<strong><span class="subhead">Jacomo Chorale</span></strong></p><p>The Jacomo Chorale will present its fall concert, &ldquo;For the Love of Music,&rdquo; at 4 p.m. Sunday at Nativity of Mary Church, 10017 E. 36th Terrace in Independence.</p><p>Tickets are $10 at the door for most adults, $7 for seniors (60-plus) and $5 for children (K-12). The concert will be conducted by Helena Vasconcellos, the Chorale&rsquo;s new director, and accompanied by Velma Tyson.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Walk with Spirits</span></strong></p><p>For a haunting that&rsquo;s not scary, the Lone Jack Historical Society has organized its seventh annual Walk with Civil War Spirits on Halloween night.</p><p>The walk will take place from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Lone Jack Civil War Museum, 301 S. Bynum Road. </p><p>The focus is on those who lived and died during the border conflict and on those who participated in the 1862 Battle of Lone Jack. Visitors can figuratively meet their spirits and hear their stories as they stroll the battlefield and cemetery. </p><p>The evening is free but donations to the museum will be accepted. </p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Road work halted</span></strong></p><p>Rather than risk tying up traffic all winter, the city has decided to suspend the South Madison Street/Hubach Hill Road construction project for the 2009 season. </p><p>The road will be reopened soon, once the contractor finishes work on South Madison from Lucy Webb Road to just south of Magnolia Street. The last phase, which involves reconstruction of the South Madison/Hubach Hill intersection, will be done in 2010 after the school year ends.</p><p>With all the wet weather this year, officials could not be sure of finishing the entire job this year. </p><p>&ldquo;It is conceivable that the weather will be dry enough and warm enough to allow this work to be completed, but we do not believe this is a gamble we should take,&rdquo; City Manager Eric Berlin said in a news release. </p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Halloween Day</span></strong></p><p>There is no shortage of activities this Halloween Day sponsored by local merchants. Here are three: </p><p><strong>&bull;Brookside:</strong> Trick or Treat Street, 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday. Over 50 shops will be handing out treats to children. Look in the doorsways of the shopping district at 63rd Street and Brookside Boulevard.</p><p><strong>&bull;Independence</strong>: 61st Annual Halloween Parade, 3 p.m. Saturday, on the square. The route begins at Pleasant and Walnut Streets and ends at McCoy Park. Kids can trick-or-treat on the square from 1 to 3 p.m. Look for balloons on the storefronts.</p><p><strong>&bull;Lee&rsquo;s Summit: </strong>Any child with a costume can join the 10 a.m. downtown parade. Kids can start lining up at 9:30 at City Hall Plaza, 220 S.E. Green St. for the parade, which ends at Howard Station Park. Many merchants will be handing out candy from 10 a.m. to noon. </p><p>Donations of $1 per child will be accepted for the Mayor&rsquo;s Care Fund.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Ashley&rsquo;s 5 Walk/Run</span></strong></p><p>Twenty-four-year-old Ashley Williams of Kansas City is battling breast cancer for the second time. At 9 a.m. Saturday, she is collaborating with the Kansas City Cancer Center on the Ashley&rsquo;s 5K Walk/Run in Loose Park, 51st Street and Wornall Road. </p><p> Besides raising money to defray her medical expenses, Williams is asking people to sign the cancer center&rsquo;s &ldquo;My promise&rdquo; pledge in which women vow to become familiar with breast cancer and take steps to protect themselves from the disease.</p><p>People can sign up the day of the walk. Check-in is at 8:45 a.m.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">New stroke center</span></strong></p><p>A new stroke center at St. Mary&rsquo;s Medical Center aims to get treatment as quickly as possible to patients with stroke symptoms. </p><p>&ldquo;Like heart attack, stroke is a time-critical diagnosis,&rdquo; said Cynthia Peters, assistant regional director of cardiac, neurovascular and vascular Services for Carondelet Health, which includes St. Mary&rsquo;s. &ldquo;The sooner you get treatment for the patient, the better the outcome.&rdquo; </p><p>The most promising treatment for an acute ischemic stroke is the clot-busting drug tPA, which ideally is administered within three hours of the onset of symptoms.</p><p>Opening the stroke center required a collaborative effort of many departments, hospital officials said, including neurology, emergency, radiology and the intensive care unit.</p><p><hr class="infobox-hr-separator" /> <div class="infobox"> <strong><span class="infobox-head">INDEPENDENCE</span></strong><br /> <strong><span class="infobox-head">LONE JACK</span></strong><br /> <strong><span class="infobox-head">RAYMORE</span></strong><br /> <strong><span class="infobox-head">THE AREA</span></strong><br /> <strong><span class="infobox-head">LOOSE PARK</span></strong><br /> <strong><span class="infobox-head">BLUE SPRINGS</span></strong><br /> </div>