Dorri Partain- March 29, 2023
- 2 minutes Read
Remember This?
Dorri PartainContributor Hey, shoppers! Save 15 cents off the price of the cereal that is “a glowing part of a good breakfast.”As developed by General Mills, “ET” cereal was a…
- Dorri Partain
- childcare
- childhood
- March 22, 2023
- 5 minutes Read
Childcare owner marks 43 years of caring
The classroom is dark, and toddlers are stretched out on small cots for their afternoon nap. But Vonnie Occhipinto’s phone just keeps ringing as family, friends and former students call…
- Dorri Partain
- department store
- downtown kansas city
- March 22, 2023
- 3 minutes Read
Remember this? Petticoat Lane
Decades prior to being officially renamed by the City Council, a two block section of 11th Street had earned the nickname, “Petticoat Lane.” As 11th Street heads east from Grand…
- Dorri Partain
- March 15, 2023
- 2 minutes Read
Remember This?
Dorri PartainContributor America’s largest cookie sale began with one Girl Scout troop in 1917. The “Mistletoe” troop of Muskogee, Okla., had a successful cookie sale as a service project, and…
- Dorri Partain
- March 8, 2023
- 2 minutes Read
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Dorri PartainContributor For centuries, books, documents, and letters were written with a simple quill pen that was dipped into ink. The first advancement by John Mitchell in 1822 was to…
- Dorri Partain
- March 1, 2023
- 2 minutes Read
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Dorri PartainContributor The development of flash photography was, quite literally, explosive. In order to get the lumens necessary for indoor portraits, early photographers achieved a bright flash of light by…
- Dorri Partain
- February 22, 2023
- 2 minutes Read
Remember This?
Dorri PartainContributor The handiest gadget in today’s kitchen drawer was invented several decades following the invention of canned foods. While the canning of food dates back to 1810, the first…
- Dorri Partain
- February 15, 2023
- 3 minutes Read
Remember This?
Dorri PartainContributor Whether wearing sneakers, playing a guitar, or donning a superhero cape, the cartoon cats drawn by artist B Kliban adorned a wide variety of goods through the late…
- Dorri Partain
- February 15, 2023
- 1 minute Read
WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY
DORRI PARTAIN Spiderman stopped by the Pendleton Height’s home of Joe Cedillo on Saturday to pass out Valentine’s candy to area youngsters. Cedillo also donated 100 boxes of Valentine’s candy…
- Dorri Partain
- February 15, 2023
- 1 minute Read
LYKINS RESOURCE CENTER
DORRI PARTAIN The Lykins Resource Center hosted their We love Lykins Valentine’s Day event Saturday afternoon, In addition to Valentine-making activities and a variety of cookies to munch on, everyone…
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