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The Wyandot Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter will conduct a Medal of Honor Remembrance Service at 10 a.m. June 13 at the Highland Park Cemetery, 4101 State Ave.
Three Civil War Medal of Honor recipients will be honored. They are William Patrick Hogarty, William Henry Ward and Maximillian Rudolph Wilhelm von Grebe (William Grebe).
The chapter will be assisted by Delaware Crossing and Monticello chapters of DAR, Sons of the Revolution and the Children of the American Revolution.
The same coaches will return for the Kansas City T-Bones this year, according to an announcement.
The manager will be John Massarelli. Coaches will include Dave Schaub at third base, Frank White at first base and Bill Sobbe, pitching coach.
Schaub comes back for his second season at the third-base coach. He worked with Massarelli at Lake Erie from 2009 to 2012.
Sobbe returns for a second season as pitching coach. He joined the T-Bones as bench coach before the 2012 season. From 1984 to 2003, Sobbe was the Kansas City Royals’ bullpen catcher.
White, a Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame player, is back for his fourth season as the T-Bones’ first base coach. White played with the Royals for 18 years, from 1973 through 1990, and was known as one of the top second basemen in baseball.
The 2015 regular season begins at home on Friday, May 22, against Lincoln. For ticket information, call the box office at 913-328-5618.
Third-grade students in the Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools are gearing up to participate in the 25th Annual Kansas Kids’ Fitness and Safety Day.
The Governor’s Council on Fitness and Safe Kids Kansas are sponsoring this statewide event to reinforce the fun and health benefits of noncompetitive physical activities and injury prevention.
In KCKPS, the event is being held over a two-day period to accommodate all third-graders.
Approximately 900 3rd graders will attend the event on Thursday, April 30, at the Washington High School stadium.
On Friday, May 1, an additional 900 3rd graders will participate at the Harmon High School stadium. Events on both dates will take place from 10 a.m. to noon.
Activities will include tug of war, parachute, team relay puzzles, a soccer kick, stop-drop-and-roll activity, jump rope and Hippity Hop races, among others. Firefighters from local KCK fire stations will be on hand to help with a fire safety station. There will be a pumper truck and ambulance for students to tour.
Kansas Kids Fitness and Safety Day is an opportunity to impress upon youth the importance of being safe and physically active. It is a statewide event held every year on the first Friday in May.
This event focuses on increasing physical activity and safety awareness among third-grade students in Kansas.
Nearly 18,000 students participate each year at more than 40 sites across the state. This is the seventh year that KCKPS students have taken part in the event.
– Story from Tammy Dodderidge, communications manager, KCKPS