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09 / 16
End: 5:00 pm
Start: 09/15/2006 - 5:00pm
End: 09/17/2006 - 5:00pm
Body: Friday 5 to 9pm. Saturday 10am to 9pm. Sunday noon to 5pm. Admission and parking are free. For a complete schedule and directions visit the website www.lewisandclarkwyco.org, or call 913-787-55689. Start: 8:30 am
End: 10:30 am
Body: Speaker this month will be Lieutenant Governor candidate Mark Parkinson. A buffet is available at 8:30. Cost is $10, which includes tax, service and tip, $7 for students and limited income.The program starts at 9:15. All Democrats are welcome to attend. Reservations are requested by Thursday, September 14, but are not mandatory. We will have yard signs. Contact Scott Mackey 913-788-9328, scottmackey04@yahoo.com. More about the Wyandotte County Democrats Third Saturday breakfast can be found at http://wycodemocrats.org/. Start: 11:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
Body: The Mel Carnahan Democratic PAC will meet for lunch and a business meeting Saturday, September 16, at 11:00am at the Simms Family Restaurant in Bolivar Missouri. Rich Meyer, the President, is running for election in the Missouri State Legislative District 126, a notoriuos rural Republican stronghold. He needs as much help as he can get. Send donations to Rich Meyer for Congress, 2484 E 525th Road, Buffalo MO 65622. Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Body: For further information, call Calvin Vick at 481-9775 Start: 8:00 pm
End: 11:00 pm
Body: Come out and support Cathy Hilliard in Branson, Missouri. TWO bands--Chico Vega & DeDe of the legendary Drifters, who rose to fame with the single "Under the Boardwalk," and opening for them in the outdoor concert venue will be Death May Die, a hometown favorite! This is an all ages event with door prizes, friends, and fun! There is a $5.00 suggested donation for this fabulous evening and proceeds will go to the Committee to Elect Cathy Hilliard. Food, drinks, and cocktails will be available for purchase. See you on Saturday! | ||
09 / 17
End: 5:00 pm
Start: 09/15/2006 - 5:00pm
End: 09/17/2006 - 5:00pm
Body: Friday 5 to 9pm. Saturday 10am to 9pm. Sunday noon to 5pm. Admission and parking are free. For a complete schedule and directions visit the website www.lewisandclarkwyco.org, or call 913-787-55689. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Body: September 17 Sunday - 2PM til 7PM SPEAKERS FOOD MUSIC GAMES ENTERTAINMENT SURPRISES GKCDFA provides hotdogs, bratwurst, rolls, chips, condiments, drinks, paper plates, napkins, and plastic ware You provide conversation, fun, a side dish or dessert, something to sit on, and a $5 donation per person for everyone over 12. Bring your instruments if you want to jam together. Let's have a great time and get some fantastic candidates elected in November!!!!! We look forward to seeing you there. | ||
09 / 18
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Body: Kansas City Young Democrats (KCYDs) meet at Toto's Coffees and Cafe, 6915 Johnson Drive, Mission KS. KCYDs meet on the third Monday of every month, alternating between KCK and Mission. Yound Democrat membership is open to Democrats from 13 to 35. New members are constantly encouraged.Contact KCYD President, Janet Zuk, at janet_zuk@yahoo.com or YD state President, Shane Gagnebin, at 441-4054,sgagnebin@kc.rr.com. | ||
09 / 19
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Body: OLD FASHIONED ICE CREAM SOCIAL | ||
09 / 20
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 10:00 pm
Body: Greater Kansas City Women's Political Caucus 15th annual Torch Dinner will be held at the Westin Crown Center Hotel. Tickets are $75. Cocktail reception, silent auction, and raffle begin at 5:30. Dinner program starts at 7:00. Former KCK Mayor, Carol Marinovich, will be the Mistress of Ceremonies. For more info, contact Tamara Morris at gkcwpc@kc.rr.com, or call 816-531-9595. | ||
09 / 21
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Body: Join codePINK KC for a Know your Rights Training. Come learn and discuss your legal rights while demonstrating and Panelists include Brett Shirk, Director of the ACLU of Kansas and The event is sponsored by codePINK KC, the American Friends Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Body: Fall is on its way along with cooler temperatures. Time for putting in that raingarden! The Prairie and Wetland Center will present a powerpoint program on Raingardens. This is in connection with the KC 10,000 Raingardens Initiative. Here is your opportunity to learn what exactly a raingarden is and how important they can be to the environment. This will be a short refreshing change of focus from grassroots politcs to making grassroots grow. | ||
09 / 22
Start: 9:00 am
End: 4:00 pm
Body: The Institute for Labor Studies, with Melinda Lewis of El Centro, is sponsoring the seminar at the UAW Local 31 office, 500 Kindelberger Rd in the FAirfax industrial district. Cost is $40, which includes lunch. Young activist scholarships are avaiable. For further information, call the ILS office at 816-235-1470 or email ancelj@umkc.edu. Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm
Body: US Congressman Dennis Moore and former KCK Mayor, Carol Marinovich, will be special guests at a fundraising reception for Corey Mohn, candidate for the 39th Kansas Legislative District. The reception will be held at the Shawnee Civic Center, 13817 Johnson Drive, Friday, September 22. Light refreshments and musical entertainment will be provided. Contact the candidate at 913-544-5424 or coreymohn@yahoo.com for more info. | ||
09 / 23
Start: 8:00 am
End: 10:00 am
Body: As part of his monthly"Coffee with Cleaver" series, Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II listens to constituent concerns about federal issues at community office hours in coffee shops and gathering places throughout Missouri's Fifth District. Start: 9:00 am
End: 6:00 pm
Body: Fundraiser for PeaceWorks KC End: 9:00 pm
Start: 09/23/2006 - 9:00am
End: 09/24/2006 - 9:00pm
Body: I do not have the times for this event, but will post them when I find out. Start: 9:00 am
End: 2:00 pm
Body: Join Wyandotte County Democrats for a comunity building door-to-door canvass and learn the best ways for you to make a difference in November's election. Then stay for a luncheon rally with prominent Democratic guests at Kansas City Kansas Community College. Training and canvass begin at 9 am, lunch at 12:00. For more info contact Scott Mackey, scottmackey04@yahoo.com, 913-788-9328, or 3rd District Coordinator, Scott Stinson, sstinson@ksdp.org, 913-314-6029. | ||
09 / 24
End: 9:00 pm
Start: 09/23/2006 - 9:00am
End: 09/24/2006 - 9:00pm
Body: I do not have the times for this event, but will post them when I find out. Start: 12:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Body: Fundraiser for PeaceWorks KC Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Body: The Art of Freedom: Sunday, September 24th This legal sidewalk March will circle the Plaza Art Fair and return to the J.C. Nichols Fountain. Bring a sign proclaiming the value of our: Start: 2:45 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Body: Please join us at the “It’s Time for Peace” March, Vigil and Rally which will take place on Sunday, September 24 at the J.C. Nichols Fountain, 47th & Main, KCMO. The Declaration of Peace March will begin at 3:00pm (gathering at the Fountain at 2:45pm) and will include a march around the Plaza Art Fair with the components of the Missouri and Kansas Eyes Wide Open exhibit. March participants will carry: 73 pairs of combat boots, each tagged with the name of a Kansas or Missouri service person killed in Iraq; 50 pairs of shoes representing the fifty times as many Iraqi civilian who have perished in the war and occupation; signs explaining the human and economic cost of the war and flag draped coffins. Our intent is to remind attendees of the Plaza Art Fair of the cost of the Iraq war and invite them to join our call for Peace. | ||
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09 / 30
Start: 10:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
Body: Missy Taylor Walking for Missy Suggestions: Comfortable shoes, casual dress, water bottle, hat (Please: no sun glasses while you are walking) Schedule: Start: 4:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Body: Governor Kathleen Sebelius will be the speaker. Tickets are $40, tables of ten are $400. For information call the KCK NAACP office at 281-7900 for President LaVert Murray, or VP Beverly Darby. For tickets call banquet chairman Clyde Townsend at 299-1569, or one of the co-chairpersons, Loris Jones, 342-1513, Charlene Scroggins, 621-5277, or Harold Simmons at 334-5303. | ||
10 / 1
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
Body: Labyrinth Walk With Margie Adam Sunday - 1pm | ||
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10 / 3
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10 / 4
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm
Body: Iraq: How We Got In: How We Get Out Wednesday, October 4th at 7:30pm Ray McGovern is a retired CIA analyst whose career spanned 27 years--from the administration of John F. Kennedy to that of George H. W. Bush. In January 2003, after it had become clear that intelligence analysis was being corrupted by political pressure to "justify" an unprovoked attack on Iraq, a handful of intelligence community alumnae, including McGovern, created Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). VIPS now includes 55 former professionals from the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Army Intelligence, the FBI, the National Security Agency, and other US and Allied intelligence agencies. | ||
10 / 5
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10 / 6
End: 7:00 pm
Start: 10/06/2006 - 9:00am
End: 10/07/2006 - 7:00pm
Body: The Cass County Living History Festival will be held Friday and Saturday, October 6 and 7 in Harrisonville. The Democrats will have a booth located on the east side of the square featuring a cake walk and a quilt raffle. Saturday's vehicle parade will start at 9:30 am, immediately followed by the horse-drawn parade. We hope for a great showing of Democrats throughout the festival. Wear your campaign shirts, buttons and stickers. | ||
10 / 7
End: 7:00 pm
Start: 10/06/2006 - 9:00am
End: 10/07/2006 - 7:00pm
Body: The Cass County Living History Festival will be held Friday and Saturday, October 6 and 7 in Harrisonville. The Democrats will have a booth located on the east side of the square featuring a cake walk and a quilt raffle. Saturday's vehicle parade will start at 9:30 am, immediately followed by the horse-drawn parade. We hope for a great showing of Democrats throughout the festival. Wear your campaign shirts, buttons and stickers. Start: 9:00 am
End: 11:00 am
Body: Following a fund raising brunch at the Muehlehbach hotel, there will be a free public rally at the Uptown Theatre featuring Senator Barrack Obama. The doors open at 9:00am. For free tickets go to www.missouridems.org. | ||
10 / 8
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10 / 9
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Body: Please come to the Lee's Summit Chamber of Commerce 2006 General Election Candidates' Forum and show your support to Jason Norbury, Democratic Candidate for the Missouri State Senate, 8th District, who is running against Matt Bartle, the ultraconservative Republican Senator who introduced the bill to ban stem cell research last year. Just another religious radical we need to get out of office! Monday, October 9, 2006 For more information: | ||
10 / 10
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Body: The 63rd Street Patriots meet every Tuesday from 5-6PM in the median at 63rd and Ward Parkway Start: 6:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm
Body: October 10th Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Body: Join Democracy For the Heart of America at the free screening of Iraq For Sale. This much talked about movie is by Robert Greenwald (Outfoxed, Walmart: The High Cost of Low Prices). In Iraq for Sale, Greenwald takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. The film uncovers the connections between private corporations making a killing in Iraq and the decision makers who let it happen. This is a film the neocons DON'T want you to see! RSVP not required, but appreciated! | ||
10 / 11
Start: 8:00 am
Body: Wednesday, October 11 is the last day to register to vote in the November election. If you mail in your registration, it must be postmarked by midnight, October 11 to be accepted. You can also register at your county clerk's office. | ||
10 / 12
Start: 12:00 am
End: 2:00 pm
Body: The monthly meeting of the Cass County Women's Democratic Club will be held at 12:00 noon at the Pearl Street Grill on the Harrisonville Square. The featured speaker this month will be Barbara Pearce who will talk about the North Cass Humane Society, its good works throughout the county, and opportunities for volunteers to help. A buffet will be available. Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Body: Join Congressman Emanuel Cleaver and Cass County Prosecutor Teresa Hensley for a picnic on Thursday, October 12, from 5:30 to 7:30pm. Kaylee Beal has graciously volunteered her property for the picnic. It is located at 3605 E 187th St (corner of 187th and Cleveland) in Belton. Bring a dish and your lawn chair. FREE! Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Body: Come enjoy some great music and meet Chris Moreno, Democratic candidate for Missouri's 48th District House of Representatives. The party will be at the Painters' District Council Hall, 9902 E 62nd Street, Raytown MO, entrance at rear of building, on Thursday October 12th from 6:00 til 8:30 pm. Music provided by BOB WALKENHORST, formerly of the Rainmakers,and JOHN NORTHERN. Come rock with Chris, his family and supporters. | ||
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10 / 14
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10 / 15
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Body: Grab your tickets now for the Foundation on Aging’s benefit performance… Music of Our Lives—A Song and Dance Revue Come join us for an unforgettable afternoon of song and dance featuring professional performers Kansas City has loved for decades. Enjoy the talents of: The Scamps, a legendary group of KC Jazz masters | ||
10 / 16
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Body: Heartland Democrats present a pre-election This free admission event will unveil three different advertisements that HDA could run before the election. Your votes will determine which ads will go on the air! Please join us at: Admission is FREE Come get riled up before the election and help us choose the most effective ads to put on the air! | ||
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