Month: February 2018

Trash pickup now delayed two days this week

This schedule has changed again. See update to this story at https://wyandotteonline.com/weather-delayed-trash-pickup-schedule-altered-again-after-ug-requests-change/.

After another icy day with unsafe road conditions, Waste Management of Kansas City has suspended is residential and commercial trash collection today in Wyandotte County.

According to an announcement today, this will push back collections another day, after they were already delayed one day earlier this week. Trash normally collected Wednesday is now scheduled for Friday collection. Trash usually collected Thursday will be picked up on Saturday. And trash usually collected on Friday will be postponed a full week until next Friday’s collections, according to the company’s announcement.

Schools also were canceled throughout the area because of the icy road conditions as the weather service warned of the conditions, the company pointed out.

“Side streets, parking lots and driveways are typically last to be treated which are the primary areas that we service” said Justin Vetsch, senior district manager for Waste Management. “Due to the freezing rain, winter weather advisory and dangerous road conditions we have suspended trash and recycle collections today,” Vetsch said. “The safety of our employees and the public is a primary concern and guides our decision on days such as today.”

Slick road conditions also affected Wednesday collection routes serviced by the Kansas City operation.

“Our service recovery plan for the remainder of the week is to complete Wednesday routes on Friday, and Thursday routes by end of day Saturday,” said Paul Howe, senior manager of community relations. “We are asking Friday residential customers to hold this week’s material until next Friday, at which time we will collect the excess household trash.”

Waste Management gave this schedule for customers serviced by the Kansas City collection operation:

• Service is suspended today, Feb. 22.
• Wednesday collections will be completed Friday, Feb. 23.
• Thursday collections will be completed Saturday, Feb. 24.
• Friday residential customers are asked to hold material until next Friday at which time excess household trash will be collected.

Applications being accepted for KCKCC Foundation Scholarships

The Kansas City Kansas Community College Foundation has announced the fall 2018 scholarship application is now available.

KCKCC Foundation offers the following scholarships:

• Rita M. Ahart Nursing Scholarship – Nursing
• Dr. Lelia H. Alexander Memorial Scholarship – Nursing
• Asian American Chamber of Commerce Scholarship – General
• Dr. Reginald T. Buckner Memorial Jazz Scholarship – Music
• Etta Blanche Smith Dahlgren Scholarship – Education
• EMT Certification Minority Scholarship – EMT
• KCKCC Foundation Scholarship – General
• Paul and Fern Jewell Scholarship – Nursing and Business/Accounting
• Ralph McMorris Memorial Scholarship – Auto Mechanic/HVAC
• Juanita Miller Scholarship – Nursing/Health Care
• Philip W. Miller Memorial Scholarship – AHSS/Creative Writing
• William Nelson Nicoll Jr. Scholarship – Nursing
• George Powell Applied Technology Scholarship – TEC
• R.A. Long Scholarship – TEC
• Dorothy Rice Scholarship – Adult Education
• Dr. Karin Ogden Roberts Nursing Scholarship – KU/CC Nurse Partnership
• Rycken Memorial RRT Scholarship – Respiratory Therapy
• John Stocksen Memorial Scholarship – Business
• Frank and Doris Schlagle Scholarship – General
• Frances Speer Memorial Scholarship – Nursing
• Thomas and Teresa Sullivan Scholarship – Computer Information/Math
• Dorothy E. Swanson Mortuary Science Scholarship – Mortuary Science
• Clarence L. Turpin Trust Scholarship – Mathematics
• Vern’s Agape Nursing Scholarship – Nursing
• Wyandotte HS Class of 1955 Scholarship – Graduate of WHS
• Wyandotte County Association of Retired School Personnel Scholarship – Education

In addition, the KCKCC Foundation has announced a new scholarship for fall 2018. InTouch Solutions in Lenexa, Kan., recently donated $1,000 to the foundation to be used for student scholarships in education. Funds were raised during the Diwali celebration at InTouch Solutions in October 2017.

As a result, two $500 scholarships will be awarded. Criteria include:

• Students must be enrolled in an education program as determined by a KCKCC degree plan (early childhood, elementary or secondary education).
• Applicant may not hold a previous degree or certificate
• Student must have 80 or fewer college credit hours
• Minimum 3.0 GPA

The KCKCC Foundation Scholarship Application, Scholarship Criteria and On-line Instruction Sheet can be found on the foundation webpage at www.kckcc.edu/foundation/scholarships.

Complete applications and required documentation for non-TEC scholarships are due to KCKCC Foundation on or before Sunday, April 1, 2018. TEC scholarship applications are due on or before Monday, April 23, 2018.

Applicants should submit their applications as soon as possible so they can be notified if additional information or documentation is needed. Applications received with missing information or required documentation on the deadline date will not be reviewed by the Scholarship Committee. Applications and documentation can be submitted by email at foundation@kckcc.edu or delivered to our office on Main Campus, Mathematics 3500.

Homicide victim identified

The victim of a homicide on Saturday night, Feb. 17, in the 1600 block of Minnesota Avenue has been identified.

The victim was Kevin M. Forman, 27, a resident of Kansas City, Missouri, according to a Kansas City, Kansas, police spokesman.

Eight persons who were inside a building in the 1600 block of Minnesota were shot Saturday night, and one died. The other victims were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.