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Candidate questionnaire: Chris McCord Board of Public Utilities, Member At-Large District, Position 3 Age: 58 Occupation: Real Estate Appraiser Owner: McCord Appraisal Education: Washington High School Kansas State University – Bachelor of Science Organizations, clubs, groups to which you belong: Hillcrest Transitional Housing of Kansas, Current Board Chairman Kansas City, Kansas Downtown Rotary, Past President Piper Optimist, Past President Hands to Hearts – Volunteer Reasons for running: The primary reason that I have chosen to seek the position of Board of Public Utilities Member-at-large, Position 3, is that I feel it is very important that we keep local control of…

Name and office sought Desiree’ Fergus, Piper Board of Education, Unexpired Position. Age: 36 Occupation: I have worked for the Board of Public Utilities for 11 years. I am a Field Service Representative in the Electric Operations Division. Education: I graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1997 and graduated with my AGS Degree with a focus in Business and Utilities Management, in 2013 from KCKCC with Cum Laude and Phi Theta Kappa Honors. Organizations, clubs, groups to which you belong I am a member of Village Community Church. 11 year member of the Local 53, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and…

Name: Ashley Biondi Office Sought: USD 203 Board of Education Age: 30 Occupation: Stay-at-home Mom Part-time substitute teacher, USD 500 Former first grade teacher at T.A. Edison Elementary in USD 500, 2008-2014 Education: Piper High School, 2002 University of Kansas, 2007; B.S.E. in Elementary Education and B.A. in Spanish University of Kansas, 2010; M.S.E in Curriculum and Instruction Organizations, clubs, groups to which you belong: Member of St. Patrick’s Parish Reasons for running: I am a vested patron. I have two young daughters who will be attending the Piper Schools. One of the reasons we moved to Piper is for the quality schools.…

Virtual candidate forums for the primary election will be shown on cable television and online. The forums were sponsored by Business West and Kansas City Kansas Community College. The candidates who participated were those who had primary opposition and were running for Wyandotte County district attorney and state representative. The primary election will be Aug. 4, and in-person early voting has already started. Mail-in ballots are available through Tuesday at the election office. On Election Day, Aug. 4, the polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The forums are on KCEC cable channel on Spectrum Cable (Wyandotte…

Virtual candidate forums for the general election Nov. 3 are being shown on cable television and on YouTube starting this week. The forums were sponsored by Business West and Kansas City Kansas Community College. The local races with candidates for state representative and state senate are featured in the forum. The general election will be Nov. 3, and in-person early voting will start Oct. 20. Mail-in ballots are available at the election office. On Election Day, Nov. 3, the polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The forums are on KCEC cable channel on Spectrum Cable (Wyandotte…

The candidate forum held July 30 at Kansas City Kansas Community College will be rebroadcast during the next few days. The primary election is Tuesday, Aug. 5. The forum was sponsored by the Kansas City, Kan., Area Chamber of Commerce, Kansas City Kansas Community College, Business West, the Central Avenue Betterment Association, the Historic Northeast Mid-Town Association, Downtown Shareholders, Rosedale Development Association, Fairfax Industrial Association and the Kansas City Press Club. The forum will air on the college channel: Time Warner channel (17) or digital 98-17, and on Google TV channel 146. The schedule: Friday, Aug. 1 U.S. Senate (D)…

A candidate forum will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, and Tuesday, Oct. 15, at Kansas City Kansas Community College. The forum is sponsored by Business West and other neighborhood associations, KCKCC and the Wyandotte Daily Online. The forum will be in the upper Jewell building at KCKCC, 7250 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. Candidates for the Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Education (District 500) and the KCKCC Board of Trustees were invited to the Monday, Oct. 14, forum. Candidates for the Board of Public Utilities, Register of Deeds and Unified Government were invited to the Tuesday, Oct.…

A candidate forum will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Bethel Neighborhood Center, 14 S. 7th St., Kansas City, Kan. The Wyandotte County Candidate Forum on Criminal Justice will include candidates for the Kansas Legislature who will share their views on the criminal justice system. Sponsors of the candidate forum are Kansans for Smart Justice, ACLU of Kansas, El Centro, Kansas Appleseed, Kansas Black Leadership Council, Johnson County NAACP, MainStream Coalition, and the Social Justice Council of Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church.

The Kansas City, Kan., NAACP will sponsor a candidate event at 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, in the Bethany Medical Office Building, 21 N. 12th St., Kansas City, Kan. There will be an opportunity to hear candidates for office. The event will be in the second floor meeting room.

Seems that the community hasn’t been good enough, because Santa Claus isn’t coming to town – at least not in the old way of kids being able to sit on Santa’s lap at the lighting festivals. There are different ways to enjoy the holidays, though. In Wyandotte County, changes in events that normally would gather thousands of people together are being seen today because of the risk of COVID-19. The Mayor’s Christmas Tree Lighting event tonight has gone drive-through, with residents able to drive by the holiday tree at City Hall, and kids able to receive a goodie bag while…