Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor How many miles can you drive between fuel-ups? This handy mileage meter, compliments of your local Skelly gasoline dealer, makes it easy to calculate. Lining up the miles…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor “The Most Talked About Nite-Club in the Midwest” survived three address changes and over four decades before the doors closed and the stage went dark. The Jewel Box…
Dorri PartainOur Blue Planet- A Handmade Parade took to the streets in the Jazz District last Sunday. Participants were encouraged to join over-sized creature puppets in handmade costumes. The parade was…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor Join our Northeast News staff this summer as we hit the road and share with our readers a new weekly feature on where to go and what to…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor The aroma of fresh roasted coffee wafting around Kansas City is not a recent trend.In 1899, Frank Ennis (1866-1962) became Kansas City’s first coffee roaster. As the president…
Dorri PartainBy Dorri Partain, Contributor Whether they’re square or round, baseball cards have always been a popular business giveaway item. Featuring players from our hometown team, the Kansas City Royals, two…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor Have you ever eaten here – where everything’s so dog-gone good? Started as a summer opportunity to earn money, two music teachers from the University of Illinois opened…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor After years of working as a bank clerk, William S. Burroughs (1855-1898) switched vocations to concentrate on creating a better adding machine. The son of a machinist, he…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor From the ancient Egyptians to the movie stars of the silver screen, eyebrows have been shaded, plucked, and elongated as styles changed through the centuries. Using carbon and…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor With so many creatures that inhabit “Our Blue Planet,” which would you choose? Perhaps a colorful bird, a spotted giraffe, or magical unicorn, all made from cardboard, fabric,…
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