In 1955 a young African-American woman from Baltimore wrote President Eisenhower. For a long time, something had been puzzling her.
Y ou might think I was bored, but this was not the case. You might reasonably suspect that I was lonely, but except for wishing for a dog, I wasn’t.
I t was almost September. Most kids in Kansas were going back to school, but my mother surprised me one afternoon after Oprah by saying that due to our geographical circumstances, I would not be among them.
F ollowing a long dry spell, a thunderstorm finally passed through Paisley, too late to save the corn crop, but with nearly 4 inches of welcome precipitation in 24 hours the creeks overflowed and the pastures turned from brown to green overnight. The pumpkin patch, previously a tangle of knotted, brittle vines, suddenly sprang out in every direction like kudzu.
We’re looking back at 1993, the year this column began . T hat year, after 25 years of teaching high school students, I finally earned my master of education degree. And our son graduated from high school and was on his way to Mizzou.
We asked readers to tell us what was going on in their lives in 1993, the year StarMag’s Remember When column started.
To celebrate this column’s 15th anniversary, we asked readers to look back to 1993. Little did a puppy born July 14, 1993, know what a profound difference she was about to make in the life of a young girl.
Lynn Barnett, 32, tried to get the new woman, Gina, to talk. It was summer 1987, and Lynn was one of several rotating leaders of a women’s support group. Gina Browning, 27, joined the group but said very little.
Yusuf Al-Hassan had just finished his junior year at McGill University in Montreal and had returned home to Nigeria. It was 1984, and Yusuf, who was in his early 20s, attended a family gathering in Babura.
Samuel D. Walker noticed the beautiful blond cashier when he went into the restaurant for lunch. “I watched her,” Sam says. “She was a hard worker, and she was pretty.”
S o many of us obsess about our front entry but forget about its sister space, the landing at the top of the stairs or down the bedroom hallway, hidden from a visitor’s view.
The Armacost Museum in Grandview, a private collection of automobiles ranging from 28 Studebakers to a Ferrari Testarossa, isn’t open to the public.
The Fox 4 Love Fund for Children staff has a knack for coming up with unique fundraising events each year, and this fall will be no different.
W hen members of the local Filipino Association gather next month for their annual gala, they will present the most prestigious award — a plaque set in sturdy wood from the traditional narra tree of the Philippines — to someone who symbolizes that same strength and endurance.
TREADS & THREADS to benefit the University of Kansas Hospital. An evening at Kansas Speedway featuring dinner, drinks and a performance by Trisha Yearwood. 913-588-2800 or www.treadsandthreads.org.
