Dates and Times are subject to change: please call ahead March 1---Platte City-Platte City Community Band Concert-816 858-7040 March 7---Agency-Artifact Show, Authentic Indian Artifacts Only-Agency Community Center 816 253-9301 March 21-22---Platte City-World Language Club Antique Show-Platte County R-3 High School 816-858 2822 March 22---Kansas City-Annual Beekeeping Workshop Session 1-Midwestern Beekeepers Association 660-656-3485 March 27-28-29--St Joseph-St Joseph Lions Clubs 56th Annual PANCAKE DAYS-Army National Guard Building 816-232-5120 March 28-29---MOPACA Invitational Alpaca Show-American Royal/Hale Arena 816-720-3407 April 2-4---St Joseph-NFPB Bull Riding National Finals-Civic Center-417-924-3591 02/28/2009

March 1-11AM--UCP 23rd Annual Chili Cookoff-Civic Arena   March 4-TBA --MO State Class 4&5 High School Basketball Sections-Civic Arena   March 6-7PM--Moila Shrine Circus-Civic Arena   March 6&7-TBA--Missouri Association of Community Theatre State Festival-Missouri Theater   March 7-10AM,3PM,7PM--Moila Shrine Circus-Civic Arena   March 8-1PM&5PM--Moila Shrine Circus-Civic Arena   March 10&11-TBA-Mo State Class 1&3 High School Basketball Sections-Civic Arena   March 14-Noon-St Patrick's Day Parade-Begins at Noyes & Frederick Avenue   March 14-2PM-Second Saturday Story Time For Children-With Admission-Remington Nature Center   March 15-7:30PM-Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight presented by PAA-Missouri Theater   March 21-8PM-Marilyn Maye in Concert presented by RRT-Missouri Theater   Marc... 02/27/2009

                                  St Joseph is known for its quality of beautiful mansions.                                                              In 1920, Houston Wyeth built the Georgian design mansion for his family.                                                       The mansion included a total of 21,133 square feet with 15,332 square feet of living area, nestled on 24-gated acres.    The stylish mansion consisted of 13 rooms on the first and second floors, the lower level 5 rooms for employee quarters and 4+ basement garage, with the third floor a ballroom and additional employee quarters.   The general exterior features stucco with red clay tile roof, separate guardhouse, cabana and a small barn. Solarium's include tile floors and circle head windows with domed plaster ce... 02/17/2009

** The following story was featured in Life Stories of the St Joseph News Press last week, and felt it should be shared here with fellow Realtors.   Please take time to read Johnny's Story and purchase one of his books if at all possible.    **Johnny's mom, Jane is a fellow Realtor at my office.                                                Memoir recounts surviving brain cancer - twice by Erin WisdomThursday, February 5, 2009 Photo by Jessica Stewart St. Joseph native Johnny Cathcart has written a book titled ‘Hotpants: A Memoir.' The Central High School alumnus started the autobiography when he was 17. Johnny Cathcart knows a thing or two about endurance. The 23-year-old St. Joseph native showed himself way back in fourth grade to be a distance runner. And he kept running, even throu... 02/14/2009

East Hills Shopping Center is located at St Joseph's busiest intersections                                           Frederick Avenue and Belt Highway just off I-29.                     The East Hills Story began with a commitment to the community of St. Joseph, Missouri. East Hills was originally constructed in 1965 with 416,000 sq ft.,  JC Penny and  Montgomery Ward as anchors.                                      Since the original opening it has undergone many changes, including a major renovation and expansion in 1988.  With the addition of the Dillard's and Sears Department Stores and 34 new storefronts, the size of East Hills increased to 676,000 sq ft.                                The new design is seeking to create a modern, clean look, with clean cut lines,                  ... 02/13/2009

                                                                     St. Joseph is rich in urban resources including exquisite historic architecture; continuous 26-mile parkway system with picturesque landscapes, vast wooded areas, hike and bike trails, and family oriented parks. St. Joseph's educational opportunities are many including a four-year state university, a two-year private community college, and a privately operated post-secondary vocational/technical school. The City also has a well-regarded public school system and many fine private and parochial elementary, middle and high schools. Click the link below for a previous post on one of America's best schools, in St Joseph. One of America's best schools ~ Benton High School~St Joseph Missouri St. Joseph came out third in Misso... 02/04/2009

                                                                               additional maps/history                                      Dates and times are subject to change: please call ahead.    Springfield  Feb 1-28  Hearts for the Arts - Creamery Arts Center - 417-862-2787 Branson - Feb 4-7 -13thAnnual Branson Tri-Lakes - Building & Home Show - Branson Convention Center-              417-334-5401 Joplin - Feb 6 - Sugar Snow! - Walter Woods Conservation Area - 417-629-3423                                                                Jefferson City - Feb 6-8 - United Bow Hunters of Missouri Anniversary Festival - Truman Hotel              573-243-7113 Springfield - Feb 6-8 - Auto Fest - Ozark Empire Fairgrounds - 417-833-2660 Osage Beach - Feb 7 - Bonk Hard Chill - Adventure Rac... 01/31/2009

                                  Calendar of Events  St Joseph, Mo                                       January 23-February 28                                                                                  DATE   TIME   EVENT   LOCATION January 23 10am-8pm KQ2 Midland Empire Farm & Ag Show   Civic Arena   January 24 11am-4pm KQ2 Midland Empire Farm & Ag Show   Civic Arena   January 24 & 25 24th@8pm & 25th@2pm Haygoods In Concert   Missouri Theater   January 30 & 31 8am Jesse James Kennel Club Dog Show   Civic Arena   January 31 7pm Dancing with the Stars-St. Joseph   Missouri Theater   February 1 8am St. Joseph Kennel Club Dog Show   Civic Arena   February 7 9am-5pm Antique Show   Civic Arena   February 8 11am-4pm Antique Show   Civic Arena   February 13 & 14 13th@7pm & 14th@7:30pm ... 01/22/2009

                                                        Dr George Washington Chase started the Chase Candy Company in 1876 when he had difficulty of raising a family on a doctor's meager wage.  His son persuaded him to hire two expert candy makers and worked the idea into the Chase fine confections, working on the second floor of the store.   In St. Louis, Mr. Busch was brewing his first batch of beer and Alexander Graham Bell was making his famous telephone call.   Chase Candy became known throughout the Midwest in a few years for the hand dipped chocolate candies.   Cherry Mash became one of the countries best selling candy bars, after being firstly named the Cherry Chase and secondly known as the Cherry Chaser around 1918.  The company by the mid 1920's had made over 500 different ca... 01/19/2009

  Western Tablet Company plant has been an integral architectural part of St Joseph since the early 1900's.  Not only was this where the original BIG CHIEF TABLET was made, but also the number of jobs at the factory.  The Western Tablet Company held the original copyright of the popular writing notebook but was sold later to the Mead Corporation.  In 2004 Mead closed the St Joseph plant.  The Big Chief Tablet was a popular writing notebook for several generations of young children.  It featured widely spaced lines, easier to write in for those learning to write.  It's prominence however, was the cover's representation of a native American in full headdress "Big Chief".  Schools provided lists of required items to parents spelling out the necessary supplies, citing the Big Chief tablets... 01/17/2009

   I finally had the opportunity to go to this home improvement company yesterday.     Dillon Company opened in the mid 70's as an insulation company during the energy crisis. In the mid 1980's Dillon's expanded to a complete home improvement company specializing in exterior home improvements and remodeling. I have read about Dillon's and their superior workmanship but today I had a chance to visit several of their recent remodeling projects with the owner Randy Rowland.  The two kitchen projects were a beautiful change of new kitchens and windows to enhance the quality of natural light.                          Randy said Dillon's also specialize in window installation, entry doors, siding, awnings, room additions and sun-rooms.   Their employees are residents of St Joseph and local ne... 01/08/2009

This is a win for the people of Missouri by bringing the Kansas City Chiefs training camp to the teams home state. Senator Charlie Shields has worked for several years to bring the current Wisconsin based training camp to Missouri. The Missouri Development Finance Board approved tax credits that are a vital step in securing St Joseph and Missouri Western State University as the new home of the Kansas City training camp.  The board approved $25 million in tax credits for improvements to Arrowhead Stadium, a publicly owned facility, where the Chiefs professional football team plays.  Part of the credits would go toward building a new training camp facility at Missouri Western State University.  The facility is expected to open in 2010. The Chiefs could attract 5,000 visitors a day to St J... 01/05/2009

Alexis Bremer of St Joseph recently won the News Press Holiday Candy Recipe Contest according to the paper by a land side.  Dainty and rich (and chocolate, which impressed the judges), the cherry-topped cookies tasted more like candy.  One bite was all it took to finish it off.  You can't do that with most cookies.  Ms. Bremer says she'll probably use her $100 grand prize to purchase the ingredients for her annual baking day.  An avid cook, she schedules a day long baking session with family and friends for the holidays.   Congratulations to Alexis for the award winning candy/cookies.  You can find the winning recipe here. 12/29/2008

                                       Buchanan County Agri-Business Expo Center~Proposed Buchanan County is proposing to showcase our agricultural heritage.  The facility would sit on 43 Acres in Buchanan County at the intersection of I-29 and Highway 169 North. The facility would provide a venue to display and educate the public on past, present and future agricultural activities.  The center would be one structure that would include several components. Total square footage would be 249,400 under one roof. (1)  The Expo Center would include a Expo floor, class rooms, lobbies, offices and kitchen, with a combined space of 52,000 square feet. (2)  The Arena would have a total of 93,600 square feet that would include Arena Floor and seating. (3)  Stalls and warm-up area with 648 stalls,... 12/28/2008

Making cookies for the Holidays: Mike Hendricks knows the difference in cookies.  Mike is a cell phone game programer and says he does not consider himself a cook but rather makes cookies because he does not like the ready made cookies.  Mike according to the St. Joseph News-Press entered his "cookie recipe" in the Cook's Country best holiday cookie contest, placing runner up in the national contest.  Mike credits his wife for her help who also has some cooking contest experience as well.  Mrs. Hendricks won the Cook's Country grand price about 3 years ago.  You can find Mike's winning cookie recipe here. Congratulations Mike!   12/11/2008

St Joseph Missouri Benton High School received a Bronze metal as one of America's Best High Schools, according to  U.S.News & World Report, a prominent media group.  The media group, along with School Evalutation Services, an education research firm, evaluated 21,069 public high schools in 48 states on their "standardized test performance," "proficiency rates of all students" and "challenging college-ready curriculum."  Data was taken from the 2006-2007 school year,according to the article in stjoenews.net. Congratulations to Benton High School and keep up the good work! 12/11/2008

                                                              Let's meet for lunch ??? or Dinner ???   Frederick Inn Steak House & Lounge at 1627 Frederick Avenue, St Joseph, MO A great place for lunch with many daily assorted home cooked lunch specials served with those hearty appetites in mind.  If you happen to be on a fixed lunch hour, no problem you are always back to work in plenty of time.  Frederick Inn is locally owned and operated since 1980 with ample free parking.           Friends are a common sight at the Inn, the dining room has the atmosphere that beckons you to "come, sit and enjoy a home cooked meal with your friends or family", and children's menus are also available.   The friendliest staff you could ever want to meet, and the endless coffee/tea never run dry.  Steak... 11/27/2008

                                                                                              photo courtesy creativecommons    St Joseph possesses a number of assets that can assure the success of the community.  St Joseph is a unique community famous for its historical link to the Pony Express and Jesse James.                               Twin Spires         ~   ~            Krug Park        ~ ~      Krug Park Feathered Friends St Joseph is also a community that gives back as a compassionate home, where charity, during times of distress, is offered freely to those in need.  They define us. Just last week the community stepped up again, United Way passed its $3.55 million goal by over $40,000.  In my opinion this community understands how to take care of each other. St. Joseph News-Pr... 11/24/2008

   Every year on the first Saturday in May the whole town is ready to watch, or participate in the Apple Blossom Parade and Festival.  The theme of the parade changes from year to year and for 2008 it is“St Joseph Families, the Heart of Our City.”  Many businesses in town consider the theme and build floats,  don costumes, decorate trucks, pull trailers loaded with employees and their families and toss candy and treats out to the kids that line each side of the streets. For many years Evans Realty has participated in the fun, and this year we plan to do the same. Our broker has been “Kong, King of the Realtors” in a movies tribute year, “Mr Monopoly” the year we had the board game theme,  he wore tights and a cape the year we paid homage to “Heroes” and this year…well we have to keep it... 05/02/2008

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Visitors Citizens St. Joseph History The State of Missouri was organized in 1821 and Joseph Robidoux established the Blacksnake Hills trading post with the Indians in 1826. Robidoux's trading post soon became a fur-trading empire stretching to the southern Rocky Mountains. The Platte Purchase joined his land to the state of Missouri in 1837. Ideally situated, Robidoux's trading post became the City of St. Joseph in 1843 and remained relatively small until the discovery of gold in California in 1848 which gr... 04/25/2008