Month: May 2015

Leavenworth Road Association honors Watson

At a recent meeting of the Leavenworth Road Association, Nathaniel Watson was honored. Left to right were John Cantwell, Dixie Kaster, Rhonda Smith, Carl Kaster, Nathaniel Watson, Deneise Davis, Lou Braswell, Bill Murray, Rose Marie Allman, and Sue Reaves of the LRA board. (Photo by John Cameron)
At a recent meeting of the Leavenworth Road Association, Nathaniel Watson was honored. Left to right were John Cantwell, Dixie Kaster, Rhonda Smith, Carl Kaster, Nathaniel Watson, Deneise Davis, Lou Braswell, Bill Murray, Rose Marie Allman, and Sue Reaves of the LRA board. (Photo by John Cameron)

by Lou Braswell
Nathaniel Watson has been a board member of Leavenworth Road Association since April 1989.

He has served in several capacities, including most recently vice president. He has always been one of our “go-to” persons, volunteering for all our events, and other projects we were involved in.

In 2015 he stated he would like to step down from the board to bring in fresh, younger citizens. We did tell him, “Not so fast there, buddy,” but he said he felt it was time, adding he was not leaving LRA, just stepping down from the board.

At our May 12 meeting we presented him with a token of our appreciation and love for all he has given of himself through all these years. Not a farewell, only a big thank-you to Nathaniel Watson.

Lou Braswell is the executive director of the Leavenworth Road Association.

Nathaniel Watson (Photo by Terri Murray)
Nathaniel Watson (Photo by Terri Murray)

Several events planned for bike month

The Rosedale Development Association is celebrating bike month with events during May.

The Frank Rushton Elementary Bike Rodeo will be today, May 13. It will include a bike repair station, bike safety tips and activities by BikeWalkKC.

The Rosedale Development Association will hold its fifth annual Bike-in Movie at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 14, at Boulevard Drive-In, 1051 Merriam Lane, Kansas City, Kan.

There is no charge to attend the movie. This year, the movie is “The Goonies,” from the 1980s. The movie screening will be a quote-along.

Bike and Bus the 105 is a community event where businesses and organizations along the Rosedale 105 bus route will offer giveaways to bicyclists and bus riders on May 27.

The RDA staff and volunteers will be at a bus stop near Holy Name Catholic Schools near Southwest Boulevard and Iowa.

Bike Month will end May 30 with the Rosedale Retro Run. It is a 5k-Fun Run combined with a 1980s theme, a costume contest and a community trail work day.

The Retro Run will start at 8 a.m. May 9 at Fisher Park, 3800 Fisher St., Kansas City, Kan. A finish line party for all participants will be in the park until 2 p.m.

Benefit blues festival to be Sunday

The Amazing Grace Blues Festival will be held from 2 to 11 p.m. Sunday, May 17, at BB’s Lawnside BBQ, 1205 E. 85th St., in Kansas City, Mo.

A fundraiser for the KCK Public Schools Foundation for Excellence, the event’s admission will be $10. There will be other fundraisers at the benefit, including a silent auction.

The music benefit is named for Amazing Grace Harris, a Kansas City, Kan., resident who was the longtime cook at the Grand Emporium Saloon (1985-2004) in Kansas City, Mo., and former proprietor of H & M BBQ, which was located near 13th Street and Walker in Kansas City, Kan. H & M featured late night and after hours blues music performances and jams for several years in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

All bands are donating their performances to the event on May 17.The groups that will be performing include: Brody Buster Band, Millage Gilbert Band, Lonesome Hank and the Heartaches, John Paul’s Flying Circus, 51% Blues Band, The Waxed Tadpoles, and Rockn Rick Patterson.

People wishing to donate may contact [email protected] or call Kelli Mather of the Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools at 913-279-2231.