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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 PartainCentral Bank, 2301 Independence Avenue, hosted its annual Fit Friday Health Fair. Lots of free goodies, information and health screenings were provided to the community by Samuel U. Rodgers Health…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor Insert your coins and watch as a unique toy is created before your eyes! The novelty of Mold-A-Rama vending machines appealed to all ages. First introduced at the…
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,…
Dorri PartainLast week, the City Council congratulated Vonnie Occhipinto on her 43 devoted years of service in childcare and wished her the best in her well-earned retirement. x DORRI PARTAIN
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor Giddy-up! Young, aspiring buckaroos looked forward to the weekly trip to the grocery store to insert a coin and gallop away, for a few minutes at least. Whether…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor Baby’s first shoes and first steps can be remembered and displayed using a process that will preserve them forever, while also creating a useful object. Preserving tiny shoes…
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