Month: January 2016

Storm spotter training offered

A storm spotter training and severe weather seminar will be offered from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, at the Kansas City Kansas Community College Technical Education Center, 6565 State Ave., Kansas City, Kan.

The seminar is offered by the Wyandotte County Emergency Management office and will feature a meteorologist from the National Weather Service office in Pleasant Hill, Mo.

The seminar is free and open to the public.

This year’s seminar is at a new location and most of the content will be new, according to the emergency management office.

The training seminar is designed to enhance attendees’ ability to recognize, identify and relay information about severe weather.

The training of spotters is important so that the counties receiving quality warnings for their area, according to the emergency management office. Real-time reports provided by the spotters are important to forecasters during severe weather events.

For more information on the program, contact Matt May, Wyandotte County emergency management director, at 913-573-6300.

– Information from Unified Government

Piper results

Piper High School – girls basketball at Wellsville Top Gun
– Piper varsity vs. Wellsville won 66-30
– Play at 5 pm vs. Baldwin for the championship

Piper High School – swimming at Wyandotte County
– 200 IM 6th Tanner Johnson
– 500 free 3rd Ronin Richardson
– 200 Free Relay 4th Tanner Johnson, Johnnie Moon, Ronin Richardson, Andrew Telthorst
– 100 Breast 6th Andrew Telthorst
– 400 Free Relay 4th Tanner Johnson, Chase Bundy, Logan Ferris, Johnnie Moon

Piper High School – wrestling at Blue Valley North (TBA)

Piper Middle School – boys basketball vs. Lexinton Trails
– 8th grade A won 72-14; B won 47-18
– 7th grade A lost 37-42; B lost 13-23

– From Doug Key, Piper High School activities director

Leavenworth Road Association plans events

by Lou Braswell

Kansas City, Kan., Police Chief Terry Zeigler is scheduled to speak at the Feb. 9 meeting of the Leavenworth Road Association.

The meeting will start with a potluck dinner at 6 p.m. Feb. 9 followed by the program at 7 p.m. at the Eisenhower Recreation Center, 2901 N. 72nd.

A chicken casserole will be provided, with those attending bringing side dishes.

Phones are now working in the Leavenworth Road Association office. For a short while, it was out of service.

Also we will be the host of the Opening Day Breakfast at Wyandotte County Lake. Volunteers are appreciated, just let us know. The date is March 5.

Of course our breakfast fund raiser depends on the condition of the water – the opening day may be postponed if ice is on the lake. If the opening date needs to be rescheduled, we will not have Davis Hall to have the breakfast.

Lou Braswell is the executive director of the Leavenworth Road Association. To reach the Leavenworth Road Association, call 913-788-3988.