Archives for January, 2012
TweetMission Hills resident and Kansas State Rep. Barbara Bollier – a retired physician — has frequently found herself among sparse company in Topeka on issues of reproductive health. As the increasingly conservative state government moved toward restricting access to abortion during the past legislative session, she took vocal stands against the measures. Last week, she decided she [...]
TweetThis Chocolate Ale business is serious stuff. Rimann sold through its supply in 20 minutes. That’s right: 20 minutes. That’s one-third of one hour. Approximately fifteen times faster than it sold through fewer cases last year. Yowsers. A reader sent us this shot of the line outside Rimann’s door as people waited for the store [...]
Tweet Crews have made swift work of the behemoth water tower that stood over McCrum Park. Since they began dismantling it Friday, they’ve managed to take down the entirety of the water tank itself, and have nearly desconstructed the support braces and legs. As of 5 p.m. Monday, all that remained was the bottom half [...]
TweetBoulevard Brewery’s immensely popular Chocolate Ale is returning to one Prairie Village liquor store’s shelves today — if only for a few hours. Rimann Liquors’ Mary Rimann said the store’s phone has been ringing off the hook with inquiries about the availability of the specialty brew, a co-production of Boulevard and Christopher Elbow Chocolates that debuted [...]
Tweet Because three residents — incumbent Dale Beckerman and challengers Brooke Morehead and Tim Pickell – have filed for the Ward 4 City Council seat, the city must hold a primary Feb. 28 to narrow the field to two prior to April’s general election. As we did with the elections last year, we’ll be putting together [...]
Tweet“That was work,” the spent fireman said as he trudged through the foyer of Somerset Elementary, Halligan bar in hand. He and two colleagues had just spent the better part of 10 minutes pounding and prying away at a sealed fire door — a door made of heavy steel and set in a steel door frame. [...]
TweetExpect Feb. 6 to be a lively evening at Prairie Village City Hall. More than 100 Mission Valley area residents packed into a meeting room at Hillcrest Covenant Church Sunday afternoon to organize a pointed protest against the city’s plan to spend $90,000 on a public input process and land use study for development of [...]
Tweet With the help of a gigantic crane on Friday, workers deconstructed the water tower that has stood high above McCrum Park for more than a half century. For the past few days, crews had used blowtorches to score lines along the tank’s exterior. On Friday, they hooked the tank panels to the crane as [...]
TweetMatt Branstetter hasn’t been with Salty Iguana Mexican Restaurant since it replaced Granny’s Chicken at Corinth Square 20 years ago — but not too many people have been around longer. Branstetter started as a cook in 1997, a year after graduating from SM East, and has done just about every job the restaurant has to offer. [...]
Tweet Maybe it’s the doldrums of January, but I just have not felt like cooking lately. Nevertheless, the family needs to get fed (so annoying how that never changes), and take-out every night isn’t really an option. To get by I’ve been putting together semi-plausible meals using pre-made ingredients. One of my favorites is wonton [...]
TweetTim Pickell, the third candidate to file in Prairie Village’s Ward 4 City Council race, says a deep desire to serve the public — and not opposition to the performance of the man who currently holds the seat – is fueling his campaign. “[Incumbent] Dale Beckerman is a man of integrity,” Pickell said. “What my run is [...]
TweetView Larger Map Prairie Village police report that the Bank of America at 7624 State Line Road was robbed this morning around 10:30 a.m. The Pride Cleaners location less than half a mile to the south was robbed Jan. 13, and police are still investigating that incident. Here’s the information the department released on today’s [...]
TweetTime to relax, “Where’s that at?” addicts. Because we’ve got your fix right here:
TweetBelieve it or not, planning for the this year’s VillageFest Fourth of July celebration begins tonight, and organizers are hoping to find a few more enthusiastic Villagers to help plan and execute the event. The first VillageFest Committee meeting convenes at 7 p.m. tonight at City Hall. The committee will meet the fourth Thursday of [...]
Tweet Bullying is nothing new. But a pilot program in Prairie Village designed to help give adolescents the confidence to stand up to it is. When local esthetician Holly Reynolds heard about the suicide last fall of 14-year-old New Yorker Jamey Rodemeyer — who killed himself after being bullied online about his sexuality — she [...]
Tweet In anticipation of the coming demolition of the former Tippin’s building at Corinth Square, Ripple Glass will be moving its recycling bin behind Hattie’s Coffee for the forseeable future. Hattie’s is located due west of the Tippin’s building, in the strip of shops that includes the tailor and nail salon just north of Hen [...]
Tweet More than 60 years after it went up, the McCrum Park water tower in Prairie Village is on its way down. Crews have begun dismantling the tower, cutting two circular access holes in its north and south sides. On Tuesday, they began scoring the tank with blowtorches, preparing it to be broken down into [...]
TweetWith the filing deadline passed, three candidates have thrown their hats into the ring for the Ward 4 seat on the Prairie Village City Council that will be on the ballot this April, prompting a February 28 primary election. Ward 4 includes much of the Corinth Hills subdivision, as well as the neighborhoods between 79th [...]
Tweet If the winter blues have you down, here’s a reminder that summer and its accompanying pool weather aren’t all that far away. Fairway Parks and Recreation is seeking applications for around 50 summer job openings: The Parks & Recreation Department fills about 50 different positions each spring for the upcoming summer season. Direct all [...]
TweetTwo more Prairie Village residents have filed for April’s city council elections prior to today’s deadline, setting up races in Wards 4 and 6. Ted Odell, a project director for Mark One Electric Company, filed for the Ward 6 seat on April’s ballot, challenging incumbent Diana Ewy Sharp. Brooke Morehead, owner of Prairiebrooke Arts, Inc., [...]
TweetA Prairie Village duo with a passion for paddles has taken home top honors in this year’s Kansas City Men’s Open platform tennis tournament — and they have their sights set even higher. Andy Metzler and Kevin Kowalik of Homestead Country Club won the tournament, now in its 12th year, and will be competing in [...]
Tweet We thought we’d pass along a note we received from a reader who lives in the Indian Fields area. Apparently, several residents in the area have let their dogs out in the backyard to find their gates open, allowing their dogs to escape: The night of the snowstorm, January 11, I let my dog [...]
TweetBrady Stanton loved his family. He loved his dog. He loved gardening, writing and playing the guitar. And he loved his Tuesday night poker games. So when the Briarwood, Meadowbrook and SM East grad and Prairie Village resident died in 2006 after fighting an extremely aggressive form of pancreatic cancer for four months, his friends [...]
TweetThe next big thing might just get its start in Prairie Village. Think Big Partners, an early-stage business incubator, and Five Elms Capital, a venture capital firm based in Prairie Village, are partnering to open a new co-working space in the city this February. Herb Sih, Think Big’s managing partner, said the joint venture would [...]
TweetThe Corinth Library will be closed Jan. 31-Feb. 2 (that’s Tuesday through Thursday) while workers install radio frequency identification (RFID) equipment and add tags to books and other checkout materials. The library says that on-hold materials sent to the Corinth Library will be held a few extra days to allow for pickup when the building [...]
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