Winning awards at the 2015 Iowa DanceSport Classic were students and teachers from Walters Dance Center, 5023 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kan. Angela Lamb, a Kansas City, Kan., resident, danced in pro-am divisions with her teacher, Mark Harris, of Walters Dance Center, winning first place in rumba, waltz Viennese waltz, West Coast swing, Argentine tango, hustle, nightclub two step and second place in fox trot, tango and bolero. (Submitted photo)
Month: April 2015
BPU honors linemen
The Board of Public Utilities honored linemen on Saturday, April 18, National Lineman Appreciation Day.
The BPU’s line workers maintain nearly 3,300 miles of distribution lines; 60,000 poles, more than 19,000 street lights and 9,000 traffic signals working with live electrical lines carrying up to 7,900 volts, a spokesman said.
“Our line workers are the first responders of our electric distribution operations and work around the clock on high-voltage power lines atop wooden poles and towering transmission structures, in underground vaults beneath the city streets and complex electric substations in our community,” said David Mehlhaff, chief communications officer.
“Whether it’s restoring power during stormy weather, responding to outages at night or on weekends, or the maintenance they do most every day, our linemen as well as linemen across this nation deserve this special day of recognition.”
The BPU lineman apprenticeship program, which requires 8,000 working hours and 288 classroom hours, trains the next generation of linemen and awards them the title of journeyman lineman upon completion.
This program was developed in connection with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and BPU. A committee nominates a few BPU employees each year to participate in the program, which can take up to four years to complete.
Piper results
Piper High School – soccer vs. Baldwin
– Varsity won 1-0 (S/O by Ibarra, goal by Gray)
– Junior varsity won 3-0 (S/O by Morgan)
Piper High School – forensics at Tonganoxie
– 1st place in Sweeps as a team
– Emmett Lockridge placed 1st in IDA, DI and Poetry – state qualified in all
– Chris Schneider placed 1st in IDA – state qualified
– Jalen Zwart placed 2nd in IDA and 5th in Poetry – state qualified in both
– Abby Neal placed 2nd in IDA – state qualified
– Kara Evans placed 4th in Prose and 5th in DI – state qualified in Prose
– Shaylee Kane placed 5th in Prose
– Skylar Penyweit placed 7th in DI
– From Doug Key, Piper High School activities director