Month: June 2016

Class on garden photography planned July 7

A class on garden photography is planned at 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, July 7, at the Wyandotte County Extension Office, 1216 N. 79th St., Kansas City, Kan.

Bruce Hogle will present the class, and the host is the Wyandotte County Extension Master Gardeners.

There is a fee of $5 payable at the door.

The class will show participants how to take beautiful photos of their gardens and closeups of flowers and wildlife. There will be information about using different lenses, filters and other photographic tools.

Hogle’s photos are regularly published in Kansas! magazine and calendar.

For further information, call 913-299-9300.

Wrestling coming to CommunityAmerica Ballpark Aug. 27

While the Kansas City T-Bones are playing at Gary SouthShore on Aug. 27, a different sport will be seen at CommunityAmerica Ballpark, as the stadium will be the site of Metro Pro Wrestling matches that night, the club announced.

WWE Hall of Famer “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan and former WWE/ECW superstar Tommy Dreamer are two of the big names scheduled to appear. Duggan will be competing in a tag team match, while Dreamer will be in a “Falls Count Anywhere in the Ballpark” match.

The rest of the card consists of professional wrestlers from Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Oklahoma and South Dakota, includingDerek Stone, “The Fittest Wrestler in the World” Mark Sterling, “Yoga Monster” Mike Sydal, Ace Steel, Redwing, Devin Thomas, The Commission, Kobra Kai Dojo, The Riegel Twins, “Lovely” Lucy Mendez and many more.

“Kansas City, Kansas has such a rich history with professional wrestling at Memorial Hall that we’re really excited to bring this fun event to our park and the Legends area overall,” said T-Bones vice president and general manager Chris Browne. “The Metro Pro Wrestling folks put on a great show and it will be fun event for our fans, and maybe it’ll introduce new people to our park and experience.”

Metro Pro Wrestling, which is the brainchild of Chris Gough, is celebrating its sixth anniversary. Most Metro Pro Wrestling events take place at the Turner Rec Center in Kansas City, Kan.

“The excitement of doing a stand-alone, outdoor show at CommunityAmerica Ballpark is something we never thought we’d get the chance to do,” Gough said, “but thanks to Chris Browne and the T-Bones, that opportunity worked out this year.”

Time Warner Cable SportsChannel will record the show for future use. The event starts at 7 p.m. General admission tickets are $16.50, with limited front row seats available for $22. Tickets for children ages 5-12 years old are $11, and younger than 5 years old can enter for free. There will be a pre-show VIP meet-and-greet with the wrestlers for an additional charge. Tickets can be purchased at the Providence Medical Center Box Office at CommunityAmerica Ballpark, by calling 913-328-5618 or online at tbonesbaseball.com.


– Story from Matt Fulks, T-Bones

KCK man faces federal theft charge

Azar Reed, 56, Kansas City, Kan., is charged with one count of theft of public funds, one count of making a false statement to the Social Security Administration, and 14 counts of mail fraud, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.

The indictment alleges he received benefits to which he was not entitled. The crimes are alleged to have occurred from 2010 to 2013 in Wyandotte County, Kan.

If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000 on the theft charge, up to five years and a fine up to $250,000 on the false statement charge, and up to 20 years and a fine up to $250,000 on each count of mail fraud.

The Social Security Administration investigated. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Erin Tomasic is prosecuting.