Carol & Carl Rondinelli's (carolrondinelli) Blog

In 1967 we saw the advent of Urban Renewal, MidAmerica Nazarene College (now MidAmerica Nazarene University), cable television, daylight savings time, Johnson County Community College and a new Olathe Community Hospital.  Olathe residents first used voting machines during this time."Cruzin' the '...

Olathe continued moving forward as a city hall was built in 1911 at the southwest corner of Kansas Avenue and Santa Fe streets.  The need for army boots increased the reputation of the Hyer Boot factory, and Olathe, in the United States.  Olathe was described as "a prosperous market town of pleas...

Although I work all of southern Johnson County, Olathe has a part of my heart because I was raised in Olathe.  Thanks to the work of the Olathe Historical Society,  I have enjoyed reading a rich history of our area.  Thought I'd share just interesting bits and pieces of the history of Olathe.  Th...

Sorry to say, in this day and age we all have to be careful.  There have been cases in the past few years of realtors meeting strangers at homes and being robbed and killed.  Not a lot of this happens, but one is one too many.  Offices set up safety rules and regulations and try to insist that th...

There's probably not another profession in the world where people can call up and say "Hey, give me 1.5 hours of your time and your professional advice and I don't have any intention of doing business with you or paying you at all.  Yes folks, that's what buyers say to realtors when they call up ...