Peggy and Matt Keller want clients to think of appointments in their new Baldwin City clinic as destination visits.

The Kellers opened PK Therapy at 811 Grove St. earlier this month. The clinic offers occupational therapy in the former law office of Russell Cloon. The move came after the couple purchased an existing pediatric practice. The clientele from that practice is the core of a practice the Kellers plan to expand to serve all age groups.

The news site suits their needs very well, the Kellers said. It has several rooms they can modify for different therapies and another for an office. It does, however, require existing clients, many of whom are from Lawrence or Topeka, to drive about eight more miles for appointments.

“We’ve had a few say, ‘Where’s Baldwin?’, but most like the drive,” Peggy said.

Matt said he encourages clinics to look at the appointments as destination visits and take the time to explore Baldwin City and its downtown a half block to the east. They can have a cup of coffee, eat at a cafe, visit the Lumberyard Arts Center, check out the antique store or stroll the Baker University campus, he said.

Because most of the existing clients are still in school, the clinic’s busy hours are from 3 to 7 p.m., Peggy said. She intends to increase the scope the clinic’s clientele from pediatric to geriatric and everything in between, she said.

Peggy is a 1984 graduate of Baker University and received a master’s in occupational therapy in 1987 from the University of Kansas. She had a rural in-home practice that specialized in hippotherapy, or therapy on horseback, for the past 15 years.

The couple said Peggy handles the therapy side of PK Therapy. With his banking background, Matt will be in charge of “everything else.”

“I’m in charge of the maintenance, (seeing) that the bills get sent out on time and all the other things,” he said.

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The Baldwin City Chamber of Commerce will have its monthly meeting from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Lumberyard Arts Center, 718 High St. Baker University football coach Mike Grossner and Baldwin High School coach Doug Kerr will present the program. Homestead Bakery will cater the lunch.

The Senior Resource Center of Douglas County will have a senior summit in Eudora from 1 to 3 p.m. Sept. 28 at the Eudora Community Center, 1630 Elm St. The summit will address services that seniors need in the community.

Those planning to attend the summit are asked to RSVP to the Senior Resource Center by sending an email by Sept. 16 to smacfarlane@YourSRC.org. with name, title, organization, phone number and number people attending.

Kathy Johnston’s service to the Baldwin City Library will be marked with a celebration from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the library. Johnston retired in July has director of the library after more than 30 years of service in that position.