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Members of the P.E.O. Chapter KC/MO Raytown enjoyed a delightful day trip to historic Lexington on Sunday June 14.

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Members of the Lafayette-Lexington chapter of the DAR celebrated the chapter’s 123rd birthday at their June meeting. Ann Quarles Aull was the organizing regent of the chapter when it was founded on June 6, 1903.

On Thursday, June 4, Lafayette County Retired School Personnel officers John Morgan (President), Carol Struchtemeyer (VP), Gail Lilleman (Treasurer), and Amy Chambers Thieman (Secretary), along with Region 5’s Distinguished Retiree Award Winner, Evelyn Trigg, attended MRTA’s Region 5 Annual Meeting.

A small crowd gathered on the playground under heavy storm clouds on Saturday morning to witness the dedication of the newly reimagined College Park in honor of Alistair Lamb, the five year old boy who tragically died in last year’s gas line explosion.

June 13, 2026 marked the first annual Minnie Mae Day celebration in Lexington. Many events and people came together on this day to celebrate and honor Minnie Mae Talbott, a hidden treasure of Lexington, starting in the morning with a play and ending in the evening with a country music concert called “Voices of Courage.”

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The Lexington All Sports Booster Club hosted their annual fundraising Golf Tournament on June 6 at Shirkey Golf Course in Richmond, and again this year, the tournament raised a large amount of money to support the Sports programs in the Lexington School District.