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Come join us Wednesday, September 10th and 6pm.

Where:
Midwest Research Institute Auditorium
4920 Cherry St. KCMO, 64110
Parking is free.

This presentation is free to the public, but seating is limited.
Call the MEC at 816.531.7283 to reserve your seat today.

click on the images to view the flyer.

Annual Fall Flower Sale - September 29th, 2008

St Peters Catholic School 2008 Annual Fall Flower Sale- visit the following
site and order your flowers today thru Sept. 29, 2008.

Learn more at their website
http://www.stpetersflowers.org

Rally for childern September 16th

Community groups organize Sept. 16th rally for children

Several community groups are participating in a nationwide rally to raise awareness about issues involving children and families.

The Kansas City Step Up for Kids rally will be held Tuesday, Sept. 15th, at Theis Park (south of the Nelson-Atkins Museum) from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Local sponsors include Partnership for Children, AARP-Missouri, CCO, Cornerstones of Care, The Family Conservancy, LINC, MORE2 and Operation Breakthrough.

Please share this opportunity with parents, families and others.

The goals are to raise public awareness, encourage citizens to register to vote, and to ask candidates to address children issues.

Click Here to learn more.

Kansas City Irish Fest

Kansas City Irish Fest

Commemorate Kansas City’s proud Celtic heritage with three days of music, dancing and exhibits. The festival will feature more than two dozen locally and nationally known bands, playing traditional music and Celtic rock.

Admission: $8 in advance, $10 at the gate.

Where:
Region: Near Crown Center
Address: Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
Phone: 816-997-0837
Visit Event Website

When:
Dates: 08/29/2008 - 08/31/2008
Time: 5-11 pm, Fri.; 11 am-11 pm, Sat.-Sun.

Citywide prayer, August 27th

Citywide prayer gathering to relieve tension in city

In response to the violence and tension that exists within our city, clergy, congregations, civic groups, and like-minded individuals are joining in a City Wide Prayer Gathering. A CALL TO ONENESS -- KANSAS CITY is sponsoring this Prayer Gathering.

This prayer gathering event will be taking place on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at the Canaan Worship Center (located at 5333 East Bannister Road). Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. and the group is expecting an overflow crowd.

A Call To Oneness – Kansas City seeks to reclaim respect for one another and the sanctity of life through the vehicle of reconciliation.

“Our goal is to revitalize our community, strengthen the family unit, and become one with God” says Pastor Darron LaMonte Edwards, Sr. When you live in one of the cities that leads the nations in homicides, you must begin and bathe a movement of this magnitude in prayer.

For more information about a Call To Oneness call 816.268.1798 or log on to www.acalltoonenesskc.com/site

Meet your City Council Members. August 29th

Cindy Circo and Terry Riley hosting.mixer for 5th district residents to socialize with our city council members.

The 5th district members of city council is putting it on called - 5th on the 5th.


WHAT: 5th on 5th
WHEN: Fri 8/29
6pm - 8pm
WHO: 5th district residents
FOOD: Hamburgers and hotdogs
ACTIVITIES: mixing and swimming
they said to bring towels and swimming suits.


RSVP by August 27th for food count (816.523.9286).

please spread the word if you know anyone who would be interested

Appointment scheduling required for bulky item pickup

News from City Hall
City Communications Office
City of Kansas City, Mo.
www.kcmo.org
CONTACT: Mary Charles, city communications officer, (816) 513-1356
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Aug. 21, 2008

Appointment scheduling required for bulky item pickup

The City of Kansas City, Mo., Public Works Department is notifying residents that starting Sept. 1 bulky item collections only will be available by making an appointment. There also will be a 15-item limit for appointments.

Residents can schedule an appointment by calling the 3-1-1 Action Center, a division of the City Manager's Office, at 311 or (816) 513-1313. Service related questions about a scheduled pickup should be directed to the 3-1-1 Action Center within 24 hours of the collection date.

Bulky items include refrigerators, stoves, freezers, dishwashers, dryers, sofas, desks, tables, doors, lawn mowers and carpet. The City does not consider an item as bulky if it can be accommodated by regular trash service. Bags, boxes, vacuum cleaners and small electric appliances and fans are not bulky items.

Residents with debris from remodeling and construction projects should contact a private solid waste company.

For a complete listing of the City's rules on bulky item collection or for information about regular trash, recycling and solid waste collection, visit www.kcmo.org/trash or call the 3-1-1 Action Center, (816) 513-1313 or 311.

Media inquiries about trash, recycling and solid waste services should be directed to Dennis Gagnon, public information officer for the Public Works Department, (816) 513-2659.

Up Coming events

Murphy’s Pub and Grill, 8314 Wornall Rd., is hosting a PM Networking on Wednesday, Aug. 27 from 5pm to 7pm. This will include stump speeches from the Waldo Mayor candidates! Plan to attend, see the facilities, hear what’s happening in the community, and make new friends/customers! Light refreshments will be provided.



Mark your calendars for the 16th Annual Waldo Fall Festival, Saturday, Sept. 20, 10am-5pm at 75th and Wornall Rd. in the CVS parking lot. Lots of fun, booths, food, and entertainment provided all day! Don’t forget the Pancake Breakfast starting at 7:30am at Broadway United Methodist Church , 406 E. 74th St .



End the day at the Falldo Waldo Crawldo starting at 6pm. The Pub Crawl is expanded this year to include Tasso’s, Murphy’s, and Patrick’s along with 75th St. Brewery, Kennedy’s, Waldo Bar , Bobby Baker’s, Tanner’s, Waldo Pizza and Lew’s. (Buses will be included). Tickets are available in advance at each location for $5 or $10 the night of the event.



Volunteers are needed to help with the Fall Festival and Pub Crawl. Contact Marti at 816-523-5553 or email marti@southtown.org to sign up!

The Ali Kemp Educational Foundation's T.A.K.E. Defense

The Kansas City Royals, 98-1 KUDL and The Ali Kemp Educational Foundation's T.A.K.E. Defense are excited to offer self-defense classes on the field at Kauffman Stadium this 2008 season! To date, free-of-charge, The Ali Kemp Educational (T.A.K.E.) Foundation has educated over 26,000 women in self-defense, and they are just getting started! Join the Royals for the Aug. 16 class at Kauffman Stadium!

The next class date is:

* Saturday, August 16, from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

T.A.K.E. Defense
at "The K"

The T.A.K.E. Defense program represents a living legacy in honor of Ali Kemp, a 19-year-old Leawood, KS resident who was murdered while working as a lifeguard at a neighborhood pool in Johnson County. The goal of the program is to raise awareness and to give women ages 12 and older the self-protection skills they need to avoid becoming the victims of violent crime. Our oldest participant has been 86 years old! Participants will learn basic self-defense techniques, which could save their lives.
T.A.K.E. Defense
- May event

To register for the class, please fill out the form below. Registering in pairs is recommended: mother/daughters or good friends. We encourage you to sign up together. All participants must sign a waiver. Participants under the age of 18 will need a parent/guardian's signature. Please bring the signed waiver with you on your scheduled date.

Free Air Conditioners

Free air conditioners available

The Bishop Sullivan Center’s Project ElderCool cool is providing free window air conditioners to indigent elderly persons.

To qualify for a free air conditioner you must:

* Be age 65 or older and have no air conditioner in your home

* Meet poverty guidelines

* Be on disability because of respiratory problems

Bishop Sullivan Center has installed 160 air conditioners so far this summer. The public is urged to call the center at 816-231-0984 if they or someone they know needs help. They also can call that number or visit www.bishopsullivan.org to make a donation to Project ElderCool. A $90 donation purchases a new window unit, and a $50 donation can be made towards a recipient’s utility account to help cover the cost of running the unit.

Learn how to stay cool on hot days. Click Here

Block watch trainings set through November

Block watch trainings set through November

Because one of the best ways to fight crime is to work at keeping it from happening, Kansas City, Mo., residents can take block watch training classes at no cost. The City of Kansas City, Mo., Neighborhood Services Division of the Neighborhood and Community Services Department is holding the training.

At this training, participants will learn how to establish groups and some tips on crime prevention. The schedule for the training sessions is:

- Saturday, July 26, 10 a.m. to noon at Trailside Center, 9901 Holmes Road
- Thursday, Aug. 14, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Northland Neighborhoods Inc., 3015 N.E. Vivion Road
- Thursday, Sept. 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Southeast Public Library, 6242 Swope Parkway
- Thursday, Oct. 9, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at East Patrol Division, 5301 E. 27th St.
- Saturday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m. to noon at Hillcrest Community Center, 10301 Hillcrest Road
- Thursday, Nov. 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Rockhurst University Community Center, 5401 Troost Ave.

Groups that send three or more people to a training session (or attended the May 3 block contact training at the Kauffman Foundation or another similar training) and register with the Neighborhood Services Division will qualify to receive free neighborhood watch signs. These 18"x24" signs have the familiar Boris the Burglar logo on them and will be posted by the City.

For more information about block watch training or to pre-register, contact the Neighborhood and Community Services Department at (816) 513-3200 or solutions_ncsd@kcmo.org.

Media inquiries about these events should be directed to Teresa L. Clark, public information officer for the Neighborhood and Community Services Department, (816) 513-3247.

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