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& Greet with Tonya Bolte

A Space of Their Own

New trends in study habits, textbook usage, and group lessons have led to the creation of vibrant, popular, open study spaces

Patents

Eudora inventors and innovators have a long history of creating and registering new designs, tools, implements and more

Connectivity

How pathways and improved road routes create a more connected, unified city

The Mighty Cardinals

young female athletes are making sports

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on the cover. Members of the 2022 Eudora High School crosscountry team include (from left): Abby Keltner, Addison Metcalf, Lizabeth Mueting and Addison Williams. Photograph by Jason Dailey.

meet & greet with… Sheena Boden

co-owner of Gambino's Pizza

Where were you born?

Lawrence, Kansas.

When did you begin doing business in Eudora?

1998

What are some things about running a restaurant that people might not realize?

There is absolutely nothing about running a restaurant that is easy. I am on call every day, and we are open 362 days of year.

What are the most popular topping orders that you receive?

The most popular topping is pepperoni and the most popular pizza ordered in Eudora is the Mobster Pizza.

In your opinion, what is the ideal number of toppings for a pizza?

Six, with a mixture of meats and veggies and maybe some pineapple.

Who can predict the weather better—television meteorologists or your pizza dough?

Our pizza dough won’t predict the weather, but it will always tell us if the water temperature is off.

These are both triedand-true favorites and really haven’t changed in the past 20-plus years that I have worked.

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I started working at Gambino’s in 1998; that was when you could actually start working at a younger age it was the summer before my freshman year of high school. It was a lot of new things to learn.

We don’t open on Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas. We usually open on regular business hours for New Year’s Day and that evening is really busy I think a lot of after-party people are wanting deliveries. It is odd which holidays tend to be busy. People think our busiest day might be Super Bowl Sunday, and that is busy, but it isn’t our busiest. Valentine’s Day is really busy especially if it is on a weekday. A lot of this is families who are getting heart-shaped pizzas.

How did Covid affect your business?

Well, it was obviously a major shift in our business. We had to shut down our salad bar and buffet, which were a major attraction. We literally had people calling us every day asking when we would reopen, and we have now slowly brought back the salad bar and buffet, and the buffet is doing well, but our dine-in traffic is definitely down from what it was prior to Covid. We do, definitely, have more pick-up and delivery customers, and we still do deliveries where we leave the pizza at your door, as well as curbside pick-up if someone requests that.

Were you affected by supply shortages?

We had to make some changes. For example, we had to take the Reuben off the menu because its corn beef just got so expensive, and the price we would have had to have charged would have been ridiculous. And sometimes the shortages are the weirdest things, like all of the sudden we couldn’t get our normal cups. Things happened like that with multiple items and it is still happening with some supplies more than with main ingredients. But our franchise helps find substitutes that we can use.

What is your advice for someone considering setting up a business in Eudora?

Be ready to dedicate your life to it.

What are three Eudora businesses or organizations doing things right, and what are they specifically doing that makes the community a better place?

1) Eudora Schools 2) Zeb’s Coffeehouse and 3) Barbwire Barbecue. All of these places have an extreme sense of community and stay very active in giving back, which is what it takes.

What is your favorite season in Eudora, and why?

I don’t know whyOctober is our busiestmonth. I think it is because school is fullyback in swing, activitiesare ramping up andfamilies are looking fora nice, quick meal to fitin their schedule.

Fall with the leaves changing colors. It’s very pretty, and October is our busiest month of the year.

You are given a vacant lot in Eudora and several million dollars of investment. What business/ attraction would you create? Why?

Well, my husband says a skate park. Why not?

Even when you’re not at your business, there is always a problem that could demand your attention. It could be anything from “we’re really busy and need your help” to “the cooler isn’t working” or “water is shooting from this area of the kitchen!” And if someone doesn’t show up, then I’m the first call, and if no one can come in, then it’s me. It doesn’t matter what you have going on, you have to come in. I’m lucky that Aaron, my husband, is my co-owner. Between Aaron and me, we switch off so someone can come in and someone can take care of the kids. it’s helpful to have a partner that knows the business and understands that anything can happen at any time. We definitely work as a team, and I don’t know what it would be like if you have a partner who didn’t understand that. We also both have siblings who can come over and watch the kids in a pinch, and having family nearby is a must. I’m also lucky enough to have an awesome staff and I have a couple of managers who have been there for a long time, 10 years. They know what to do. In the event of an emergency, they are going to call me, but they try to give me time off when I go out of town, which is a rare.

meet & greet with… Tonya Bolte

owner/head instructor of Forge Martial Arts

Where were you born?

Merriam, Kansas.

Where else have you lived?

Topeka, Kansas City, and then Eudora since 2011.

What was your first job?

I started babysitting for several family friends when I was 12. But my first paycheck came when I was in high school and I worked at TCBY in Topeka. I then went to college and graduated in 2003 with an associate of science degree and am a certified physical therapist. I have worked in long-term care in some capacity since graduating.

When did you begin studying tae kwon do?

2016

What is your signature tae kwon do move?

If you ask any of my students, they’ll tell you: the number 3 sidekick. It is probably the move I use the most when I spar. It is a very versatile kick; I can turn it into something else and use it to set up other things. Tae kwon do means “hands and feet,” but I’m more reliant on my legs.

I am able to bridge my physical therapy knowledge especially the importance of balance and physical strength over to my tae kwon do teachings and carry over some tae kwon do knowledge to physical therapy. For example, in tae kwon do, there are modifications for students with special abilities; a lot of these modifications are done seated, and they still get the benefits of working on core strength, rotation, and arm strength.

My son started studying martial arts when the Eudora school opened in 2014. About a year later, I was given a uniform to try out kickboxing. I started tae kwon do in January 2016. Initially, I liked the structure it had. It gave me a challenge, then allowed me to put the moves the kicking and boxing techniques to practical purposes instead of just going out and hitting pads. My son continued studying; he started when he was 4 and is now a first-degree black belt at 11. And I’ve been doing tae kwon do ever since.

What has your job teaching tae kwon do taught you that you apply to your personal life?

Studying martial arts has taught me so much over these past 7 years—confidence, perseverance, and leadership are some of the big lessons. If you told me 10 years ago that today I would not only be a 2nd-degree black belt but that I would be the head instructor and owner of the martial arts school I trained at to earn that black belt I would have laughed at you. If you would have told me that I would host a lunch-and-learn for the Eudora Chamber of Commerce where I had to talk in front of the chamber members and teach them some basic self-defense, I probably would have told you that absolutely doesn’t sound like me. But tae kwon do has taught me how to overcome things that are hard at first. It has given me a place to grow not just physically, but mentally and with my character as well. I owe a lot of who I have become these past 7 years to martial arts and those who have instructed and inspired me.

What are some misconceptions about tae kwon do or martial arts?

Many people think my profession is about teaching people how to punch and kick, but actually it is much more about important life skills such as perseverance, discipline, respect, attitude, confidence, focus, self-control and setting goals and working hard to achieve them.

What have you learned from your students?

I learn something from my students every single time I step onto the mat to teach. Teaching martial arts has shown me how much of an impact every single person has in this world, and my students have had a huge impact on me. I get to watch them overcome fears, grow in confidence and character, have ah-ha moments, improve both physically and mentally and so much more.

You are given a vacant lot in Eudora and several million dollars of investment. What business/ attraction would you create? Why?

I would like to see a park and splash pad that is inclusive for all abilities. It would be a place that had surfaces and equipment that children and adults of all abilities could walk and/or roll on. It might have sensory areas and areas for kids to explore and be creative. I love seeing more of these kinds of parks popping up everywhere. I feel all kids, no matter what their ability level is, should have a chance to play and be a kid.

This is the demonstration where Carol Wohlford from the library broke a board! You can see a video of it online. You can do this at almost any age. I like people to know it is not just for kids. My husband and I didn’t start until our mid-30s. We have a friend who started in their 60s and is now in their 70s.

I’m proud of all my students. Some of them choose to compete, and this past year we had 6 students compete in our association’s world championship and two of them won. Lexi Baumann won a world title in sword sparring (girls, second-degree black belt division, ages 11 12) and Treven Gill he won basically everything in his category (boys, first-degree black belt, special abilities), including traditional forms, traditional weapon, sword sparring, point sparring and escrima sparring.

In the tae kwon do world, there is a way to modify everything to make sure everyone gets to do what they wish. Sometimes the adaptations we make when teaching are not physical, sometimes they are cognitive or sensory or something else; but we find ways to modify so that people can access the class. For example, I have one student who wears ear plugs because otherwise they find they are too stimulated by all the noise. We were trying to figure out what to do and his mother suggested this approach, which was perfect.

A Space of Their Own

New trends in study habits, textbook usage, and group lessons have led to the creation of vibrant, popular, open study spaces

If you walk through the libraries at Eudora Middle and High schools, you’re likely to see a lot of activity. Students meeting with each other, going over work with paras and tutors, or just exchanging ideas.

The idea of libraries as quiet spaces only is no more, but librarian Gretchen Schreiner isn’t complaining. She’s thrilled to see the activity. “We’ve always had paras bringing in groups of students for a quiet space, but the usage has gone up,” she notes. “It’s just a great space to teach and learn.”

All this activity comes from a policy decision to create new spaces in the schools. In the high school, educators reimagined the library’s layout to create sub-sections with partitions and other semi-contained divisions. The school also did away with lockers to make these spaces extend beyond the library. Add in some versatile, rearrangeable furniture, and the school had lounge-like gathering areas where students immediately began

congregating. “It’s their own space,” says Schreiner, who estimates usage of library space increased by a whopping 90 percent. “It’s just a hit.”

It wasn’t long until the middle school followed suit. Shanda Hurla, executive director of Eudora Schools Foundation, says the goal was to bring students and educators back together after being apart during the Covid school closings. “One thing that we have been aware of is that spaces in classrooms at schools are changing,” she says. “I think there’s a move in education of having more collaboration, not only among students but collaboration among teachers.” Just recently, English teachers at the middle school combined their classes into these open study and collaboration areas.

Though the decision to do away with lockers might surprise any of us in older generations who fondly remember posters, mirrors, and personalized decorations of lockers as our own space, Hurla says

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Students gather at one of Eudora High School's open-space lounge spots.

OPEN

Fall 2020: Eudora High School launches project.

January 2021: Eudora High School completes project.

Fall 2021: Eudora Middle School begins project and continues setting up new areas into summer 2022.

Spring 2022: Eudora Middle School completes project after shipping backlogs and furniture shortage.

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the decision to do away with the lockers was an easy one in respect to this generation of students. Most of current students’ resources are online, so they’re not carrying as many books. She also notes that classroom learning is changing rapidly, and the Foundation was eager to keep up with the trends they saw at other schools (they previously had toured nearby schools in Basehor-Linwood and Lawrence to see what was implemented).

“We began discussions of what would it look like to be able to provide our students with flexible learning spaces. A lot of districts that are doing remodeling, those are the types of spaces that they’re building and putting in,” she says. “In terms of the Schools Foundation, we work with the district to find out needs that they have, or their students have, and we work to learn how to serve those needs by creating partnerships or helping financially or going after outside grants. We were in on this process, and we were very interested because we could see the potential in terms of learning environments.”

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As educators found during the initial high school library renovation, a lot of the plan’s success depended on placing furniture that could adapt to the learning spaces as needed. That same furniture was on backorder when it came to creating the middle school’s spaces due to pandemicrelated delays, but it was ready for the 2022 school year.

The Foundation couldn’t have been more pleased with the results. “What we have seen is the use of these spaces has exploded. We never dreamed of just how important space is and having good space in terms of what can be used and the possibilities of that,” says Hurla. “I remember when we did the grand opening, and we did a student grand opening, and that was during Covid time. It was a hard school year, and we needed something for the students to think about.”

Schreiner agrees. Looking over her library, she sees a space that was previously underused and is now bustling with all sorts of activities. Teachers are moving their students around, getting their blood flowing, and adjusting the spaces to fit their needs. Clubs, classes, and sometimes just friends are all filling the space. “Through Covid and everything, I think so many people just wanted a space where you feel comfortable and at home,” says Schreiner. “You know how when you travel, you have to find a little nook of your own to settle into every day, and these spaces have provided a lot of that to these students.”

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Hometown Patents

Ever thought of a way to make something a little bit better? Or how about completely different? For at least 150 years, Eudorans have been coming up with ideas for new machinery, gadgets, processes, or other inventions. Online databases attest to how many Eudorans have received patents and exclusive rights for their ideas from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

W.W. Cole and T. McGhee’s 1869 potato digger was the earliest patent granted to a Eudora resident.

“Our invention has for its object to furnish an improved machine for digging potatoes, which shall be simple in construction, easily operated, and effective in operation,” wrote the inventors in describing their device.

The digger featured a shovel-plow in the front, which would break the earth, followed by a series of radial “arms” that would unearth the potatoes, along with blades to cut off any long vines still attached to them.

This invention was followed by William Lindsley’s 1870 patent for a “drop-door animal trap,” primarily targeting rats, according to his description.

Two years later, Paul Rote filed a patent for a washing machine. Rote described the invention as featuring a

unique “jockey-stick” and “dasher bar” to agitate the clothes in such a way that “by the floating clothes passing back through the opening of the dash no packing or wadding of the clothes is experienced and all parts are washed alike.”

Improving farming practices continued to be a focus for Eudora innovators. In 1885, Phil Wagner patented a fence construction that effectively stapled metal rails across fence posts to avoid moisture-rotted wooden fencing. Six years later, William Cole patented his 1891 wired comb, claiming it was more effective than conventional curry combs for “smoothing the horse’s coat and for removing … sweat, and mud.”

Eudora innovators broadened their scope of inventions. In 1893, Frederick Hinsey, a 23-year-old newspaper sketch artist, patented his multipurpose telescoping stake that tinsmiths could use in forming rolled shapes. In 1906, former city marshal Henry Oberholtzer, whose in-laws ran Eudora’s soda fountain at the time, patented his fastener for bottles and “the like.”

The number of patents filed from Eudora began to increase around 1920, especially in regard to clothing. In

Eudora inventors and innovators have a long history of creating and registering new designs, tools, implements and more

Eudora resident Michael Norton is production manager for Sterling Readiness Rounds, a Eudora-based company which patented a medical screening procedure during the Covid crisis. The company he works for is one of the latest in a long line of Eudora-based businesses/individuals to register a patent.

this time of cufflinks and before widespread use of the button-down collar, B.R. Evans devised a button for both shirt collars and cuffs, a novelty in 1920.

That same year, Albert Schooper decided that some fashion-conscious consumers might not want people to see the tips of their shoelaces, so he patented a new shoe tongue design that concealed the shoelace tips in a pocket behind the tongue. Mike Seiwald also focused on shoelaces with his 1921 one-lace, knotless configuration that could be quickly unfastened. Describing his invention, Seiwald wrote, “It will thus be seen that only one lace is used for each shoe and that there are no knots to tie or untie to lace or unlace the shoe.” And to match Schooper in his own game, Seiwald noted, “Also there are no unsightly ends or loops hanging from the top of the shoe as is the case [wh]en the laces are tied.”

Two other innovators focused on making automobile driving easier. In 1919, Melville Cole patented his mule-powered Kansas Road Shaver that smoothed dirt road surfaces, and Charles Drake obtained a crankshaft attachment patent in 1924. Drake used his device in the Eudora fan pulleys he built with Herbert Kaegi to more easily start the Ford motors sold by Alfred Eisele and Robert Gabriel on Main Street.

Often, Eudorans patented a device for use at their own companies. One was Albert Von Gunten, who received a 1952 patent (three years after his death at age 88) for a vertical tool support like the one used at his Eudora Beltless Specialty Machine Co., Inc. Leo Lauber, the founder of Orthopedic Casting Laboratory, patented several casting breakthroughs in the 1970s for his company that merged with M-PACT Worldwide, 1040 Ocl Parkway, which still markets Lauber’s patented OCL Splint Roll. Continually improving their product line, Eudora residents Francis D. Richardson and John A. Fox have patented eight ingenious upgrades for their company, Richardson Jumpstarters. One of the patents, Safety Start, is a jumpstart device for large vehicles that offers reverse polarity protection with a remote push button.

Sometimes innovations precede a company or business. That was true for Mathew and Cathy Cain, who started a business after emergency responders kept using their customized airboat

Eudora-based Orthopaedic Casting Laboratory's 1978 casting blank patent Phil Wagner's 1885 fence-post patent Albert Schooper's 1920 shoelace pattern patent

with a rear-mounted propeller. The Cains further developed their airboat model in 2008, patented its reinforced hull in 2014, and launched Rescue Master Airboats, Inc., now located in Kansas City.

Since 2008, eight additional Eudora residents have designed new patents held by their employers. Lori Coffman, for example, coinvented a 2008 dental tool for animals for Hills Pet Nutrition, Inc. In 2011, Chad Collins created an automated device for telecommunication networking that converts one standard (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) to another (ethernet or internet traffic); the patent is now held by Embarq Holdings Company, LLC. Procter & Gamble now holds the patents for many of Timothy Hubin’s cleaning compositions.

Jesse Montgomery, Eudora High School class of 2004, says companies often file patents to later obtain licensing royalties or other payments. Montgomery himself has a 2021 patent for an automatic supercut generator,

which he describes using an example of a device that could “automatically compile all battle scenes in Game of Thrones.” He also holds another patent for a 2021 custom video resource device, and he has one in process for sports betting. Montgomery notes that companies frequently harvest patents from employees’ suggestions and describes working at one national company where management will “get a pizza, have employees toss out ideas, and then intellectual property lawyers take the idea from there and do the research.”

The most recent Eudora patent on record came in April 2022 from the management and health resource company Sterling Readiness Rounds, which received a patent for a computerized health screening method for medical facility access.

In all, there are at least two dozen Eudora innovators with patents. There’s also many more who never bothered to obtain a patent. All of these innovations started with an idea— what’s yours?

Calendar of Events

SEPTEMBER ongoing

Grape Harvest

Volunteer to harvest grapes and enjoy a complimentary lunch at BlueJacket Crossing Vineyard and Winery throughout the season to October. bluejacketwinery.com

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Adult Corn Hole League

Opening of new adult corn hole league season with Eudora Parks and Recreation Department. Format is solo entry weekly round robin and goes for five weeks, each Wednesday, 5:30–6:30 p.m. eudoraparksandrec.org

OCTOBER 1

Great Kaw Adventure Race Eudora’s signature orienteering, obstacle-course, problem-solving team race adventure by boat, bike and foot; come to run or cheer on athletes and stay for post-event concerts. greatkawadventurerace.com

1

Turtle Trot

5k and 10k certified charity races are held as part of the EudoraFest celebrations. facebook. com/eudorafest

1

EudoraFest

Downtown community celebration of shopping, crafts, food and entertainment runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. facebook.com/eudorafest

1

Tennessee Mafia Jug Band

Evening musical performance by bluegrass/ roots band as part of the EudoraFest celebrations. facebook.com/eudorafest

1–2

Kaw Valley Farm Tour

For one weekend, dozens of farms, ranches and wineries across the Kaw Valley open up for visitors and the chance to meet the people who bring produce to local tables. kawvalleyfarmtour.org

14

Eudora High School Marching Band Glow Show

Musical nighttime performance at EHS athletic stadium of choreographed glow-inthe-dark band tunes; concert begins at 9 p.m.

20–21

No School

Eudora High School teacher workdays; Eudora Elementary and Middle schools parent-teacher conferences

30

Giving Garden Fundraiser BBQ Eudora’s nonprofit community garden holds a fundraiser dinner at Barbwire Barbecue with food and entertainment. Purchase advance tickets and read more information online at eudoragivinggarden.org/events

31

No School

Professional development day

TBD

Great Pumpkin Hunt Family-friendly pumpkin-hunt event is hosted by the Eudora Parks and Recreation Department.

TBD

Trunk-Or-Treat

Community Halloween celebration for area children will be sponsored by Eudora Parks and Recreation Department.

NOVEMBER 17

Eudora History Program

Hear insights into Eudora’s history from a local researcher or expert; part of an ongoing series of programs, topic to be announced. cityofeudoraks.gov/100/Eudora-CommunityMuseum

21-25

No School

All Eudora Public School classes closed for Thanksgiving break

DECEMBER tbd

Holiday Lights Hayrides

Eudora Parks and Recreation Department hosts hayrides through downtown Eudora to view holiday lights.

21–31

No School

Eudora teacher workday and winter holiday break for all public schools

JANUARY 5 Classes Resume

All public school classes return.

FEBRUARY 17

No School Teacher in-service day

20

No School

All public schools on holiday.

MARCH 10

No School

Eudora public schools release for teacher workday

13–17

No School

All public schools closed for spring break

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What & Where

Wakarusa River

City Hall

Old K-10

Schools

Recreation

Places

City Manager’s Office

US Post Office

Building Codes Office

Public Safety Building

Public Works Department

City Brush Dump

Eudora Public Library

Holy Family Catholic Cemetery

Eudora City Cemetery

Nottingham Center

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Eudora School District Office

Eudora Elementary School

Eudora Middle School

Eudora High School

Abraham Still Park

Pilla Park

CPA Park

Bluejacket Park

Paschal Fish Park

Lucy Kaegi Park

Asher Cohn Park

West Sports Complex

Disc Golf Course (9 hole)

Wakarusa River Boat Ramp

Kerr Field

East Sports Complex

Eudora Community Center

Babe Ruth Field

Southwest Cemetery

Charles Pilla House

Beni Israel Cemetery

Eudora Commuity Museum

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Connectivity

We’re driving in a city truck with Branden Boyd. He pulls us out of the municipal depot, the Eudora Public Works Department just north of the railroad tracks, and heads us south along Main Street. We pass Pilla Park, the core of Downtown on the 700 block, the statue of Paschal and Eudora Fish in the CPA Park, and then we’re making our way up the hill on the 900 block to the Fire Department and the intersection of Main Street. It’s a section of town that every Eudoran knows, and it’s fitting that our tour begins here—the historic, commercial, and cultural heart of Eudora.

“For me it’s the community,” says Boyd, who moved to Eudora as a high school student and chose to return after his university years. “I’m kind of a roots guy—where did your roots start? I don’t want to forget where our roots

are, the downtown, the place to come on the weekend with more of a hometown feel.”

Keeping Eudora’s distinct identity alive is not necessarily in Boyd’s job description as the director of public works. On paper, he and his crews are the officials who answer for the roads, the pipes, the drainage lines, and all the other mechanical guts of the city. But those are also the very things that define the limits and possibilities of a city’s growth, as well as its physical connections to its historic Downtown. In some sense, how well these services facilitate the flow of daily traffic and services represents the difference between a city that has become an interchangeable bedroom community along a major highway and a city that offers modern facilities while preserving access to its roots. There are

Why a buzz word among urban planners and community developers has real-world benefits for the future of Eudora

Traffic approaches the K-10 overpass on Church Street from the north. City officials say adjusting this stretch of road is a key element in improving the city's connectivity.

different terms and aspects for this goal, but city planners and developers often define this concept as a city’s “connectivity.”

The concept of “connectivity”

The idea of connectivity emerged with urban planners in the 1970s and has been given more attention in recent years as cities look at denser populations and the limits of infrastructure to endlessly expand. It has grown to include not just city services but also the idea of shared pathway connectivity, disability access, and walkability ratings. Standard measurements of connectivity are often presented in terms of a “spatial analysis” of access points between key destinations. But in practical terms, the best way to understand connectivity is to look at what happens when it doesn’t exist, and Boyd says a good example of that is the early growth of Eudora.

“The old grandfathers of the town really couldn’t have had foresight to say, ‘Okay, in 2022, the city will be roughly 7,300 people, and this is where the growth is going to go,’” says Boyd. So as growth began, developments were built in patches without consideration for how they might connect to one another one day. For example, entire subdivisions were built with 2-inch water lines, sufficient to supply one small group of houses, but well below the standard 8-inch water pipes currently required so that water can circulate into and through neighborhoods as it continues along its route to further outlying divisions.

This inability to anticipate the future as represented by the small water pipes is reflected in how streets were laid, how sidewalks were placed, how sewage lines went in and in other services essential to modern residential neighborhoods and commercial zones. In that light, “connectivity” is a development approach that seeks to anticipate and guide growth, to unify a community, both in the underground infrastructure and in the above-the-ground transportation routes by creating easy access from one area to another.

‘Filling in some of the gaps’

As the city looks at planning future development to keep new areas connected to the old, it is also looking at how to connect older areas to one another. Barack Matite, Eudora’s city manager, describes this retroactive connectivity as “filling in some of the gaps we know exist in city connections.”

One example of filling those gaps is an upcoming project to create a shared pedestrian and bike pathway along 10th Street, from Church Street to the elementary school and the ongoing sidewalk improvement along Church Street from 7th to 10th Street.

These pathways were areas identified in a 2012 “Pedestrian and Bicycle Facility Plan” that the city uses as a benchmark in identifying priorities for new projects. And the creation of pathways has also been one of main priorities of residents over the years.

“The most persistent feedback we have always gotten is connectivity, the need to connect neighborhoods to civic centers and the town,” Matite says. “I think when a lot of people talk about improving the community’s quality of life, it involves making Eudora walkable. If people can’t find a safe way to walk around a community, then their quality of life is diminished.”

Connectivity as quality of life Back in the city truck with Boyd, we’re approaching what is perhaps the most challenging aspect of connectivity in Eudora— the K-10 overpass. A Honda crossover has stalled in the shoulder of the southbound lane, further exacerbating the bottleneck traffic for this small, two-lane section that is the primary connection between the north and south sides of Eudora.

Boyd is going easy on the city fathers as we cross the bridge, noting that natural boundaries of the river, flood plains and county lines historically hindered the city from developing in any other direction. Nonetheless, the highway is an imposed barrier, which, more than anything else, interrupts the flow of all traffic and infrastructure through the city.

THE CHURCH STREET BRIDGE GRANT

The Office of the Governor of Kansas recently announced that the City of Eudora was awarded a grant of about $950,000 from the Department of Transporation Transportation Alternatives Program. The grant will cover the bulk of the $1.4 million K10/Church Street Shared Use Path project that will, in part, make improvements to the existing Church Street bridge, the crucial road and pedestrian artery linking north and south Eudora across Highway K-10.

The project includes construction of the following:

• An eight-foot-wide shared-use path, 2,600 feet in length

• ADA-compliant ramps at all intersections

• Ramps and retaining walls to accommodate elevation changes

• Concrete barriers to provide a separated path on the bridge over K-10

• Crosswalk signals and pavement markings for pedestrians

• A connection to the existing shared-use path at 20th Street

• A connection to the new sidewalks at the Nottingham Center on 15th Street to link Main Street and the neighborhoods north of K-10.

City officials who worked on the grant said the improvement will provide several benefits, including community connectivity and increased pedestrian safety, particularly for students walking to and from school or school events.

Construction on the project is expected to begin in 2023.

The city submitted this map along with its grant proposal for improving pedestrian access and safety across the much-traveled Church Street Bridge.

So the city has been studying ways to literally bridge this gap, winning a major grant to launch an ambitious new project (see related story on page 22) and laying the groundwork for connected pedestrian paths through the incoming Nottingham Center, up to and across the Church Street Bridge, and to the south sections of town beyond the high school and the middle school.

“K-10 is just where it’s at, and you have this major highway splitting the city. But I don’t think there is any desire from anyone to separate into old Eudora and new Eudora, into north Eudora and south Eudora,” Boyd says. “We have a good community feel, and I don’t want to lose that—that’s not what Eudora is about.”

“This is a quality-of-life issue. … We recognize we are one community, and, though we might be cut in half by K-10, we are cognizant of the fact that we do not want a north-south divide. We want all community amenities to be enjoyed by all Eudorans,” Matite says. “If we are able to create this connectivity around town, we are able to allow our residents and our community to prosper.”

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Why young female athletes are making sports history in Eudora

It’s 6:30 a.m. and a group of female crosscountry athletes are poised to start a 2-mile time-trial outside of Eudora High School. The overhead lights are still casting down from the parking lot and the sun has just come up, reluctantly through the overcast sky it seems, as the pack of nearly 20 runners breaks out, heading south for a long loop that will bring them back into the high school track for the finish. And they arrive there soon, the first runner at the 12:51 mark, not long after coach Jim Barnard has cut through the parking from the starting position to the finish line to catch each runner and time them as they come in, some with a final kick, some with a stumble and collapse, some stopping right at the line, others running through, some in packs racing one another to the line, some coming through alone—but all,

eventually, turning to cheer on their teammates or congratulate one another for their run.

“This competition helps you get better,” says team member Lizabeth Mueting. “It really pushes you.”

“And especially as the races get harder, you always have your friends [teammates] to lean back on,” adds team member Abby Keltner.

That combination of competitive and team spirit is necessary for sports like cross-country that record individual and collective team rankings, but it also seems to encapsulate the rising mood of girls’ team sports at Eudora High School.

Something is happening with Eudora girls’ sports teams. During the 2021–2022 school year, girls’ sports exploded in popularity, and accolades and trophies kept pouring into the

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district. “Last year was a historic year for female sports,” says Cara Kimberlin, Eudora High School’s activities director and assistant principal. “We had four league champions in girls’ sports alone. We brought home four state trophies. That has never happened in the history of Eudora sports.”

Perhaps contributing to this or as a result of this, enrollment numbers in girls’ sports teams are rising. At the start of the current school year, EHS had 20 girls out for cross country, 32 out for volleyball, and 14 out for golf (a total that is double what they had last year). Softball, track, basketball, and cross country all saw the young women leading the charge when it came to bringing home trophies. Kimberlin credits their leadership skills. “Last year’s senior class was a very unique group,” she knows. “Not only were they a very talented athletic group of girls across the board, but they also had a lot of very natural leadership skills. They were female athletes that the underclassmen would follow.”

The girls’ fall and winter sports programs now include cross-country, volleyball, golf, basketball and wrestling. The spring programs offer soccer, track, and softball, while cheerleading, dance and color guard are primarily fall and

winter squads. Kimberlin also credits the girls’ successes across these sports to their approach to learning and the coaches’ ability to recognize that. “Girls seem to have a tendency to be much more perfectionist, and they want to get it absolutely right, and that’s not always possible. So a lot of times, the hardest critic on a female athlete is the female athlete herself,” she says. “With guys, it kind of rolls off of them and they keep moving. But girls, in life and not just in sports, they can be very critical of themselves. So, there’s a mental toughness side to coaching female sports that our coaches are good with, and knowing how to build those kids up.”

Maddy Arnold is one of those athletes who built up not just her athletic skill, but her confidence through girls’ sports in Eudora. She fell in love with wrestling after joining halfway through the season. Almost immediately, she earned a varsity spot. “There was excitement, there was positivity,” she recalls of her first year. “There was an environment you really wanted to be in. That’s why I was like ‘Yeah, this is what I’m going to do.’”

There’s also a matter of weight class. Weight can be a significant and touchy issue for teen girls. To deal with the

process, the team aims up, rather than down, when it comes to weight classes to avoid having the girls crash diet and use unhealthy practices to manage their weight.

“I know a lot of girls, they’ll go up a weight class. I was going to shoot for 120 when I first started, but I was 123, so coach said ‘let’s bump you up so that you’re not constantly starving yourself,’” Maddy says. “It’s about finding the right weight class and sticking with it.”

That knack for knowing how to motivate and respect female athletes is exactly what Kimberlin looks for with coaches.

“In any sport, a coach has got to have patience. With girls’ sports, you have to have more patience,” she says. “I think coaches who coach female sports have to be very in tune to the personality of their kids. Girls perceive comments that are made to them differently. So, I think the coaches have to have a lot more patience. The relationships they build with their kids and knowing their kids’ personalities and how they interact with them can be different than some of the boys’ sports.”

Kimberlin also recognizes the value of activities like these outside of school and how they contribute to a person as a whole. “I know that the more kids get involved in extracurricular activities, the less trouble they’re in, the better their grades are, the better contributing person they become in society,” she says. “I want every kid that walks away from Eudora High School after they graduate to be able to look back years from now and know that they had a positive experience in extracurricular activities, from band to wrestling.”

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