Brandon Jones, driver of the #51 Delta Faucet/Menards Toyota, raced Todd Gilliland, driver of the #38 Speedco Ford, and Brennan Poole, driver of the #30 RememberEveryoneDeployed.org Toyota, during the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series e.p.t 200 at Kansas Speedway on July 25 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Jamie Squire, Getty Images)Matt Crafton, driver of the #88 Ford, celebrated with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series e.p.t 200 at Kansas Speedway on July 25 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Jamie Squire, Getty Images)Brandon Jones, driver of the #19 Menards/Swiffer Toyota, celebrated with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Kansas Lottery 250 at Kansas Speedway on July 25 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Jamie Squire, Getty Images)Ryan Sieg, driver of the #39 CMRRoofing.com Chevrolet, Austin Cindric, driver of the #22 XPEL Ford, and Ross Chastain, driver of the #10 Dyna-Gro Seed Chevrolet, restarted during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Kansas Lottery 250 at Kansas Speedway on July 25, 2020 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Jamie Squire, Getty Images)The hood of the #36 Genteel Coatings Chevrolet, driven by Dexter Bean, displayed a tribute photo of team spotter Brad Campbell on the grid prior to the NNASCAR Xfinity Series Kansas Lottery 250 at Kansas Speedway on July 25, 2020 in Kansas City, Kansas. Spotter Brad Campbell passed away Friday after suffering serious injuries in a car accident. (Photo by Jamie Squire, Getty Images)
Matt Crafton won the e.p.t. 200 Gander truck series race and Brandon Jones took home the Xfinity win as three days of racing wrapped up Saturday at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas.
In his first win since 2017, Crafton drove the No. 88 Ford to a victory and also clinched a playoff spot. Rookie Christian Eckes took second and Grant Enfinger was third.
Crafton previously won at Kansas Speedway in 2013 and 2015.
Jones, who also competed in the truck series Friday and Saturday at Kansas Speedway, won the Xfinity race on the last lap of overtime.
Jones passed Austin Cindric on the last lap at the Kansas Lottery 250 Saturday. Had he won, Cndric would have won four straight Xfinity Series races and tied a NASCAR record.
Oscar Irenia is a Democratic candidate for the 32nd District of the Kansas House. He recently responded to a Wyandotte Daily election questionnaire.
The primary election is Tuesday, Aug. 4. Early voting is ongoing in Wyandotte County, and voting by mail also is available.
Age: 21
Occupation and experience:
Student Finance Young entrepreneur Graphic designer Marketer Assisted with politics
Education:
Wyandotte High School University of Central Missouri, general education Johnson County Community College
Organizations, clubs, groups to which you belong:
YOVA Clubs Kansas Hispanic Caucus
Reasons for running:
I am running for state representative because I believe in my heart that the community deserves to be refreshed. And how I plan on doing that is to work with the community find out their needs, help them get resources and work one block at a time so we can do it all together.
What are the three most important issues facing this district and how would you handle them?
I plan on working with my community first, having meetings to understand their needs and to understand what they are looking for and how I can assist them with refreshing the community.
Second, I would love to engage with the youth by creating organizations in which the youth are taught how to run an organization, bringing each one, teach one to my community.
Also, coming all together with the community to be able to welcome, engage, and work with each other. Because District 32 is a diverse community and we should all care for one another.
If you are an incumbent, list your top accomplishments in office. If you are not an incumbent, what would you change if elected?
I will change the way people view that community while bringing each other together as one, to work hard for the community we love and care about. To be an inspiration to the next generation.
Have you run for elected office previously? When, results?
The Kansas Department of Agriculture is warning residents and farmers not to plant any unsolicited packages of seeds that came in the mail that may have originated from China.
Agriculture department officials stated they didn’t know what types of seeds are in the packages.
Some packages were labeled as jewelry, and there may have been Chinese writing on them, according to the agriculture department. Several other people in other states across the United States have reported receiving unsolicited packages of seeds in the mail during the past several days.
The agriculture department advised people not to plant the seeds. If they are in sealed packaging, don’t open the sealed package, according to the department. Anyone who receives a package of unsolicited seeds is asked to contact KDA’s plant protection and weed control program at 785-564-6698 or email [email protected] or visit https://www.agriculture.ks.gov/kda-services/complaint-form/plant-protection-and-weed-control-complaint.
According to the agriculture department, unsolicited seeds could be invasive species, could introduce diseases to local plants or be harmful to livestock.
