Each week the Bluestem Bistro features an international food on Monday evenings, this week's international food was a Spanish paella with shrimp and mussels. Jenny Glenn, part-owner and chef, said she researches different food from the chosen area for the week, then takes bits and pieces from different recipes to create the final product. All food is homemade.

The Beauties and Barnacles team gets ready to start the Kawnivore 100 race on the Kansas River July 22. The team was racing to raise money for the Shriner's Children's Hospital in St. Louis.

Pirate Barnacle Rick Wise waits for the Kawnivore canoe race to start July 22. Wise belonged to the Beauties and Barnacles team.