Also from April 1
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- Meyers wins re-election
- Voters give mayor, incumbents four more years
- April 1, 2008 in print edition on A1
- The incumbents ruled Tuesday in the Shawnee City Council elections.
- Voters give second term to Meyers
- 08:30 p.m., April 1, 2008 Updated 09:06 p.m.
- Incumbent Jeff Meyers won re-election as Shawnee mayor in balloting Tuesday.
- School calendar
- April 1, 2008
- Education calendar
- State of County address next week
- April 1, 2008
- Annabeth Surbaugh, chairman of the Johnson County Board of Commissioners, will present her 2008 State of County Address on Tuesday at the Ritz Charles.
- Store seeks donations for charity
- April 1, 2008
- The Shawnee dressbarn, 15420 Shawnee Mission Parkway, has partnered with Dress for Success to help disadvantaged women.
- Shawnee Mission Beach Volleyball to have sand sculpting contest
- April 1, 2008
- Katie Corning, a professional sand sculptor from Fort Myers Beach, Fla., has been hired to oversee the festival’s contest.
- North students challenged to play mentally disabled
- April 1, 2008
- Shawnee Mission North High School students will offer a glimpse of what it is like to be mentally disabled in their spring play, “The Boys Next Door.” The play, written by Tom Griffin, tells the story of four mentally disabled men who live in a group home and their social worker, Jackie. Senior Gregory Myers plays Arnold Wiggins, senior Terrance Newman plays Lucien P. Smith, senior Tylor Loxterman plays Norman Bulansky, junior Alex Hill plays Barry Klemper and senior Kathryn Bowman plays Jackie.
- Longtime local family’s roots in Belgium recalled
- April 1, 2008
- Growing up in Shawnee in the 1920s and 30s, Dale VanLerberg remembers having pony races on Sundays, trapping muskrats and raccoons, and going fishing.
- Unintended consequence takes youth for a ride
- April 1, 2008
- Simple acts sometimes have unintended consequences. In the 1990s, researchers sought to perfect a new preparation they thought would help with chest pain. It didn’t seem to have much effect, however, and they were perplexed when the subjects refused to return the unused pills.
- Kansas flood victims get help from Shawnee
- April 1, 2008
- Over the past several months, members of Shawnee United Methodist Church have been doing their best to bring one woman’s life back to normal.
- Good Works
- April 1, 2008
- To the editor: It was a pleasure to read of all the good works students performed during their Spring Break.
- Shawnee Mission board OKs computer purchases
- April 1, 2008
- The Shawnee Mission USD 512 Board of Education on Monday approved a bid of about $1.4 million to replace 1,640 notebook computers in the district.
- De Soto district to weigh adding girls golf as sport
- April 1, 2008
- Teeing off with the boys might soon be a thing of the past for female golfers in De Soto USD 232.
- Growing costs
- April 1, 2008
- To the editor: I wonder if anyone besides me really reads the yard signs for municipal election candidates. Most of them are pretty straightforward, but one has me perplexed. One of them cites more growth and less tax. Hmm, now how would that work?
- Editorial: Time to give teens a break
- April 1, 2008
- Those who worry about leaving our world in the hands of “the younger generation” should find solace in a story in last week’s Dispatch. It told of a group of 32 area residents - a mix of teens and adults - who traveled during their spring break to South Africa to assist with the Oceans of Mercy group.
- MV thrower sets record
- April 1, 2008
- Mill Valley High School senior Mark Grinstead made school history in his first meet of the track season last week. He threw148-feet-3-inches in the discus and broke the school record. “He is a senior and has been throwing great all preseason,” coach Chris Dunback said.
- Early games are frigid
- April 1, 2008
- The weather was cold last Thursday. Games were played in windy conditions. Parents packed blankets, scarves and hats. Players wore gloves and did whatever they could to stay warm. Shawnee Mission North coach Jayson Poppinga was right at home, though. He is used to the cold. “This is like summer in North Dakota,” he told the players while his team was preparing to play Lawrence, the same thing he has said throughout the practice season. “They are complaining about how cold it was.”
- SMNW softball team sweeps opener
- April 1, 2008
- Shivering in their uniforms and warmup jackets, members of the Shawnee Mission Northwest softball team warmed up by running around the bases Thursday afternoon - especially when Shawnee Mission East was pitching to them.
- Jags start 2-0
- Mill Valley girls soccer team wins first two games
- April 1, 2008
- With a pair of shutouts and a combined 14 goals, the Mill Valley girls soccer team is off to a strong start this season. The Jaguars defeated Tonganoxie 10-0 on Thursday in 69 minutes of play.
- Maranatha tennis team defeats Bonner Springs
- April 1, 2008
- The Maranatha boys tennis team is off to a strong start this season. Maranatha defeated Bonner Springs 7-2 in tennis play on Tuesday.
- Club wrestlers medal at state
- April 1, 2008
- The Kansas State Kids Wrestling Championships in Topeka featured a strong visiting contingent from Shawnee on Saturday, as several Cougar kids club members proved their wrestling prowess at the Topeka Expo Center. Ross Whitmore, Kids’ Club veteran and KSHSAA State qualifier, earned a fifth-place finish in his division over the weekend. He will move on to the Brute Adidas Nationals in an attempt to win back-to-back All-America honors.
- North baseball team drops opener
- April 1, 2008
- Shawnee Mission North pitcher Gage Daniels spent last winter working to become a better pitcher and it showed, despite a 7-0 loss to Lawrence on Thursday. He’d toiled in the weight room, worked on conditioning and done everything possible to get into shape for the year.
- Northwest tennis team dominates Olathe South 10-2 in dual victory
- April 1, 2008
- The Shawnee Mission Northwest boys tennis team only faltered at the top of the lineup Thursday, winning all singles and doubles matches from the No. 2 spot on down and dominating Olathe South, 10-2.
- Cougars sweep Pioneers
- April 1, 2008
- Behind consistent pitching and timely hitting, the Shawnee Mission Northwest baseball team opened the 2008 season with a pair of run-rule shortened victories over Leavenworth on Friday.
- In council, mayoral races, it’s up to voters
- Polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday
- April 1, 2008
- Voters in Shawnee will select candidates for Wards I through IV and mayor in balloting Tuesday.
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