Month: March 2017

Piper results

Piper results
Piper High School
Piper girls soccer vs. Bishop Ward
– Varsity postponed because of weather
– JV leading 2-0 in the 2nd half (called because of weather)

Piper High School girls swimming at Osawatomie
– Postponed because of weather

Piper High School math at Lansing (KVL Math)
– Calc – Patricia Telthorst, Emmett Lockridge, and Abby Neal (2nd)
– Precalc – Sophie Roper, Alaina Holmes, and Kara Evans (2nd)
– Algebra 2- Colton Lloyd, Cody Davis, and Aiden Montogmery (3rd)
– Geo – Riley Porter, Obinna Okoye, and Drake Devine (6th)
– Algebra 1 – Gabrielle Fisette, Alyson Dropplemann, and Noel Collins (2nd)

– Information from Doug Key, Piper High School activities director

Injury-accident reported on I-670

An injury-accident was reported at 4:53 p.m. March 29 on eastbound I-670, west of the state line, on the Kansas side, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

The trooper’s report stated that a Nissan pickup was stalled in the middle lane when it was sideswiped by a Ford passenger car.

The driver of the pickup truck, a 57-year-old man from Independence, Mo., was not injured, the report stated.

The driver of the Ford car, a 21-year-old woman from Grain Valley, Mo., was injured and taken to a hospital in Missouri, the report stated.

Brownback vetoes Medicaid expansion bill

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback today vetoed Medicaid expansion, stating that it “fails to serve the truly vulnerable before the able-bodied.”

The governor’s statement on vetoing House Bill 2044:

“I am vetoing this expansion of ObamaCare because it fails to serve the truly vulnerable before the able-bodied, lacks work requirements to help able-bodied Kansans escape poverty, and burdens the state budget with unrestrainable entitlement costs,” Gov. Brownback stated.

“Most grievously, this legislation funnels more taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry. From its infancy, the state of Kansas has affirmed the dignity and equality of each human life. I will not support this legislation that continues to fund organizations that undermine a culture of life.”

Gov. Brownback’s full veto statement can be found at https://governor.kansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Medicaid-Expansion-Veto-Message.pdf.