Month: August 2015

Faith news

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Christ the King Catholic Church will hold an ice cream social on Saturday, Aug. 29, at the church grounds, 53rd and Leavenworth Road. Mass will be at 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, followed by the social. The benefit event will include food, games and entertainment.

A weekly Scripture Group with Bible Sharing and Reflection, Lectio and Journaling, is offered from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesdays at Keeler Women’s Center, 2220 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kan. Heather Neds is a pastoral minister and leads the group at Keeler Women’s Center. Call 913-906-8990 to register.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, St. Rose of Lima and Our Lady and St. Rose parishes are holding a homecoming celebration Aug. 14-16. The event includes a reception, carnival, banquet and Mass. The reception is from 2 pm. to 10 p.m. Friday. Aug. 14, at Christ the King Church Davern Hall, 53rd and Leavenworth Road. A carnival will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15 on the Our Lady and St. Rose church grounds, 8th and Quindaro Boulevard. Games and food will be included. A banquet and program will include dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Hilton Garden Inn, 5th and Minnesota Avenue. Robinson Entertainment will be featured. The event ends with Mass at 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, at Our Lady and St. Rose Church, 8th and Quindaro Boulevard. A brunch in connection with the event will be held from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Blessed Sacrament Family Center. Registration for the event is $12 for children 10 and younger and $35 for those 11 and older. For more information, go to www.ourladyandstrose.org or call 913-321-1958.

Parkway Baptist Church, 12320 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kan., will hold a Community Blood Center blood drive from 3 to 7 p.m. Aug. 17 at the church classrooms. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 816-753-4040 or visit www.savealifenow.org.

Risen Lamb International Church of the Nazarene, located in the Turner area of Kansas City, Kan., has announced the opening of the Risen Lamb Prayer Room and Retreat Center. On location at their church at 5301 Metropolitan Avenue, the prayer room and retreat center is open to the public for daytime retreats. All individuals or small groups seeking a quiet, sacred space to gather, pray, meditate, journal or read resources about prayer are welcome. The prayer room provides a peaceful space for solitude or can be scheduled in advance for groups of up to eight people. Guests seeking spiritual guidance may schedule a time of spiritual direction with one of the pastoral staff, and groups may inquire about scheduling a member of the pastoral team to lead or speak at a retreat. Donations accepted but not required. For more information, or to plan a visit, contact the Rev. Philip Friday at [email protected] or call 913-287-9418.

St. John the Baptist Festival is planned at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, at St. John’s Catholic Club, 708 N. 4th St., in Kansas City, Kan. The event will start after the 4 p.m. Mass on Saturday at St. John’s Church. The festival will feature ethnic food including sarma, games, children’s activities, and a dance starting at 9 p.m. on the Strawberry Hill Museum grounds.

A sacred music concert is planned at 6:15 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 1086 N. 94th St., Kansas City, Kan. Cindy Bounds will play a concert of sacred music from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. at the church.

Members of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1300 N. 18th St., Kansas City, Kan., will observe the twelfth Sunday after Pentecost Aug. 16. The service in English will be at 10 a.m. and in Spanish at 7 p.m.

Stony Point Christian Church, 149 S. 78th St., plans a StoreHouse food and clothing pantry at 6 p.m. Aug. 19 in the Cole Activity Center. Stony Point Church Preschool Back to School night is on Aug. 27, with preschool beginning Aug. 31. Or more information, call 816-739-2671.

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Community calendar

The Wyandotte Daily News is interested in news of your community event in Wyandotte County. Send information to [email protected] and include your name and phone number. Please send in planned events by about a week before the event if possible. In the event of inclement weather, call the sponsoring organization to see if the event will be held.

Strawberry Hill Museum open on weekends
The Strawberry Hill Museum, 720 N. 4th St., Kansas City, Kan., 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/.

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.

Piper school district to hold budget hearing Aug. 10
The Piper Public Schools has scheduled a budget hearing at the Board of Education meeting Aug. 10. The budget hearing will be at 6:15 p.m. at the district office, 3130 N. 122nd St., Kansas City, Kan. The regular meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. The 2015-2016 Piper School District budget will have no mill levy increase.

KCK school board to meet Aug. 11
The Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools Board of Education is scheduled to meet at 5 p.m. Aug. 11 at the Central Office, 2010 N. 59th St., Kansas City, Kan. The meeting will include a budget hearing at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 11. An agenda should be posted on the district’s website, www.kckps.org, before the meeting.

BPU August meeting date changed to Aug. 12
The August date for the Board of Public Utilities meeting has been changed to Wednesday, Aug. 12, instead of Aug. 5. The regular meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the BPU administrative offices, 540 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kan. It is open to the public.

Public hearing planned Aug. 12 on solid waste plan
The Unified Government of Wyandotte County-Kansas City, Kan., Public Works Department will be holding a public hearing for the purpose of discussing the five-year update of the Wyandotte County Solid Waste Management Plan for 2015. The public hearing will be held at 3 p.m. Aug. 12 at the Unified Government Neighborhood Resource Center’s large meeting room, 4953 State Ave., Kansas City, Kan. All persons desiring to be heard with reference to the proposed five-year update of the Wyandotte County Solid Waste Management Plan will be heard at the public meeting.

Book sale Aug. 13-15 to benefit Bonner Springs Library
The quarterly book sale at Bonner Springs Library, 201 N. Nettleton, will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday.Many new additions since the four-hour sale in July are available including a great number of young adult and western novels. Nothing costs more than $1 with bargains as low as 25 cents. Specials will be posted each day, come and discover a new author or a like-new volume by one of your favorites.

UG Commission scheduled to meet Aug. 13
The Unified Government Commission is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, at the Commission Chambers, City Hall, lobby level, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kan. An agenda for the meeting should be posted a few days in advance at www.wycokck.org.

Household hazardous waste collection to be Aug. 15
Household hazardous waste collection days for Wyandotte County residents will be Aug. 15, Sept. 19 and Oct. 17 at 2443 S. 88th St., Kansas City, Kan. The hours are 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. those Saturdays. The site is at South 88th Street from K-32 or east of I-435 using Woodend exit near the Kaw River. Items should be labeled or identified. Items that are accepted include tires (a limit of 10 tires, with rims removed), motor oil, batteries, antifreeze, degreasers, paints, varnishes, solvents, lawn and garden insecticides and pesticides, and household cleaning products.

Third Saturday Democratic Breakfast planned Aug. 15
The Wyandotte County Third Saturday Democratic Breakfast will meet this Saturday, Aug. 15, at Las Islas Marias, 7516 State Ave. Kansas Democratic Party Chairman Larry Meeker will be the speaker. The breakfast buffet will be available at 8:15 a.m. and the program will begin at 9:15. The cost for the breakfast is $10, or $7 for students and those on limited incomes. All Democrats are invited to attend.

Reservations are requested by Friday, Aug. 14. Reservations help plan for attendance, but are not necessary to attend. To make reservations, email [email protected].

Those who attend do not need to purchase a breakfast.

Blood drive scheduled Aug. 17
A Community Blood Center blood drive is scheduled from 1 to 6 p.m. Aug. 17 at the Chiropractic Healing Center parking lot, 8437 State Ave., Kansas City, Kan. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 816-753-4040 or visit www.savealifenow.org.

Rear admiral to speak at scholarship award meeting of KCK Women’s Chamber
Rear Admiral Rebecca McCormick-Boyle will be the guest speaker at the Wednesday, Aug. 19, meeting of the Kansas City, Kan., Women’s Chamber of Commerce. McCormick-Boyle is the commander of Navy Medicine Education and Training. She also serves as the Navy Nurse Corps director. The program will include scholarship awards. The KCK Women’s Chamber will award four scholarships this year. Recipients are Kendra Lawrence, Cecilia Ndungu, Lacy Davidson and Melissa Cooper. A fundraiser will be held, with donations going to the scholarship fund. The meeting will begin with networking at 11:30 a.m. Aug. 19 at Kansas City Kansas Community College Technical Education Center, 6565 State Ave., Kansas City, Kan. Lunch and the program will be from noon to 1 p.m. The cost for lunch is $20 for members, $25 for nonmembers and $15 for students. Guests are welcome, and reservations are required by emailing Ardith Deason at [email protected], telephone 913-233-3305.

Mayor’s Listening Tour to be Aug. 25 at Wyandotte High School
Mayor Mark Holland’s Listening Tour next will visit District 4 at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 25 at Wyandotte High School, 2501 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kan. Mayor Holland will make remarks, and then comments of residents will be heard in small discussion groups. For more information, see www.wycokck.org/listen.

TedxWyandotte event to be Sept. 15
The TedxWyandotte event scheduled for Saturday at Kansas City Kansas Community College has been postponed and rescheduled. The event will now be at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, at KCKCC, 7250 State Ave. It will feature approximately six presenters speaking on the theme of “Breaking Through: Confronting the barriers that divide us and challenging ourselves to move beyond them.” Tickets already purchased will be valid for the new date in September. However, if you cannot attend at that time, a refund can be requested by contacting 913-288-7644. Refunds must be requested by Tuesday, June 16. For more information, contact Shari L. Wilson, TEDxWyandotte curator, [email protected] or Marisa Gray, [email protected]. Information is also available by visiting TedXWyandotte’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/TEDxWyandotte or website at www.tedxwyandotte.org.

Bishop Ward plans 37th annual auction
Bishop Ward High School, 708 N. 18th St., Kansas City, Kan., is planning its annual auction Sept. 26. The event kicks off at 5:30 p.m. and will have a “There’s No Place Like Ward” theme. It will include a silent auction as well as food from several local restaurants and live music. At 7:30 p.m., the live auction begins. The Nigro Brothers will be in charge of the live auction. The charge for the annual event is $60 per person. For more information, visit wardhigh.org/auction2015.

Counseling offered
Keeler Women’s Center, a ministry of the Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica, 2220 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kan., offers individual and couples counseling to women and men who might otherwise not be able to afford counseling. Nothing is billed. Donations are accepted. Call 913-906-8990 for information or to do an intake and schedule an appointment.

Yoder visits KCK

U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-3rd Dist., recently visited Kansas City, Kan. (Photo by William Crum)
U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-3rd Dist., recently visited Kansas City, Kan. (Photo by William Crum)

by William Crum

Recently, Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-3rd Dist., came to Kansas City, Kan. He first appeared at the Cup on the Hill on Minnesota Avenue. There he had the chance to meet with a lot of local citizens at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Kansas City, Kan., City Hall.

“We need to make education a priority,” Rep. Yoder said. “Education is a primary concern of mine; this is why I’m involved in education.

“We need to make sure everyone who comes here from other countries that they go through the proper procedures to become U.S. citizens and not allow people to come across our borders illegally,” he said. “We want to give all opportunities to all of our citizens, after all United States is known as a melting pot of the world. We also need to take a look at the national deficit and make sure that we can provide services for all of our citizens regardless what nationality or race or age they are. This is also one of my many priorities.”

After the meeting at the Cup on the Hill coffee shop on Minnesota Avenue, Congressman Yoder went to address other concerned citizens at Kansas City, Kan., City Hall.