Month: December 2016

Bonner Springs City Library receives two grants for iPads

The Bonner Springs City Library recently received two grants that will help with bringing technology to patrons.

One grant from the Northeast Kansas Library System is for an android tablet that is being used to demonstrate how to use the library’s electronic resources.

Library Director Jack Granath stated that the tablet will enable the Bonner Springs Library to promote services including hoopla, for streaming movies, music and e-books and comics, and Flipster, for e-magazines. The Northeast Kansas Library System offers these services to participating libraries.

Another grant, from the Best Buy Foundation, will pay for six iPads that will be used in the Bonner Springs Library’s summer reading program, “Teenopolis – Summer Reading Movies and Music,” he said. In the program, teens will explore movie-making and music-making, using the tablets.

There are plans to use the tablets in the 2017 and 2018 summer reading programs. In a few months, the library plans to work on a promotional video for the summer reading program, he added.

The grant for six iPads was awarded through Best Buy’s community grants program, in partnership with the Oak Park Best Buy store, according to the library. Library officials said they were deeply appreciative to the Best Buy Foundation for the opportunity to engage community teens in creative technology.

Wyandotte County robbery sentence affirmed

The Kansas Court of Appeals today affirmed a sentence from Wyandotte County District Court.

Calvin Cleveland Flenoy appealed a district court decision denying his motion, in which he claimed his sentence was illegal.

He pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery in an incident from January 2015. In May of 2015, he was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison with three years of postrelease supervision.

He claimed in his motion that his previous conviction in 1993 for aggravated robbery should have been counted as a nonperson felony, but his motion was denied at the district court level.

Today, in a summary disposition, the appeals court upheld the district court’s denial of his motion and affirmed the sentence. According to court documents, the state filed no response to Flenoy’s motion for summary disposition.

Women’s Chamber to meet Dec. 14

The Kansas City, Kan., Women’s Chamber of Commerce will meet at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 14 at the Great Wolf Lodge at the Legends area of Kansas City, Kan.

Networking starts at 11:30 a.m. and the meeting begins at noon. It will be the annual gift exchange. Those attending will bring a $15 gift. The cost to attend the meeting is $20 for members and $25 for guests.

For more information or reservations, call 913-321-2625 or visit http://kckwomenschamber.org/.