Kansas City, MO

Someone dropped me an email asking who Debra Skodack of Kansas City is? I thought I knew the name and looked it up, sure enough it’s columnist for The Kansas City Star. It seems to be a daily column and not a weekly, so if you like her writing you can tune into KansasCity.com every day.

Her most recent article is “Extraordinary outpouring’ for baby with Rare Condition.” Which is a very sad story about a little baby that needs our help. 7-month-old Granton Bayless has a rare condition and needs a bone-marrow. So far 1,792 people came to see if their marrow would match up. If you’d like to take part the Bone Marrow Program is waiving the $52 fee to encourage more to do this.

Someone in Missouri has a winning ticket worth $2.2 Million and they haven’t yet realized it or cashed it in. The ticket dates back from April 26 and was bought at Deer Run Quick Mart in O’Fallon. If you ever buy your tickets there you might want to go back through them and look very carefully, after all you could be a millionaire without even knowing it.

Marco M. Lugo, age 29, was shot dead while he sat in the backseat of his friends vehicle after leaving a club. He was in a white, GMC Yukon, when the blue Ford Taurus came up shooting. The only lead they have is the blue Ford Taurus had a gray roof and the paint was peeling off. No one knows why this car was targeted or who had the rage that did such a horrific crime.

It has been almost a year since the killing and the police still have no leads. The parents of Marco have put up a $8500 reward for any information that leads to an arrest.  Help bring a parents worst nightmare a little justice. If you know something call 816 474 TIPS.

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Besides the fact that this weekend is Mother’s Day and everyone will be taking out their Mother it’ll be busy with lots of local events. Check them out, oh and don’t forget, Speed Racer comes out too. Have a great weekend and try to stay dry. It’s only suppose to rain this morning and then once more this weekend. But it should be perfect weather for Mother’s Day, so no excuses.

May 9-11
John Brown Opera by Kirke Mechem
Lyric Opera Kansas City
ticket: 1 877 OPERAKA
www.kcopera.org

May 9-11
The Perfect Wedding
AHT Crown Center
Tickets: 816 842 9999

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After 10 suspicious fires have popped up in St.Louis police have decided to investigate to find out whether or not they are linked. So far all the fires were started on empty/vacant buildings and no one was injured. Five of the fires were all on this past Saturday and all within 5 blocks of North St. Louis. No news yet on that.

Lena White, may only be in 7th grade but she’s made it a habit to visit the library 3 times a week and read up to 10 books during this time. When she competed in the state essay contest, “Inaugural Carter G. Woodson” for Middle School, she won.

The speech was on “The Mis-Eduacation of the Negro” to which she nailed. She won a laptop, to which she is very happy about.

“It will be a lot easier for me to do homework because I will not need to compete for the one at home with family members.”

Congratulations Lena, I hope you continue to read those books.

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You may remember the post about Katherine Cook, a 5-year-old little girl, that had been shot in the head in her own yard by a stray bullet. I have good and bad news for ya’ll. The good news is Katherine did survive, in fact she went home this past week. The bad news is they never were able to catch her shooter.

The GM Fairfax Plant is about to go on strike according to late breaking news on KCTV5. Last week it lost $3billion and now the people want answers and they are doing it by having a strike.

The strike began at 9 a.m. when they didn’t reach an agreement.  They want rules reached and a contract. With no one working there is definitely no money being made, so the question remains who will end the strike first. Will it be the owners or the workers? Something tells me it may last a while.

May 2-4 (and after until May 18)
Sideways Stores from Wayside School
Coterie Theatre
Crown Center
816-474-6552

Kansas City Romeo & Juliet Ballet
7:30 p.m.
Music Hall
13th & Central
Tickets: $30-60
www.kcballet.org

The Musical of Musicals
www.qualityhillplayhouse.com
tickets: $24
816-421-1700

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I’m sure by now you’ve seen on the news about the 28-year-old sex offender that abused his girlfriend’s precious 3-year-old boy. He was covered in bruises and burns all over his body, burns that stemmed from the man giving the poor child a scalding hot bath.

The police had been looking for Wilber Mateo for several weeks and currently have him in their custody.  He’ll be charged with child abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. My question is, isn’t he suppose to stay away from kids? 

I know there is a ton of stuff to do in Kansas City over the weekend and I’m pretty sure you do too. But here’s a small list just in case you missed these.

The Rocky Horror Show plays at 8 p.m. at the Johnson County Community College
Polsky Theatre
Carlsen Center
12345 College Blvd, Overland Park
Tickets: Free
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This past week a female bartender by the name of Lori Reynolds of “Gossip Inn Bar,” was shot dead after she refused to serve a man a drink when he wouldn’t show ID. This is such a senseless crime, to kill someone for something so small. The man not only shot and killed Lori but he opened fire on the rest of the bar before taking off.

Yesterday it was reported by NBC Action News that there has been an arrest in the case and police are doing further investigations. In the meantime the entrance to the bar is filled with bouquets, cards and other momentos for Lori. No news on when the funeral will take place yet.

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What started off as a great week has brought nothing but storms at the end, hopefully we’ll begin to see the sun shining again. Here’s a list of things going on in the area. Hope you enjoy!

Friday:
Jammin’ at the Gem
Features: Benny Green, Greg Hutchinson & Christian McBride
Gem Theater (32bands and it’s free)
816-474-6262
8p.m.
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David Cook of Blue Springs, Missouri is really making a name for himself both in the local papers and worldwide. That’s right this singer has made the final 7 on “American Idol” and I’m almost certain he’ll go all the way, at least that’s who I’m rooting for. Who are you cheering on?
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After yesterday’s storm some of you may be wondering what type of weather to expect for the weekend. While it is definitely cloudy and windy outside, it could still rain by this evening. Expect clouds all weekend with the possibility of rain and by Monday the sun shall shine once again. So, prepare for the water to fall and grab that umbrella before you head out for the weekend. While Kansas City may have a lot to offer on the weekend, it’s not always fun when you are soaked.

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