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Tweet Yo, Villagers: Do you have a 1989 dual tape deck boombox in your basement? It was pretty sweet back in the day, wasn’t it. But it’s time to face facts: that thing’s time has passed. And the day has come to say goodbye. Well sir, the good people from Goodwill can help. They will [...]
Tweet The Mission Family Fun Festival kicks off Thursday night with a carnival just north of the Sylvester Powell Community Center. The big day is Saturday when the Mayor’s Community Parade starts down Johnson Drive at 11 a.m. Saturday begins with a Rotary Club Pancake breakfast at 7 a.m. After the parade on Saturday, Beverly [...]
Tweet The Kansas City Christian community gathered this weekend for a celebration of creativity. The school’s second annual “Art Event at KCC” showcased more than 30 artists, displaying ceramics, jewelry, sculpture, paintings and mixed-media pieces. A portion of the proceeds from the event benefited the school and the City Union Mission. This year’s festivities kicked [...]
Tweet Wet grounds and cloudy skies moved the annual Missoin Bunny Eggstravaganza from Broadmoor Park to the Sylvester Powell Community Center, but it didn’t dampen the spring fun. Patrons enjoyed races, face painting, bounce houses and a visit from a Consolidated Fire District No. 2 truck: And, of course Easter egg hunts overseen but his [...]
Tweet If you are planning to take in the Bunny Eggstravaganza in Mission this Saturday, make sure you head to Sylvester Powell Community Center and not Broadmoor Park as originally scheduled. Because of the snow melt and predicted rain the end of the week, Broadmoor is expected to be muddy so the event is being [...]
Tweet Hard as it may be to believe with half a foot of snow on the ground, it is spring. And that means the Easter bunny is on his way — though you probably won’t be able to see him hopping around in the snow since his coat is white. But I digress. The Paul [...]
Tweet You may have heard of the annual TED conference that for the last 25 years has brought leading thinkers together to deliver 18 minute talks. The list of TED presenters over the years is the who’s who of innovators, celebrities and cutting edge thinkers in a variety of fields. And now, and independently organized [...]
Tweet A “Taste of Prairie Village” is coming to Brighton Gardens next week featuring a number of Prairie Village restaurants providing taste samples and Rimann Liquors providing a signature drink. The event will be held Friday, March 22 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Brighton Gardens is located at 7105 Mission Road. Restaurants participating in the [...]
Tweet “Cordial but conflicted” might best describe the demeanor of the Shawnee Mission School Board candidates at a community forum Saturday. Before a crowd of more than 50 at the event sponsored by the Prairie Village Post, the SM East PTA and the Indian Hills PTA, incumbent Cindy Neighbor and challenger Mark Read presented starkly [...]
Tweet If you think schools are important to northeast Johnson County, then you will want to turn out Saturday for the PVPost.com forum featuring the two candidates for Shawnee Mission School Board at-large seat. Cindy Neighbor and Mark Read are competing in the only contested race in the Shawnee Mission district elections this year. The [...]
Tweet Public Education: What’s at Stake? is the latest in the series of MainStream Coalition’s legislative forums. It will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Colonial Church, 7039 Mission Road. Among the topics Thursday will be the recent school funding lawsuit that resulted in a decision by the courts that the state [...]
Tweet With a successful inaugural event in the bag, organizers of the Prairie Village Relay for Life are already starting to put the pieces together for a second event late this summer. Event Chair Gay Garrett said the group is in the process of approaching potential sponsors for this year’s event and is looking for [...]
Tweet People: Before you know it, April will be here. And with it will come the 12th annual Prairie Village Earth Fair. And with that will come a used books sale put on by a group of SM East students in support of the school’s library. But here’s the thing: They need some books to [...]
Tweet A group of local Girl Scouts are hoping to turn the money they raised selling cookies into a community discussion about bullying. The girls of Troop 1117, made up of Briarwood Elementary 6th graders, raised more than $500 by selling Girl Scout cookies this year. They’re using the money to put on a public [...]
Tweet Difficult as it may be to believe given that it’s 60 freaking degrees outside, it’s officially Christmastime. Which means that the city of Fairway is seeking entrants into its annual “Bright Nights with Holiday Lights” contest. Each year, Fairway puts on a festive trolley trip during which riders judge a series of Fairway homes [...]
Tweet One of Corinth Elementary’s biggest fundraisers of the year is getting a new look for 2012. This weekend, Corinth’s PTA will put on its annual holiday gifts and clothing sale —but instead of the Jolly Dragon Mart event held in the school’s gymnasium since 2009, the PTA will be putting on a “Corinth Market” [...]
Tweet Fairway’s Peterson Park was packed Sunday with a ghoulish gathering of kids making their way through the Parks and Recreation Department’s annual Trail of Tricks and Treats. Kids wound their way through a path pocked with games — and the opportunity to fill their Halloween bags.
Tweet Fairway’s Peterson Park will be a not-so-frightening Halloween destination for area children on Sunday evening. The city’s “Trail of Tricks & Treats” will wind through the park from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday. The trail is designed for children 10 and under. The cost is $3 per person (ages 2 and under free) and [...]
Tweet In a mere two weeks, the god forsaken death march wonderful expression of our democracy that is the 2012 presidential campaign will be over. And, as you may have heard, the fate of the Affordable Care Act passed by congress in 2010 (and deemed constitutional by the Supreme Court this summer) may hinge on [...]
Tweet Falling leaves and pleasant temperatures provided the perfect backdrop for the second annual Prairie Village Homes Association Family Fall Festival on Sunday. The homes association moved this year’s event from the Prairie Village Community Center near City Hall to Porter Park, where attendees enjoyed food, a caricature artist and — of course – a [...]
Tweet Well, it is. And YOU should come. Because 1.) it will make you a more informed voter, 2.) you’ll feel good about being engaged in your community, and 3.) there will be free coffee. Doors open to Friendship Hall at Village Presbyterian at 8:30 a.m. The Senate District 7 candidates will take the stage [...]
Tweet Johnny’s Tavern at Corinth Square on Saturday will be hosting a fundraiser to support owner Pat Robert’s brother-in-law, who was badly injured in a motorcycle accident this August. Paul Cabral, a father of two who owns his own landscaping company, is currently in a neuro-rehab hospital in Lincoln, Neb. One of Cabral’s daughters is [...]
Tweet Listen, readers: I don’t want to freak you out, but Election Day is just around the corner. And when you head into that voting booth on Nov. 6, the last thing you want is to be unprepared. Never fear! PVPost.com has got you covered! This Saturday, Oct. 20, we’ll be hosting the first-ever PVPost.com [...]
Tweet Prairie Elementary mom Meggan Prosser-Gebhardt sent in this note letting us know about a screening tonight of “Race to Nowhere,” a documentary about the effects of standardized testing on the education system: Praire Elementary is hosting the event, thanks to the efforts of many parents concerned about the growing pressure students face to perform [...]
Tweet NEJCers: Flu season is right around the corner. And The University of Kansas Hospital is hosting a convenient event to get you and your family vaccinated. The hospital’s 18th annual free, drive-thru flu shot event will be from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. (while supplies last), Saturday, Oct. 20, at Rainbow Boulevard and Adams Street in [...]
