Last week while showing homes to the Minton family who are relocating to St Joseph, 

      we took a break and visited Kris & Kate's Old Fashioned Ice Cream Shoppe.

      Their twin 5 year old daughters Tara & Cara immediately liked the

BIG PINK ICE CREAM CONE BUILDING and had quite a time in selecting which one of the

ice cream treats from the menu as their choice.

      Kris and her daughter Erica offer a warm welcome to customers at the fun family oriented store. 

Kris & Kate's Ice Cream shoppe offers special parking for Harley's, volleyball nets, sand-pits for the kids along with the-best-selection-of-ice cream-treats to be enjoyed at picnic tables or at the gazebo area while listening to the goldie oldie music.

                         Kris & Kate's Ice Cream Treats is located at Belt Highway and 36th Street

visit St Joseph

May 14-5pm-Parties on the Parkway-SW Parkway & King Hill Ave

May 15-5pm-Northside Festival-Krug Park

May 15-All Day-Bike to Work Day

Help Us Celebrate National Bike Month

With spring in the air, the city of St. Joseph and the League of American Bicyclists                                            (the national organization of bicyclists) announce that May is National Bike Month, May 11-15 is Bike to Work Week, and Friday, May 15 is Bike to Work Day.

May 16-10am-Northside Parade & Festival-St Joseph Avenue to Krug Park

May 17-10am-NW Missouri Street Rod Show-Civic Center Park

May 17-NOON-Northside Festival-Krug Park

May 23-1pm-Special Olympics Duck Race-Aquatic Park

May 28-30-7pm-Saint Joseph Mustangs-Home Games-Phil Welch Stadium

May 31-1pm-Central High School Graduation Ceremony-Civic Arena

May 31-4:30pm-Lafayette High School Graduation Ceremony-Civic Arena

May 31-7pm-Benton High School Graduation Ceremony-Civic Arena

 June 11-11am-Women of Excellence Awards Luncheon-Civic Arena

June 13-14-1pm & 6pm-Dance Arts Center Recital-Missouri Theater

for additional happenings in St. Joseph

The weather is beginning to feel like spring at long last...as I glanced across the lake last night I felt my eyes were seeing double.  Area residents will soon be bringing the fishing boats out, along with the kids throwing in their fishing poles, boating in the rubber rafts and canoes.  Life is fun at the Lake especially during the summer.  One of our local churches brings their kids every year and to see over 100 kids fishing and having fun is truly a precious moment. 

also, here you can see the local events

                                  St Joseph is known for its quality of beautiful mansions.                              

In 1920, Houston Wyeth built the Georgian design mansion for his family.                                                      

The mansion included a total of 21,133 square feet with 15,332 square feet of living area, nestled on 24-gated acres. 

The general exterior features stucco with red clay tile roof, separate guardhouse, cabana and a small barn.

Solarium's include tile floors and circle head windows with domed plaster ceilings.

In 1984 a local investment group purchased the Houston Wyeth Mansion, transforming the property to a professional office building.  The front portion of the grounds is St Joseph's finest professional office business parks with 9 freestanding individually owned buildings with the Georgian design. 

                                  The guardhouse a perfect individual professional office building.  

Completely secluded among the mature trees at the rear portion of the acreage, perfectly designed is the "Antilles" of 15 upscale Town homes.

                                       Buchanan County Agri-Business Expo Center~Proposed

Buchanan County is proposing to showcase our agricultural heritage.  The facility would sit on 43 Acres in Buchanan County at the intersection of I-29 and Highway 169 North.

The facility would provide a venue to display and educate the public on past, present and future agricultural activities.  The center would be one structure that would include several components.

Total square footage would be 249,400 under one roof.

(1)  The Expo Center would include a Expo floor, class rooms, lobbies, offices and kitchen, with a combined space of 52,000 square feet.

(2)  The Arena would have a total of 93,600 square feet that would include Arena Floor and seating.

(3)  Stalls and warm-up area with 648 stalls, plus Locker rooms, restrooms and wash racks.

(4) University of Missouri Extension Center would have a office and meeting area also.

Additional features proposed would include;

(1)  R.V. park that would have approximately 140 spaces designed into an existing wooded area.

(2)  A convenience store that would include shower, laundry facilities to serve the R.V. campers.

(3)  An area dedicated for parking for trucks and trailers.

Buchanan County is also working with the State Emergency Management Department to designate this facility as a "Safe Room" which could be a location that people could go to in case of an emergency (tornado)

Possible uses for the following types of activities could include:

• Horse shows
• Equestrian clinics
• Saddle Clubs
• Beef, pork, poultry and dairy shows
• Farm equipment shows
• FFA activities and 4-H activities
• Rodeos, Circuses, agricultural auctions and swap meets
• Lawn and garden, sportsman shows, tractor pulls, BBQ contests, plus many other projected uses.

       also see another recent update in St Joseph