Month: January 2020

History lecture

Author Tim Rives, right, a historian, signed a copy of his book, “The Ku Klux Klan in Kansas City, Kansas,” after a history lecture on Monday night at the Main Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library, 625 Minnesota Ave. Frank Simonich, left, was one of more than 40 persons attending the lecture. The book is about the rise of the Klan in the 1920s in Kansas City, Kansas, and how it controlled the city for about 30 years. During a dialogue with the audience, Rives limited his remarks to the period of time he researched. There were several viewpoints expressed during the dialogue, and mayoral candidate Janice Witt said she hoped that the dialogue would improve the community’s understanding of their differences. (Staff photo)

Several Wyandotte County students named to dean’s list at Saint Mary

Several Wyandotte County students have been named to the dean’s list at the University of Saint Mary, Leavenworth.

Students on the dean’s list have earned a grade point average of 3.5 or higher during the fall semester.

The University of Saint Mary is a Catholic co-educational applied liberal arts university founded and sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth. Campuses are in Leavenworth, Kansas, and Overland Park, Kansas. There also are online programs at st.mary.edu.

Named to the fall 2019 dean’s list:

From Bonner Springs:

Brajai Haskell
Miyah Hightower
Sayra Serrano-Villegas

From Kansas City, Kansas:

Oskar Ayala
Maddison Carr
Valdirene da Silva
Yoselin Diosdado
Shelby Groce
Emily Hand
Jakob Hein
Weston Hutchings
Ailen Jorge
Haley Murkin
Alexis Myers
Molly Parks
Noah Robinson
Matthew Stanturf
Deanna Winters

Blue Devils lose at No. 1 North Central Missouri; back home Thursday, Friday

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC

North Central Missouri was as good as its No. 1 ranking in a 97-75 win over Kansas City Kansas Community College in Trenton Monday night.

The Pirates improved their NJCAA DII record to 15-1 while KCKCC fell to 6-11 heading into a pair of home games this week.

The Blue Devils play host to Saint Mary junior varsity Thursday and Park University junior varsity Friday with 7 p.m. starts each night.

Leading 41-34 at the half, North Central pulled away in the final half for its 13th straight win.

“We had a great first half, the toughest we’ve played in a 20-minute stretch,” KCKCC coach Brandon Burgette said. “We mixed up defenses knowing they struggled shooting the ball and played hard.

“We just ran out of gas the second half. We could just not catch any momentum once they found a rhythm,” he said. “They killed us on the glass and won every 50-50 ball and those are the plays that win games.”

Four Blue Devils scored in double figures. Jermaine Yarbough had 17 points and Deron McDaniel 16 to lead the way while Jalen Davis added 13, Calvin Slaughter 10 and Robert Rhodes and Ezekiel Lopes 8 each.

Rhodes led the way defensively with five blocked shots and he and Yarbough shared the lead in rebounds with seven each while Lopes added five with two blocked shots.

The Blue Devils were 27-of-66 for 40.9 percent from the field and 17-of-21 from the free throw line (.810) but just 6-for-22 from 3-point (.273).