Debra Skodack

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Flatland contributor Debra Skodack is a freelance writer in Kansas City.

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Pat McKinzie and Kathy Waddle.

Stranded in Gander on 9/11

Two Kansas City-area women recall being grounded in Gander, Newfoundland, during the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Those events are depicted in a show this week at the Music Hall.

Jan Kraybill with the Julia Irene Kauffman Casavant Organ

Jan Kraybill Hits All the Right Notes

The excitement of the small volunteer church choir couldn’t be contained. After all, sitting at the piano keyboard was Jan Kraybill, who just hours earlier had received a Grammy nomination. The enthusiastic applause that night in the sanctuary of the Village Presbyterian Church on Antioch in Overland Park was just one of countless congratulatory accolades…

A bracelet honoring Sgt. Larry Welsh of Kansas City, Kansas, who has been missing in action since the Vietnam War.

Remembering The Lost in Vietnam

People across the country still wear bracelets to remember prisoners of war and service members missing in action during the Vietnam War.