Mercy and Truth KCK Clinic, 721 N. 31st St., will hold a free clinic from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 24.
The clinic will offer free COVID vaccines and free shingles vaccines. The event is free and open to the public.
Also available for free will be new shoes, Bombas socks and protein shakes, while supplies last.
There are 200 shingles vaccines available, 200 pairs of shoes and 200 protein shakes available. The shingles vaccines have an approximate value of $200 each.
The event is sponsored by Mercy and Truth Medical Mission, Samaritan’s Feet, Shepherd’s Center of Kansas City, Kansas, the Church of the Resurrection and Increase the Reach.
Off-and-on showers are expected Friday morning into Friday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service forecast.
From a tenth to a quarter-inch of rain is possible today, the weather service said.
Expect dry conditions for the rest of the weekend and next week, according to the weather service.
Saturday’s temperatures will be warmer, followed by cooler and drier conditions Sunday through the rest of the week, the weather service said.
Today, there is a 60 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11 a.m., the weather service said. It will be cloudy, then gradually mostly sunny, with a high near 68 and a south southeast wind of 8 to 10 mph, gusting as high as 20 mph. Between a tenth and quarter-inch of rain is possible.
Tonight, it will be partly cloudy, with a low of 55, according to the weather service. An east southeast wind of around 5 mph will become light and variable in the evening.
Saturday, it will be sunny, with a high near 85, the weather service said. A light west southwest wind will become northwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Winds may gust as high as 20 mph.
Saturday night, it will be mostly clear, with a low of 59, according to the weather service. A west wind of around 5 mph will become calm in the evening.
Sunday, it will be sunny, with a high near 76, the weather service said. A north northwest wind of 6 to 13 mph will gust as high as 24 mph.
Sunday night, it will be clear, with a low of 49, according to the weather service.
Monday, it will be sunny, with a high near 73, the weather service said.
Monday night, it will be clear, with a low of 49, according to the weather service.
Tuesday, it will be sunny, with a high near 72, the weather service said.
Tuesday night, it will be mostly clear, with a low of 48, according to the weather service.
Wednesday, it will be sunny, with a high near 72, the weather service said.
Wednesday night, it will be mostly clear, with a low of 51, according to the weather service.
Thursday, it will be sunny, with a high near 76, the weather service said.
The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities on Wednesday, Sept. 21, approved $248,000 for the Yards II project in the bottoms area.
The funds will be for a water main extension and waiving connection fees, according to BPU officials.
The apartment project also was referred to as the Helms.
It is the third largest economic development project the BPU has contributed to in the past several years, according to BPU members.
At another recent board meeting, the BPU turned down a request from the Yards II for $500,000 worth of economic development incentives. There was not enough return on investment for the project, the board members said at that time.
The vote was 4-2 Wednesday to approve the project, with those voting yes including Tom Groneman, Bob Milan, Mary Gonzalez and Rose Mulvany-Henry. Voting no were David Haley and Jeff Bryant.
Bryant said the BPU’s economic development fund is not sitting there waiting to be spent. It was earmarked in the budget that it could be spent, he said. Usually the BPU has $500,000 available for economic development projects each year.
“I feel those are dollars more precious than other dollars. We have to be very good stewards of dollars and make sure return on investment for our community is there,” he said.
In other action, the BPU unanimously approved a revolving loan from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The loan was amended from an earlier version.
Costs went up about $14.5 million since the original cost estimate, according to BPU officials.
The projects under the original $25 million loan included the Argentine Reservoir, which increased $4.5 million; replacement of a 24-inch main at 12th and Kansas River, an increase of $4 million; and electrical improvements at the Nearman Water Treatment Plant and pumping stations, an increase of $1 million.
Projects added to the total include a main at 90th and Parallel, an increase of $2 million; and replace aging distribution mains, an increase of $3 million, according to BPU officials.
The KDHE $39.5 million loan is for 30 years at an interest rate of 1.5 percent.
