Month: April 2016

Veterans to be recognized April 23 in Bonner Springs

VFW Chapter 6401 will be the host of a Vietnam War and Era Veterans Recognition event at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at the Sunflower Room, 200 E. 3rd St., Bonner Springs, Kan.

According to VFW officials, there will be a personal public recognition of each Vietnam War and Era veteran attending the event.

Pins from the Department of Defense will be presented to each veteran.

Lt. Col. James Holley Jr. will assist with the presentation.

All veterans are welcome to attend the meeting, and the VFW post’s service officer will assist with needed paperwork to file a claim with the Veterans Administration or to get enrollment in the VA health care system.

Also available to assist will be a representative and van from the Kansas City Vet Center.

The Salvation Army will send a representative to help veterans in need. Also helping veterans will be Point Man Ministries, a Christian-based ministry.

Spiritual help also will be provided.

Retired Col. Lynn Rolf Jr., a Vietnam War veteran from Leavenworth, will be the guest speaker at the meeting.

Bonner Springs Mayor Jeff Harrington is scheduled to present a proclamation.

The public is invited to this event.

Piper senior wins scholarship from NFIB

A senior at Piper High School has been named one of 100 winners of the Young Entrepreneur Foundation Scholarship award from the National Federation of Independent Business.

Meg Shearer of Kansas City, Kan., received the NFIB-Kansas Leadership Council Young Entrepreneur Award. Her enterprises is Meg Shearer Photography.

The Young Entrepreneur Awards are designed to reward and encourage entrepreneurial talents among high school students.

Ninety-five of the graduating high school seniors will receive $2,000 toward their college and university costs. Five students are in the running for the top Young Entrepreneur of the Year scholarship of $25,000 and the $15,000 Dan Danner Scholarship. The remaining three finalists will receive a $10,000 Young Entrepreneur Award. A special ceremony announcing the five will be held in Washington, D.C., on June 23.

Driver hits construction barrier on I-70 near K-7

A Lawrence, Kan., driver hit the construction barrier on I-70 near K-7 in Wyandotte County at 8:10 a.m. Monday, April 18, according to a Kansas Turnpike Authority trooper’s report.

The 34-year-old driver was eastbound on I-70 in a Mazda CX-9 when she lost control of the vehicle and struck the construction barrier, the report stated. It was raining Monday morning. The driver was not injured.

According to the trooper’s report, a 33-year-old Lawrence, Kan., woman, who was a passenger in the vehicle, was injured and taken to the hospital.