Hillcrest Transitional Housing opened its Lee’s Summit Thrift Store May 2. Located at 936 E. Third Street, the store is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The store takes donations from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday at the entrance on the north side of the building. Representatives from the Lee’s Summit, Blue Springs and Independence Chambers of Commerce were on-hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The breeze is blowing through the open window as the sheer curtains let in the nice cool refreshing breeze.

May 2, 2012 marked the 70th wedding anniversary for Dr. and Mrs. E.L. Robinson.

An affair is when one committed partner engages in a romantic or a sexual relationship with another person outside of the relationship. This is usually a repeated act and involves lying, deceiving, and hiding the behavior of the perpetrator to the victim. This is an affront to those who value stability, consistency, safety, and commitment.

Have you suffered from back pain for years? Is your posture bad and are your shoulders slumping? Walking and standing for a prolonged amount of time cause pain? It is incredibly frustrating and depressing and you may even fear you will suffer from an aggravating back ache for the rest of your life. However, a simple weight training program may be just what the doctor ordered to help relieve your back problems. With proper weight training your posture can dramatically improve and your spine will be well-supported by building your core muscles.

Most scientists tell us that it took billions of years to create the Earth as we know it. Scripture says God did it in six days. I have a question for God. What took you so long?

Like the daffodils, freshly tilled, dark soil has emerged in familiar symmetry everywhere I look. Little and not so little gardens are ripe with possibility. The farmers markets are beginning to bustle again. And the weather, well, the weather’s been too kind.

Crazy Good Grilled Cheese

4 cups cooked, drained cannellini beans*

I was sitting in church on Sunday after communion with my head bowed, letting things go through my mind, and I started looking at the feet and shoes of everyone walking back to their seats. We are in the midst of the change of seasons so it was quite an array of shoes that people were wearing. Some wore full-on summer shoes with their toenails painted and decked out, and some people were still wearing heavy shoes that made my feet warm just looking at them.

Lee’s Summit Medical Center CEO Jackie DeSouza has been named to Modern Healthcare’s list of Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare. The list was published on Modern Healthcare’s website and in its April 9 print edition.

According to the Associated Press, our country’s largest generation is running, walking, swimming and using exercise machines in hopes of changing the way we age.

Lee’s Summit Medical Center honored the 300 physicians on its medical staff March 30 by making a Doctors Day donation of $1,000 in their names to Lee’s Summit Social Services.

ReDiscover, a Lee’s Summit-based organization that helps individuals with substance abuse and mental health issues, will present an April 13 workshop on compulsive hoarding.

The girls soccer teams at Lee’s Summit North and Lee’s Summit West high schools will join forces April 9 for the Pink Out Soccer Showdown, a benefit to aid in the fight against breast cancer.