Shepherds Center to meet Jan. 20 Murrel Bland, the Executive Director of Business West, will be a guest speaker when the Shepherds Center of Kansas City, Kansas, meets at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 20 at Grace Lutheran Church, 3333 Wood Ave. He will talk about economic development in Western Wyandotte County. Other activities will include [...]
By Murrel Bland Some if not all of the newly elected 60 Kansas legislators may be asking the question What have I done?? At least that is the comment from Cathy Damron, a lobbyist who expressed that view at the monthly meeting last Friday, Jan. 13 of the legislative Committee of Kansas City, Kansas, Area [...]
By Murrel Bland State Senator David Haley (D-Fourth Dist.) said people often ask him what he can do to reopen The Woodlands. He made this comment Thursday, Jan. 5 at a pre-legislative public hearing held at the West Wyandotte Library. Other members of the Wyandotte County Legislative Delegation who attended were State representatives Tom Burroughs, [...]
Security effort to help businesses The Business West Board of Directors, meeting Wednesday, Dec. 21 at The Dotte Spot Bar and Grill, approved the 2017 Program of Work. ?A top item of the program will be a project to enhance the security for businesses along the State Avenue Corridor. Dr. Jane Winkler Philbrook, President of [...]
By Murrel Bland I received a telephone call on Monday, Dec.5 from Tim Byers, telling me that his father, Ray Byers, had died. I was saddened to learn that the community had lost another business and civic leader. Raymond Bedford Byers Jr. was born on March 19, 1928 in Gaffney, S.C., the son of Raymond [...]
Lawton Nuss handed out a calling card that says the following: I, Lawton Nuss, solemnly swear or affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Kansas, and faithfully discharge the duties of the Kansas Supreme Court, so help me God. Nuss was handing out these [...]
Business West co-sponsors Candidates Forum Business West, along with the Kansas City, Kansas, Community College, co-sponsored a Candidates Forum Monday night, Oct. 19 at the College. Candidates will be on the Wyandotte County General Election ballot Tuesday, Nov. 8. Those who participated ?included? Steve Hohe,? Libertarian challenger for U.S. Representative, Third District; Kathy Wolfe Moore, [...]
K-State dean to talk about future of agriculture Dr. John Floros, the Dean of the College of Agriculture at Kansas State University, Manhattan, will talk about the future of agriculture at a benefit dinner at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19 at the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame. Dr. Floros, who also serves as [...]
K-State dean to talk about future of agriculture Dr. John Floros, the Dean of the College of Agriculture at Kansas State University, Manhattan, will talk about the future of agriculture at a benefit dinner at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19 at the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame. Dr. Floros, who also serves as [...]
By Murrel Bland Sheri Gonzales Warren wants to know what the employment needs are of Kansas City businesses. Warren, who works with workforce development at the Mid-America Regional Council, told of her efforts to match employer needs with qualified employees at the monthly meeting Friday, Sept. 16 of the Congressional Forum at the Reardon Convention [...]