North Riverside Neighborhood Association Dec 2016/Jan 2017

No December meeting - enjoy the holidays with friends and family

january 16, 2017 Program Why don’t we have any more Neighborhood Cleanups? Who are the officers of this Association’s Board? What causes mail stoppage and why did I get a letter from the Post Office? My neighbors always park a car on their front yard – What should I do? “What’s On Your Mind?” – yes, EVERYONE will have an opportunity to ask a question – depending on time allowed, perhaps more than one. So, think of a neighborhood concern, suggestion, or simple inquiry and have it ready when we say…..”What’s on YOUR mind?” at our January 16 Meeting!, 7 pm, Woodland United Methodist Church

Oldest & Newest Neighbors!

Monday Nov. 14th was our annual North Riverside pot luck supper. It was an evening filled with scrumptious food, delightful friends, and of giving thanks for our caring and dedicated neighbors. Steve Jerrell and his two daughters were given special appreciation, and area volunteers were recognized. “Volunteers – The heart of the community” -

Some of our stars are listed in this newsletter. They and many other unsung heroes make this a great place to live.

Door prizes!

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COLD WEATHER TIPS Ensure there are no gaps in insulation or crawl spaces that ex-pose pipes to cold air, which could put the pipes at risk of freez-ing and bursting. Have your heating system checked by a licensed technician be-fore cold weather requires daily use. Block drafts around doors, windows and baseboards with weather stripping, window film and caulk to control heat loss. Install storm doors and windows to improve energy-efficiency. Have chimneys cleaned by an experienced chimney sweep to prevent the risk of a fire from buildup or blockages. Spray door locks with powdered-graphite lubricant to prevent freezing and sticking. Set ceiling fans to rotate clockwise to force rising warm air back towards the floor. Source: National Association of Home Builders Remodelers Have you unhooked your hoses from all outside faucets and drained any rain barrels?

CHANGE IS IN THE AIR! Meetings drop to 6 in 2017

Submitted by Sharon Quincy

Testing the waters, your North Riverside Neighborhood Association Board has decided to drop the number of regular association meetings from 11 annually to 6. Here’s the background…… Since meeting attendance has de-clined and projects and obligations have increased, it was decided that reserving creative time and energy for the other on-going endeavors and administrative work of North Riverside was a priority. The June 2017 Tri-Neighborhood Picnic will continue! 2017 Meeting Schedule: January 16 March 20 May 15 (June—picnic) July 17 September 18 November 13

ZOO for You! Every Wednesday, November 2016 through February 2017: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Grab your coats, throw on your mittens and head over to the Sedgwick County Zoo for Winter Wednes-days! Spend the day in the refreshing outdoors for $3.00 per person.

The North Riverside News is an advertiser-supported publication by the NRNA. It is published bi-monthly and is distributed free to homes and apartment buildings in our area. The News is delivered by neighborhood volunteers.

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New Online Garage Sale

Permits and Advertising Just visit www.wichita.gov, look for the garage sale sign icon in the middle of the page, and click. Set up an account by en-tering an email address and create a private password. Apply for a permit or search the City's garage sale permit "ads" and locations. More than 5,000 garage sale permits are issued each year. The new system will allow users to add information about each sale, including what merchandise is offered at the sale (e.g. tools, books, clothing, furniture, etc.). Users can cre-ate a "classified" ad about their sale to be carried on the City's website. The information will be available for free to anyone with Internet access. A Google map will pinpoint the location of each garage sale and a report can be printed listing each sale. The information for a sale may even include up to five photograph images that can be uploaded with the ad.

There is no additional cost to advertise on the website. The $2.50-a-day cost of the permit includes the inclusion of each garage sale's advertisement on the website. Users searching for garage sales pay nothing.

Dillon's grocery stores discontinued selling garage sale permits from customer service counters on Jan.1. Since then, residents have had to go to the 1st floor of City Hall or purchase a permit at The Wichita Eagle. The new system is timely and more con-venient.

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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church ELCA 925 N. Waco 263-0810 stpauls-wichita.org

Christmas Eve Candlelight Services 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. refreshments preceding each service

Christmas Day 9:30 a.m. Children’s Christmas Program Dec 11th-9:30 a.m. Service

Regular Sunday Worship Times 9:30 a.m. Join us in God’s Work, Our Hands - Making Disciples to Make Peace Kid’s Kingdom Daycare at St. Paul’s offers loving childcare with a strong pre-school curriculum Mon.-Fri. from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Moderate prices. Now enrolling. Call 263-2433.English Classes for Adults Monday – Thursday from 9:30 a.m. – 12. $25 a month plus books. Call 263-0810 or email esol.stpauls.wichita@gmail.com

MARSHALL LEADERSHIP CADETS MAKING A DIFFERENCE! Tony Emond MSgt, USAF (Ret), Leadership Instructor – Marshall A core mission of the Wichita Leadership Program is to help develop in our students a sense and appreciation for community service and volunteerism. Our Marshall students have been doing some good things: On October 10th, twelve Marshall Leadership Cadets volunteered to help Woodland Methodist Church prepare for their big fall festival and lasagna dinner, as well as their “ Spooktacular” Hal-loween event. They helped set up tables and chairs and get the gym prepared for these important and popular events! On October 17th, eight Cadets volunteered to support Ms. Liebst and her “Girls on the Run” 5k color run. These students were stationed at various checkpoints throughout the running course and provided the “COLOR” for the participants! On October 31st, three Marshall Leadership Cadets delivered over 20 Halloween candy bags to young patients in the Via Christi Pediatric Ward who were unable to go “Trick-or—Treating!” The smiles of joy on the patients faces, as well as the smiles of satisfaction on my cadet’s faces was priceless and can’t be put into words! On November 5th, nine Cadets sacrificed time on their Saturday morning to march in the annual Veterans day parade in downtown Wichita. Our Marshall Cadets joined with Cadets from other schools to represent the Wichita Leadership Corps with dignity and enthusiasm! After the parade two of our Cadets then went to the local VFW to volunteer more of their

Saturday to support a flag retirement ceremony in which 800+ American flags were retired with pride and dignity! There are other volunteer opportunities that our Leadership Cadets will be supporting as the holiday season fast approaches!

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DID YOU KNOW? PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LOWERS CANCER RISK

When asked about how our lifestyles affect our risk of cancer, most are aware that smoking can cause lung cancer, and that sun exposure can lead to skin cancer. However, physical activity is known to lower the risk of some cancers, specifically breast cancer and colon cancer. A new study published in 2016 also saw an association of physical activity with lower risks of 13 other varieties of cancer. This is an interesting finding which further suggests that being active is good for your health in all kinds of ways! Choose your favorite activity, and try to spend at least 30 minutes, five days/week, doing it. Remember that walking at a moderate pace counts! Wichita has many parks, biking and walking paths. Take ad-vantage of them! Submitted by Barbara Coats, MD

RIVERSIDE MEETING INVITATION KS Search And Rescue Dog Association – January 10th Meeting Heather Swift, Director of KSARDA will speak to us at our Janu-ary meeting. She is also the K9 Coordinator for the KS Task Force K9 Unit, serves on the State Urban Search & Rescue K9 Sub-Committee and the KS ESF-9 Advisory Group Board for the KS State Fire Marshall’s office. She has deployed to over 20 callouts for Search & Rescue including the 2007 Greensburg tornado and the 2008/2016 Chapman, KS tornados. Heather will have her dog with her and perform a demonstration for us. We hope you’ll be able to join us at Gloria Dei Lutheran, 1101 W River Blvd, Jan 10th, 7:00pm. Submitted by Linda McCune

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CITY CODE for HOUSE ADDRESS NUMBERS After review, city council voted in October to revise the code requirements for house number as follows: Section 10.04.190 “Duty of owner or occupant to place and size of house numbers.” The owner or occupant of every one or two family dwelling in the City is required to conspicuously place on the residence house numbers of at least three (3) inches in height. Painting house numbers on the Curb alone shall not be sufficient to comply with this Section. Such numbers shall be of a contrast with their background such that police officers and firefighters can read the numbers from the abutting street. Any property owner failing to comply with this Section shall be punished by a fine of twenty five (25) dollars. Each day house numbers are not properly placed on the residence is a separate and distinct offense. Additionally, council reviewed the operational guidelines that document that property owners are to be given the opportuni-ty to bring their house numbers into compliance before tickets were written. Commercial properties are required to have address numbers of at least four (4) inches in height.

The Eagles will be

landing soon!

Election Trivia In what year did Kansas cast its first vote for a presidential candidate? 1864-Lincoln vs. Gen. George B. McClellan; supported Lincoln

Newsletter Volunteers EDITOR: Claire Willenberg STREETWALKERS: Gigi Barrett Aimee Basham Mary Lou & Randy Bennett Amanda Brown Ivy Elliott Sue Erwin Merle Furry Barbara Hammond Jeanne Hanson Debra & Timm McCurdy Beth & David McDonald Shelley & Steve McKinney Mary Mourning Mike O'Neil Shirley & Mike Pilat Jayne Sanders Akisha West Debra West Cristina Wharton Claire & Warren Willenberg

Specialty Volunteers LITTLE FREE LIBRARIANS Pete Daniels 1431 N Lieunett Sharon/Bill Quincy 1420 N Garland Rochelle Wilson 1450 N Salina GRILL CHIEFS (Tri-Neighborhood Picnic) Aaron Heck Lisa/Sean Price ANGELS OF WOODLAND (United Methodist Church) Laurie Mitchell, Church Secretary Michelle Reed, Pastor

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North Riverside sends out periodic emails about neighborhood events and items of interest. To be included please email c.willenberg@sbcglobal.net

Happy Kansas Day January 29th Kansas entered the Union as the 34th state on January 29, 1861. Some of the impressive firsts Kansas can claim: *The 1st Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry was not only the first black regiment organized in a northern state, but was also the first black unit to see combat in the Civil War. The unit suffered the highest losses of any Kansas regiment during the War. *The first forward pass in football history was thrown in De-cember 1905. The teams? Washburn University (Topeka) and Fairmont College (Wichita). *Susanna Salter of Argonia was the first woman mayor in the world. She was first elected in 1887. *Kinsley, Kansas city manager Rena Milner was the first woman city manager in the country. This was in 1928. *Kansas became the first state to impeach a governor-Charles Robinson (1861 – 1863). He was acquitted in 1862. *The first black woman to win an Academy Award was Wichita native Hattie McDaniel in Gone With The Wind. *In 1866, Lucy Hobbs Taylor became the world’s first woman to become a fully trained dentist. Though not born in Kansas, she lived in Lawrence from the 1870s until her death in 1910. *Kansas native Georgia Neese Clark Gray was the first woman Treasurer of the US, appointed in 1949. She served until 1953 and no subsequent Treasurer has been a man. *Topeka native Nancy Landon Kassebaum was the first woman elected to the United Stated Senate in her own right, 1979. *Oskaloosa, Ks seated the first all-woman city council in 1888. *A ten-stool lunchroom in Topeka was the first of the chain of the Harvey Houses operated by Fred Harvey. *Kansas inventors include Almon Stowger of El Dorado who invented the dial telephone in 1889; William Purvis and Charles Wilson of Goodland who invented the helicopter in 1909; and Omar Knedlik of Coffeyville who invented the first frozen carbonated drink machine in 1961. *Amelia Earhart, first woman granted a pilot's license by the National Aeronautics Associate and first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean was from Atchison. *The first national hamburger chain started in Kansas. The first White Castle hamburger restaurant opened in Wichita in 1921. World famous Pizza Hut restaurants opened its first restaurant in Wichita in 1958. *The first female player for the Harlem Globetrotters and later WNBA star Lynette Woodward was born in Wichita. *Silent comedian Buster Keaton, of early film success, was from Piqua, Kansas.

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NORTH RIVERSIDE CALENDAR

DEC 5 - DAB MEETING- 6:30pm Evergreen Park clubroom, 2700 N. Woodland. Hear about issues coming before City Council that impact our area.

DEC 19- NO NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING

JAN 2 - DAB MEETING- 6:30pm Evergreen Park clubroom, 2700 N. Woodland. Discuss issues coming before City Council that impact our area.

JAN 23– NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING-6:30pm Woodland Methodist Church, 15th & Payne. “What’s on your Mind” Q&A on concerns and ideas.

JAN 28 - District 6 Coffee, Meet with Janet Mil-ler, our City Council rep. Downtown YMCA 402 N. Market, lobby area, 9-10:30am. Discuss local city projects/issues.

JAN 29 - KANSAS DAY

Next North Riverside News Deadline JANUARY 15th Contact Claire W, 990-4407 c.willenberg@sbcglobal.net

NEIGHBORHOOD NUISANCE REPORTING MADE EASIER Residents are encouraged to report neighborhood nuisance problems via phone or email. To submit a report, please call the main number - 660-9220. A voicemail can be left if the call is made after business hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Also, an email may be sent to KeepWichitaClean@wichita.gov Or residents may contact the Dial Wichita! Call Center, 942-4482 to reach any department.

Garden Volunteers WEED WHACKERS: Amanda Brown, Ben & Jack Brown Sue Erwin Johanna Hutmacher Linda McCune Debb McCurdy David McDonald Sue Robinson Claire & Warren Willenberg RAIN MAKER (Donates water) Keith Loibl HOSE BRIGADE: Aimee Basham Amanda Brown Nadine Deardorff Becky Farris Barbara Hammond Johanna Hutmacher Debra McCurdy Shelley & Steve McKinney Sharon Powell Quincy Jayne Sanders Nancy Spradling Cristina Wharton Claire & Warren Willenberg VEGETABLE VIGILANTES: John Ruder Matt Starkey Greg Wolfe Woodland Methodist Church Members

11th Hour Project Submitted by Beck Farris During a time when budgets for school music programs have been cut and private lessons are unaffordable for many families, there is now a low cost music education opportunity right here in the North Riverside neighbor-hood. Pastor Michelle Reed came up with the idea for a youth guitar program at Woodland UMC and was able to secure funding for start-up costs through a grant from the United Methodist Church by the fall of 2015. She enlisted volunteer Becky Farris as music instructor and director of the program.

The 11th Hour Project is a 10-week guitar and songwriting class for grades 6-12 that uses musical expression to promote peace Each week, the students enjoy an after school snack as they first get a lesson based on the Golden Rule. The music lessons that follow promote student confidence and generate inner peace so that they can confront the struggles of adolescence with thoughtfulness and compassion. Each session, the students learn the chords to a popular song and then write their own lyrics about issues they face. The session culminates with a recording of the song and a performance for friends and family. Recordings from the first two sessions can be heard on SoundCloud.com and the lyrics are posted on the 11th Hour Project’s Facebook page.

The upcoming session of 11thHP will start Jan. 11, 2017. The cost of the class is $25 and this includes the use of a student guitar and starter accessories. Students have the option of purchasing the guitar, gig bag, and tuner for an additional $35.

For more information or to find out how you can help, please call Becky Farris @ 316-259-2973.

FROM THE GARDEN Debb McCurdy The gardens have all

been put to bed for the season. thank you to all who helped water & tend &/or maintain them. Please be thinking of & looking for gardens in the hood for Garden Stroll 2018!