Features, People
Science Fair Grand Award Winner
Zach Nason, 15, grandson of Corky and Phyllis Nason of Lake Quivira, was the youngest of the Grand Award Winners at the Greater Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair held at Union Station in March. His entry, “The Effect of Differing Ratios of Vermicompost to Soil on the Nutrient Quality of Lettuce,” dealt with how [...]
Lake Quivira Community Ministry invites community to Holy Week services
The Lake Quivira Community Ministry extends a cordial invitation to the community to join us in the following Holy Week services: Maundy Thursday Service – Thursday, April 5, 7:00 p.m. – Clubhouse Great Room Easter Sunday Sunrise Service Sunday, April 8, 6:30 a.m. – By the Horse Stables Easter Worship Service Sunday April 8, 9:30 [...]
Quivirans open new eating and drinking establishments in Wyandotte County
By Jim and Joan Davies OK…we can admit it now…your feature writers are diehard foodies and winos. Whoops! Wrong! We are diehard foodies and lovers of wine; therefore, when we heard that one of our neighbors had opened a classy pizza restaurant and another neighbor was operating a wine bar, we were compelled to investigate [...]
Obituary – Mary Ann Sebree
Mary Ann (Menefee) Sebree, 79, formerly of Lake Quivira, died on February 4 in Kansas City of complications resulting from kidney failure. Mary Ann was born in Pauls Valley, OK, on Feb. 14, l932, to Laura and William Lynn Menefee. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma in l954, where she was a member of [...]
The name “Quivira” evokes a rich history
By Eric R. Johnson The following is a short background on the origin of our club’s name and how it’s changed since 1928. Searching for the fabled “Seven Cities of Cibola,” reported to be exceedingly opulent, Francisco de Coronado’s expedition set out from New Spain (Mexico) in 1540. Along the way an Indian slave nicknamed [...]
Welcome New Members – March 2012
By Laurie Walker TONY & MARTHA FROOK ~ 360 Lakeshore West (Thomas) 248-8035. The Frook family come to us from nearby Shawnee. Tony and Martha met while she was working at a shop in Crown Center and he was working for Mutual Benefit Insurance Company. They struck up a conversation, began dating, became engaged, married [...]
