Jay Senter
Jay Senter
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Around town: Kentucky Derby party at Tavern in the Village

Tavern in the Village hosted a Kentucky Derby watching party Saturday, with hats galore:

Jheri Bermudez (from left) and Chase and Charlyne Valizan-Crispin came decked out in derby gear.
Owner Kelly Manning passed out the names of horses to patrons for the prize drawings.

And then it was time for the race. Patrons were glued to the televisions above the bar as longshot Animal Kingdom made his come-from-behind run to victory:

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About the author

Jay Senter
Jay Senter

Jay Senter is the founder and publisher of the Johnson County Post.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he worked as a reporter and editor at The Badger Herald.

He went on to receive a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas. While he was in graduate school, he also worked as a reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World.

His reporting has appeared in the Kansas City Star, The Pitch and The New York Times, among other publications.

Senter was the recipient of the Johnson County Community College Headliner Award in 2023.

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