Pouring the freshly brewed coffee into an airpot during the Cheerleaders of America Cheer competition April 7th, Amy Latenser-Nagle, owner of the business, keeps the coffee urn steady. Percup, Latenser-Nagle’s company, vends a wide variety of concessions including smoothies, Dippin’ Dots, muffins, cotton candy, and of course, coffee. by Lauren Nagle

Lauren Nagle 

Junior digital photography student Lauren Nagle chose to photograph the company Percup Coffee that serves food at different conventions and events. Nagle photographed Percup Coffee serving customers during the Cheerleaders of America Cheer competition April 7. Over 2,000 people attended the competition which made for a hectic day for Percup Coffee.

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Brett Batmer smirks as he sees his friend Joe Culver, on April 9th, in the parking lot of Station 19. Culver and Battmer worked with each other for years, but Joe recently switched to Station 17 on 34th and Paseo. by Jessica Culver

Jessica Culver

Sophomore digital photography student Jessica Culver chose to photograph the Kansas City Fire Department at Station 19. The firefighters try to relax and joke around between calls while they enjoy a homemade dinner.

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Red peppers aren’€™t the only food being sliced by the Bistro chef’™s knife on Apr. 16 in the STA kitchen. Bistro kids served all organic and natural foods to create nutritious lunches for the girls. by Grace Kitts

Grace Kitts 

Bistro Kids is a farm to school lunch program founded to help feed as many students healthy lunches as possible.It serves food at about at 8 schools around the Kansas City area. Bistro kids serves all organic meals that they buy directly from the farmers, who in turn get all the proceeds. Lunches are prepared straight from scratch by the Bistro Kids chefs. Maxwell Littlejohn is the head chef at STA. He arrives early each morning to start cooking the all organic, locally source, and all natural lunches to serve to around 150 or more girls each day.

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Customer Dave Money feeds his four year old son, Austin, lasagna at Cascone’s April 16 during dinner happy hour. The family dines at the restaurant regularly. “The food is good,” says Money. “One of the few things my kids will actually eat.” by Sara McKnight

Sara McKnight

Cascone’s Italian Restaurant is a family run food business in the north Kansas City area. It’s location is 3737 N Oak Trafficway. The restaurant was founded in 1954 by John Cascone. The present owner is Jim Cascone, John’s son. The manager of the restaurant is Desmond Northcutt along with John Cascone Jr. There are 25 full time and 35 part time workers who contribute their time and work into the restaurant. At Cascone’s, the family and staff work to have honorable mentions in reviews and to also make each customer full and happy.

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