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Summer Celebrations 2024

Enjoy our special look back at fun times this Summer!

Blue Hills Country Club “swim moms” gathered to celebrate!
Blue Hills Country Club Head Coach Jacob Rohleder was honored as Swim Coach of the Year. 
Charlotte Bloch, Macy Bloch, Rosie Cribb, Maggie Armstrong, and Ellie Cribb
Chelan David and Isabel Salgado celebrated the Monarchs 100th year at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. 
It was a Band of Angels photo shoot for Chelan David and Isabel Salgado at The Abbott. 
Jack and Miles England are smitten with their baby brother, Whit.
Poolside snacking at Homestead Country Club (photo credit: Wheat Photography)
Participants in the Little Aces tennis clinic at Homestead Country Club
The pool at Homestead Country Club looked very inviting!
Ophelia, Andrew, and Ben Bukaty at Indian Hills Country Club
Allen and Lucille Powell, Rich and Shannon Howell, and Mike and Susie Ward celebrated the Howell’s 50th wedding anniversary at Indian Hills Country Club.
Blue Hills Country Club Swim 12 and Under Girls: Mary Grace Teasdale, Ellie Clune, Vivian Milbert, and Mary Kate Zieren
Leo and Joe Joe Tamburello greeted summer with squirt guns!

Featured in the September 7, 2024 issue of The Independent

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The Arts & Recreation Foundation of Overland Park
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ITS 9/7 Snow Ball
ITS 9/7 Snow Ball

Catholic Charities Foundation of Northeast Kansas is pleased to announce the presidents for its 51st Annual Snow Ball, to be held on January 18th. Kara and Doug Ciocca and Angie…

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