Plans are underway for the 19th Annual Waldo Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept. 24th in the CVS parking lot at 75th and Wornall Rd. New this year, will be the Show Wagon from the KC Parks Dept., providing a bigger and better stage for all the outstanding performers scheduled for the day. Broadway United Methodist Church will start the day with a pancake breakfast beginning at 7am. The Festival officially opens at 10am with the inauguration of the 2011/12 Honorary Waldo Mayor with a special performance by the Betty Tillotson School of Dance.

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A 12-foot outdoor sculpture titled Inspired Child was installed in Brookside on May 19, and dedicated on Saturday, May 21 at the southeast corner of 63rd and Brookside Blvd.

The creation of this work was a collaborative effort between students at Border Star Montessori Elementary School, professional ceramist Paul Storms, art teacher Lee Anne Snozek and Paul Dorrell, owner of Leopold Gallery. The Border Star PTA and parents raised the funds and students in the upper grades worked on the sculpture. The piece is made of stoneware, stainless steel and cast glass.

Once the plans were approved, Storms and Snozek actually worked with the students at the KC Clay Guild, where they let their creative juices flow and learned more about the world of ceramics, glass and other types of art medium.

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Tucked away at the corner of 59th Street and Holmes Rd., is a wonderful restaurant called Chai Shai. Owner Aasma Tufail opened the shop about a year ago and it is open from Tuesday through Sunday from 11am to 9pm. Chai Shai is a family-owned and operated business specializing in cuisine from Pakistan and India with a focus on traditional street foods and Chais. The traditional foods are prepared with a modern twist in an atmosphere reminiscent of a European café. According to Tufail, "it is modeled after 'chaat-houses' like those found in San Francisco, New York and London."

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(L-R): Monique Stevenson, Chancellor Morton, Marie Farrell

Fourteen awards were presented at this year's Annual Beautification Awards Dinner on
May 17 at the Uptown Theatre. With the global theme and a new location, the evening
provided a great night of acknowledgement and accolades.

Monthly Luncheon

Wednesday, June 15

Broadway United Methodist Church, 406 W. 74th St.
11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Cost- $10/person
Speaker: Pam Jenkins, Waldo Library, Resource Specialist
Catered by Chai Shai

Reservations required by June 14.
Call 816-523-5553

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The Waldo Area Business Association Property Committee selected Dr. John W. Turley's storefront properties in the 200 west block of 75th Street for the June Waldo's Best award. With the addition of two new tenants, the time was ripe to restore the building frontage. The new colors, signage, and lighting on the storefront really make this block pop!