Month: August 2014

Catholic Charities opens Hope Distribution Center

Catholic Charities is celebrating the opening of its new centralized food distribution center at 6 p.m. Aug. 14. The Hope Distribution Center is at 1708 Steele Road in Kansas City, Kan.

This event will include a blessing by the Most Rev. Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, a ribbon-cutting ceremony by the Kansas City, Kan., Area Chamber of Commerce, and comments by community leaders, including Mayor Mark Holland. Tours and a reception will follow.

The Hope Distribution Center will ensure a balanced inventory of food for the organization’s nine food pantries as well as distribution to the 21 counties it serves, including food-insecure rural areas. Thanks to the support of many, the center will be able to accept fresh food items, USDA commodities, and other large-scale donations that require docking. It will also increase distribution to nearly 300,000 pounds of food per month.

Founded in 1956, Catholic Charities is a faith-based, non-profit organization that offers a wide range of programs and service to the less fortunate. The agency serves to help to people of all faiths by stabilizing and strengthening individuals and families in need across the 21 counties of Northeast Kansas.

Body found in lake identified

A body found floating in Big 11 Lake on Monday has been identified, according to the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman.

The victim was Kelvin Fulson, age 42.

While the investigation is still ongoing, the Sheriff’s Office is not looking for a person of interest at this time, stated Lt. Kelli Bailiff, spokeswoman. The cause of death has not yet been released.

T-Bones current skid extends to seven

Amarillo, Texas – Amarillo erased an early deficit and cruised to a 9-4 victory Tuesday night en route to handing Kansas City its seventh consecutive loss.

This is Kansas City’s longest losing streak since dropping a club-record eight games during May 27-June 3, 2011.

Things looked good for the T-Bones early in the game Tuesday, when Matt Padgett doubled in T.J. Mittelstaedt off of Amarillo starting pitcher Matt Larkins (6-5), giving Kansas City a 1-0 lead in the first inning.

The T-Bones added another run in the fourth inning when Bryan Sabatella drove in Ray Sadler with two outs. Sabatella ended the night with two hits, giving him five consecutive multi-hit games. He has 12 hits during the past five games.

Amarillo, down 2-0, then scored in the game’s final four innings, with five runs charged to Kansas City starting pitcher Kyle DeVore (3-6) over 5 2/3 innings. The big inning came when the Sox scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth, including a two-run hit from Andres Rodriguez.

The T-Bones struck out 13 times, and walked just three times.

The T-Bones (36-44) look to even the series in Amarillo (29-50) Wednesday night at 7:05.

Box score: http://www.pointstreak.com/baseball/boxscoretext.html?gameid=178128
– Story from T-Bones