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Sen. Roberts visits Turner Days

U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, left, visited with voters at Turner Days on Sunday, Oct. 12, at Steineger Field, 59th and Metropolitan, Kansas City, Kan. (Photo by Mary Rupert)

by Mary Rupert
U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, Republican, visited Turner Days on Sunday, Oct. 12, and talked with voters as part of his campaign through the area.

“Go Turner Bears! Go Kansas City Royals!” he said as he walked through the Turner Days celebration. At one point he tossed a disc with a youngster.

“I’m pretty confident,” Sen. Roberts said about the campaign. “In these last two weeks, I think we’ve turned it around.”

He said if Republicans take over the majority party in the Senate, he would like to be part of it. Currently, Democrats are in the majority in the Senate. If Republicans win the majority, Sen. Roberts has a chance to be named the head of the Senate Agriculture Committee. He is currently a senior member of that committee. He also serves on the Senate Finance Committee, and said he is in favor of lower taxes.

Sen. Roberts, the incumbent, faces a challenge from independent candidate Greg Orman and Libertarian candidate Randall Batson in the general election.

Sen. Roberts maintained that Orman, who is running without a party affiliation, is a “liberal Democrat.”

U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, left, tossed a disc while touring Turner Days Sunday, Oct. 12, in Kansas City, Kan. (Photo by Mary Rupert)

Scenes from the Turner Days parade

Scenes from the Turner Days parade on Saturday morning, Oct. 11, on South 55th Street in the Turner area of Kansas City, Kan. The 30th annual Turner Days continues on Sunday, Oct. 12, at Steineger Field, 59th and Metropolitan Avenue. For more information about Turner Days, see https://wyandotteonline.com/turner-days-celebrates-30-years-this-weekend/. (All photos by Steve Rupert)

Turner Days celebrates 30 years this weekend

by Mary Rupert

Thousands of people are expected to attend the 30th annual Turner Days celebration Oct. 11-12.

“Thirty Years of Community Pride” is the theme for Turner Days.

A parade at 10 a.m. Saturday, a car show on Sunday, a petting zoo, live entertainment on the stage all day, a Walk of Fame ceremony, booths and refreshments are planned for Turner Days, said Joy Beery, chairwoman of the Turner Days Committee.

There is no admission charge for the event, and there will be a charge for refreshments.

Beery said Turner Days started 30 years ago by a large committee of community and school district volunteers from all around the Turner area.

Volunteers still are very important to the effort. “A volunteer committee helps me with everything,” she said.

The Turner Days parade will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at Turner High School, 2211 S. 55th, and will proceed on 55th, ending at 55th and Inland Drive.

After the parade, the festival will take place at Steineger Field at 59th and Metropolitan.

A Little Mr. and Miss Turner ceremony will be held.

Also, two persons have been nominated for the Turner Walk of Fame ceremony. They are Joy Engel, assistant superintendent at Turner, and Jim Jarsulic, a member of the group that started the Turner Community Garden.

About 70 craft and food booths will be located throughout the Steineger Field area, she said. Several inflatables will be available for children.

A fundraiser for Harvesters will be a dunk tank sponsored by the high school yearbook staff.

Food vendors will offer a variety of food styles, from Mexican to Philly sandwiches, hamburgers, hog dogs, barbecue, fried Oreos and Twinkies, and cotton candy. The Turner Days event will sell turkey legs as a fundraiser.

A car show will be one of Sunday’s highlights, starting at 9 a.m.

The weather on Saturday is forecast to be better than Friday’s rainy weather.

“They say it’s not supposed to rain tomorrow, and I’m keeping my fingers crossed,” Beery said.