Category Archive: October 2011

Celebrating the Local Flavor

Article: Susan Fotovich McCabe | Photography 8183 Studio October is a glorious time to spend the afternoon atop a hillside winery, sampling wines and watching the sunset. Luckily, you don’t need a plane ticket to Napa Valley for the experience. Kansas City has several wineries to make for a crisp fall outing. Surprisingly, the area …

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Battle of the Brains

Article Carrie Plummer Kansas City metropolitan area students are thinking big for the Burns & McDonnell Battle of the Brains, a competition in which local schools can earn a piece of a $130,000-plus grant by designing the next great exhibit for Science City. The competition offers a one-of-a-kind opportunity for students to impact Science City, …

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Helping Survivors Get Back into Life

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Upon the completion of her breast cancer treatment in 1999, Leawood’s Barbara Unell asked a simple question: Now what? Her doctor’s response— to return in three months—left Barbara feeling cut adrift. “It was such an innocent question,” Barbara says ruefully, “and the answer to come back in three months for more scans and doctor visits was …

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