Month: September 2014

KCKCC tailgate party before volleyball game Wednesday

by Alan Hoskins
A tailgate party Wednesday will kick off the opening week of home athletic events at Kansas City Kansas Community College.

The tailgate party will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday in the pavilion adjacent to the south end of the KCKCC Field House and will be followed by KCKCC’s volleyball home opener against Hesston at 6:30 p.m. On Thursday, the Blue Devil soccer teams will be opening their home season, against Coffeyville at 5 p.m. (women) and 7 p.m. (men).

Ranked No. 12 in the first NJCCC Division II poll of the season, the Lady Blue Devil volleyball team will be seeking its sixth win in a row after dropping its season opener to No. 1 Parkland.

Free food, games and music will highlight Wednesday’s tailgate party which will also offer a chance for signup with the Blue Crew, a student body organization supporting all Blue Devil athletic teams.

“We’re inviting everyone to stay for the volleyball game,” said Andrica Wilcoxen, event organizer, who said several giveaways will be held during the volleyball game.

The Blue Crew will also be hosting KCKCC’s first Alumni Weekend Oct. 17-20, which will feature home soccer, softball and baseball.

Heroes for Healing event planned Sept. 7

Wyandot Inc. is planning a Heroes for Healing fundraising event from 2 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, at the Frontier Steakhouse, 9338 State Ave., Kansas City, Kan.

Food will be available for purchase, with all proceeds donated to PACES “A Place to be Safe Campaign” to build Robert’s Place Children’s Emergency Shelter.

There will be a live auction, music and food to raise funds. Performance painting by Mike Debus will be a highlight.

A charity motorcycle ride will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sept. 7, followed by a scenic motorcycle ride from 11:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Children’s activities are included from 2 to 5 p.m. The live auction is at 4:30 p.m.

Nunnally graduates from basic training

Army Pvt. Lester Nunnally has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.

Nunnally is the brother of Morgan Lindesay of Kansas City, Kan.

He is a 2014 graduate of Washington High School, Kansas City, Kan.