2010-01

In the protective shadow of Guardian Angels Church on Mercier Street stands a 1950s-era tan brick building that once housed the parish school, its students educated by religious sisters who lived in the convent just to the north.  In the 1990s, after the consolidation with the parochial school at Redemptorist  parish on Broadway at Linwood Boulevard, the now-vacant structure became the secular Plaza Academy.

On the evening of January 5, 2010 thieves broke into a Westlake Ace Hardware trailer stranded in the alley behind the store located in the Westport Landing Shopping Center. Several portable heaters and  miscellaneous smaller items were stolen. The thefts occurred between 9:00 PM January 5th and  6:00 AM the next morning.

The trailer was disconnected from its driving rig earlier in the day after repeated attempts failed to back up the hill to the loading dock through a thick layer of snow and ice .

Pedestrians throughout midtown Kansas found the going tough in the aftermath of the winter storm that swept across the Plains States December 24-25.

Our monthly general meetings on the second Thurs- day and board meetings on the fourth Thursday will continue as they have for so long. Immanuel Lutheran Church on Westport Road has continued to offer us meeting space, at least until the new Westport-Roanoke facility gets sorted out. Board meetings are public – anyone can just show up. If you have a particular topic of concern, it’s best to notify someone on the board and get on the agenda. We’ll continue to try and have interesting speakers at the general meetings.