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Enjoy photos of Our Town enjoying the summer sunshine!

Blue Hills Country Club moms at the swim team banquet
Mayor Quinton Lucas welcomed Barstow third grader Noah Assefa during a day at Kansas City City Hall. 
Brooke Edmonds and Ellie Cribb at a swim meet
Blue Hills Country Club’s opening ceremonies for swim champs
Chelan and Isabel David in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Staff from FosterAdopt Connect’s Extreme Family Finding program took a break to enjoy the annual summer employee potluck.
(Front) Jorge Coromac (back) William Bermudez, Brynn Emery, Elise Rusell, Anna Gast, Steve Adams, Greg Peterson, and Edelise Ortiz during a service project in Puerto Rico
Chelan David and Jeremy Scott at the Match Made in Heaven Gala at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
FosterAdopt Connect staff
Elizabeth and Brian Fries with daughters, Rilye and Marston
Performing for Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost” were Phillip Shinn, Tyler Lindquist, Jacques Roy, and Nico Holguin.
Homestead Country Club celebrated Psych Night for swimmers.
Pickleball at Homestead Country Club
Elise Poehling, Tehreem Chaudry, Phillip Shinn, Chelsea Rolfes, Chioma Anyanwu, and Jacques Roy performed in Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost.”
Ladies’ pickleball at Homestead Country Club
Liz Sholar and Allison Bowman at Mid-America Arts Alliance
Roxanna Swaney, Angie Guynes, and Janet Baker at KC Shepherd’s Center’s Guac Your World
Quinn Woodworth, Gracie McMaster, Frankie Noravong, Jordyn Ronnebaum, Isla Long, Charlotte Woodworth, Kylie Weeks, Stella Fotopoulos, Finleigh Wilson, and Jordy Wilson at Jagged Rock
Ray Hill at KC Shepherd’s Center’s Guac Your World
Ruby Kramer, Jordyn Ronnebaum, and Ellie Kramer at the Stilwell Fourth of July Parade

Featured in the September 6, 2025 issue of The Independent

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