Category: Events

Grinter Sip ‘n Shop to be April 29

The Grinter Place Friends are planning a Sip ‘n Shop from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 29, at 1400 S. 78th St., Kansas City, Kansas

There will be free admission to this event, which is open to the public, according to Pat Spencer of the Grinter Place Friends.

The event will include wine tastings from Rowe Ridge Winery for $5, shopping with vendors, and prizes, according to Spencer.

A food truck will have bakery and deli items for purchase, Spencer said.

The event is a fundraiser for the organization. Masks and social distancing will be required.

For more information about the event, call 913-334-2500.

Schmidt to speak at GOP women’s club meeting

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt will be the guest speaker at the April 13 meeting of the Wyandotte County Republican Women’s Club.

The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. April 13 at the Moose Lodge, 6621 Turner Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.

Schmidt will be speaking about his candidacy for governor.

The meeting will be open to members of the Wyandotte County Republican Women’s Club and their guests.

Before the meeting, dinner will be available for purchase at the Moose Lodge from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

For more information, call Eleanor Clark at 913-721-2769.

Medical panel to discuss COVID-19 vaccine

A panel of doctors, including Dr. Lee Norman, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, is scheduled to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine in an online program April 21.

The program, “And Here We Are Now: The COVID-19 Vaccine,” is part of a series of library programs about the history of pandemics in the United States. It is in partnership with the public libraries in Atchison, Basehor, Bonner Springs, Lansing, Leavenworth, Linwood and Tonganoxie, and the Northeast Kansas Library System.

The panel will be moderated by Ken Miller, public information officer for the city of Lansing.

Also on the panel will be Dr. Sabato Sisillo, pulmonologist and medical director at Providence Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas; and Dr. Prashanth Katrapati, cardiologist and medical director at Saint John Hospital, Leavenworth.

The panel will discuss the latest information on the vaccine rollout in Kansas and medical concerns with the virus and the vaccine.

The program will begin at 7 p.m. April 21 on Zoom and on Facebook Live. To register for the meeting, visit .https://tinyurl.com/2kt7hdfp.