Providence Medical Center, 8929 Parallel Parkway, will offer free stop smoking classes beginning Monday, Jan. 18.
The program will provide support and individualized planning for those who want to quit smoking.
Classes will cover preparations to quit, reasons for quitting, handling stress, understanding withdrawal symptoms, exercising, coping strategies and more.
Classes will be from 5 to 6 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, Jan. 18, 20, 25, 27; April 18, 20, 25 and 27; and Oct. 17, 19, 24 and 26.
Classes will be in the Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Health Services Unit, Providence Medical Center, second floor, 8929 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kan. Tobacco is not allowed indoors or outdoors on the Providence campus.
To register for the free classes, call 913-496-4950.
KCKCC freshman Mike Lee soared between three Penn Valley defenders for a driving layup in the Blue Devils’ come-from-behind 75-68 win over the Scouts Tuesday night. (KCKCC photo by Alan Hoskins) by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC
Over the years Kansas City Kansas Community College and Penn Valley have guaranteed fiercely fought and highly contested battles down to the wire and Tuesday’s resumption of the long-standing rivalry was no exception.
Buoyed by a rare 6-point play and a stifling defensive effort, KCKCC rallied from a 12-point deficit in the final nine minutes for a come-from-behind 75-68 win that wasn’t decided until the final 27 seconds.
The win gave the Blue Devils a sweep of this season’s two-game series (KCKCC won 64-62 at Penn Valley) and a 10-6 record heading into their final game before heading into conference play, a home contest with Wentworth Military Academy Thursday at 7 p.m. Home against North Central at 5 p.m. today, the KCKCC women will also be right back in action Thursday, hosting the Kansas Nuggets at 5 p.m.
Trailing by as many as 14 points with 12 minutes left and still down 63-51 at the 9:00 mark, the Blue Devils cut their deficit in half without a second being run off the clock. It started with KCKCC’s Mike Lee being fouled by Houston Shackelford, who was also assessed a technical foul, and when Penn Valley coach Marcus Harvey protested too strenuously, he too drew a technical foul.
Freshman Kellan Turner made the most of the technical fouls, draining four straight free throws and Lee added a pair to make it 63-57 and ignite a 24-12 finishing burst. Jonathan Murray and Trevor Young highlighted the comeback with a pair of baskets each but it was not until the 1:21 mark that KCKCC finally went ahead on back-to-back baskets by Turner, who also found Joe Lendway for a clinching layup with 27 seconds left.
“I thought we showed great resiliency and fight,” said KCKCC coach Kelley Newton. He said they showed great character in facing adversity.
The comeback would have not been possible, however, had it not been for the Blue Devil defense which held Penn Valley without a field goal and just two free throws in the final 7:38 of play as KCKCC erased a 66-59 deficit.
“I didn’t realize that,” Newton said. “I knew we were giving them only one shot and I liked that.”
The Blue Devils also got a big performance off the bench from Trevor Young, A freshman from Lansing whose older brother Clay preceded him at KCKCC and now is on the KU basketball team, led the Blue Devils with 15 points and nine rebounds – with Clay looking on.
“I’m going to have to come more; he (Trevor) had 15 points at Penn Valley and I was at that game,” Clay said.
“Trevor played within himself, something we’ve talked about with all our players,” said Newton. “He defended, rebounded and took what the offense gave him.”
Six Blue Devils scored eight or points. Lendway had 11 points and 7 rebounds, Jonathan Murray 10 points and 8 rebounds and Xavier Gaona 9 points, 4 assists and a game high 10 rebounds to lead the way while Lee added eight points and five assists, Turner eight points and four assists.
Alan Hoskins is the sports information director at KCKCC.
Former KCKCC standout and now a member of the Kansas basketball team, Clay Young, front, was joined by his grandparents, from left, Gene and Ada Young and parents Paul and Teresa Young and KCKCC women’s player Janay Jacobs in watching Trevor Young lead KCKCC in scoring with 15 points in a 75-68 win over Penn Valley Tuesday. (KCKCC photo by Alan Hoskins)
Kansas City Kansas Community College is hosting Instor3 Management & Branding’s “New Year, New You #ItStartsWithAVision” Music Panel this weekend.
The event is from 1 to 3 p.m. Jan. 9 at the Upper Jewell Center, 7250 State Ave., Kansas City, Kan. Registration begins at noon, with the panel starting at 1 p.m.
The panel features Kansas City’s Grammy-nominated songwriter and music executive Ericka J. Coulter. In addition, UK Grammy-nominated Producer Harmony “H-Money” Samuels will sit on the panel.
A variety of topics will be discussed such as writing, producing, understanding the international music industry, marketing and branding
Admission is $5 for students and $10 for adults. Proceeds will be donated to the Kansas City Kansas Public Schools’ Back to School Fair, which services more than 5,000 students each year.
Tickets can be purchased at the door. Aspiring artists can also bring their materials on a USB to enter to win a trip to Los Angeles, Calif., where they will be able to work in studio with Coulter and Samuels.
“I am thrilled to work with Shelley Coulter and Ericka Coulter of Instor3 Management & Branding (LA) to provide insiders’ information about the music industry to our KCKCC students and community members,” said Barbara Clark-Evans, director of the Intercultural Center at KCKCC. “This is a great opportunity for the audience to learn about the creative process as well as the business aspects of the industry.”
Ericka Coulter is the CEO-founder of Instor3 and is a product of the Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools. She has worked with artists such as Tamar Braxton, KeKe Palmer, El Debarge and Faith Evans and has made the transition to movies and television such as Fifth Harmony’s “I’m in Love with a Monster” from “Hotel Transylvania 2.”
Samuels first appeared on the music scene as the undisputed champion of London’s “Producer Battles.” His first hit in the United States was Maroon 5’s “No Curtain Call.” Since then, he has produced tracks for Chris Brown, Ariana Grande, Wiz Khalifa, Ciara, JoJo, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Lopez, Fifth Harmony, Nathan Sykes, Mali Music, Estelle, Neyo, Jennifer Hudson, Lil Wayne, Guy Sebastian and Kansas City’s Janelle Monae, among others.
For more information, visit the event’s Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/events/1635474146715238/.
Kelly Rogge is the public information supervisor at Kansas City Kansas Community College.
