Elementary school lunch menus

Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools
Monday, Dec. 8
Soft tacos, lettuce, tomato, refried beans, pineapple tidbits, fruit and milk.

Tuesday, Dec. 9
Chicken and noodles, grape tomatoes, broccoli, mandarin oranges, fruit and milk.

Wednesday, Dec. 10
Chicken tenders, dinner roll, jelly, French fries, baby carrots, banana, fruit and milk.

Thursday, Dec. 11
French toast sticks, sausage patties, tri-taters, green beans, mandarin oranges, fruit and milk.

Friday, Dec. 12
Pizza, corn, garden salad, apple slices, fruit and milk.

Kansas City, Kan., lunches also include entree alternatives of chef’s salad, fruit chef salad and yogurt-muffin basket.


Turner Public Schools

Monday, Dec. 8
Beef, turkey sticks, gravy, bread sticks.

Tuesday, Dec. 9
Burrito or soft taco, snack chip.

Wednesday, Dec. 10
Crispy chicken on bun.

Thursday, Dec. 11
Breaded mozzarella cheese sticks with dip, granola bar.

Friday, Dec. 12
Cheese or pepperoni pizza, cookie.

All Turner lunches include additional entrée choices of yogurt platter or peanut butter and jelly platter. Milk is offered with all meals. All lunches include fruit and vegetable bar.

Piper Public Schools
Monday, Dec. 8
Hot dog on a bun; barbecued rib on bun; chicken and cheese quesadilla, sweet potato fries, broccoli with dip, pineapple, peaches, chocolate chip cookie; turkey chef salad, tomato slices, blueberry fruit muffin, pineapple, peaches, chocolate chip cookie.

Tuesday, Dec. 9
Barbecued chicken nachos; opaarito; peanut butter and jelly with cheese stick, garden salad, bean bake, mandarin oranges, banana; barbecued pork salad, easy bean bake, mandarin oranges, banana and cornbread.

Wednesday, Dec. 10
Chicken patty – grilled chicken; roast turkey; homestyle meatloaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, broccoli carrot mix, tropical fruit, applesauce, roll; chicken Caesar salad, baby carrots with dip, tropical fruit, applesauce, roll and crackers.

Thursday, Dec. 11
All American sliders; mandarin orange chicken with rice; cheesy chicken pasta with Italian bread, green beans, garden salad, cherry tomatoes, banana, pears; Italian chef salad, peas, banana, pears, Italian bread.

Friday, Dec. 12
Pepperoni pizza; chili mac; three-cheese grilled cheese, roasted vegetables, corn, Caesar side salad, cinnamon apple slices, orange smiles; popcorn chicken salad, corn, cinnamon apple slices, orange smiles and fruit streusel muffin.

Bonner Springs Public Schools

Monday, Dec. 8
Hot dog on a bun; barbecued rib on a bun, sweet potato fries, broccoli with dip, pineapple, peaches, chocolate chip cookie; turkey chef salad, tomato slices, blueberry fruit muffin, pineapple, peaches, chocolate chip cookie.

Tuesday, Dec. 9
Barbecued chicken nachos; opaarito, garden salad, bean bake, mandarin oranges, banana; barbecued pork salad, bean bake, mandarin oranges, banana, cornbread.

Wednesday, Dec. 10
Chicken patty – grilled chicken; roast turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy, broccoli carrot mix, tropical fruit, applesauce, roll; chicken Caesar salad, baby carrots with dip, tropical fruit, applesauce, roll and crackers.

Thursday, Dec. 11
All American sliders; mandarin orange chicken with rice, green beans, garden salad, cherry tomatoes, banana, pears; Italian chef salad, peas, banana, pears, Italian bread.

Friday, Dec. 12
Pepperoni pizza; chili mac, roasted vegetables, corn Caesar side salad, cinnamon apple slices, orange smiles; popcorn chicken salad, corn, cinnamon apple slices, orange smiles, fruit streusel muffin.

All menus from all districts subject to change.

KCK police investigate homicide in 6900 block of State

Kansas City, Kan., police are investigating a homicide at 12:20 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, in the 6900 block of State Avenue.

When they arrived, police found a female in her late 20s dead from a gunshot wound in the parking lot.

The identity of the victim will not be released pending positive identification and family identification.

The incident is under investigation by the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department’s Major Case Unit, which is encouraging anyone with information to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.

A visit from St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas visited the Strawberry Hill Museum, 720 N. 4th St., Kansas City, Kan., on Saturday, Dec. 6, and had milk and cookies with children attending the event. Richard Schutte has been playing St. Nicholas for 20 years. The Strawberry Hill Museum is decorated for the holidays and is open from noon to 5 p.m. on the weekends through Sunday, Jan. 26. It is also open for special tours. There is an admission charge. For information, call 913-371-3264. (Photo by William Crum)
St. Nicholas visited the Strawberry Hill Museum, 720 N. 4th St., Kansas City, Kan., on Saturday, Dec. 6, and had milk and cookies with children attending the event. Richard Schutte has been playing St. Nicholas for 20 years. The Strawberry Hill Museum is decorated for the holidays and is open from noon to 5 p.m. on the weekends through Sunday, Jan. 26. It is also open for special tours. There is an admission charge. For information, call 913-371-3264. (Photo by William Crum)