Category: Communities

BPU to meet Tuesday night

The Board of Public Utilities will hold a special work session at 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 22.

The meeting will be on telephone and the internet.

According to a meeting announcement, the board will discuss “utility issues,” which includes utility disconnects.

It will not be an in-person meeting, to reduce the risk of exposure for the safety of BPU customers and employees, according to the meeting announcement.

The public may access the meeting through the telephone to listen in, and the meeting also is on the internet in a Zoom meeting. To join the Zoom meeting, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84523139724.

To listen to the meeting through the telephone, call toll free 1-888-475-4499.

The meeting ID number is 845 2313 9724.

Democratic breakfast group to meet Saturday

The Wyandotte County Democratic Breakfast will meet in person at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 19, at Jalisco’s Mexican Restaurant, 5000 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.

Speakers will include State Sen. Jeff Pittman, D-5th Dist., and Kristie Welder, an attorney considering a run for attorney general of Kansas.

The meeting is open to all Democrats. There is no charge this Saturday, and the event will include free doughnuts, coffee, juice and water.

Those who plan to attend should RSVP by Friday to scottmackey08@yahoo.com.

All candidates who are registered Democratic voters may bring campaign signs and materials to distribute Saturday.

In July, the group will return to a breakfast from a food service worker, at a location to be determined later.

Juneteenth parade scheduled Saturday in KCK

A Juneteenth parade will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 19, at Quindaro Park, 3345 Sewell Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.

The parade travels on Brown Avenue, 27th Street, to Quindaro Boulevard, ending at 21st and Quindaro.

Chester Owens, historian, is the grand marshal of the parade.

It is sponsored by the Kansas City, Kansas, NAACP, Greater Kansas City Chapter of the Black Trade Unionists and the Vernon Multi-Purpose Center. For information, call 913-707-6862.

A Juneteenth Celebration is planned from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 19, and Sunday, June 20, at 18th and Quindaro Boulevard, Kansas City, Kansas.

The celebration will include music, shopping, a car show and food. For more information, go to webuyblack.com.

Avenue of Life is celebrating Juneteenth Freedom Day from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 19, at 500 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

That celebration will include free food, face painting and a bouncy house. Children are welcome.

In Kansas City, Missouri, Juneteenth events are planned Friday and Saturday. A Miss Juneteenth Pageant will be held Friday, June 18, at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri.

The Juneteenth KC Reunion, Heritage Festival, will be held from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 19, in the 18th and Vine historic jazz district of Kansas City, Missouri. There will be food, music and vendors.

An all-day Juneteenth festival will be held from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 19, at Blue Hills Park, 5140 Brooklyn, Kansas City, Missouri. For more information on the Kansas City, Missouri, events visit https://kcjuneteenth.org/ and https://www.juneteenth-kc.com/.