Jo's Men's Grooming

🚧 Hey guys! 🚧

With all of the road construction happening in front of our shop, we’ve opened up the back side of the building and made it available for you to walk in through the back!

The front entrance is still open and available as well, so you can use whichever entrance is easiest for you.

We appreciate your patience while all of this construction is going on.

One of our favorite clients Chris is posing next to our sign in the back with his fresh cut 🖤🤘🏼

Happy National Men’s Grooming Day 🖤 Thank you for trusting us to keep you looking and feeling your best✨ Cheers to self care and the importance of taking time for yourself 🧖🏻‍♂️🧠💆🏼‍♂️

He came in red-faced 🥵 and beat by the heat, and he left cooled off ready to take on the 100+ degree temps 🔥🥶

The Cul-de-sac 🤌🏼
Happy Friday

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TRL Legends Series: Jack Steiner

Some legends are remembered for the championships they won. Others are remembered for the lives they influenced.

Jack Steiner deserves to be remembered for both.

For generations in Yates Center, Steiner was a teacher, coach, mentor and passionate supporter. He also became one of southeast Kansas’ greatest storytellers and unofficial sports historians, a man who helped create history and then devoted much of his life to preserving it.

Born in Wichita in 1946, Steiner grew up in Yates Center and graduated from Yates Center High School in 1964. Before becoming a successful coach, he was one of the Wildcats’ top all-around athletes.

Steiner captained the football team, led Yates Center in rushing during the 1963 season and earned All-Tri-Valley League honors. He played varsity basketball for three seasons, starting at guard as a junior and senior. His greatest individual achievement may have come on the track, where he won the 1964 Tri-Valley League 100-yard dash in 10.2 seconds—the fastest time ever recorded by a Yates Center athlete in the event. According to his family, the mark remained a school record six decades later.

Following high school, Steiner graduated from the Wichita School of Barbering and served in the Kansas National Guard. He later attended Iola Junior College and earned his education degree from Emporia State University in 1975.

That decision brought him home and began the chapter that would define his legacy.

Building a Basketball Power
Steiner spent 27 years teaching and coaching in the Yates Center school district. He took over the high school girls basketball program during only its third year of existence and quickly built the Wildcats into one of the best teams in Kansas.

In six seasons, Steiner’s teams compiled an extraordinary 115-25 record. They won three consecutive Tri-Valley League championships, several regular-season tournament and regional titles and two substate championships.

The Wildcats reached the Class 3A state tournament in consecutive seasons. The 1978-79 team finished 22-3 and placed fourth in the state. The following year, Yates Center went 23-2, earned the state’s No. 1 ranking and finished third in Class 3A. That 23-win season remained the best single-season record in Yates Center boys or girls basketball history at the time of Steiner’s passing.

His accomplishments earned him Coach of the Year honors in 1980.

Steiner also coached three all-state players during his run:
Betsy Light in 1977, Marilyn McKinsey in 1980 and Sherri Trendel in 1981.

His influence, however, extended far beyond the varsity players who received awards.

After stepping away from the high school girls program, Steiner coached freshman boys basketball for one season and then spent more than a decade coaching junior high boys. His junior high teams won nine championships.

He also coached Yates Center girls track throughout his 27-year teaching career, helping numerous athletes earn state recognition.

Steiner understood that coaching was about more than wins, trophies and banners. His family remembered him as a fierce advocate for students and athletes throughout Kansas, and many young people viewed him as a father figure.

He taught the fundamentals of competition, but he also taught confidence, responsibility and the importance of believing in others.

Steiner’s impact on local sports did not end when he retired from education in 2002.

Inside the former Steiner family sundries store on the Yates Center courthouse square, Jack assembled a remarkable collection of photographs, sports cards, magazines, scorebooks, newspaper clippings and memorabilia.
It was more than a collection. It was a history of athletes, teams, schools and communities preserved by someone who understood that yesterday’s box score could become tomorrow’s treasured memory.

Steiner began collecting sports cards and magazines as a first-grader in 1952. Decades later, he welcomed visitors into the collection and guided them through it, bringing the past back to life through his stories and extraordinary memory. He especially enjoyed showing people items connected to their own careers, families, teams and hometowns.

The collection’s greatest value was not what the memorabilia might have sold for. Its value was in the memories it carried.

Perhaps no story better illustrates Steiner’s desire to recognize others than his effort to promote legendary Yates Center athlete Mike Peterson.

Believing Peterson deserved national recognition, Steiner wrote to Sports Illustrated hoping he might receive a brief mention in the magazine’s “Faces in the Crowd” feature.

The magazine did much more.

A reporter and photographer traveled to Yates Center, and Peterson appeared on the cover of the Aug. 9, 1971, issue with a full feature about the small-town multi-sport star.

What began with Jack Steiner writing a letter resulted in Yates Center and one of its greatest athletes receiving national attention.

That was Jack. He appreciated great athletes, but more importantly, he wanted their stories told.

Through every chapter, he remained deeply connected to Yates Center.

Jack Steiner was a record-setting Wildcat athlete, a championship coach, a lifelong mentor and a guardian of southeast Kansas sports history.

He did not simply remember the legends.

He became one.

The Legends Series is Powered by Dez Poole with Clinch Realty

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there — the grill masters, joke tellers, lawn experts, remote control holders, and “don’t touch the thermostat” enforcers. 💈🔥

Shout out to all the dads, grandpas, stepdads, bonus dads, and father figures who keep it all running.

Hope your day includes good food, a cold drink, and at least one nap in the recliner. You’ve earned it.

Happy Father’s day from all of us at Jo’s

Happy Birthday AND 1 year anniversary!!! Can’t believe its already been a year. Thank you for being you and adding to the dynamic of Jo’s!! 🎉🎂 Here’s to another year! 🥳

Hey guys! We’d like to show our appreciation to our clients with a Father’s Day giveaway! We have a basket full of goodies for you with some of our favorite men’s grooming products such as
•Grit body bar (body wash)
•Crew forming cream
•Viking Revolution Solid Cologne
•Crew Citrus Mint 3 in 1
•Refresh and Restore travel set
Not only are we giving away some of our favorite products we are also including
•Jo’s Mens Grooming tshirt
•Walh wallet Comb
And saving the best for last a gift certificate for the “Top Shelf” service which includes:
•Haircut
•Beard trim
•Hair wash with a steam towel
•Scalp and shoulder massage

To enter the giveaway, come in and see us, or make sure you’re following the page and like and share this post! We will be drawing our lucky winner 2pm Friday!!