My Fellow Senior Citizens:

My name is Gayle Anderson and I am the Chairman of the Southwestern District #6 of the Kansas Silver Haired Legislature.

Silver Haired Legislature is a group of Senior Citizens who work together to identify issues important to Older Kansas Adults 60 and older. We work to send our recommendations to the State House of Representatives.

The KSHL representatives must be 60 years old and elected from their County of Residence. They must be registered voters also. They are elected in each county and term of office is two years and members may file for re-election.

Each County has one representative except for Wyandotte, Johnson, Shawnee, and Sedgwick which are all allotted five each.

Kansas should have 125 Delegates but as of now we only have 80, we are short 45 delegates of which 17 are in my Southwestern Kansas District.

We are in need one Representative for SHL from Barber Co., Barton Co., Comanche Co., Edwards Co., Finney Co., Gray Co., Greeley Co., Hamilton Co., Haskell Co., Kiowa Co., Morton Co., Ness Co., Pawnee Co., Rush Co., Scott Co., Seward Co., Stevens Co., and Wichita Counties.

We need representatives to speak out for our Kansas Senior Citizens. Census studies show in 2020, 671,000 Kansas Seniors over the age of 60. In 10 years, by 2029, Senior Populations will grow to 1,017,082.

We are trying to improve the situation for our Seniors in the coming years,

Questions and concerns, please call me at 620-397-6515.

Gayle Anderson, Chairman

PSA#6, Southwestern Kansas