas Library System.
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Residents can look for the spring 2023 lineup of classes to be posted in January.“This is a passion project of mine,” Moore said. “I love these classes. The teachers love to teach them. I can’t think of another project I’ve been more proud of in my 26 years at the university.”Forinformation about Lifelong Learning, call (316) 978-3731 or email LifelongLearning@wichita.edu
Residents may now use one of Wichita Public Library’s new iMac computers in the Digital Pavilion at the Advanced Learning Library, 711 W. Second LibrarySt.users have requested access to Apple computers for many years. They are considered among the best for people working on graphic design, video and photo editing projects.
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By Nancy Carver Singleton FURLEY — A program that introduces children to the responsibilities and rewards of caring for calves is back after a two-year hiatus caused by the pandemic. Kid-n-Calf provided six children between the ages of 8 and 12 with calves this summer. On Saturday mornings from late May through midAugust, they learned to take care of the calves on a farm here with help from volunteers.“Itisa tremendous benefit for someone to have a calf that they would never have otherwise,” said Sid Nattier, a Newton cattleman and farmer active in the effort. “There is just something about a calf and the opportunity to care of Notit.”to mention a financial payoff when the calves are sold. Proceeds go into a fund that the youths can tap into for things like eyeglasses, braces, college tuition and textbooks, sports camps and more. Several teens have used it to buy cars to get to their first jobs.More than 150 youngsters have taken part in Kid-n-Calf since it started in 2007. The idea for it came to Dean Hopkins, who grew up here, while he was mowing the yard one day. He shared it with Nattier and Debbie Norman of Wichita, his fellow board members in a nonprofit, nondenominational organization called Gospel of Grace Ministries. The children come from a number of area communities, referred by former participants, neighbors, school administrators and others. Many are being raised by single parents or
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Filmmakers, Female Directors, Social Justice, LGBTQ and Black Filmmakers (with the Gordon Parks Award sponsored by Cargill).
When: 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 and Saturday, Oct. 8 Where: 9222 N. 143rd St. E., rural Admission:Benton Donation. Doors open at 6 p.m. There are free concessions and hayrack rides.
Reading Rainbow in the 1980s and 90s? You won’t want to miss the documentary, Butterfly in the Sky, about the making of this classic children’s show.And who doesn’t remember the movie Working 9 to 5? The documentary Still Working 9 to 5 examines the cultural impact of the film and the important impact it had on the women’s movement over the 40 years since its release. These are just a few of the great offerings at the Tallgrass 20th Annual Film Festival. Don’t miss your opportunity to binge on films, mingle with filmmakers and party with your fellow Wichita film buffs. To see the schedule of films and events, purchase tickets or get more information, visit tallgrassfilm.org Janice Van Sickle has served on the board of the Tallgrass Film Festival for six years and is currently its president.
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Summer program pairs kids and calves guardians. There are no age limits and no fees.Hopkins buys most of the calves with money donated by area farmers. He and Nattier care for the calves between visits by the youngsters, while Norman handles administrative duties. Additionally, Hopkins said, “We have some amazing volunteers. We could not do it without them because it is pretty labor intensive.” Often lending a hand are former Kid-nCalf participants, who are called ambassadors. “It also gives us a way to keep in contact with them.” A Kid-n-Calf Olympics in July is one highlight of the program, featuring a bottle chugging contest for the calves and an evaluation of the youngsters’ Dean Hopkins and Debbie Norman run Kid-n-Calf, which teaches youngsters like Billy Branscum, 12, of Whitewater to raise calves. knowledge, skills and showmanship by a cattle judge. Each child receives a ribbon or medal. A graduation ceremony was held Aug. 13 in connection with a concert held in a barn at the farm. Hopkins and Norman, both longtime musicians, started the concerts as a fundraiser for the program 14 years ago. There are two more scheduled for this year, on Sept. 10 and Oct. 8. Hopkins, a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, is familiar to many area music fans as a member of the Ark Valley Boys from 1980 to 1993, when the band toured the Midwest opening for performers such as Jerry Reed and Ricky Skaggs. He met Norman through the Sunflower State Gospel Association. In the late 1990s, the two formed a music ministry with their spouses that was focused on helping prisoners transition into society. But Hopkins admits to becoming“Whatdiscouraged.wefoundis a lot of times it is a revolving door, and a lot of the time it is hard to stop them reverting to the behavior that put them there in the first place,” he said. “That is when God put in our hearts that if we could reach youth before they have become a part of the (criminal justice) system, that is when they could really benefit.” Their band, Isiah, includes Linsey Cutsinger on drums, Carl Williams on bass and Lonnie Dreyer on vocals. The barn where they perform was built by Hopkins’ father in 1949. A stage, cement floor and photographs of western film and music stars were added to turn it into a venue. “A lot of people have come just to see the barn,” Hopkins said. And also to support Kid-n-Calf, of course. Hopkins said the difference it makes in youngsters’ lives is gratifying to see.“Their self-esteem was higher and their self-worth improved because they’re learning how to do something new in taking care of their calves and they are making new relationships in their lives.”
Filmmakers and actors in attendance will give audiences the opportunity to hear about film production during question-and-answer sessions following many of the films. Here are a few highlights I’m looking forward to: Anyone remember The Embarrassment? They were a musical quartet active in Wichita from 1979 to 1983 who nearly hit the big time. A documentary about them, We Were Famous, You Don’t Remember: The Embarrassment, will make its world premiere at the Orpheum. An afterparty includes a members.originalconcertreunionwithbandLikehorrorflicks?LloydKaufman’scultclassic
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Do you know that we have a nationally recognized film festival right here in Wichita? The Tallgrass Film Festival has been named one of the “Top 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee” by MovieMaker magazine seven times. The festival’s motto — “Stubbornly Independent” — seems to be working.Thisyear, the festival celebrates its 20th anniversary with five days of films and parties, held Sept 28.Oct. 2 at various venues in and near downtown Wichita. Locations include the Orpheum Theater, Exploration Place, Regal Old Town, Scottish Rite Center, Advanced Learning Library and Tallgrass Film Center. Tallgrass 2022 will screen 248 independent films from around the world. Categories include Kansas
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The Toxic Avenger and PoultryGeist: Night of the Chicken Dead will be shown along with his latest film, a musical parody of The Tempest. Kaufman will be in attendance as this year’s recipient of the festival’s Ad Astra Award. How about cinema shorts? There will be shorts in comedy, drama, horror, identity, animation, music, dance and just about any other genre you can name.Did you or your children watch
4. Famous for dressing, drinking, and shooting like a man, what performer became famous for her wild antics and toured with the Wild West Show?
IinpoppedonL.lookingaformingoutward,pointedweird-letterIpulleditanditbackplace.washappywith the injury. It got me out of the game. If that had not happened, I had planned to get into an argument with the umpire and kick dirt in his face, forcing him to throw me out of the game. As it turned out, we didn’t have an umpire. That was okay with me because I could have scuffed my wing tips. Contact Ted at tblankenship218@ gmail.com
9. What American general arrived in Texas in 1832 and eventually led the army that defeated the Mexican General Santa Anna at San Jacinto?
11. What American saloonkeeper and Justice of the Peace called himself “The Only Law West of the Pecos”?
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12. After serving as an assistant marshal in Dodge City, Kansas, who moved to Tombstone, Arizona where he would eventually die in a legendary shootout at the O.K. Corral in 1881?
September Theatre Mosley Street Melodrama, 234 N. Mosley. Revenge of the Beanie Ba bies. “The Class of ‘92” musical revue follows: Dinner 6:15 pm, show begins 7:50 pm. now-Sept 3. Tickets, dinner & show, $26-$30; Show only $20. 316263-0222
13. Who was originally a dentist before he turned to gambling and fought side-by-side with his friend at the O.K. Corral?
6. Who was called “Little Miss Sure Shot” because of her champion sharpshooting skills?
3. What hunter, soldier, and politician, who was killed in the Battle of the Alamo and became known as the “King of the Wild Frontier”?
Roxy’s Downtown, 412 E. Douglas, cabaret-style theatre, The Golden Girls. The final episodes starring Tom Frye, Scott Noah, Kyle Vespestad and Mon te Wheeler, with Christine Tasheff trying to keep them in line. 2 pm Sat & Sun, 7pm Thur, 8pm Fri-Sat, Sept 9-Oct 7. Tickets $20-$30. 316-2654400 Wichita Community Theatre, 258 N. Fountain. Our Town by Thornton Wilder. Described by Edward Albee as “the greatest American play ever writ ten,” the play depicts the daily life and townsfolk of Grover’s Corners. 8 pm Th-Sat, 2 pm Sun, Sept 8-18. Tickets $15 or $13 for military/seniors/stu dents. Opening night ticket $11, Sept 8 only. 316-686-1282 Contact Diana Morton at dianamor ton12@sbcglobal.net
“What’s going on,” I asked. “We play softball at our parties,” he said. “It’s a tradition. Go on out and choose your position.” “But I don’t play softball,” I said. “Yes, you do,” he said. “Just watch the others. You’ll get the hang of it in no time.”Idecided to play in center field, as far away from the action as I could get. Unfortunately, our side was first at bat, and I was the second man up. I hitched up my pants like they do in the big leagues and took my stance to the right of home plate. “I didn’t know you were lefthanded,” said the pitcher, a girl. “I’m not,” I said. “Just throw the ball.”She threw a roof-high looper that barely made it to the plate, and I took a wild swing at it. To my surprise, I connected with the ball and it wobbled a foot or so toward the pitcher’s mound. Having completed an unintentional bunt, I ran like crazy toward what I thought was first base. It wasn’t. A paper plate had blown onto the field and it looked like first Itbase.didn’t matter because my wingtip shoes were better suited to dancing than softball, and I slipped. When I got up, the little finger on my left hand
September quiz: What do you know about The Wild West?
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5. Who was a wagon master, Union spy, lawman, gunslinger and gambler that was shot in the back by Jack McCall while holding two pairs of black aces and eights in a poker game in Deadwood, Dakota?
sense of believability to the medical aspects of the story. While I found the romantic involvements of the various characters, including protagonists Dr. Hamilton and FBI Agent Johnson, to be a bit implausible, they do add a spark of intimacy and a certain sense of spice to the story. If you enjoy medical
2. What Army scout and Pony Express Rider took part in California’s Gold Rush before he launched his colorful cowboy-themed Wild West show in 1883?
“The Lethal Elixer,” by Dennis Ross (Archway Publishing, 2021, 273 pages, $18.99)
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one previous novel, “The Perfect Match.” “The Lethal Elixer” is a sequel to thatThisbook.book is certainly topical as it includes references to terrorism, global domination, international intrigue and the mysterious threat of a deadly virus. The author’s medical background is apparent in his writing and gives a mysteries aauthorssupportingandlocal—andifstoryinvolving a possible pandemic doesn’t hit too close to home — you may enjoy this fast-paced story. Contact Ted Ayres at ted.ayres@shockers.wichita.edu
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By Nancy Wheeler 1. What famous young outlaw fought in the Lincoln County War before he was fatally shot at the age of 21 by Sheriff Pat Garrett?
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I wasn’t a great athlete in school. I wasn’t even a bad athlete. So, I never imagined that years later I would play in an actual Footballgame.with a bunch of gridiron hunks? Basketball in an arena full of adoring fans? No, softball in a back yard full of chiggers and fox tail grass climbing up my pants. It was in the summer of 1987, and I was the editor of a monthly business magazine.Thepublisher liked to have parties at his country home, and my wife and I were often invited. At one of these events, most of the younger guests left the party and gathered in a field west of the house.
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10. What robber gained celebrity status, along with his brother Frank, before he was shot by new gang recruit Robert Ford?
The Witches of Eastborough. with musical revue following. Dinner 6:15, show begins 7:50 pm. Sept 16-Oct 29. Tickets, dinner & show, $26-$30; Show only $20. 316-263-0222 Kechi Playhouse, 100 E. Kechi Road, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. Based heavily on Williams’ life and family, the play sky-rocketed the then unknown playwright to fame when it opened on Broadway in 1944. 8 pm Fri–Sat, 2:30 pm Sun, Sept 9-25. Tickets $15-$16. 316-744-2152
Dennis Ross is a Wichita nephrologist and clinical professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center who has written
7. What trapper, guide and Indian agent was an active participant in extending the boundaries of the United States to its present size?
8. What was the more famous name of Robert LeRoy Parker who robbed trains, banks, and led a posse of criminals called the Wild Bunch before he died in a shootout in Bolivia?
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