Month: September 2017

Rolled Thai ice cream coming to Legends

The newest food coming to the Legends Outlets in Kansas City, Kansas, will be rolled Thai-style ice cream.

According to a Legends spokeswoman, Freezing Rolls will open in December in the former location of Topsy’s Popcorn, on the south side of the shopping center at 1843 Village West Parkway, Suite M107.

In making Thai ice cream rolls, a milk-based liquid is poured over an extremely cold steel surface. The base liquid freezes to become ice cream, thinly spread and scraped at an angle to form the ice cream rolls, with the addition of toppings such as chopped fruits or cookies in some cases.

The rolled-up ice cream is then placed in a cup and often topped with fudge or whipped cream, according to the spokeswoman.

The new Freezing Rolls will have 2,995-square feet of retail space.

Topsy’s Popcorn has been relocated to 1843 Village West Parkway, Suite T118, and it reopened on Sept. 9.

Topsy’s will continue to offer buttered popcorn, caramel, cinnamon, cheese, and caramel popcorn with pecans or peanuts, including gift tins for the holidays.

The Legends spokeswoman said Go! Calendars, Games and Toys, a seasonal store, will return for its third holiday season on Oct. 5 and will remain open through Jan. 31.

Go! Calendars features holiday gifts such as calendars, games, toys and puzzles, and will be located across from the Old Navy outlet store at a 6,931-square-foot pop-up site at 1829 Village West Parkway, Suite 107.

KCKCC posts biggest soccer win over Johnson County, 9-2

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC

The worst thing Johnson County may have done Tuesday night was to score two soccer goals in the first four minutes at Kansas City Kansas Community College.

Smarting from the 2-0 deficit, the Blue Devils bounced back with three goals of their own in a 9-minute span on the way to a 9-2 win that was KCKCC’s most decisive in the long-time series between the two arch-rivals.

The nine goals are the most the Blue Devils have ever put on the board against the Cavaliers and the 7-point margin of victory is also an all-time best, surpassing a 5-0 KCKCC win in 1999.

The win sets up the Blue Devils’ biggest challenge of the season thus far, a Saturday re-match at Jayhawk Conference leader Neosho County in Chanute at 7 p.m. A 4-2 winner over KCKCC Sept. 5, Neosho leads the league at 3-0-1 followed by Cowley (3-1-1) and KCKCC (3-2).

Seven Blue Devils scored goals and six players had assists against JCCC. Harmon sophomore Giovanni Calderon led the way with three goals; sophomore Ricardo Angelo scored a goal and assisted on two others; and freshman Reed Axthelm scored his sixth goal of the season and added an assist.

JCCC took a 2-0 lead four minutes into the game on two goals by Jason Wolfe.

“We made a couple of mistakes early that cost us,” KCKCC assistant coach Burke Slusher said.

Angelo got the Blue Devils on the board 19 minutes into the game with KCKCC’s first goal on an assist from freshman Hector Valles and frosh Jonas Mejias tied it with his first college goal on an assist from Gustavo Palmeiri four minutes later.

Calderon on a pass from Angelo put KCKCC ahead to stay 3-2 at the 28-minute mark and then stretched the KCKCC halftime lead to 4-2 on his second goal assisted by Brajan Huyke.

The Blue Devils dominated the second half with goals from Axthelm, Hector Valles, Calderon, Gustavo Palmeiri and Bruno Rovares with assists coming from Angelo, Axthelm and Guilherme Grave.

Sophomore Youssef Gadelkerim had saves on five of seven shots by JCCC while the Blue Devils launched 18 shots on goal, half of which went in.

“A good bounce-back effort from a bad game at Coffeyville,” Slusher said. “After we settled down and go a tie, we controlled the game the rest of the way. “Ricardo Angelo dominated in the midfield; Giovanni Calderon had a good performance and Jonas Mejias and Bruno Rovares each scored their first college goals. Now we just have to carry this success over at first place Neosho Saturday.”

NAACP to meet Oct. 3

The Kansas City, Kansas, Branch NAACP will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 3, at the Bethany Medical building, second floor meeting room, 21 N. 12th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

The executive meeting will begin at 6 p.m. followed by the general membership meeting at 7 p.m. All members are encouraged to attend.

All candidates who attend will have a chance to greet NAACP members. Final plans will be made for the Oct. 20 and 21 Kansas State Conference of Branches, and the host is the Kansas City, Kansas, Branch. Other reports also will be given.

For information, call 913-281-7900.