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Volume 31 • Issue 5 March 2016

ON THE COVER Maize High senior wins Wichita State’s top honor | 16

Sandra Carlo almost didn’t apply for a $60,000 scholarship.

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City OKs new central library | 4

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Archer aims for national title | 5 Transplant recipient meets Royals pitcher | 10 Spring Home & Garden Guide | 21-31

Features Movie Review................................6 Performing Arts Calendar.........7 Cook’s Library...............................8 Dateline...........................................9 From the Publisher’s Files................................................11 People and Places....................12 Pet Smarts...................................14 Cinema Scene............................15 Focus On Business....................20 Wichita Homes..........................24

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Publisher Paul Rhodes Managing Editor Travis Mounts Graphics Abbygail Wells Reporters/Contributors Sam Jack, Amy Houston, Jim Erickson, Dr. Jason Albertson, Patsy Terrell

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Concert lineup revives feelings of youth, rebellion From what I’ve heard, Wichita is pretty excited about this year’s music lineup at Riverfest.

I know I’m probably as pumped as I’ve ever been, and I think over the years organizers have done a nice job of bringing in well-know and up-and-coming acts that appeal to a variety of tastes.

The festival also does a fantastic job of highlighting locals acts.

The Violent Femmes top my list. I first heard about this 1980s alternative band at a party while I was still in high school.

They seemed to capture the need for self-expression that went hand-in-hand with being 15 or 16 years old.

Simply listening to the Violent Femmes felt like an act of rebellion, a musical middle finger directed at no one in particular. My parents had no idea who the Femmes were. I’m sure they still don’t.

I doubt my parents today would see the Violent Femmes as the same kind of threat they probably would have back then, although I’m sure their indifference now would be the same as back then.

Just the name of Huey Lewis’ song “I Want A New Drug” got a strong reaction, at least until I explained what the song was really about.

Of course, a lot of acts have since come along that made the Violent Femmes look tame. And many former “scary” acts from my youth don’t seem so bad now. Some have essentially gentrified.

The sneer of Billy Idol, the seething sexuality of Morris Day...just classic acts now, I guess.

Every generation had bands that scared the hell out of their parents, too.

Elvis Presley and the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in generations before mine. Eminem and Marilyn Manson and NWA since then.

There are lots of other acts that I

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hope to see, too.

The Roots are absolutely fantastic and I hope to catch them live for the first time. If you don’t know them, they’ve been the house band for Jimmy Fallon for some time.

I wasn’t familiar with Elle King’s name, but her song “Ex’s & Oh’s” was seared into my brain last year. She’s definitely a great choice for Riverfest attendees in their teens and 20s, as well as those of us who still remember that age and don’t mind tapping into that energy now and again.

There is plenty of local flavor, and that flavor is varied: Moreland & Arbuckle, the Wichita Symphony Orchestra and O’Phil, just to name a few. There are many more acts, both local and national.

You can see them all for the price of a $10 button. That’s a steal compared to concerts at Intrust Bank Arena, and a bargain compared to local haunts like The Cotillion and The Orpheum (both of which do a fantastic job of bringing in great acts for reasonable prices).

That button is even cheaper early – you can get them for $7 between April 11 and May 5 at Cox Solutions Stores.

So when June rolls around, I’ll be out walkin’, I’ll strut my stuff, and I’ll be at the concerts at Riverfest.

You can reach Travis Mounts by email at news@tsnews.com or by phone at 316-540-0500.

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City OKs new central library

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The Wichita City Council voted in February to move ahead with plans for a new central library in Wichita.

The $33 million project will result in a 105,200-square-foot facility. It will be located at Second and McLean, across from Exploration Place.

“It’ll link downtown to the cultural corridor,” said Kellie Hogan, president of the Wichita Public Library Board.

The city council has authorized the issuance of bonds and approved putting the project out for bid. Funds also will come from the Wichita Library Foundation; Hogan said an $8 million capital campaign was underway and about $5 million of that already had been raised.

The new central library will replace the library near Century II, although branch libraries will remain in Wichita. Hogan said local officials were studying the future of Century II and investigating the possibility of using the current central library property in conjunction with that.

“The current building is an iconic building,” Hogan said. “It has served us well.”

However, she described the new library as an advanced learning library and not just “a warehouse

for books.” One of the problems with the current, poured-concrete building is technology “dead spots” inside.

The new library will feature advanced technology with public computers and free Wi-Fi. A drivethrough window will be available and people will be able to pick up items they reserved without leaving their cars.

Hogan said that 75 percent of the building would be accessible for public use. A new auditorium that seats up to 300 people may be partitioned for smaller groups as well. The current library auditorium accommodates fewer than 100.

Planners have worked to attract children and youth.

A teen area will be featured, and a children’s area will be located on the first floor. Hogan explained that the current kids’ area is on the third floor, which is inconvenient for parents and other caregivers using strollers and other child accessories.

“The new library will have space where full classes can come into the library and the facilities,” Hogan added. “They’re going to have an outdoor learning center for kids that connects to the children’s area.

The children’s area will be on the first floor, with appropriate restroom facilities nearby.”

A café will be present inside the library, and parking will be located behind the building. That will increase

Architects’ renderings of the interior (above) and exterior of the new central library, which will be located across McLean Boulevard from Exploration Place.

the aesthetic value from the street, according to Hogan.

“You’ll see the beautiful new building – you won’t see a new parking lot,” she said. “But we’ve certainly paid attention to having adequate public parking conveniently located.”

Another important aspect of the new library is that it will adhere to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Hogan said organizers spent more than 10 years developing the plan for this project.

“It’s certainly been well-studied,” she remarked. Officials wanted to be good stewards of taxpayer money, so they spent time deliberating and also looked into the cost of rehabilitating the current central library.

Land was acquired for the new library in 2008.

Groundbreaking is tentatively set for sometime this summer.

Hogan said other cities that have built new libraries doubled their number of patrons. Wichita includes about half a million library patrons.

“I always think about when people have grandkids visiting, or out-of-town relatives, you’re always wondering where to take them,” Hogan said. “And I think the library’s going to be a very good asset for our community. The other thing is, I think having a new library is going to speak to people visiting our community the way our airport does – we’re not stale, we’re moving forward.”

Archer aims for national titles Story

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Sam Jack

Photos by T r av i s M o u n t s

See ARCHER, Page 18

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WestSider Spanky Brooks is a serious, and seriously skilled, archer. He has placed as high as second in International Bowhunting Organization world championship competition and has also found success at National Field Archery Association (NFAA) tournaments.

The early weeks of Brooks’ 2016 tournament season were highlighted by his first trip to the NFAA Vegas Shoot Jan. 29-31 in Las Vegas. He competed alongside more than 3,000 archers from around the world.

In addition to his first trip to Vegas, this month’s trip was also his first time on an airplane, wife and fellow archer Debby Brooks noted. The couple’s travels to archery tournaments over the past several years have been exclusively by car –­ which is sometimes its own adventure.

“I was at a shoot in Iowa when a tornado came through, with hailstones, and it destroyed the town out,” Spanky

Brooks recalled. “Probably 80 percent of the vehicles there were totaled, including mine, but I had to be in New York the next weekend. So I kept driving my beat-up old truck.”

In Iowa, Brooks was outside, shooting, when large hailstones started to fall with enough force to break arrows in his quiver and dent his steel-toed boots.

He got in the lee of a tree and used his body to shield his grandson, who was accompanying him and Debby on the trip.

A back covered in bruises did not stop him from continuing his competitive schedule.

Brooks is good-natured about archery, but he is always pushing himself.

Unlike most competitive archers, he has mastered a wide variety of bow and target styles. Asked how much time he spends practicing, Debby Brooks said it would be easier to say how much time he spends not practicing.

“Since it’s been getting cold, I practice about an hour and a half outside, but then I also have a deal set up where

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Spanky Brooks, maintenance supervisor for the city of Conway Springs, eyes the target while practicing at his home in Goddard. Brooks will compete this month at the NFAA Vegas Shoot, an event drawing 3,000 archers from around the world.

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‘Race’ is nuanced portrayal of well-known history One of the things that keeps me away from movies about both sports and show business is their tendency to make some kind of cosmic issue out of whether somebody can run and play with a ball better than somebody else.

There are exceptions. In the original “Rocky,” our hero goes into the concluding match knowing he can’t win, and, lo and behold, he doesn’t. In my favorite musical, the Judy Garland version of “A Star Is Born,” the ending does not put emphasis on Garland’s ego. And the old, old pattern is still good when it’s very ably handled, as in my second-favorite musical, Doris Day’s “Romance on the High Seas.”

Still, in most sports and show biz films, we are asked to take seriously the purely personal ego of some unusual – but not very important – individual who wants the cheers in his or her ears.

That’s one of the reasons I like “Race” so much.

Jesse Owens may or may not be accurately portrayed; I’m not enough of an athletics fan to know. But, at least in the film, he does not let obsession with personal glory obscure his view of Hitler’s 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin as an event where something more than

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personal glory is at stake.

Owens is fully aware – as Rocky was – that he might not win. More than once, he decides: To hell with it, he’s not going. And his motives are not self-centered. If he loses, he may be contributing, just a little, to Hitler’s odious promotion of the Aryan idea of a master race.

The movie as a whole makes some effort to keep the whole world of athletics in perspective. While it generally accepts the typically American notion that you’re either number one champion or a forgotten failure, screenwriters Joe Shrapnel and Anne Waterhouse and director Stephen Hopkins let one supporting character in Owens’ family insist that whether he wins or not will

not really make any difference, one way or another, to the world as a whole.

Owens himself questions whether merely participating in the Olympics grants legitimacy to the Nazi regime.

The suggestion that the Olympics are important in the world of athletics but might be trumped by something of even greater importance in the wider world is almost shocking in the genre of sports movies. “Race” is willing to go there, and that’s one of the reasons I like and admire this movie in a genre I usually avoid.

The great issue in “Race” cannot be whether, in the end, Jesse Owens will compete in the Olympics in 1936, because we know he will not only compete but triumph. Our attention is drawn to the question of whether and why he should do it.

Once the emphasis is on that, a lot of issues have to be presented that contribute to that decision. He should do it for his country, because otherwise he will spend his life wondering, because he should use the gifts God has given, because it represents his chance to be a Big Man. He should do it for his family, for his coach. All these factors are voiced by individualized and highly

sympathetic characters.

I don’t like all the characters. The coach, played by Jason Sudeikis, is one of those drill-instructor characters whose dedication to track and field seems fanatical and unreasonable to me. But Sudeikis does not make him a one-dimensional brute.

Leni Riefenstahl, Hitler’s favorite documentary director, stands up to Nazi big shot Goebbels in defense of her art and has a very effective interchange with Owens. Chief rival Luz Long demonstrates the brotherhood of athletes and eventually pays a price for doing so.

It’s surprising how little “Race” seems like a propaganda piece. I don’t know the historical facts, but I believed everything I saw on screen.

See Jim Erickson’s Cinema Scene on Page 15.

March 20 – Delano Jazz Orchestra concert of big band and jazz favorites, 3 p.m. West Side Baptist Church, 304 S. Seneca. Selections include hits from the bands of Buddy Rich, Stan Kenton and County Basie. Admission is free; donations welcome.

Through March 26 – “The Golden Girls,” a theatrical parody, Roxy’s Downtown. Starring Wichita comedi-

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ans/actors John Bates, Tom Frye, Kyle Vespestad, Monte Wheeler. Shows at $8 p.m. Tickets $27, $30 for premium seating. Limited $20 cheap seats. Call 316-265-4400.

Through March 26 – “Little Miss Moonshine” followed by “Bangin’ 90s and Beyond Musical Comedy Review,” Mosley Street Melodrama. Call 316263-0222 for reservations.

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Worship at the Church of Your Choice

Aldersgate United Methodist Church 7901 W. 21st St. N. (west of Ridge Rd.), (316) 722-8504, www.aldersgatechurch. org. Sunday morning services at 8:00 a.m. (traditional), 9:30 a.m. (blended), and 11 a.m. (traditional). Wednesday night activities. Nursery available for all services. Sunday school each week at 8:15 a.m. for adults and at 9:30 a.m. for all age groups. Youth group and youth worship on Sunday evenings. Bible studies, children’s activities, and different fellowship events available throughout the year.

Asbury Church – Administrative Offices - 2810 W. 15th St., Wichita (one block north of 13th on St. Paul) (316) 9421491. Two locations across the Wichita Metro Area. Sunday Services: Central Campus – 15th & St. Paul. Traditional Service at 8 a.m., a Praise Service at 9:15 a.m. and a Blended Service at 10:45 a.m. West Campus – 119th & Pawnee. An Upbeat Praise Service suited for the whole family at 10:45 a.m. Visit www.asburychurch.org to learn more about Asbury’s many familycentered ministries. Asbury Counseling Center information can be found at www.

AsburyCounselingCenter.com Beacon Community Church - 810 N. Casado, Goddard; 794-2424; 10:45 a.m.

Sunday Service; Sunday School at 9:25 a.m.

For HIS Glory Church – 2901 W. Taft St., Wichita • (316) 794-1170 • Worship Sunday 11:00 a.m. • ChurchForHISGlory@gmail.com • Family integrated full Gospel church where all ages worship and study God’s word.

Goddard United Methodist Church – 300 N. Cedar, Goddard; (316) 7942207 • 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Worship • Children’s church during both services • Nursery Available • 10 a.m. Sunday School • Steve Morgan, Pastor • Haley Bieter, Youth Pastor • Children’s Pastor, Nicole Rbya Good Shepherd Episcopal Church – 8021 W. 21st St. N., Wichita; (316) 721-8096; Saturday 5:30 p.m.

Spoken Worship; Sunday 8:45 a.m.

Contemporary Worship; 11 a.m.

Traditional Choral Worship; Church School - Children 9:50 a.m., Adults 10 a.m.; Children’s Chapel 8:45 & 11 a.m.

Harvest Community Church – Worship at 8340 W. 21st in Wichita Sunday at 10:30 a.m.; Senior pastor Rev. Dr. Dave Henion; www.wichitaharvest.com.

Heritage Baptist Church – Corner of 135th St. & 13th St. N., Wichita; (316) 729-2700; Sunday School 9:45 a.m.; Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.; Evening Worship 6 p.m.; Wednesday Adult Bible

Study/Prayer Time 7 p.m.; Wiseguys 3 yrs.–6th grade 7 p.m.; Nursery provided at all services. “Your neighborhood church just around the corner.” Email: swede132@sbcglobal.net; Website: heritage4u.net.

Hope Christian Church – Meeting 10:30 a.m. Sunday mornings, NEW LOCATION - 1330 E. Douglas.

Worship is casual and encouraging.

Online at www.hope4wichita.org and on Facebook. Pastor Mark McMahon. markm@hope4wichita.org.

316-6480495.

West Heights UMC – 745 N. Westlink Ave. (Just north of Central on Westlink); (316) 722-3805, Email: westheights@ westheightsumc.org. Sunday services 8:15 and 10:30 a.m. (Traditional/ Blended); Sunday school 9:15 a.m.; Wednesday meal (during school year) 5:30 p.m. fun classes and study for all ages; nondenominational preschool, host to the Shepherd’s Center of West Wichita providing dynamic activity for the Classic Generation, full children’s programming, and an active youth program challenging today’s generation, website: www.westheightsumc.org.

Pathway Church – Westlink Campus, Saturday at 5pm, Sunday at 9:30 & 11am • Café Campus, Sunday at 11am • 2001 N Maize Rd (21st & Maize), Wichita • 316-722-8020 • Goddard Campus, Sunday at 9:30 & 11am • 18800 W Kellogg, Goddard • 316 550 6099 • www. pathwaychurch.com • Following Jesus/ In Community/For Others.

Trinity Reformed Church (RPCNA) – Come glorify and enjoy God with us. 3340 W. Douglas Ave., Wichita, KS 67203 • Sunday worship 9:30 a.m.

• Sunday School 11 a.m. • Evening services 5 p.m. • Pastor Adam King • www.trinityrpcna.org • 316-721-2722 Westlink Church of Christ – 10025 W. Central, Wichita; (316) 722-1111; Sunday 9:30 a.m. Bible Classes, 10:30 a.m. Worship, 6 p.m. Devotional; Wednesday 6 p.m. Meal (during school year), 7 p.m. Bible Classes; Gary Richardson, Minister; Nick Miller, Youth Minister; Website: www.westlinkchurch. org.

Westwood Presbyterian Church – 8007 W. Maple, Wichita; (316) 722-3753; “Simply making disciples who walk with Jesus, grow to become like Jesus, and live for Jesus by loving others.” Worship Sunday 9 a.m. with Praise Team, 10:30 a.m. with Choir; Fellowship and coffee between worship services; Sunday school for all ages 9 a.m. Nursery open 8:45-11:45 a.m.; www.westwoodpc.org.

Rolling Hills Community Church (Church of God, Cleveland, TN) – 8605 W. Maple, Wichita; (316) 722-1251; Sunday Christian Education Classes 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Recharge Service 7:00 p.m. Pastor Mark Ingram; www.rhcc.church and Facebook. ‘We love God, love people, and help people love God.’ Come join us.

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Performing Arts Calendar

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March 9-20 – Wichita Community Theatre, “Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged) [revised].” An updated version of the play that presents 37 of the Bard’s plays in 97 minutes. “If you like Shakespeare, you’ll love this show. If you hate Shakespeare, you’ll love this show,” said The Today Show.

Performances at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets $14 and $12 for military/seniors/students. Opening night ticket price of $10 on March 9. Call for reservations, 686-1282. The theatre is located at 258 N. Fountain.

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Beautiful food is in the eye of the beholder Every spring when the purple hyacinths bloomed, my mom would pick a big bouquet and put it in a fruit jar in the middle of the dining room table. Even as a child, I realized this was about more than bringing flowers inside. Although I didn’t understand it then, she was satisfying an innate need we all have for beauty.

Years ago, I was writing a magazine story about a church with beautiful stained glass, and one of the people I interviewed commented that beauty was a manifestation of the divine. I loved that statement and have thought about it many, many times since. It really resonated with me.

I’ve been reading “Beauty,” a book by the poet John O’Donohue. “The human soul is hungry for beauty; we seek it everywhere – in landscape, music, art, clothes, furniture, gardening, companionship, love, religion and in ourselves,” he writes. “We feel most alive in the presence of the Beautiful, for it meets the needs of our soul.”

Far be it from me to presume to explain it better than Mr. O’Donohue, but this concept continues to come up in my life. It is part of the reason I like to be surrounded by “things” that remind me of beautiful experiences. Some of them are beautiful in their own right, and some of them are probably beautiful only to me.

The adage that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” is so true. I’m attracted to things others might not be interested in at all – from rocks to old vases.

Others love vintage cars or mid-century furniture. Whatever appeals to your

Cook’s Library

Patsy Terrell

sense of beauty satisfies something deep inside you.

This extends to food, too. There’s a reason presentation is always one of the things graded on a competition cooking show. Over the years, I’ve made some food that is pretty, but most of the food I make has more of a – charm – shall we say. But who doesn’t love a jar of homemade cookies on the counter?

No extra decoration is required! Homemade food is always beautiful, whether simple or dressed up.

I thought this month I’d share with you one of my absolute favorite cookie recipes. I’ve been making these cookies for more than 25 years and so far no one has turned one down. They are delicious and perfect with a cup of tea when it’s just a little nippy outside.

I decided I’d better share them while we still have some chilly days ahead.

The bonus is that your house will smell amazing while they’re baking. Don’t be put off by the crystallized ginger – it’s easy to work with. If you don’t have any and don’t want to get any, you can leave it out, but it does add a little something special to the recipe.

Ginger Cookies with Crystallized Ginger 1/2 cup shortening 1/4 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1/4 cup unsulfured molasses 2 1/4 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ginger 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 2 ounces crystallized ginger, minced Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and molasses and mix well. Add the dry ingredients and crystallized ginger and mix. Make 48 one inch balls. Put on cookie sheet and flatten with glass dipped in sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes.

See more photos and recipes at cookslibrarywithpatsy.com. Patsy Terrell lives with many, many pretty rocks - and fewer ginger cookies than she’d like.

The author is fond of old vases, like this one.

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March 22 – “Run Free: The True Story of Caballo Blanco,” a feature-length documentary about ultra-running legend Micah True, will screen at the Palace West Theatre. Show at 7 p.m.

Micah True, better known as Caballo Blanco – the White Horse – was the focal character of Christopher McDougall’s 2009 best-selling book “Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen” about the Tarahumara Indians of northern Mexico. Tickets for the event are $12 in advance at www.imathlete. com/events/runfree or $15 at the door the night of the show. The Palace West Theatre is located at 535 S. Ridge Circle.

travel along Douglas Avenue from McLean Boulevard west to Walnut Street. Additional St. Patrick’s activities will take place all day long. Entry forms are available for download at www. historicadelano.com or may be filled out online. Entry deadline is March 5.

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March 12 – The 10th annual St. Patrick’s Parade in Historic Delano, beginning at noon. The parade will

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Christ the King Parish Quilters pose with one of their handmade and hand-quilted quilts. Pictured from left are Karen Gomez, Carolyn Collins, Kay Tate and Christine Allsman. The annual quilt party is Sunday, March 6, at 4501 W. Maple. Prizes include 22 quilts, crocheted afghan, quilt rack and more. Doors open and food (homemade tacos, bierocks, desserts and snacks) served at 11:30 a.m. The auction and games begin at 1 p.m.

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Transplant recipient meets Royals pitcher Story

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Sam Jack

GODDARD – WestSider Josh Oakley is recovering strength after a successful heart transplant Oct. 27. A visit with Kansas City Royals pitching ace Jeremy Guthrie brightened Oakley’s trip to Kansas City for a doctor’s appointment Jan. 31.

Guthrie was a key player for the World Series champion Royals team.

Oakley is a member of the Eisenhower High School Tigers baseball team, and he and Guthrie spent about 20 minutes talking about baseball and Oakley’s experience over the past few months.

“We just kind of talked and then we threw the ball around a little bit,” said Oakley. “It was really cool. He brought me a baseball that was used in the post-

season and signed it for me, and he also gave me one of his game-worn hats and a T-shirt from when they clinched the World Series. I really appreciated him coming and meeting me.”

Oakley’s mother, DeVona Oakley, noted that one of the first things Josh did after his heart transplant was watch Game 3 of the World Series.

“They’d talked about (arranging a visit) even when he was still in the hospital after the transplant, and it just didn’t work out, so when they called last week and said it would work out for him on Sunday, we said, ‘Of course,’” said DeVona Oakley. “Josh really enjoyed it.”

Oakley said he is regaining strength and feeling good. He hopes to play baseball at Eisenhower this spring if his recovery stays on track.

WestSider Josh Oakley met Kansas City Royals pitcher Jeremy Guthrie at Kansas City’s Ronald McDonald House on Jan. 31. The pair chatted and played catch.

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Bruce and I really started comparing medical notes several years ago when I was starting to have some problems with neuropathy in my extremities.

He was the one who told me straight up that I needed to see a neurologist because the symptoms were so similar to his.

Needless to say, we’ve been talking about neuropathy stuff ever since.

Over the years, we’ve compared notes on all kinds of conditions, from our hearts (yes, we each have one) to our eyes, ears, joints, gastrointestinal functions and blood chemistry levels.

At almost every turn, as one of us has been going through some kind of medical issue, the other has become more keenly aware of how that same issue might be impacting his life.

Genetics, we have found, can be a real killjoy. But it also can give us invaluable insight into ourselves. And sometimes, it can be just the lift we need to realize we’re never truly alone with our problems.

“So one of these days, maybe we can talk about something other than medical problems,” my brother chortled as we finished up our conversation the other night.

Maybe so, I replied.

But in the meantime, you can bet your last dollar I’ll be calling my brother soon after my doctor’s appointment this week.

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My brother Bruce and I shared a chuckle during a phone conversation the other night…along with some important information.

Bruce had tried to catch up with me over the weekend, but I was in Kansas City on a three-day holiday. I finally called him back Sunday evening after returning home, and he totally understood that I had pretty much ignored my cell phone for the weekend.

Our disdain for cellular telephones is just one little thing the two of us share.

And of course, there’s more. We’re brothers, for heaven’s sake.

The two of us are it as far as siblings, and we’re just two years apart in age.

Bruce is the younger one, on which we both agree. From there we could spend the rest of this column arguing and laughing about our differences and similarities, which is probably spot on for a sibling relationship.

On one subject, though, the two of us rarely squabble – our medical conditions. Instead, we’re more apt to offer up a sympathetic ear than a sarcastic jab.

Heredity can play such a connective role in our lives, and my brother and I have found over the years that it certainly has played a role in our lives.

We sound exactly the same when we talk. We buy the same tennis shoes. We share a similar sense of humor.

And, we have some similar medical issues.

That’s exactly why my brother was trying to get in touch with me over the weekend. He knew I had a doctor’s appointment coming up, and he wanted an update. Unfortunately, that appointment was still a couple of days away, so I didn’t have much to report on my latest concern, which is blood sugar related. Instead we talked about other medical commonalities, including the definitive description of sensations in our feet that we both

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WestSide Story People and Places • Two WestSiders have been named to the dean’s list at William Jewell College for the fall 2015 fall semester. Collin T. Kasitz is a first year accounting and business administration major, and Peder Bremer Simon is a senior theory and composition major. To qualify, students must earn at least a 3.7 grade-point average while carrying 14 or more graded semester hours.

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• Alex Martin of West Wichita was named to the Cloud County Community College fall 2015 president’s honor roll. To be named to the honor roll, students must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 hours of college coursework and earn a semester gradepoint average of 3.9-4.0. WestSider Daniel Douglas was named to the Cloud County Community College fall 2015 honor roll. To be named to the honor roll, students must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 hours of college coursework and earn a semester grade point average of 3.6-3.899.

• Marilyn B. Pauly, vice chairman of Commerce Bank, is the Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce’s 2016 Uncommon Citizen and will be recognized at the annual Honors Night celebration on Thursday, April 7.

Established in 1974, the Uncommon Citizen is the Chamber’s most prestigious individual award. It recognizes those who, by their individual efforts year after year, have made uncommon contributions to the people and institutions of Wichita and the surrounding area. Recipients are honored not only for their role in business but for their participation in cultural, civic, social and philanthropic activities. She began her banking career at the Fourth National Bank and currently fills the role of Vice Chairman at Commerce Bank. A graduate of Wichita State University, she has received numerous business and civic awards and honors. She currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the Wichita State University Foundation in addition to serving on the following boards: YMCA of Wichita, United Way of the Plains, Heartspring Foundation and Women of Wichita, Inc. The announcement of the remaining Honors Night awards recipients will be forthcoming. Reservations for Honors Night may be made online. For tickets and additional information, visit www.wichitachamber.

org/HonorsNight or call 316-268-1123.

• Nearly 4,500 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students have been named to the deans’ list/Explore Center list of distinguished students for the fall semester of the 2015-16 academic year. WestSiders recognized include: Wakon Lee of Maize, sophomore, nutrition and health sciences in the College of Education and Human Sciences; Grace Marie Frahm of Wichita, sophomore, history major in the College of Arts and Sciences; and Wichitan Paul Tynan McGuire, senior, history major in the College of Arts and Sciences.

• Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss recognized court reporter David Holt in his State of the Kansas Judiciary address delivered Feb. 3 in the Supreme Court courtroom in Topeka to an audience of Kansas legislators, judicial branch employees and key constituent groups.

“The judicial branch is fortunate to employ so many faithful professionals who have dedicated their entire careers to providing Kansans fair and impartial courts,” said Nuss.

“It is my pleasure to recognize a few, like David Holt, who is just one example of the state’s many judicial branch employees committed to public service.”

Holt has been a court reporter in Sedgwick County for 43 years.

“Chief Justice Nuss’ recognition of my 43 years as an official court reporter in the state of Kansas by extending an invitation to hear his State of the Judiciary address was greatly appreciated and indeed a very high honor. Being seated next to Mrs. Nuss during the Chief ’s interesting and very informative address was an additional honor,” said Holt.

• WestSider Taner Thurman was one of five Emporia State undergraduate students presenting research posters at the state Capitol on Thursday, Feb. 18 for the annual Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol. Undergraduate students from each of the state’s public universities presented their research in the Capitol Rotunda. The event was intended to inform legislators and the public about the quality of research being conducted by undergraduate students and the

benefits to the state from this research. Thurman, a senior business administration major, presented “Are Unsigned Licensing Agreements with Monopolies Voidable?”

• WestSider Adam King was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. King was initiated at Washburn University. King is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors, having at least 72 semester hours, are eligible for membership.

• Local students will appear in the Newman University Theatre Department’s presentation of “A Man for All Seasons,” March 3-6. The cast includes Nick Wynn of Maize as the Duke of Norfolk, Amy Emerson of Wichita as Margaret Roper, Trevor Farney of Wichita as William Roper, Justin Ralph of Maize as King Henry VIII, David Reed of Wichita as Cardinal Wolsey, Josh Mies of Wichita as The Common Man, and Lauren Spencer of Maize as Catherine. See WestSide Story’s Performing Arts Calendar for details on the show.

• The Greater Wichita Partnership has named Jaimie Zellner its Executive Vice President of Strategic Communications. Zellner has been at the Wichita Downtown Development Corporation (WDDC) for the previous four and a half years, serving the last two as Vice President of Communications. The Partnership was formed in April 2015 to align and focus economic development initiatives from Downtown to the region. In the newly created position, Zellner will work with Partnership President Jeff Fluhr, staff and volunteers to set the overall strategic communication direction and to help implement marketing and communication campaigns for Downtown Wichita and the region, plus branding for the Partnership.

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Music Theatre for Young People will stage “Pirates of Penzance” March 4-6 at Century II’s Mary Jane Teall Theater. Show times are at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. WestSiders in the show are Jaxson Mannis, Katie Curtis, Hannah Soderstrom Alle Rose Fielding, Addy Fielding, Aailyah Williams and Jesse Theademan. Staff photo/Travis Mounts

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movies, has also done a big box office.

• The series of successful real-lifeevents movies like “The Social Network” and “Spotlight” is continuing, though the failure of “Concussion” suggests that football must not be challenged. Still, it’s clear that Americans have an appetite for these kind of serious, fact-based efforts.

• I used to emphasize to my students that there was nothing inherent in film that required it to form a conventional narrative at all. Robert Altman’s “Nashville,” for example, was highly successful despite a very weak narrative line.

Going back even further, the comedies of W.C. Fields and the Marx Brothers were little more than strings of vaudeville routines. “You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man” was in that genre, if I recall. Disney’s “Fantasia” is another popular film that had no story whatsoever.

• I have objected that “Mad Max: Fury Road” is nothing but a car chase – but Stanley Kramer’s “It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World” was pretty much the same, and a great deal longer.

“Mad Max” is nothing but violence.

Yet “Mad World” is nothing but farce, and I never objected to that.

My insistence on movies having what I call classical form – beginning, middle and end, plus some sort of organizing principle – is obviously largely a result of literary theories and the experience of movies from the studio years. Arts that don’t have such forms, like music and painting, seem to be largely beyond my appreciation.

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• In “Deadpool,” it is fun to see the heroine punch out the giant Colossus, who must be four hundred muscular pounds and seems to be made of metal (pewter, in my opinion).

But effective movies don’t necessarily need to go to such lengths. Charlize Theron did not need to be a one-armed Amazon in the latest “Mad Max” movie. By way of contrast, Natalie Portman’s character in “Jane Got a Gun” made a quite satisfactory heroine despite her need for masculine helpers and non-deployment of physical violence. Psychological strength was more than sufficient for her to carry the film.

• Did you notice the bad news in the recent “Go!” section of the Feb. 12 Wichita Eagle? Twenty-seven (27!) more comic book movies are already scheduled between now and November 2022.

That’s seven this year (if you want to include “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”), six in 2017 (including such originals as “Untitled Wolverine Sequel,” “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” and “Spider-Man Re-Reboot”), five in 2018, five in 2019 (a real pioneering year featuring “Captain Marvel,” “Shazam,” “Avengers: Infinity War, Part 2,” and “Justice League, Part 2”), and mercifully, only four in 2020, with no sequels, reboots or Part Twos.

• On the same page, Rod Pocowatchit says that if “Deadpool” does well, it “could pave the way for more lower-budget, less extravagant, off-thebeaten-path comic book movies.”

And “Deadpool” is setting box office records all over the world.

Even if “Deadpool” had failed, Pocowatchit anticipated only “more and bigger ‘Avengers’ megablockbusters.”

He concluded, “I’m a self-professed superhero movie fan, and even that exhausts me.”

• The third biggest box office movie of the weekend of Feb. 19-21 was the faith-based “Risen,” with Joseph Fiennes as a Roman soldier investigating the resurrection. “Heaven is for Real” seems to be reaching a considerable audience, and it is one of the best I’ve seen in the faith-based genre.

On the other hand, “God Is Not Dead,” one of the poorer faith-based

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Scholarship winner almost didn’t apply Sandra Carlo is a senior at Maize High School. The WestSider is one of two recipients of WSU’s Harry Gore Memorial Scholarship, which is worth $60,000 per student.

Maize High senior wins WSU’s top honor Maize High School senior Sandra Carlo won one of two $60,000 scholarships to Wichita State University, but she almost didn’t apply for the Harry Gore Memorial Scholarship.

“In all honesty, I was actually planning to go to a debate tournament that day,” she said, “and something just made me decide that wasn’t a good idea and to apply for the scholarship and see if something came out of it. And it did!”

Carlo plans to major in women’s studies and English/creative writing.

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said. “Growing up, I wanted to be a novelist.”

She also aspires to work as an attorney, perhaps in human rights and social justice. During summer legal internships, Carlo said, lawyers recommended that she forego prelaw and instead major in a subject that involves considerable reading and writing before attending law school.

“I think that really resonated with me, and I realized

I could do both the major I always wanted and have the career I always wanted,” she said.

Carlo, the oldest of four children, is the daughter of Rob Carlo and Karen Carlo. She has remained busy during her career at Maize High. She previously participated in student council, dance team and Business Professionals of America. Her senior year has included debate and forensics, Peer Helpers, National Honor Society, Pep Club, Chemistry Club and the GayStraight Alliance. Carlo also serves as editor of the school’s literary arts magazine, and she helped found the Feminist Club. Carlo works at Cold Stone Cream-

was whittled down to the finalists, she wasn’t sure she would have picked herself to win if she had been on the selection committee.

“It was really, really intimidating, because obviously all the finalists were just so intelligent and hard working and really involved,” she said.

Carlo recalled sitting at home with her phone in her hand for an hour as she awaited the results of finals day Jan. 27. The news that she won came as a surprise.

“I was just running around my house, just freaking out. I was so excited,” Carlo said. “We went out to dinner to celebrate. I told a couple people, but I wasn’t allowed to put it on social media and stuff like that until the press conference the next day.”

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The Harry Gore Memorial Scholarship will help Sandra Carlo become the first person in her family to earn a college degree. The WestSider said she wasn’t sure she would have picked herself had she been on the selection committee.

ing the financial burden of college, it means Carlo will be the first person in her immediate family to earn a college degree.

“I think that’s pretty cool,” she said.

“It means the world to me.”

Carlo offered some advice to others who want to be successful in high school – and perhaps even win the Gore Scholarship.

“Never pass up any opportunity that’s given to you,” she said. “Like, I almost didn’t apply for the Distinguished Scholars Invitational because I really didn’t think I had a chance. That worked out entirely different.”

Another skill that’s crucial, she continued, is “also recognizing when something isn’t for you anymore.”

She has given up some activities, such as teaching dance, to pursue other endeavors.

Carlo is ready for her next opportunity as a WSU Shocker.

“I’m really excited to just get to know the people who go there,” she said. “I love the atmosphere that WSU offers as well as the opportunity. I think they have a lot of focus on their students, and it’s really reassuring to know.”

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ery, and during her rare moments of spare time, she likes to read and write.

She said she grew up as a fan of the Harry Potter books.

“I think the book that had the biggest impact on me is ‘Fahrenheit 451,’” she added. “My favorite book to just sit down and read over and over again is Marge Piercy’s collection of poetry titled ‘The Moon is Always Female.’

One of my other favorite books is ‘The Bride Wore Black,’ by Cornell Woolrich.”

In addition to Wichita State, Carlo considered attending the University of Denver. After she applied for the Gore Scholarship, she was among 380 students at the Distinguished Scholars Invitational. She advanced with 55 other semifinalists, and they all had to collect letters of recommendation.

Carlo admitted that when the field

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I can dry fire my bow (to practice the motion). I also shoot in my basement. I shoot approximately 300 arrows a day,” said Spanky Brooks.

The practice serves to build muscular strength and endurance, and to ingrain a routine that can be repeated accurately time after time.

“The first thing is your grip on your bow: That’s the same. Then you have to hit the exact same anchor point every time,” said Brooks. “What I do is throw a sequence through my head. I draw, hit my face, go to anchor then hit my anchor point. Then I take a deep breath and then I let it all out, and I push and then I release.

“When I run this sequence through my head, it lets me eliminate everything around me. It’s letting my brain be,” said Brooks.

If something goes haywire with the routine, there’s nothing to do but watch himself on video, try to identify the problem and keep shooting until things click back into place.

“A bow can humiliate you faster than anything else. Any little bobble has a magnified effect, 30 yards away,” said Brooks.

Brooks was a bow hunter well before he got interested in target shooting and competition. He has shot deer, turkey,

feral pig, elk and even a bear. Hunting with a bow is much more challenging than hunting with a rifle, he said.

“There’s no comparison. You have to be way closer. I tell everybody that I like to see the whites of their eyes before I shoot. I don’t shoot at anything over 20 yards, and my overall average for deer kills is like 14 yards,” said Brooks. “I’ve killed a couple out at 60 yards, but the overall average is real close. Rifle, you can shoot out 200 or 300 yards.”

Brooks aims to take four deer each year, each with a different style of bow.

He usually succeeds.

“It’s a sad day at this house when we have to buy meat from the store,” Debby Brooks said. “We live off the land.”

Archery is a family affair for the Brookses. Debby shoots casually, and daughter Jennifer Bergmann goes bow hunting every year with her husband.

Son Randy Brooks Jr. has Olympic ambitions.

“He uses the sight and the long stabilizer, the more Olympic style. It’s a totally different category,” said Spanky Brooks.

Those interested in getting involved in archery or bowhunting will find a fun, welcoming community. Brooks formerly served as president of the Ninnescah Bowhunters Club, and he said the club is more than willing to help novices get the proper gear and start shooting.

“It’s a fantastic sport – fun but very challenging. Anybody that wants to try it, it’s great,” said Brooks.

Brooks lines up a shot while practicing in his back yard.

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Wichitan Chris Parks is the creator of this year’s Wichita Riverfest poster and button.

Parks’ artwork was chosen nearly two decades after he previously received that honor. He won the Wichita River Festival poster competition in 1998. “Riverfest is such a Wichita institution,” said Parks, “As someone who spent my formative years here, it really feels nice to be a part of it again.”

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Local Christian women’s event brings big names to Kansas What started in 2007 as a Christian women’s conference with 600 in attendance has now more than doubled in size.

The Women Walking with God Conference (WWWG) is celebrating its 10th anniversary in Wichita this year. The conference is bringing a TV celebrity, a star from NYC’s Broadway and a vice president for diversity to refresh and renew women from the daily battles of family, finances, and life.

“This is such a phenomenal event,” said Amy Dopps, director of marketing for WWWG. Dopps noted some big numbers tied into the event: this year’s conference will draw more than 1,300 people from across the nation, representing 19 states and 48 denominations.

Offering first class speakers, humorists, and vocal performers, WWWG draws women from across the country for two days of spiritual growth and fellowship. WWWG 2016, “The Greatest of these is Love,” will be held at Hartman Arena on April 15

and 16. Limited seating remains and can be secured through online registration at www.WomenWalkingWithGod.org.

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by Missy Robertson of “A&E’s Duck Dynasty” and wife of Jase Robertson.

Her presentations will include “Fighting for your family” and “Holding onto your faith when the world seems against you.”

Other speakers and performers will include: • DeLois Smith, VP for Diversity at the University of Alabama, Huntsville - “Living in a world divided” and “True love and forgiveness” • Elaine Denman, Biblical scholar and counselor – “Love like Christ in today’s real-life challenges” and “God as our GPS through a world of fear, darkness and pain” • Kathy Bishop, founder of Hangar 6 Ministries – “ Everything I learned about ‘flying solo’, I learned at the airport” and “Loving yourself, imperfections and all”

• Lisa Smartt, Christian humorist and author – “What to say, how to say it and when to keep your mouth shut” and “How to live for Christ even when someone cuts in the buffet line” • Desi Oakley - Kansas Singer/ Songwriter, performed in Broadway’s “Wicked,” “Annie” and “Evita” • The Herndons - Renowned a cappella singing siblings, twins featured on reality show “Can You Duet?”

Dopps encourages women who want to attend to secure their tickets now. The event sold out for six consecutive years.

“This will be an unforgettable time of laughter, heartwarming stories of triumph and spiritual renewal,” she said. “Many family and friends utilize the conference as a ‘girls weekend.’”

Registration is $60 online. Reserved lunches are available for $7 online through April 1, 2016. A promotional video available on website or DVD by request.

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Missy Robertson of “A&E’s Duck Dynasty” is one of several speakers at this year’s Women Walking With God Conference, set for April 15-16 at Hartman Arena.

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WestSide Story WestSide Story Small paint projects to transform your space color since it’s often the communal area of a home. Instead of traditional tile, cook up a scene-stealing space by giving your backsplash a makeover. Stencil in a design, favorite quote or food-inspired words.

Don’t forget to consider the other colors at play in the space before selecting the backsplash paint color. If the kitchen has dark cabinets, choose a lighter shade to keep the room from feeling heavy. For white or light-color cabinets, both brighter and darker paint colors work well for this space; and for a pop of brightness that’s also durable and stain resistant, use semi-gloss paint.

If you have the whole weekend, further customize your kitchen by painting the island a hue that complements the other colors in the room. If you’d like to keep the space neutral, select a subtle shade for the island such as cream, beige or gray. Or, if you’re looking to be a bit more daring, choose a shade such as turquoise, navy blue or mint. A striking color will make the room feel fun and inviting. You can also incorporate the island color in a few new accessories such as a rug, curtains or dishware to create a feeling of harmony

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3. Rethink your Wardrobe: For an element of surprise, paint the interior of your closet. A vibrant shade will dress up your everyday routine and give your wardrobe an exceptional room of its own!

4. More to Adore: Make a personal statement in the bedroom by transforming walls into exceptional works of art.

Instead of adorning walls with framed artwork, paint a multicolored diamond or chevron pattern for an unexpected pop of color. A frame wall with favorite pictures or prized album covers centered in painted blocks puts a spin on the traditional. Or create bigtime graphic impact with an oversized DIY wall clock.

Add perceived dimension to a room by creating nontraditional stripes with three or even four colors. Angled stripes painted in different widths are less structured and provide a unique design, and an exaggerated single stripe of color can rescue plain walls.

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1. The Grand Entrance: Personalize your front door by painting it an unexpected hue. It will bring character and personality to your home and offer fresh curb appeal.

Color expert Sue Wadden suggests a stately shade, such as red or purple, to wake up a simple cottage-style door and accentuate a front garden. A bold yellow hue that has warmer undertones can energize an otherwise neutral exterior, and a bright pop of orange makes for an unexpected statement.

Complement your newly painted front door with colorful, eye-catching address numbers. Choose a color that complements the front door or a contrasting hue that offers an interesting accent. Numbers may be painted directly onto the door or a section of siding.

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Get the most out of your programmable thermostat (NAPSI) – Programmable thermostats can help homeowners conserve energy and reduce utility costs but only if they are selected, installed and used properly. To help realize the potential savings that come with this technology, it’s a good idea to keep the following tips in mind: • Narrow your search to a thermostat that’s compatible with the heating and cooling system installed in your home.

• Choose one that will work for those who use it. Some have traditional push buttons while more advanced models feature intuitive touch screens for quick and clear navigation.

• Consider a Wi-Fi-enabled thermostat, which will allow you to control the temperature in your home, even when you’re away.

Choose from four standard models, each of which offers a distinctive scheduling style: • 7-day programming: a flexible option that meets the heating/cooling needs of homeowners with erratic schedules by allowing them to set seven different schedules • 5-1-1 programming: allows you to set one heating/cooling schedule for the week and two different plans for Saturday and Sunday • 5-2 programming: same as 5-1-1 except Saturday and Sunday have the same plan • 1-week programming: allows you to set one heating/cooling plan that will be repeated daily for the entire week.

• Set energy-saving temperature levels based on the habits in your household.

Standard models offer four daily temperature changes, although models offering six or more settings are available.

Consider programming the thermostat for a comfortable temperature when you wake up, an energy-saving temperature for when you’re at work, a comfortable temperature when you’re home and another for when you’re asleep. Ideally, a temperature change should remain at that temperature for at least eight hours to take full advantage of potential energy savings.

Installation and Usage Tips • Install the thermostat on an interior wall, away from drafts and supply registers, heat-generating appliances, skylights, fireplaces, windows and doorways.

• Follow the manufacturer’s directions for installation, or ask your heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractor to do the installation.

• Think about using multiple thermostats to take advantage of zoned heating and cooling and maximize energy savings.

• Use the permanent “hold” setting to save energy when you are on vacation or to override preprogrammed settings. However, consider changing your settings when you find you’re using the hold feature too often.

• Change the batteries in the thermostat annually. Some thermostats offer prompts for this as well as changing filters and scheduling maintenance for your heating/cooling system.

A Wi-Fi-enabled thermostat lets you control the temperature of your home, even when you’re not there.

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• Roll up the towels, and place them inside a plastic bag with enough holes for air exchange but not so many that the towels will dry quickly.

• Place the bag in a warm location, such as the top of the refrigerator, and remoisten the towels with warm water as needed.

• After the first week, check the seeds for germination. Remove sprouted seed, and check again after another week. This will give a good estimate for the percent germination.

Sowing and growing Upham said gardening soil should not be used to germinate seed indoors.

It is typically too heavy and may contain disease organisms. Use a media specifically formulated for seed germination.

Seed starting mixes usually contain a mixture of peat moss and shredded pine, among other ingredients that are lightweight, hold a lot of water and oxygen, and are sterile.

Dennis Patton, horticulture agent for Johnson County in Olathe, Kansas, said a downside to seed starting mixes is they usually don’t contain many nutrients. He recommends that at least once a week gardeners incorporate a water-soluble fertilizer when watering their seeds and starter plants.

Keep the soil moist, as this allows for germination. Using clear plastic wrap over the top of the containers can reduce the amount of watering needed.

The plastic can be removed once seeds begin to germinate.

“Then once they’re up and growing you may want them to dry out slightly

between watering,” Patton said. “Water saturation can lead to rot issues.”

“Another tip is don’t water if you’re going to turn the lights off,” he added.

“If you water, that plant will push a little bit of growth. Water and fertilize going into a light to keep that transplant sturdy.”

Most plants will germinate in either darkness or light, but be sure to allow for light once emergence occurs; lighting the plants well is a major key to growing success, Patton said.

“I think when people have grown transplants indoors and have not had success, they may have been relying on the old, ‘put it in the south windowsill’ method,” he said. “But, there’s not enough light intensity for a long period of time to grow a great transplant that way. Most gardeners who are growing their own starts are using ordinary shop lights that are available from any home supply or hardware store.”

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A few abnormally warm winter days might have gardeners thinking ahead for next spring’s planting.

Popular crops grown in Kansas include peppers and tomatoes. Those are not transplanted until early to midMay, said Ward Upham, Kansas State University horticulture specialist and Master Gardener coordinator. Therefore, they would need to be seeded in mid- to late March.

Upham said growers have a window of time, a week or two earlier or later, for seeding. Those living in different climatic regions might want to adjust their seeding times; for example, gardeners in southern Kansas could start seeds a week or two earlier, while those in northern Kansas may want to wait a week later.

Use quality seed. Upham recommends buying seed from a reputable source, including garden centers and seed catalogs. Check the package date to make sure it was packaged for the current year.

“Though most seed remains viable for about three years, germination decreases as seed ages,” he said, noting some exceptions. Seed from members of the carrot family, which includes parsnips and parsley, are usually only good for less than two years.

Using saved garden seed is a possibility when starting plants indoors. Upham said that seed stores best in cool, dark and dry locations.

For those who are unsure of viability of their seed and have plenty on hand, Upham said there is an easy method to test it: • Place 10 seeds on a paper towel

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For some time now, various shades of grey have been the dominant theme in home furnishings. So, is grey a passing fad, or will it be a staple for the foreseeable future? And, if grey is to be a major design theme, then how do we use it?

To gain insight into these questions, WestSide Story columnist Philip Holmes sat down with local designer Stephanie Frey (of Stephanie Frey Interiors) to get her thoughts on this whole business of grey.

WSS: Grey seems to be a design trend with some staying power. Is grey here to stay? What are your observations?

SF: Grey is definitely here to stay, but the grey tone that is dominating the market is a warm, clean grey. During times of stress, trends will favor a calm palette. The stress can come from a slow economy, war, or even an election year. Grey certainly offers that calm feel.

WSS: How long have you been using grey in your interior designer’s tool box? Would you compare grey to the popularity of the black palette that has been a staple for so many years? Is grey the new black?

SF: I have used grey since it was introduced in the early 80’s with mauve.

Grey has certainly come and gone, but charcoal has been its replacement for a cool neutral. Grey isn’t necessarily the new black; black is used with stronger colors like gold and red, while grey is used with cleaner, warm tones like green and, most recently, pink. The pink and grey we are using now differs dramatically from the 80’s grey and mauve: the new grey is warmer, and the mauve is a much cleaner and lighter pink.

WSS: In what types of applications would you as a designer recommend a grey pallet to a client?

SF: Grey is versatile in many applications, as it is clean and calm, but it needs to be paired with a warm tone so the space doesn’t feel too cool. Grey has traditionally dominated contract settings more than residential, but today

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grey is replacing camel in residential settings.

I am using grey in all flooring from tile, carpet, and grey stained wood flooring. I recently replaced a client’s bedroom carpet with a soft grey. The grey looked much cleaner than the beige carpet. It also made the space feel lighter. I am using grey as a base color for the walls.

And I am using grey on upholstered items. Grey walls can be contrasted with a warm neutral on the upholstered pieces. Camel draperies could be updated when contrasted with warm grey walls, very sharp. This contrast of warm and cool neutrals brings a nice complement, but it also keeps the room from feeling too cool with an overuse of grey. If the walls are grey and the upholstery are in grey, then I will bring in a warm tone in chairs, pillows and case goods. Another way to keep grey from being too cool is to pair grey on the walls with dark woodwork, for very handsome combination.

WSS: Critics might say that grey is the drabbest and dullest of all colors . It can also feel very industrial. How would you respond and what colors would you use in order to compliment grey to its best advantage?

SF: Grey can be kept from being industrial through the use of a warm grey coupled with warm neutrals or colors, or by adding texture in upholstery, area rugs, wood flooring, case goods, wood trim.... Grey and green have been big for a while, but I am seeing what Sherwin Williams color forecasters call “acid green,” which is a yellow based green, not avocado but a sister to chartreuse See GREY, Page 26

Urban Renewal is ‘best kept secret’ in Wichita

Owner Teresa Miller, below right, and assistant Nancy Frey are excited about the incredible selection of home accent and other items available at Urban Renewal.

Miller took over the shop last spring.

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Backgrounds in design Miller landed in Wichita in 1982 and has worked in graphic and interior design since then.

“Interior design is my first love,” said Miller. “I grew up in western Kansas, but Wichita is my home now.”

Her daughter and son both live here in Wichita, and Miller’s first grandchild is on the way.

Frey, who grew up in Derby and came back to the Wichita area after college, had been working with Miller at a local interior design firm. She, too, was ready for something new.

“Now it’s time for the secret to be out,” Frey said with a laugh, referring to Urban Renewal’s “best kept secret” status.

They are able to help customers with design ideas, and love to share their knowledge and expertise with shoppers. With constant changes in merchandise, some of which is seasonal, customers can enjoy a new shopping experience every time they visit the shop.

“We have great consigners who are constantly bringing us unique once loved items,” said Miller.

“We’re on Facebook, and customers can look at our page for constant updates.

“We also encourage people to share their photos on Facebook – show us how that perfect décor item you found here fits into your home.”

If you’ve yet to experience the secret of Urban Renewal, don’t delay. The unique consignment shop is located at 8999 W. Central, Suite 102, at the west end of the Westlink Shopping Center. Hours are Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and the third Thursday of the month, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Plan to spend some time as there is much to see.

For more information, call 316425-7522. And don’t miss Urban Renewal’s Facebook page.

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A shopper’s delight awaits customers who find themselves inside Urban Renewal in west Wichita.

“It’s a woman’s paradise. What woman doesn’t love a great find?”said owner Teresa Miller. “And it’s a great place for men to buy gifts and personal items, as well.”

This treasure, which new customers refer to as the “best kept secret” in the area, is Wichita’s most unique consignment shop. Urban Renewal, located in the Westlink Shopping Center at Central and Tyler, is literally filled with home décor items, accent furniture, jewelry, handbags and clothing.

At prices that make you think you’re stealing those new-found treasures, customers who are in the know are always coming back to Urban Renewal to find that one of a kind item they can’t live without.

“We’re really selective about what we take in, and people are surprised that this is all consignment,” said Miller. “We’re continually transitioning with constant inventory turnover.

So don’t wait to buy that item you love because chances are it won’t be here when you come back.”

Bringing quality home décor to the consignment market was something that appealed to Miller. Urban Renewal, which is in its fifth year in Wichita, had an established niche in Wichita when Miller bought out the shop in April of last year.

When she heard that Urban Renewal was for sale, she realized it was the right opportunity at the right time.

“I’d been looking for a new challenge, and this was the perfect fit,” she said.

Since then, it has been a whirlwind of activity for Miller and Nancy Frey, her assistant. As the designer duo gears up for their first anniversary, they took a minute to talk about their backgrounds and how this shop became Miller’s focus.

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green. I have been seeing a clean, saturated color base for the last five years: fuchsia, orange, kiwi green. Today I am seeing a softer color palette in watercolor designs, coupled with grey.

I am also seeing warm metals. Yes, brass is back, but in a richer finish.

Kohler recently featured a bath in a grey and white marble, grey toilet, grey vanity cabinet, coupled with a gold faucet, gold lighting, and a gold framed mirror. By adding in the warm metals, a perfect balance or warm and cool tones was established.

WSS: Many homeowners are deeply invested in a warmer palette of golds and such in their decor. Is it possible to transition this decor style into the cooler tones without starting over completely?

WSS: Where would you not introduce an underlying grey theme?

SF: Grey is versatile in modern, traditional, and transitional interiors. But, if a client wants a pure Victorian or Old World interior, the grey will be more of a challenge. Grey can easily be used on both contract and residential settings.

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SF: Grey can be transitioned with existing warmer golds by making a few changes. A gold sofa can take on a whole new look when the walls are changed out into a warm grey tone.

Then come back with a handsome, textured fabric in a deep, warm grey, very smart looking. The opposite can be done as well, if you want to keep the walls in a camel or gold tone, by changing out the upholstery to a grey or even bringing in large pillows in grey, adding grey metal accessories, or a grey occasional chair.

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How close that light is from the top of the growing plant and how long the light is left on also determines starter plant success, Patton said. The ruleof-thumb is the light should be about 2 inches, and no more than 4 inches, from the top of the plant. Gardeners may need chains or another method to raise or lower the height of the light as the plants grow.

Leave the light on at least 14 to 16 hours per day, Patton added. This will give gardeners that nice, short, stocky plant that is desired to transplant outdoors.

Another item to consider is that while germination often requires warmer temperatures than found in most homes, plants can be grown at cooler

temperatures of 65 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit during the day and 55 to 60 F at night, Upham said. A heating mat may be required to assist with germination, or put the container closer to the celling or on top of the refrigerator for more heat.

To help the plants transition well in the garden once transplanted, growers should brush over the plants with their hands daily to help them become stockier, Upham said. About two weeks before transplanting, the plants will need to be “hardened off.”

“Plants grown inside will often undergo transplant shock if not hardened off,” Upham said. “Plants are hardened off by moving them outside and exposing them to sun before transplanting occurs. Increase the number of hours and degree of exposure over the twoweek period.”

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does not absorb. Allowing stain to dry on the wood surface will prevent your clear protective finish from adhering.

• Between the Lines: When staining in sections, stop your stain application at a joint between two boards rather than in the middle of one board. Individual boards may accept the stain slightly differently, so a slight change in color between boards will not be as noticeable as a change in color created by stopping in the middle of a board.

• Give it Time: Do not apply your first coat of clear protective finish until the stain is completely dry. If a clear finish is applied over a wet stain, the stain will be pulled back out of the pores of the wood and will mix with the finish, creating a ‘muddy’ effect. Or worse, your protective finish may not adhere to the floor. You should allow 24 hours for your stain to dry before applying the finish.

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(NAPSI)—While often overlooked, your floors are your home’s greatest canvas and one of its true untapped features. Replacing your hardwood floors can be expensive and time consuming, but refinishing them will not only restore the richness and elegance of the wood to a beautiful appearance, it will also protect it from everyday wear and add value to your home.

To ensure that your floor finishing is a success, consider these tips from Minwax spokesperson and wood finishing expert, Bruce Johnson.

• Test it First: Always test any stain you are considering on an inconspicuous spot, such as in a closet. All woods react differently to stain, so what you see on a sample in the store or online may not be the same as how your wood accepts and responds to the stain you apply.

• Sand Away: Don’t skimp on the sanding before you stain. Stains depend on open pores for adequate absorption and only by sanding off any old finish can the pores be opened to receive your new coat of stain. Never sand after you apply your stain.

• Brush it Off: Dust is the enemy of a smooth finish. To remove all the sanding dust from the pores and joints, use the bristle attachment on a shop vacuum. Then wipe the floor with a clean, damp cloth.

• Note the Exit: Plan carefully so you can exit the room without walking across wet stain. Also plan to complete the staining of the entire room in one session to avoid lap marks that are darker in color.

• Timing is Everything: Keep in mind that the final color of any stain is determined in part by how much stain the wood absorbs. The longer the stain sits on the wood, the darker and richer the color will be. During your test, note the amount of time that lapses between applying the stain and wiping off the excess so you can repeat this for the color you desire.

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New comfort for older homes (NAPSI) – The charm of an older home is an attractive selling feature. Less appealing are the inefficiencies of an older heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system or the absence of a cooling system. Updating to an HVAC system improves comfort and often makes good economic sense, but it requires careful planning. Asking the right questions and enlisting the help of a qualified HVAC contractor can make it possible to create a comfortable, efficient environment without spoiling the character of these classic structures.

Step 1: Determine how much equipment you need Ask your HVAC contractor to conduct a “Manual J” load calculation to determine your home’s unique heating and cooling needs. This calculation analyzes everything that affects air temperature in your home—things like windows, orientation to the sun, and duct leakage.

Using this calculation, your contractor can recommend the right-size equipment for your home.

Step 2: Determine the location of the unit and inspect ductwork

Ask your contractor where the new equipment will be located and whether your ductwork is properly sealed, insulated and sized for the equipment. Dust and debris in the ductwork can reduce the HVAC system’s efficiency and damage its components, so have the ductwork inspected before shopping for a new system.

Your contractor should also inspect the home’s electrical system to be sure it provides enough power to handle a new, upgraded HVAC system.

Step 3: Discuss your efficiency and “stage” options Whether shopping for a furnace, air conditioner or heat pump, always check the efficiency of the unit you are considering. The efficiency of a fuel-burning furnace is expressed as the annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE). Air-conditioning systems are rated according to their seasonal energy efficiency ratio (SEER) and heat pump efficiency is expressed as the unit’s heating seasonal performance factor (HSPF).

Generally speaking, a higher AFUE, SEER or HSPF means increased efficiency and reduced operating expenses.

If you’re in the market for a new furnace, choose from a single-stage, two-stage or modulating furnace.

Single-stage furnaces operate at full capacity all the time. Two-stage furnaces have two separate heating settings—a lower setting that is used when the furnace turns on and runs during milder winter days and a higher stage for colder conditions. Modulating furnaces can run at any speed within a set range, allowing them to choose the precise speed that’s most efficient for the given heating demand and offering the most energy-efficient heating solution.

Also, consider installing a programmable thermostat to control your new HVAC system. These thermostats offer accurate, reliable, energy-saving performance, and in some cases they include Wi-Fi support to work with mobile devices to easily program a system remotely.

Step 4: Understand your warranty Finally, be sure to check the warranty coverage offered by the equipment manufacturer. Your contractor should be very clear about what’s covered. Also, ask whether an extended warranty is available and what advantages it offers.

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5. Go for the best value, not the lowest price. To ensure long-term performance, buy the highest-quality sleep set you can afford. View it as a long-term partnership.

6. Get the details. If you choose the convenience of buying a mattress online, you won’t have the chance to try it out, so read the reviews, carefully check return and shipping policies and be certain there’s customer support should a problem arise. Do they ensure that your satisfaction is guaranteed without extra costs and hassles?

7. Be sure it contains certified foam. A growing number of consumers want to be assured the polyurethane foam used in their bedding (and upholstered furniture, too) are low VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) for indoor air quality and made without PBDEs, TDCPP or TCEP (“Tris”) flame retardants, ozone depleters, formaldehyde, lead, mercury or other heavy metals and phthalates regulated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. A new resource for consumers is CertiPUR-US, a not-for-profit certification program for flexible polyurethane foam. You can find a list of companies selling products containing certified polyurethane foam in the consumer section of www.certipur.us.

Then you’ll be on your way to getting a better night’s sleep.

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1. Size matters. If you’re sharing a bed, consider buying a queen- or kingsize mattress. A healthy person moves 40 to 60 times a night and makes lots of full-body turns. For sound sleep, you need freedom of motion.

2. Test-drive different models. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes you can easily slip off so you can lie down, it’s the only way to determine what feels right for you. Compare a variety of firmness levels and styles within your budget constraints. Your mattress and foundation should support your body at all pressure points (check your alignment in a good standing posture). Beyond that, firmness is a personal choice.

3. Look “under the hood.” Ask the salesperson to show you illustrated or actual “cutaways” of the interior of the different mattresses and foundations.

The mechanics of innersprings and foams vary widely, which can greatly affect comfort.

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Hybrids, heirlooms and GMOs explained (NAPSI) – If the terms “hybrid,” “heirloom” and “GMO” have you stumped, you’re not alone. When it comes to buying seeds and plants, there’s a lot of confusion, even among seasoned gardeners. Here are a few facts that may help.

Hybrids First things first: Hybrids are not the same thing as genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Thanks to pollinators such as bees and butterflies moving pollen from plant to plant, hybrids occur naturally in nature. A hybrid is created when two different plant varieties of the same species are cross-pollinated.

In the same way that dog breeders can cross a Labrador retriever and a poodle to create a soft, fluffy Labradoodle, gardeners can select parent plants that display particular traits to produce offspring that offer improved yield, size, hardiness, color, shape and taste.

The process of selective breeding was pioneered by Gregor Mendel in the 19th Century. When it was first used by horticulturists in the 20th Century, it resulted in hybrid corn that produced higher yields. Since that point, breeders, researchers and inventive gardeners have been using the process of hybridization to produce fruits, vegetables and flowers with highly selective features. Seed producers used selective breeding to create iconic vegetables such as the “Big Boy” tomato, a hybrid that displayed such vigor and disease resistance that it shaped the modern era of tomato breeding.

“Hybrids grow well coast to coast with stable and reliable traits across a multitude of growing environments.

The dependability of flavor and garden performance is what makes them garden staples throughout the good-and the bad-growing seasons,” said Chelsey Fields, a horticulturist at Burpee.

Heirlooms Unlike hybrid seeds that result from selective breeding, heirlooms are open-pollinated varieties prized for having characteristics that haven’t changed over 50 to 100 years. They’re often specific to a particular area and therefore not widely adaptable. Also, unlike hybrids, their flowers and fruits tend to be less vigorous, making them more susceptible to diseases and adverse conditions. Many heirloom seeds were once available commercially and have been saved from extinction by dedicated gardeners who save fresh seeds every year.

Genetically Modified Organisms GMOs are quite different from both hybrids and heirlooms. GMO seeds are the result of genetic engineering, the process of altering a plant’s DNA in a laboratory setting. This often includes introducing genes from a different species to increase a plant’s resistance to disease or spoilage. It’s important to know GMOs are found only in commercially grown farm produce. Seeds or plants that might contain GMOs are not available to home gardeners in the United States.

Hybrids and genetically-modified organisms are not the same thing.

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However, according to the International Window Film Association (IWFA), the harmful UV rays that people are concerned about while outdoors can also penetrate into homes, with the possibility of causing damage.

Typical windows block as little as 25 percent of UV rays which, if left unchecked, can cause extensive damage to the skin, including premature aging, wrinkles and even skin cancer. Additionally, the UV rays may accelerate the fading of furniture, flooring and other décor.

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Although costly ($7,600 on average), a new roof rated the highest in both cost recovery (105 percent) and happiness. When selling, a recently fixed or replaced roof also puts potential buyers at ease.

While full kitchen renovations can cost north of $50,000, smaller projects such as updating worn-out cabinet surfaces, installing touch-activated faucets and even a new backsplash are budget friendly and likely gratifying to you or a potential buyer.

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(NAPSI) – The next time you’re thinking about sprucing up your digs, consider these projects, which the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) recent “Remodeling Impact Report” says can bring the greatest cost recovery or deliver the most happiness based on a “joy score.”

Even if you don’t plan to sell your home in the near future, envision yourself as a potential buyer walking into your house for the first time. Which imperfections would catch someone’s eye immediately yet are reasonable to fix? A few projects that made owners happiest were adding a bathroom, new fiber-cement siding and a complete kitchen renovation.

There are several affordable renovations that recover most of the costs when it’s time to sell your home. Of the projects that had the greatest cost recovery, many, based on average costs, were $2,500 or less. These included insulation upgrades (95 percent cost recovery on $2,100), a new garage door (87 percent on $2,300) and refinishing hardwood flooring (100 percent cost recovery on $2,500).

Depending on your home’s age, your roof has likely felt the brunt of Mother

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Improve your home and its ‘joy score’

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Financial advisors Jim DeKalb, left, and Richard Coe help build strong and lasting relationships through application of one or more processes designed to help you accomplish what is important to you.

Will you be ready for what is ahead?

We have 5 questions for youHave you ever been frustrated, anxious, discouraged, or confused by stock market turmoil?

Could there be significant factors about the stock market you may have never considered?

Would you admit that you do not have the time, the tools, or the desire to be an expert on investments?

If it was possible to make meaningful improvements in your investment program, would you be willing to invest time to explore options?

Coe Financial Services will accept a limited number of new clients in 2016. If your answer is “Yes” to each of the 4 questions shown above and you like the idea of investing with less stress, would you call Richard Coe at (316) 689-0900 to see if you might be a candidate for a “Right Fit” exploratory meeting?

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