Category Archive: April 2011

“Mom-preneur” Abbey Fields Celebrates Shop Beautiful’s seventy-fifth anniversary

Walking into Shop Beautiful at Hawthorne Plaza, the presence of a woman’s touch is everywhere, from the lavender pom pom scarf to the Peggy Karr glass art to the beautifully customized Pandora bracelet. It’s only fitting, considering that for the75 years Shop Beautiful has been in existence, every owner has been a progressive woman unafraid …

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No Sink, All Swim for This Leawood Family

The Flottman family believes in jumping in with both feet—both literally and figuratively. For this family, it’s all or nothing, straight into the deep end. And despite two professions, a family business, two high school educations, two swimming careers, and one black Lab, this family does anything but sink—it moves along swimmingly with amazing stroke …

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Setting Its Sights on Helping Children

Leawood’s Sean Bamber may be only two, but he has quite the fan base. Aside from his three siblings and doting parents, Sean is popular with a talented group of teachers and therapists. Since he was six months old, Sean has been courted by members of the Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI) as …

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