Gym opens in Baldwin City; crappie tournament planned; Easter egg hunt Saturday; Theater students to perform ‘A Late Snow’

When Scott White first moved into an office next to the old Baldwin Therapy Services site at 814 High St. in Baldwin City, he thought it would make a good location for a gym should the therapy business ever move. Baldwin Therapy Services, now called Lawrence Therapy Services, did indeed move late last year to its current 820 Ames St. location. Meanwhile, White bought the downtown storefront that is home to his property management business and the old therapy location, and he and partner Sarah Moore opened Baldwin City Fitness.

“I always thought it would make a great gym because of its size, its location and the city parking lot across the street,” Moore said. “There’s been a void for fitness in Baldwin City since the Baldwin Athletic Club closed last summer.”

White and Moore filled that void with the April 1 opening of the Baldwin City Fitness, equipping it with cardio, weight and other gym equipment he was able to purchase from George McCrary, the owner of Baldwin Athletic Club.

Ten cardio units and an equal number of weight stations fill the front room of the gym. Farther to the back are free weights and a rack of dumbbells from 5 to 95 pounds. The gym also has a room where such classes as yoga, youth boxing and body sculpting take place. Another room holds a licensed tanning bed and upright tanning booth.

Even before they opened, White and Moore were thinking about expansion. There’s additional room for more equipment, but the partners will allow gym members’ requests to guide them on what to add, White said.

Gym membership comes with a card that allows access to the gym at all hours every day, White said. Memberships are $35 a month for 24-hour access and $25 for limited daytime hours, White said.

The gym now has about 90 members. White sees the opportunity for growth as those who joined out-of-town gyms with the demise of Baldwin Athletic Club return to the convenience of a hometown club when memberships expire and more residents living north of U.S. Highway 56 become aware of the gym.

The Eudora High School Future Farmers of America will have its annual crappie tournament Saturday at Clinton Lake. Registration starts at 6 a.m. at boat ramp No. 2. Entry fees for a team of from one to three anglers is $25. Contestants can fish from a boat or from land. Teams using a boat must have at least one member who is 18 or older.

The Eudora Easter egg hunt will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Lucy Kaegi Park, 1638 Elm St. The Eudora Lions Club will have a noon lunch available at the event.

The Baker University Music and Theater Department will present the play “A Late Snow” at 7:30 p.m. on April 20-22 and at 2:30 p.m. April 23 at Rice Auditorium on the school’s Baldwin City campus.