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Platte County High School

quarterback James Valentinelaunched a pass in a two-

minute drill last week at the

Pirates last summer camp at

Pirates Stadium. The Platte

County football team and

all the other area fall sports

teams officially begin

practice Aug. 6.

LEE STUBBS/Citizen photo

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Park University senior Janek Sunga and recent graduate Sharon Stark havespent their summer as two of Coro Kansas Citys 12 interns. The interns have

been beautifying the Nutter Ivanhoe Neighborhood Center as their groupproject. They raised funds, put together the plan and carried out the beauti-fication.

Back-to-school savings

available in Mo. duringsales tax holiday

CONTRIBUTED REPORT

August 3 marks the beginning ofMissouris ninth annual Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday a timefor shoppers in Missouri to savemoney on computers, clothes andschool supplies.

By state law, the sales tax holidaybegins on the first Friday in Augustand continues through the followingSunday. This year, the three-day holi-day begins at midnight Aug. 3 andruns through Aug. 5. During this time

period, the states 4.225 percent salestax will not be assessed on certainpurchases made in Missouri. Localgovernments can participate in theholiday and increase the savings forshoppers.

In Platte County, only PlatteWoods and Riverside have opted outof the holiday and will maintain localtax revenue during the holiday.

If you need a computer, schoolsupplies or clothes, now would be a

ONE-OF-A-KIND

OPPORTUNITY

JASON LAWRENCE

CITIZENSTAFF

The opportunity to rub elbows with someof the biggest leaders of the Kansas City com-munity does not come around at all for mostpeople, but for 12 Midwestern college students,including two Park University students, it hasbecome almost a daily routine.

As Coro Kansas City interns, recent Parkgraduate Sharon Stark and Park senior JanekSunga are part of one of the top 10 internshipsin the country according to The PrincetonReview.

Coro Kansas City is designed to developfuture community leaders through exposure tocommunity issues, leadership development,civic leaders and organizations. The internshippartners with Parks Hauptmann School forPublic Affairs and is led by former Kansas City

Mayor Kay Barnes and Hauptmann SchoolCoordinator Don Wise.

I think being able to really grow in yourown leadership skills, Stark said. (Coro) givesyou a lot of opportunities to step up and takerisks that you might not otherwise take. It

really gives you a chance to think big and lookat the big picture of how cities operate. Wevegot to see a lot of the behind the scenes ofwhat goes on to make a city function.

Stark graduated in May with a degree inpublic relations and is a 2006 graduate of PlatteCounty High School.

Sunga, an international student from Kenya,

is a double major in natural science biologyand English writing. Both were active in stu-dent government at Park, and Sunga currentlyserves as president of the student government.

The internship began June 4 and runsthrough Aug. 10. The interns participate in asummer-long group community service projectalong with spending five weeks at variousKansas City companies and spending time inthe classroom learning about non-profit organi-zations, community organization and ethics.

Coro helps to develop a group of individu-als whose personal skills and civil experiencespromote broader community engagement andexpand the social capital of our community,Wise said in a press release.

Before that though, candidates have to gothrough hell and back, Sunga said.

The application process consists of a verylong application form online, two essays, sub-mitting transcripts and letters of recommenda-tion as well as a list of involvement and leader-ship roles. Next, 24 applicants are selected asfinalists for selection day and put through arigorous eight-hour set of interviews.

LITTLE FARMERS

See BACK-TO-SCHOOL, PAGE B10

See CORO, PAGE B4

Students atthe Park HillGerner Farmlearned how

the farmwaters the

blackberriesfrom a cistern

recently. Thecistern was

built in thelate 1800s.

Contributed

photo

Two Park Universitystudents get chance to

meet KC leaders,make an impact

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