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As the 2016–2017 school year is well underway, it’s a great chance to reflect on highlights from the past few months. This year has included some great moments in our schools and classrooms, made possible by the dedication and innovation of many people. Our teachers continue to set themselves apart in their chosen profession. I know of no teaching team that is more attentive to meeting a range of student needs, from academic growth to social and emotional wellness and behavior skills. When our teachers—and the people who work in all the various roles across our district—seek to build relationships first, they open a world of opportunity for each student. Our families believe in our schools and trust us each day with their children and teens. They work with our educators to find solutions to even the most difficult challenges, and we celebrate together when those challenges are overcome. They show up for parent-teacher conferences, concerts, games and book fairs. And the kids they share with us each day are some of our very favorite people in the world. Finally, our community is as loyal and supportive as any you’ll find. Residents show up to cheer when students perform and play. They pay taxes that allow us to offer opportunities often not found in districts our size. Community support is made even richer through the growth of the Eudora Schools Foundation. This group has helped build more partnerships with our local community than ever before and just this year awarded $10,000 in classroom grants to support innovative student learning experiences across our district. To see how these things work together, I hope you’ll read the article in this issue of Discover Eudora about middle school science students doing a mock crime scene investigation. This is just one of the countless examples of engaged, hands-on learning that happens in our schools every day, where teachers are creative and community partners are generous—all to offer the best learning opportunities to students. Thank you for your support—and for joining me in 2017 to show just how #CardinalProud you are.
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ON THE COVER The investigationresearch project at Eudora Middle School involves (from left) teacher Roberta LaFontaine, students such as Joe Faircloth, and Eudora schools’ resource officer Corporal Caleb Lewis. Photograph and digital enhancement by Michael C. Snell.
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By renovating a popular bar and restaurant, Travis Turner has welcomed a good portion of the town to his table
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A new program helps feed community children who aren’t getting the nutrition they need
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Couple renovate a property with rich history for their home and business
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An interactive whodunit mystery helps students learn about science and builds connections to community officers
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From her home in Eudora, a businesswoman keeps one eye on a global manufacturing network and the other on footwear fashion
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The Hometown Host
By renovating a popular bar and restaurant, Travis Turner has welcomed a good portion of the town to his table
The Royals were facing the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 3 of the 2015 American League Championship when Travis Turner, owner of D-Dubs restaurant and bar in Eudora, walked away from the game on TV just to get a look at the crowd amassed in and around his bar. “There were 400 bikes parked all around, and everywhere you looked, you just saw heads,” he recalls. “All the locals were wearing their Royals gear, and all the bikers were in their leathers. And everyone was high-fiving.” D-Dubs, located at 10 W. 9 Street in downtown Eudora, is now in its second year of operation after an extensive makeover. Turner fully renovated the 3,000-squarefoot building and recently added a complete menu, pool tables, a shuffleboard table and live music on the weekends. The business is also a community anchor that allows Turner to support Eudora causes. “That’s one of the main reasons I wanted
to do this — it’s an opportunity for me to give back to people,” Turner says. “I was raised that no matter how much or little you have, if you see someone in need you lend a hand. I want to make a difference, even if it is small.” “Small” might not be the most accurate term, however. A D-Dubs fundraiser to help a Eudora family collect the remaining $9,000 needed to buy a handicapped-equipped van was accomplished in a single day. Another recent fundraiser donated the restaurant’s Friday-night profits to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. But “small” is the right term when it comes to where Turner is from, and when it comes to the caring, small-town spirit his business embraces. A native of Holyrood, Kansas—population 500—Turner moved to Lawrence in 1997 as a freshman at Kansas University majoring in political science. He met his wife, Katie, in Lawrence. When they started having children (Andrew, 11, and Aubrey, 8) they moved to Eudora for the school system and small community feel.
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“My wife is from Lawrence, and she’s used to the big city,” Turner says. “Well, Lawrence isn’t a big city, but it is if you come from a town of 500.” But it was Eudora that captured their hearts. “This is where we’re going to stick around for a long time,” says Turner. Looking ahead for his business, Turner says he has “a lot of ideas” for what the future of D-Dubs will be. After changing the menu to add more healthy choices, he wants to focus his energy on more events, including booking up-and-coming bands. He also hopes one day to expand to other small towns. And of course, he hopes to accomplish more charitable giving. “My focus in 2017 is to try to triple what we did in fundraising (in 2016),” he says. “If there’s anyone out there who is raising money for a good cause—especially a local good cause—we’re on board, we’re all-in with it.”
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What’s in a name? One of the most frequent questions Travis Turner, owner of D-Dubs restaurant and bar, fields is: where does the name come from? “My friend Derrick, we call him ‘D-Dub,’ helped me through construction and all along the way,” Turner says. “I had a list of 30 names. ‘D-Dubs’ just stuck. I thought it made a cool name for a bar.” Turner says the origin of the name is a great conversation starter but admits it’s not as original as he first thought. “It’s like when you buy a car and you never see it out anywhere until after you bought it,” he laughs. “Then you see 20 of them out on the road the next day.”
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Savvy moves D-Dubs is on a roll. When it first opened, a solitary bartender could handle the crowd. Now? A busy night warrants two bartenders, two wait staff and three kitchen employees. So what are Turner’s secrets to success? Keep it clean Turner, who co-owns a home improvement company as his other full-time job, completely renovated the 3,000- squarefoot building. What was a rundown building is now modern, with a limestone bar, neon lights, flat screen TVs and new pool tables. Be visible When Turner first opened D-Dubs, it was just a bar tucked back on the west side of a larger building, out-of-view. When he acquired the entire building for his business, he became visible from Main Street for better exposure. Keep it friendly Bikers love D-Dubs, but so do Jayhawks fans, families and music lovers. When asked to describe the crowd at D-Dubs, Turner calls it “eclectic” and says it doesn’t skew to any one group. Travis Turner
Three things about a D-Dubs regular It could be said that Travis Turner owns the “Cheers” of Eudora. One of the benefits of owning a bar and restaurant in a small town like Eudora is you get to know its residents well. We asked Turner what he’s learned about Eudora residents in his two years of owning D-Dubs, and this is what he said:
They’re giving. “They would literally give you the shirts off their backs. This is our community and the surrounding community. If there is a cause, they will do what they need to do to help out.” They’re loyal. “It’s crazy to me what small-town America brings to its local community. We all want to see the local community grow.”
They’re good, down-home people. “They go to work every day, and they earn their money. I’m fortunate they choose to spend it here locally. It’s because of our atmosphere.”
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places to visit Bluejacket Crossing Vineyard and Winery Award-winning local wine 1969 N. 1250 Rd. 785.542.1764
Eudora Yoga Center Beginners and advanced 704 Main St. 785. 550.5928
Gambino’s Pizza Cami’s Cake Co. Custom cakes and sweets 800 Main St. 785.207.2103
Original pies 1402 Church St. Suite D 785.542.2727
Gene’s Heartland Foods Cosmic Ale House and Grill Breakfast, brisket and beyond 601 E. 10 St. 785.690.7262
Local grocer 1402 Church St. 785.542.2727
Jasmin Restaurant Country Spa and Gardens Rural rejuvenation 2152 N. 700 Rd. 785.883.4944
Chinese and Mexican 719 Main St. 785.542.1111
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Award-winning local wines 1394 E. 1900 Rd. 785.542.2278
Dairy Queen Frosty treats 1502 Church St. 785.542.5050
Eudora Community Museum Our past told 720 Main St. 785.690.7900
Eudora Parks and Recreation Parks, pools and leagues 1630 Elm St. 785.542.1725
Sonic Drive-In Nostalgic car-hop food 1420 Church St. 785.542.1799
Subway Customized sandwiches 318 E. 15 St. 785.542.2626
Sunflower State Dance Dance lessons 104 E. 20 St. #4 785.690.7200
Sweet Acres Inn Bed and breakfast 103 E. 7 St. 785.542.2466
Eudora Public Library Books, DVDS and public space 14 E. 9 St. 785.542.2496
Twin Oaks Golf Complex Tee time 1326 E. 1900 Rd. 785.542.2844
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calendar of events january
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Public schools closed for Teacher Workday
Wild Over Wellness (WOW) Community Health Fair and Eudora Lions 5K Run Eudora Public Safety Building; 10 am-12:30 pm
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Eudora Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner Blue Jacket Winery; 6 pm; eudorakschamber.com
EPRD ADULT VAN TRIP TO WAMEGO Leaves Community Center; 8 am
Public schools closed for Spring Break
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city offices and Schools closed to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day “Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
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History program by Eudora Area Historical Society Eudora Community Center (1630 Elm Street) 7 pm | Free event
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Kindergarten Round Up for fall 2017 By appointment
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Sunflower Weave Basket Guild Community Room, Eudora Parks and Rec. Dept.; noon-5 pm; eudoraparksandrec.org (event repeats this season on third Saturday of every month)
Schools Choir Music Concert Eudora High School; 6:30 pm
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Schools Band Music Concert Eudora High School; 6:30 pm
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| 18 | History program by Eudora Area Historical Society Eudora Community Center (1630 Elm Street) 7 pm | Free event
| 18 | 5th ANNUAL LEPRECHAUN DASH 5k Run/Walk through Eudora; 10:30 am
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Butterfly Garden Planting CPA Park, 1:30 pm
High School and Middle School Band Concert Eudora High School; 6:30 pm
| 15 | EASTER EGG HUNT For children through 5th Grade Lucy Kaegi Park/Rec Center; 1 pm
| 22 | Earth Day in Eudora Recreation Center, 1 pm Full schedule at eudoraparksandrec.org
For a full and updated calendar of events, go online at eudoraevents.com, eudoraschools.org, eudorapubliclibrary.org and eudoraparksandrec.org
| 13 | Eudora High School Graduation Eudora High School; 1 pm
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A new program helps feed community children who aren’t getting the nutrition they need
Volunteers with the Feeding Eudora program include, from left, Diane Massey, Pastor Shan (Shannah McAleer) and Lindsey Sanchez.
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This winter and spring, Eudora students will be in school learning and preparing themselves for the future. But something equally important is happening during the school year, say a group of community educators and volunteers—the kids are receiving at least one, and sometimes two, warm, balanced meals each day. Unfortunately, those meals do not always continue once summer break arrives. Though some students may be too embarrassed to make it known, for them, the end of the school lunch season also means the end of a consistent nutritional plan and a strike against their health and their growing bodies. Lindsey Sanchez, the children’s librarian at the Eudora Public Library, first saw the need for lunches when she noticed kids were not leaving the library premises to go home at lunch to eat. In fact, they weren’t eating lunch at all. “We started feeding them at the library with whatever we had,” Sanchez says. “But it started wearing on us that we needed to do something for the kids, especially over the summer.” Sanchez says the lunch program then came about quickly, without much formal planning. Soon, community volunteers were regularly serving about 100 kids lunch on the library lawn twice a week. In all, with the help of the Eudora Ministerial Alliance and the local community, they served about 1,200 children over six weeks last summer. “We were blessed and grateful that so many people from the community stepped up and said, ‘We know there’s a need, let’s help you fill it,’” she says. Now that there’s been time to contemplate what was created almost by accident, they’ve had time to give the program a formal name—Feeding Eudora—and a plan to make the program even better. Sanchez says the goal is to serve lunches three days a week in the summer of 2017, and expects about 4,000 lunches to be served. The organization is not backed by any federal, state or municipal funds. Sanchez says the program wouldn’t have been a success without the help of the Eudora Ministerial Alliance, composed of Eudora’s churches working in concert to help the community. The churches not only volunteered supplies, but also helped make and serve the food. A typical lunch included a ham or turkey sandwich, yogurt and fruit with a bottle of water, but for variety an occasional burrito lunch or grilled hot dog lunch would get the kids excited. Jeff Ingle, lead pastor at the Eudora Baptist Church, is excited to see the Feeding Eudora program grow not only because it’s good for the kids but also because it brings the community together. “It’s a joy to serve these kids, they’re so grateful and have wonderful attitudes,” Ingle says. “The kids love the lunches and they’re so polite, but they’re also funny. Since we’re at the library they’ll ask me what I’m reading. We have fun and energetic conversations—we get to know the kids and talk with them.”
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Ingle says that with the expanding program, there are plenty of opportunities for Eudora residents to get involved in helping out, from donating food and supplies to coming out and serving lunches. “There is no ownership of this program, we would love to have any and all to come out and join us,” Ingle says. “We want to pool our community resource and bring people together. It’s the joy of serving.” Programs such as this can be essential to a community’s youth, says Chris Tilden, director of community health for the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department. “There are a variety of important reasons, from kids’ learning abilities to their health later in life, that make a healthy diet critical,” Tilden says. “It’s really important in terms of development later in life. A number of chronic diseases that are now some of our leading causes of death—things like heart disease, hypertension, Type 2 diabetes and certain forms of cancer—we’re finding that some of those conditions are increasingly seen in younger kids, often as a result of unhealthy eating habits.” Feeding Eudora is now working to ensure that it can continue to assist the community in this way. Sanchez says the organization is in the process of applying for 501(c)(3) status. The group has a Facebook page where they post their wish list of donated items, which typically includes bottled water, paper bags and napkins, items that are easy to pick up and drop off. Sanchez notes that the winter and spring periods are the essential planning and coordination months to ensure that the group can meet its goals in the summer. Now that she’s been involved with the program and seen the need up close, she’s learned that lunch isn’t something to be taken for granted. “A lot of us look at lunch as something we do every day, it’s not a big deal, we don’t think about it. A lot of these kids do have to think about it. They don’t know where lunch is coming from,” she says. “Feeding Eudora overcomes that fear or embarrassment of not knowing if they’ll get a lunch, like every other kid does.” A Eudora native, Sanchez notes that being able to help local kids is something that gives great pride. “I think a lot of people don’t want to think that we have those kids in our community, but we do,” she says. “Helping these kids and making them see that people care about them is good for everybody.”
Volunteers are currently stocking up on goods and donations to prepare for the summer season when they expect to serve over 4,000 lunches to Eudora children.
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Volunteering Opportunities There are literally hundreds of opportunities to help out in the local community, says Shelly Hornbaker, volunteer center coordinator for the United Way Roger Hill Volunteer Center. “Most people have a good time, meet new friends they wouldn’t have otherwise and also learn a new skill,” she says. Hornbaker suggests those interested visit the United Way of Douglas County’s website at volunteerdouglascounty.org. She also welcomes walk-ins or will visit with people over the phone (785-843-6626, ext. 301) about volunteer opportunities. It’s a fulfilling feeling to give back to the community says Jeff Ingle, lead pastor at Eudora Baptist Church. He calls it “the joy of serving.” Here are just a few ongoing opportunities to help out locally: Eudora Food Pantry at St Paul United Church of Christ Open to public at 738 Church St. for distribution on Wednesdays 10-noon. Volunteers can call to arrange food drop-off at any time during the day. Contact: Sue Neustifter (785) 865-9880 or (785) 542-1582
Douglas County Senior Resource Center Delivers meals to seniors in need across Douglas County, including Eudora. Volunteers are needed in Eudora on weekdays between 10:30 am-1 pm. Contact: Meals coordinator Johnetta Brown, volunteer coordinator Shari Milar, or Michelle Meier (785) 727-7871. Audio-Reader A reading service for the blind and printdisabled of Kansas and western Missouri, volunteers read newspapers, magazines and books for Audio-Readers’ 6,000 listeners. Contact: Jennifer Nigro, jnigro@ku.edu or (785) 864-4604 Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Douglas County Big Brothers Big Sisters matches caring mentors with children who need the friendship of a special adult in their lives. Carefully screened volunteers provide children with one-on-one attention in their communities and schools. Contact: Mark Gordy, mgordy@kansasbigs. org, (785) 843-7359 Cottonwood Inc. Helping people with disabilities shape their own future, Cottonwood Inc. provides employment to people with developmental disabilities in the Lawrence area. Volunteers are needed to help teach skills such as packaging items and making boxes. Contact: Phil Bentzinger, pbentzinger@ cwood.org, (785) 840-1605
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‘The Lodge’ Couple renovate a property with rich history for their home and business
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Susan Rider Pelzel says she always wanted to buy a “fixer upper” in a place “where you know the people.” When her husband Joe Pelzel saw a for-sale sign on the downtown location of 726 Main, she knew they found the right property. Not too big, not too small, a little dirty “but not beat up,” is how Susan, a Eudora native who lived several years in Texas, describes the condition of the two-story brick property when they bought it in 2014. Since then, the Pelzels have been renovating the 1891 neoclassical, 4,000 square-foot location with connections to a financial pyramid scheme, a story common for the time. The building’s history begins in 1882 when the Ancient Order of United Workers (AOUW) founded Eudora Lodge #112, the group that later constructed the two-story building. An organization that spawned numerous imitators, the AOUW had its heyday from 1880 to 1900. Similar to other fraternal lodges, the group held quasi-religious rituals. However, the main purpose of the AOUW was to provide funds for families after a lodge member’s death—a centuries-old burial society practice. These funds came from member dues. Because each member paid the same amount, AOUW lodges depended on dues from a continual influx of new, preferably younger, members, to offset costs paid out. The organization’s design, in effect a pyramid scheme, proved unsustainable. Some comparable organizations, such as the Topekabased Knights and Ladies of Security, which shared the AOUW upstairs space, evolved into what we now recognize as a thriving, modern retirement savings and insurance company—Security Benefit. And as the AOUW faltered, the Eudora chapter of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Kansas persevered. Formed in 1869, this Eudora Lodge #83 met at the 711 Main gathering place of another mutual aid organization, the International Order of Odd Fellows Lodge #42. The Masons later rented the AOUW building, bought it for $800 in 1938, and remodeled it during the 1950s. Like their predecessors, the Masons held meetings upstairs and rented out the first floor, which hosted numerous businesses throughout the years. From 1897 to 1940, Gus Ziesenis used the first-floor space for his leather horse goods business. Later, it would host several restaurants, including Grandma’s Magic Kitchen, Black Cat Café, Cutter’s Smokehouse & Pub, Maria’s Restaurant, The Border restaurant, C. J.’s Bar-B-Que, Pancho’s Mexican, Bichelmeyers’ Barbecue, Abbot’s Café, and Martins Café. In recent years, after the Eudora Masonic lodge combined with the DeSoto lodge, the second floor sat empty aside from a few furnishings and a nineteenth-century safe.
LEFT: Susan Pelzel sits in the second-story window of the historic downtown building that she and her husband are renovating as a business and residence.
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In 1899, the Knights and Ladies of Security posed outside this building (above), which had long ties to Mason groups (left) and first-floor businesses (right).
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The building’s history begins in 1882 when the Ancient Order of United Workers (AOUW) founded Eudora Lodge #112, the group that later constructed the twostory building.
That safe now belongs to the Pelzels, who saw the building’s promise and have been tearing out layers of add-ons to showcase the original structure. “The basement has been cleaned out. We have pretty much gutted the downstairs, exposed the brick and ceiling, and are redoing all the lighting,” Susan said. The result of their hard work is now visible in The Lodge, a venue the Pelzels opened in December for receptions and gatherings on the ground floor. To ready their living quarters on the second floor, they and son Reid first pulled off the lime plaster walls to reveal brick walls. A subsequent acid wash brightened the brick and brought out its color. After ripping out the ceiling, they found 30-foot handcut oak beams that span the entire width of the building and now will be the focal point of the Pelzels’ kitchen and living room areas. Then, there’s been the repair of the 10-foot-high rope-and-pulley windows that have been re-hung with new sash cords. The Pelzels have replaced the sash cords, but have kept the original pulley system and the original windows. The wood doors with brass hardware remain a work in progress. “One has a ‘who goes there?’ hole, a peephole about the size of a small dinner plate used in their meetings,” Joe says. Those doors will be in the upstairs skylight-lit living room with a kitchen to one side. Three rooms to the other side will be a bedroom and offices. Two bathrooms also are planned. The Pelzels’ goal is to begin living upstairs in their downtown investment during the next year. To move in, they’ll have to carry their belongings up a flight of steps. The stairs are not bad,” says Susan. “It’s good exercise.”
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An interactive whodunit mystery helps students learn about science and builds connections to community officers
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“When I was in school, I had to do something to learn, not just pick up a book,” says Caleb Lewis. Now, working in the Eudora Police Department, Corporal Lewis is back in the classrooms as the Eudora Public Schools’ resource officer and helps direct a beyond-the-books learning program that would have appealed to him as a student. For the second year, Lewis and seventh grade science teacher Roberta LaFontaine have created a mock crime scene and led students through a week of gathering evidence, analyzing data and preparing a report to present to their classes. “This gets them more involved in science,” says Lewis. “When we do something like this, something more hands-on, it gets them excited.” The program kicks off with presentations by real-life officers and investigators on how to gather information and evidence at a crime scene. The officers encourage students to be detailed, ask questions and check all possible sources of evidence—good lessons from the field that apply equally well to homework assignments. Then, the students are taken to the school library to see the scene of a mock robbery. They interview a victim and are given 15 minutes to collect fingerprints, footprints and even DNA samples. Just as professional investigators would do, the students take their evidence back to their office (in this case, the classroom) for analysis. At this point, they are not allowed to return to the crime scene and must rely only on the information they have gathered. “Good notes are paramount in a crime scene,” says Tom Willis, a sergeant with the Eudora Police Department who assists with the program. “Once you leave a crime scene, you are done–you can’t collect more evidence.” This was a truth several of the students learned the hard way as they analyzed the evidence and realized what they had missed. “Our group made the mistake of not fingerprinting the victim,” explains Dakota Copeland. “We don’t know if it was his fingerprints that we found, or the suspect’s.” For many students, these lessons were an entertaining and informative insight to a possible career. “It was really fun, to talk about the crime scene and get the fingerprints,” says student Ally Hedrick. “It’s good education for if you want to be a police officer.” Fellow student Zoey Russell adds, “I thought it was really fun, and it was a good chance for us to learn. Some of us might want to do this when we get older.” “If we ever want to be a cop, now we can know a little of what we have to do,” agrees student Avaughn Little. LEFT: Eudora Middle School student Joe Faircloth, Corporal Caleb Lewis, and Eudora Middle School student Mackenzie Mayertook part in the school’s investigative research program. right: Mackenzie Mayer
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For two years, Corporal Caleb Lewis and officers of the Eudora Police Department have worked with Eudora Middle School teacher Roberta LaFontaine to direct a special program that teaches investigation techniques--as well as math, science and research skills--to students.
Eyewitness statements Takeaways and advice from the Eudora Middle School investigation project “Collect as much evidence as possible, even if it sounds funny.” —Dayton Fraser “We should have planned out our questions before we went down there.” —Hailey Nelson “Next time we need to use our time more wisely. We got some things done, but we should have gotten more things done.” —Zoey Russell “This kind of shows what type of person you are—if you a person who tends to plan out things before you do it then you will be good at this. But if you just go into things without actually thinking about them, it’s not as good for you.” —Maizey Orr “You can never have too much information or ask too many questions. It’s your job to be nosy.” —Sergeant Lewis
Even if a student doesn’t grow up to be an officer, the professional investigators and police staff say that the experience teaches valuable lessons. “I think it’s important for kids to get an idea of what we really do.” Willis says “It’s not like what you see on TV. The crime doesn’t get solved in 30 minutes.” The public’s tendency to mistake televised dramas for real-life police work is what Lewis describes as the “CSI effect” (after the popular television show). He says he hopes this project helps counter these misperceptions by giving students insight into the reality of solving a crime. Lewis and LaFontaine stress that the program also builds important skills. After all, in order to carry out the investigation, the students record data, use a microscope, analyze patterns and carry out a range of activities that would otherwise be perfectly described as “learning.”
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“We want to show them the importance of math, science and English outside of the classroom,” Lewis says. “Sometimes kids are not all that interested in science, but when they can do a hands-on activity they realize ‘Hey, this is something I can use outside of the classroom.’” “I try to make science as real to the students as possible,” says LaFontaine. “For them to make connections between what we learn and do in class with the real world is always my goal. Hopefully this activity has sparked some interest in a career in science that wasn’t there before.” Eventually Lewis hopes to incorporate all aspects of solving a crime, including a mock trial. For now he is pleased the students enjoy the project … and is quite certain that soon, for the benefit of science and education, another library mystery is about to occur.
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The following is a list of Eudora businesses, advertisers, regional ventures, and members of the Eudora Chamber of Commerce. If your local business is missing from this section, please contact Sunflower Publishing representative Ariele Erwine at aerwine@sunflowerpub.com to be included in the next edition. Learn more about membership at cityofeudoraks.gov. All business addresses are Eudora, KS, unless otherwise noted.
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Shoe Fits
From her home in Eudora, a businesswoman keeps one eye on a global manufacturing network and the other on footwear fashion In the spring of 2014, Helen Ketcham and her husband, Charlie, found themselves in a hotel in Dongguan, China, nearly 8,000 miles from their quiet home in Eudora, Kansas. They were in search of shoes. Specifically, they were in search of someone who could manufacture shoes. And for a while, it looked like Ketcham’s dream was not going to become a reality. That dream goes back to the small town of Odd, in the heart of the West Virginia Appalachian Mountains. This is where Ketcham was born and where her family lived in a tiny home on a patch of land cut out of the woods on her grandfather’s property. While still a teen, Ketcham moved to Chicago and took her first job as a clerk in a Florsheim shoe store. Her tenure there, however, didn’t last one day. As a young woman accustomed to the fresh mountain air, she promptly passed out from the overwhelming smell of treated leather. Ketcham jokingly remarks that it was her way of “giving notice.” Her career in the shoe industry was postponed for several decades as Ketcham raised a family, pursued other jobs and—after meeting a dashing Kansan—landed in Eudora to start a new life. Here, she turned to an idea that she had developed a few years earlier and that brought her back to the footwear industry. After a painful operation on her feet that left her unable to wear normal shoes, Ketcham simply cut the toes out of a pair of jogging shoes. She remembers that she Continued on page 29
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Winter/Spring 2017 Bill’s Accounting & Tax Service 727 Main St. ................................ (785) 542-1005
Davenport Winery 13948 1900 Rd. ................................ (785) 542-2278
Bluejacket Crossing vineyard and Winery 1969 N. 1250 Rd ................................ (785) 542-1764 W: bluejacketwinery.com
Desoto Veterinary Clinic 33900 Lexington Ave DeSoto, KS 66018 ................................ (913) 585-1115
Byrne’s Pharmacy 600 E. 20th St. ................................ (785) 542-2533 W: byrnespharmacy.com
Edward Jones Jeff Peterson 730 New Hampshire Suite 212 Lawrence, KS 66044 ................................ (785) 843-1371
C-Hawkk Construction, Inc. 527 Main St. ................................ (785) 542-1800
Eudora Amateur Baseball and Softball Association Eudorabaseball@gmail.com
Central Bank of the Midwest 1402 Church St. ................................ (785) 865-7620 W: centralbank.net
Eudora Animal Hospital 1905 Elm St. ................................ (785) 542-3265 W: eudoravet.com
City of Eudora 4 E. Seventh St. ................................ (785) 542-2153 W: cityofeudoraks.gov
Eudora Baptist Church 525 W. 20th St. ................................ (785) 542-2734 W: eudorabc.org
CLO’S MIDNIGHT FARM 2084 N. 600 Road Baldwin City, KS 66006 ................................ (785) 979-1889 W: midnight-farm.org
Eudora Community Learning Center 1310 Winchester Road ................................ (785) 542-1278 W: greenbush.org
Comfort Care Baldwin 232 Elm St. Baldwin, KS 66006 ..................................785) 594-2603 W: comfortcarebaldwin.com
Eudora Eye Care 101 W. 10th St., Suite C ................................ (785) 542-5522 W: eudoraeyecare.com
Country Road Farms 991 E 2400 Rd ................................ (785) 615-1290 COUNTRY SPA & GARDENS Country Floral 2152 N. 700 Road ................................ (785) 883-4944 W: countryspaandgardens.com W: country-floral.com D-Dubs Bar 10 W. 9th St. ................................ (785) 690-7212
Eudora Family Care 600 E. 20th St. ................................ (785) 542-2345 W: lmh.org Eudora Market on Main 724 Main St. ................................ (785) 691-6231 W: eudoramom.com Eudora Public Library 14 E. Ninth St. ................................ (785) 542-2496 W: eudorapubliclibrary.org
Eudora Schools: Unified School District No. 491 1310 Winchester Road ................................ (785) 542-4910 W: eudoraschools.org Eudora United Methodist Church 2084 N. 1300 Road ................................ (785) 542-3200 W: eudoraumc.org Eudora Yoga Center LLC 706 Main Street ................................ (785) 550-5928 W: www.eudorayogacenter.com Eurotec Vertical Flight Solutions 1040 OCL Parkway ................................ (785) 331-2220 W: eurotecvfs.com Fish Gardens Aquaponic Greenhouse 2036 N. 1000 Rd ................................ (785) 691-6231 Free State Guns + Tactical Weapons 218 E. 20th St ................................ (785) 542-5555 W: freestateguns.com Gambino’s Pizza 1402 Church St., Suite D ................................ (785) 542-2121 W: gambinospizza.com Gene’s Heartland Foods 1402 Church St. ................................ (785) 542-2727 W: eudora.heartlandfoodstores.com Glaser Williams 1125 John L. Williams Drive ................................ (785) 690-7381 W: glaserwilliams.com Great American Bank (Main Branch West Lawrence) 3500 Clinton Pkwy Lawrence, KS 66047 ................................ (785) 865-2999 www.greatambank.com
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H.P. Pelzer 1201 Cardinal Drive ................................ (785) 542-5700 W: hppelzer.com Hamm Quarry, L.L.C. 609 Perry Place Perry, KS 66073 ................................ (785) 597-5111 W: nrhamm.com Harger Construction ................................ (913) 620-6974 W: hargerconstruction.com Highpointe Financial Group Shaun Musick 10975 Benson Dr., Suite 350 Overland Park, KS 66210 ................................ (913) 234-0300 Hi-Tech Antifreeze 530 South Main ................................ (785) 542-1230 W: recyclingantifreeze.com His Hands Clothing 736 B Main St. ................................ (785) 690-7220 Holy Family Catholic Church 820 Birch St. ................................ (785) 542-2788 W: holyfamilyeudora.com Homeland building concepts 112 E. 20th St. ................................ (913) 449-9579 W: homelandbuildingconcepts.com Hometown Graphics 1018 E 2100 Rd ................................ (785) 542-0516 W: hometowngraphics.com Honeycreek Disposal ................................ (913) 369-8999 W: honecreekdisposal.com Integrity Midwest Insurance 711 Main St ................................ (785) 542-2000 W: integritymidwestins.com
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Jayhawk Dental, L.L.C. 826 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66044 ................................ (785) 843-9122 W: jayhawkdental.com
John Hay DDS 104 W. 20th St. Suite 3 ................................ (785) 542-9105 W: johnhhaydds.com Kansas Secured Title 1410 Kasold Drive Suite A-18 Lawrence, KS 66049 ................................ (785) 843-2830 W: kstdouglas.com Kaw Valley State Bank 739 Main St. ................................ (785) 542-4200 W: kawvalleystatebank.com Kenneth O. von Achen: Chartered Architects 40555 W. 103rd St. ................................ (785) 542-2410 W: http://kovaca.com Lawrence Memorial Hospital 325 Maine St. Lawrence, KS 66025 ................................ (785) 505-5000 W: lmh.org
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LMH Eudora Therapy Services 600 E. 20th St. ................................ (785) 505-2712 W: lmh.org Mateo Chiropractic 1402 Church St., Suite C ................................ (785) 542-5400 W: mateochiro.com McGrew Real Estate Caren Rowland 1402 Church St., Suite E ................................ (785) 979-1243
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Mutual Savings Association 801 Main St. ................................ (785) 542-2123 W: mutualwave.com Open Hearts Early Education Program 2084 N 1300 Road ................................ (785) 542-3200 W: eudoraumc.org Owens Flower Shop 846 Indiana St, Lawrence, KS 66044 ................................ (785) 843-6111 W: owensflowershop.net PBJ Studio LLC 2 West 10th Street ................................ (785) 218-1279 W: www.pbj-studio.com Prime Martial Arts Eudora 104 W 20th St #2 ................................ (785) 690-7303 W: primeataeudora.com Protocol96 ................................ (785) 542-9155 W: protocol96.com R.D. Johnson Excavating Co. 1705 N. 1399 Rd. Lawrence, KS 66046 ................................ (785) 842-9100 W: rdjohnsonexcavating.com The Refuge Christian Church 1526 Maple St ................................ (785) 917-2263 W: www.refugecc.us Rock Family Chiropractic 1402 Church St., Suite E ................................ (785) 542-2118 W: rockfamilychiropractic.com SERC PHYSICAL THERAPY 218 E. 20th St., Suite A ................................ (785) 542-3333 W: bmrp.com/serc Shepard Plumbing & Construction 717 Main St. ................................ (785) 542-2737
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“whittled and whittled to get the extra strings off to make sure people wouldn’t laugh at my shoes.” Not only did people not laugh, but they often approached her and asked her where they could buy them. Realizing she might have a successful product on her feet, Ketcham began searching for a patent attorney and began the long process of protecting her idea. Once that process was complete, she contacted manufacturers in China and began perfecting her idea.
St. Paul United Church of Christ Karen Troutman 738 Church St. ................................ (785) 542-2785
Warren-McElwain Mortuary 1003 John L. Williams Drive ................................ (785) 843-1120 W: warrenmcelwain.com
State Farm Insurance Keith Nowland 218 E. 20th St., Suite B ................................ (785) 542-3276 W: keithnowland.com
Watts Rental Properties 1009 E. 13th Ct. ................................ (785) 865-8951
Sunflower Publishing 645 New Hampshire St. Lawrence, KS 66044 ................................ (785) 832-7257 W: sunflowerpub.com SUNFLOWER STATE DANCE 104 W. 20th St., Suite 4 ................................ (785) 690-7200 W: sunflowerstatedance.com Sweet Acres Inn 103 E. 7th St. ................................ (785) 542-2466 W: sweetacresinn.com VIDAN DENTAL 103 W. 10th St. ................................ (785) 542-2993
Westerhouse, Inc. 104 E. 20th St. #1 ................................ (785) 542-2707 W: westerhouse.com WilLaDrew Photography 722 East 12th Street ................................ (785) 218-8448 W: www.willadrewphotography.com Wilkerson, Saunders, & Anderson, DDS 831 Vermont St, Lawrence, KS 66044 ................................ (785) 843-6060 W: thedentistinlawrence.com WOLFF DIAGNOSTIC AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR 208 E. 20th St. ................................ (785) 542-5152 W: wolffauto.com WOW! 1 Riverfront Plaza, Suite 301 Lawrence, KS 66044 ................................ (785) 841-2100 W: wowway.com
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Not only did people not laugh, but they often approached her and asked her where they could buy them. “When I first designed the shoe, I cut it out, and it was a bit floppy when I walked in it,” says Ketcham. “So I had the people in China design the shoe so that the little toes on each foot were covered and could bend.” That tweak helped the shoe’s stability and gave it the unique “four-toe peek” design that it continues to carry since Ketcham formally opened the business in July 2016. Now, Ketcham is the creator, owner and operator of her own Eudora-based international business, OpeToz. Ketcham says because her work is global, it does not necessarily matter where she is based, but “Eudora is a good place” for business and quality of life. The relative quiet of the region allows her plenty of time and peace to perfect her internet marketing game and to work on new designs. Already, she is thinking of a boot variation for her distinctive footwear, a new line that she describes as “a boot with a jogging-shoe attitude.”
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