Read the entire June 2013 issue of Johnson County Lifestyle.
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Editor’s letter: Take Me Out to the Ballgame!
I have the most wonderful memories of going to a few Cubs games every summer with my Aunt Donna. She didn’t have any children of her own and since my brother and I lived closest to her, we were truly blessed to be the beneficiaries of her spoiling tendencies. (Every kid should be lucky enough …
Mike Turner Knows His Limits… And He Has No Trouble Defying Them!
ARTICLE ANN E. BUTENAS | PHOTOGRAPHY CHRISTINA SANDBERG WHEN I WALKED INTO THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH OVERLAND PARK HOME OF Mike and Jennah Turner in the Blackthorne Estates subdivision, I was met by Faith, both literally and figuratively. Faith is their rambunctious three-year-old Schnoodle. Under no uncertain terms, she let me know I was in her …
Rockhurst Grad Finds His Field of Dreams
ARTICLE MICHAEL SUDHALTER | PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF BAYLOR UNIVERSITY NATE GOODWIN LOOKED UP AT THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF MINUTE MAID PARK IN downtown Houston, from behind the plate, and realized he’d achieved his dream of playing college baseball inside a Major League Baseball stadium. The Overland Park native and Rockhurst High School graduate started in …
From Laos to Kansas City… Thirty-Four Years of Family and Friendship
ARTICLE MARY BUSH PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF THE HART FAMILY WHEN OLATHE RESIDENT GIBSON HART CELEBRATED HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY IN late March, he enjoyed family, friends and 23 other very special guests. The 23 were extended members of a Laotian family, the Rattanavongs, one of several refugee families sponsored to come from Southeast Asia to this area …
Top Scholars Out to Change the World | FAITH AND SERVICE ARE TOP PRIORITIES FOR RECENT GRADUATES
ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY SUSAN MOTLEY THE RESUMES OF GRADUATING SENIORS RILEY GAY AND GRACIE TAPP ARE beyond impressive. Stellar grades. Demonstrated leadership. Athletics. Devotion to service beyond their own communities. These students easily captured the attention of numerous colleges and universities. Kansas State took notice. It offered it’s Presidential Scholarships to just two students earlier …
KayCee at the Bat | Kansas City has a long, fascinating history in baseball, and Royals historian Dave Webster loves to share the stories with fans.
Article Lauren Claflin Photography Provided By the Royals Dave Webster has always loved baseball. He grew up playing the sport, then raised two sons with a love of the game as well. Every summer, vacations were spent with his wife and boys, driving all over the United States and Canada to visit the Major League …
Happy 104th Birthday Lester Reed
ARTICLE ANN E. BUTENAS AND NILA CLEAVES | PHOTOGRAPHY CHRISTINA SANDBERG WHEN YOU FIRST MEET OVERLAND PARK RESIDENT LESTER REED AND sense a friendly, pleasant and engaging man with an endless smile and appreciation for life, don’t abandon that initial conclusion. As he prepares to celebrate his 104th birthday this year, Reed reminds us that a …
95% Share Marketing: The Keys to Your City | Innovative Program Uses Chicago as a Visual Playground For Customer Service
Article Dale Schowengerdt Jim Niekamp is an interesting guy. When I met him in the lobby of the Chicago Four Seasons Ritz Carlton, I was expecting someone much different than the smiling, gregarious 50-something who was milling around and seemed to know everyone. After all, I’d heard the legend plenty of times: he and his …
Because Every Kid Needs a Coach | How Baseball and Bicycles Inspired Four Men to Make a Difference
Article Lisa Allen | Photography Steve Lunn REMEMBER THE RECORD HIGH SUMMER TEMPERATURES OF 2012. In the thick of baseball season, the heat pounded the seats at Kauffman Stadium so mercilessly that even I—a lifelong Kansas City Royals fan—often opted for the coolness of my living room over our typically favorite Field Plaza seats. Imagine not …
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