October 26, 2018 | By The Active Age
Tammy Tidwell went from shopper to volunteer at the annual Wichita Alternative Gift Market. “Whether you are here to buy or work a booth, we are all here to make a little bit of difference in the world,” she said. An “alternative gift” is a donation to a good cause that you make in somebody’s […]
| By The Active Age
Gala supports women Soroptimist International of Wichita’s annual Christmas Gala fundraiser will be Dec. 3, at LaVela, 6147 E. 13th, Wichita. The evening includes a social hour and silent auction at 6:30, buffet dinner at 7:30 and live auction immediately following. Tickets are $50 per person, $20 of which is tax-deductible. Reservations are requested by […]
| By Joe Stumpe
At 6 feet tall, Samajae Haynes-Jones isn’t exactly short. Until, that is, you stand him next to Asbjorn Midtgaard, his 7-foot-tall Wichita State basketball teammate. At last month’s Shocker media day, we asked both what was the best and worst thing about playing major college basketball at their respective heights. Midtgaard, who’s from Denmark: “Height […]
October 23, 2018 | By Elvira Crocker
We’ve all experienced them at one time or another. Those lapses in memory that can often be either embarrassing or hilarious. Though they can happen at any age, they do seem to happen more as we age and thus have come to be known as “senior moments.” Simply put, research indicates that the clutter in […]
| By The Active Age
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| By Joe Stumpe
Older residents appear just as interested as younger ones in helping chart the area’s future, according to results of the Project Wichita survey. Of 13,907 people took time to fill out the survey, 3,731 were aged 56 and older. For the most part, there weren’t sharp disagreements among various demographic groups. However, senior residents did have […]
October 4, 2018 | By Joe Stumpe
Marc Mourning cooks with a wooden spoon the size of a canoe paddle. When you’re preparing food for a couple thousand people per day, everything gets bigger. “This is like a workout,” Mourning, a volunteer at The Lord’s Diner, said while browning 50 pounds of pork in a device known as a tilt cooker last […]
October 1, 2018 | By The Active Age
Fajita seasoning, Worcestershire sauce and two kinds of sugar make Sloppy Joes at The Lord’s Diner “the best Sloppy Joes I’ve ever had,” in one volunteer’s opinion. 1 lb ground beef 1/2 Tbs fajita seasoning such as El Paso (usually a mixture of salt, garlic, cumin & other spices) 1/2 Tbs brown sugar 1/2 Tbs […]
| By Bob Rives
William H. Hemp is no longer a household name. Even the colorful nickname, Ducky, he got while playing baseball here, is lost in time. But in 1887, the 18-year-old from St. Louis was a star and the first player to bat for a Wichita professional baseball team. Later that same year he was the first […]
| By Joe Stumpe
Two recent deaths highlight the risk posed to seniors by house fires, a danger that increases during cooler months. In September, a 65-year-old Andover man died after being trapped in a house fire. The man was found by firefighters in a bedroom, while another occupant of the house escaped safely. In July, Bettie Clark-Johnson, 83, […]
| By Barb Myers
This is adapted from the author’s introduction to “Walking With The Wichita Pioneers: A Guidebook to Highland Cemetery” by Barb Myers. The book sells for $20, with all proceeds going to renovate Highland Cemetery. Name one thing we all have in common. Go ahead, I’ll wait…. Yes, we all die eventually. And what did all […]
| By The Active Age
Show your support for the fight to end Alzheimer’s by taking part in the Wichita Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday, Oct. 13, at Intrust Bank Arena. Or even better, put together a fundraising team and add to the money being raised to battle the disease. “We have teams who have parties and do fundraisers, […]
| By The Active Age
Exploration Place presents Pandas: A Journey Home, a new documentary in its digital dome theater starting Saturday, Oct. 20. Filmmakers “were granted unprecedented access to the Wolong Panda Center in China,” according to a news release. “Meet the pandas at the center as they get ready for their new lives in various parts of the […]
| By The Active Age
Did you know that during the Civil War, hundreds of women cut their hair and donned men’s clothes so they could report to Union and Confederate army recruiters? And that others served as scouts and spies. Historian Diane Eickhoff will talk about that and more during her presentation, “Women Soldiers of the Civil War,” at […]
| By The Active Age
A dance exhibition, talks by Native American groups and free traditional meal are on tap for The Native American Celebration Day on Saturday, Oct. 6 at the Mid-America All-Indian Center. The free event runs from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. One featured group, the Wounded Knee Survivors Run group, will speak starting at 1 p.m. about the […]
| By Joe Stumpe
Project Beauty, Inc. may be down in numbers, but it’s not out. President Sue Boewe admits to an ambitious goal for the 50-year-old group founded to spruce up Wichita. “I’m hoping we’re going to double our membership this year,” she said. “I’ve asked everybody to bring in one member. That’s the challenge I’ve put to […]
August 29, 2018 | By Joe Stumpe
A tiny dog named Theodore is turning out to be worth his weight in gold. Mary Enstrom acquired the 2.3-pound Teacup Yorkie as a sidekick for her ministry serving nursing home residents. Theodore ended up saving her life. It happened late on the night of July 5, when the normally well-mannered pooch started yapping and […]
| By Debbi Elmore
Gerald McCoy was a boy when he saw Isaiah “Fireball” Jackson pitch in Wichita’s National Baseball Congress tournament. Jackson’s explosive fastball wasn’t the only remarkable thing about him. There was also the team he played for, made up of fellow prison inmates. “My dad and I watched him lead the prison team to another tournament […]
| By Joe Stumpe
Easy isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when making lasagna. But a couple of shortcuts will put this dish on your table in about an hour, with little mess to clean up. First, don’t boil your noodles (and you don’t need the “oven-ready” ones). Regular noodles will soften just fine if use […]
| By The Active Age
Valley Center’s old library sat so close to railroad tracks that it used to shake when a train passed. “We didn’t know whether it was an earthquake or train,” the library’s office manager, Terry Foster, recalls. Two months after its grand opening, VC’s new $2.2 million, 13,400-square-foot community center and library at 314 E. Clay […]
| By Joe Stumpe
From The Editor: I picked a good day to attend my first meeting of the Sedgwick County Advisory Council on Aging. The council was hearing how local tax dollars are being distributed to nonprofit organizations that serve seniors and, on this day, at least a dozen of those organizations were present to explain their operations. […]
| By Amy Geiszler-Jones
3rd annual Railfest features train rides This year’s Railfest offers a rare opportunity to ride the rails in downtown Wichita. Volunteers with the Great Plains Transportation Museum, located at 700 E. Douglas across from Union Station, have restored the museum’s 1934 Whitcomb locomotive. It will pull several of the museum’s vintage cabooses during the third […]
| By Joe Stumpe
If you look at a map of Wichita today, you won’t find Tremont Street. In its time, though, it was one of the city’s best-known thoroughfares. Indeed, Tremont was notorious across the Southwest for commercialized vice – prostitution, liquor and gambling – plus the usual array of felonies and misdemeanors associated with those pursuits. […]
August 9, 2018 | By The Active Age
1 pie crust 1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened 3 oz. goat cheese Pinch salt 1 large egg, lightly beaten 1 1/2 cup peeled and sliced ripe pears ½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans 2 tablespoons spicy jelly or jam, such as strawberry-chile jelly, melted in microwave Directions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. […]
| By Miranda Allen
By Miranda Allen What’s the matter with kids today? Why won’t anyone listen to me? They are so lazy and have no work ethic! They are so stuck in their ways! How often have you heard these familiar lines? If you’re like most of us it’s often. We have a unique occurrence where seven […]