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Spring 2019: "Fried Chicken Paradise" Sneak Peek!
Fried Chicken ParadiseFried chicken has been famous in Crawford County for decades. Here's why.
Photo courtesy of Chicken Annie's Original
In the wee hours of a cold January morning, Donna Lipoglav stood over a fryer at Chicken Annie's, cooking up some – you guessed it – chicken. A KOAM/Fox14 anchor was on his way to visit Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, and he wanted to bring the governor something that epitomized Southeast Kansas.
Fried chicken it was.
"He called, and I got here at 7 in the morning and fried him some chicken," Donna says. "It was pretty cool."
After all, there's not much that's more legendary in Southeast Kansas than its tender, juicy, crispy-coated fried chicken. The delicious tradition began 85 years ago with Annie Pichler, Donna's grandmother and Chicken Annie's namesake, who began serving food out of her home north of Pittsburg after her … Read More »
Spring 2019: "Off the Beaten Path" Sneak Peek!
Off the Beaten PathBike culture grows as SEK promotes cycling
Photo courtesy of Randy Rasa
Randy Rasa has found a new hobby: dropping by the trailhead for the Lehigh Portland Trails just to peek at the cars in the parking lot. Their license plates hail from all over – from every county in the area and from surrounding states. Think Missouri, Texas and California. Their diversity, Randy says, is indicative of a trend happening in Allen County. A surging bike culture is taking root, thanks to several first-class trails, a new bike shop and a novel bike share programB. And it's not just Allen County. There are communities of cyclists all across Southeast Kansas, and they're coming together more often these days. PedalSEK is convening area cyclists for 12 rides in 12 months in 12 Southeast Kansas counties, and the new ABC … Read More »
Winter 2018: "The Lord's Diner" Sneak Peek!
The Lord's Diner
Free meals served to the hungry in Pittsburg, 365 days a year, no exceptions
From night to night, The Lord's Diner never looks the same. The food is always different. The guests, too. Even the volunteers are constantly rotating.
The important stuff, though? That will never change.
Three-hundred-sixty-five days a year, no exceptions, The Lord's Diner provides dinner to hungry guests in Pittsburg – for free. Operating under the Catholic Diocese of Wichita, which also manages two permanent Lord's Diner locations and several mobile food trucks in Wichita, The Lord's Diner serves an average of 150 people in Pittsburg every single night.
The ultimate goal, according to the Catholic Diocese of Wichita, is "to combat hunger in the community" by serving "a nutritious meal with dignity and respect to anyone who is hungry."
In Pittsburg, in a nondescript building at the corner of … Read More »
Winter 2018: "A Bolder Humboldt" Sneak Peek!
A Bolder Humboldt
Group dreams big and gets to work in Humboldt
In a town of fewer than 2,000 people, there's a revolution happening. The proof is found on the downtown square.
An abandoned building, formerly a jewelry store, has been transformed into a luxury candy shop with shiny marble floors and Parisian accents; upstairs, a modern Airbnb is available for rent. Next door, a new restaurant is opening its doors in another once-decrepit building, its mouth-watering menu creating a buzz in town. Around the corner, a mercantile offers upscale coffee drinks and curated boutique gifts.
Also in the works? A brewery. A renovated hotel. A makerspace.
Welcome to a new Humboldt – or, as one group is calling itself, A Bolder Humboldt…
Want to keep reading about A Bolder Humboldt? Check out the winter issue of Southeast Kansas Living, out now! It includes this story in … Read More »
Fall 2018: "Discover Cato" Sneak Peek!
Discover Cato
SEK ghost town comes to life in a big way during annual Fall Tour
It's been more than 60 years since the one-room Cato School conducted official classroom business. But come one weekend each fall, when more than 600 students descend upon the ghost town of Cato, that tiny historic school and its community come back to life in a big way.
Teachers gather students for turn-of-the-century math and reading lessons. A horse-drawn stagecoach wanders near. Kids play traditional pioneer games outside the schoolhouse windows.
It all happens at Cato's annual Fall Tour, this year set for the first weekend in November. The event highlights the history of Cato and offers several historical reenactments, music, refreshments, informational booths, tours and more…
Want to keep reading about Cato and its annual Fall Tour? Check out the fall issue of Southeast Kansas Living, out now! It … Read More »
Fall 2018: "Rural By Choice" Sneak Peek!
Rural By Choice
Schenker Family Farms and McCune Farm to Market invest in SEK – while serving customers around the world
It was 2008. Cherie Schenker logged on to Craigslist, a relatively new website at the time, to advertise a quarter of Schenker Family Farms' grass-fed beef to local consumers.
It didn't work.
"Somehow, it ended up going on the Craigslist in Orange County, California," she says with a laugh. "But then – someone called."
And someone else called. Then someone else. Quickly, Cherie and her husband, Kevin, realized: There's a huge market for this.
"We needed a website and we needed to figure out how to ship this stuff," Cherie says. "Necessity is the mother of invention … and we just kind of got propelled into it from there."
Where they've landed 10 years later is one of the largest direct-marketing livestock operations in the state … Read More »
Summer 2018: 'Welcome to The Lavender Patch' Sneak Peek!
Welcome to The Lavender Patch
Fort Scott family farm features 1,000+ lavender plants
When you enter Davin and Betsy Reichard's home, you can't miss it: that familiar, unmistakable scent of lavender.
It's inevitable. The Reichards are surrounded by lavender, from the hundreds of lavender plants that are blooming just outside their front door to the dozens of homemade lavender products they make in their home each week.
That's just everyday life ("I don't even smell it anymore," Betsy says) as the Reichards run The Lavender Patch Farm in Fort Scott. Their small family operation centers on just over 1,000 lavender plants, plus a gift shop filled with Betsy's lavender creations…
Want to keep reading about The Lavender Patch Farm? Check out the summer issue of Southeast Kansas Living, out now! It includes this story in its entirety, plus so much more. Subscribe now, or contact us to find a newsstand … Read More »
Summer 2018: 'Summit Hill Gardens' Sneak Peek!
Fall in Love at Summit Hill Gardens
There's just something about Summit Hill. It captivated Patsy Smeed from the very beginning.
She moved there – one acre of land south of Chanute, the site of an old one-room schoolhouse – more than 40 years ago with her late husband Larry, an artist and professor. All these years later, she still hasn't left.
"I just fell in love with Summit Hill," she says. "It's been a lot of great therapy for me."
Since her arrival, Patsy has slowly expanded her land from one acre to 65 acres. The sprawling property is much more than her home or the location of a historic schoolhouse: It's also the site of her business, Summit Hill Gardens, which offers a soap shop (all products Patsy makes herself) and wedding venue/event center in partnership with her sister-in-law Gretchen Brant.
No matter … Read More »
Get the 2018 Adventures & Day Trips issue now!
Every other year, we publish this special tourism issue to give Southeast Kansas readers ideas for places to go and things to do right in their own backyard — and this one is our best yet, packed with more than 150 ideas!
Southeast Kansas Living subscribers received the 68-page Adventures & Day Trips issue for free as part of their subscription. Looking for your own copy? Contact us to purchase a copy and have it shipped directly to you.
Southeast Kansas provides endless opportunities for discovery and fun. We hope you'll use the Adventures & Day Trips issue as a guide to get out and explore this beautiful, historic corner of Kansas!
Spring 2018: 'Shaw's Story' Sneak Peek!
Shaw's Story
Galesburg innovator's legacy lives on in Southeast Kansas – and across the country
Everyone who knew him says Stanley Wilbur Shaw was an inventor by nature.
At age 8, in the late 1880s, he assembled his first bicycle, using the wheels from his dad's cultivator (come corn plowing time, he later wrote, he had to return those wheels). By 10, he had made a crude clock and was repairing farm equipment and guns. A few years later, as a young teenager, he built his first engine.
It's no surprise, then, that Stanley would go on to make inventing his life's work, finding success making small engines that converted bicycles to motorbikes in the early 1900s. He would later make automobiles and vastly popular small tractors and garden equipment, like the Shaw Du-All and Peppy Pal tractors. Stanley's company, Shaw Manufacturing, was located … Read More »
Spring 2018: 'History on Route 66' Sneak Peek!
History on Route 66
Old Riverton Store a fixture of SEK – and Route 66 – since 1925
On the small, 13.2-mile stretch of Route 66 that calls Kansas home, there's a business that's been operating since 1925 – one year before the Mother Road was even established.
Old Riverton Store might very well be the oldest continuously operating business on Route 66. To the hundreds of overseas tourists – from China, Australia, Italy, you name it – who visit it each year, the store is a must-stop for Route 66 history and nostalgia. For Riverton folks, it's simply a staple of everyday life.
"I can't imagine there's another business like this on Route 66 that was around in 1925," says Scott Nelson, who took over Old Riverton Store in 2010. "It's just always been here…"
Want to keep reading about Old Riverton Store? Check … Read More »
Winter 2017: "Black Gold" Sneak Peek!
Black Gold
1892 Neodesha oil discovery changes Southeast Kansas forever
The Mid-Continent Oil Field has historically been one of the largest producers of oil in the United States. It consists of hundreds of oil fields, spans six states and at one time was responsible for generating more than half of the nation's oil supply.
Its birthplace? Right here in Southeast Kansas – Neodesha, to be exact. The discovery of Neodesha's Norman No. 1, what many believe to be the first commercial oil well west of the Mississippi River, not only forever changed the town, but also kicked off an oil boom that put the entire region and state on the map…
Want to keep reading about Norman No. 1? Check out the winter issue of Southeast Kansas Living, out now! It includes this story in its entirety, plus so much more. Subscribe now, or contact us to find a … Read More »
Winter 2017: "Art is Ageless" Sneak Peek!
Art is Ageless
Art competition for seniors emphasizes creativity and encouragement
Aggie Keesling, 89, has taken up painting just in the last several years. She's teaching herself, experimenting with colors, learning from trial and error. She even paints over old canvases multiple times so she doesn't have to drive to town to buy more.
"I paint quite a bit, especially in the wintertime because it's so quiet out here," says Aggie, who lives in Farlington. "When I have nothing to do, I'll sit and paint. It gives me so much enjoyment, I wonder where the hours have gone."
This year, for the first time, Aggie submitted her artwork to a contest: Art is Ageless, hosted by Fort Scott Presbyterian Village. She selected two of her paintings to enter into one category – and, much to her shock, she took home first and second place.
"A … Read More »
Fall 2017: "Hidden Gem" Sneak Peek!
Hidden Gem
Mined Land Wildlife Area boasts premier hunting and fishing – and unique history
You've never experienced a Kansas wildlife area quite like this one.
Spread over 47 different tracts of land, the Mined Land Wildlife Area encompasses nearly 15,000 acres throughout Cherokee, Crawford and Labette counties. But it's the area's history that makes it extraordinary: Once wrecked by coal mining, the land is now home to perhaps the most unique wildlife area in the state, having been transformed to offer some of the state's finest hunting and fishing.
"What was at one time environmental devastation has, with some reclamation, turned into a dense growth of vegetation, along with these strip mine lakes that cover up to 1,500 acres in the area," says David Jenkins, wildlife manager for the Mined Land Wildlife Area. "There's nothing else quite like it in the state of … Read More »
Fall 2017: "House on a Hill" Sneak Peek!
House on a Hill
Peek inside the historic Brown Mansion in Coffeyville
A four-story, 111-year-old mansion is bound to have its haunted tales. The Brown Mansion in Coffeyville boasts plenty of them.
"It's a big old giant house," says Kris Crane, president of the Coffeyville Historical Society. "And there are personal items here: All of this furniture belonged to the Browns; these are their clothes; they ate off these plates. People are always thinking it's haunted."
For Kris, the ghostly stories and random eerie incidents – a wandering voice, a creaky step – don't bother her much. After all, she's at the mansion every week to host events and guided tours (including occasional visits from paranormal investigation groups) and has come to know the mansion inside and out.
But legends of the supernatural come with the territory, particularly when a home's history is as storied … Read More »
Summer 2017: "World-Class Boats Built in Small-Town Kansas" Sneak Peek!
World-Class Boats Built in Small-Town Kansas
Cobalt Boats in Neodesha celebrates nearly 50 years in the marine industry
When it came time for Casey Lair to buy a boat, the choice was clear.
In fact, he says, there really wasn't much of a choice to be made at all.
"We had bought a lake house at Table Rock, and I just assumed that if I was going to have a boat, Cobalt is supposed to be the best boat made – and it's made in Neodesha," says Casey, who's lived and worked in Neodesha for 32 years. "So that's what I needed to have."
Seven years and two boats later, Casey is a Cobalt Boats devotee. And he's in good company: Tens of thousands of people across the country (and the world, for that matter) own a Cobalt luxury boat, all of which are built … Read More »
Summer 2017: "Who is the Catfish Capital?" Sneak Peek!
Who is the Catfish Capital?
Burlington or Chetopa? We're breaking down these Southeast Kansas towns' long-running catfish-catching rivalry
"My God, it's gone!"
Fifty-one years ago, Burlington's beloved Catfish Capital of the World trophy had been stolen on Mayor Charles S. Foster's watch, and he wasn't happy. According to a December 1966 article in the city newspaper The Daily Republican, "The mayor could see no reason that this Christmas season, when the hearts of all are filled with love and good will, that anyone would stoop to such a dastardly deed as stealing."
Mayor Foster might not have understood it, but he surely thought he knew who was responsible for it: Chetopa. The battle between the two towns to decide which was the rightful Catfish Capital of the World had been raging for most of 1966, and now with the mysterious disappearance of that trophy, … Read More »
Spring 2017: "Little House, Big Story" Sneak Peek!
Little House, Big Story
Visit Laura Ingalls Wilder's former home near Independence
In its seven open months each year, the Little House on the Prairie Museum welcomes 20,000 visitors.
Some are locals. Many are families. A good number are "bonnetheads" – superfans of author Laura Ingalls Wilder and her "Little House on the Prairie" series – who travel there from hundreds of thousands of miles away.
Regardless of who they are and where they come from, they all pay a visit to that simple plot of prairie 13 miles southwest of Independence just to get a glimpse of where Laura and her family lived in a one-room log cabin in 1870.
"Every season, we get visitors from every state and about 20 different countries," says Kristin Schodorf, executive director for the Little House on the Prairie Museum, which is one of a small handful of … Read More »
Spring 2017: "Thriving" Sneak Peek!
Thrive Allen County makes big strides for Southeast Kansas
You don't have to search hard to see the impact Thrive Allen County has had in Iola.
There's the new Allen County Regional Hospital, the soon-to-be-constructed grocery store in the heart of town, the bike sharrows painted in the streets. There's the 7-plus-mile trail system on the south edge of the city, the Happy Tails Dog Park, and even the less-visible projects – like a pilot program to help public housing residents quit using tobacco to comply with new federal requirements.
Thrive Allen County either initiated or had a hand in every one of those projects – and they're really just the tip of the iceberg…
Want to keep reading about Thrive Allen County? Check out the spring issue of Southeast Kansas Living, out now! It includes this story in its entirety, plus so much … Read More »
Winter 2016: "Dine & Dream" Sneak Peek!
Dine & Dream
Traditional B&B meets reservation-only fine dining at the Smittle House
Ena Smittle likes to say that she has the most fun job she could possibly have in Columbus, Kansas.
You can't argue with that.
At Smittle House Bed & Breakfast, Ena and her husband, John, have entertained guests from France to Costa Rica to just down the street. Some visitors come for a relaxing overnight getaway. Others come to eat one of John and Ena's famous reservation-only, six-course dinners. One thing's always the same, though: John and Ena make sure their guests leave happy.
"Who else in Columbus is getting to entertain these incredible people from all over the world?" John says. "There's nothing else we could be doing that our lives would ever cross paths with them. It's amazing…"
Want to keep reading about Smittle House Bed & Breakfast? Check out the … Read More »
Winter 2016: "Candy Craze" Sneak Peek!
Candy Craze
Iola attracts multiple candy companies over the years, including Sifers Valomilk
Next time you spot Valomilk, that vintage chocolate-coated treat with a runny marshmallow center, make sure you thank Iola.
Valomilk's creator, Sifers Candy Company, originated in Iola and was based there for several decades before moving its entire operation to Kansas City. It is one of a handful of candy manufacturers that have called Iola home since the late 1800s – including one of the country's four Russell Stover factories, which is still based there today.
"You know candy was profitable here when three different men came to town before Sifers and all made big, big money from it," says Donna Houser, volunteer with the Allen County Historical Society…
Want to keep reading about Iola's candy history? Check out the winter issue of Southeast Kansas Living, out now! It includes this story … Read More »
Fall 2016: "Hickory Creek Farms" Sneak Peek!
Hickory Creek Farms
Pumpkin patch provides family fun on the farm in McCune
Ruth Zimmerman unfurls a map on the floor of her family's farmhouse kitchen. On it is a hand-drawn, intricate design of twists and turns, dreamt up by her son Will. It's the basis for this year's corn maze at Hickory Creek Farms – and it just might be the farm's most challenging maze to date.
"Originally, we went into doing designs, but we realized we can make it a lot more complicated if we just go out and put random paths in the field," says Steve Zimmerman, fifth-generation farmer and husband to Ruth. "Our son has done it the last two years, and he does a good job; last year we had people say it was pretty difficult!"
The corn maze is indeed a popular feature of Hickory Creek Farms – … Read More »
Fall 2016: "Elk Falls Pottery" Sneak Peek!
Made by Hand
Elk Falls Pottery celebrates 40 years of craftsmanship
It was in college that Steve and Jane Fry fell in love with pottery – and with each other. They haven't looked back since.
This year, the Frys celebrate 40 years of running their family business, Elk Falls Pottery, a huge attraction in tiny Elk Falls. (They're also celebrating 42 years of marriage.) While many of their peers consider retirement, Steve and Jane are staying as busy as ever: Just a few months ago, in fact, they moved Elk Falls Pottery to a new, larger, more scenic (and historic) location at the corner of Hwy. 160 and Seventh Street.
"People my age are thinking about retiring and finally doing what they really want to do," says Steve, who just turned 64. "Well, I'm already doing what I really want to do. And I'll … Read More »
Summer 2016: "Down-Home Dinner Theater" Sneak Peek!
Down-Home Dinner Theater
Chicken-N-Pickin' serves up food and fun with family at the forefront
Spend one afternoon at Chicken-N-Pickin' outside of Walnut, and you'll experience a lot of knee-slapping, toe-tapping, dancing, finger-licking and comments like: "That's the best fried chicken I've had in ages."
Folks just can't get enough of this down-home dinner theater, which always features an old-fashioned fried chicken dinner with all the fixins', plus two hours of live music and comedy. Visitors come by the bus load – from Topeka, Kansas City, Wichita, Springfield – and by the time they leave they're hooked, hailing Chicken-N-Pickin' as "comparable to a Branson, Mo., experience – absent the crowds, traffic congestion, long drive and high prices."
Karen Duling-Zitsch is the woman behind it all: acting as hostess, chef and country music entertainer. She comes by it honestly…
Want to keep reading about Chicken-N-Pickin'? Check … Read More »
Summer 2016: "Safari in SEK" Sneak Peek!
Safari in SEK
Monkeys, kangaroos, bears, wolves, lions: Find it all at Safari Zoological Park in Caney
Mary Wyrick presses up to the side of the cage, bucket of raw meat in hand. The zoo employee points to her cheek, and Kojo greets her with a sloppy, wet kiss through the fence. The grizzly bear, 800 pounds, receives a hunk of meat for his affection.
Nope, this isn't your typical zoo. Far from it.
At Safari Zoological Park in Caney, owner Tom Harvey has created an environment where visitors can view animals up close and personally, while tour guides like Mary direct and educate along the way. It's a system, Tom says, that's kept Safari Zoological Park in business in small-town Kansas for 27 years….
Want to keep reading about Safari Zoological Park in Caney? Check out the summer issue of Southeast Kansas Living, out … Read More »
Spring 2016: "Outdoor Oasis" Sneak Peek!
Outdoor Oasis
Hunt, fish, explore, or kick back and relax at Timber Hills Lake Ranch
When you cross the gate into the ranch with one of the largest hunting preserves in the state of Kansas, it's like entering another world.
A world where trophy elk and deer roam free. Where Civil War-era structures still stand. Where the views will take your breath away.
"We are the only place in Kansas that offers what we offer," Aaron Gibson says. "There's nowhere else like us."
He's talking about Timber Hills Lake Ranch in Mapleton, located around 20 miles northwest of Fort Scott and currently in its ninth year in operation. One of more than 100 hunting lodges in the state – including several premier locations in Southeast Kansas – Timber Hills sets itself apart from the pack, Gibson says, by offering adventure alongside its first-class hunting and … Read More »
Spring 2016: "Glorious Glass" Sneak Peek!
Glorious Glass
ChaGlaz Designs in Glass wows with one-of-a-kind glasswork
Keith Wilson examines three handmade marbles in his Parsons garage-turned-art studio, twirling them in his hand as their colors and sparkly dichroic glass catch the light.
"These are absolutely one of a kind," he says. "I'll never be able to replicate them; I can't even tell you how I got the design. These three – they're never for sale."
They're the kinds of rare pieces you get when you're in the studio as much as Keith and his wife, Charlean, are. The retired husband-and-wife duo run ChaGlaz Designs in Glass in Parsons, a hobby-based business that practices all five disciplines of a full glass studio: warm glass, hot glass, torch work, cold work and recycled glass.
"We are probably the only studio of our kind in Southeast Kansas," Keith says…
Want to keep reading about ChaGlaz … Read More »
Winter 2015: "Barn Quilts" Sneak Peek!
Barn Quilts
They're popping up all across SEK these days, thanks to a fundraiser in Woodson County
Woodson County might be one of the newest members of the Flint Hills Barn Quilt Trail, but you wouldn't guess it.
Just a year after it launched, the Woodson County Barn Quilt Trail boasts more than 100 hand-painted wooden quilt squares displayed on homes, on barns, throughout downtown Yates Center and all across the area. They're the handiwork of a dedicated group of Yates Centerans who aspired to do or create something to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Woodson County Historical Society – but they wanted that something to be "more lasting than a dinner for members or a commemorative mug."
What they came up with – the Woodson County Barn Quilt Project – turned out to be much more than a successful … Read More »
Fall 2015: "Cross Timbers" sneak peek!
Cross Timbers
It's the perfect time of year to discover this state park and its ancient forest
According to park manager Kim Jones, if you're looking for fall foliage in Southeast Kansas, Cross Timbers State Park near Toronto "is the place to be."
Of course, Cross Timbers is the place to be for a lot of reasons. Not only does it impress with its natural beauty, but the park is also home to popular hunting and fishing, free water recreation, cozy cabin accommodations, and, get this: an ancient forest of post and blackjack oaks, its trees dating from as far back as 1727.
According to the University of Arkansas, the Cross Timbers region "may be the least disturbed forest ecosystem that survives in the eastern United States."
"There's just a little finger of the Cross Timbers here in Kansas, and I think we resemble the … Read More »
Fall 2015: "Welcome to Neewollah" sneak peek!
Welcome to Neewollah
Annual celebration back in a big way this Halloween
Reverse the word "Halloween"; what do you get?
Much more than a jumble of letters, as Independence natives well know.
In fact, Neewollah is a 100-year-old nine-day festival in Independence, billed as the state's largest annual celebration. And it's back in a big way for 2015.
"I'm always a fan of everything at Neewollah, but this year, the Oak Ridge Boys performing and Jim Halsey being my honorary generalissimo – those are the big things I'm really looking forward to," says John Hamlin, Neewollah's 2015 generalissimo, who heads up the event. "I always knew that if I ever became generalissimo for Neewollah that I'd want to have the Oak Ridge Boys and Jim involved."
That's because both have deep roots in Independence and Neewollah. In fact, Halsey – an Independence native who's gone on … Read More »
Summer 2015: "Little Ozarks" sneak peek!
Little Ozarks
Galena's Schermerhorn Park stands out in Southeast Kansas
Of the 11 designated geologic areas in Kansas, the Ozark Plateau is the smallest.
But don't let size fool you.
Nestled in the extreme corner of Southeast Kansas, the impressive 55-square-mile region is one of the most biologically and geographically diverse in the state, housing landscapes and wildlife not found anywhere else in Kansas. And there's no better proof of that distinctiveness than in Galena's historic Schermerhorn Park…
Want to keep reading about the Little Ozarks and Schermerhorn Park? Check out the summer issue of Southeast Kansas Living, out now! It includes this story in its entirety, plus so much more. Subscribe now, or contact us to find a newsstand near you.
Summer 2015: "Kalida-Scope" sneak peek!
Hidden 'castle' keeps ghost town's colorful history alive
You might expect an old 1800s community, one with a history of just five short years, to be relegated to not much more than a fable – nothing to prove its existence other than memories and a few stories passed down through the generations.
But Kalida? This short-lived yet historic Woodson County ghost town has much more to show for itself. In fact, if you travel along the small dirt roads just outside of county seat Yates Center, you might happen upon the impressive remains of Kalida yourself – including the town's very own 120-year-old castle…
Want to keep reading about Kalida and its castle? Check out the summer issue of Southeast Kansas Living, out now! It includes this story in its entirety, plus so much more. Subscribe now, or contact us to find a … Read More »
Spring 2015: "History on Display" sneak peek!
History on Display
How Osage Catholic Mission shaped St. Paul and Southeast Kansas
Come for the animal display, stay for the history – or vice versa.
Truth is, whatever it is that brings you in to the Osage Mission-Neosho County Museum in St. Paul, there's plenty more where it came from.
"We're getting to the point now that we're pretty full," says Ed Born, past president of the museum and husband of current president Jolene Born. "People bring items to us all the time, and until the last couple of years, we never turned anything down. But we're getting a little fussy now."
That's because St. Paul has a lot of history – almost too much to fit in a standard small-town museum. As a result, the Osage Mission-Neosho County Museum grows and grows with each passing year…
Want to keep reading about St. Paul's Osage … Read More »
Spring 2015: "The Mysterious Morel" sneak peek!
The Mysterious Morel
Where the beloved mushrooms grow – and how to find them
This time every year, Logan Martin sees an influx of visitors to state parks and wildlife areas.
But many of those Southeast Kansans aren't out to simply relax and enjoy the scenery: Hundreds are actually on the hunt for the prized – and mysterious – morel mushroom.
"There might not be as many morel hunters as there are people chasing game or fish, but there's almost always a lot of locals out looking in early spring," says Martin, a bio-technician with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism's Pittsburg office. "Usually we can tell when the morels are starting to pop up because we'll see the same pick-ups parked out there every year."
What makes the morel so sought-after? For one, as many hunters will tell you, it's delicious – … Read More »
Winter 2014: "Fab Lab ICC" sneak peek!
Fab Lab ICC
Turning ideas into creative solutions, one project at a time
Of all things, Wes Koschke needed to make a hand. And a fully functional one, at that – for 13-year-old Kara Marr, who was born with a condition called symbrachydactyly, leaving her right palm with no fingers.
Koschke didn't have $42,000 to purchase Marr, the daughter of a family friend, a prosthetic hand – and he also didn't have access to a 3-D printer (going rate: $3,000) to print his own.
The solution? Enter Fab Lab ICC, a new creative space on the Independence Community College campus that provides access to cutting-edge tools for design, experimentation and problem-solving, both for students and members of the community and region.
Its mission statement: "to realize that anyone, anywhere can make (almost) anything." No one knows that better now than Koschke…
Want to keep reading about … Read More »
Winter 2014: "Men of Brutus" sneak peek!
Men of Brutus
New film highlights men who operated, preserve Big Brutus
What makes a filmmaker from Brooklyn – who just wrapped working on a new Chris Rock movie, no less – suddenly take interest in West Mineral, Kansas?
It's this little thing – or, rather, massive thing – called Big Brutus.
Southeast Kansans know the coal shovel-turned landmark well; the rest of the country, not so much. Nick Houy is determined to change that.
"I was always taking road trips around the country, and I happened upon a flyer for Big Brutus at a road stop in Wichita (in around 2009)," says Houy from his New York home, more than 1,200 miles away from Southeast Kansas. "It looked pretty amazing, and when I went down there I was very blown away – obviously by the shovel itself, but also by the people."
Houy wondered what … Read More »
Fall 2014: "Erie Dinosaur Park" sneak peek!
Erie Dinosaur Park
Dorris dinosaurs donated to Erie to create new public park
People who knew the late Robert Dorris describe him as honest and hard-working, imaginative and adventurous: a stand-up Christian husband and father.
But an artist? That's not how Bob saw himself, anyway. His wife, Elveta, says he "didn't want to be called an artist in any form."
Still, some may beg to differ.
From 1989 to the early 2000s, Bob was responsible for the conception, construction and installation of 15 larger-than-life dinosaurs along Hwy. 47 near Erie. Using only metal scraps – mostly old car parts – Bob sculpted the now-famous dinosaurs "just for fun," Elveta says. "We never dreamed it would be so (popular)."
Fondly known by many as the "Dinosaur Not-So-National Park," the sculptures have remained on the family's private property since Bob's passing in 2007. Soon, though, 12 of … Read More »
Fall 2014: "Vogel Family Vineyards" sneak peek!
Vogel Family Vineyards
Vines flourish on Galena family's land
Ten years ago, Steve and Sheryll Vogel took a trip to Napa Valley.
Like millions of wine enthusiasts, they were impressed with the beautiful northern California landscape. Unlike many of those other visitors, however, they decided to try to replicate what they saw back at home – in Southeast Kansas.
"We went out to Napa and thought, 'That'd be pretty on our hill,'" Steve says. "We thought we'd grow some grapes and that it wouldn't be much trouble. It was a lot of trouble! But we decided to take a chance."
The trouble was well worth it. Today, Steve, Sheryll and their son Phillip run Vogel Family Vineyards on 6.5 acres south of their hometown of Galena. As you turn the corner toward their home and vineyard, a sign proclaims that you're in "Wine Country" now … Read More »
Summer 2014: "Bowlus Birthday" sneak peek!
Bowlus Birthday
The Bowlus Fine Arts Center is celebrating 50 years in Iola
Decades ago, banker Thomas H. Bowlus left most of his estate to one bold vision: the construction of a world-class fine arts and cultural center in his small hometown of Iola.
Today, as the Bowlus Fine Arts Center celebrates its 50th anniversary season, it's probably safe to say that Mr. Bowlus would be pleased with how his visionary gift has met – and possibly exceeded – all expectation.
"The one thing for me is just the inspiration of it all; that word to me is what it's all about," says Susan Raines, executive director of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. "Mr. Bowlus was very interested in music … and he really wanted the students and the community to be proud of this."
Opened in 1964 at 205 E. Madison – the first … Read More »
Summer 2014: "Makin' Music" sneak peek!
Makin' Music
Larry Brockway's Hall of Fame Studio is a hit in Neodesha
Rodney Lay likes to say that Larry Brockway has big ears.
Just not in the way you're thinking.
"He can just hear what sounds right," says Lay, of "Hee Haw" and Rodney & the Blazers fame. "I've recorded with some of the best in the business, and this guy is right there with them. I tell you what, Larry is really, really a fine engineer and record producer."
And Brockway's equally lauded Hall of Fame Studio is based right here in Southeast Kansas. Not Nashville or New York – but Neodesha.
"He's just a phenomenon for this part of the country," Lay says. "When you think about all the people he's brought to the state, he's been a well-kept secret for all these years – a great treasure for Southeast Kansas."
Musicians for Merle … Read More »
Spring 2014: "Greenhouse Gold" sneak peek!
Greenhouse Gold
Arnold's Greenhouse flourishes in LeRoy for more than 35 years
Know your grower, Rita Arnold likes to say.
At Arnold's Greenhouse in LeRoy, that's easy to do.
Despite its 70,000 square feet of greenhouses and retail space, all housing nearly 3,500 varieties of plants, Arnold's isn't your typical big-box operation. Rita and her husband, George, pride themselves on offering big-time quality and variety paired with small-town, independent values.
"We try to set ourselves apart as locally grown, so the consumer can have confidence," Rita says. "And unlike other garden centers, we let the consumer go into each of our greenhouses. Because of that, we have the largest shopping area in the state."
That scale, however, is just one element of what sets Arnold's apart from the rest. Just ask George and Rita's longtime customers.
"I love the selection of plants that they have. Every year … Read More »
Spring 2014: "The FarmHouse" sneak peek!
The FarmHouse
Parsons woman transforms 100-year-old farmhouse into charming getaway
Last New Year's Eve, Debbie Hoppes welcomed an out-of-town couple to The FarmHouse. As she closed the front door and headed to her car, she overheard: "Honey, you hit the ball out of the park choosing this place."
Actually, Hoppes has been hearing that a lot lately.
"I put my heart and soul into this," she says. "So when someone gets it, I love that. Why in the world would you stay in a hotel when you can have all of this – the whole house, the space, the privacy?"
It's a question that led Hoppes to open The FarmHouse, a quaint, peaceful two-bedroom rental (dubbed a bed-and-cook-your-own-breakfast), on the outskirts of Parsons last summer. Since then, she's welcomed honeymooners and wedding parties, family reunions, staycation-ers, businessmen, and everything in between…
Want to keep reading about … Read More »
Winter 2013 issue: "Cookie Heaven" sneak peek!
Cookie Heaven
Thousands of copper cookie cutters are sold at CopperGifts.com. Every single one of them is made right here in Southeast Kansas.
Flip on Food Network reruns, and you just might see the faces of Southeast Kansas locals Raymond and Beth Braman.
The Parsons-based Bramans have been featured on the network – twice, in fact – for their distinctive, handmade copper cookie cutters, sold on CopperGifts.com in thousands of different shapes.
"They filmed an episode of 'Unwrapped' here in around 2005, and a couple of years later they came for a Christmas special," Beth says. "It was the last day of August and about 104 outside, and we're all wearing Christmas sweaters with the house decorated for Christmas."
The hard work – and sweat – paid off.
"I remember the big rush after the first show aired. It was just unbelievable," she says. "We couldn't … Read More »
Winter 2013 issue: "Sister Act" sneak peek!
Sister Act
With their timeless music and effortless melodies, the Vogts Sisters are capturing SEK's attention
Russ Head has heard it all before. He's been in the music business almost his whole life, after all – as an audio engineer, a musician and even an instructor of recording arts.
But last spring, Head says he encountered something special. He watched from the crowd at Katy Days in Parsons as two young women – sisters from Erie – made their singing debut as a duo. He was amazed at what he heard.
As he says, these girls could actually sing.
"There was a whole different level of reality to what they were doing," Head says. "Very few people nowadays sing in a manner that's real, and they're just real – real as dirt. So it was really refreshing to see the girls up there just singing … Read More »
Fall 2013 issue: 'Art Gone Postal' sneak peek!
Art Gone Postal
Fall 2013 Issue
Just call them the seven wonders of Southeast Kansas.
Found in Burlington, Columbus, Eureka, Fort Scott, Fredonia, Neodesha and Oswego, seven New Deal murals and sculptures have called Southeast Kansas home for more than 70 years. Produced under the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts in the '30s and early '40s, these seven art pieces – plus 22 elsewhere in Kansas – were placed publicly in area post offices to help bolster American pride and patriotism and boost the morale of those suffering after the Great Depression.
They're still captivating Southeast Kansans today.
"Post offices were gathering places then, and everyone was getting to see this artwork," says Dr. Lorraine Madway, curator of special collections and university archivist for Wichita State University Libraries. "Their purpose…"
Want to keep reading? Check out the fall issue of Southeast Kansas Living! It includes … Read More »
August rain
Heavy rains this August have led to high rivers and slight flooding in Neodesha and surrounding areas. What's it look like in your corner of Southeast Kansas?
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Fall 2013 sneak peek!
Have you spotted this mural in Southeast Kansas? It is one among many in the area with similar histories — and we'll be covering all of it in the fall issue of Southeast Kansas Living! Don't miss it!
All about you!
Southeast Kansas Living is having a busy and exciting summer! So far, we've been:
1. Celebrating the release of our summer issue.
2. Telling folks about the magazine at speaking engagements.
3. Working on our fall issue (yes, already!).
We know it's only July 2, but we're always a season ahead here at Southeast Kansas Living – and we have an excellent fall issue planned for you, with stories spanning the entire Southeast Kansas region. (Check out a quick sneak-peek photo to the right of just one story we're working on!)
And you know what? That's what's so great about Southeast Kansas Living: We're all about you, all the time, and we'll never be any different. For more than 10 years, our stories (even our advertisements!) have been 100 percent tailored to you, where you live and what you're interested in. We like it that … Read More »
Southeast Kansas Living hits the road!
We had a great time today giving a presentation about Southeast Kansas Living magazine to the ladies of the Christian Women's Club in Chanute! We love to meet new folks in Southeast Kansas, tell them about the magazine, and introduce them to new things to do and places to see in our great region.
If you'd like us to speak at your organization's next meeting, please contact us here!
Welcome to our new website!
Here at Southeast Kansas Living magazine, we're all about celebrating the people, places and spirit of our one-of-a-kind region — and we want our website to do the same.
We hope you'll find the new, updated www.sekliving.com (www.southeastkansasliving.com will redirect you to the right place!) to be modern, functional and beautiful. We designed the site to work with you — to resize to your computer screen and mobile device and to always be easy to navigate. More importantly, we hope you visit the site often to manage your subscription, check out our latest issues and find out what's happening around Southeast Kansas!
This blog is the perfect place to start. We'll be updating it regularly to give you sneak peeks of coming issues and to post pictures and stories about people, places and events we're not able to include in the print editions.
We … Read More »


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9 tips on how to compare builders quotes
Let's imagine you have had your design completed, received council approval and now want to find a builder to undertake your project. You have gone out to the market, been referred to some different builders by friends, your architect and maybe a neighbour. You now have three quotes in your possession, with prices ranging by tens of thousands, which do you choose?
This can be a difficult choice and the fact you probably have limited building experience means how are you going to make the best decision. When I was studying at university one of my lecturers said research had shown the average residential building client has the building IQ of a 14 year old child. It's easy to see how the decision can be made incorrectly and before you know it you are locked into a contract with a builder who seems to have vanished compared to the one you met during his sales process.
Nine tips for evaluating tenders before choosing a builder are listed below:
1. Use the architect to manage the process, with builders they recommend and use often.
Architects are able to manage the tender phase on your behalf. They may also manage the construction process for you also for a fee but if that's not affordable or necessary it may be worth tapping into their network of trusted builders to at least get through the tender phase. These builders will all have had experience with the architect and will be up to the standard required to be on that architects tender list. It's best not to try introduce your own builder as they may not be in the same league as the architects builders and may be either use to doing smaller or much larger projects.
2. Did you get along with them?
It may seem simple but if you didn't click with the builder he's probably not the person for you. Depending on the size of the project you will have a long time to deal with this person and if he isn't someone you can have a friendly relationship with its probably best to choose someone else. Take the time during the tender phase to get to know the person when they are at your house, during phone calls and through email. Offer them a tea or coffee and have a conversation with them, show them around and go over the plans.
3. How will the builder run the project?
Did the builder come to site and introduce himself and explain how his company works and how the project will be built? No doubt you have something in mind as to how the project will be run. Things like who will be the main contact point on site, the builder or will he have a foreman on site? Does he employ carpenters or contractors only? How often will you have site meetings? Will the builder record and distribute site meeting minutes following these meetings? What is the process for variations?
4. Reduce PC allowances.
If possible make as many selections before the tender phase, take as much if not all variables out of the project by doing all your homework before the project starts. It will probably cost you more money to make choices during the project. If the builder allows $30m2 for wall tiles but when the time comes you want tiles that cost $50m2 this will cost you extra plus an additional builders margin.
5. What will the builders margin be for variations?
Every building contract has a section for the builders margin to be added to variation costs. It's good to know what this will be before you are sitting at your dining room table half way through signing the contract. You may feel then you have no option but to accept what the builder says.
6. What is the process for variations?
Imagine you decide you want to change the driveway from concrete to sandstone pavers. What is the process to be undertaken?
7. Is there a trade break down?
A trade breakdown is a one page document listing all the different trades of the project such as demolition, excavation, concrete etc. If all builders provide this breakdown it's easy to compare where their costs vary as opposed to getting only the total cost of the whole. If one builder is $10k less on tiling he may not have included to supply the tiles where are the other builder may have. If you expect both have then you may be up for a surprise later in the project.
7. Is there a list of inclusions and exclusions?
Has the builder written a detailed list of inclusions and exclusions in his tender? A lot of the information may be on the drawings or specification but if it's not you want to know what has been included or where assumptions have been made. If things have been excluded you also want know in case you thought they were included. As a rule of thumb a two page quote probably isn't enough, our tenders include minimum ten pages of inclusions amongst other things, just to give you an example.
8. If there is Foreman who will be running the site, can you meet him?
If your builder is running multiple projects it is likely there will be a foreman who is running the daily activity on your site. This is normal and probably better than the business owner running the project as it allows this person to focus 100% on your project not have to worry about sending invoices, doing quotes, following up suppliers etc. You may find you speak and deal with the foreman more than the builder himself so it's good to meet this person before you sign up to a builder.
9. How responsive was the builder during the tender phase?
How quick did the builder get back to you after you first contacted him? Did he have questions for you about what you wanted in your design? Did he return phone calls and emails? Did he follow up things he said he was going to? Was he organised for your meetings and arrive on time? His behaviour in these areas is probably an indicator as to how he will perform once the project is underway.
To wrap up all builders are not the same, but choosing the right builder who is going to do a great job and make your experience a pleasurable one will make the world of difference. Who knows you may even make a friend out of it, we have made friends with some of our clients.


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We talk natural hair and Winter care maintenance with Birmingham Afro beau's (and Skool Girl's own) Shara Johnson and Jade Richards…
Shara speaks…
How does your hair react to the cold weather?
In the Winter my hair tends to get a lot more dry, but it also takes longer to dry if I'm letting it air dry after I have washed it. Living in England makes it harder to allow my hair to air dry because it rains so much and is extremely windy, this can reek havoc on my hair if I leave it out all the time.
How do you maintain your natural hair during the colder season?
In the colder seasons, I maintain my hair by wearing a lot of protective hairstyles such as: crotchet braids, buns and my favourite go to style, Senegalese twists. These hairstyles protect my hair from the weather, and keep my ends tucked away. It is very important to keep the ends protected because they are the oldest parts of the hair and can easily break off if not cared for properly. Although I wear protective hairstyles throughout the winter, it's very important to regularly moisturise the hair by spritzing it lightly with water and sealing it in with oil which prevents the hair from drying out. Wearing my satin headscarf to bed also protects my hair and stops it from chaffing against the pillow cases which are usually made of cotton, (GIRLS WEAR A SATIN HEAD SCARF TO BED!)
What is your go to protective hair style for this Winter?
My go to style at the moment is Senegalese twists I think they are a great protective style that is easy to maintain daily, and is a great alternative to box braids, and are much easier to take out.
What is your top Winter hair tip for a Skool Girl?
My top winter tip would be to get a low manipulation protective hairstyle, that you can moisturise. Your hair thrives best when you do the basics and then just leave it alone. Its important to still give your hair and your edges a break after you have removed a protective hairstyle. After I have had mine in for a few weeks, I usually remove it, do a hot oil treatment with coconut oil / extra virgin olive oil, wash it, deep condition and give it a break for a few days before putting the twists back in. While I'm giving it a break I usually just wear my hair in a bun.
Jade speaks…
How does your hair react to the cold weather?
I have a military strict routine to look after my hair through out the year, so it is pretty much prepared and ready for when the winter approaches. As long as I get the ends trimmed in time for the colder weather it tends to stay healthy and strong without any breakage.
How do you maintain your natural hair during the colder season?
I follow a routine every night. First I part my hair into different sections and apply a mixture of oils including castor oil and olive oil to my scalp, I then massage olive oil into the main body of my hair and pay special attention to the ends making sure the are well moisturised to avoid breakage. I also use coconut oil which is excellent for the winter as its state changes depending on the temperature, so when it is cold the oil in your hair will harden therefore locking in the properties and keeping your curls intact if your hair is out!
If I feel that my hair has become a little dry, I take a spray bottle and spray my hair with water before taking the sections and putting them into either twists, plaits or bantu knots. I then seal the ends of my hair again with the olive oil. Before getting into bed I wrap my hair with a satin scarf to keep all the moisture in!
What is your go to protective hair style for this Winter?
Definitely a bun! I love long hair and I know that the key to retaining length is by keeping the ends (which are the oldest part of your hair)protected. Buns are great as a protective hairstyle as the ends on your hair are tucked away. I also this hairstyle because of its variation, you can have; High buns, low buns, messy buns, neat buns and you can include partings to switch it up. Although if I am feeling lazy I will just part my hair down the middle and put it in two french plaits!
HOWEVER! Regular buns and styling especially when tight can cause a lot of tension and stress to the hair so during the week I do allow myself to go the odd days without a protective hairstyle because I value my edges!
What is your top Winter hair tip for a Skool Girl?
Can I give three?
I'm going to give three anyway…
1) Get to know your hair!
What works for me may not work for you, we all have different hair types which will react to the harsher weather in different ways. By getting to know your hair properly you will know what your hair needs and when it needs it. For example just by looking at or touching my hair I know when it is thirsty for WATER! Which brings me nicely onto my next tip…
2) Don't be afraid of water!
I know many of us are afraid of getting our hair wet (I was that girl too!), but the truth is our hair really does need water, especially in more extreme weather conditions. So do not be afraid to add water to your hair more regularly if need be, this could be by simply spraying it with a spray bottle or even washing your hair a little more often- I try to wash mine once a week.
And finally…
3) Don't do your hair when you're tired.
It may just be me that gets impatient when I'm tired but if you're the same then this tip is for you! I avoid doing my hair when I am tired because I get impatient and am therefore not as gentle with my hair. Tiredness and impatience leads to us being rougher with our hair tools and ripping out our hair! Just like with anything we look after, our hair needs tender loving care. My advice is to complete your hair routine long before you feel yourself getting tired.


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"Considering that traditional training and exercises are often boring and repetitive, using computer games to augment physical and cognitive rehabilitation offers the potential for significant therapeutic benefit. Games are likely to engage a person's attention through the cognitive and motor activity required. Besides, most games challenge the player to achieve sustained success through progression to increasingly difficult levels. Another advantage is that games can be used to aid the management of pain by diverting the patient's attention."
Attached below, you'll find a PDF file of the article above in the CEWIT Conference Supplement to the Long Island Business News.


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Stories are best when shared.
That's the generosity of the writer: to give the best, happiest, most tormenting, effective, persuasive version of a story. We lay our hearts on paper, keyboards and choose to bask in the glow of computer screens when sensible people are sleeping. And we do it for sake of the story.
Perpetuating the story is the passion behind the revisions and edits, drafts, posts and submissions.
We writers are a vulnerable, crazy breed. And we have big shoes to fill. Who can tell a tragedy like Shakespeare? Who can catapult a plot like Grisham? Who can begin to touch Tolkein or kill off characters like Christie? Who can place a mirror before society to reveal it's faults with with grace and humor as Austen, Stevenson or C.S. Lewis?
But if we relied on the storytellers before us we'd be missing the point: we all have stories to tell and unique voices to share our personal perspectives. And, those of us who've entered into the story of redemption–that old, old story that changed the world and transforms lives lending sweet hope and salvation–we have the great privilege of propelling hope into the vast need that is the human heart and drawing individuals into the grand redemption narrative.
My family has a new and unexpected chapter to convey. The year 2011 brought events and challenges undreamt of, yet through the hardship and unimaginable fear, God's grace carried us through. So, this year and the events and produce of it, will find its way into many of my stories, for it has done what every really good story does: it changed me. It made me look at life through a different lens.
Thankfully, we've had the opportunity to share our story to many people, and through the keys and voice of a different writer, my family's story has reached another audience. Thank you Cindy Hval, for honoring our story, God's story, and sharing it with your readers.
"On Aug. 14, a fun-filled day at Loon Lake ended in near tragedy for the Santos family.
As Angelo Santos; his wife, Alyssa; and children Isabella, Zachary, Annalia, and Nikko, traveled south on U.S. Highway 395, a drunken driver blew through the stop sign at Crawford Road.
"I saw him coming," Angelo Santos said, of the seconds before the crash. "I tried to veer right to avoid him."
But the collision proved inescapable. Alyssa Santos thinks her husband's 15 years as a UPS driver mitigated the damages. "I believe if anyone else had been behind the wheel, it would have been so much worse," she said.
The accident was horrifying, but for the Santos family the real story is the unexpected outpouring of care and support they received from the community in the months that followed.
Within days a friend had set up a blog to post health updates, needs and prayer requests, and a benefit fund was created at Spokane Teacher's Credit Union.
As the minivan came to a rest that day, an eerie silence fell. "It was very quiet – a silence that seemed to last forever," Alyssa Santos said. And then she heard the children crying.
Shattered glass from the broken windows filled the van. Trapped against the steering wheel, Angelo Santos struggled to free himself. Alyssa Santos' leg rested on the dash. "It looked really odd," she recalled. "My foot was totally flat."
Zach asked, "Mom, what should we do? How can we help you?"
Isabella had her cellphone in her hand, so Alyssa Santos told her to call 911 and also call her aunt who was still at Loon Lake. Then she asked Zach to pray – and he did.
"We asked for help and God brought it to us," Alyssa Santos said.
Angelo Santos agreed. "The people who pulled over were amazingly selected by God. The first three people who stopped were all EMTs."
In addition, a couple stopped and helped get the kids out of the van. "They prayed with them and reassured them, and picked the glass out of their hair," Angelo said.
Alyssa Santos was the most seriously injured. While the rest of her family was loaded into ambulances, she was air-lifted to the hospital. "I passed out when they pulled me out of the car and woke up in the helicopter," she said.
The force of the impact had shoved her stomach up into her lung cavity; her diaphragm was torn and her spleen ruptured. She also had multiple breaks in her left leg.
Angelo Santos suffered a broken right ankle and ligament damage. Thankfully, the children's injuries were confined to bumps and bruises.
Alyssa Santos underwent immediate surgery to repair her diaphragm and spleen. When her condition stabilized, a surgeon pieced her shattered leg back together.
Angelo Santos had surgery on his ankle the same day. Later he was wheeled down the hall for his first glimpse of his wife since the accident.
"She whispered, 'I almost died, huh?' " he recalled. "I said, 'But you're not dead and I think God has a plan for us.' "
While family and friends rallied to clean the house, buy groceries and care for the children, what most touched Alyssa and Angelo Santos was the kindness of strangers.
Folks brought meals, did yard work, finished a backyard fence and rearranged furniture to accommodate two people using walkers.
Before the accident, Alyssa Santos had been readying Zach's room for a new paint job. Friends and family stepped in to finish it.
When word got out that Alyssa Santos would be coming home after an 11-day stay in the hospital, friend Eric Lyons designed a ramp leading from the garage to the house. Ziggy's Building Materials donated supplies, and a small group of volunteers completed the ramp in just one day.
As the start of school loomed, people pitched in and took care of the back-to-school shopping.
Annalia and Nikko attend Lincoln Heights Elementary, and the school also reached out to the family. "The principal and counselor came to our house and offered to give the kids rides to activities – the staff brought us meals. They've been amazing," Alyssa Santos said.
Friends held a car wash staffed by volunteers from UPS and employees of Applied Healthcare Associates. The fundraiser netted $1,575.
The support left the Santos family feeling stunned and grateful. Alyssa Santos said, "No one is really prepared for four to five months off work."
With his doctor's permission, Angelo Santos hopes to resume his UPS route this month.
Though Alyssa Santos has graduated from a walker to a cane, she faces intensive physical therapy, and possibly another surgery. "Every step hurts," she admitted.
The family expressed amazement that though the accident happened in August, they are still inundated with support and care. Alyssa said, "A group of people offered to do Christmas for us. They asked for our Christmas list and went out shopping on Black Friday."
They attend Life Center Church and said the church has been especially helpful. A man Angelo Santos knew from Bible study bakes cookies for the family every week. "It's his gift to us," Angelo Santos said.
"It's a good gift!" Zach said.
Isabella laughed. "They are the best cookies I've ever had!"
The experience has profoundly affected the family. "We can't really remember what life was like before," Alyssa Santos said. "Our kids are changed. When you look at not having your mom, everything is a gift."
"They look at the world differently. It's brought us closer, but it's also broadened our ideas of helping others," Angelo Santos said.
One thing is certain: Each member of the Santos family believes in the power of prayer. "We prayed and God met us from the very first minutes of the accident," Alyssa said. "It was an awful experience, but so much good came out of it." Cindy Hval, The Spokesman Review, January 5, 2012


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Meeting - 1 March 2016
What to do about IOPS?
-Should we reboot IOPS
-Should we start a new group with heavyweights still supporting. Change the name?Use IOPS to create and spread knowledge about prefiurativism.
IOPS has values already worked out.
Potentially linking with international groups.
Not really active.
Were not really inspired by what other groups were doing.
What do we want to do?
A libratarian socialist school where we learn about things and move towards a libratarian socialist society.Supporting people with organising and then do education and actions. Linking with groups nationally.
Ways to act-
1) Supporting other groups to function better
2)Joining groups and changing how they function
3) Doing our own projects
Using IOPS to use our skills to promote prefiguratism. Using our skills to promote prefiguratism. Using our skills to support prefiguratism and teaching activists and the general public . Stay using IOPS. Link groups in the left.
[Radical Assemby started as different groups and campaigns meeting up however people got burnt out because there was too many events.
What can we learn from the Radical Assembly? Most were single issue campaigns]
Trying to make prefiguratism happen. Thinking about prefiguratism and education.
IOPS is an organisation which is building towards a better society with education.
So what we decided we would like to do is have readings and working groups.
We have decided to stay in IOPS.
Next meeting- if it clashes with plan c - 29 March.
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The Shackleton on June 3, 1999
Before the Shackleton: Drawings-Photographs
Building the Shackelton
it Is unbuildable & I can't know where I'm going, it is
like a voyage or expedition, but it takes place indoors with very
minimal means. And yet it too questions what we think we know. To make
this, [place], is to go to an unknown place.
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After reading Paul Ricoeur's aesthetics in Critique and Conviction (all quotes = Ricoeur)
Maybe the work is like Benveniste's "sentence [that] pours language back into the universe"
We seek to "discover dimensions of experience that did not exist prior to the work."
Does the S. seek a world? Where is the S. headed? "What is a world? It is something one can live in; something that can be hospitable, strange, hostile pure modalities of inhabiting."
Can the S. move horizons? We can only use the term world if the work performs for the spectator a "refiguration that overturns expectations and changes horizons."
The S. is hidden within that building. The work must "retreat from and transfer back into the world."
This is the key for me: "If art did not have, despite its retreat, the capacity to come bursting into our midst, into our world, it would be completely innocuous; it would be struck with insignificance and reduced to sheer entertainment "
"The greater the retreat, the more intense the return .as if our experience were visited from infinitely further away than itself."
So I ask: How far has the Shackleton retreated, and when will it be ready for a return?
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Monday Morning, March 17, 2008
Dear Reverend Wright,
My guess is that by now your mail-box is filled with vitriol and "how dare you call yourself a Minister of the Gospel" and that sort of stuff. It may well be that the diatribes unleashed since the video tapes of your sermons hit the Internet and the front pages of the newspapers and the headlines of the talk shows leave you feeling vindicated. Reactions have served to validate the points you were trying to make in the first place. Or so it seems.
Racism is alive and well. Misunderstanding abounds. We may think we have ascended to a time when ignorance has been eliminated by enlightenment and bigotry by education. We've no doubt come a long way; but we still have a longer way to go, don't we?
As odd as it may seem, we have some things in common, you and me. I was born in Chicago and spent those formative post-high school years living in the heart of the city. I remember well when Malcolm X met his tragic end in February 1965, and Alex Haley's piercing autobiography captured my imagination. I remember the turmoil downtown in the aftermath of the brutal and cold-blooded murder of Martin Luther King; the rioting in the streets and the awful feeling of despair and apocalyptic sense of the world coming to an horrific end. Harvey Cox predicted that there would be no place for religion in the Secular City and Hugh Schonfeld exposed Jesus as a fraud in his Passover Plot. Many embraced the conclusions of those popular books. Too many. The Democrats asked host Richard Daley to keep the bums outside which he did. Chicago's police force brutally "kept the peace," and the bloody violence is recorded on splotchy black and white film. Later that fall, we met Ralph Abernathy just after he prevailed over Jesse Jackson to become heir apparent to Dr. King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
I do believe you were making your mark at the University of Chicago about that time. You were steeped in the literature of liberation theology; believing that the Gospel of Jesus Christ has powerful social implications. And you built a church on that foundation.
I hadn't heard the phrase "white flight" until I lived in the city and outlying suburbs. Racial animosity reached a fever pitch in those days. Sadly, it's always been an undeniable piece of the fabric of the Windy City.
In this world of sound-bites and slogans and labels, your moment in the national spotlight came and went like Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes. It's sad that a lifetime of ministry and service and pastoral care could be so diminished in a few out-of-context rants that got served up to your adversaries on a silver platter. And the relish with which they pounced is a wonder to behold.
I can only imagine the pride you've taken in one of your church's favorite sons – Barack Obama. (I, too, have been a pastor.) Twenty years ago, you stood there watching over an open Bible as he declared his promise and took those vows he made to God and Michelle as her parents listened in. You where there as his pastor and observed from close range as he became a voice of hope mobilizing a colossal throng of otherwise tired and cynical and ambivalent people; and transform them into energized, hopeful players in a system that heretofore seemed too distant and too coldly indifferent. You were there when the girls were born and when he won a high State office and then a Senate Seat and then blew the roof off the arena with a spellbinding speech at the last Democratic Convention. You knew like few others from whence he came. And Obama is only one of the stories of people whose lives were transformed over there on the South Side at Trinity Church. I saw you in one scene bent over on the platform on your knees, washing the feet of your people. If you could, you would tell the world of their stories, too. But the world isn't listening now.
By necessity Barack has been forced to repudiate those biting words of yours on the church video tapes in the most convincing terms he can find in the English language. I can only imagine the depth of loss you must feel. Certainly, there is the strident part of you that has framed a potent defense. You'd like to give it. But no one wants to hear it.
I understand that your people this weekend have entered into a time of fasting and prayer. You helped them find healing and hope and purpose; forgiveness and reconciliation. Now they feel misunderstood. They are angry at a media and a system hungry for an opportunity to stir up old racial stereotypes and bitter animosities. They know you. They love you. They want to come to your defense. But they are confused, too.
This will be an Easter like no other in the history of Trinity Church. We'll all walk down that Via Dolorosa again, and remember the One who was "despised and rejected." The One who agonized in the garden. The One who said, "Father, forgive them."
I will pray for you, Pastor Wright. Here's my prayer: that in this dark night of the soul, when enemies surround you with hatred in their hearts and fire in their eyes, that you will embrace the love of your people. That the transformation you have seen in so many who apart from Christ would be lost and alone would fortify your own heart. That you would emerge with a message of reconciliation and hope; and work to serve a Gospel that breaks down the dividing walls.
You've found a capable successor in young Otis Moss, III.
I understand that Obama got the title of his book from you. There is an unmistakable audacity in genuine hope. May the hope that can only come from God be audacious in its scope.
May your powerful voice, the decades of pastoral care, the academic and scholarly accomplishments, the network of influential people, come together now and usher us to a new level of mutual respect, understanding and determination arm in arm – to serve the Kingdom.
And the One who called us.
Pastor Ken
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We found ourselves driving back into Austria, via Innsbruck towards one of the only free places we could find in the mountains. Originally we'd set our sights on going to Sölden, but they only had a campsite there and we prefer Aires to campsites. Han found an Aire located in the next valley along which would provide us with ample opportunity for walking, mountain views and potentially the cable car ride we'd been holding out for.
Driving down towards Sankt Leonhard im Pilztal, we made good progress, right up until we turned into the valley. We were sure that we'd be arriving in no time, 20km to Mittelburg couldn't take us the 45 mins it said. Not surprisingly, google was right, but we were not disappointed. Our slow, uneventful climb into the snow line provided us with a fresh view every turn.
I'd spent months telling Han about the views in the Alps, mountains so big that it's hard to describe how impressive they are. After all that anticipation, here we were, soaking it all in. Green valley bottoms, craggy forest covered steep sided valleys, mountains topped with a dusting of snow and waterfalls seemingly falling from the highest reaches of the mountains. We were in sensory overload.
Not one week ago we were in 30°C temperatures, but now we found ourselves in 10°C at best! And that was at the bottom of the mountain. Not to worry though, we have heating, something which we hadn't needed over the summer but that would become increasingly used over the coming weeks.
Upon arrival, we found ourselves outside the village located at the furthest lift in the village, the Pitzaler Gletscher lift. Expecting to have to pay a tourist fee, we went in and spoke to one of the ticket attendants. He told us not to worry about it and it was free. Whilst there were no facilities (we'd topped up on the way), there was a functioning toilet, quite a fancy one at that. The availability of facilities such as this always helps in van life!
At the ski centre, we picked up some information hoping to find out about walks. It transpired that the mountain lift gave you prime views of Tyrol's tallest mountain and it was the highest cable car (Pitz Panoramabahn) in Tyrol. We'd been waiting out for a ride having seen many cable cars at huge prices, this is why we waited for one we actually wanted to go on. Having analysed it a little further, there was a mountain train up through the centre of the mountain then a cable car to the top of the mountain peak. Best of all, dogs were allowed.
We don't travel with Chief so we can do all our adventures separately, we do it so that we can enjoy all the activities together. Despite arriving in cold and slightly overcast conditions, the weatherman said the next day was bringing brilliant blue skies. We set an alarm (we had to remember how this worked first) and aimed to get up the mountain as early as possible.
The tickets were in two parts, one for the train and one for the cable car. We bought them together so saved a few pennies that way. The train ride was really smooth up to the top of the first peak. It opened up at the Wildspitzbahn to face Pitztal Glacier and provided a direct view of the 3,774 m high Wildspitze summit.
We decided to explore and play at the bottom first for a bit in the snow. Chief was wild in the snow, bouncing and bounding about! We followed a path up to the little church and suspected that the snow wasn't that deep, but on inspection, we discovered a few icy puddles and deep snow (which I was up to my waist in) whilst trying to take some pictures off the path.
Having had a run and a play, we decided to head for the lift. A fancy 6 person heated gondola ride up to the top provided amazing views. Chief was ace at dealing with it, although we suspect the treats may help. The views on the journey were endless, but on approach to the Hinterer Brunnerkogel station at the top it revealed another platform that we could take the view in from.
Disembarking, we headed for the viewing point. Up until this point, the weather had been kind to us, but quickly exposed at the top we could feel the biting wind (even on a good day). After taking our photos and admiring the view, we decided to head into the cafe.
Being from Yorkshire, I hate parting with cash, but we'd agreed that day was going to be our one treat day to each other. Having ordered two drinks and an apple cake (for an eye watering sum), I returned to the table exclaiming to Han that we could have bought half a weeks shopping for the cost. It was however, delicious, but we did feel a little out of place surrounded by tourists who probably did this sort of thing every day. That said, Chief took the opportunity to have a snooze and relax in the warm environment. It was well worth the visit to the top, but we were not ready to depart the mountain just yet.
On our way out towards the gondola, we noted that we could see the Sölden lifts in the next valley. Somewhere that holds a special place in my heart. We will go back as a family one day I'm sure!
The bad afternoon weather hadn't yet arrived, so, having gone down to the middle station we set off on a walk, explore and play. We'd packed a plethora of mountain gear, much to the bemusement of the tourists around us, but this allowed us to venture off and more importantly, make a hot drink.
We again played and took pictures in the snow, having loads of fun and enjoying the change in climate. I would consider myself fit, but running around with Chief at these altitudes was exhausting.
I'm not sure what the Austrians make of us Brits, and more specifically, Han, Chief and I. I wonder if they think we're loopy. Pulling out our bag a survival bag, we attempted to sledge on the mountain side. Maybe the altitude had really got to us! We made a quick brew in our microstove and took in the view a little bit more.
It was early afternoon and we didn't want to be stuck up here overnight. Exhausted from the day we descended via the train and retreated to the van for some well deserved tea and a snooze.
As we liked it so much here, we spent another night walking the excellent paths in the valley and practising our camera skills. We used the opportunity to give Chief a rest too, he needs down days to recover from all the fun he has.
We had to depart the next day, but Mittelburg in Sankt Leonhard im Pilztal had been one of the best places we'd ever visited!


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Overwhelming enthusiasm.
That is what powers William Knopf through marathon days as athletics director and coach of Glenforest School's boys and girls basketball teams.
Knopf, who has been molding the private SCISA school's small athletics program since it began 14 years ago, said believing in the program's mission makes the 12-16 hour days more pleasure than work.
"The whole point of starting the athletics program was to instill good morale and self-confidence in these kids," Knopf said. "I know in coaching I am doing that."
After leading the Bulldogs' boys team to an 11-3, 10-6 record last season, Knopf added girls coaching duties to his daily schedule.
"I knew when last year's coach was leaving at the end of the school year that it would be best for me to coach them again, rather than having someone new coming in right away," said Knopf said. He has been the Lady Bulldogs' go-to interim coach since the team's inception in 1995.
Without flinching, Knopf took over a squad with just six players — three juniors and three eighth graders. A The team that had struggled with the fundamentals and won very few games in the past two seasons.
"It's usually been harder for other coaches to deal with the losses," Knopf said. He, on the other hand, sees the positive in this new, old challenge.
"I'm very excited about the opportunity," he said. "We have very limited distractions and girls who really want to improve."
Already, he said, the girls have improved. They have gone from averaging 25 fouls per game to averaging seven. They won their season-opener, something Knopf cannot recall ever happening before.
It is a success that makes it even easier to juggle Knopf's daily duties.
Knopf has the girls team practice first after school, sometimes with the middle school or varsity boys team joining in to make drills more effective.
By 6 p.m., Knopf's boys team is usually on the court for their own practice.
It is often 8 p.m. before the coach heads home.
Despite his seemingly boundless energy, Knopf admits he is not able to fit in everything he wants to do.
Last year, he got the Bulldogs boys involved in weekly community service activities. They worked at Harvest Hope, visited the Palmetto Richland children's ward and area nursing homes. With two practices to run, this season Knopf is having trouble transporting the boys to different engagements. He is having an even harder time getting the girls involved in similar activities.
So far, Knopf said, he has just been able to take both groups to Heartland of Lexington, a facility right across the street from the school, to play Bingo with the residents.
Eventually, he will recruit some help, either from the new group of teachers at Glenforest or from some parents. In the meantime, Knopf is not complaining about his load.
"I put a lot of energy into the afterschool sports program and wish that more people had more time, but I can't expect for everybody to have the same interests that I have," said the coach, who also works nights as a waiter.
He loves what he does.
And at some point in everyday, he is reminded why.
Knopf said, "I know that I make a difference everyday, because everyday, two or three of those kids look at me and say, 'you are the greatest, coach,' or 'you are the bestest P.E. teacher.' "
That overwhelming sentiment makes it hard not to be enthusiastic.