Job board connects employers, job seekers in Rosedale

A job board is connecting employers and job seekers in the Rosedale area.

Launched in December by the Rosedale Development Association, the online job board features mostly jobs available in Rosedale, according to Erin Stryka, RDA executive director.

“We are finding out, first of all, that we have lots of Rosedale businesses that want to hire local folks and are really excited to be posting on a job board for Rosedalians, and for everybody,” she said.

Just recently, the job board had postings for jobs as a community garden assistant, chimney technician apprentice, landscape technician, kitchen staff, bilingual customer service representative and other positions.

The job board may be accessed by anyone, and there is no charge to view the job listings or to place a job listing, she said.

“It’s by and for Rosedalians, but it’s available for everybody,” Stryka said. There are a few jobs listed that are located outside of the Rosedale area, she added.

Job seekers may create a profile on the website and submit their resumes. Employers may list their open positions and look through resumes on the website.

The Rosedale job board was developed by the Rosedale Development Association’s business communications intern, Jada Escobar, with support from the RDA staff.

“This is something we’re doing for the community’s benefit,” Stryka said.

The Rosedale job board is online at rosedalejobs.org.

New Menards store opens near 98th and State Avenue

The new Menards store on 98th Street, north of State Avenue, opened this morning to the public.

Wyandotte Daily’s readers have been asking quite frequently when the new Menards store at 1301 N. 98th St. will open.

The store opened to the public this morning at 6:30 a.m., according to general manager Jim Hrivnak. It will be open through 10 p.m. Hours will be 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sundays.

The store has 209,000 square feet inside, he said. Outdoors, where the lumber yard is located, it has 175,000 square feet, he added.

Hrivnak said the Kansas City, Kansas, location, which is on 98th just west of Schlitterbahn, is a little bigger than other Menards stores in the area, but not by much. Menards also has stores in Kansas City North, Olathe and Independence.

It will have the same services as the other area stores, but the store has a different layout, and it will have more selection in lighting, plumbing and electrical items, he said. Besides building supplies, the store also has a garden center.

The store employs about 190 team members, and they are always looking for good team members, he added.

The community “has been fantastic,” Hrivnak said. As they were building the store and putting everything together, every day for the past few weeks there have been over 100 cars coming into the parking lot asking if they were open yet, he added.

“We’re just excited about being here,” he said. “It’s been a long journey putting it together. We hope to see everybody come into the store and check it out.”

McClatchy files for bankruptcy

McClatchy, the parent company of The Kansas City Star, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The filing was made Feb. 13 in federal bankruptcy court in New York, according to documents online at https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056087/000105608720000005/mni-20200212x8k.htm.

McClatchy, which operates 30 media companies nationwide, plans to reorganize and has secured $50 million in debtor-in-possession financing, according to the bankruptcy filing.

Besides the Star, it publishes newspapers including the Miami Herald, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Charlotte Observer, Sacramento Bee, and the (Raleigh) News and Observer. The newsrooms are operating as usual, according to the company. The company reported in its filings that it has increased its digital-only subscriptions. Print subscriptions continue to decline.

The company reported in filings with the SEC that it has been in negotiations to restructure its debt. The company also reported in SEC filings it would ask the court to terminate its qualified pension plan and appoint the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) as the plan’s trustee. No adverse effects to pension recipients were expected, according to the filing.

According to a filing with the SEC, the company did not yet have figures for the fourth quarter of 2019 but expected total revenues to be $183.9 million, down 14 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2018. Revenues for all of 2019 were expected to be down 12 percent from 2018.

McClatchey has reported more than $600 million in debt, and some insights into the company’s situation can be found in a blog by Jim Fitzpatrick, a former Kansas City Star employee, at https://jimmycsays.com/.