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Trending News: 361: Women Speak — UAW Local 249 Retiree Emphasizes Workforce Equal Pay VitalityElection results: Here’s what Kansas City-area voters decided about school boards and bonds April 8Hispanic Grocery Store Enters Second Decade of Serving Northeast FamiliesCommunity CalendarLetter to the Editor: Kansas City “D.A.R.E.” ProgramNeighbors Partner to Clean Indian Mound AlleysKessler Park Conservancy Puts Master Improvement Plan in Motion Kansas City Will Reinstate Bus Fares and Reduce Route Frequency Under New Funding PlanAzul Esperanza Organiza un Taller de Arte Para Niños Neuro DivergentesAzul Esperanza to Host Art Workshop for Neurodivergent Children, SaturdayNortheast Branch Tax Service Prepares Community for Tax Day, April 15Community CalendarKansas City Public Schools finds itself embroiled in a DEI fightNortheast School Brings Copa de Calle, Soccer Tennis Tournament to Kansas CityTruman Road Closure April 11 Commences I-70 Improvement ConstructionNortheast Native Fights Kansas City Food Insecurity Ballot Questions Leave Future of Kansas City Programs in Voters HandsThree Candidates Vie for Open School Board Seats, April 8Is the 20th Time the Charm? 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I AM Loved Pin-Back ButtonsThe Museum of Kansas City’s Soda Fountain Celebrates First Year, SaturdayCommunity CalendarImmigration Advocacy Organization Puts “Show-Me” Back in “Show-Me State” with Economic Protest Corinthian Hall Mansion Rebrands to Honor its 85th Year as Historic Northeast Landmark78 Structure Fires Blaze Northeast within 3 Months — Here’s What We Know:Northeast Kansas City Chamber’s Beads, Beans and BoozeCommunity CalendarLooking Ahead with Revolucion EducativaFederal Immigration Laws Ensue, Local Organizations Work to EducateEarly Morning Altercation Leads to Homicide, TuesdayColumbus Park Vietnamese Cafe Raises Money for California Wildfire AssistanceCelebrate National Dark Chocolate Day, Feb. 1 with Northeast Businesses!Celebrate International Integrative Health Care Day, Jan. 23!Overnight Building Fire Requires Structure Evacuation, Thursday MorningLunar New Year Ushers in “Year of the Snake”Community CalendarHUD, HAKC Approves Land Sale for Future Mental Health Facility DevelopmentJackson County Jury Convicts Second Suspect in 2021 Homicide Involving GunfireIndependence Avenue Gas Station Shooting Results in Homicide, Thursday Evening — UPDATEColumbus Park Welcomes Digital Literacy Space to its Community Center, ThursdayVehicle Missing from Truman Road Hit and Run Incident, MondayCommunity CalendarVacant Apartment, Scene of Sunday Blaze — UpdatedNortheast Community Celebrates Life of “Radio Tony” American Jazz Museum Honors Martin Luther King JrJanice D. 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Dorri Partain
November 18, 2020
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Remember This? The Rival Crock-pot

Dorri Partain Contributor Cooks were able to take their daily cooking tasks “out of the Space Age and into the Stone Age” when Rival Manufacturing introduced a small appliance named…

Dorri Partain
November 11, 2020
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Remember This: Coffee Flavored Candy

Dorri Partain Contributor If there’s still candy rustling in the bottom of the trick-or-treat bag, the remainder may be better suited for the tastes of adults instead of children. This…

Dorri Partain
October 28, 2020
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Remember This? Bazooka Bubble Gum

Dorri Partain Contributor What type of goodies will you find in your trick-or-treat bag? Among your candy favorites, you’ll likely find an assortment of gum. Unlike regular chewing gum, bubble…

Dorri Partain
October 21, 2020
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Remember This? Candy Cigarettes

Dorri Partain Contributor What type of sweets will you find in your trick-or-treat bag? Candies that were once popular may be controversial today. Candy “cigarettes” first appeared as a novelty…

Dorri Partain
October 14, 2020
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Remember This? Peanut Butter Kisses

Dorri Partain Contributor What type of sweets will you get in your trick-or-treat bag? Once you’ve gobbled your favorites, there are always those that sit at the bottom of the…

Dorri Partain
October 7, 2020
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Remember This? Circus Peanuts

Dorri Partain Contributor What type of sweets will you get in your trick-or-treat bag? Once you’ve gobbled your favorites, there are always those that sit at the bottom of the…

Dorri Partain
September 30, 2020
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Remember This? Rulers

Dorri Partain Contributor Ruler fight? Touché! Many school supplies inside the grade school desk provided options for the creative-minded student. When the teacher wasn’t looking, that bottle of glue could…

Dorri Partain
September 23, 2020
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Remember This? Protractor & Compass

Cool tools for school, useful for math class and art class too. The protractor was first used by mariners to create or read maps and navigational charts as early as…

Dorri Partain
September 16, 2020
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Remember This? Art supplies

Dorri Partain Contributor When the “father of the American Christmas card” needed art supplies for his young daughter, he started a campaign to bring art instruction to all American school…

Dorri Partain
September 9, 2020
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REMEMBER THIS? School boxes

Dorri Partain Contributor Can you fit all your school supplies inside a cigar box? Elementary school students in the 1960’s often used empty cigar boxes to corral the array of…