Dorri Partain- January 6, 2021
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Faces Of Northeast: Loren Persley
The week’s Face of Northeast is Loren Persley. She moved seven years ago from the Swope Parkway area, where she grew up, to Northeast as a first-time home owner through…
- Dorri Partain
- January 6, 2021
- 2 minutes Read
Remember This: Desk calendars
Dorri Partain Contributor Though the style may change, perpetual calendars never go completely out-of-date. Often designed for desk-top display, early styles required paper cards or scrolls that needed to be…
- Dorri Partain
- December 30, 2020
- 2 minutes Read
Remember this? Structo Trucks
Dorri Partain Contributor Sturdy trucks for rough and tumble boys – and maybe girls too, when brother wasn’t around – ready to roll across carpet or dirt were “Built to…
- Dorri Partain
- December 30, 2020
- 2 minutes Read
Faces Of Northeast: Joseph Florez
For this week’s Faces of Northeast, we continued our chat with Joseph Florez, the second place winner in the Lykins Neighborhood Association’s Christmas home decorating contest. His winning decorations feature…
- Dorri Partain
- December 23, 2020
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Faces Of Northeast: Dan & Wendy Smith and family
A personal Christmas greeting fills the front yard at the home of Dan and Wendy Smith. Dan may be best known as the founder of Eleos Ministries, which operates Eleos…
- Dorri Partain
- December 23, 2020
- 2 minutes Read
Remember This? Raggedy Ann and Andy
Dorri Partain Contributor Out of the attic and into our hearts, Raggedy Ann and her brother Andy have been having adventures and telling stories for over 100 years. Created by…
- Dorri Partain
- December 16, 2020
- 2 minutes Read
Remember This? Shape-O
Dorri Partain Contributor The sales ladies that displayed plasticwares to homemakers during in-home parties had a new product to share in time for Christmas in 1965. TupperToys joined the array…
- Dorri Partain
- December 15, 2020
- 2 minutes Read
Faces Of Northeast: Lisa Pugh
Day or night, Christmas cheer fills the yard at the home of John Burke and Lisa Pugh. For the past 12 years, the couple, along with their two children, have…
- Dorri Partain
- December 9, 2020
- 2 minutes Read
Remember This? Hazelle Puppets
Dorri Partain Contributor Once upon a time, children’s toy boxes contained charming puppets made right here in Kansas City, and sold around the world. It’s not make-believe that Hazelle Hedges…
- Dorri Partain
- December 9, 2020
- 2 minutes Read
Faces Of Northeast: Jeff Zumsteg & Jeff Linville
Decorating a mansion for the holidays is no easy task, but owners Jeff Zumsteg and Jeff Linville, known to friends as “The Jeffs,” put on quite a display every year.…
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