Volume 45 • Issue 1 • Neighborhood council no. 15 • January 2015 Luminary Night Report The McCoy neighborhood shone brightly on 12/20!! We were shooting for 1,000 points of light and I think we made it, or came close! There were the Robinsons personally committed to the thousand points of light buying 100 luminaries and making sure the 400 block of Delaware shone brightly. And Heritage House even outdid that--Karen put in an order with me for 250 luminaries so the area around HH was beautifully lit with all those glowing white sacks. And Craig Whitney put out the 120 luminaries he ordered last year and hadn't used because of bad luminary weather last year. His 120 further lit up the 400 block of Delaware, making sure both sides of the street shone bright! There was even some mystery involved with the luminaries this year. Unbeknownst to me there were hundreds of luminaries on College street shining on 12/20. I did not supply these so if anyone could call me at 405-6153 and tell me who was the Christmasspirited person who put all those out I would really appreciate it! There were also many luminaries on the 700 and 800 block of N Union and the 700 block of Delaware. So quite a night for luminaries on December 20th! Thanks to everyone who participated! I hope many of you toured the neighborhood on 12/20 and saw how pretty the McCoy Neighborhood was. Let's do even more next year! I thank you for allowing me to be your Luminary guy--it gives me a chance to say "Merry Christmas!" to everyone I deliver luminaries to. So I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. Now Happy New Year, Kevin Williams City will celebrate Martin Luther King holiday Jan. 19 Independence will host its Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Monday, Jan. 19 at the Truman Memorial building with at 7 pm. The key note speaker will be Rev. Sam Mann. Mann, who served at St. Mark Union Church for 40 years and marched with Dr. King years ago. The 2015 celebration will mark the 28th year for the Independence event. This year’s celebration is sponsored through a partnership with the City of Independence, The Community of Concerned Citizens, the Human Relations Commission, Ministerial Alliance, The Examiner, and the Local Investment Commission (LINC). This celebration has always been an important event for McCoy neighborhood and we hope folks can attend. THE REAL MCCOY 1 JANUARY 2015 McCoy Neighborhood Cabinet President Barb Wiley [email protected] Vice– President Sharon Westermann Vice– President Jim Hannah Treasurer Linda Robinson Secretary Karen Beaver Leslie Sherman Newsletter Editor [email protected] Advertising Coord. Patricia Green & Billing Roxanne Copridge Reporters Robinson Sharon Westermann Mailing Coordinator Gerd Buttgen Beautification Jim Hannah Award Police Chair Bud Perrin Block Watch CoorDenise Sherman dinator Public Works and Sharon Stewart Environment 836-3248 Family Life Garden Tour Health Heritage House Rep. Historian Ice Cream Social Holly Milford Jay & Kathy Kane 254-7415 797-1695 Karen Beaver C.J. Anderton Joy Muir Kevin & Ginny Williams Tomi & Bill Burgess Ira Anders Vicky Trussel Desiree Mueller Susan Rosenquist 500-1338 836-0209 591-7163 Jim Hannah 719-5583 Dennis Okerstrom 836-0757 Luminaries Garage Sale McCoy Park Rep. Welcoming Committee Photographer CPRS Resoration 252-3746 719-5583 252-4486 500-1338 885-2133 833-4349 836-5766 252-3746 836-5654 719-5583 536-8543 252-7838 252-9827 699-5547 461-5627 254-5865 723-7610 461-3608 224-2002 Nina Anders is Chamber’s Businessperson of the Year McCoy neighbor Nina Anders is the Independence Chamber of Commerce’s 2014 “Businessperson of the Year." She is the owner of Scandinavia Place located on the Independences Square. The award will be presented at the Chamber’s annual banquet on Jan. 31 at the Arrowhead Stadium North Club. Nina and her husband are active in the neighborhood and the community. Congratulations to Nina! Reminder! All newsletter submissions need to be sent in to Leslie Sherman by the 15th of each month to ensure their publication in the next months issue. Thank you and Happy New Year! THE REAL MCCOY 2 JANUARY 2015 “Bryant News” Thank you everyone for bringing in your flip tops from aluminum cans for our annual service project for the Ronald MacDonald House. We made our presentation on December 19th and it was a joyous celebration! And as always, we continue collecting Box Tops for Education. You may bring those by the office as well. Our 5th Graders enjoyed caroling at both the McCoy and Bundschu Neighborhood Christmas parties in December. Thank you for including us and for all the delicious holiday treats! January dates to remember: 7th School resumes th 19 No School – Martin Luther King holiday th 30 5th Grade DARE graduation – afternoon Thank you neighbors, as always, for you continued generosity. Bryant would not be what it is without you!! Happy New Year! Independence Police Roll Out New Crime Website The Independence Police Department is excited about its new online crime reporting tool RAIDS Online. You can see the crime incidents for the McCoy neighborhood - or the city of Independence for that matter - by visiting raidsonline.com and typing in your address or location of interest. The crime reporting system shows incidents reported to the police department and is updated daily online. You can also receive daily email updates by signing up. An iPhone app is also available. Among the features are options to pick a date range, a radius and types of crime. RAIDS Online allows individuals to provide tips anonymously to the police department. The police department is actively promoting the new crime reporting tool through public meetings and community outreach. Police department officials say the new tool provides the police department greater analytical capabilities to understand trends or crime patterns, the day of the week, hour and categories. RAIDS Online is used by the Raytown, Lee’s Summit, Kearney, Prairie Village, Shawnee and Lenexa police departments. The Johnson County (KS) and Clay County sheriff’s department also use it. RAIDS Online says its tool "empowers the public to make better decisions about crime by putting the same technology used by law enforcement to analyze and interpret crime activity into the hands of the public.” Crime is a concern any neighborhood and this new tool should provide us additional information on incidents. Submitted By Brent Schondelmeyer THE REAL MCCOY 3 JANUARY 2015 Sunday services Holly Communion: 8 & 10:30 a.m. Adult Education: 9:30 a.m. Children’s Education: 10:30 a.m. Visit the Mustard Seed Thrift Shop Wednesday—Saturday From Noon—4:00 PM THE REAL MCCOY 4 JANUARY 2015 The North Independence Branch of Mid-Continent Library 317 W. 24Hwy. Independence, MO is offering the following activities. For more Information or to register, call 816-252-0950 or visit www.mymcpl.org Kids @ the Library - Every Monday - 4:30pm Not babies. Not adults. Visit the Library at a time just for kids. Make crafts, perform science experiments, play games, and more. Interested? Give your branch a call! Microsoft Computer Classes - Every Wednesday - Join us for this 8 week course on Excel, Word Basics, and Publisher. Learn spreadsheets; make flyers, posters, pamphlets, and even desktop publishing. Please contact the branch to sign up for these classes. Free Movies at MCPL North Independence - Every Wednesdays at 6:30pm -Join us for free classic movies. Each month we focus on a specific actor, director, or producer. Check with our branch for Movie Titles. Story time for Toddlers - Every Thursday at 10:00am - Ages 18-36 mos. Story time for Preschoolers - Every Friday at 10:00am Join staff as they present exciting and unique story times involving a variety of tried & true activities. Literacy-rich books and stories are shared to assist in developing pre-reading skills. Other enrichments may include music and movement, finger plays, puppets and crafts. This is an all-around fun program for preschoolers, ages 3-5 years old. Teens @ the Library every Thursday at 3:00pm Not kids. Not adults. Visit the Library at a time just for teens. Make crafts, watch movies, play games, and more. Interested? Give your branch a call! 1/10 - Create with LEGO’s: See Saw - Bricks 4 Kidz classes provide an extraordinary atmosphere for children where "we learn, we build, we play with LEGO® bricks." Programs are built around our special model plans designed by engineers and architects, with exciting themes such as space, construction, and amusement parks. At Bricks 4 Kidz, we believe that kids learn best through activities that engage their curiosity and creativity. MEMORIAL Loretta Marshall was a long-time advertiser in the Real McCoy. Inspired by the scriptures to encourage healthy living, she opened the Rainbow Natural Foods store at 24 Highway and Liberty and operated it until the time of her death. She was very active in her church, serving as vacation church school director, women's leader and teacher of church school and nutrition classes. She was a hardworking, compassionate and loving person. McCoy Neighborhood offers sincere appreciation for her many years of support. THE REAL MCCOY 5 JANUARY 2015 THE REAL MCCOY 6 JANUARY 2015 A New Family in the McCoy Neighborhood! Deidre Shiffer and Jeremy Houle have purchased a home at 516 North Pleasant Street. The house, built in approximately 1910 doesn't appear to be large from the outside, but it has been remodeled to include six bedrooms. This nicely accommodates their 5 children and border collie, Callie. Jeremy works as a driver for Reinhart Food Services in Lees Summit and Deidre works in home health care. Deidre is from the Waldo area of Kansas City. Jeremy grew up in the mountains of California near Yosemite National Park. They met through a mutual friend. Jeremy loves to fish and the family enjoys spending time at Lake of the Ozarks where their family has a lake house. As you can imagine they're quite active and spend a great deal of time transporting their children to their various activities. The children are Raigan, 11, Taylor and David 10, Brandon, 8 and Brianna, 7. Make sure you slow down when driving on Pleasant Street, there are kids at play! Welcome to the neighborhood! The Mustard Seed Thrift Shop 401 N. Liberty . Independence, MO. 64050 **January Specials** Annual Winter $5.00 Bag Sale starts Wednesday, January 7. All men and women apparel included. Winter shoes - - Buy 1 pair - - Get 1pair FREE!* VHS Tapes $.25 each Books buy 1 get 1 FREE! Christmas 50% off * Does not include sneaker type shoes. Sent from AOL Mobile Mail THE REAL MCCOY 7 JANUARY 2015 Palmer Senior Place Opens The lights are on at Palmer Place Senior Apartments. The former Palmer Junior High School has been converted into a 39-unit senior housing project - 24 one-bedroom apartments and 15 two-bedroom apartments for individuals 62 and older. Apartment homes will feature: fully furnished kitchens with energy efficient appliances, ceiling fans, and window coverings. Community amenities include a furnished community room, billiards room, business center, library, and theater room. The apartments share the building with the city’s senior center. Construction on the $8 million project was completed in June and the building was fully leased by mid-August, according to the developer. The project received tax credits through the Missouri Housing Development Commission. All residents must qualify based on income. Palmer has been unoccupied since the Independence School District moved its administrative offices out of the building in 2008. Palmer was for sale for several years before being purchased DLS Historic Developers IV led by Dale Schulte, a Kansas City development attorney. We hope to arrange an open house/tour so McCoy residents can see the project and meet our new neighbors. For more information about Palmer Place Senior Apartments, call 816-252-1185. Submitted By Brent Schondelmeyer THE REAL MCCOY 8 JANUARY 2015 Keeping New Years Resolutions! Every year, people often make a list of the things they wish to change, keep, or adopt into their lives. With that said, every year people break these self made promises and according to statisticbrain.com, only 8% of people last year were successful last year in sticking to their resolutions. Yikes! Since we are all human, we have to remember that we aren’t perfect. Yet that doesn’t mean we should give up on trying all together. Whether your 2015 resolution is to lose weight, save money, or to simply spend more time with your family, here are some helpful tips in keeping resolutions of all kinds. Let’s start out by remembering change is difficult. Most of us can agree that change is uncomfortable and making sudden changes in ones life can throw them for a loop which is a big reason people have a hard time keeping resolutions. When making a resolution, it is important to start out small. Apa.org talks about starting out small with a resolution that you think you can honestly keep. If someone wants to exercise more, exercising 3 days a week might be more realistic than every day of the week. Eventually, exercising everyday can be attainable, but jumping into that kind of commitment isn’t commonly easy for everyone. Often, the things people wish to change about their lives are bad habits, which unknowingly take root over the course of time. Going cold turkey with any bad habit or behavior is overwhelming and can sometimes cause the habit to worsen. People should be patient with themselves and work on one behavior at a time. This not only keeps someone from feeling overwhelmed, but it also encourages them to continue making positive changes. Overtime, someone might think to themselves “I changed that one habit, so I can take on another.” Now even though New Year’s resolutions are usually personal and taken on independently, it never hurts to seek support from others. People shouldn’t be afraid to share or talk about their progress with friends or family. Support groups such as workout classes at the gym, or even coworkers in the office who share your goals make the journey less intimidating and kind of fun. Unfortunately, keeping these goals won’t always be enjoyable. Recall the comment mentioned earlier about how we are all human and therefore we aren’t perfect. Remembering that perfection is unattainable is so important when working on goals of any kind. People need to know it is okay to not complete their goals as quickly as they anticipated and that they shouldn’t give up just because they slipped up once or twice. It is all a part of being human. Nobody should beat themselves up for breaking their resolution once or twice. Everyone has their ups and downs and if someone can overcome their own ups and downs they can create the ability to conquer whatever the world throws at them. Hopefully when we all look at our lists of New Year’s resolutions, we can now feel more confident about ourselves and the goals we are setting. Even further, we can set these tips into practice with anything we want to change throughout the year to make the best out of 2015! THE REAL MCCOY 9 Submitted By Leslie Sherman JANUARY 2015 Did Any of These Happen on YOUR Street? 12/2/14 N. Main Arrest 12/2/14 N. Main Possession of controlled substance 12/4/14 500 Block N. Osage Stealing 12/5/14 400 Block N. Liberty Harassment 201 N Forest Independence, MO 64050 Phone: (816) 521 –5318 [email protected] Let the West Side Help You Cater Your Next Event! *Receptions, Parties, & Celebrations *Club Meetings, In House Catering *Bereavement Dinners 12/7/14 900 Block N. Main Property Damage 12/8/14 West Truman Road Arrent 12/8/14 200 Block N. Delaware Burglary, 2nd Degree The West Side Café - - Your Neighborhood Destination Serving Breakfast and Lunch Monday—Friday, 7:30 a.m.– 2:30 p.m. 12/11/14 100 Block W. Nettleton Vehicle Stolen 12/16/14 800 Block N. Delaware Receiving Stolen Property 12/20/14 400 Block N. Liberty Harassment 12/27/14 500 Block N. Osage Stealing View crimes in all of Independence at raidsonline.com CONDOLENCES We offer condolences to our neighbors Steve and Marcie Gragg on the death of Steve's father, Victor Gragg, who died on December 13. As the Superintendent of the Fort Osage School District he promoted the importance of education. He also served twice as the president of the Board of Trustees of the Mid Continent Library, and became one of the few non-librarians to become president of the Missouri Library Association. He was an active member of the Susquehanna Baptist where he was described as a "pillar of the community." THE REAL MCCOY 10 JANUARY 2015 Annual Neighborhood Christmas Party! Children enjoying the fun evening! Neighbors gather by the Victorian fireplace. Karen Beaver and G ary Robinson participating in the be ll ringing. ts freshmen e r f o d a A spre galore! Another group of neighbors enjoys go od company together . Greg Ne ubauer and son prep are to rin g bells. Ira A nder s and Todo Joyce rvich visiti ng Laura Kilpatrick directs the Bryant Elementary singers. Girls join in the ringing of bells. THE REAL MCCOY omes Molly Vicky welc 11 Host, Dr. M orris visits with the Okerst roms. JANUARY 2015 The Independence Plan for Neighborhood Councils, Inc. 700 N. Grand Avenue Independence, MO 64050 Non– profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Indep., MO Permit No. 30 McCoy Neighborhood Boundaries: North to South, 24 Highway to Truman Road East to West, Noland Road to River Remax Elite 4243 NE Lakewood Way Lee’s Summit, Mo 64064 Office 816-373-8400 Cell 816-721-4048 [email protected] Ronvanfleet.com Sundays 9:00a.m. - K.I.D.Z Street and Bible Study 10:00a.m. - Fellowship 10:30a.m. - Worship Service The FBC Office is open Monday thru Thursday, 7:30 am – 4:30 pm. Call 816-252-3377 for more information THE REAL MCCOY 12 JANUARY 2015
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