Month: December 2014

UG receives recognition for excellence in financial reporting

The Unified Government has again been awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.

This is the 15th consecutive year the Unified Government’s accounting and budgeting practices have been recognized by the organization.

The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting. Its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a government and its management.

According to the Government Finance Officers Association, “The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report has been judged by an impartial panel to meet the high standards of the program including demonstrating a constructive ‘spirit of full disclosure’ to clearly communicate its financial story and motivate potential users and user groups to read the CAFR.”

Budgets, Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports and federally required Single Audits are available for review on the Unified Government website www.wycokck.org.
– Story from Unified Government

Outfielder Kuzdale signs again with T-Bones

The Kansas City T-Bones have announced the re-signing of outfielder Robby Kuzdale.

Kuzdale, 27 (11-07-87), who is 5-foot-9 and 179 pounds, was in center field for 96 of Kansas City’s 100 games in 2014.

He hit a career-high seven home runs and finished the season with the T-Bones’ third-highest batting average at .275 (also a career high).

His season-ending average was .095 points higher than where he sat on June 22, when he was batting .180.

Largely because of that jump at the plate, Kuzdale was selected as the club’s Most Improved Player for 2014. Kuzdale’s surge included a 14-game hitting streak from July 10-26.

Kuzdale, who’s originally from Tampa, Fla., spent the first three seasons of his professional career in the Frontier League, including two years in Lake Erie for current T-Bones manager John Massarelli.

In four professional seasons, Kuzdale is a career .252 hitter with 185 hits, including 39 doubles and 11 triples, and he’s scored 106 runs.

“Kooz established himself early on as one of the best defensive center fielders in the league,” Massarelli said of Kuzdale’s first season in Kansas City. “And then, after early adjustments at the plate, he became a solid offensive contributor.”

The T-Bones open the 2015 regular season at home on May 22 against Lincoln.
– Story from T-Bones

Car overturns on I-635

A car overturned Dec. 22 on I-635 northbound, south of the 38th Street exit in Kansas City, Kan.

The Chevy sedan was northbound on I-635 about 1:25 p.m. Tuesday when the accident happened, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

The car began drifting onto the left shoulder, swerved back to the right and overcorrected left, then struck a concrete median barrier and overturned as it crossed lanes of traffic to the right, the trooper’s report stated. The vehicle then came to rest upright.

The driver, a 22-year-old man from Elmhurst, Ill., was injured and taken to a hospital, according to the trooper’s report.

It was raining and pavements in Kansas City, Kan., were wet at various times on Tuesday.