Month: August 2019

KCKCC to hold Women’s Equality Day Event Aug. 23

by Kelly Rogge, KCKCC

Kansas City Kansas Community College is holding its fifth annual Women’s Equality Day luncheon and program. This year the event will feature two local women – former KCK Mayor Carol Marinovich and State Rep. Kathy Wolfe Moore, D-36th Dist.

The event is noon to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 23 in Upper Jewell on the KCKCC Main Campus, 7250 State Ave. It is free and open to the public.

Women’s Equality Day commemorates the granting of women the right to vote in the United States.

First proposed in 1878, women known as suffragettes worked peacefully for more than 70 years to gain equal voting rights. Some would try to pass suffrage acts in individual states. Others organized parades, vigils or even hunger strikes.

After President Woodrow Wilson changed his position and started supporting a woman’s right to vote, other politicians soon followed his lead. On Aug. 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was certified as law, and since 1972, every president has issued a proclamation for Women’s Equality Day.

“It’s important that we recognize the hard work it took to win the right to vote and continue to work diligently on the issues and inequities that women still face today,” said Jennifer Gieschen, coordinator of Women and Gender Advocacy at KCKCC.

Marinovich was the first woman elected mayor of KCK and was instrumental in the creation of the Village West retail and entertainment development, which helped to bring more than 4,000 new jobs to Wyandotte County.

She was named the 2005 Outstanding Kansas Citian and received both the Community Leadership Award from the Points of Light Foundation and Volunteer Service National Network and the Mayor of the Year Award from the Kansas Mayors Association. She spent 10 years as mayor of KCK.

Rep. Wolfe Moore represents the 36th District in the Kansas House of Representatives. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas and has worked as a business director and assistant to the CEO at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

KCKCC’s Women’s Equality Day event is co-hosted by Women and Gender Advocacy, the Counseling and Advocacy Center, the American Association of University Women, the AAUW Student Chapter and the Intercultural Center.

For more information or to RSVP, contact Jennifer Gieschen at [email protected] or 913-288-7193.

T-Bones sweep the Railroaders, win eighth straight game

by Alex Dean

The Kansas City T-Bones (47-37) continued their winning ways late in the game against the Cleburne Railroaders (47-35) with a walk-off win in the bottom of the ninth on Wednesday. It capped a sweep of Cleburne and an eight-game winning streak.

Carlos Diaz (1-1) was credited with the win, working a scoreless top of the ninth for KC. Cleburne reliever Tyler Wilson (3-2) picked up the loss.

Neither team scored in the first three innings. However, in the top of the fourth, Zach Nehrir gave the Railroaders the first run of the game on a sacrifice fly to center field off KC starter Dylan Baker, bringing home Chase Simpson. They got another in the sixth on a sacrifice fly to center field, this time John Nester drove in Simpson.

The T-Bones finally broke through in the bottom of the sixth on a first-pitch, leadoff home run to left by Shawn O’Malley off Cleburne’s starter Michael Gunn.

O’Malley hit another home run in the next inning, this time from the left side of the plate, driving in Tyler Marincov and Ramsey Romano off Cleburne’s Greyfer Eregua and giving the T-Bones a 4-2 lead.

Robert Calvano took over for Baker, who went seven innings of two-run baseball and who gave up the lead with a two-run home run to John Nester.

The score remained tied until the bottom of the ninth when Chris Colabello stepped up with the bases loaded against Wilson and sent one up the middle, bringing home Dylan Tice as the winning run.

Shawn O’Malley collected his third and fourth home runs of the season, finishing the night 3-4 with four RBI and two runs scored.

The T-Bones will look to continue their winning streak in a weekend series in Texas against the AirHogs. KC will play a doubleheader to start the series, with the first pitch at 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug.16. The game will be on the T-Bones Broadcast Network http://mixlr.com/t-bones-baseball/.

Tickets to all T-Bones home games are on sale online or by calling 913-328-5618 or by visiting the Saint Luke’s Box Office between the hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Group ticket sales are also on sale.

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Storms in today’s forecast

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible later today and tonight, according to the National Weather Service. (National Weather Service graphic)
National Weather Service graphic
National Weather Service graphic

There is a 20 percent chance of storms Thursday morning, but the best chance will develop Thursday evening and continue through Friday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

Another round of storms will be possible Friday night into Saturday morning, the weather service said.

Some strong to severe thunderstorms are possible late Thursday and late Friday, according to the weather service.

Primary hazards will be large hail and damaging winds, but an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out, the weather service said.

There is also a risk of heavy rainfall both nights, depending on where the storms may track, according to the weather service.

Storm chances will continue into the weekend with strong storms possible on Saturday, the weather service said.

The Missouri and Kansas rivers in Wyandotte County are currently below flood stage and below action stage, according to hydrology charts.

Today, there is a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 p.m., the weather service said. The high will be near 85 with a calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight, there is an 80 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1 a.m., according to the weather service. The low will be around 69 with a southeast wind of 5 to 7 mph.

Friday, there is a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1 p.m., the weather service said. The high will be near 84 with a south southwest wind around 5 mph, becoming north in the afternoon. Between a tenth and quarter of an inch of rain is possible.

Friday night, there is a 90 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, with a low around 71, according to the weather service. A calm wind will become south southeast around 6 mph after midnight. Between a half and three-quarters of an inch of rain is possible.

Saturday, there is a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, with a high near 89 and a south wind of 6 to 8 mph, the weather service said. Between a tenth and quarter-inch of rain is possible.

Saturday night, there is a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, with a low of 71, according to the weather service. Less than a tenth of an inch of rain is possible.

Sunday, it will be mostly sunny with a high near 90, the weather service said.

Sunday night, it will be mostly clear with a low of 73, according to the weather service.

Monday, it will be sunny with a high near 92, the weather service said.

Monday night, it will be mostly clear with a low of 73, according to the weather service.

Tuesday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 91, the weather service said.

Tuesday night, it will be mostly clear, with a low of 71, according to the weather service.

Wednesday, it will be mostly sunny with a high near 89, the weather service said.