The Year in Pictures: A Ron Bower 2011 Retrospective
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Reflections for 2011 Quivira: a poem by Bob Lee
Refelctions for 2011 Quivira By Bob Lee Now that Christmas is over and New Year’s has passed We here at Quivira can sit back and relax! With hoopla behind us and pressures at ease, We can now face our winter, the coming deep-freeze! We can now pause and reflect on another good year, With missions [...]
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The Preschool ‘Tap Train’ rolls on
By Tina Mullinix Welcome both on- and off-lake members and friends, preschoolers and kindergartners! Hope your child will join us for the fun as we work on balance, rhythm, coordination and flexibility while learning tumbling, ballet and tap. We’ll learn a song to perform as well. Our 14-week session begins again with Miss Tina on [...]
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Johnson solves ‘The Mystery of the Old Course’ (Hidden Quivira)
By Eric R. Johnson Around 1982, long-time resident Elsie Davis, who then lived at 555 Hillcrest East, told me a story which she has since forgotten, concerning a long abandoned golf tee-box behind her home. How could there be a tee box there? Through the years, this has been a mystery to me. Here is [...]
Obituary – Mary Sue ‘Susie’ Glanville Croker
Mary Sue “Suzie” Glanville Croker, 76, passed away in Nashville, TN, on Dec. 1. She was born April 26, 1935, in Kansas City, KS, and was a long-time resident of Lake Quivira, a city that her grandfather, Francis–an immigrant from Cornwall, England–helped establish. A graduate of Wyandotte High School and the University of Kansas, Suzie [...]
For the Sandifers, Halloween is a ‘twofer’ holiday
By Jim and Joan Davies Choosing to get married on a national holiday, major or minor religious holiday or patriotic holiday can prove challenging as to just how to celebrate. For example, we know one couple who was married on that infamous day, April 15, when US taxes become due (try to find the means [...]
Former Quiviran Helen Fuller honored by Mayor of Unified Government
By Leanna Walters Thanks to Laurie Walker for passing along an email from Judy Blankenship, who works with a niece of Helen Fuller, former Quivira resident and golfer. Helen was recently honored by Joe Reardon, Mayor/CEO of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, who declared October 11, 2011, “Helen Uzelac Fuller Day.” She [...]
Thoughtful holiday kickoff
Lake Quivira residents Pete and Lisa Lord hosted a very special gathering in October. Their daughter Abby Piercy, is a 5th grader at Ray Marsh Elementary School. She and her friends set aside time in their day recently to bake cookies for the KC Hospice Center. When asked, the girls said they simply appreciate being [...]
Thanks to LQ fisherman Mason chapman, Kirbie the Crappie achieves fish stardom
By Leanna Walters On the evening of October 30, when many of Lake Quivira’s kids were getting ready for the big Halloween party at the Clubhouse, eight-year-old Mason Chapman opted instead to go fishing with Dad (Brent Chapman) and Papa (his grandfather, Ron Chapman). His decision turned out to be fortuitous. Fishing with live minnows, [...]
In 1930, it is predicted the LQ golf course “will attract golfers from far and near”
By Eric R. Johnson From the September 1930 Quiviran : “The Quivira golf course is going to be a revelation to those who play upon it next year. Probably no other two hundred acres of ground in the entire southwest affords such a variety of topography, such a wealth of natural beauty, such vistas and [...]
Gayle Best, Holiday Bazaar chair, reflects on the two-day event
By Gayle Best It’s hard for me to believe the Holiday Bazaar is over after planning for it since July. What a great tradition at Lake Quivira! It was a huge success due to the dedication and hard work of our team of volunteers. Our lucky winners of the money trees were Carol Zoellner, Giovanna [...]
City,Q Inc
- LQ commemorate Arbor Day with planting of two trees – May 2011
- Nominate your favorite tree for Champion Tree status at LQ – May 2011
- LQ named Tree City USA for 16th year – May 2011
- The Mayor and Council strive to give residents of LQ more than they pay for – January 2012
- December Board meeting summary – January 2012
- Mayor’s Report – December 2011
- House Committee – December 2011
- President’s Report – December 2011
- Board Meeting Summary – November 2011
- Mayor’s Report – November 2011
Club news
- One-year-old Photography Club has solid footing
- Garden Club president speaks from the heart about ‘the year that was’
- At Christmas break, visions of winners’ circle dance in bowlers’ wee little heads – Mixed Bowling January 2012
- Mothers’ Club recognizes community spirit, evident year round – January 2012
- Tight race between leaders and pretenders – Mixed Bowling – December 2011
- Photo Club president Ron Bower touts versatility of SmugMug for handling prints – December 2011
- Wigginton deals with plight of winter golfer – December 2011
- QWGA has new application process for 2012; deadline is December 15
- President of Quivira Investment Club explains what they do, how to get involved
- Mothers’ Club: fun for the kids – and their Moms
Features, People
- Christina and Abby Gomer: the Iron Women of Lake Quivira
- Scenes from the Mothers’ Club Halloween party
- Quivira’s water tower stood tall above the trees for decades
- Cartoon by Bob Lee
- Welcome new members
- “Invasion of the Sewer Snathchers” or “Nightmare on Terrace Trail West”
- Lottie Snyder uses background-and her closet-to help the unemployed land jobs
- Larry Meeker talks about the state of the arts in Kansas
- New families at Quivira contain several familiar faces
- Cartoon by Bob Lee
Letters, Ads
- Marketplace – January 2012
- LQ bell ringers raise nearly 5K for Salvation Army
- Quivira supplies 500 coats to Cross-Lines for Kids project
- Marketplace – December 2011
- Note cards still available
- Homeless Kitty at Lake Quivira
- Quivira Marketplace – November 2011
- The Quivira Marketplace – October 2011
- Letter – Why did Golf Committee decide to change the fairway bunker on #5?
- Marketplace – August 2011