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AREA McDONALD’S RESTAURANTS TO OFFER HIRING WEEK APRIL 16 – 22

By Megan Neher on April 16, 2012

AREA McDONALD’S RESTAURANTS TO OFFER HIRING WEEK APRIL 16 – 22

KC area McDonald’s will be hiring a variety of positions

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Need a McJob? Head to your local McDonald’s April 16 – 22 for an on-site interview. A variety of jobs will be available in the greater Kansas City area including restaurants in Lawrence, Kan. and St. Joe, Mo.

McDonald’s is seeking new associates for various positions within many restaurants in the city. All of the jobs offer opportunity for growth within the company.

  • During National Hiring Week in 2011 about 62,000 people were hired in the United States
  • McDonald’s employees more than 761,000 employees nationwide
  • 30 percent of McDonald’s executives began as crew members

“Although the economy is showing jobs are growing again in some industries, we understand that there are still limited opportunities in some sectors. That’s why we’re excited to be able to offer the McDonald’s Hiring Week in our Greater Kansas City restaurants,” said Lisa Essig, president of the local McDonald’s co-op. “Getting quality employees on our crews and local folks back to work is a top priority for this company.”

McDonald’s recommends applicants come with a resume and be prepared to interview with the store manager during Hiring Week.

About McDonald’s

McDonald’s USA, LLC, is the leading foodservice provider in the United States serving a variety of wholesome food made from quality ingredients to more than 26 million customers every day. Nearly 90 percent of McDonald’s 14,000 U.S. restaurants are independently owned and operated by local business men and women. There are 123 independently owned and operated McDonald’s restaurants in the Greater Kansas City Area. Customers can now log online for free at any of the 12,000 participating Wi-Fi enabled McDonald’s U.S. restaurants. For more information, visit www.mcdonalds.com, or follow on Twitter (@McDonalds) and Facebook (Facebook.com/McDonalds) for updates on business, promotions and products.

 

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‘DOROTHY AND THE WITCHES OF OZ’ ARE COMING BACK TO KANSAS

By Megan Neher on February 22, 2012

OLATHE, Kan. – ‘Dorothy and the Witches of Oz’ opens at AMC theaters in the Kansas City area this Friday – a favorite fairy tale re-imagined for a new audience staring Christopher Lloyd, Sean Astin and Billy Boyd.

This independent film, which is produced by Nick Everhart, a Kansas City native and UMKC graduate, will be showing at AMC Town Center 20 in Leawood and AMC Studio 30 in Olathe. Several members of the cast, including a flying monkey, will be appearing at two of the screenings for photos, autographs and a Q&A session following the movie offering fans the opportunity to see the movie and meet the cast.

Dorothy and the Witches of Oz – Cast Q&A

Friday, Feb. 24 – AMC Studio 30 Olathe – Q&A after the 8 p.m. show
Saturday, Feb. 25 – AMC Town Center 20 – Q&A after 4:45 p.m. show

Cast at the Q&A will be:
·        Dorothy Gale played by Paulie Rojas
·        The Wicked Witch played by Eliza Swenson, (who is also one of the executive producers and music composers)
·        Glinda the Good Witch played by Noel Thurman
·        Nick Everhart producer and Kansas City native, who just so happened to work at AMC back in his KC days
·        One of the flying monkeys (in costume and makeup)

Dorothy and The Witches of Oz follows the exploits of the grown Dorothy Gale, now a successful children’s book author. As she moves from Kansas to present day New York City, Dorothy quickly learns that her popular books are based on repressed childhood memories, and that the wonders of Oz are very, very real. When the Wicked Witch of the West shows up in Times Square, Dorothy must find the inner courage to stop her. With more than 2,000 CGI shots and effects, spectacular costumes, and pitch perfect actors, the theatrical version of this film is exciting, creative, energetic, family friendly, and simply a fun modern version of America’s fairytale.

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/dorothyandthewitchesofoz/

About the Cast:
Paulie Rojas (Dorothy Gale) – Ms. Rojas fulfilled the promise of her scholarship by graduating from USC’s prestigious acting school in 2007. During her collegiate career, Paulie played in many theater productions and danced with USC’s Repertory Dance Company, which she garnered the Ava Gardner Memorial Award, an annual honor bestowed upon USC’s best undergrad actor. Since graduation, she’s acted in several features, including Last Resort and Political Disasters, and produced her own short films.

Billy Boyd (Nick Chopper) – Mr. Boyd made his claim to fame by playing Pippin in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Billy keeps himself busy as he is already slated to appear in five features and a television show in 2012. In addition to his extensive acting resume (both film and theatre), Billy is also an accomplished musician who plays guitar, bass, and drums, as well as singing.

Eliza Swenson (Billie Westbrook) – Ms. Swenson spent the early part of her career starring in Indie horror films such as The Beast of Bray Road and Satanic, but she’s now moving into a more mainstream fare with her current works on Disney’s Drake & Josh and the comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous. She is also the singer and key creative for her band The Divine Madness. Not only is she beautiful, she has also earned a bachelor’s degree in music media and sound engineering from Brigham Young University.

Christopher Lloyd (Wizard of Oz) – Mr. Lloyd cut his teeth in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and television’s Taxi and certified his legend with classic performances in films like the Back to the Future trilogy and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. With three Emmy wins and an Independent Spirit Award, Christopher’s acting is beyond reproach and his career shows no signs of slowing.

Noel Thurman (Glinda) – Ms. Thurman is one of the hardest working women in Hollywood. Since the age of 5 she has been modeling and acting. She has a long resume from series to features, her most notable recent performances including the dumb blonde commercial for Mercedes Benz. Next up this year, co-starring next to Orlando Bloom, Michael Pena and Taraji Henson in The Good Doctor, Agua Caliente alongside, Jason Mewes, and of course Glinda the Good Witch.

Mia Sara (Langwidere) – Ms. Sara found great success early in her career with roles in Legend and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. She also appeared in the miniseries, Queenie, as well as 1992′s A Stranger Among Us. For Timecop, she won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. These days, Mia only works on projects for which she has a great passion.

Lance Henriksen (Uncle Henry) – Mr. Henricksen has carved out an impressive career, thus far. It spans almost every genre and he’s garnered many accolades including three Golden Globe Best Actor nominations for his work in the television show Millennium. He is best known for his role as, Bishop, in the Alien films and playing astronaut Walter Schirra in The Right Stuff. Lance’s range is remarkable not only as an actor, but a voice star, and is outshined only by his skill and dedication to the craft of acting.

Barry Ratcliffe (Bryan the Lion) – While Mr. Ratcliffe obtained his bachelor’s degree studying theatre at the prestigious Radford University, he developed his stage and screen skills that have anchored his extensive resume in television and film. His career ranges from recurring roles on hit TV series like Nash Bridges, Untold Stories of the ER, The Michael Jackson Trial, to guest starring roles on Brothers and Sisters, Hallmarks The Wish List, Nip Tuck, Threshold, Brothers in Arms, as well as an expansive list of credits in independent and big budget feature films.

Jeffrey Combs (Frank Baum) – Mr. Combs cemented his cult celebrity with his roles in the re-animator series. He still works frequently in the horror genre, his resume includes The Frighteners, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and House on Haunted Hill. Jeffrey also is well known for his reoccurring roles on Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. To top it all off he is also an experienced live theater performer.

Al Snow (Nome King) – Mr. Snow has been a professional wrestler and sports entertainer for 30 years. Al spent 13 years as a WWE superstar with World Wide Weekly television in 127 countries and monthly PPV’s as an in ring performer. During that time Al also worked with WWE as a television commentator for WWE programming, host, and trainer for MTV’s critically acclaimed and successful reality series Tough Enough for three seasons.

Sean Astin (Frick) – Mr. Astin was born Hollywood royalty, the son of Patty Duke, and has an incredible resume including his break-out role in Goonies and The Lord of the Ring Trilogy, starring along “Oz” costar Billy Boyd, as well as the critically acclaimed lead in Rudy.

Ethan Embry (Frack) – Mr. Embry is a veteran of Hollywood at a very young age. Before acting in film, he appeared in more than 100 commercials and radio ads. He has starred in such projects as Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, Numbers and of course, the lovable cousin to Reese Witherspoon in Sweet Home Alabama.

Sasha Jackson (Ilsa Lang) – Ms. Jackson hit the ground running in her young acting career with roles in Fox’s Til Death, the highly-rated One Tree Hill, Eva Bryant in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Dana in Blue Crush 2. Sasha has also worked many commercials for companies such as McDonald’s and Ferrero Rocher. She’s also an accomplished diver and gymnast.

About the KC Filmmaker
Nick Everhart – After graduating from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, Nick immediately quit his job as a Manager for AMC Theatres, moved to Los Angeles, and began working (for free!) as a Production Assistant at The Asylum. In a year at The Asylum, he worked on 12 feature films in a myriad of roles, including writing, directing, editing, and line producing. After that, he was offered a position as the Line Producer at Bullet Films in Lafayette, Louisiana. While there, he helped produce five back-to-back films for the SyFy Channel. In 2009, he moved to Norwalk, Connecticut to Co-Produce The Witches of Oz, directed by Leigh Scott, his mentor and friend. After several years dedicated to improving his craft by working in nearly every available position on a film set (aside from makeup, because he can never keep the eyeliner straight), he is now devoted to creating projects that are visually exciting with great stories andinteresting characters. Nick is currently working on writing and directing several projects including Slash-In-The-Box and The Scout, two short films that are both part of the new horror anthology film Penny Dreadful’s Picture Show.

http://unews.com/2012/02/14/alumnus-lives-out-his-dream-in-film/

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KC AREA YOUTH CELEBRATES CITY-WIDE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS YOUTH OF THE YEAR AWARD

By Megan Neher on February 20, 2012

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. – With only a week to get used to her new title as Kansas City’s Youth of the Year 2012, Akimmy Wheeler, a member of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City Hawthorne Unit, will host an ice cream party for more than 100 fellow club members to celebrate the new honor.

The Kansas City branch of Blue Bell Ice Cream is donating an ice cream party in honor of Wheeler and will scoop her favorite flavor, Strawberry, along with a few other ice cream flavors from 3:30 to 5 p.m., Tuesday, February 21 at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City Hawthorne Unit in Independence, 16995 Dover Lane. The media is invited to come by to interview Wheeler about her honor and/or get photos during the ice cream party.

Wheeler was named 2012 Youth of the Year for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City earlier this month. The newly named Youth of the Year will now compete against other Boys & Girls Clubs members in Missouri for the state title and a $1,000 college scholarship from Tupperware Brands Corporation. State winners move on to vie for the distinction of one of five regional winners across the country, and ultimately those five winners will contend for the title of National Youth of the Year.

Wheeler has faced the challenge of moving multiple times in her childhood including six different elementary schools. At the Boys & Girls Clubs she was able to find confidence and learn to be a leader. Wheeler is the President of the Keystone Club which is a teen leadership group and has walked door-to-door promoting the Boys & Girls Club to other teens personally encouraging 16 new members.

She was a participant in the A+ program at her high school completing 56 hours of community service by assisting teachers at Randall Elementary School in their art and cooking clubs. She volunteers daily at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kansas City Hawthorne Unit assisting with Power Hour (homework help and tutoring), SMART Moves (health and life skills) and creating fun and exciting activities.

She attends William Chrisman High School maintaining a 3.5 grade point average. In the fall she will attend Park University to pursue a degree in interior design.

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Celebrate Fat Tuesday at RA Sushi with “Mardi RA”

By Megan Neher on February 8, 2012

RA Sushi Bringing Taste of the Big Easy to Leawood
LEAWOOD, Kan.,– Don’t travel all the way toNew Orleansto enjoy Mardi Gras! Instead, head over to RA Sushi in Leawood on Tuesday, February 21 from 7 p.m. to close to celebrate their version of Fat Tuesday with“Mardi RA.” During the event, enjoy food and drink specials, festive décor and entertainment.
Get in the spirit by dressing in Mardi Gras attire and throwing on some colorful beads. A special guest D.J. will keep the crowd going all night long.
Take a bite out of the Big Easy with a variety of spicy food specials made just for the occasion. Mardi RA dishes include the Spicy Chicken and Shishito Green Necklace, a noodle dish tossed with chicken, green and red bell peppers, onion, garlic, chili sesame sauce, and shishito peppers, garnished with Sriracha and black sesame seeds ($7).  The Chili Shrimp Roll is an amped up Viva Las Vegas Roll topped with spicy crab mix, crispy spicy shrimp, cilantro, jalapeno, and Sriracha ($8). Enjoy the Spicy Kalbi Beef, grilled beef short ribs marinated in a spicy black pepper soy sauce, served over grilled red and green bell peppers and onions ($9).
Tame the heat from these spicy dishes with two special cocktails that give a nod to New Orleans. Sip on a Southern Julep, made with Southern Comfort, Makers Mark, simple syrup and mint ($8), or cool down with a HurRAcane, featuring Southern Comfort, fresh fruit juices, lemon lime soda, simple syrup and grenadine ($8).
Stop in to RA Sushi Leawood for Mardi RA and enjoy one of these Southern spirits with a special twist, or mix one up at home for your own celebration.
Southern Julep:
.75 ounces Southern Comfort
.75 ounces Makers Mark
.05 ounce simple syrup
6 mint leaves
Muddle mint and simple syrup in a tin. Add liquor and a half a scoop of ice and shake vigorously. Pour drink into tall glass. Top with ice and splash of soda. Garnish with sprig of mint.
HurRAcane:
1.5 ounces Southern Comfort
1 ounce pineapple juice
1 ounce orange juice
1 ounce lemon lime soda
.05 ounce simple syrup
.25 ounces grenadine
Orange slice and cherry for garnish
Combine all ingredients in a tall glass with ice. Garnish with an orange and cherry flag.
About RA Sushi
RA Sushi Bar Restaurant, an upbeat, unconventional sushi bar, opened its first location in Scottsdale, Ariz. in October 1997. RA is best known for successfully combining distinctive sushi with a trendy, hip atmosphere. Fresh sushi is served to order along with outstanding Japanese fusion cuisine in a fun, lively environment. The result is a place that is both unpretentious and fashionable.
RA Sushi Leawood is located in Park Place at 11638 Ash St. Lunch is served from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. Dinner is served until 11 p.m. daily. The bar is open until 1 a.m. or later. Happy Hour food specials are offered Monday through Saturday, 3 to 7 p.m. and drink specials are available all day. On Sunday nights, RA Sushi’s Flying Fish Lounge is the perfect place to catch some food specials from 8 p.m. to midnight and drink specials are offered all day.
RA has 25 locations across the country. Enjoy RA Sushi in Arizona (Ahwatukee, Mesa, North Scottsdale, South Scottsdale, Tempe and Tucson); California (Chino Hills, Corona, Huntington Beach, San Diego, Torrance and Tustin); Florida (Palm Beach Gardens, Pembroke Pines and South Miami); Georgia (Atlanta); Illinois (Chicago, Glenview and Lombard); Kansas (Leawood); Maryland (Baltimore); Nevada (Las Vegas); and Texas (two Houston locations and Plano). Look for RA on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, and check-in at RA Sushi on Foursquare. For more information visit RA online at www.RAsushi.comor call the restaurant at (913) 850-6260.

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Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Tulsa Expands

By Megan Neher on February 7, 2012

Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Tulsa Expands Inpatient Pharmacy and Adds Surgical Space
Construction projects to grow hospital by approximately 14,000 square feet

Tulsa, Okla. – Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) in Tulsa is kicking off the New Year with the launch of a surgical expansion, announced today on the heels of a newly completed inpatient pharmacy expansion. Together the projects will add approximately 14,000 square feet to the regional cancer hospital at 10109 E. 79th St.

“Our expansion efforts are part of our strategic long-term plan to continue offering our patients the services they value,” said Karl Berens, assistant vice president of general services at CTCA in Tulsa. “It’s all part of our Mother Standard® of care – treating our patients with the same compassionate, individualized approach to care that we would want our own loved ones to receive.

“We make it a standard practice to survey our patients to know what their needs are, even asking them their preference of carpeting and upholstery for furniture throughout the hospital.”

The 4,145-square-foot surgery expansion project will begin this month to create a third surgical room and a minor procedure room, and enlarge the two endoscopy and one bronchoscopy suites. Additionally, 2,898 square feet of space in the existing surgery department will be renovated.

The surgery renovation and expansion are estimated to cost approximately $3.1 million. PSA-Dewberry, Inc., is the project architect, and Oakridge Builders will manage construction. The estimated completion date has not yet been determined.

In December, CTCA completed an expansion of its Inpatient Pharmacy on the hospital’s second floor. Designed by PSA-Dewberry, Inc., and constructed by Oakridge Builders, the project also shelled space for a future remodel in the Infusion Center, adding 9,958 square feet to the building. The expansion created separate rooms for the mixing of Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN), chemotherapy and antibiotics for patients, as well as space for additional infusion bays for delivery of those agents.

About Cancer Treatment Centers of America®
Cancer Treatment Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) is a national network of hospitals providing a comprehensive, fully integrated approach to cancer treatment. CTCA serves patients with complex cancer from all 50 states at facilities located in suburban Chicago, Philadelphia, Tulsa and suburban Phoenix. A new facility is under construction in suburban Atlanta. Known for delivering the Mother Standard® of care and Patient Empowered Care®, CTCA provides patients with information about cancer and their treatment options so they can control their treatment decisions. For more information about CTCA, go to www.cancercenter.com.

 

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