Month: October 2014

Program offered on life planning and retirement

A program about life planning and retirement will be offered from 9 a.m. to noon on two Wednesdays, Nov. 5 and 12, at Welborn Community United Church of Christ, 5217 Leavenworth Road, Kansas City, Kan.

The program is sponsored by the Shepherd’s Center of KCK’s Next Chapter Kansas City.

“Aligning Passion and Purpose in the Next Chapter of Life” will explore options for work, service and learning.

Participants will have the opportunity to explore, evaluate and experience the thinking and tools that will assist them in achieving a productive and satisfying life, or in making a transition from retirement to their “Next Chapter.”

There will be no financial services or products offered for sale at this workshop.

Those interested should attend both sessions of the class.

The cost of the class is $20 per person or $10 for Next Chapter Kansas City members. The class size is limited to 20, on a first-come, first-served basis. A limited number of $10 scholarships are available.

To enroll, email Melissa Bynum at [email protected]. Call the Shepherd’s Center office at 913-281-8908 or send a $20 check to Shepherd’s Center of KCK, 757 Armstrong Ave., Kansas City, Kan.

Semi rolls over driver’s feet during stop

An unusual accident sent the driver of a semi truck to the hospital on Wednesday night in Kansas City, Kan.

According to the Kansas Turnpike Authority trooper’s report, a semi was eastbound on I-70 near the Turner Diagonal in Kansas City, Kan., when the driver stopped around 8:30 p.m. and got out of his vehicle to throw trash away.

When he got out of the truck, he fell down and the truck started rolling, according to the trooper’s report. Then the truck rolled over both his feet, the report stated.

The driver of the semi was a 57-year-old man from Kansas City, Kan. He was taken to the hospital, the report stated.

Sporting KC opens playoffs tonight with Red Bulls rematch in New York

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Watch party to be tonight at Boulevard Members Club at Sporting Park in KCK

Sporting Kansas City begins its quest to repeat as MLS Cup champions in the Eastern Conference Knockout Round against the New York Red Bulls at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Red Bull Arena.

The one-game, single-elimination playoff match will be broadcast nationally on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes. The match will also be available on La Gran D 1340 AM and simulcast on Sports Radio 810 WHB, followed by The Final Whistle: Sporting KC Postgame Show.

The club’s official watch party will be held in the Boulevard Members Club at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan. The doors will open one hour prior to kickoff and the watch party will be free for fans of all ages to attend. Food and drinks will be available for purchase.

Sporting Kansas City finished the 2014 MLS regular season in fifth place in the Eastern Conference (14-13-7, 49 points), one point behind New York (13-10-11, 50 points) after the Red Bulls defeated Sporting KC 2-0 at Sporting Park on Sunday.

The two teams – both charter members of Major League Soccer — will now meet for the first time in the postseason in a rematch that comes just four days after the regular season finale.

Bradley Wright-Phillips scored in all three matches against Sporting KC this season, including both goals in New York’s victory on Sunday. Wright-Phillips tied the MLS single season scoring record with 27 goals in 2014 and became the first player in Red Bulls history to win the MLS Golden Boot.

Sporting KC’s Dom Dwyer finished the regular season with 22 goals, second most in MLS.

Sporting KC led all MLS teams with eight road wins in 2014 and conceded only 20 goals away from home, fewest in MLS.

However, the club is 2-12-1 all-time in road playoff games and will face a New York Red Bulls squad that ranked second in MLS with 38 home goals in 2014.

New York — seeking its first MLS Cup title — is 0-4-0 at Red Bull Arena in the postseason since the stadium’s opening in 2010 and has not won a home playoff game since October 2005, going 0-5-2 in seven home playoff matches since.

Thursday’s winner will advance to take on No. 1 seed D.C. United in the two-leg Eastern Conference Semifinals. If the score is tied at the end of regulation on Thursday, two 15-minute extra time periods will be played in their entirety followed by a penalty kick shootout if necessary.
– Story from Sporting KC