Category: Events

Applefest returns this weekend to Grinter Place

The annual Applefest will return Saturday and Sunday at Grinter Place state historic site, 1420 S. 78th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

The event was last held around three years ago, according to Pam Howe. She is the co-administrator of the site with Bill Nicks.

This year the Grinter Place Friends are partnering with Strawberry Swing to hold the event, Howe said. The group has popup events each weekend, bringing its own following, food trucks and more to events, she added.

The event Saturday and Sunday will include kids’ activities, free tours of the Grinter House by tour guides in period costume, artists and crafters’ displays, music and Grinter Place items for sale such as apple butter, candles and T-shirts. There will be vendors.

Representatives of the Delaware and Wyandotte nations will give presentations on a small stage, she said.

A small pop-up gift shop will be located inside Grinter House, she added.

Admission is free and open to the public for the two days, she added.

Hours of the festival are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25.

Grinter Place is a state museum on the site of a ferry across the Kansas River, on the military road between Ft. Leavenworth and Ft. Scott. The historic Grinter House was completed in 1857 and is furnished in that period.

As with any festival of its kind, a lot depends on the weather. Howe said the current forecast for the weekend is good, with warm temperatures in the afternoon, and no rain.

For more information, see https://www.facebook.com/grinterplace.

The annual Applefest returns Sept. 24-25 at Grinter Place, a state historic museum at 78th and K-32 in Kansas City, Kansas. (File photo)

St. Paul’s Church to focus on environmental responsibility

by Murrel Bland

The clergyman practices what he preaches.

Simply stated, that describes the practices of the Rev. Evan Ash, an assisting priest at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Kansas City, Kansas. Father Evan heads up the Creation Care effort for the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas. Creation Care is an initiative of the national Episcopal Church.

The Rev. Evan Ash

Father Evan has some practical suggestions people can do to be better stewards of the environment.

• Buy things in paper instead of plastic packaging.
• Buy locally grown foods; this takes less transportation and thus less pollution.
• Take your own bags to the store, thus reducing the use of paper and plastic bags.
• Reduce travel time; use gasoline with ethanol.
• Buy clothes made of natural fabrics such as cotton and linen; this reduces the use of synthetics.
• Use distilled water made at home instead of buying it in plastic bottles.
• Set your thermostat at 78 degrees to reduce use.
• Buy high efficiency replacement heating and cooling units and appliances.
• Use solar-power attic fans.
• Take the advice of the National Wildlife Federation to support a backyard that is friendly toward wildlife.
• Plant shade trees to save on energy costs.
• Use a book of daily devotions to remind us of our connection to God.

As part of his effort to support the Creation Care effort, Father Evan will lead an outdoor service at 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, at Lavender Hill Farm, 112 N. 63rd St., in the Muncie community of Kansas City, Kansas. The farm is just south of 63rd Street and Riverview Avenue. The public is invited and refreshments will be served after the service. Dress will be casual.

Joe III and Jenny Steineger are the owners of Lavender Hill Farm.

The farm is owned and operated by Joe Steineger III and his wife Jenny. Joe is a third generation Wyandotte County farmer; the Steinegers are longtime members of St. Paul’s parish.

For more information about Creation Care check out the following links https://www.episcopalchurch.org/ministries/creation-care/ or https://episcopal-ks.org/care-of-creation/.

For more information, telephone Father Evan Ash at 913-244-0772.

Murrel Bland is the former editor of the Wyandotte West.

Today’s public meetings

Search committee to meet for municipal court administrative judge

The Unified Government’s Municipal Court Administrative Judge Search Committee will meet in person at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, in the ninth floor conference room of City Hall, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas. It will be an executive session to discuss personnel matters, according to the meeting notice. The executive session will be closed to the public, according to the meeting notice. The meeting notice is at https://www.wycokck.org/Departments/Clerks-Office/Agendas-Minutes.

BPU to meet

The Board of Public Utilities will meet at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21. On the agenda for the regular meeting at 6 p.m. are a public comment time; general manager and staff reports; a water operations quarterly report; KDHE revolving loan resolution No. 5276; miscellaneous comments; and board comments. On the agenda for the 4 p.m. work session are a board update and general manager update; board strategic plan; and economic development proposal for Yards II. The meetings are online through Zoom and also are able to be accessed through the telephone. The meetings are at the BPU, 540 Minnesota Ave. To join the Zoom meeting, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84523139724. To join by phone, call toll-free, 1-888-475-4499. The meeting ID number is 845 2313 9724. The board meeting information packet is online at https://www.bpu.com/Portals/0/pdf/board-information-packet-9-21-22.pdf. For more information, see https://www.bpu.com/About/MediaNewsReleases/September21stBPUBoardMeetingNotice.aspx.