Grandview wasn’t too bad when I was there. I hear that a couple of classes after I graduated, things started really going downhill. My best friend’s mother was an art teacher there, and she resigned because of it, as did a ton of the other teachers at the HS and junior highs (not middle school - that’s how far back I go).
Smokestack was always good. We liked Keegan’s over in Martin City, but I heard recently that they went out of business or changed ownership or something. My friend from school still lives over in Olathe and keeps me up-to-date sometimes.
Last time I was back in KCMO, Lee’s Summit had grown to the point of almost being unrecognisable. My old pastor (First Church of the Nazarene, there on Oldham Pkwy.) is still there, but has moved way out into the county, almost to Lone Jack, to get away from the sprawl. Even out in the sticks where I used to live, there are getting to be tons of new housing developments with the cookie-cutter type of houses that I always hated when growing up. At least they haven’t messed with the woods that I used to track around in, there around both Longview Lakes.
We liked Keegan’s over in Martin City...”
Don’t remember that name but do remember there used to be a place that had awesome steaks and fried chicken. We used to go to the Bigger Jigger on Friday nights - all the boiled shrimp you could eat for $5.00 and $.25 beer - boy do I miss those days!