Month: May 2018

Saturday events

Betty Kolenda, right, with Pat Winegardner, left front, and Elaine Webb, left back, made cabbage rolls (golambki) at a recent workday to prepare for Polski Day on May 5 at All Saints Catholic Church, 8th and Vermont, Kansas City, Kansas. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)

Polski Day parade and festival planned May 5 to raise funds for church
All Saints Catholic Church, 8th and Vermont, Kansas City, Kansas, will celebrate Polski Day on Saturday, May 5. A Polka Mass featuring the Good Shepherd Choir will be held at 4 p.m. May 5 at All Saints Church. The event also includes a Polski Day parade at 11 a.m. May 5 from 12th and Central, east to 8th Street, then to Vermont, ending at the church. Polish music, food and entertainment are scheduled on the church grounds. The event celebrates Polish heritage and raises funds for the church. For more information, see www.polskiday.com.

Many flowers and plants are available at the Wyandotte County Extension Masters Gardeners annual plant sale. The sale continues from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at the Wyandotte County Extension office, 1200 N. 79th, Kansas City, Kansas. The location is west of Kmart. The event is a fundraiser for the Wyandotte County Extension Master Gardeners. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)

Master Gardeners to hold plant sale May 5
The annual plant sale of the Extension Master Gardeners in Wyandotte County will continue from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 5, in the Wildcat Room of the Extension office at 1200 N. 79th St., Kansas City, Kansas. Many varieties of vegetables were grown by the Master Gardeners for this sale. A large variety of annual and perennial plants and flowers suitable for this climate will be available. Cash and checks will be accepted.

Blue Devil 5K and Kids Trot to be May 5
The 2018 Blue Devil 5K and Kids Trot will be May 5 at Kansas City Kansas Community College. The Blue Devil 5K, which is in its 14th year, is at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 5. The course winds through the KCKCC campus on the roads, walking paths and sidewalks. The Kids Trot follows at 9 a.m. and is geared toward children 11-years and younger. Childcare volunteers will provide activities for the children from 7:30 to 9 a.m., so parents can participate in the run-walk. Registration for the 5K is $20 per person through March 31. The Kids Trot is $10. Registration for both the Blue Devil 5K and the Kid’s Trot includes a T-shirt, Finisher’s Medal, Goodie Bag and an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast following the event. About 200 people participated in the 5K and Kids Trot in 2017. Awards will be given to the top overall male and female finishers. In addition, the winner of each age group will receive an award and a prize. Children in the Kids Trot will run in heats based on age groups. Distances will range from 25 meters to one-quarter of a mile. No strollers are allowed. For more information about the Blue Devil 5K Run/Walk and Kids Trot, visit www.kckcc.edu/campus-life/health-rec/WFC/blue-devil-fun-run-walk. Information is also available by calling the KCKCC Wellness and Fitness Center at 913-288-7610. For information on how to volunteer for the Blue Devil 5K Run-Walk and Kids Trot, call 913-288-7370.

Bonner Springs Farmers’ Market to be May 5
The Bonner Springs Farmers’ Market will be from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 5, at Kelly Murphy Park, 129 Elm, Bonner Springs. Opening day, May 5, will feature music by Doug Kellis. The farmers’ market is planned on Saturday mornings during the rest of the summer, through Oct. 27.

Piper plans Spring Craft Show
The Piper Spring Craft Show is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at Piper High School, 4400 N. 107th, Kansas City, Kansas. The show is sponsored by the Piper High School Robotics Team. There is free admission.

KCK PTA meeting planned
A Kansas City, Kansas, PTA District organizational meeting will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 5, at the Main Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library, second floor auditorium, 625 Minnesota Ave.

STEAM program to be at Main Library
A STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) program is planned from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at the Main Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library craft room, 625 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. This month’s theme is the science of spring, and participants will make umbrellas and flower pots. The program is for children in kindergarten through fifth grade.

Painting program planned
The South Branch Library, 3104 Strong Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, is planning a Paint the Pages program from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 5, in the storytime room. Children are invited to hear a story and then paint a picture inspired by the book. This program’s topic will be Pete the Cat.

Instrument Petting Zoo to visit library
The Kansas City Symphony’s Bush and Jamie Helzberg Instrument Petting Zoo will visit the Turner Library, 831 S. 55th St., Kansas City, Kansas, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 5. The event will be in the nearby gymnasium. The event is for all ages, and children.

Colorado Rapids to visit Sporting KC Saturday night
A pair of MLS originals lock horns for the second time this season when Western Conference leaders Sporting Kansas City (5-2-2, 17 points) welcome the Colorado Rapids (2-3-2, 8 points) Saturday in Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. and tickets are available via SeatGeek.com. FOX Sports Kansas City and FOX Sports Kansas City Plus will televise three hours of live coverage on Saturday beginning at 7 p.m. The match will stream live on FOX Sports GO within the FOX Sports Kansas City-Midwest viewing area and on ESPN+ elsewhere across the country. Local radio broadcasts will air on Sports Radio 810 WHB (English) and ESPN Deportes KC 1480 AM (Spanish), while the Sporting KC Uphoria app will provide live updates. The first 10,000 fans to arrive at Children’s Mercy Park on Saturday will receive a limited-edition Matt Besler bobblehead.

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Chase ends near I-70 and 78th Street

Troopers conducted a high-profile law enforcement chase on I-70 eastbound into the I-70 and 78th Street area of Kansas City, Kansas, at midday Friday. The chase originally started in Johnson County.

A red pickup stopped in an area off I-70 and 78th Street, a suspect exited the truck and was taken into custody by officers with drawn guns. Authorities were looking for another suspect in the case.

Law enforcement vehicles and a helicopter were circling the Stony Point area, looking for a suspect.

Another unrelated law enforcement pursuit ended around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 3, at 59th and Dickinson Drive after traveling on I-70, I-635 and Leavenworth Road. The lengthy Thursday chase started on the Missouri side of the state line and involved a Kansas City, Missouri, police helicopter pursuing a stolen vehicle. Then the chase was taken over by the Kansas Highway Patrol in Kansas, according to the Kansas City, Missouri, police department. Some crashes were reported in rush-hour traffic. The Kansas City, Kansas, police assisted with the arrest at the end, when a suspect tried to flee the vehicle after crashing into a tree in the Nearman area.

Colorado Rapids visit Sporting KC Saturday evening

A pair of MLS originals lock horns for the second time this season when Western Conference leaders Sporting Kansas City (5-2-2, 17 points) welcome the Colorado Rapids (2-3-2, 8 points) Saturday in Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas.

Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. and tickets are available via SeatGeek.com.

FOX Sports Kansas City and FOX Sports Kansas City Plus will televise three hours of live coverage on Saturday beginning at 7 p.m. The match will stream live on FOX Sports GO within the FOX Sports Kansas City-Midwest viewing area and on ESPN+ elsewhere across the country. Local radio broadcasts will air on Sports Radio 810 WHB (English) and ESPN Deportes KC 1480 AM (Spanish), while the Sporting KC Uphoria app will provide live updates.

The first 10,000 fans to arrive at Children’s Mercy Park on Saturday will receive a limited-edition Matt Besler bobblehead.

Sporting Kansas City enters the weekend with a two-point lead at the top of the Western Conference, having stumbled to a 1-0 loss at the New England Revolution last Saturday.

The result snapped a seven-game unbeaten run in which Peter Vermes’ men rattled off five victories and bagged 20 goals, including six in their most recent home game against Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 20.

Vermes’ side received poor news on the injury front Tuesday when midfielder Felipe Gutierrez was ruled out two to three months after undergoing successful sports hernia surgery.

The 27-year-old Chilean scored five times in March to claim MLS Player of the Month honors, becoming just the second player in club history to net five goals in the first five games of a regular season.

Sporting KC nevertheless wields a potent attack that has amassed 12 goals over their last four home fixtures, with Scottish winger Johnny Russell notably notching a hat-trick in a 6-0 drubbing of Vancouver a fortnight ago.

Guided by first-year head coach Anthony Hudson, the Rapids are looking to rebound from a 2-1 home loss to Orlando City SC last Sunday.

Colorado took a first-half lead through Dominique Badji – who has scored five of the team’s 10 goals this season – but the Lions roared back after intermission behind goals from Cristian Higuita and Yoshimar Yotun to secure their fifth straight victory.

Colorado’s travels away from home have yielded woeful results since the start of 2017. The club is 1-16-3 on the road over the last two seasons, scoring just nine goals over the 20-game stretch. This drought includes a 3-1 setback to Sporting KC the last time they visited Children’s Mercy Park on April 9, 2017.

Badji has shouldered half of Colorado’s goal haul this season, with newly acquired forward Joe Mason also chipping in a pair of goals. Longtime U.S. international goalkeeper Tim Howard served a red card suspension against Orlando last weekend but is set to return, ranking second in MLS with a 0.96 goals against average in 2018.

The sides most recently met on March 24 of this season, scrapping to an entertaining 2-2 draw at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Colorado jumped out to a 2-0 lead within the first eight minutes as Badji and Mason entered the scoresheet, but Sporting KC effectively controlled the rest of the game.

Gutierrez halved the deficit on 57 minutes before Diego Rubio came off the bench to bag a dramatic, 91st-minute equalizer. The visitors ended the night with a 20-8 edge in shots, including 9-2 in shots on target, and owned 62 percent of possession.

Sporting KC went 6-0-5 against Colorado from 2009-2015 (including playoffs), but has gone just 1-6-1 in the series since October 2015. The home team in the regular season series is 37-10-14 all-time, with Kansas City holding a 19-5-5 edge as host. The clubs will battle for the 76th time in all competitions on Saturday, making the Rapids the most frequent opponent in Kansas City history. Sporting KC leads the all-time series 30-28-17.

– Information from Sporting KC