April 27, 2011

Some would call it the miracle on Montgall. Others would simply call it paying it forward. Ida Genova in the Pendleton Heights Neighborhood tipped us off about a fine youth who took it upon himself to clean up his block a little. The youth, Chris Romo, was sick of the way his block looked, so he trimmed weeds on the entire street between Independence Avenue and Elma. When offered money for the task, he simply encouraged others on the block to pay someone else forward a little. Kudos to Mr. Romo for kickin’ up the quality of life a notch or two in his neighborhood. We could sure use a few more like him in our world today.

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Where’s the wall?

Tennis aficionados last week noted the disappearance of the big green backboard at the Concourse tennis courts. Fear not however. The disappearance of the board is temporary. Parks officials are replacing the aging backboard with a new surface as soon as the weather breaks.

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The official “Old Schoolers” Northeast Picnic is in the works again for this year. Scheduled for Saturday, May 7, at Indian Mound Park, the McQuillen-Mesh produced event has been growing exponentially over the last few years and promises to be an even better time this year. Stay tuned for more details next week on this great reunion event.

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Thanks to all who braved the chill for Chalk Walk this past weekend. Folks of all ages came together to creatively chalk it up! Stay tuned for a video of the event later this week on our YouTube channel, KCNortheastNews.