The Kids Tour of St Joseph is a series of three fun rides for ages 3 to 14.                                               The mission is to promote cycling as a recreational fitness activity while at the same time introducing kids to organized cycling events.    Kids are welcome to participate in single rides or all three rides.  For the 2009 series, the St Joseph Local Organizing Committee of the Tour of Missouri is organizing the event as a prelude to the Tour of Missouri Stage Six Finish taking place on September 12,2009 in St Joseph, which is also the date of the final ride for the Kids Tour of St Joseph.  Kids Tour of St Joseph could become an annual event with an increased number of ride dates and locations throughout St. Joseph's beautiful parkway system. 2009 Kids Tour of St. Jo... 07/04/2009

   Last week I stopped by Eckard's Home Improvement and visited with Steve Eckard. Eckard's  is a Realtor/Builder friendly store since opening in St Joseph in 1985, supplying not only home improvement products for the general public but also realtors and builders. The warehouse store has hundreds and hundreds of rolls of carpet in stock with choices in price and styles.  Installation can be arranged to your individual needs. Eckard's "Custom Order" department with thousands of carpet choices for the special buyer.  Not only can you special order your carpet, they offer services to installing a border or customizing an area rug for the perfect room in your home or office. Eckard's kitchen department is one of the finest and largest in St Joseph with a wide variety of choices in kitchen a... 06/29/2009

                           With the heat wave rolling through St. Joseph you'd think it was mid-August, but just ending the month of June it looks like we need to be ready for a hot summer!  Even with the hot weather conditions the St. Joseph community is boomin', just a drive through town you can check out all the activity.  Speaking of BOOMIN'....the 4th of July is just days away and many celebrations are planned to light up the city skies! The St. Joseph Mustangs will have a fireworks show following both Friday, July 3rd and Saturday, July 4th 7pm games. On Saturday, July 4th family festivities will begin at 3pm with an old fashioned ballpark picnic, the picnic will include $1.00 hotdogs, corn on the cob, draft beer with the purchase of game tickets and children's activities includin... 06/25/2009

  Construction of Chiefs Camp Facility to begin soon!!! The original post can be found here After many questions going back and forth between Missouri Western State University, the State of Missouri  and the Kansas City Chiefs...construction is set to begin as soon as July 1!  The facility design plans are down to the final drafts. It is for sure that St. Joseph will be the new HOME to the KC Chiefs Training Camp starting in 2010! For three weeks out of the year the KC Chiefs players and staff will reside in St. Joseph.  During this training process the players won't only practice and prepare for the upcoming season but will take time for their fans!  Practices will be open to the public, they will be able to participate in many activities, watch them scrimmage, receive autographs and m... 06/19/2009

                                                                                                                                                       June 11-Women of Excellence Awards Luncheon--11am-Civic Arena-reservations required June 11-Parties on the Parkway--5-8pm--SW Parkway & 28th Street June 12-14-Midwest Art in the Park-5pm-Civic Center Park June 12-Sounds of Summer Concert-6pm-Coleman Hawkins Park at Felix Street Square June 12-Total Non-Stop Wrestling-7:30pm-Civic Arena June 13-Dance Arts Center Recital-1pm & 6pm-Missouri Theater June 19-20-Coleman Hawkins Jazz Festival-5pm-Coleman Hawkins Park at Felix Street Square July 9-Parties on the Parkway-5-8pm-SW Noyes & Messanie, Parkway A July 17-18-RRT presents Fiddler on the Roof-7:30pm-Missouri Theater July 19-RRT presents Fi... 06/10/2009

                                     St. Joseph's newest attraction booms with visitors, and I can see why!  WOW was I amazed when I drove up on the newly opened facility.  The building is so breathtaking even pulling into the parking lot.  The red, high standing structure has a modern, unique look.  Sitting along the Missouri River I assume the reason the building is built on what looks like stilts is to make it "flood proof".  Surrounding the building are beautiful trees, wildlife flowers, a butterfly garden, bridges, an outdoor classroom, a hike & bike trail, picnic tables and much more.  I couldn't wait to go inside!                                     As I walked in the front door I was taken away by the life-sized Mammoth!  I can imagine how the kids have fun with that!  Next on t... 06/09/2009

Traveling 1,966 miles is quite a journey traveling by plane or car; can you imagine traveling that on horse back?  Well, between the years1860-1861 this route between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California was traveled daily.  Although it was broken down into relay rides of 80-100 miles this is a journey people are still interested in today.  And the history of the Pony Express still remains alive.   Almost 150 years ago the Pony Express legend began.  This was the first type of mail service.  The destinations were located in St. Joseph and Sacramento with stopping points along the way.  A rider would take off and ride the trail taking mail for almost 100 miles, when meeting up with the next rider they would hand off the Mochila full of mail and off the next rider would go.  Th... 06/09/2009

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                                             How about those Mustangs!!!  One week and going strong the Mustangs are keeping the crowds impressed.                              People love the newly renovated stadium and the nightly promotions keep the crowd entertained.                                           It is exactly what St. Joseph has needed when it comes to baseball, and the                      Mustangs are doing everything they can to be our "hometownstars"!                                                       With a lot of hesitation in the beginning, the Mustangs have proven a point. They want to be here and they will do what it takes to stay!                                              It is a great asset to St. Joseph!  It gives us all something fun and different to d... 06/05/2009

St Joseph is becoming national news for original cooking recipes across America. Jessica Tingler was one of the five winners in the Good Morning America sandwich recipe contest this week.  Jessica created her winning sandwich recipe when her boyfriend balked at eating leftover chili.   The winning sandwich named "Hot Dog Chili Cheese Sandwich", with the recipe appearing on the Good Morning America web site. Jessica is a student at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph. Alexis Bremer of St Joseph was the winner of The St Joseph News Press Holiday Candy recipe in December, for her "Sweet Sensation" cherry topped cookies. Mike Hendricks also from St. Joseph was the winner of the Cooks Country best holiday cookie recipe in December for his "Cranberry Pistachio Coconut Triangle" co... 06/05/2009

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May 14-5pm-Parties on the Parkway-SW Parkway & King Hill Ave May 15-5pm-Northside Festival-Krug Park May 15-All Day-Bike to Work Day Help Us Celebrate National Bike Month With spring in the air, the city of St. Joseph and the League of American Bicyclists                                            (the national organization of bicyclists) announce that May is National Bike Month, May 11-15 is Bike to Work Week, and Friday, May 15 is Bike to Work Day.             May 16-10am-Northside Parade & Festival-St Joseph Avenue to Krug Park May 17-10am-NW Missouri Street Rod Show-Civic Center Park May 17-NOON-Northside Festival-Krug Park May 23-1pm-Special Olympics Duck Race-Aquatic Park May 28-30-7pm-Saint Joseph Mustangs-Home Games-Phil Welch Stadium May 31-1pm-Central High School Graduation Ce... 05/09/2009

Tuesday morning is Office Meeting and Tour of our new listings for the week, this morning we crossed over the Platte River on 36 Highway in the east part of St Joseph. Northwest Missouri has had heavy 2-3 inches of rain in the last few days and the river banks are overflowing, while the Platte River is out of its banks the flooding is considered minor, with some highway closings.  04/28/2009

The weather is beginning to feel like spring at long last...as I glanced across the lake last night I felt my eyes were seeing double.  Area residents will soon be bringing the fishing boats out, along with the kids throwing in their fishing poles, boating in the rubber rafts and canoes.  Life is fun at the Lake especially during the summer.  One of our local churches brings their kids every year and to see over 100 kids fishing and having fun is truly a precious moment.  also, here you can see the local events 04/15/2009

                                  Missouri Calendar of Events Around the State-April-Things to Do  Dates and Times are subject to change: please call ahead  April 17-Platte City-Platte County Antique, Swap & Flea Market-Platte County Fairgrounds-816 858-5826  April 18-Jamesport-Great American Handcrafted Auction-660 684-6789  April 18-St Joseph-Voices of America Spring Show-7: 30pm Missouri Theater  April 25-St Joseph-Zero Tolerance Cage Fighting-7:00pm Civic Arena  April 25-St Joseph-St Joseph Symphony Concert-8:00pm Missouri Theater  May 1-3-Grandview-Gun & Knife Show-Grandview Elks Lodge-816 322-9555 Be sure and check the additional info about Missouri here   04/14/2009

April 2-3-4---7pm/8pm-National Federation of Professional Bullriders-Civic Arena April 3-7:30pm-Spring Dance featuring Johnny I and the Receders with Janelle Frost-         JRP Senior Center April 4-6pm-Apple Blossom Princess and Queen Pageant-Missouri Theater April 5-2-4pm-Allied Arts Council-Arts Fund Drive Kick-Off-         MWSU Downtown University-515 N 6 April 9-8pm-MWSU Concert featuring Blake Shelton with Joey & Rory-Civic Arena April 11-2pm-Second Saturday Story-time for Kids-free with paid admission-         Remington Nature Center April 14-2-6pm-Career Fair-Civic Arena April 17-7-9pm Aids Memorial Quilt Opening Ceremony-Civic Arena April 18-10am-8pm-Aids Memorial Quilt Viewing-Civic Arena April 18-7:30pm-Voices of America Spring Show-Missouri Theater April 19-Noon-3pm-Aids Me... 03/31/2009

                                  Historical Missouri Theater, a $1,000,000 1200 seat  "Movie Palace" opened in 1927, residents had watched the construction for over a year of the extravagant  "open air playhouse" while listing to bizarre stories of the exotic sculpture inside the building done by 20 year old Wayland Gregory.  Publix Theatre Corporation, a division of Paramount, owned the gala theatre.                                                                     The road of ownership was long and rocky for the first 50 years, the building still structurally sound, had fallen into a sad state of neglect. In 1976 a non-profit Town Hall Center, Inc, was organized by a group interested in saving the theater from demolition or conversion into a multi-cinema facility.  It was their int... 03/19/2009

  Andy DeShon is a rising star of innovation by not taking "no" for an answer, while others complained of fuel prices and global warming, Andy did something about it. Andy became interested in electric motors when his uncle's dealership sold an electric lawnmower manufactured by General Electric.  In the 1980's he began working with battery-powered forklifts in his warehouse job.  In 1998, he started doing serious research and development work on his electric motors and electronics.  You can talk on the phone while you're mowing the yard, as there is no roar of the engine, any puff or exhaust.  Even when the mower blade engages the lawn tractor is relatively quiet. Andy Deshon has been tinkering with the electric tractor innovation for 20 years and has secured patents and exclusive mark... 03/14/2009

In February 2009 there was 36 single-family residential closed sales in the City of St. Joseph, compared to 46 closed sales in 2008.  A breakdown of zones and the sales in each area are shown below. St Joseph MLS is divided into 4 zones for the City of St. Joseph (in town) **The statistics are for single family homes and do not include condo's, multi-family or out of the 4 zone areas. Active Listings                       2009                                        2008 NE Buchanan                          114                                  139 NW Buchanan                         237                                  323 SE Buchanan                            29                                    45 SW Buchanan                          92                                   136 Pending ... 03/11/2009