Juliana Garcia  - Daily Planner

Your daily planner for Tuesday, July 5

Two kids playing with bubbles at Village Fest 2022

Two kids play with bubbles at Village Fest 2022. Photo credit Juliana Garcia

Good morning, everyone! Juliana here. Welcome to Tuesday, July 5, the first day back after a long weekend.

Forecast: ☀️ High: 97 Low: 74. A hot and sunny Tuesday to start off your week. Heat index as high as 104, with wind gusts as high as 21 miles per hour.

Diversions

  • The Kansas City Royals take on the Houston Astros tonight at 7:10 p.m. Catch the game on Bally Sports Kansas City.

Agenda

  • The Lenexa City Council meets tonight at 7 p.m. Up for discussion is an amendment to the Jayhawk Ridge project plan. Attend the meeting at Lenexa City Hall, 17101 W. 87th Street Parkway.
  • The Leawood City Council meets tonight at 7 p.m., as well. The agenda includes a discussion on a city administrator search. Attend the meeting at Leawood City Hall, 4800 Town Center Drive.
  • The Roeland Park City Council meets tonight at 6 p.m. Up for discussion is the consideration of a three-year contract for a curbside glass recycling service. Instructions on how to join virtually can be found here.

Noteworthy

A couple more items of note from the area:

👋 Hi! I'm Juliana Garcia, and I cover Prairie Village and northeast Johnson County for the Shawnee Mission Post.

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A little bit about me and my background:

I grew up in Roeland Park and graduated from Shawnee Mission North before going on to the University of Kansas, where I wrote for the University Daily Kansan and earned my bachelor's degree in  journalism. Prior to joining the Post in 2019, I worked as an intern at the Kansas City Business Journal.