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- Local track product shines at nationals
- August 11, 2004
- Sterling Spencer, 11, a Shawnee resident who will enter 6th grade at St. Joseph School this fall, recently took home two top prizes at a national track meet.
- Lady Cougars’ roster full of new, returning talent
- August 11, 2004
- For most high school tennis coaches, preseason expectations are usually the product of gauging where last year’s juniors finished up in competition, how much they’ve improved throughout the previous year, and which potential opponents have graduated. Such is not the case for Shawnee Mission Northwest head tennis coach, Ken Clow.
- Shawnee Mission Northwest football camp teaches more than just football
- August 11, 2004
- When 102 Cougar football players loaded onto the buses en route to their four-day camp at Benedictine College, they probably expected four days of intense drills and playbook study.
- Principal makes splash for good cause
- August 11, 2004
- Mill Valley High School Principal Joe Novak was only teasing about getting even. When Novak returns to the school in January after a yearlong sabbatical, he’s not really going to dole out detentions to all the students who dropped him in the dunk tank on Saturday.
- New school puts best foot forward
- August 11, 2004
- Prairie Ridge Elementary School only needs a little polishing before being ready for it’s final addition — the pitter-patter of little feet.
- Board OK’s 2005 budget
- August 11, 2004
- With one addition pending and no citizen’s comments, the Shawnee Mission USD 512 Board of Education passed the district’s 2004-2005 budget Monday.
- Schools gird for influx next week
- August 11, 2004
- Laura Burch ticked off a teacher to-do list for the upcoming week.
- Obit: Wyon Tracey Smith
- August 11, 2004
- Obit: Donald L. Ousdahl
- August 11, 2004
- Obit: Dorothy E. Morris
- August 11, 2004
- Obit: Pat Moore
- August 11, 2004
- Obit: Gerald Lee Manford
- August 11, 2004
- Obit: Eugene Riley Frost Sr.
- August 11, 2004
- Obit: William Harrison Coover III
- August 11, 2004
- Obit: Mary Louise Bateman
- August 11, 2004
- Anniversary: Ed and Lois Roberts
- August 11, 2004
- Engagement: Smith-Dusil
- August 11, 2004
- Engagement: Adams-Robinett
- August 11, 2004
- Great Frame Up opens
- August 11, 2004
- David and Barbara Young have opened a custom framing shop in the Shawnee Station West shopping center. This latest addition to the Shawnee business community, The Great Frame Up, opened its doors on July 13.
- Catering-fine dining firm takes over landmark
- August 11, 2004
- While preparing for an event at Renee Kelly’s Thursday, Nancy Neighbors noticed a man wandering toward the front door.
- Opinion: Merger a bad idea all around
- August 11, 2004
- Business booms at Village West
- August 11, 2004
- Like settlers blazing paths during a gold rush, developers have surged to the Village West entertainment and tourism district in western Wyandotte County, eager to stake their claim on prized land. And like a pioneer realizing the booty from bountiful ground, the Unified Government of Wyandotte County has reaped the rewards.
- Farm survives downtown crush
- August 11, 2004
- When June Kuykendall looks out at the Shawnee suburban sprawl, she remembers what it once was.
- Golf legend’s lore began in Kansas
- Although he never achieved the same fame as others, Jug McSpaden’s impact on golf was every bit as important
- August 11, 2004
- By the very nature of the game they play, golfers are the modern day version of survivalists.
- Obit: Larry Dale Schriver
- August 11, 2004
- Obit: William L. Herd
- August 11, 2004
- Engagement: Ellis-Crookham
- August 11, 2004
- Mr. Sandman: a day in the lives of the boys down by the river
- August 11, 2004
- There’s probably a more technical, more dignified way to describe Randy Bergstrom’s job.
- Museum council exploring ‘options’
- August 11, 2004
- Though the Johnson County Library System has proposed merging with the Johnson County History Museum and moving it to Overland Park, the Museum Advisory Council has recommended exploring other options as well.
- Kobach holds lead after vote canvass
- August 11, 2004
- It is now official: Kris Kobach is the Republican nominee to face incumbent Dennis Moore for Kansas 3rd District U.S. congressional seat in the November election.
- City Council votes in favor of golf course
- August 11, 2004
- The Shawnee City Council moved forward Monday with a proposal for a public-private partnership for a new golf course.
- Software firm decides to remain in Shawnee
- August 11, 2004
- A Shawnee software company will stay true to its roots and remain in Shawnee for its expansion, creating 218 more jobs in the next five years.
- KC Senior Games coming to Shawnee
- August 11, 2004
- About a month after the Olympic Games are over, Shawnee and several other cities in the Kansas City area will have their own version of the games.
- Chamber still waits for change from state group
- August 11, 2004
- The Shawnee Area Chamber of Commerce’s decision to split from the Kansas Chamber of Commerce has not hurt business, leaders say.
- Obit: Berle M. (Barney) Barnhart
- August 11, 2004
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