Upcoming Events in July

The following are he events that the Gazette are aware of as of July 11, 2016.  If you would like to add an event to next Monday's listing, please email it to press@baldwingazette.com.


 July 15 & 16, 2016
 Highway 56 Productions presents Cabaret at The Lodge 2016.  An evening of songs from Broadway and movie musicals. The performances will be held July 15 and 16, 2016, starting at 8 P.M. both nights, at The Lodge, 502 Ames (Highway 56) in Baldwin City.
According to an event flyer, this years show will star

• Mario Bonilla
• Matt Keller
• Kay Traver
• Monica Claassen
• Robin Michael
• Dennis Tyner
• Jan Cooper
• Kalie Olsen
• Amanda Viehweg
• Christoph Cording
• Andrew Ramaley
• Brian Williams

The Flyer also states that the production will include songs from:

•  Jersey Boys
• Sister Act
• Mamma Mia
• Hamilton 
• Young Frankenstein
• A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
• City of Angels
• Wonderful Town
• The Full Monty
• The Producers
•  and many more

Tickets will be $15 at the door and a cash bar will be available.  

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July 16, 2016
ANTIQUE CAR SHOW & ICE CREAM SOCIAL

Vinland United Methodist Church
7:00pm
1724 N. 692 Road
Baldwin City, KS 66006
785-594-3256

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Tuesday July 19, 2016
7 P.M.
Pre-TV: The Powerful Art of Storytelling
Presented by storyteller Robin Schulte
Baldwin City Library
7th and High St
Cool refreshments will be served. More information on the presenter is at www.robinschulte.com

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July 23, 2016
Maple Leaf Triathlon
 317 Fremont Baldwin City, KS
Sprint and Short Course
ages 12-Up
Check-in: 5:30 A.M.-6:30 A.M.
Start: 7 A.M.

Youth Course
Check-in: 8:30 A.M.-9:30 A.M.
Start: 10 A.M. 
 Proceeds benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

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August 27, 2016
Ride for Research 150
Motorcycle ride for cancer research sponsored by the Palmyra #23 Masonic Lodge (Baldwin City)

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Every Tuesday through October
Eudora Local Gardening Farmer’s Market
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tuesdays 
 through October 2016
1402 Church Street
Eudora, KS. 
In the parking lot of Gene’s Hartland Foods. 
Local, fresh produce and foods offered by local growers and producers!

Methodist Archives at Baker University Awarded Grant

TOPEKA, KS – The Kansas Humanities Council (KHC) recently awarded the Great Plains United Methodist Conference a $1,845 grant for the “Kansas United Methodist Genealogical Resources Digitization Project.” Sara DeCaro serves as the project director.

The project will take place in the Kansas area archive of the Great Plains Conference, located in Baldwin City on the Baker University campus. It aims to digitize 500 pages of United Methodist archival material from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These include membership, baptism, and marriage records, as well as individual Kansas church histories and photographs.

“KHC Heritage grants encourage the preservation of local cultural resources,” said Jul ie Mulvihill, executive director of the Kansas Humanities Council. “This project presents a unique opportunity to preserve and share documents related to the church’s early history in Kansas.”

The Kansas Humanities Council is a nonprofit organization that supports community-

based cultural programs, serves as a financial resource through an active

grant-making program, and encourages Kansans to engage in the civic and

cultural life of their communities. For more information, visit www.kansashumanities.org.

PD Learning Network and Cyberwise Partner to Provide Badges for Digital Literacy Training for K12 Educators

Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) - PD Learning Network (PDLN) announces a new partnership with Cyberwise to provide competency-based micro-credential badges for K-12 educators with the new course “Digital Literacy for Teachers and Administrators.” Through a partnership between PDLN and University of the Pacific, educators will also be able to earn professional development units for their work.

“Pairing the definitive Cyberwise digital literacy curriculum with micro-credential badges makes perfect sense,” explained Jennifer Gibson, CEO and co-found of PDLN. “The content is central to the success of 21st century students, and micro-credential badging is becoming an important way professionals build and demonstrate skills.”

Cyberwise, with input from other digital and media literacy experts, educators, media psychologists, law enforcement officers, privacy and security experts, health professionals and more, develops video and other digital curriculum for adults and youth to help them learn to be wise and safe online.

The partnership course features Cyberwise’s comprehensive “No Grownup Left Behind” curriculum that covers how to balance life, relationships and screen time; digital citizenship, ethical use and brain development; protecting online privacy; how to conduct safe and healthy online relationships; managing one’s digital reputation; and maximizing security from passwords to viruses.

“We’re thrilled to partner with PDLN in order to get important information regarding digital literacy to the people who need it most—educators working with our digital kids,” said Diana Graber, co-founder of Cyberwise.org. “PDLN’s expertise in competency-based professional learning, and particularly their ability to award micro-credentials and digital badges, and to connect educators with university professional development units, are added-value items that we are delighted to be able to offer.”

PDLN’s credentialed reviewers assess course participants’ evidence of learning against a rigorous evaluation rubric and award digital badges that can be shared with colleagues, potential employers, students, parents and more. Like all PDLN certified badge courses, the Cyberwise course includes opportunities for educators to demonstrate competency while creating materials and experiences they can use in class with their own students.

Cabaret at the Lodge

The following upcoming event, did not make it on this past Monday's list of events:

Baldwin City, KS - Highway 56 Productions presents Cabaret at The Lodge 2016.  An evening of songs from Broadway and movie musicals. The performances will be held July 15 and 16, 2016, starting at 8 P.M. both nights, at The Lodge, 502 Ames (Highway 56) in Baldwin City.
According to an event flyer, this years show will star

• Mario Bonilla
• Matt Keller
• Kay Traver
• Monica Claassen
• Robin Michael
• Dennis Tyner
• Jan Cooper
• Kalie Olsen
• Amanda Viehweg
• Christoph Cording
• Andrew Ramaley
• Brian Williams

The Flyer also states that the production will include songs from:

•  Jersey Boys
• Sister Act
• Mamma Mia
• Hamilton 
• Young Frankenstein
• A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
• City of Angels
• Wonderful Town
• The Full Monty
• The Producers
•  and many more

Tickets will be $15 at the door and a cash bar will be available.  

Cyber Attack at Wendy's Affects Area Locations

DUBLIN, Ohio (PRNewswire) - The Wendy's Company (NASDAQ: WEN) updated its customers today regarding malicious cyber activity experienced at some Wendy's® restaurants. The Company first reported unusual payment card activity affecting some franchise-owned restaurants in February 2016. Subsequently, on June 9, 2016, the Company reported that an additional malware variant had been identified and disabled. Today, the Company, on behalf of affected franchise locations, is providing information about specific restaurant locations that may have been impacted by these attacks, all of which are located in the U.S., along with support for customers who may have been affected by the malware variants.
Wendy's customers are encouraged to learn more about this new information at the following address: www.wendys.com/notice. The update includes a list of restaurant locations that may have been involved in the incidents, as well as information on how customers can protect their credit and details regarding how potentially affected customers can receive one year of complimentary fraud consultation and identity restoration services. A link to the update can also be found on the Company's homepage, www.wendys.com.
Working closely with third-party forensic experts, federal law enforcement and payment card industry contacts as part of its ongoing investigation, the Company has determined that specific payment card information was targeted by the additional malware variant. This information included cardholder name, credit or debit card number, expiration date, cardholder verification value, and service code.
Generally, individuals that report unauthorized charges in a timely manner to the bank or credit card company that issued their card are not responsible for those charges. As always, in line with prudent personal financial management, we encourage our customers to be diligent in watching for unauthorized charges on their payment cards.

The Company believes the criminal cyber-attacks resulted from service providers' remote access credentials being compromised, allowing access – and the ability to deploy malware – to some franchisees' point-of-sale systems. To date, there has been no indication in the ongoing investigation that any Company-operated restaurants were impacted by this activity.
The Company worked with investigators to disable the malware involved in the first attack earlier this year. Soon after detecting the malware variant involved in the latest attack, the Company identified a method of disabling it and thereafter disabled it in all franchisee restaurants where it was discovered. The investigation has confirmed that criminals used malware believed to have been effectively deployed on some Wendy's franchisee systems starting in late fall 2015.
The Company has continued to update customers on the progress of its investigation, most recently on June 9. Previous updates can be found on www.wendys.com.

These area Wendy's are among the affected locations, along with the dates each were affected:

Ottawa

2310 S CEDAR ST  11/1/2015 - 2/14/2016

Lawrence

601 KASOLD 11/4/2015 - 2/14/2016

523 W. 23RD ST. 11/4/2015 - 2/14/2016

Topeka, Kansas

1251 SW GAGE BLVD. 12/2/2015 - 6/8/2016

1820 S.W. WANAMAKER ROAD 12/2/2015 - 6/8/2016

3250 SW TOPEKA BLVD 12/2/2015 - 6/8/2016 

As well as several others in the Kansas City/Leavenworth areas and around the country. For a complete list check here

Lawrence Police Seek Driver

The Lawrence police Department is seeking assistance in locating Aramis Neal Hernandez.

Hernandez, who is 6 feet 0 inches tall, 180 pounds and is 36 (born 3/27/1980) is suspected of Aggravated Battery against a Police Officer. The charge stems from an incident on July 5, 2016 at approximately 4:46 P.M. At that time a Lawrence Police Officer, made a traffic stop in the 1100 block of Massachusetts, of a white Ford Fusion bearing Missouri license plates. As the officer approched the vehicle the driver drove away, dragging the officer, who was taken to an area hospital. The car has since been recovered, however, the driver is still at large. Any information on the whereabouts of Hernandez, please contact the Lawrence Police Department at 785-832-7509 or the Douglas County CrimeStoppers at 785-843-TIPS(8477). Calls made to CrimeStoppers may be made anonymously and callers providing information that leads to an arrest may qualify for a reward up to $1,000.


Video courtesy of the Lawrence Police Department's Facebook Page

Baldwin City Celebrates Nations 240th Birthday with a Bang

Baldwin City, KS - Throughout the day residents all over the city gathered together for celebrations of our countries independence.  A total of five fireworks stands sold fireworks all weekend and throughout the Fourth of July.  Between the hours of one and five, residents from all over the city went to the city pool for free hotdogs and games.

Pastor Austin, Lighthouse Baptist, playing horseshoes
in one the many area Independence Day celebrations.
Photographer Kevin Surbaugh

Some of those residents then went to smaller neighborhood get-togethers. One such gathering, was the Lighthouse Baptist Church attendees munched on a potluck meal of hamburgers, hotdogs, potato salad, baked beans, watermelon, chips and deserts. Then played horseshoes, volleyball and badminton.
After an afternoon and evening full of activities, folks gathered in their yards and made the trek to the Intermediate Center to watch the Cities fireworks display. 
For some they got to see private displays from their neighbors as well as the public display from the top of the hill.

Joel Austin playing horseshoes against his father,
in one the many area Independence Day celebrations.
Photographer Kevin Surbaugh

Residents all over the area shot off fireworks throughout the day,
that they bought from one of the five area fireworks tents in the city.
Photographer Kevin Surbaugh

Photographer Kevin Surbaugh

The day ended with a fireworks display from the city at
the Intermediate Center
Photographer Kevin Surbaugh

The day ended with a fireworks display from the city at
the Intermediate Center
Photographer Kevin Surbaugh

The day ended with a fireworks display from the city at
the Intermediate Center
Photographer Kevin Surbaugh

Campbell's Urges Congress to Enact National Mandatory GMO Labeling

CAMDEN, N.J.- (BUSINESS WIRE) - For years the effort to require GMO labeling has been opposed by the very food producers it would regulate.  Now However, the tide may be changing, Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) yesterday, July 5, 2016,  urged Congress and the President to enact bipartisan legislation proposed by the U.S. Senate that directs the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to craft a national mandatory disclosure system for foods made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) as soon as possible.
Campbell applauds Senators Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) for their proposal to help consumers more easily access information about GMOs in foods. The bill paves the way for a single national standard with multiple options for disclosure. Campbell remains committed to printing clear and simple language on the labels of all of its U.S. products.
The company is in discussions with the USDA and the Food and Drug Administration about its plans to develop on-pack language that is easy for consumers to understand and clearly identifies the presence of ingredients derived from GMO crops.
In January, Campbell was the first major food company to announce support for a single mandatory labeling standard and its commitment to label all of its U.S. products.

Upcoming Events

Today July 4, 2016
Celebrate Independence Day
Free events at the Pool between 1 and 5.

• Free Hot Dogs (while supplies last)
• Hot Dog eating contest
• Contests and Games for all
• DJ Music
• Obstacle Course and Dunk Tank 
•  Nuclear Meltdown

Fireworks Display approximately 9:30 P.M.
@ the Intermediate Center.

Tuesday July 19, 2016
7 P.M.
Pre-TV: The Powerful Art of Storytelling
Presented by storyteller Robin Schulte
Baldwin City Library
7th and High St
Cool refreshments will be served. More information on the presenter is at www.robinschulte.com

Baldwin Academy of Dance and Voice Academy Choir Performed at Kauffman Center

Baldwin Academy of Dance and Voice's Choir
performing at the Kauffman Center on June 26th.
Photos courtesy of Kelley Bethell-Smith, Director.

Baldwin Academy of Dance and Voice Academy Choir (ages 1st grade through high school) was selected to perform at the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts at the annual "Future Stages Festival! The local Academy, located at 711 High Street in downtown Baldwin Citywas selected and performed at the third annual fee community event, known as the Future Stages Festival was held at the Kauffman Center on Sunday, June 26, 2016.
The festival which invites youth and families to experience a diverse range of performance and interactive arts activities. The one-day festival, an extension of the Kauffman Center’s Open Doors Spotlight on Youth program,  annually provides opportunities for youth and community arts organizations to perform at Kauffman Center. The performances were showcased on Kauffman Center’s two interior stages – Helzberg Hall and Muriel Kauffman Theatre along with an exterior stage that overlooks the south lawn.

Photos courtesy of Kelley Bethell-Smith, Director.

Since opening in September of 2011, more than two million visitors have experienced an event at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.

Photos courtesy of Kelley Bethell-Smith, Director.

Photos courtesy of Kelley Bethell-Smith, Director.

Photos courtesy of Kelley Bethell-Smith, Director.