Piper High School debaters recently took fourth place in a debate meet at Olathe South. (Piper photo)
Piper High School – football at Basehor-Linwood
– Varsity won 59-18 (1-0 in district play)
Piper High School – debate at Olathe South
Open:
Jalen Zwart and Abby Neal went 3-2-22 in prelims. They dropped to Bishop Miege in quarterfinals to take 4th.
Jana Zeeb and Danielle Krulic went 2-3-29
Junior varsity:
Mikala Sullivan and Carly Johnson went 4-1-20 in prelims. They dropped to Louisburg in finals to take 2nd.
Raven Fletcher and Ariana Williams went 4-1-23 in prelims. They dropped to Louisburg in semifinals to take 3rd.
Matt Romero and Zach King went 1-4-31
Piper High School – state golf at Dub’s Dread GC
– Senior Emily Pennington takes 3rd place with an 82.
Piper High School – football vs. Basehor-Linwood
– Junior varsity won 28-22
– TD’s by VanHoose (2) and Letcher (2)
The “My Shelf to Yours Book Sale” is returning to Kansas City Kansas Community College next week, raising funds for students on campus.
The sale is from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 28 and 30 and 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, in Room 2325 on the lower level of the Jewell Building on the KCKCC campus, 7250 State Ave. The sale is open to the public as well as students, staff and faculty.
All books will be $1 or seven books for $5. All proceeds will be placed into a student scholarship fund for textbooks and tuition for those in financial need.
In addition, there will also be beverages and snacks for sale as well as fashion jewelry and other local vendors.
“My Shelf to Yours at KCKCC” was created in 2010 as a way to promote scholarship, leadership, entrepreneurship and sustainability by selling donated used books both on-line and on-ground. As of July 2014, “My Shelf to Yours” has received more than 45,500 donated books and assisted more than 260 students with textbooks.
Any unsold book donations from the sale will be donated to local charities and organizations.
For more information on the “My Shelf to Yours” program at KCKCC, call 913-288-7228 or email [email protected].
Kelly Rogge is the public information director at Kansas City Kansas Community College.
U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., will be the guest speaker at the 40th annual Wyandotte County Mayors’ Prayer Breakfast Friday, Nov. 7, at the Reardon Convention Center, 500 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kan.
It is an interdenominational event.
Rep. Cleaver, also an ordained United Methodist minister, is expected to discuss the importance of faith in the community.
This year’s Master of Ceremonies is Superintendent Cindy Lane, superintendent of the Kansas City, Kan., Public School District. All three Wyandotte County mayors are a part of the program.
The cost of the breakfast buffet is $20 per person. Seating begins at 6:45 a.m. and the program begins at 7 a.m.
Rep. Cleaver, who is now serving his fifth term representing Missouri’s Fifth Congressional District, will offer the keynote motivational speech at this year’s breakfast.
Missouri’s Fifth District is home to the only city in the nation with the distinction of having the National World War I Museum and Memorial. Cleaver’s efforts have been seen in farmers and ranchers throughout the district now having more freedom in choosing who works in the family business, and Cleaver has been recognized across the country for his efforts to bring cooperation, common sense, and civility to Washington in the sea of political partisanship, dysfunction, and debilitating delays.
Having served for 12 years on the city council of Missouri’s largest municipality, Rep. Cleaver was elected as Kansas City, Mo.,’s first African American mayor in 1991.
Rep. Cleaver has received five honorary doctoral degrees. His bachelor’s degree is from Prairie View A&M, and his master’s degree is from St. Paul’s School of Theology of Kansas City, Mo.
After graduating from Prairie View he moved to Kansas City, Mo., where he founded a local chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He became pastor of the St. James United Methodist Church in Kansas City, Mo., where he built the congregation from 47 members to more than 2,000. Cleaver’s great-grandfather and grandfather were preachers, as were several of his uncles and cousins. One of the congressman’s three sons (Emanuel Cleaver III) – has followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfathers – and is now pastor of St. James.
Rep. Cleaver has been called one of the hardest working congressmen in the country. He designed the nationally recognized Green Impact Zone in the heart of Kansas City, Mo., creating jobs, boosting the economy, revitalizing small business, increasing affordable housing, improving energy efficiency and securing technology to assist law enforcement in the fight for safer communities.
During his eight-year stint as mayor, Cleaver distinguished himself as an economic development activist and a redevelopment craftsman. He and the City Council brought a number of major corporations to the city. Additionally, his municipal stewardship includes the 18th and Vine Redevelopment, a new American Royal, the establishment of a Family Division of the Municipal Court, and the reconstruction and beautification of Brush Creek.
From civil rights activist to Methodist minister to his election as the first black mayor of Kansas City, Mo., Cleaver has changed his approach to social activism with the changing times.
“We encourage the community to attend the Mayors’ Prayer Breakfast and hear how Congressman Cleaver’s faith has given him a special direction in life and commitment to our community,” said Tom Johnson, Mayors’ Prayer Breakfast committee chairperson.
Tickets are available for purchase at the chamber office, 727 Minnesota Ave. or at the Bonner Springs City Hall, 205 E. Second St. All ticket reservations must be paid in advance. Tickets also are available at www.kckchamber.com/MayorsPrayerBreakfast. For information, email [email protected].
