Month: October 2020

Special COVID-19 testing planned today for Oak Grove Elementary School

A special COVID-19 testing event will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12, for students, families and staff in the Turner school district. The testing will be at the Oak Grove parking lot at 5340 Oak Grove Road, Kansas City, Kansas.

Oak Grove Elementary School in the Turner school district announced on Thursday that it would return to all-online learning for two weeks because of COVID-19. At Oak Grove, three staff members and four students tested positive for COVID-19, with 100 students exposed.

The testing at Oak Grove School today is only for Oak Grove families, students and people in the Turner school district.

Other members of the community who live or work in Wyandotte County can get tested at the usual free testing site, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday – Friday at the UG Health Department, 619 Ann Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.

Pop-up COVID-19 testing will be held from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 12, at Oak Ridge Baptist Church, 9301 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kansas. This free test is offered through Vibrant Health and the Wyandotte County Health Equity Task Force.

Next Monday, on Oct. 19, the Health Department is planning to change its testing location to the Kmart parking lot at 78th and State.

For more information about testing, see https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/pages/what-to-do-if-you-think-you-have-covid-19.

See earlier Oak Grove stories at https://wyandotteonline.com/oak-grove-school-to-return-to-online-learning-for-two-weeks-because-of-covid-19-cases/.

Hurtado strike extends Sporting KC win streak

Erik Hurtado’s leaping volley was the game winner in the 79th minute of Kansas City’s 2-1 win over Nashville SC. (Photo copyright 2020 by Brian Turrel)
 

by Brian Turrel

Sporting Kansas City welcomed league newcomer Nashville Soccer Club with a 2-1 defeat at Children’s Mercy Park on Sunday evening. Sporting’s Erik Hurtado scored the game winner with an amazing long-range volley in the 80th minute.

Kansas City had trouble finding scoring chances in the first half, taking only a single shot through the first 20 minutes. Nashville had the initiative and scored first off a corner kick in the 15th minute. Defender Walker Zimmerman rose above the scrum near the back post to nod in the ball.

Kansas City’s offensive pace picked up at the end of the first half, but they were unable to break through, leaving Nashville a 1-0 halftime advantage.

Sporting seized and held the offensive initiative throughout the second half, possessing the ball nearly 70 percent of the period. They found the equalizer in the 53rd minute. Johnny Russell pulled two defenders deep into the corner before breaking toward the middle and crossing the ball. Gerso Fernandes was waiting at the far post and needed merely a tap-in to tally the goal.

Moments after play restarted, Gianluca Busio created another scoring chance, but he was taken down just outside the penalty area by Nashville defender Alistair Johnston. The foul earned Johnston his second yellow card of the match, and he was sent off, leaving Nashville down a man.

Despite the advantage, Sporting was unable to convert another chance until the 79th minute. Erik Hurtado, brought in just after halftime as an injury substitution, took aim at a cross from Amadou Dia and curled a soaring volley into the upper left corner of the Nashville net.

After the match, manager Peter Vermes pulled out the stops in his praise of Hurtado’s goal, calling it “world-class,” “unbelievable,” and “magnificent.” Johnny Russell laid on the praise as well, saying, “I told [Hurtado] it was one of the most outrageous finishes I’ve seen live in a game.”

The win, Kansas City’s third in nine days, pulls them within single point of the conference-leading Seattle Sounders, which dropped its match 3-1 on the road against Los Angeles FC. Kansas City will play road matches at Dallas, Chicago, and Colorado and then return home to face Colorado on Oct. 24.

Forward Gerso Fernandes tapped in a cross from Johnny Russell to tie the score at 1-1. (Photo copyright 2020 by Brian Turrel)

 

Russell leaped to keep control of the ball on an attack in the second half. (Photo copyright 2020 by Brian Turrel)

 

Hurtado put a lot of pressure on the Nashville defense in the second half. (Photo copyright 2020 by Brian Turrel)

 

Midfielder Gianluca Busio made a run at the Nashville goal in the second half. (Photo copyright 2020 by Brian Turrel)

 

Defender Winston Reid blocked a shot from Nashville forward Abu Danladi. (Photo copyright 2020 by Brian Turrel)

 

Defender Amadou Dia collected the ball near midfield. (Photo copyright 2020 by Brian Turrel)

 

Gerso Fernandes headed a pass near the sideline. (Photo copyright 2020 by Brian Turrel)

 

Goalkeeper Tim Melia collided with Russell guarding the line, as Nashville scored its first goal. (Photo copyright 2020 by Brian Turrel)

 

Gerso Fernandes was taken down on an attacking run in the first half. (Photo copyright 2020 by Brian Turrel)

 

Midfield Ilie Sanchez struggled for control of the ball against Nashville forward Tah Anunga. (Photo copyright 2020 by Brian Turrel)

 

Melia went high to get control of a Nashville shot. (Photo copyright 2020 by Brian Turrel)

 

Hurtado received congratulations from his teammates after putting Sporting ahead 2-1. (Photo copyright 2020 by Brian Turrel)

Voter registration deadline is Tuesday

Voter registration closes for the Nov. 3 general election on Tuesday, Oct. 13.

Voters must be registered by Tuesday in order to vote in the Nov. 3 election.

Online voter registration forms are available at https://www.kdor.ks.gov/Apps/VoterReg/Default.aspx. Voters also may register at the Wyandotte County Election Office.

The Wyandotte County Election Office at 850 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, has more information about voter registration and advance voting at wycovotes.org.

There will be voting in person on Election Day, voting in person in advance at three locations, and voting of advance ballots by mail offered to voters.

The deadline to apply for an advance ballot by mail is Oct. 28 by law. Election officials have requested that residents apply earlier in order to give more time for the advance ballots to be mailed and returned. The election office plans to do a mass mailing on Wednesday, Oct. 14, of advance ballots to those voters who have already applied for an advance ballot, and the office can continue mailing ballots after that.

Advance in-person voting at three early voting centers starts at 8 a.m. Oct. 20 at the Election Office at 850 State Ave.; 10 a.m. Oct. 20 at Eisenhower Recreation Center, 2901 N. 72nd St.; and 10 a.m. Oct. 24 at the Joe Amayo-Argentine Community Center, 2810 Metropolitan Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. See https://wycovotes.org/november-3-general-election or the information below for remaining times and dates. The centers are closed on Sundays.

• Election Office, 850 State Ave., early voting hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 20 to Oct. 23; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 26 through Oct. 30; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31; 8 a.m. to noon Monday, Nov. 2.

• Joe Amayo-Argentine Community Center, 2810 Metropolitan Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, early voting hours, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 26 through Oct. 30; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31.

• Eisenhower Recreation Center, 2901 N. 72nd St., Kansas City, Kansas, early voting hours, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 20 through Oct. 24; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 26 through Oct. 30; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31.

The voter registration deadline is Tuesday, Oct. 13. An online voter registration form is at https://www.kdor.ks.gov/Apps/VoterReg/Default.aspx.

For more information on voting and registration, visit https://wyandotteonline.com/more-than-15000-apply-for-advance-voting-in-wyandotte-county/.

Voters may access an advance ballot application on the wycovotes.org website. The advance voting application is online at the wycovotes.org website, at https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56606b47e4b0b9403ad6ff96/t/5e822c2a0b944f71c53d5115/1585589290815/AV1+Mail+2020+GENERAL.pdf

The Wyandotte County Election Office is at wycovotes.org or www.wycokck.org/election, telephone 913-573-8500 or email [email protected].

Stories about the election that have appeared in the Wyandotte Daily are found under the “Categories” section on the right side of the main webpage, under “Election 2020,” at https://wyandotteonline.com/category/election-2020/.