The 9th annual Parade of Heroes is scheduled July 7 in the Village West area of Kansas City, Kan.
The annual parade recognizes men and women who serve or have served the nation through their military service.
Sponsored by the Village West Rotary Club, the parade will begin at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, near Village West Parkway, ending at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in Kansas City, Kan.
Vintage cars and trucks, first responder units, best in show awards and new float contests are featured in the parade.
The parade marshals this year include Clausie Smith, former mayor of Bonner Springs; and Paige Wymore Wynn and Deryl Wynn, co-chairs of a capital campaign to build a new emergency shelter for kids in crisis in Wyandotte County.
Proceeds raised by the event will benefit Robert’s Place, a PACES emergency shelter for children in crisis. The shelter serves kids removed from their homes because of suspected abuse. It also provides respite for PACES consumers who are facing emotional or behavioral challenges and whose families need a temporary break to help avoid out-of-home placement of the kids. Kids stay at the shelter up to 72 hours.
PACES is the safety net mental health agencies serving children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral health needs, and their families.
Those who are interested in being a parade sponsor or having a parade float may call 913-634-6019 or email wcash@kc.rr.com. More information is at www.paradeofheroeskc.org.
One person was injured in an accident at 12:21 p.m. June 30 on U.S. 73 – K-7 just south of I-70 in Bonner Springs, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
A Ford truck was southbound on K-7, approaching Speaker Road, according to the trooper’s report. A Jeep utility vehicle was northbound on K-7, making a left turn onto I-70. The Ford truck failed to stop at a red traffic light and struck the side of the Jeep, the trooper’s report stated.
The driver of the truck, a 34-year-old Kansas City, Kan., man, was not injured, according to the report. An 11-year-old boy in the truck was not injured, the report added.
The driver of the Jeep, a 53-year-old Bonner Springs man, was not injured, the report stated.
A 43-year-old woman passenger in the Jeep was injured and taken to a hospital in Kansas City, Kan., according to the report.
Sporting Kansas City will put a six-game home winning streak on the line when the team is host to FC Dallas at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan.
The match is part of the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. A limited number of tickets for the Round of 16 match-up is available on Ticketmaster.com and match tickets and parking are included in Sporting Kansas City season ticket packages as Special Game A.
For those not in attendance, SportingKC.com will provide a live stream and in-game updates can be found by following @SKCGameday on Twitter.
The winner of Wednesday’s match will secure a berth in the quarterfinals on July 21-22 to face tonight’s victor between the Houston Dynamo and Colorado Rapids.
Sporting Kansas City last reached the quarterfinal round in 2012 and has suffered home losses in the Round of 16 each of the past two years, while FC Dallas are aiming to advance into the final eight for a third straight season.
Both teams are past champions in the competition, making tomorrow’s encounter the only match-up of the round to feature two teams with their name on the Dewar Challenge Trophy. Sporting KC is a two-time trophy holder (2004, 2012) while FC Dallas was the tournament’s top team in 1997.
Sporting Kansas City began this year’s U.S. Open Cup campaign with a 1-0 victory over St. Louis FC (USL) earlier this month at Sporting Park.
Graham Zusi provided the game’s only goal, however the U.S. Men’s National Team midfielder is now one of two players currently on international duty along with Marcel de Jong (Canada).
FC Dallas eliminated OKC Energy FC — the USL affiliate of Sporting Kansas City — in the previous round with a 4-1 victory courtesy of braces from Michael Barrios and David Texeira, two of seven international players on the club’s roster. Manager Oscar Pareja will be without three players on Wednesday due to national team call-ups as Blas Perez (Panama), Tesho Akindele (Canada) and Kyle Bekker (Canada) are among six FC Dallas players named to Gold Cup rosters.
Wednesday’s meeting is the third of 2015 between the Western Conference sides and comes after each earned multi-goal home victories in the series. FC Dallas handed Sporting KC the team’s first loss by a 3-1 score at Toyota Stadium in Week 2 (March 14), while Sporting KC responded with a 4-0 victory over FC Dallas at Sporting Park in Week 13 (May 29).
The two teams have been drawn together only once in Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup history. In 2004, KC prevailed 4-0 in the quarterfinals en route to the team’s first U.S. Open Cup championship.
The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup has been held annually since 1914 and is open to all amateur/professional soccer teams affiliated with U.S. Soccer.
The 2015 edition is headlined by the largest field in the modern era (1995-present) with 89 teams in contention when the first round began. This year’s winner will earn a $250,000 grand prize and will qualify for the 2016-2017 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League.
