Month: November 2018

Village West Rotary offers four scholarships for Wyandotte County high school graduates

One of the challenges college and technical students have is money to stay in school to continue and finish their education.

Many members of the Village West Rotary Club went through this themselves and found a way to help.

For the last several years, the Village West Rotary Club has offered four $1,000 scholarships for current college or tech school students who have graduated from a Wyandotte County high school. The scholarships are available for graduates of a public or private Wyandotte County high school.

The application process to be considered for one of four $1,000 scholarships is going on right now. Applications are available by request to c2cash1121@gmail.com. Applications and accompanying documents must be emailed back to the Scholarship Committee by Dec. 25, 2018.

Decisions on the four awardees will be made by Jan. 9, 2019, and paid directly to the school. For an application or more information, email to c2cash1121@gmail.com.

The Village West Rotary is part of the international Rotary organization. Individual clubs and members work on projects on the local, regional and international level to help people with basic needs and to further their opportunities.

The Village West Rotary Club offers the above-mentioned scholarships, has helped with funding for organizations like PACES and CLJ Foundation, provides food from a Community Garden to CrossLines, helps provide water filtration systems for Central American countries and donates money for emergency needs throughout the country.

The Village West Rotary meets on the first and third Thursdays at Famous Dave’s BBQ at Village West at 7:15 a.m. For specific meeting dates, times and programs visit https://portal.clubrunner.ca/50021/clubinfo/village-west.

UG committees scheduled to meet today

Data-driven street preservation is one of the items on tonight’s Unified Government committee meetings agenda.

The Unified Government Public Works and Safety Committee is scheduled to meet at 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26 in the fifth floor conference room at City Hall, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

The UG Administration and Human Services Committee meeting is scheduled to follow the Public Works and Safety meeting.

The agenda for the Public Works and Safety meeting includes a resolution for a lease-purchase agreement with Axon to supply tasers to the Police Department; a resolution authorizing the donation of equipment from the Kansas City, Kansas, Fire Department to Piper High School, Tonganoxie Fire Department and the Historical Society; a revised block party permit policy to change language concerning liability; a presentation on data-driven street preservation; the 2020-2023 public works capital maintenance improvement projects; and an update on the agreement with Kansas City, Missouri for long-term biosolids treatment.

On the agenda for the Administration and Human Services Committee meeting are an ordinance amending private onsite wastewater systems; a revision to human resources policies; a discussion on updating the city-wide master plan with area plans; and information about Municipal Court’s actions to improve outcomes for parking violation citations.

The agendas are online at www.wycokck.org.

Police investigate homicide near 9th and Ohio

Kansas City, Kansas, police are investigating a homicide in the 900 block of Ohio Avenue.

Police responded to the 900 block of Ohio about 9:49 a.m. Monday on reports of a shooting, according to a police spokesman.

Officers found the victim, a male, inside the residence, deceased from several gun shot wounds, the spokesman stated.

The victim and a suspect were inside the residence together before the shooting occurred, the spokesman stated. The suspect fled on foot, according to police.

The Police Department’s Major Case Unit is asking anyone with information to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.