City festival, “Camp Leavenworth,” opens community for family fun Camp Leavenworth is a two-day festival that invites everyone to discover their worth. By creating unique experiences around our historic town, people will see how much fun it is to break out from the ordinary and live life free. Leave it to Kansas to throw a shindig as adventurous as this!
Camp Leavenworth will take place 5 - 10 p.m. Friday, September 20 and 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Saturday, September 21. Both days will be filled with adventurous outdoor activities, live music, fireworks, food trucks, shopping and more for the Leavenworth community and visitors to explore. Zip-lining, axe throwing, a silent disco, a photo booth and several additional activities for all ages to enjoy will fill the streets near Leavenworth Landing Park. The music lineup and additional details about our inaugural city festival are available online at campleavenworth.com. Be sure to check out the website and following along on social media at https://www.facebook. com/CampLeavenworth/ and https://www.instagram.com/ campleavenworth.
Sidewalk improvements for 2019 include Commonly Asked 10th Street, Congress Street Questions: and Eisenhower Road The City Commission awarded sidewalk improvements for 2019 to the low bidder, Sands Construction for $289,938.95 during their July 23 meeting. New sidewalks will be added along Eisenhower Road from Hughes Road to the coop property on the north side of the road. Fill-in sidewalks will be added along 10th Street from Spruce Street to Olive Street on the west side. Sidewalks will be repaired on 10th Street from Olive Street to Cherokee Street. The project will add new sidewalks, repairs and replacements on Congress Street from Second Avenue to Fifth Avenue. The work began August 2019 and is expected to last a few months. Sands Construction is a Leavenworth company and this is their first project with the City of Leavenworth. Each year the City’s sidewalk committee meets to recommend needed repairs to the commission.
Q: What can I do if my neighbor’s dog is barking all of the time? A: Deputy Police Chief Dan Nicodemus says the City of Leavenworth does have an excessive dog barking ordinance. However, sometimes the most effective tool is communication. A resident needs to work with the police department and do their part to get the best resolution. 1) Talking with your neighbor is the best and first course of action. Try a note on the door or an electronic message to
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your neighbor if you’re not comfortable knocking on their door. 2) Call the Leavenworth Police Department, 682-4411. Police say sometimes just having a police officer ask can result in action. 3) If both those requests fail, police would take a report from the citizen about what they’re experiencing and why it’s excessive. We encourage citizens to keep a log of how long the dog was barking and when. Video is always helpful. Sometimes the resident will have to go to court and testify. Prosecutable cases would come before municipal court.
