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Tiblow Days, run, parade, music and more continues Saturday in Bonner Springs
Tiblow Days continues on Saturday, Aug. 25, in Bonner Springs. A pancake, biscuit and gravy breakfast will be held from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the Community Center, Sunflower Room, 200 E. 2nd St., Bonner Springs. The Tiblow Trot 5-mile, 5K run and 2-mile walk will be held from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. A model train exhibit will be on display from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Community Center, 200 E. 2nd St. Vendor booths will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with an option to stay open until 11 p.m. Saturday on 2nd Street, from Elm to Cedar and Centennial Park. The parade will take place at 9:30 a.m. from Lions Park to Nettleton to Oak. A car show on Cedar Street will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Awards will be presented at 2 p.m. Parade awards and group performances will be at 11:15 a.m. at Kelly Murphy Park, near the carnival. Scheduled to perform are the Gateway Highsteppers Drill Team, the Premiere Dance and Performing Arts, Bonner Springs High School cheerleaders and Dazzlers, and CMS cheerleaders. The carnival will continues from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday, with tickets and armbands available. The concert schedule from 6 to 11 p.m. will include the Johnny Dollar Band at 6 p.m., Dirty Blvd at 7:30 p.m. and Phylo Clark at 9:30 p.m. The concert is in Centennial Park near the caboose. Those attending may bring a lawn chair to the free concert. Most of the activities of Tiblow Days are in the downtown Bonner Springs area, on Cedar, Front, Oak and Nettleton streets, and 2nd and 3rd streets. For more information, visit https://www.bsedwchamber.org/tiblowdays.

Wild horse and burro sale continues Saturday at fairgrounds
A wild horse and burro sale continues Aug. 25 at the Wyandotte County Fairgrounds, 137th and Polfer Road, Kansas City, Kansas. The Bureau of Land Management is selling the wild horses and burros from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 25. For more information on the Bureau of Land Management program, visit www.blm.gov/whb.

Family story time planned
Family story time will be from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Main Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library, 625 Minnesota Ave. The story time is geared to children ages 2 to 6. For more library programs, visit www.kckpl.org.

Spanish singing lessons at the library
Spanish singing lessons are planned from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at the South Branch Library, Conference Room B, 3104 Strong Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. Children who want to learn to sing may attend the free program. Sandra Zamora is the leader of the class.

Craft time planned for youth
Back-to-school crafts will be created by youth at a program from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Main Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library, 625 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. Youth will make their own pocket journals and locker caddies. The program is for ages 18 and younger.

String art program offered
A string art program for children and youth is planned from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at the West Wyandotte Library, 1737 N. 82nd, Kansas City, Kansas. To create a picture, strings will be used instead of paints.

Ice cream social planned
Christ the King Catholic Church, 3024 N. 53rd St., is planning an ice cream social after the 4 p.m. Mass Saturday, Aug. 25. There will be food, sloppy Joes, cake and ice cream, games and bingo.

Anthem artist to sing at T-Bones game Saturday
Joe Everson, anthem artist, will sing the “Star-Spangled Banner” while painting a picture of the flag on Military Appreciation Night at 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at the T-Bones game at T-Bones Stadium, Kansas City, Kansas. Gates open at 6 p.m., with the anthem sung at 6:55 p.m. and the first pitch at 7:05 p.m. The T-Bones will play the Winnipeg Goldeyes. For ticket information, see tbonesbaseball.com, call 913-328-5618 or visit the T-Bones Stadium Box Office.

Sporting KC takes on Minnesota United Saturday in KCK
Sporting Kansas City will play Minnesota United FC at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas. For ticket information, see SeatGeek.com. The first 10,000 fans in attendance will receive a free camo bandana. At the match, military veterans will be recognized in a Sporting Salutes program with a special pregame ceremony honoring local veterans of World War II.

Independent candidate for governor Greg Orman will stay on the ballot

by Stephen Koranda, Kansas News Service

Independent candidate for Kansas governor Greg Orman will stay on the ballot after state officials rejected a challenge to his candidacy Thursday.

Will Lawrence, a staffer for the state Senate’s top Democrat, had questioned thousands of the signatures Orman used to secure a spot in the race, saying they weren’t collected properly or notarized correctly.

The State Objections Board disagreed. The panel ultimately removed a few hundred signatures because they were collected by a convicted felon.

Orman initially turned in more than 10,000 signatures. A staff member from the secretary of state’s office said during the board’s meeting that around 7,800 are valid, more than the 5,000 needed to get on the ballot.

Eric Rucker, representing Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s office on the board, said the errors were outweighed by the rights of the voters who signed the petition.

“We have to find that they are the greater force in the constitutional scheme of things, and that’s what we did today,” Rucker said.

Pedro Irigonegaray, an attorney arguing on behalf of Lawrence, objected to Kobach’s office having a seat on the panel because the secretary is also in the race for governor. He asked for an independent third party to be selected.

“The appearance of a conflict is so clear,” Irigonegaray said.

Rucker noted the concern before the panel continued its work. He said elected officials who oversee elections take an oath to fairly uphold the constitution.

Orman himself argued the whole exercise was aimed at keeping independent candidates like him off the ballot.

“We aren’t going to be deterred by these tactics,” Orman said.

Irigonegaray said the goal was to make sure the law was followed when the signatures were gathered.

“This was an effort to add legitimacy to the election process in Kansas,” Irigonegaray said.

The issue could now be taken to court, but Irigonegaray said the team hasn’t decided if it will pursue that.

Right now, the fall ballot will include Kobach, Orman and Democratic state Sen. Laura Kelly, as well as Libertarian Jeff Caldwell and another independent candidate, Rick Kloos.

Some Democrats worry Orman will swing the outcome of the election in Kobach’s favor.

Stephen Koranda is Statehouse reporter for Kansas Public Radio, a partner in the Kansas News Service. Follow him on Twitter @kprkoranda.
Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to the original post.
See more at http://www.kcur.org/post/independent-candidate-kansas-governor-greg-orman-will-stay-ballot.

Sporting KC tries to extend its three-game winning streak on Saturday

Winners of three straight games, second-place Sporting Kansas City (12-6-6, 42 points) returns to Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas, on Saturday to play host to Minnesota United FC (9-14-2, 29 points) at 7:30 p.m.

A limited number of tickets for the Western Conference clash are available at SeatGeek.com and the first 10,000 fans in attendance will receive a free camo bandana.

FOX Sports Kansas City Plus and FOX Sports Midwest Plus will televise three hours of live coverage beginning at 7 p.m., while listeners can catch the action on Sports Radio 810 WHB (English) and ESPN Deportes KC 1480 AM (Spanish). The game will stream live on FOX Sports GO for viewers within the FOX Sports Midwest footprint and on ESPN+ elsewhere across the country.

In conjunction with Saturday’s match, Sporting KC will host the second annual Sporting Salutes, an immersive military appreciation night recognizing the sacrifices of service personnel and their families across all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.

With approximately 140,000 military veterans living in the Kansas City metropolitan area, the initiative will give Sporting KC and its supporters the opportunity to express gratitude to those who have served the country.

Sporting Salutes will be highlighted by a special pregame ceremony honoring local veterans of World War II.

Manager Peter Vermes’ men have hit their stride during the month of August, rattling off three consecutive shutout victories in a single season for the fifth time in club history.

Goalkeeper Tim Melia has become the eighth MLS goalkeeper to keep 10 clean sheets in back-to-back years, manning the posts for a Sporting KC outfit that sits four points behind first-place FC Dallas.

Sporting KC’s uptick has coincided with the emergence of forward Diego Rubio, who scored twice in last weekend’s 3-0 home win over the Portland Timbers.

The Chilean ranks among the most efficient attackers in MLS this year, leading the league with 1.21 goals per 90 minutes. Furthermore, his 60.0 scoring percentage – calculated by dividing his goal total (six) by his shot total (10) – is currently the second best in MLS history for a single season.

Minnesota’s campaign in MLS has been characterized by strong performances at home and abysmal results on the road. The Loons’ away record dropped to a league-worst 1-10-1 following a 2-0 defeat to FC Dallas last Saturday, which pushed the club’s winless skid to four games.

To complicate matters for head coach Adrian Heath, star forward Darwin Quintero could miss Saturday’s contest with a leg injury. The Colombian has posted team-highs with 10 goals and nine assists during an excellent debut season in MLS.

With Quintero listed as questionable and longtime Minnesota striker Christian Ramirez acquired by LAFC in a trade earlier this month, the Loons will rely on designated player Angelo Rodriguez up top. The 29-year-old joins veteran playmaker Miguel Ibarra (six goals, seven assists) among the side’s most dangerous attacking threats.

Sporting KC enters Saturday with a plus-15-goal differential that ranks first in the Western Conference.

While Rubio has been the man in form of late, sustained production from wingers Johnny Russell (eight goals, six assists) and Daniel Salloi (seven goals, seven assists) has helped the club amass 45 regular-season goals, already five more than its 2017 total with 10 games still to play.

Minnesota is the lone team Sporting KC will face three times during the regular season.

The first meeting, a 1-1 draw on May 20 in Minneapolis, saw Quintero and Khiry Shelton trade first-half goals. The most recent tilt saw Vermes’ side dominate from start to finish in a 4-1 victory at Children’s Mercy Park. Sporting KC has outshot Minnesota 49-13 across the first two meetings this season. The Loons are also looking for their first-ever result at Children’s Mercy Park, having suffered three losses at the stadium in all competitions with one goal scored and 11 allowed.

Joining Quintero on Minnesota’s injury report are three players who have missed most if not all of 2018. Midfielders Sam Cronin (concussion), Ethan Finlay (knee) and Kevin Molino (knee) are all out, with the latter two set to miss the rest of the season with ACL tears.

On the opposite sideline, Sporting KC will remain without four long-term absentees in Brad Evans (calf), Cristian Lobato (quad), Jimmy Medranda (knee) and Khiry Shelton (knee).
– Story from Sporting KC