Opinion column
by Lou Braswell, Leavenworth Road Association
The catfish have been delivered, the prediction is for great temperatures in the 60s, plus the Leavenworth Road Association is excited to be doing breakfast for opening day at Wyandotte County Lake, March 7, at the Marina Cafe.
The menu will be biscuits-and-sausage gravy, sausage patties, hash browns along with a choice of drink, coffee, milk or orange juice, all for $8, with a kid’s meal smaller portion for $5 for those under 10.
The bonus we are offering during this event is that we will listen to your “fish stories,” real or fiction, and we will believe every word.
Opening day at the lake is offered through the Unified Government Parks and Recreation Department.
Stop by the Marina to eat, visit and share your tales from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, March 7. Wyandotte County Lake is located at 91st and Leavenworth Road in Kansas City, Kansas. Hours for fishing are 6 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. once the season opens.
LRA ( Leavenworth Road Association) is a registered not for profit, 501 (c) 3 organization, working in the community. We have youth programs,, senior citizen and or disabled citizens and any of those in between. Our motto is, “We fill a lot of shoes on a shoestring budget.” This breakfast event helps our budget fill those shoes.
Our monthly meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month at Eisenhower Center, 2901 N. 72nd. We start with a potluck dinner-social hour at 6 p.m. and follow with the meeting at 7 p.m.
This month, March 10, Jeff Brownlee will be our guest speaker. Brownlee is a retired Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department officer, who now travels the U.S. training on gang-related subjects. Learn to read the signs and how to identify gang-marked areas.
The LRA meetings are always open to everyone, membership is not required, but certainly appreciated.
Lou Braswell is the executive director of the Leavenworth Road Association. For more information about the LRA, visit https://www.facebook.com/LeavenworthRoadAssn.org/ or http://www.lrakck.org/ or call 913- 88-3988.