Month: May 2014

Mother’s Day celebrated in Wyandotte County

The Wine Barn held a special event May 11 for Mother’s Day. (Photo by William Crum)

by William Crum

A major event happened May 11 at the Wine Barn, located at 2850 N. 119th in Kansas City, Kan. This event was the second annual Mother’s Day event, where moms can come out and get a free glass of wine. While they are there, they had an art fair where various artists would come and show off their work.

This was a good way for mom to  get a glass of wine and also to meet various artists from the local area in a highly picturesque setting of western Wyandotte County. This is the second year of their Mother’s Day celebration.

“Last year we had well over 100 people attended this event, and if the weather holds out we plan to exceed that number,” according to Celeste Mikijanis, one of the owners.

The Wine Barn has one various awards for the wines particularly statewide. In fact they have a very unique selection, such as Apple Pear, Cat Daddy, and chocolate raspberry, to name a few.

For more information you can call 913-721-5577 or visit the website, www.winedottebarn.com.

The Wine Barn held a special event May 11 for Mother’s Day. (Photo by William Crum)
The Wine Barn held a special event May 11 for Mother’s Day. (Photo by William Crum)
The Wine Barn held a special event May 11 for Mother’s Day. (Photo by William Crum)
The Wine Barn held a special event May 11 for Mother’s Day. (Photo by William Crum)

 

Gordon wins again at Kansas Speedway

It had been 12 years since Jeff Gordon visited Victory Lane at Kansas Speedway, but tonight he returned to Victory Lane, winning the 5-hour ENERGY® 400 Benefiting Special Operations Warrior Foundation.

Not only is the win Gordon’s first of the season, but he becomes the first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver to win three races at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan.

“I don’t know what it is about this team, this No. 24 car and us here at Kansas on inaugural nights or days but I love this place, such a great race track, said Gordon. “Some of the best race fans we have, so thanks to them for coming here for a Saturday night race before Mother’s Day.”

With the win, Gordon has almost virtually assured himself a spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Missouri native Carl Edwards finished sixth, while Clint Bowyer and Jamie McMurray finished 23rd and 39th, respectively. Danica Patrick had her best career finish in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, finishing seventh.

Tickets are currently on sale for Kansas Speedway’s June 7 IMSA races, the Oct. 3 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards, the Oct. 4 Kansas Lottery 300 (NASCAR Nationwide Series) and the Oct. 5 Hollywood Casino 400, the fourth race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Tickets can be purchased by calling 866-460-RACE (7223) or by logging onto www.kansasspeedway.com.

Blue Devils upset No. 1 seeded JCCC in playoff opener

by Alan Hoskins

Kansas City Kansas Community College landed the first haymaker of the NJCAA baseball super-regional Friday, dealing No. 1 seeded and 15th ranked Johnson County a 3-2 opening round defeat at Wichita’s Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.
The come-from-behind win advanced the Blue Devils (37-20) into a winner’s bracket clash today with Garden City (37-21) at 4 p.m., a game that will be streamed through the kjccc.org website. A win would send KCKCC against today’s Cowley-Hutchinson winner Sunday at 4 p.m., a loss would drop them into a loser’s bracket elimination game at 1 p.m. Sunday.
The Blue Devils got a brilliant pitching performance from Geoffrey Birkemeier, a freshman righthander from Papillion, Neb., who did not allow an earned run while allowing just six hits, striking out four and walking five. The only runs off Birkemeier came on a throwing error with two out in the fourth inning and another throwing error in the sixth when the Cavaliers scored without a hit.
Trailing 2-0, the Blue Devils tied the game in the eighth. Garrett McKinzie and Christian Arnold singled with one out and Daniel LaMunyon walked on four pitches to load the bases against JCCC ace Aaron Schnurbusch. On a 1-2 pitch, Schnurbusch hit KCKCC’s Tyler Raymond to score one run and the tying run scored on Alex Thrower’s first pitch squeeze bunt.
Shortstop Zane Mapes started KCKCC’s game-winning ninth against reliever Derek Beier with a single and raced all the way to third on Beier’s throwing error on Lucas Norton’s bunt single. One out later, Brenndon Tindall was hit by a pitch to load the bases before Mapes scored the game-winner when Christian Arnold beat the throw to first on an attempted inning-ending double play on a ground ball to short. Birkemeier then finished off the Cavaliers with a game-ending strikeout after a two-out single.
The win was particularly gratifying for the Blue Devils, who had been swept in four games by Johnson County (44-12) the second week of the Jayhawk season.