Category: Communities

Piper twins post terrific track times

Piper’s Dominique Herrig-Brittian raced in the boys’ 100-meter dash. Herrig-Brittian won the event with a school-record time of 10.72 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)

by Brian Turrel

Piper, Bonner Springs, Turner and Bishop Ward high schools participated this Friday in the De Soto Relays, held this year at Basehor-Linwood High School due to ongoing construction of a new athletics complex in De Soto.

Piper’s Dominique and Divante Herrig-Brittian won the boys’ 100- and 200-meter dashes, both setting school records.

Davis Capps won the 800-meter run for the Pirates, also breaking his own previous school record. The boys’ 4×800-meter relay took 1st place, and Tony Cobbs won the boys’ shot put. Logan Ladish set a school record in the boys’ javelin.

The Piper girls finished second in team competition, behind Eudora. The Lady Pirates won the 4×100 and 4×400-meter relays. Grace Hanson won the 800-meter run. Kaitlin Lindstrom took first place in the girls’ pole vault. Kinley Brown finished 2nd in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes.

Bishop Ward’s K.J. Smith’s fourth place finish in the boys’ 100-meter dash highlighted the afternoon for the Cyclones.

Turner’s M’Liyah Anderson finished sixth in the girls’ 400-meter dash and ninth in the 100-meter dash.

For Bonner Springs, Esther Solomon-Holland finished fifth in the girls’ 300-meter hurdles.

Official meet results have not been posted, and we will update as additional results become available.

Turner’s Arianna Ortiz crossed the finish line in the girls’ 800-meter run. Ortiz finished sixth with a time of 2 minutes, 37.08 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)

 

Bonner Springs senior Cortland Hervey cleared the bar in the boys’ high jump. Hervey finished second in the event. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)

 

Bishop Ward’s K.J. Smith ran in the boys’ 100-meter dash. Smith finished fourth with a time of 11.19 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)

 

The Piper girls’ 4×100-meter relay team (Ella Buff, Evelyn Vazquez, Ryann Clark, and Kinley Brown) posed together after the winning the race. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)

 

Piper senior Evelyn Vazquez leaned across the finish line to earn her team first place in the girls’ 4×100-meter relay. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)

 

Piper’s Grace Hanson led the pack in the girls’ 800-meter run. Hanson won the event with a time of 2 minutes, 26.90 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)

 

Bonner Springs’ freshman Esther Solomon-Holland raced in the girls’ 100-meter hurdles. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)

 

Bonner Springs’ Jason McConico cleared the first hurdle in the boys’ 110-meter hurdles race. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)

 

Piper’s Divante Herrig-Brittian cruised to the finish line of the boys’ 200-meter dash. Herrig-Brittian won the event with a time of 22.31 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)

 

Piper’s Davis Capps ran down the home stretch in the boys’ 800-meter run. Capps won the event with a time of 2 minutes, 0.23 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)

 

Piper’s Sophia Derks raced in the girls’ 100-meter hurdles. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)

 

Piper senior Kinley Brown crossed the finish line in the girls’ 100-meter dash. Brown finished second in the event with a time of 12.60 seconds. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)

Farm Tales continues at Ag Hall

Children got an up-close look at farm animals during a recent Farm Tales program at the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame at 126th and State Avenue in Bonner Springs. (Photo from National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame)
Children got an up-close look at farm animals during a recent Farm Tales program at the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame at 126th and State Avenue in Bonner Springs. (Photo from National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame)

The National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame in Bonner Springs will hold free monthly-themed Farm Tales story and activity times for children ages 4 to 12 in May and June.

The next program is at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 20. The theme is “Full of Beans – Henry Ford Grows a Car.” The storytime activity will be a soybean scavenger hunt.

At 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 17, the theme will be “The Beeman.” During the storytime activity, children will meet a local beekeeper, taste honey and plant a mini-pollinator garden.

From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 19, the theme will be “Tales of the Dairy Godmother.” The storytime activity will be butter and ice-cream making activities.

Pre-registration is required for Farm Tales.

Another agricultural education program scheduled at the Ag Hall on Saturday, May 1, is Chick Day, sponsored by the Heartland Hatchery.

A chick seminar is planned from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 1, at the Ag Hall, with sales of chicks, ducks, turkeys and goslings following from 1 to 3 p.m. For more information, see https://www.aghalloffame.com/chick-day-may-1-2021/.

The Ag Hall is at 630 N. 126th St., near 126th and State Avenue.

Visitors are encouraged to call first. For more information, visit www.aghalloffame.com or call 913-721-1075.

‘Flavors of Central Tour’ coming up this weekend

The Flavors of Central Tour is planned for Saturday, May 1, in the Central Avenue area of Kansas City, Kansas.

A four-hour self-guided tour through restaurants and establishments in the area, the tour is through the Central Area Betterment Association in partnership with La Placita Market at the Park.

The tour will explore street-taco stalls to local markets, Caribbean and Latino family restaurants, and contemporary Kansas City barbecue to Chinese desserts.

Led by CABA, a community organization and creative generator of community pride, the tour gives guests the chance to tap into the city’s vibrant rhythm by sampling dishes in the places that have shaped the culture.

“So much of our local Mexican cuisine is inspired by what’s happening in the old country, but in the little eateries tucked into this and that corner of our community,” said Edgar Galicia, CABA’s executive director “The flavors from other latitudes including the locals, are going strong, but unless you know where to look, many of them are invisible.”

For added safety, this is a social-distanced tour where visitors can opt to walk, ride their bicycles, or drive the map starting at 10 a.m. Saturday and going strong for at least three to four hours. Masks will be required, and hand sanitizer will be offered at all locations. Registration starts at 10 a.m. Saturday at Bethany Park.

The morning outing begins at 10 a.m. in Bethany Park, 1120 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, with a taste of popular eats such as street-tacos, fruit cocktails, tamales, enchiladas, a hearty portion of grilled pollo, the now-famous local barbecue, Cuban sandwich, and for the sweet tooth a nice portion of flan or strawberry cheesecake rangoon from a local Chinese restaurant, leaving for the end a side of guac next to a margarita or paloma. Several drinking establishments will be offering their distinct concoctions.

The $45 ticket to the Flavors of Central Tour comes with access to more than 25 eateries and drinking establishments, a security bracelet, the event map, and all information about each offered dish. Bring food containers to take lots of food home.

As a local nonprofit, CABA invests all its funding into community programming such as La Placita business incubator, Free Wheels for Kids, summer youth mentoring programs and cultural events like the Central Avenue Dotteversity Parade or the Day of the Dead Celebration.

More information, including a list of the restaurants participating, and tickets are available at www.theflavorsofcentraltour.com.