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Archives for February, 2011
Tweet The hopefuls for two local elected offices will find their names on primary ballots tomorrow. Four candidates are vying for an at-large seat on the Shawnee Mission School Board, and three are running for a Ward 3 seat on the Fairway City Council: In the Shawnee Mission School District at-large board position primary, the [...]
Tweet This year’s record snowfalls haven’t just been a pain for people commuting to work and parents making arrangements for homebound children. They’ve also caused a major headache for Prairie Village city administrators. Following the two large snows earlier this year, city hall was flooded with calls from residents with reports of sidewalks blocked by [...]
Tweet Prairie Village City Councilman Michael Kelly on Sunday held the first of what he said would be around a half dozen neighborhood meet-ups, a strategy he hopes will help give him citywide exposure as he campaigns for Prairie Village mayor. The event was hosted at the home of Eric Mikkelson, a 71st Street resident [...]
Tweet Students and teachers helped transform Briarwood Elementary into a Japanese tea garden, if only for a day, earlier this month. As part of activities to increase their awareness of other cultures, Briarwood kindergartners got to have a Japanese tea party, complete with cultural cuisine like sticky rice and edamame (or “eda-mommy” as some pronounced [...]
Tweet The second annual Drum Run 5K race scheduled for Saturday at SM East has been postponed due to inclement weather forecast and current road conditions. Brad Ziegler of KC Running Company, which was organizing the race, says the event will be rescheduled for this spring. We’ll let you know when a new date has [...]
Tweet A man entered the First National Bank on Shawnee Mission Parkway across from the Fairway Shops Thursday morning brandishing a gun and demanded cash from the teller. The robbery took place at 9:50 a.m. The Federal Bureau of Investigation reports that when the suspect fled, a red dye packet in one of the money [...]
Tweet On this cold, wet Friday in February it seems there is little to like about winter. Snow-covered branches? Over it. Cozy sweaters? Been there, done that. But one winter staple that doesn’t grow old is a warm bowl of creamy, nutty steel cut oatmeal. I had long shied away from steel cut oatmeal because [...]
Tweet After three months of renovation following the closing of Jose Pepper’s, Tavern in the Village is set to make its debut Monday, Feb. 28 at 11 a.m. The restaurant, owned by Prairie Village resident and long-time Kansas City-area restauranteur Kelly Manning, will feature upscale-casual American style cuisine and a kids menu with five items [...]
Tweet Winter weather may have made an unwelcome return yesterday, but springlike temperatures over the previous week appear to have left the roads warm enough that snow crews were able to make short work of the accumulated snow. A trek out along the roads this morning found the main streets in Prairie Village virtually clear [...]
Tweet Prairie Village shoppers in the market for women’s clothing and gifts will have a new destination to check out next month. In Clover, owned and operated by area residents Wynne Foster and Heather Hanson, will feature designer clothing and gift items meant to appeal to shoppers looking for “luxury and comfort.” The clothing lines [...]
Village Crawfish Fest organizers select arts organization as new beneficiary amid state funding cuts
Tweet The Secret Order of Crawdaddies, organizers of the annual Village Crawfish Festival, have named Kansas City Young Audiences as a beneficiary for this year’s event, to be held May 7 at St. Anne’s. Proceeds from the previous three events went exclusively to Head Start of Shawnee Mission, which will remain a beneficiary in 2011. [...]
Tweet Thalia House co-founder Brooke Wesley told PVPost.com Wednesday that she and her staff would be hosting an informational meeting next Thursday, March 3 at 6 p.m. to address the concerns raised by some neighborhood residents about their new group home for women recovering from eating disorders. The meeting will take place at Thalia House [...]
Tweet Recent Kansas City Star addition Steve Rose singled out former Fairway Mayor John St. Clair as a strong candidate for the Shawnee Mission School Board in a column Wednesday. The column, which included an interview with retiring board member Larry Winn, suggested most of those running for Winn’s seat are “single-issue” candidate trying to appeal [...]
Tweet We’re putting together a questionnaire to send out to incumbent Prairie Village Mayor Ron Shaffer and challenger Michael Kelly, who sits on the City Council, and we want to know what issues you’d like to see the two address. Send us your questions for the candidates through the comments section, via Facebook, via Twitter, [...]
Tweet The 13 candidates running for the four Shawnee Mission School Board seats up for election this April face one overarching question: how can the district maintain its reputation for great public education while confronting financial challenges that necessitate closing schools and cutting staff? But sometimes overlooked in the debate about the cuts is an [...]
Tweet A group of Fairway residents have started an email writing campaign to Mayor Jerry Wiley expressing concern over the opening of Thalia House, a transitional living facility for women overcoming struggles with eating disorders. The home in the 5300 block of Norwood Street, which started accepting residents this week, will house up to eight [...]
Tweet Three of the four candidates in the race for the at-large seat on the Shawnee Mission School Board will move on from the March 1 primary to the April 5 general election. But two of the four primary candidates must be eliminated. Such is the logic-problem conundrum posed by the wording of Kansas statute [...]
Tweet Ten Prairie Village and Fairway residents maintained perfect grade point averages of 4.0 in full time coursework at Johnson County Community College during the fall semester, landing them on the President’s Honor Roll. The students are: Lori Austin, Prairie Village Johanna Cook, Prairie Village Andrew Elliott, Prairie Village Miranda Fletcher, Prairie Village George Hoech, [...]
Tweet In a political environment where taxes of all kinds are getting long looks from lawmakers, the group of Mission Valley area parents suing the state of Kansas for the right to raise property taxes to help fund local schools is drawing national attention. Michelle Trouvé, who was one of the most outspoken members of [...]
Tweet The windows may be blacked out now, but Carl Thorne-Thomsen says Story, the restaurant he plans on opening in the Village Shops with his wife Susan, will be set to make its debut May 2. Renovations on the space, which was formerly occupied by Natural Wear, will be designed by BlueBike architects. Here’s a [...]
Tweet Prairie Village Mayor Ron Shaffer got a first hand view of the reaction to President Barack Obama’s budget proposal earlier this week. Shaffer, who serves on the National Association of Regional Councils board of directors, as well as the board of its local affiliate, the Mid-America Regional council, was in D.C. for a series [...]
Tweet Current Indian Hills Middle School principal Carla Allen will retain her role next year after Mission Valley Middle School has closed and the two schools’ student bodies have been consolidated, the Shawnee Mission School District announced today. Mike Rasmussen, the current assistant principal at Mission Valley, will become the assistant principal at Indian Hills. [...]
Tweet SM East students have put together an impressive performance in one of the nation’s most recognized academic scholarship programs. The following nine students have been named National Merit finalists: Peter Bautz Anna Bernard Spencer Brown Susan McClannahan Kevin Simpson Lauren Stanley Gail Stonebarger Emily Welter Russell White Ninety percent of the SM East students [...]
Tweet Division Chief Gary Lamons of Consolidated Fire District 2 said Thursday the department still had the cause of last week’s house fire on 73rd Street as undetermined, but would be continuing its investigation. Lamons said it would likely be two to three weeks before fire investigators and insurance adjusters could safely access the basement, [...]
Tweet Shawnee Mission School Board candidate Bart Altenbernd has picked up the endorsement of the Kansas Families for Education Political Action Committee. In a message sent out to KFE PAC supporters, the group said the following: Bart brings a wealth of combined experience as a parent, teacher, and administrator. He understands the issues that face [...]
