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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 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…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor Tucked inside the hallways of a Kansas City high school, the Cardinal Cafe offers bright, cheery decor along with student-prepared breakfast and lunch options. As part of the…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor Which came first- the deviled egg or the deviled egg plate? The versatile egg has been boiled, sliced, diced, chopped and shredded since ancient times, but the popular…
Dorri PartainDorri 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 PartainDecades 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 PartainThe 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 PartainDorri 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…
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