Also from April 17
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- Maple trees may set records
- April 17, 2007
- The Hanson family has enjoyed the large maple trees in the front yard of their western Shawnee home for several years.
- Out & About
- April 17, 2007
- Hmong exhibit will bring Asian culture to Shawnee for 4 months
- April 17, 2007
- A unique opportunity to learn about a little-known culture may soon bring a number of schoolchildren to Shawnee.
- Kinder, gentler, cleaner?
- Volunteers will be sought to establish May as clean month
- April 17, 2007
- With the help of local residents, Shawnee could soon become a cleaner place to live.
- Run for Mercy April 21
- 4th annual event to raise money for African project
- April 17, 2007
- It isn't just a run for mercy; it is a run for hope, a run for love and a run for a chance at a better life for untold numbers of children.
- Shawnee a finalist
- April 17, 2007
- The city of Shawnee was among the 21 finalists announced Monday for the National Civic League's 2007 All-America City Awards competition, the nation's most prestigious and oldest civic recognition program.
- Council looks at sweeper
- April 17, 2007
- How many streets could a street sweeper sweep if a street sweeper could sweep streets?
- Oakridge Farm hearing slated May 1
- April 17, 2007
- A special planning forum will be held May 1 as part of the master planning process for the Oakridge Farm property adjacent to Shawnee Mission Park.
- Calendar
- April 17, 2007
- Opinion: An apology — and a promise
- April 17, 2007
- The letter from a Dispatch reader came as a jolt.
- Letter: ‘Fake people?’
- April 17, 2007
- Letter: Thanks, Cougars
- April 17, 2007
- Letter: Big decisions
- April 17, 2007
- Letter: Thanks
- April 17, 2007
- Guest Commentary: How to help the uninsured? Reform health care the right way
- April 17, 2007
- A new study by the Council for Affordable Health Insurance (available online at www.cahi.org) entitled “Understanding the Uninsured” provides some helpful perspective on the issue of uninsured Americans.
- Board will wait on levy hike decision
- April 17, 2007
- De Soto School Board members listened to administrators make their pitch for a mill levy increase for the 2007-2008 school year but deferred a decision on the request until later this month.
- Obituary: Michael Calkins
- April 17, 2007
- Obituary: L. Jane Geiger
- April 17, 2007
- Obituary: John Oden Clifford Hegge
- April 17, 2007
- Obituary: Edith Lysaught
- April 17, 2007
- Leadership Kansas chooses class of 40
- April 17, 2007
- Leadership Kansas, a flagship leadership growth program of The Kansas Chamber of Commerce, recently chose 40 emerging state leaders for its 2007 class activities, including a Shawnee resident, the superintendent of a local school district and a local state representative.
- De Soto Schools Calendar
- April 17, 2007
- Shawnee Mission School Calendar
- April 17, 2007
- Parochial School Calendar
- April 17, 2007
- Northwest tennis squad upends Olathe North
- April 17, 2007
- Behind inspired play No. 1-singles player Andrew Storer, the Shawnee Mission Northwest boys tennis team defeated Olathe North 7-2 in a week that also featured an 8-4 loss to state powerhouse Shawnee Mission East.
- Jags run winning streak to 5 games
- Freshman catcher delivers big in sweep of Piper
- April 17, 2007
- Connor Koch made the all-Kaw Valley League first team last season. He was voted as Mill Valley's team MVP. He lead the team in hitting his first two seasons and was second last year, batting .476.
- Swimmers shuffle lineup
- April 17, 2007
- Although the Shawnee Mission Northwest girls swim team has had the benefit of competing in an indoor sport during the recent cold and rainy weeks of the spring season, that didn't mean that the pool-dwelling Cougars were immune to the hazards of competition.
- Mill Valley track squad gears up for KU Relays
- April 17, 2007
- We already know Justin Woods is the fastest man in Kansas. Next we'll get to find out if Woods is one of the fastest high schoolers in the Midwest.
- Opinion: Rain, rain, go away
- April 17, 2007
- I thought the disappointment was behind me when my youth soccer days ended.
- Mill Valley outduels Bonner Springs tennis
- April 17, 2007
- A fine wine is supposed to improve with age.
- Northwest finds flashes of success
- April 17, 2007
- Despite a 1-4 record and a three-game losing streak, the skies for the Shawnee Mission Northwest girls soccer team haven't looked as gray as the 2007 springtime skies of northeast Kansas.
Talking points
Where is your favorite spot to view fireworks July 4?
“Home, sweet home. We like spending it at grandma’s house.”
