Month: July 2021

KC NWSL midfielder to retire from pro soccer

Kansas City NWSL midfielder Diana Matheson announced her retirement from professional soccer Wednesday morning.

“After such a successful career at all levels of the game this could not have been an easy decision for Diana,” head coach Huw Williams said. “Even though she wasn’t able to join us this season, she leaves a great legacy in our league and in the game as a whole. She’s accomplished great things during her career and we wish her the best in her next chapter.”

Matheson began her professional career in Norway with Team Strømmen where she played three seasons.

When the NWSL was founded in 2013, she was announced as a founding member of the Washington Spirit. In her four seasons with the Spirit, Matheson set team records for goals (26) and assists (12) in a season.

In 2016 she led the Spirit to the NWSL Championship match. Prior to landing on Kansas City’s roster, Matheson also spent time with the then Seattle Reign (2017) as well as the Utah Royals (2018-2020).

Internationally, Matheson made her debut with the Canadian National Team one month short of her 19th birthday at the Algarve Cup in March 2003.

Since then, she has earned 206 caps (193 starts) while scoring 19 goals and providing 23 assists. Matheson’s resumé includes three World Cups (2007, 2011, 2015), three Olympics (2008, 2012, 2016) and two Olympic Bronze Medals (2012, 2016).

KCK man dies in vehicle accident in Basehor

A Kansas City, Kansas, man died in a two-vehicle accident on Thursday morning, July 8, in Basehor, Kansas.

Marvin Giron-Ardon, 48, Kansas City, Kansas, died in the accident, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s crash log.

Giron-Ardon was in a Chevrolet Tracker that was eastbound on U.S. 24, and attempted a left turn on 174th, according to the trooper’s report. The Tracker was struck in the rear by a GMC Sierra truck that went off the roadway, the report stated.

The accident happened about 7:29 a.m. July 8.

The driver of the Sierra was a 27-year-old man from Leavenworth, Kansas, who had a possible injury, according to the trooper’s report.

A passenger in Giron-Ardon’s vehicle, a 40-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man, had a minor injury and was taken to a hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, according to the trooper’s report.

Library to start transfer of digital book systems on July 12

The Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library will be canceling the Axis 360 digital book service and transferring all ebook and eaudiobook items to Hoopla.

The library is hopeful that moving current content to Hoopla and purchasing new titles strictly within that platform will simplify things for patrons and lead to a better overall experience, according to a spokesman.

Hoopla offers two ways to check out items, the instant model and the flex model. The previous Axis 360 titles will be available under the flex model, which allows for one patron at a time to check out an item. Items are checked out for 21 days, and patrons can have five items checked out at a time. Flex titles can be placed on hold if the title is currently checked out by someone else. Instant titles can be checked out by multiple people at the same time, and the checkout time varies based on item type. Patrons are allowed 20 instant checkouts a month.

The process will begin on July 12, when no new checkouts will be allowed on Axis 360, according to the spokesman. On Aug. 1, Axis 360 will be shut off. On Sept. 1, the transfer will be completed, and items will be available in Hoopla. Any current holds in Axis 360 will be transferred over to Hoopla, according to the spokesman.

Patrons who are not currently using the Hoopla app are encouraged to download it prior to the transfer. The app can be found in the Apple, Google Play, and Amazon Fire stores, or on the library’s eCommunity website at ecommunity.kckpl.org. For more information, contact [email protected].