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Wichita Wings Player Profiles: Head Coach, Forwards, and Goalkeepers (Part 1)

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Players for the Wichita Wings range from the relatively short (5’6 ft tall) to the positively basketball player-sized (6’6). They weigh in at a sprightly 145 lbs, all the way up to a sturdy 245 lbs. Ten of them identify as defenders, 10 more as midfielders, four as forwards, and four as goalkeepers. The oldest is 38, while the youngest is only 20. More than half of them (18) hail from right here in Wichita.

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Wings Soccer On The Hunt For a Title

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You can find all kinds of characters at the Wichita Wings indoor soccer open tryouts. Kevin Ten Eyck represents the Grizzled Veteran. “Back for another year, huh?” I say to him. At 36, the team captain is long in the tooth for a game that tears up your joints. But he says he feels great.

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Mediterranean Food-themed Car Wash Takes Wichita By Storm

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Dozens of fans of hummus and automated car washes gathered yesterday in northeast Wichita to celebrate the grand opening of what is being hailed as this city’s most innovative multifaceted local business. Baba Gha-Wash offers consumers an automated car wash while they enjoy their favorite Mediterranean delicacies. Onlookers cheered as owner Steven Shadid cut a ribbon made of pita bread and opened the doors to Baba Gha-Wash’s first customer, Martin Lawrie. “I get my lifted Chevy Silverado washed nearly every day at a regular car wash,” Lawrie said, “And I’m always sitting there thinking, ‘This would be a lot better with a gyro in my hand.’”

Shadid believes that Baba Gha-Wash’s patented multistep process will be a game-changer for local consumers. Wichitans appear to agree.

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10 Books From 2022 That You Need to Read

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Reading is FUN-damental. That’s what the poster at school said. If you are a book reader, you know that this old school hobby can be a fundamental basis for both happiness and learning. But that doesn’t do it justice. Really, what we are talking about is that feeling we can achieve with the right book: when one’s emotions or inner thoughts intertwine with the words on the page to achieve a kind of Zen state.

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Wings Soccer Tryouts Attract Talent

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It is Day Two of tryouts for the Wichita Wings. Veteran Wings defender Kevin Ten Eyck squares up to a young player on the sideline and delivers his message succinctly:

“You cannot play. If you do not mark your man, you cannot play. Do you understand?”

The man nods and responds affirmatively. He better.

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The Boom in Esports Means Growth for Wichita’s Agent Ink

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When Wichita Story editor Tim O’Bryhim saw the new jerseys for the esports team at Wichita’s Education Imagine Academy [where he teaches history] he was curious about the jersey’s origin. He sought out Agent Ink’s CEO, 24-year-old Joey Nowlin, to talk about the Wichita-based company and its place in what is a very new industry. Tim O’Bryhim: What is Agent Ink? Joey Nowlin: An esports merchandising company specializing in jerseys and performance gear as well as streetwear and lifestyle wear for esports teams. What we do is design and produce merchandise for esports teams, content-creators and streamers, as well as setup online fan stores for those teams and fulfill all of their orders. TO: What motivated you to start this company?

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THE JAZZ FEST RETURNS WITH ‘BOP SOUL’

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WICHITA – The late, great Count Basie once said: “If a guy is gonna play good bop, he has to have a sort of a bop soul.” Wichita Jazz Festival representative Lisa Sillaway is confident that Wichita has sufficient bop in their soul to enjoy his orchestra Saturday night because they’ve been here twice before. This week, a new generation of Wichitans will have a chance to come to the festival and enjoy that band and other practitioners of America’s great musical creation: jazz. This year’s fest includes The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra directed by Scotty Barnhart, Bobby Watson and The Delano Jazz Orchestra, Betti O., Carmen Bradford, and a new documentary about Louis Armstrong called Little Satchmo. The festival is celebrating their 50th anniversary with four nights of Jazz greats, Wednesday through Sunday, at Wichita’s Crown Uptown Theatre and at The Bartlett Arboretum.