Isn't it great renewing relationships of people you went to high school with? Sure it is!!When I recently moved to my new office I found out that a great gal I went to high school with was moving to my office also.I have just invited Barb to ActiveRain and please help me welcome her.Barbara has
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08/31/2007
I've written previously about Antioch Shopping Center and how it was dying a miserable death.Well now they have a new and smaller budget to cover the cost of re-developing my old stomping grounds.The new budget has been approved by the Kansas City Tax Increment Finance Commission.The total cost o
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08/23/2007
Kansas City's Irish Festival will take place once again this year at Crown Center on August 31st thru September 2nd.It's a grand ole' time with everything Irish: music, food, dancing, clothing, jewelry, decor.From the size of the crowd you'd think everyone who's Irish in Kansas City attends! Th
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08/23/2007
The Liberty Corn Maze season will open Labor Day weekend.This year the 1000 foot X 1000-foot corn maze will bring the "Border Showdown" to Liberty.Arch rivals MU (Missouri University) and KU (Kansas University) logos are the design for this years corn maze.What is a Corn Maze you ask? (Hesitatin
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08/23/2007
You've heard of the term "milking it for all it's worth" That's definitely not the case at Shatto Farms...Dairy Farming hasn't been a big money maker for cow milkers in this area because they had to sell it to a dairy co-op. Diary farmers sell milk by weight and 100 pounds is about 11.5 gallon
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08/23/2007
The North Kansas City School District received good news last week that the district's test scores on the National ACT and Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) have gone up.Their MAP scores outperform the state average in nearly every category measured.Their ACT scores exceed state and national aver
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08/23/2007
I wrote previously about the Saturday morning that we stopped by the Corner Cafe for some of their delicious bisquits and gravy. It was so good.... good enough for the President I guess.There are many things President Bush did while he was in Kansas City yesterday: snarled traffic, addressed the
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08/23/2007
Imagine this: You are sitting at your desk or the kitchen table balancing your check book and preparing to pay your monthly bills. You open your credit card statement and you realized there's an $1100.00 charge you are sure you didn't make...Unbelievably upset with that sick feeling in your gut
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08/22/2007
Goodmorning!I thought I would share a picture of my favorite place in the world with you this morning. This is the Geiranger Fjord in Norway. I was there this time last year and it was absolutely wonderful. A beautiful small town that has so much character and history. It's really like a fairy
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08/19/2007
This morning I just discovered www.imagechef.com that offers you an array of different things you can customize and gives you the code to put in your blog.I thought it was kind of fun myself and there are many different things you can do for a little relaxation!Here are just a couple of samples o
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08/18/2007