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Saturday events

Strawberry Hill Museum plans courtyard sale July 18
The Strawberry Hill Museum, 720 N. 4th St., Kansas City, Kan., is planning a courtyard sale beginning early Saturday morning, July 18. For more information call 913-371-3264. The museum is open on the weekends. The museum is open from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. The admission charge is $7 for adults, $3 for children 6 to 12, and free for children under 6. Special tours are available during the week for groups of 20 or more by calling 913-721-0081. The museum’s tea room is open from 1 to 4 p.m. on the second Saturday and Sunday of each month. For more information, visit www.strawberryhillmuseum.org/.

Book sale planned at Bonner Springs library
The Friends of the Bonner library are planning a book sale from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the basement storm shelter area of the library at 201 N. Nettleton, Bonner Springs. That area can be easily reached from the parking lot in back of the library. A large selection of hardback fiction is offered for 50 cents each, and nothing costs more than $1. Paperbacks are four for $1 or fill a bag of paperback romance novels for just $1. There is a large selection of westerns, many by favorite western authors, a great number of children’s books and nonfiction in all categories, as well as many cookbooks. All proceeds from the book sales are used to enhance the library’s offering to the public. Recently the Friends have donated $800 to the summer reading program and $500 toward the purchase of an electronic bulletin board inside the library. The Friends organization is open to anyone with dues at only $5 a year, and monthly meetings are at 4 p.m. on the third Tuesday.

Sporting KC plays tonight in KCK
Sporting KC takes on the Montreal Impact tonight at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan. The match starts at 7:30 p.m. For more information, and ticket information, visit www.sportingkc.com/.

Free concert offered tonight at Legends
The “Live at the Legends” concert series will continue at 5 p.m. Saturday, July 18, at The Legends Outlets, I-70 and I-435, Kansas City, Kan. Performing July 11 will be Perpetual Change, 1980s and 1990s rock (with some hits from the 2000s).

Wyandotte County Museum open
The Wyandotte County Museum, 631 N. 126th St., Bonner Springs, is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. It is closed on Sundays and holidays. For more information visit the website www.facebook.com/wycomuseum or call 913-573-5002.

Showers, storms in morning’s forecast; another hot day afterward

Heat advisory in effect. (National Weather Service graphic)

Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms moved through Wyandotte County this morning and are possible this afternoon.

The worst of the storms may have already moved through Wyandotte County, but it has been raining off and on, with the latest heavy rain about 9:55 a.m.

The threat of severe weather is low, the National Weather Service said.

A heat advisory is in effect through 9 p.m. today, according to the weather service.

Hot and humid weather is expected this afternoon, the weather service said. The high will be near 94, with a heat index as high as 102, according to the weather service.

Thunderstorm chances return tonight and Sunday, the weather service said.

Severe storms are possible Sunday as a front slides south through the area, according to the weather service. Locally heavy rain and additional flooding are possible as well, forecasters said.

The main hazards with storms on Sunday are winds and flooding, the weather service said. While the threat of a tornado Sunday is very low, it can’t be ruled out at this point, according to the weather service. Small hail is also possible.

For more weather information, visit www.weather.gov/eax/.