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South African speaker coming to KCKCC July 9

by Kelly Rogge

Kansas City Kansas Community College is sponsoring a presentation in July that will feature a guest speaker from South Africa.

Matlotleng Matlou will speak on “The U.N. International Decade for People of African Descent” from 11 a.m. to noon Thursday, July 9, in the Intercultural; Center on the KCKCC main campus, 7250 State Ave. There is no fee to attend the presentation, and it is open to the public.

Matlou worked as an envoy for the U.N. High Commissioner Kenyan refugees in the early to mid 1990s. In 1997, he returned to South Africa and became chief director of migration at the Department of Home Affairs, later becoming the deputy director general of tourism in the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. Currently, he is director of Excelsior Afrika Consulting and part-time lecturer at the Institute of African Renaissance University of South Africa.

The program is sponsored by the Henry Louis Center, Students for Global Peace, the Ralph Bunche Society, the KCKCC e-Journal and the Intercultural Center.

For more information, contact Barbara Clark-Evans at 913-288-7504 or email [email protected].

Kelly Rogge is the public information supervisor at Kansas City Kansas Community College.

Rookies lead T-Bones to sweep of Gary; sixth win in a row

The T-Bones’ recent winning ways have been sparked by their veterans, but it was two Kansas City rookies who came up big Sunday afternoon as the T-Bones completed a three-game sweep of Gary SouthShore with a 5-4 win at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in Kansas City, Kan.

The RailCats took a 1-0 lead in the first inning but it was short-lived, as Kansas City quickly took the lead in the bottom of the second inning.

Robby Kuzdale got on base with a single to left field and later scored on a home run to the berm in right field by rookie Jacob Hayes, giving Kansas City a 2-1 lead.

Hayes, who was 0-for-16 in his first seven games with the T-Bones, followed Saturday night’s 2-for-4 performance with a 2-for-3 outing with two runs scored on Sunday.

Hayes’ second run of the game came in the fourth when he scored on a home run by fellow rookie Christian Torres to left field, which gave the T-Bones a 4-1 lead.

Kansas City was able to make the lead 5-1 after Torres scored on a double by Tenbrink in the seventh inning. Torres, who recently completed his collegiate career at Park University and signed with Kansas City on Friday, went 2-for-3 with two runs scored in his second professional game.

Kansas City starting pitcher Bobby Doran (6-1) earned the win after striking out four and giving up four hits, two runs and two walks in 6 innings. Fernando Hernandez (6) pitched the final 1 1/3 innings and got the save.

The T-Bones are scheduled to begin a four-game series with the Grand Prairie AirHogs on Monday night at 7:05 at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in Kansas City, Kan.

Tickets are available by calling the box office at CommunityAmerica Ballpark at 913-328-5618.

– Story from T-Bones

Wyandotte County will be under flash flood watch tonight; storms in forecast

Storm risk today. (National Weather Service graphic)

A cold front moving through the region today will bring a risk for strong and severe storms from the afternoon through the early overnight hours, the National Weather Service said.

The weather service has issued a flash flood watch for Wyandotte County from 7 p.m. July 6 through 7 p.m. July 8.

The primary hazards for today’s storms are gusty to potentially damaging winds, dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning, and small hail, according to the weather service.

Showers and thunderstorms are likely, mainly after 4 p.m., when there is a 60 percent chance of rain, according to the weather service. Today’s high will be near 88. The heat index may reach 95, the weather service said. A south wind of 14 to 16 mph is possible, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Showers and thunderstorms will continue tonight and could produce heavy rainfall, the weather service said. The chance of rain is 90 percent. The low will be 64, with a south wind of 9 to 16 mph, becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph, according to the weather service.

Heavy rain, possibly leading to flash flooding, is expected with storms today through at least Wednesday evening, the weather service said.

From 3 to 5 inches of total rainfall is expected along and southeast of a line from Topeka to Kirksville through 7 p.m. Wednesday, according to the weather service.

A widespread 2-3 inches of rainfall are anticipated by Tuesday morning, then up to an additional 2 inches of rain are possible Tuesday through Wednesday evening as several additional rounds of storms develop and move through, the weather service said.

In total, 3-5 inches of rainfall are expected, prompting the issuance of a Flash Flood Watch for the majority of the outlook area.

Rivers, creeks and streams will likely experience flooding with this excessive rainfall, according to the weather service. Residents should not try to cross streets and roads where there is flooding, but should turn around.

Residents are asked to monitor forecasts and be prepared to take action if flash flood warnings are issued. For more weather information, visit www.weather.gov.

Flash flood watch through Wednesday. (National Weather Service graphic)