Neighborhood watch leaders hear about human trafficking David Hopkins needs help. Hopkins, a detective with the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department, made the plea for assistance at a meeting of the West Patrol Advisory Committee Thursday, June 23. Hopkins is assigned to human trafficking crimes; he made a plea to about a dozen leaders of [...]
Mike Murray was concerned about small business. That was obvious when he was President of Business West in 1990. That year Mike and Business West hosted a luncheon of commercial Realtors from Greater Kansas City at The Woodlands. Mike made it very clear to those who attended that there were considerable development opportunities in Western [...]
Katie Maderak remembered Katie Maderak always greeted you with a smile. I was saddened late last week when Katie’s daughter, Joan Maderak Meyers, telephoned to tell me of her mother’s death. Catherine Ann (Katie) Clark Maderak was 93 years old and died after about a two-week illness. Katie and her lifetime husband Joe were married [...]
Views differ on elimination of sales tax on food Two views—one pro and the other con—were recently expressed in Kansas publications concerning the elimination of Kansas state sales tax on food. Bonita Gooch, the editor-in-chief of The Kansas Voice, a newspaper that serves the black community in Kansas, favors the elimination. Ron Smith, a lawyer [...]
All Business West members invited to Connect the Dotte networking event All Business West members are invited to attend the monthly meeting of the Connect the Dotte committee at 8:30 a.m. the second Tuesday (Dec. 14) of each month at Rowe Ridge Vineyard and Winery, 11255 Leavenworth Rd. Complementary coffee and rolls will be served. [...]
Business West holds annual meeting, elects officers Business West held its Annual Meeting Wednesday, Oct. 13 at Rowe Ridge Vineyard and Winery. Officers and Board Members for the coming year were elected as the membership unanimously accepted the Nominating Committee’s Report. Those elected include Pam Rowe, President; Kim Singleton, President-Elect; Donna Tilden, Past-President; and Brent [...]
Piper superintendent to speak at Annual Meeting Dr. Jessica Dain, the superintendent of the Piper School District, will be the keynote speaker at the 36th Annual Meeting of Business West. Dr. Dain, who came to Piper in July of 2020, has more than 27 years of experience in education as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, [...]
Business West co-sponsors Candidates’ Forum Business West, along with Kansas City, Kansas, Community College, is sponsoring Candidates’ Forums that will air on the College’s public access channels, Channel 17 on the Spectrum cable network and Channel 146 on the Google system. It also is being seen on You Tube. See the attachment for a complete [...]
Business West to sponsor Candidates’ Forums Business West, in cooperation with Kansas City, Kansas, Community College, will sponsor Candidate Forums for those running in the Aug. 3 Primary Election. The Forums will be for those running for Mayor and Chief Executive Officer of the Unified Government; for Unified Commissioner At-Large, District Two; Unified Commissioners for [...]
Visit KCK chief to speak at Quarterly Meeting Alan Carr, the Executive Director of Visit KCK, will be the featured speaker at the Summer Quarterly Meeting of Business West at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 16 via ZOOM. Carr came to his present position after serving as Vice President of Marketing and Communications for Visit KC. [...]