Month: February 2016

Saturday events

Authors to read from works at library event Feb. 27
The Kansas City, Kan., Public Library is holding its second Homegrown Reads local author fair featuring more than two dozen authors from the Kansas City metro area. This event will highlight burgeoning, new talent and popular, established authors. Fans will be able to meet and talk with authors, listen to live readings, and purchase copies of books to have signed. Homegrown Reads will take place at the West Wyandotte Library branch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 27. West Wyandotte Library is at 1737 N. 82nd St., Kansas City, Kan.

Neighborhood meeting scheduled for Woodlands plans
Plans for The Woodlands racetrack facility, 9700 Leavenworth Road, may be presented at a neighborhood meeting scheduled at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at Piper Middle School, 4420 N. 107th St., Kansas City, Kan. The racetrack is planning to reopen. The neighborhood meeting is part of the Unified Government planning and zoning process. After this meeting, the special use permit would have to go through the UG Planning Commission and the UG full commission for approval.

Learn how marbles are made
A marble-making demonstration is scheduled from about 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at Moon Marble Co. store, 600 E. Front St., Bonner Springs. Demonstrations begin around 10 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. and end at about 3 p.m., provided a glass artist is available. For more information, see www.moonmarble.com/.

Learn sewing and quilting at the library
Sewing and quilting for beginners or for those who want to learn more will be offered from 10 am. to noon Saturday, Feb. 27, at the West Wyandotte Library, Kansas City, Kan., Public Library, children’s craft room, 1737 N. 82nd, Kansas City, Kan. The class is for adults, and for those ages 10 and older. There is a limit of 15. Advance registration is requested to the library, 913-596-5800. Those who register get priority.

Easy arts and crafts program offered at library
An easy arts and crafts program for adults and senior adults is planned from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Main Kansas City, Kan., Public Library, youth storytime -craft room, 625 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kan. Those attending can make easy, abstract artwork. Even those who think they have no artistic ability can participate and create something. The program starts with blank canvases. Teens may attend if accompanied by an adult. There is a $5 fee for materials. Call 913-279-2066 to register.

Storytime offered on Saturday
A storytime with a science, technology, engineering and math (STEAM) theme will be held from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Main Kansas City, Kan., Public Library, youth services storytime – craft room, 625 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kan. Stories, music activities and crafts will be offered for children. For more information, call 913-279-2128.

KCKCC men’s basketball team opens playoff competition today at home
The KCKCC men’s basketball team will open playoff competition with a first-round playoff game at 4 p.m. Saturday at home against Highland.

Live music offered
Live music by The Brendan MacNaughton Band, is planned at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at Jazz: A Louisiana Kitchen, at 1859 Village West Parkway at The Legends Outlets, at I-435 and I-70 in Kansas City, Kan.

Leavenworth Road update: Authors program planned Saturday at library

by Lou Braswell

The West Wyandotte Library, 1737 N. 82nd, will have local authors available to meet and greet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27.

Helen Walsh Folsom will be one of more than two dozen local writers at the Homegrown Reads program. Many of you will remember her as the first executive director of the Leavenworth Road Association. She has written many books with an Irish theme. Stop by, visit with her and the other authors.

Opening day at Wyandotte County Lake is March 5. This year the Leavenworth Road Association will be back serving biscuits and sausage gravy at Davis Hall. We missed a couple years because of icy waters pushing back the opening date. That meant Davis Hall already had been reserved, leaving us out in the cold to cook, and we opted not to attempt that.

But we are back this year, thanks to an incredible fantastic winter. We will be serving until 11:30 a.m.

The menu will be biscuits and sausage gravy, with sausage patties and hash browns, with choice of coffee, milk or orange juice. The adult full portion: two biscuits with gravy, two sausage patties with hash browns and choice of drink, $10. Child or adult half-portion: one biscuit with gravy, one sausage patty and hash browns with drink choice, $5. We will also have some other choices: baked French Toast, pastries, fruit. Hope to see you there.

Our monthly meeting will be March 8 with Dave Clark, city engineer, as our speaker to discuss possible ideas for the second phase of Leavenworth Road project, 63rd to 78th streets. Also there may be another project along 61st.

The potluck meal will be with the Leavenworth Road Association providing meatloaf along with your contributions of covered dishes. The meeting begins with a potluck meal and social hour at 6 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7 p.m. at the Eisenhower Center, 2901 N. 72nd.

Lou Braswell is the executive director of the Leavenworth Road Association. For more information, call the LRA office at 913-788-3988.

Kansas woman charged with transferring firearm to convicted felon in Hesston shooting

A criminal charge filed Friday alleges a Kansas woman unlawfully transferred guns to a convicted felon who was killed Thursday in a shootout with police in Hesston, Kan., U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.

Sarah T. Hopkins, 28, Newton, Kan., is charged with one count of knowingly transferring a firearm to a convicted felon. An affidavit filed in the case alleges Hopkins knew Cedric Ford was a convicted felon who was prohibited from possessing a firearm when she gave him a Zastava Serbia, AK-47 type semi-automatic rifle and a Glock Model 22 40-caliber handgun.

Ford had the guns when he was shot and killed by police Thursday after they were called to a shooting incident at Excel Industries in Hesston. Ford allegedly shot and killed three persons, and wounded 14 others, according to reports.

If convicted, Hopkins faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000. The Hesston Police Department, the Harvey County Sheriff’s Department, the Newton Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the FBI investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch and Assistant U.S. Attorney David Lind are prosecuting.