Dona Reynolds, Blog

St. Joseph, Missouri...Official Home of the Kansas City Chiefs Training Camp

 Over the past year I have keep you posted about the Chiefs Training Camp...it is official the schedule of events has been released!  Missouri Western State University will host the Kansas City Chiefs July 29- August 19, 2010!!!   MWSU and the Local Organizing Committee have worked hard over the last year to plan camp events and get the community prepared and involved. 

Daily practices are expected to bring 3-5,000 spectators each day of the 21-day camp.  While they are in town they will be filling up with gas, visiting our attractions, shopping in our malls, eating at our restaurants....and St Joseph is ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET showing them what all St. Joseph has to offer!  This will be a great economic boom for St. Joseph and it is a wonderful thing for our community.  Mark your calendars and plan to take part in the excitement!

 Welcome Chiefs Fans!

Enjoy all St. Joseph has to offer while at the camp!  Here is the Camp Schedule and to view other things to see and do while at the camp!  Change the way you think about St. Joseph!  Discover the rich history and exciting attractions our city has to offer.

PLAN A DAY FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO GO TO THE CAMP AND PARTAKE IN THE FREE FAMILY FUN!!!

Parents, grandparents, neighbors and relatives gathered this weekend for the Annual 4th of July, Children's Parade in our subdivision. 

Most of the holiday weekend was wet, but the rain held off long enough to let the children's parade take place for the 45-50 kids that had planned all week to participate in the 3 block parade.

Bikes, Trikes and Wagons came with excited kids dressed in colors of red, white and blue, to celebrate the 4th of July along with just having some good old fashioned fun.

New cover of the AT&T phone book features Pony Express Sesquicentennial.....

AT&T, the St. Joseph Convention & Visitors Bureau and local dignitaries unveiled the new cover of the Yellow Pages on June 29, 2010, at the Patee House Museum featuring the Pony Express Sesquicentennial.

This year the St. Joseph community has had many celebrations to commemorate the 150 year anniversary of the Pony Express, which began in St. Joseph, Mo., in 1860.  And today was another celebration...the Sesquicentennial is featured on the cover of the new AT&T Real Yellow Pages directories serving the St. Joseph area. More than 70,000 copies of the directories have been produced for distribution in the area this year. Delivery is will begin later this week, and will last approximately four weeks. The directory also will be available to new residents and businesses throughout the year.

The announcement is exciting news because the phone book will put the anniversary out there in front of the community for another year!   It will be a reminder to local citizens as well as to our visitors each time they use the directory. 

AT&T Advertising Solutions was proud to feature the anniversary of the Pony Express on the cover.  They continually work to make the directory covers special on the outside and include community information inside to best meet the needs of local residents and businesses.

The City of St. Joseph plans to light up the skies again this year!  What a great time for local citizens to get out and celebrate.  A day to enjoy, remember those that have served and do serve for our country, and LET FREEDOM RING!

Looking for a way to celebrate your 4^th of July holiday...view the list of local events below!

9:40pm - Fireworks Display (shot at dark)

Aerial FX is producer.  Terrible's Casino is a partner in the display this year. Special effects shells include: parachutes, spirals, hearts, bowtie, stars and more.  The show promises to be fabulous.  You will see the whole gamut of pyrotechnics, from the smaller shells to the big bangs.

Shot from Wyeth Hill.  Wyeth Park will be closed all day.  McArthur Drive will be closed from 9pm until after the fireworks display is completed. 

3-10pm - Terrible's Casino (‘This 4^th of July Party')

Inside performance by Revved Up

Outside performance by Exit 47

They're cooking hot dogs & hamburgers, nachos and other goodies.  Outdoor staging and seating will be provided.

7pm - Heritage Park Softball Complex

7 - Open to public

8:00 - ‘The Motors' will play until 9:30pm,

(The Motors is a roots rock and roll band currently playing in Northwest Missouri, performing covers from Chuck Berry to the Rolling Stones to Tom Petty to Neil Young to Elvis to Mel Tillis (and much more), to their own originals.)

Heritage offers full concession with drinks, sandwiches and all kinds of snacks.

7pm - McArthur Drive and Water Works Road-Remington Nature Center Parking Lot

Open to public

Concession trailer set - kettle corn, drinks, nachos, corn dogs & funnel cakes

Bring your lawn chairs & enjoy the display.

St. Joseph Mustangs @ Phil Welch Stadium Fireworks!

July 3 @ 7PM

July 4 @ 7PM

The Missouri River Relief is a grassroots, volunteer and equipment-based organization dedicated to reconnecting people to the Missouri River through hands-on river clean-ups and education events.  The organization was formed in 2001 and since then has hosted 55 Missouri River clean-ups, bringing 12,000 volunteers to clean 537 tons of trash from 588 miles of the river.  They have participated in and hosted clean-ups in six states, from the Mississippi River to Yankton, S.D.

River Clean-ups accomplish a few things; they connect people proactively in stewardship of the Missouri River, often putting people on the river for the first time. They also educate people about the problem of solid waste on our streams and rivers and physically bring interested parties together to accomplish something real.

St. Joseph is on the 2010 River Clean Up list!  Volunteers are needed to make this a success!  Volunteers will get a free boat ride to locations along the river to pick up as much trash as possible in the morning from 9 a.m.- 12 p.m.  Volunteers should wear sturdy boots or shoes and work and weather appropriate clothes.  Bring sunscreen and bug spray!  T-shirts, work gloves, drinking water, reusable water bottles, life jackets, trash bags, tools, boat rides to clean up sites, and lunch will be provided. 

For more information you can call the MO River Relief at 573.443.0292, email steve@rierrelief.org, or visit www.riverrelief.org. 

St. Joseph will host their 2^nd NCAA National Championship for 2010!!!  The NCAA Women's Division II Softball Championships will be hosted at Heritage Park Softball Complex this week, May 27-31, 2010.  Participating teams have already won their divisions and are making way to St. Joseph to battle it out for the National Champion title.

St. Joseph has become an athletic haven over the past few years bringing in great sporting events and competition.  What a great opportunity to not only host 1 but 2 national championships right in your own backyard!  St. Joseph also the host to many other state, regional, national and international sporting events has really blossomed competitive sports programs of all interests bringing thousands of dollars in economic impact to the city.

 The St. Joseph Community welcomes the players...showing them our hometown pride and giving them a warm welcome!  Free fireworks show and youth clinic will also take place this week.

Additional info  

Benjamin Franklin Exhibit at the Rolling Hills Library

 May 18- July 30, 2010

Many years of hard work felt worth it when the Benjamin Franklin exhibit opened at the Belt Library Branch last week.  Over three years of dedication was spent in efforts to get the "Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World" exhibit to St. Joseph, and over 11 months of planning and construction went into the opening of the new Annex in which the exhibit is housed in.  Both openings marked a happy ending to the hours of hard work but also a new beginning for the facility.

The exhibit features six sections of panels that detail Franklin's life and achievements.  It highlights his childhood days, his family and personal life, his public service, and his interested in medicine, science and his political career.  The exhibit is open to the public Monday-Friday from 1-8pm and Saturday and Sunday from 1-5pm.  During the time the traveling exhibit is in town the library will sponsor many other Ben Franklin activities such as Franklin crafts, story times, re-enactors, and more. 

Traveling exhibits have become more popular over the past few years, bringing history and museum like settings to different cities.  This gives local communities the opportunity to see exhibits with out traveling long distances to do so.  I encourage you all to stop by the Rolling Hills Library in St. Joseph, MO to check out this exhibit, it will be a unique experience that you won't want to miss!

Please visit http://rhcl.org/ for more details on the Benjamin Franklin exhibit currently housed in St. Joseph, MO.

The St. Joseph Mustangs fire up for another winning season!  Games will kick off this week starting off another great year.  St. Joseph has always been a baseball town and the Mustangs are bringing it back!!!

Home to the Saints for 10 years and then sold to the Blacksnakes, St. Joseph has always had a love for baseball and the Mustangs have brought back that flavor!  Ready to kick off another wonderful year with great promotions and showing St. Joseph a great time for all!

General Manager Dan Gerson was approached a few years ago to bring it back and he did just that.  The first season saw many ideas and promotions implemented that worked well.  Adding many local college players to the roster turned out to make MVP's and MOP's from home. 

The new party deck sponsored many corporate outings and got the locals very excited for that ‘first class' experience.  Most importantly they made it reasonable for everyone to attend, offering free parking, $1.00 hotdogs, $2.00 beers, and events planned almost every home game.

The inaugural season saw the Mustangs 12-0 at home and they finished 21-3 at home.  With the majority of the 2009 team returning for 2010 it will be another great season for the St. Joseph Mustangs!!! 

For game schedules, event info and more please visit www.stjoemustangs.com.