Leawood Chamber of Commerce Member Memo — July 22, 2011

Upcoming events and news from around the Leawood area.

Leawood Chamber Events

General Membership Luncheon & Debut

Aug. 9, 2011, 11:15 at Leawood South Country Club, 12700 Overbrook Rd, Leawood, 66209
Cost: $25 members, $35 non members (paid in advance).

By registering online, you agree to the chamber's refund policy as noted at www.leawoodchamber.org/refund_policy.cfm.

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Join Leawood Chamber members, their guests, and 'future' Chamber members for some of the area's best networking while enjoying an informative program and a great meal.

The speaker for the August Luncheon & Debut will be Soren Petro from 810 WHB Radio, the host of "The Program". Soren Petro is from St. Louis and has worked in radio for many years. His show, The Program, has consistently been at the top of the ratings since then. The Program features segments like the “Two Minute Drill”. Every Monday and Friday, the Drill covers the big sports stories around the country, with the people who cover them in their own city. The Program also features weekly, in-season segments with the players on the field He turns the lunch hour into must-listen radio. “The Program” brings a wide array of guests – local and national – and other features such as “Stump the Chumps” on Fridays, challenging listeners to their sports trivia knowledge.

In addition, our newest Chamber members will be presented in our quarterly "Chamber Debut". Attendees will receive a description from each business that has joined the Leawood Chamber in the past 90 days.

Chamber Members: As an added benefit, members will receive via email a spreadsheet with contact information of all the other member attendees at the event. This is another way we're working to make sure the Leawood Chamber is a great networking resource for Chamber members.

Use the Register Online link below and sign up today!

If you have trouble registering for this event, please email us at Event Registration Assistance.

By registering online, you agree to the chamber's refund policy as noted at www.leawoodchamber.org/refund_policy.cfm.

The reservation deadline for this event is Thursday, August 4, by 5:00 pm.

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After Hours Networking

Jul. 27, 2011, 5:00 at Trezo Vino Wine Bistro, 11570 Ash Street, Leawood, 66211 — Register Online
Cost: There is no cost to attend this event.

Members and Non Members use the link below to register:

Leawood Chamber members, their guests, and 'future' Chamber members are invited to join us at our After Hours event.

Use the link below to register today!

If you have trouble registering for this event, please email us at Event Registration Assistance.

Registration deadline is Monday, July 25th, by 5:00 pm, so make sure you RSVP today!

Morning Mingling

Aug. 2, 2011, 8:00 at The Athletic Club, 10440 Marty, Overland Park, 66212 — Register Online
Cost: There is no cost to attend this event.

Members & Non Members use the link below to register:

Leawood Chamber members, guests, and 'future' Chamber members are invited to join us for some great Leawood Chamber networking.

Use the link below to register today!

If you have trouble registering for this event, please email us at Event Registration Assistance.

The registration deadline for this event is Friday, July 29th, by 5:00 pm, so make your reservation today!

Member Briefing

Aug. 4, 2011, 8:30 at Country Club Bank - South Leawood, 2nd floor conference room, 13451 Briar, Leawood, 66209 — Register Online
Cost: Free for Chamber members

Members use the link below to register:

If you are a new representative for an existing Chamber Member or are a representative for a brand new Member, we welcome you to join us for our informative Member Briefing.

This is your chance to meet the staff, representatives from the Board, representatives from the Ambassador Committee and fellow Chamber members. Learn the history of the Chamber and ways to maximize the value of your membership. Enjoy complimentary breakfast, coffee and conversation!

Please bring your business cards and be prepared to introduce yourself!

Members use the link below to register today!

If you have trouble registering for this event, please email us at Event Registration Assistance.

Leawood Community Events

Bye Bye Birdie

Jul. 22, 2011, 8:00pm at Amphitheater at Ironwoods Park, 147th and Mission Road, Leawood, 66224
Contact: April Bishop – aprilb@leawood.org 913-339-6700 x157
Cost: Free Weblink: http://www.leawoodstageco.org

Bye Bye Birdie is a Broadway musical satire of Mid-century Modern America. The story centers around Conrad Birdie, an Elvis Presley type rock & roll singer, who is about to be inducted into the army. Birdie travels to Sweet Apple, Ohio to give a typical teen-age girl from his fan club a good-bye kiss on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Bye Bye Birdie

Jul. 23, 2011, 8:00pm at Amphitheater at Ironwoods Park, 147th and Mission Road, Leawood, 66224
Contact: April Bishop – aprilb@leawood.org 913-339-6700 x157
Cost: Free Weblink: http://www.leawoodstageco.org

Farmers' Market

Jul. 23, 2011, 8:00am at Blue Valley Recreation Complex, 9701 W. 137th St., Overland Park, 66221
Cost: FREE Weblink: http://www.bluevalleyrec.org

Come shop fresh local products from high-quality, honest vendors. Fruits, veggies, meat, plants and more--all products from within a 125-mile radius of Overland Park.

Start2Finish 5K Run-Walk

Jul. 23, 2011, 7:00am at KU Edwards Campus, parking lot behind Jayhawk Central, 12600 Quivira Rd., Overland Park, 66213
Contact: Christine Hartigan – chartiga@ku.edu 913-897-8548
Cost: $22 online through July 20 or at packet pick-up on July 22, $28 on race day, July 23. Special buddy rate when you register with a friend Weblink: http://www.istart2finish.org

Start at Johnson County Community College. Finish at the University of Kansas Edwards Campus. That’s the premise behind Start2Finish, an educational partnership between JCCC and KU Edwards Campus. The 5K race starts at JCCC and finishes at KU Edwards Campus. Post race activities include a kid’s fun run, bounce house inflatables, free food and a special gift for race finishers. To watch a short preview of the race, visit YouTube.com/KUEdwards.

We Want Your Blood!

Jul. 25, 2011, 12:00pm at Overland Park Convention Center, 6000 College Blvd, Exhibit Hall B, Overland Park, 66211
Contact: Megan Thode – mthode@opconventioncenter.com 913-339-3067
Cost: FREE!! Weblink: http://www.savealifenow.org

Community Blood Center will be holding a Blood Drive at the Overland Park Convention Center Monday, July 25 from 12pm-4pm. We recommend you make an appointment in advance to ensure you get in, get out, and get on with your day! Visit www.savealifenow.org and use sponsor code OPCC to make an appointment!

Taste and Tees for TLC

Jul. 25, 2011, 9:30am at Blue Hills Country Club,
Contact: Courtney Biller – cgray@kidstlc.org 913-324-3612
Weblink: http://www.kidstlc.org/GolfTournament.php

Join us at Blue Hills Country Club for our annual TLC Golf Tournament! Shotgun start begins at 11am, please visit our website for mroe details.

Aging Mental Health Symposium

Jul. 26, 2011, 8:00am at Comfort Keepers Home Care Training Facility, 10310 State Line, Leawood, 66215
Contact: Connie Brockert – conniebrockert@comfortkeepers.com 913 385-2636
Cost: Cost is $38. Weblink: http://www.ComfortKeepers.com/Office-171

Comfort Keepers Home Care is presenting a symposium on aging and mental health aimed at helping attendees to know and recognize early warning signs of the most common types of disease processes in the aging population.

Penny Shaffer, R.N., M.A., Program Director for Health and Human Services at Johnson County Community College will cover all aspects of dementia care.

The symposium will be held Tuesday, July 26, from 8 to 5 in the Comfort Keepers Training Facility at 10310 State Line, Leawood, KS, 66215. Cost is $38. Six CEUs will be provided by Social Work PRN. Register online at www.ComfortKeepers.com/Office-171.

Prairie Book Club

Jul. 27, 2011, 9:30am at Oxford School House, Ironwoods Park, 147th and Mission Road, Leawood, 66224
Contact: April Bishop – aprilb@leawood.org 913-339-6700 x157
Cost: $2 per child per session

Every Wednesday through July 27, a teacher will read children's historic fiction and each session will include a craft, activity, or games.

News & Announcements

Jeanette Metzler Honored

Jeanette Metzler, director of St. Joseph Medical Center’s Well*Life at Work, has been named by the Kansas City Business Journal as part of the Women Who Mean Business class of 2011.

The Women Who Mean Business awards programs honors outstanding professional women in for-profit businesses who have made significant contributions to their business or industry, as well as their community. Metzler created a health and wellness program about ten years ago. She was charged with the challenge of taking a program that operated at a deficit and reached about 5,000 individuals a year to creating a profitable program that reached more participants. Metzler not only met the challenge—she far exceeded goals.

Today, Well*Life at Work provides health and wellness services through employers reaching more than 70,000 people each year and gross revenues from 2005 to 2010 has increased an average of 20 percent each year.

“We are making wellness more convenient by moving it out of the hospital and taking it to where people live, work and play,” says Metzler. “Taking wellness to businesses, talking about it, helps create a culture where wellness is encouraged. Businesses are learning that not only is it good for employees, it’s cost effective as well.”

Ginger Bliss, vice president of Strategic Planning and Business Development at Carondelet Health (which includes St. Joseph Medical Center) says, “Jeanette has utilized h ... (go to www.leawoodchamber.org for more information)

FOUR HCA MIDWEST HEALTH SYSTEM HOSPITAL BREAST CENTERS APPROVED BY THE NAPBC

HCA Midwest Health System, Kansas City’s largest healthcare network, today announces that four of its hospitals have been granted a three-year/full accreditation designation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American College of Surgeons. Following a rigorous evaluation process, Centerpoint Medical Center, Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park Regional Medical Center and Research Medical Center have received this prestigious designation.

Accreditation by the NAPBC is only given to those centers that have voluntarily committed to provide the highest level of quality breast care and that undergo an in-depth evaluation process and review of their performance. During the survey process, each of the four HCA Midwest hospitals demonstrated compliance with standards established by the NAPBC for treating women who are diagnosed with the full spectrum of breast disease. The standards include proficiency in the areas of: center leadership, clinical management, research, community outreach, professional education and quality improvement.

“We are very pleased to receive this accreditation,” says Robert Talley, MD, medical oncologist at Centerpoint Medical Center. “It reaffirms the commitment that our breast center has for the detection and treatment of breast cancer in individuals within our community.”

Pam Handlan, RT, direc ... (go to www.leawoodchamber.org for more information)

SUKUMAR ETHIRAJAN, MD, Joings Midwest Cancer Care at Menorah Medical Center

It was a question that the young medical student didn’t have an answer to in 1977 that helped launch his prolific career in cancer care. “A professor in medical school quizzed me about the Philadelphia chromosome,” recalls Sukumar Ethirajan, MD, medical oncologist/hematologist. “I researched it further, reviewed my notes and became fascinated with the role of genetics in cancer.”

The Philadelphia chromosome is a specific chromosomal abnormality associated with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), and Dr. Ethirajan, now with Midwest Cancer Care at Menorah Medical Center, began his challenging career in the world of oncology. He studied tumor biology, biochemistry, radiology and pathology at renowned institutions including Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, NY, Boston University Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Years later in Kansas City, following prestigious fellowships at the University of California Los Angeles and the University of Minnesota, the young oncologist came face-to-face with the Philadelphia chromosome on a very personal level.

“My good friend who I played recreational basketball with was diagnosed with CML,” says Dr. Ethirajan. “At that time the only treatment available was a bone marrow transplant, and though he did receive one, his remission was short-lived.”

Soon after his friend’s passing, an oral treatment was introduced to help tr ... (go to www.leawoodchamber.org for more information)

Looking to Receive Emergency Text Message Alerts from Johnson County?

JOCOALERT is a SMS text message service that seeks to offer timely notification of dangerous weather alerts or other related emerEMgency management information for Johnson County. Instructions for receiving messages via text message are included in the training linked below.

JOCOALERT is one of Johnson County’s official sources of emergency public information related to an emergency, disaster, or community-wide incident. This includes the redistribution of official “products” from the National Weather Service including watches, warnings, and advisories.
Although an official source of information, JOCOALERT is dependent on external systems outside of the control and maintenance of Johnson County. Consequently, Johnson County cannot guarantee JOCOALERT as a solitary source of emergency public information. Johnson County recommends all citizens use the information available through JOCOALERT along with other trusted sources such as a NOAA All-Hazard Weather Radio, Emergency Alert System, and local media.

The JOCOALERT system is provided without charge to the general public; however, those receiving text alerts via wireless device may incur personal charges based upon their service plan. Please contact your wireless provider for details before subscribing to JOCOALERT.
TO SUBSCRIBE: Text "Follow JOCOAlert" to 40404.

TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Text "OFF @JOCOalert" to 40404 or in reply to a message.

... (go to www.leawoodchamber.org for more information)

First Ever KU Edwards Campus Career Expo to Take Place September 24th

KU Edwards Campus Career Expo
Saturday, September 24, 2011
10:00am to Noon
KU Edwards Campus, Regnier Hall Lobby

The KU Career Services offices and the KU Edwards Campus are pleased to host the first ever KU Edwards Campus Career Expo on Saturday, September 24, from 10:00 am to Noon. The event will be held on the KU Edwards Campus in Overland Park, KS located at 12600 Quivira Rd. in the lobby of Regnier Hall.

The purpose of this event is to provide an opportunity for KU Edwards Campus students to network with Kansas City-area employers regarding career options.

To register, go to http://ku-csm.symplicity.com/employers. For those of you new to KU Career Connections, you will need to log in to see the event link. Please enter your email address, and your temporary password will be the first four characters of your email. If you have any problems with this, please contact Liz Caldwell at lcaldwell@ku.edu or 785-864-7672.

Exhibitor space is limited and you are encouraged to register as soon as possible. There is a $50 fee for this event. Due to space limitations, please bring tabletop displays only.

If you have any questions, please contact Megan by phone at 785-864-4517 or by email at mjhill@ku.edu or Liz at 785-864-7672 or by email at lcaldwell@ ... (go to www.leawoodchamber.org for more information)

The Goppert Center for Breast Care at Saint Luke’s South Receives NAPBC Accreditation

The Goppert Center for Breast Care at Saint Luke’s South has been granted a three-year/full accreditation designation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American College of Surgeons. Accreditation by the NAPBC is only given to those centers that have voluntarily committed to provide the highest level of quality breast care and that undergo a rigorous evaluation process and review of their performance.

During the survey process, the center must demonstrate compliance with standards established by the NAPBC for treating women who are diagnosed with the full spectrum of breast disease. The standards include proficiency in the areas of: center leadership, clinical management, research, community outreach, professional education and quality improvement. A breast center that achieves NAPBC accreditation has demonstrated a firm commitment to offer its patients every significant advantage in their battle against breast disease.

The American Cancer Society estimated that there would be 192,370 patients diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in the United States in 2009. In addition, hundreds of thousands of women who will deal with benign breast disease this year will require medical evaluation for treatment options.

Receiving care at a NAPBC-accredited center ensures that a patient will have access to:

• Comprehensive care, including a full range of state-of-the-art services

& ... (go to www.leawoodchamber.org for more information)

Member Profile

LifeWise Renovations

We are professional remodelers that understand the very basic want of individuals is to remain in their own home as they age. When faced with the decision of staying or going, people almost unanimously choose to stay. At LifeWise Renovations, we combine meticulous home remodeling project management skills, with the expertise of health care professionals to help you or your loved one call your house a home for a lifetime.

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