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Deffenbaugh to be sold to merchant banking firm- November 19, 2007
Deffenbaugh Industries will be purchased by a major international company.
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- Deffenbaugh to be sold to merchant banking firm
- November 19, 2007
Deffenbaugh Industries will be purchased by a major international company.
- Event rings in Christmas season
- November 19, 2007
- In its fourth year, the Shawnee Christmas Around Town event continues to grow.
- De Soto School District considers drug-testing program
- November 19, 2007
- The De Soto School District has formed a committee to look into a possible random drug-testing program.
- Monticello pipeline prompts new concerns
- Residents worry that costs will go up
- November 19, 2007
Residents who live near Shawnee’s Monticello Road project say relocation of a major gas pipeline could affect their homes or drive up costs.
- Children’s triathlon planned for Shawnee next summer
- November 19, 2007
The Shawnee Parks and Recreation Department is planning yet another athletic event for next year that is sure to draw participants from all over the metropolitan area.
- Date Book
- November 19, 2007
- What’s happening in Shawnee
- Trail plans under study
- November 19, 2007
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After repeated requests from citizens and Shawnee City Council members, the city plans to take a closer look Tuesday at putting a bike trail along Midland Drive.
- Agency often out of cash, never out of needs
- November 19, 2007
For 17 years, Shawnee Community Services has operated out of the former convenience store, providing multiple services to those in need in the community. It is a food pantry and thrift store, selling everything that might be needed in a home, all things people drop off as donations. It also provides cash assistance for utilities or prescriptions and serves as a body of knowledge for those needing an advocate.
- A season to be thankful
- November 19, 2007
- With the Thanksgiving holiday upon us, the city in a football frenzy over the Kansas and Missouri game on Saturday, and the high school sports season at a lull, I am taking a minute to talk about one of the prep games’ biggest fans. Tom Mordy is a Shawnee Mission North High School sports fan. In my career covering sports, I have met a lot of people who love high school sports, but he is the most passionate high school sports fans that I know. He is in his 40s, and I have known him since I was in second grade.
- SMNW swimmers dive into new season
- November 19, 2007
- Shawnee Mission Northwest boys’ swim team roster is filled with novice and experienced swimmers, and coach Scott Virden couldn’t be happier. Virden has the luxury of mixing accomplished swimmers with a group of freshmen who have competed together in club swimming for a number of years. This week those swimmers practiced for the Cougars first days in the pool. “We have about 29 guys out,” Virden said. “It’s about what I expected. I’ve heard a lot about this freshman class coming up. They’re a pretty close bunch of guys. I think I have about the most freshmen of anyone.”
- Cougar football players name captains for last season
- November 19, 2007
- The 2007 Shawnee Mission Northwest football team gathered one final time on Sunday to talk about the tremendous season and winning. The keynote speaker of the evening was Van Rose, the coach of Northwest’s 14-time Boys Class 6A State Cross Country championship teams. Rose is a coach who knows a little something about winning. He knows what it takes to get there and stay there. He’s been to a place the Northwest football team wants to go; and he knows you get there through work ethic. And that’s exactly what Northwest head football coach Aaron Barnett wanted the evening to be about, to honor the commitment put in by his 2007 squad, to hear from a man who knows the benefits of a strong work ethic, and to make sure that those returning stay committed to that same ethic for next year and beyond. The culminating event was the naming of the team’s captains for the 2007 season.
- Whose deer?
- November 19, 2007
- The white-tailed deer is the most dangerous animal in America.
- Jaguars return six state qualifying wrestlers
- November 19, 2007
- Athletes have to leave their school shoes outside the Mill Valley High School wrestling room. This is to prevent any potential unwanted bacteria like MRSA from getting on the mats, coach Travis Keal said. “We don’t want to take a chance,” he said. Keal emphasizes discipline, and the good habits continue on the mats.
- Playoff halftime brings apologies
- November 19, 2007
- Representatives of both schools have apologized after fans were upset by two incidents at the Nov. 9 Shawnee Mission Northwest-Olathe North football game. The game was the Class 6A quarterfinal, and the controversy started when the band directors at Northwest decided to have the band play while an injured Olathe player was lying on the field. The two schools were playing a close quarterfinal football game on Nov. 9. The halftime score was 7-7. Olathe North kicker Chad Latka had attempted a field goal just before halftime and was injured on the play. As the clock went from 0:00 to halftime, Latka lay on the field. Players from both teams made their way into the locker room. Meanwhile, Latka lay on the field. He felt some tingling in his extremities and so medical professionals, as a precaution, decided to take him to Kansas University Hospital. They thought he would be OK, but decided to have him examined as a matter of protocol, Olathe North athletic director Lane Green said. As they waited, Shawnee Mission Northwest bandleaders and administrators were discussing whether or not the band should play while Latka was on the field. They were unsure how long halftime would last. The students had worked hard and wanted a chance to play.
- Taking stock at Thanksgiving
- November 19, 2007
With Thanksgiving approaching, it seems appropriate to enumerate some of those things that we’re thankful for.
- Coach gets situated on North’s sidelines
- November 19, 2007
- Shawnee Mission North coach B.J. Hair is settling into his new job. With his assistant coaches, the brain trust he calls them, he sits in the coaches’ office minutes before practice is set to begin and reviews plans.
- A helping of charity
- Mize fourth-graders raise money with turkey feast
- November 19, 2007
- Best friends Morgan Darter and Samuel Seidl both love animals and hope to be veterinarians one day, so it was no surprise when they suggested the same charity benefit from the Mize Elementary School fourth-graders’ Charity Feast.
- Shawnee Mission wants patron input for superintendent hunt
- November 19, 2007
- The Shawnee Mission School District is searching for a new superintendent and wants patron input.
- Out & About Calendar, Nov. 21, 2007
- November 19, 2007
- Events in the upcoming month at local venues, libraries and museums
- At home on the mats
- Monticello Trails Middle School Student excels at wrestling
- November 19, 2007
- Morgan Otteson, 14, wears plaid tennis shoes, hangs out with friends, enjoys wakeboarding and playing piano. Then she enters the wrestling room. Otteson also is a national champion wrestler. She is an eighth grader at Monticello Trails Middle School and a member of the school’s wrestling team. She is the only girl on the team, and one of the best. She is the first wrestler to pick up coach Travis Keal’s instructions and work the move. She is the last one to stop. Otteson has performed the moves on youth wrestling’s biggest stages.
- Class notes
- November 19, 2007
- North collects 191 pints The Shawnee Mission North Student Council bi-annual blood drive collected 191 pints of blood Nov. 9. North has sponsored a blood drive since the mid 1970s.
- Junior class to lead Thunder wrestling team
- 05:56 p.m., November 19, 2007 Updated 05:56 p.m.
- St. James Academy coach Matt Medina has 28 wrestlers on his team this season. The numbers are an increase from last season. Having more athletes has been a goal for St. James Academy, which is in its third year. The wrestlers have varying levels of experience. Some have wrestled for a few years and others aren’t experienced at all.
- Private school calendar
- November 19, 2007
- Tuesday/20 ¢ Midland Adventist - Early dismissal. ¢ Sacred Heart - Early dismissal at 11 a.m. ¢ St. James Academy - Grandparents’ Day.
- Shawnee Mission school calendar
- November 19, 2007
- Tuesday/20 ¢ Shawanoe RIF book distribution ¢ Shawanoe assembly for third through sixth grades.
- De Soto school calendar
- November 19, 2007
- Tuesday/20 ¢ Mize choir practice, from 7:55 to 8:40 a.m.
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Do you think it is important for Shawnee to be bicycle-friendly?
I think it’s important. I do love and use the paths, but it would be nice to have lanes so we could use bikes to run errands - saving gas!
