Month: May 2017

Scenes from Marble Day

Photos by Steve Rupert

Events are underway at the 11th annual Marble Day in downtown Bonner Springs, Kan. The event lasts until 2 p.m., with activities at Centennial Park and Kelly Murphy Park. The Running of the Pinkys is scheduled at noon. For more information on Marble Day, visit http://marbleday.com (Photo by Steve Rupert)

Events are underway at the 11th annual Marble Day in downtown Bonner Springs, Kan. The event lasts until 2 p.m., with activities at Centennial Park and Kelly Murphy Park. The Running of the Pinkys is scheduled at noon. For more information on Marble Day, visit http://marbleday.com (Photo by Steve Rupert)

Events are underway at the 11th annual Marble Day in downtown Bonner Springs, Kan. The event lasts until 2 p.m., with activities at Centennial Park and Kelly Murphy Park. The Running of the Pinkys is scheduled at noon. For more information on Marble Day, visit http://marbleday.com (Photo by Steve Rupert)

Events are underway at the 11th annual Marble Day in downtown Bonner Springs, Kan. The event lasts until 2 p.m., with activities at Centennial Park and Kelly Murphy Park. The Running of the Pinkys is scheduled at noon. For more information on Marble Day, visit http://marbleday.com (Photo by Steve Rupert)

Events are underway at the 11th annual Marble Day in downtown Bonner Springs, Kan. The event lasts until 2 p.m., with activities at Centennial Park and Kelly Murphy Park. The Running of the Pinkys is scheduled at noon. For more information on Marble Day, visit http://marbleday.com (Photo by Steve Rupert)

Events are underway at the 11th annual Marble Day in downtown Bonner Springs, Kan. The event lasts until 2 p.m., with activities at Centennial Park and Kelly Murphy Park. The Running of the Pinkys is scheduled at noon. For more information on Marble Day, visit http://marbleday.com (Photo by Steve Rupert)

Events are underway at the 11th annual Marble Day in downtown Bonner Springs, Kan. The event lasts until 2 p.m., with activities at Centennial Park and Kelly Murphy Park. The Running of the Pinkys is scheduled at noon. For more information on Marble Day, visit http://marbleday.com (Photo by Steve Rupert)

Events are underway at the 11th annual Marble Day in downtown Bonner Springs, Kan. The event lasts until 2 p.m., with activities at Centennial Park and Kelly Murphy Park. The Running of the Pinkys is scheduled at noon. For more information on Marble Day, visit http://marbleday.com (Photo by Steve Rupert)

Events are underway at the 11th annual Marble Day in downtown Bonner Springs, Kan. The event lasts until 2 p.m., with activities at Centennial Park and Kelly Murphy Park. The Running of the Pinkys is scheduled at noon. For more information on Marble Day, visit http://marbleday.com (Photo by Steve Rupert)

Events are underway at the 11th annual Marble Day in downtown Bonner Springs, Kan. The event lasts until 2 p.m., with activities at Centennial Park and Kelly Murphy Park. The Running of the Pinkys is scheduled at noon. For more information on Marble Day, visit http://marbleday.com (Photo by Steve Rupert)

Events are underway at the 11th annual Marble Day in downtown Bonner Springs, Kan. The event lasts until 2 p.m., with activities at Centennial Park and Kelly Murphy Park. The Running of the Pinkys is scheduled at noon. For more information on Marble Day, visit http://marbleday.com (Photo by Steve Rupert)

Events are underway at the 11th annual Marble Day in downtown Bonner Springs, Kan. The event lasts until 2 p.m., with activities at Centennial Park and Kelly Murphy Park. The Running of the Pinkys is scheduled at noon. For more information on Marble Day, visit http://marbleday.com (Photo by Steve Rupert)

Tractor Cruise to be today

Tractors lined up at the National Agricultural Center and Ag Hall in Bonner Springs this morning before setting off on the annual 35-mile Tractor Cruise. The tractors will participate in the Marble Day parade at 9:30 a.m. in downtown Bonner Springs, and will also visit the Nuts and Bolts store, Wyandotte County Lake, and Cabela’s before returning to the Ag Hall. For more information, visit https://wyandotteonline.com/annual-tractor-cruise-to-be-saturday/. (Photo by Steve Rupert)

Tractors lined up at the National Agricultural Center and Ag Hall in Bonner Springs this morning before setting off on the annual 35-mile Tractor Cruise. The tractors will participate in the Marble Day parade at 9:30 a.m. in downtown Bonner Springs, and will also visit the Nuts and Bolts store, Wyandotte County Lake, and Cabela’s before returning to the Ag Hall. https://wyandotteonline.com/annual-tractor-cruise-to-be-saturday/ (Photo by Steve Rupert)

Saturday events

Annual Tractor Cruise and Marble Day to be Saturday

The annual Tractor Cruise is scheduled to start at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 6, in Bonner Springs. The event is held each year in conjunction with the Marble Day parade in Bonner Springs. The public may view the Tractor Cruise at several stops as the 50 tractors take a 35-mile route through western Wyandotte County, and into Leavenworth County, before returning to the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame at 126th and State Avenue in Bonner Springs. Dawn Gabel, director of the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame, said the Tractor Cruise is a fundraiser for the Ag Hall, and there will be a small silent auction held there in conjunction with the event. The route includes the Marble Day parade, a stop at the Nuts and Bolts store on K-7, then a stop at Wyandotte County Lake around noon. The Tractor Cruise also will go to the Legends Outlets and will stop at Cabela’s, then back to the Ag Hall. Children will be able to see the tractors up close at some of the stops. The Tractor Cruise is sponsored by the Kansas City Two Cylinder Cub, which does a lot of volunteer work at the Ag Hall, Gabel said. Volunteers with the group often bring tractors for special Ag Hall events. For more information on the Tractor Cruise, visit http://gkctcc.com/. The 11th annual Marble Day will start with a parade at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 6, in downtown Bonner Springs. It will be from 9:30 to 2 p.m. and will include a pancake breakfast, farmer’s market at Kelly Murphy Park, Tractor Cruise and Wacky Parade at 9:30 a.m. on Oak Street, activities, crafts, old-fashioned games including marble games at Centennial Park, the Running of the Pinkys at noon on Oak Street, and a cake walk at 1 p.m. at Centennial Park. For more information on Marble Day, visit http://marbleday.com/.

Polski Day to be today at All Saints

Polski Day will be held on Saturday, May 6, at All Saints Catholic Church, 809 Vermont Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. Polski Day kicks off with a parade at 11 a.m. May 6 at 14th and Central, ending at All Saints parish, where the event will be from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Music, food and games are planned. A 4 p.m. polka Mass then follows at All Saints parish. See more at https://wyandotteonline.com/preparations-underway-for-polski-day/.

Master gardeners to have plant sale today

The Wyandotte County Extension Master Gardeners plant sale continues from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 6, at the K-State Research and Extension office, 1200 N. 79th St., Kansas City, Kansas. Vegetable plants, flowers and ornamental grasses are in the plant sale.

Car show planned today

The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s OK Program is having a car show May 6 at Coronado Middle School, 1735 N. 64th Terrace, Kansas City, Kansas. This event is to encourage others about mentoring youth in the community. The event will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.