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- Lady Jags ready to roll with new leader
- August 18, 2004
- With every passing summer a new August arrives, and each August brings with it a new school year, new incoming students, and new excitement.
- Lady Cougars swing for return trip to State
- August 18, 2004
- With only two returning seniors from last year’s varsity team, one returning junior, and an unknown number of freshman set to hit the links this fall for the Shawnee Mission Northwest girls golf team, head coach Rich Wiley is trying to remain realistic in his expectations for this year’s crop of golfers.
- One year later
- Mill Valley athlete reflects on a life-altering neck injury
- August 18, 2004
- When Mill Valley High School senior Michael Kowal enters a room, he has a way of lifting the spirits of everyone near him.
- Former Jayhawk to join Jaguars
- One of KU’s all-time greats set to join Mill Valley basketball staff this season
- August 18, 2004
- He played more than 80 games for the University of Kansas basketball team, and when his three-year career was over, he had earned a reputation as one of the toughest defenders in the program’s deep and tradition-rich history.
- Mill Valley expansion complete
- August 18, 2004
- A $2.3 million expansion to Mill Valley High School is complete and ready for students. Located on the south side of the school at 5900 Monticello Road, the addition includes new classrooms, storage and activity rooms, said Alvie Cater, district community relations coordinator. Mill Valley’s classroom addition increased the school’s capacity from 750 to 1,000 total students,
- New bus drivers learn to ‘rock ‘n roll’
- August 18, 2004
- Spanning about 36 bright yellow-orange feet, a typical school bus is trickier to maneuver than the family car — or even the family extra-long conversion van.
- District still wrestling with school costs
- August 18, 2004
- De Soto USD 232’s Mize Middle School update — which four weeks ago indicated a shortage of more than $6 million for the planned project — swelled into full-blown “bond issue reconfiguration” on the Board of Education agenda Monday night.
- De Soto board reinstitutes teacher salary schedule
- August 18, 2004
- The De Soto USD 232 Board of Education Monday approved a one-year teacher contract that will reinstate a salary schedule and give all returning teachers a salary increase for the 2004-2005 school year.
- Robbers hit 2 businesses in Shawnee
- August 18, 2004
- Two Shawnee businesses were robbed last weekend, leaving the Shawnee Police Department in search of three suspects.
- Democratic Senate victor withdraws from election
- August 18, 2004
- In another interesting twist to the Aug. 3 primary election results, a Shawnee man has announced he does not want to move on to the November general election.
- Obit: Robert Edward Viard Sr.
- August 18, 2004
- Obit: Michael D. Thomas
- August 18, 2004
- Obit: Pearl G. Schroder
- August 18, 2004
- Obit: Robert Plough
- August 18, 2004
- Obit: Marvin “Skeeter” Millsap
- August 18, 2004
- Obit: Glen L. “Shorty” Lee
- August 18, 2004
- Obit: Lou Fowlkes
- August 18, 2004
- Obit: Harry Daniel Bowman
- August 18, 2004
- Bonner Springs youth killed
- August 18, 2004
- I am a part of all that I have met” — from Alfred Tennyson’s “Ulysses”
- Letter: Thanks, doc
- August 18, 2004
- Customers aim for a new record
- August 18, 2004
- While a couple of minutes may seem like an eternity when when you’re waiting on an order at a fast-food restaurant, one Bonner Springs family may have the all-time record.
- Opinion: Easy does it in school zones
- August 18, 2004
- City continues upgrading intersection
- August 18, 2004
- City officials are continuing with their efforts to upgrade the intersection of Barker Road and Shawnee Mission Parkway, the scene of several recent car accidents.
- Merriam car show Sept. 11
- August 18, 2004
- Car and motorcycle enthusiasts are invited to show off their cars, motorcycles, and trucks at the 2004 Turkey Creek Car and Motorcycle Show on Saturday, Sept. 11.
- Local artist attends camp
- August 18, 2004
- Marisa Wilson, 17, of Shawnee, is attending Interlochen Arts Camp, a nationally recognized summer arts program for youth in the United States in Interlochen, Mich.
- Tour de Shawnee Aug.29
- August 18, 2004
- Organizers of the 15th Annual Tour de Shawnee are hoping to celebrate the big year in a big way, bringing back several long-time participants.
- School administrator gets out the vote
- August 18, 2004
- Talk to any candidate running for public office and they’ll tell you the same thing — cornering the market on voters in the 18- to 24-year-old demographic is essential to winning on Election Day. The potential of young voters to shape the political landscape is so great politicians will use non-traditional methods to appeal to voters in their late teens and early 20s.
- Shawnee, Lenexa compare notes
- August 18, 2004
- Continuing a spirit of partnership between the two cities, the Shawnee and Lenexa city councils gathered for their annual meeting Thursday night to discuss projects along their shared borders. “We are proud to have Lenexa as our neighbors, and we’re glad to be involved with you,” Shawnee Mayor Jeff Meyers said.
- Planning board nixes development
- August 18, 2004
- The Shawnee Planning Commission again proved tough on planned mixed residential developments coming into the city, even if it is a Rodrock Community.
- Parkway repairs keep customers away
- August 18, 2004
- These days, orange cones outnumber the businesses along Shawnee Mission Parkway, and business owners say the cones’ dominating numbers are scaring away prospective customers.
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