Month: November 2015

KCKCC Music Department to present fall jazz concert later this month

by Kelly Rogge

The Kansas City Kansas Community College Music Department is once again preparing to entertain audiences with its upcoming fall jazz concert.

The concert is at 7 p.m. Nov. 17 at the KCKCC Performing Arts Center, 7250 State Ave. The performance is free and open to the public, but donations will be accepted.

The evening will start with a pre-concert reception at 6 p.m. in the lobby of the performing arts center, sponsored by the KCKCC Music Club. The reception will feature live music by solo jazz students from Mike Ning’s Studio.

At 7 p.m., the concert will begin, featuring music by the KCKCC Jazz Band, the two Jazz Combos and three Vocal Jazz Ensembles.

“Patrons attending the concert will hear a variety of music – swing, Latin, funk, gospel and pop especially,” said John Stafford, director of choral activities at KCKCC. “We will also feature our student solo jazz vocalists during the reception. It should be a fun concert.”

For more information on the choral program at KCKCC, contact John Stafford at [email protected] or call 913-288-7137.

Kelly Rogge is the public information supervisor at Kansas City Kansas Community College.

Accident reported on I-70

An accident was reported about 2:42 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at I-70 westbound past the Turner Diagonal and College Parkway exit.

The accident report from the Kansas Turnpike Authority lists three vehicles, including a tractor-trailer, involved in the accident. If you have been in an accident with a tractor-trailer that wasn’t your fault then you might want to talk to a truck accident lawyer in Austin, TX to see if you could get compensation.

According to the trooper’s report, a Dodge Ram truck was westbound on I-70, along with two other westbound vehicles.

The Ram truck changed lanes in front of a Ford F250 truck. The Ford truck then struck the back of the Ram truck, the trooper’s report stated.

The Ford truck lost control and went into another lane, striking a Freightliner tractor-trailer, the report stated.

The Ford truck then went off the roadway and rolled, the report said.

The driver of the Ford truck, a 26-year-old man from Leavenworth, Kan., was injured, the report said. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the report.

The driver of the tractor-trailer, a 58-year-old man from Kellogg, Iowa, was not injured, the report stated.

The driver of the Ram truck, a 55-year-old man from Brighton, Colo., was not injured, according to the report.

Shepherd’s Center to hold pancake fundraiser Saturday

The Shepherd’s Center of Kansas City, Kan., will hold a fundraising pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Kansas City Kansas Community College Conference Center, 7250 State Ave., Kansas City, Kan.

Pancakes, sausage, eggs, juice and coffee will be $8. The charge for those who have student identifications will be $6.

The Shepherd’s Center of Kansas City, Kan., is an interfaith, multicultural nonprofit organization that promotes and supports successful aging.

Its next Adventures in Learning program will be Nov. 20 at the Grace Lutheran Church, 3333 Wood Ave., Kansas City, Kan. Joe Reardon, president and CEO of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, will be the guest speaker at the noon luncheon Nov. 20. For information about reservations, call 913-281-8908.