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- Relay For Life exceeds goal
- June 15, 2005
- As participants entered the track area at Mill Valley High School Friday evening for the Shawnee-Lenexa Relay for Life, they heard a young voice over the public announcement system. “Hi, my name is Kyle Doerksen, and I'm here because my mom had cancer,” the voice stated, introducing the beginning of the event: the survivors' lap.
- ‘Mama Gladys’ spreads joy in visit from South Africa
- June 15, 2005
- There's a farm near the tiny South African village of Theescombe, and police, struggling parents or relatives of orphans know it's a place where children can get help. Because that's where Mama Gladys lives.
- Neighbors still wary of roadwork
- June 15, 2005
- There is still time to work out citizen concerns with Shawnee's next major street project, City Council members promised residents Monday.
- Parties working together to ease downtown flux
- June 15, 2005
- With work on the Downtown Streetscape under way, Dave Morris would like to send a message to anyone traveling through downtown: Excuse the mess for a little bit, but it will be better soon.
- Brothers buttonhole shoppers to raise funds for cancer fight
- June 15, 2005
- At the Shawnee Hy-Vee at 65th and Quivira Friday, twins Keith and Kyle Chadwick were helping out at an unusual lemonade stand.
- County budget levy unchanged in first draft
- June 15, 2005
- As instructed, Johnson County Manager Mike Press has provided the County Commission with a draft 2006 budget that maintains the current 21.36-mill levy.
- Opinion: What price progress?
- June 15, 2005
- Waiting on Topeka, district starts with best-guess budget
- June 15, 2005
- Tim Rooney made do with a best-guess budget situation for this year's Shawnee Mission USD 512 public budget workshop.
- Board introduces policy on student meds
- June 15, 2005
- If a new Board of Education policy discussed Monday is adopted, Shawnee Mission USD 512 students will be allowed to dispense their own anaphylaxis and asthma medications at school.
- Couple welcomes visitors to backyard oasis
- Iris, chickens, ‘God’s Garden’ on view in rear of this western Shawnee home
- June 15, 2005
- Carol Wooten doesn't have an official name for the idyllic, flora- and fauna-filled landscape behind her home, just a humble one.
- Act of heroism a natural move for former Shawnee resident
- June 15, 2005
- Ryan Ely thought of Jon U as more than a friend; he was more like a brother.
- Obit: Charles J. Bratkovic
- June 15, 2005
- Obit: Dr. K. Maynard Curts
- June 15, 2005
- Obit: Herbert M. Hollis
- June 15, 2005
- Obit: Lorretta K. McKellips
- June 15, 2005
- Obit: Tammy (Klinkenberg) Todd
- June 15, 2005
- Obit: Robert F. Wood
- June 15, 2005
- Local art gets personal at Shawnee Lights Art Festival
- First-year festival highlights new, established artisans
- June 15, 2005
- When Nancy Longman wrote some words about love and arranged them in a frame with pressed leaves, a raffia ribbon and a colorful photo from her own backyard, she hoped her handiwork would touch someone. But she didn't know who, or how.
- Opinion: Witnessing history
- June 15, 2005
- Last weekend, my girlfriend and I took a trip to Chicago for a wedding and were lucky enough to witness a piece of history.
- Cougars carry on tradition of greatness
- Northwest’s Garrison, Mings named school’s athletes of the year
- June 15, 2005
- The word “garrison” often conjures up images of fortresses, castles or troops of cavalry riding to the rescue. Most definitions of the word usually contain the words fortified, fortress or permanent.
- Jags use football camp for familiarization, initiation
- June 15, 2005
- With summer now officially underway, most high school athletes have begun to refocus their attention on local baseball or summer basketball teams, but for the future football players at Mill Valley High School, all that was put on hold last week.
- Three from Shawnee to play all-star game
- Football standouts from SM North, SM Northwest and Mill Valley gear up for 2005 Metro Classic
- June 15, 2005
- For the past six months, high school football has been a distant memory, but for fans of the sport, this week's Kansas City Metro Classic should be a fine reminder as to why football reigns supreme in the fall.
- Lady Cougars land 5 on All-Sunflower
- June 15, 2005
- After their best season in four years, the Shawnee Mission Northwest girls' soccer squad saw their season of hard work pay off in the naming of five Cougars named to the All-Sunflower League squads.
- Jags’ soccer camp enjoys largest turnout
- June 15, 2005
- Now well into the month of June, school hallways are silent and empty, but last week, athletic activities continued at Mill Valley High School.
Talking points
Where is your favorite spot to view fireworks July 4?
“Home, sweet home. We like spending it at grandma’s house.”
