Preparations under way for flag event
Johnny Meyers, Nick Burke, Barry Pitman, Don Singo and Charlie Brown have spent the past two Tuesday mornings pouring concrete into 66 plastic salad bowls.
Schools & education
Shawnee Mission Board of Education, teachers agree on contract
The Shawnee Mission USD 512 Board of Education and the Kansas National Education Association of Shawnee Mission agreed on a two-year contract for the 2008-09 and 2009-10 school years.
Business
Local firms find fun with in-store pets
Smokey the cat used to rule the roost at Hartman Hardware.
Local news
Recycling presents mixed bag
Sixty-eight thousand, seven hundred and eighty-two pounds of aluminum. 171,953 pounds of steel. 240,737 pounds of plastic. A whopping 6,396,714 pounds of paper.
Sports
Worth the wait: Mill Valley earns first sweep of the season
The record didn’t indicate it, but all season long Mill Valley softball coach Heather Whitcomb insisted her team was good. It was just a matter of time, she’d say, until her squad proved it. Wednesday was that night.
- Class 5-1A girls soccer regional bracket released May 10
- Class 6A girls soccer regional bracket released May 10
- North, Northwest set for 6A baseball, softball regionals May 10
- Mill Valley baseball, softball teams headed to regionals May 10
- St. James baseball, softball teams to play Monday in regionals May 10
- Class 5-1A girls soccer regional bracket released May 10
- Class 6A girls soccer regional bracket released May 10
- North, Northwest set for 6A baseball, softball regionals May 10
- Mill Valley baseball, softball teams headed to regionals May 10
- St. James baseball, softball teams to play Monday in regionals May 10
- Northwest boys, girls fourth at Sunflower League track meet May 10
- Maranatha baseball set for regionals May 10
- North's Moore back in semifinals May 10
- Maranatha's Thomas in tennis state semifinals May 10
- St. James blasts Basehor, readies for regionals May 9
- Mill Valley boys, girls win KVL track titles May 9
- Recycling presents mixed bag May 7, 2008 1 comment
- Blasting off May 7, 2008 1 comment
- Letter: Police no-shows April 29, 2008 1 comment
- Mill Valley students to protest Prairie Ridge PTA fundraiser February 19, 2008 11 comments
- Students, parents ask for a new plan for SMNW's environmental lab April 30, 2008 1 comment
- Local athletes compete at the Kansas Relays April 18, 2008 2 comments
- Effort to save teacher's job fall short April 8, 2008 2 comments
- Idyllic lab stirs vocal debate April 22, 2008 1 comment
- Students to parents: Alcohol unnecessary February 26, 2008 4 comments
- One last look December 11, 2007 1 comment
Upcoming events
- Ambassadors monthly meeting May 12
- Ambassadors luncheon May 12
- Shawnee Mission Optimist Club
- Shawnee Mission Board of Education May 12
More events
Births
- Brett and Bobbie Clark, Shawnee, a boy.
- Matt and Debbie Neis, Shawnee, a boy.
- Matt and Debbie Neis, Shawnee, a boy.
- Alisa and Dr. Bradley Chrisjohn, Lee’s Summit, Mo., a boy.
- Cindy and Brian Hazelrigg, Columbia, Mo., a girl.
Obituaries
Talking points
What electronic items did you recycle, and how long were you waiting to recycle them?
“Mainly one CPU, four monitors, a copier and a three printers. They were sitting around all total probably 11 years.”
