Kansas City Star Feature on the Standard Oil Refinery in Sugar Creek

Old Amoco refinery is still claiming victims, former Sugar Creek man alleges

Polka King Don Lipovac Estate Sale April 14 - 16

Thousands of items from the estate of Polka King and Tamburitza Hall of Famer Don Lipovac will be available at the Don and JoAnn Lipovac Estate Sale happening in Kansas City, Kansas Thursday, April 14 through Saturday, April 16 at 8004 Arcadia Ct
Kansas City, KS.

Lipovac, a world-renowned  accordion player, was for many years the headlining act at the Sugar Creek Slavic Festival. He passed away in April of 2014.

Among the items available at the estate sale will be several accordions and other musical instruments, sheet music, collectibles, jewelry, antique furniture, household items, and more.

The estate sale is being conducted by Mojo Estate Sales, http://mojoestatesales.com/

SUGAR CREEK: Front yard garden can stay

http://www.examiner.net/news/20160409/front-yard-garden-can-stay

Nathan Athans simply wants to grow the produce that his young family eats – with what had been the front yard of his Sugar Creek house as the source.

As it turns out, it's perfectly legal for him to do so, and that's always been the case. For a several days, though, the question of the Athans garden's legality caused quite a social media uproar, a large portion of it from outside the city and metro region.

An ordinance amendment passed March 28 by the Sugar Creek Board of Alderman prohibits food gardens within a front yard's first 30 feet from the street in areas zoned for single-family dwelling. For areas zoned residential estate, the required front yard setback is 50 feet.

At the Gill Street house that Athans and his wife Brittany have rented since last March, that distance is right up to the front porch. But as an existing garden, Athans' plot was grandfathered in, something Sugar Creek Mayor Matt Mallinson said he knew would always be the case.

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