Month: March 2015

Candidate forum to be shown on cable TV next week

A candidate forum held on Wednesday at Kansas City Kansas Community College will be shown on cable TV next week. It also will be on the college's YouTube channel beginning March 25. (Staff photo)
A candidate forum held on Wednesday at Kansas City Kansas Community College will be shown on cable TV next week. It also will be on the college’s YouTube channel beginning March 25. (Staff photo)

A candidate forum on Wednesday, March 18, at Kansas City Kansas Community College will be shown on the college’s cable television station next week.

The general election will be Tuesday, April 7.

Candidates in contested races for the Unified Government Commission, the Board of Public Utilities, the Kansas City, Kan., School Board and the Kansas City Kansas Community College Board of Trustees were invited to the candidate forum.

The cable television schedule for the forum:

• Wednesday, March 25, from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• Thursday, March 26, from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• Sunday, March 29, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Monday, April 6, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The college’s cable channel is 17 on Time Warner Cable and 146 on Google TV.

The forum will also be available on the college’s YouTube page on March 25. Go to the KCKCC web page, www.kckcc.edu, and click on the YouTube icon on the bottom right portion of the page to be directed to the YouTube page.

Sponsors of the candidate forum included Business West, Kansas City Kansas Community College, Downtown Shareholders, Historic Northeast Midtown Association, and Armourdale Renewal Association.

Sunshine, nice weather in today’s forecast

The high temperature today, the first day of spring, is predicted to be 66 degrees in Wyandotte County, according to the National Weather Service.
The high temperature today, the first day of spring, is predicted to be 66 degrees in Wyandotte County, according to the National Weather Service.

After some fog in the region this morning, sunny skies are in store Friday morning for Wyandotte County.

Today’s high will be near 66, and there will be spring-like weather this weekend, according to the weather service. Tonight’s low will be around 44.

Saturday, expect a high of 73 with sunny skies, the weather service said. Saturday night, the low will be around 46.

Sunday, it will be sunny with a high near 72, according to the weather service. Sunday night, the low will be around 47.

There is a chance of showers Monday and Tuesday, according to the weather service.

Ribbon-cutting planned today for new downtown KCK coffee shop

Dignitaries are expected to be present at the ribbon-cutting and grand opening this morning of A Cup on the Hill Coffee Shop at 730 Minnesota Ave., in the remodeled Katz building in downtown Kansas City, Kan.

The ribbon-cutting is expected to take place at 9 a.m. today.

In 2014, Community Housing of Wyandotte County joined with A Cup on the Hill to establish the café to bring high-quality coffee to the community and educate its youth.

The new coffee shop will have a work-based learning curriculum and mentorship program for its young employees, according to a spokesman for CHWC.

The coffee shop opened at 7 a.m. Friday, with CHWC’s Friday morning community coffee planned from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the new coffee shop. The ribbon-cutting is at 9 a.m.