Three Wyandotte County students have been named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program, according to an announcement today.
The Wyandotte County students are Abigail P. Neal and Margaret J. Wolf of Piper High School, and John Cox of Turner High School.
They are among 16,000 semifinalists nationwide who are competing for 7,500 National Merit Scholarships, according to the announcement. The scholarship winners will be named next spring.
About 1.6 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2015 Preliminary SAT-National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
The semifinalists are less than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors.
Piper High School – golf at Topeka
– Canceled because of weather
Piper High School – volleyball at Bonner Springs
– Piper varsity won 3-0 (23, 24, and 16)
– Piper JV won 2-0 (10 and 10)
– 9th won 2-0
Piper High School – soccer vs. Heritage Christian
– Piper varsity won 2-0
– Goals by Oakland and Jones. shutout by Lockridge
– From Doug Key, Piper High School activities director
Kathy Briney, who was recently appointed by the Unified Government Commission as county appraiser, will be the featured speaker at the annual membership meeting of Business West at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the main building at the entry to Schlitterbahn, just west of 94th Street and State Avenue.
Briney came to Wyandotte County in April 2015 to become the deputy county appraiser. She was appointed interim county appraiser when county appraiser Gene Bryan retired late last year; the Unified Government Commission confirmed her appointment as county appraiser in June earlier this year.
Briney has more than 23 years of appraisal and public service. She worked for the Property Valuation Division of the Kansas Department of Revenue and has served either as the county appraiser or deputy county appraiser for Ford, Butler, Jefferson and Barton counties.
Briney has an adult son and daughter who live in Johnson County. She enjoys hiking, landscaping, gardening and competing in 5K races.
Chuck Stites, development director for Schlitterbahn, will tell of various projects at Schlitterbahn. He is president-elect of Business West.
Officers and directors for the coming year will be elected.
All area business owners and managers are invited to this meeting. There will be no charge for the meeting or meal; however, reservations are strongly encouraged. Telephone 913-766-4300 or 913-406-6266 (cell) or email [email protected] for reservations.
