Month: March 2016

Saturday events

Entrepreneur program planned
An Entrepreneur Business Basics program will be offered from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at Donnelly College event center, 608 N. 18th St., Kansas City, Kan. Kira McConico of Integrity Designs and Consulting will be the facilitator. Guest speaker will be Marquita Miller, entrepreneur and author. A panel will discuss information entrepreneurs should know. Topics covered include parts of a business plan, structuring a business, accounting, branding and online presence. The cost of the program is $60, including a box lunch. For information and registration, visit www.ebbkc.com.

Bank to offer free tax classes
Enterprise Bank and Trust is offering free tax classes to help small business owners prepare their 2016 returns at the bank’s full service bilingual location at the Prescott Plaza, 151 S. 18th St., Kansas City, Kan. The sessions are offered on four Saturdays. The next program is March 12, and will feature an Enterprise Bank and Trust financial adviser and a local tax professionals. The informational sessions will be in both English and Spanish. Presentations will begin at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the branch lobby, followed by a brief question-and-answer period. The other sessions are at 9:30 a.m. on March 19 and April 2. For more information, call 913-693-2790.

GOP offering workshop to help residents challenge property tax
A free workshop is being offered Saturday, March 12, to help residents learn how to successfully challenge and protest their property taxes. Sponsored by the Wyandotte County GOP, the one-hour workshops will be held at five locations across Wyandotte County. The workshops, all on Saturday:
• 9 a.m. March 12 at Bonner Springs Public Library, 201 N. Nettleton Ave., Bonner Springs.
• 10:30 a.m. March 12 at Open Door Baptist Church, 3033 N. 103rd Terrace, Kansas City, Kan.
• Noon March 12 at Grace Lutheran Church, 3333 Wood Ave., Kansas City, Kan.
• 1:30 p.m. March 12 at Turner Recreation Center, 831 S. 55th St., Kansas City, Kan.
• 3 p.m. March 12 at Youth Front Church, 4418 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, Kan.
For more information, call 913-706-6394.

Chess tournament at library
A chess tournament is going on from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Main Kansas City, Kan., Public Library, 625 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kan. The event is for children, tweens and teens. There will be snacks and prizes. It is in the story time-craft room.

Presentation offered on fast-pitch softball
A presentation at 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the South Library, Kansas City, Kan., Public Library, 3104 Strong Ave., will discuss the development of Mexican-American fast-pitch softball in Kansas.


‘Saturday by Grinter Stove’ planned today
A “Saturday by the Grinter Stove” program is planned at 11 a.m. March 12 at Grinter Place,
The program will feature history re-enactors George and Diane Bernheimer on the topic, “From Frontier Post to Thriving Community,” about Ft. Scott, Kan. The Grinter House was at the point where Moses Grinter operated a ferry across the Kansas River in the 1830s to 1860s, on a military route between Ft. Leavenworth and Ft. Scott. After the program at 11 a.m., a lunch will be served. Admission is $6 for the program, lunch and tour of Grinter Place.

Learn how marbles are made
A marble-making demonstration is scheduled from about 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 12, 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/.

Community event planned at Old Quindaro Museum March 12
A free community event is planned March 12 and 19 at the Old Quindaro Museum, 3432 N. 29th St., Kansas City, Kan. “Keeping Hope Alive” is the theme of the spring break event. The event is sponsored by the Kansas City, Kan., Branch and Greater Kansas City Chapter of the NAACP, and the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists. The hours are noon to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12 and 19. Food, music, poetry readings and impromptu entertainment are part of the plans for the family event. For more information, call 816-820-3615 or visit http://www.oldquindaromuseum.org/.

KCKCC at home Saturday for baseball
KCKCC plays Cowley College in a home game starting at 1 p.m. Saturday. The Blue Devils, 14-5, lost to Cowley on Thursday. Cowley is ranked No. 4 in the NJCAA Division I national baseball poll. For more information, see https://wyandotteonline.com/kckcc-at-home-in-baseball-action-saturday-to-play-no-4-cowley/.

Church plans taco salad supper
The United Methodist Women at Wyandotte United Methodist Church, 7901 Oakland Ave., are planning a taco salad supper from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at the church. A freewill donation will be accepted.

Sporting KC home opener to be Saturday
Sporting Kansas City’s home opener will begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday against the Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Children’s Mercy Park (the former Sporting Park), in Kansas City, Kan. The match will be televised live locally on KMCI-TV 38 the Spot and across the Midwest on SKCTV with coverage starting at 7 p.m. Listeners can also follow the action on Sports Radio 810 WHB (English) and La Grande 1340 AM (Spanish). There will be pregame festivities beginning at 5 p.m. Fans are encouraged to be in their seats by 7:15 p.m. for a pregame presentation.

Live music offered
Live music by The Brian Ruskin Quartet is planned at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at Jazz: A Louisiana Kitchen, at 1859 Village West Parkway at The Legends Outlets, at I-435 and I-70 in Kansas City, Kan.

Sporting KC home opener to be Saturday in KCK

Sporting Kansas City’s home opener will begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday against the Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Children’s Mercy Park (the former Sporting Park), in Kansas City, Kan.

The match will be televised live locally on KMCI-TV 38 the Spot and across the Midwest on SKCTV with coverage starting at 7 p.m. Listeners can also follow the action on Sports Radio 810 WHB (English) and La Grande 1340 AM (Spanish).

There will be pregame festivities beginning at 5 p.m. Fans are encouraged to be in their seats by 7:15 p.m. for a pregame presentation.

Sporting KC remains undefeated in home openers at Children’s Mercy Park in the five years since the state-of-the-art venue opened, and has lost only two home openers since the club’s debut in 1996. The team also won its 2016 season opener last Sunday night, a 1-0 victory at Seattle Sounders FC. Newcomer and Portuguese center back Nuno André Coelho scored the match-deciding goal from 30 yards out in the 73rd minute with an assist from midfielder Jordi Quintilla.

Members of Sporting KC’s back line also garnered honors following Sunday’s performance, with MLS Team of the Week accolades this week. The club also added to its front line with the addition of Chilean striker Diego Rubio, on loan to Sporting KC as a Young Designated Player.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC opened their 2016 season at home, falling to Montreal Impact 3-2. While the Whitecaps doubled their opponent in shots on goal, they were unable to capitalize and trailed 2-1 at halftime. Montreal scored again in the 88th minute, and Vancouver’s goal in the 93rd minute wasn’t enough to pull them to a tie.

Sporting KC has taken down Vancouver on four occasions in the past, falling to the Canadian opponent only once – and never in Kansas City. Last year, the two teams first went head-to-head in July in Vancouver, where Sporting KC pulled out a 1-0 road win after a header from Kevin Ellis.

The next time the teams met in regular season competition, Vancouver sprung into action early and entered halftime up 2-0. Kevin Ellis provided a glimmer of hope for the home team with a goal shortly after halftime, but a 75th-minute goal from Pedro Morales restored the two-goal lead. But after a header from Dom Dwyer in the 81st minute, a re-energized Sporting KC went on to defeat Vancouver 4-3, with goals in the 87th and 94th minutes from Paulo Nagamura.

– Story from Sporting KC

KCKCC at home in baseball action Saturday to play No. 4 Cowley

Cowley College lived up to its No. 4 ranking in the NJCAA Division I national baseball poll Thursday with a 5-1, 3-2 sweep of Kansas City Kansas Community College at Arkansas City.

The Blue Devils (14-5), who had a 12-game winning streak snapped, get a chance to avenge those losses Saturday when they host Cowley in a home re-match starting at 1 p.m.

Cowley built up an early 5-0 lead in the 7-inning 5-1opener before Tiger hurlers combined to strike out 18 Blue Devils in the 3-2, 9-inning nightcap.

A two-out, two-run double by Caleb Eldridge in the bottom of the first was the big blow in Cowley’s opening 5-1 win. The blow capped a 3-run first and the Tigers added two more runs in the third on singles by Abdiel Alicea and Bryce Fischer and Eldridge’s second double and third RBI. Carson LaRue scattered eight hits and struck out four for the win.

The Blue Devils’ only run came in the fourth on a walk, a single by Ryan Fisher and an outfield error. Albert Woodard had a double and two singles and Conor Behrens and Malone Smith two singles for the Blue Devils, who managed to put two runners on base in just three innings. Dustin Eby gave up six hits and struck out three in absorbing the loss.

Cowley also built a 3-0 lead in the nightcap and then rode the pitching of Tucker White, who struck out 14 in six innings, and reliever Scott Engler, who fanned four in two innings. The Tigers scored single runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings. Alicea doubled in the first run in the third; K.K. Daniel doubled and scored on Jacob Means’ two-out single in the fourth; and Steve Thompson tripled in the fifth and scored on a ground ball.

KCKCC’s two runs came in the seventh off Mason McAlister. Malone Smith singled and scored on Drew Holtgrieve’s double. Easton Fortuna’s ground ball scored Holtgrieve, the only Blue Devil with more than one hit. Brandon Reid gave up just six hits in 6.2 innings before Avery Fliger closed with 1.3 inning of one-hit relief.

Alan Hoskins is the sports information director at KCKCC.