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- Northwest students present ‘Sweeney Todd’ on stage
- April 8, 2008
- Shawnee Mission Northwest High School theater director Keli Rodgers insists she didn’t choose to produce “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” this year because of the Academy Award-winning movie starring Johnny Depp.
- Charity race sets sights on 1,100 runners
- April 8, 2008
In its fifth year, Run for Mercy will offer something different to runners - a new 10K course.
- Tidy Town pickups scheduled in city
- Annual large-item refuse collections
- April 8, 2008
- Shawnee’s annual Tidy Town event, picking up large items for disposal, will be April 26 and May 3 this year. The free curbside, large-item pick up is for those items not collected by routine trash services. The service is provided by Deffenbaugh Industries. Shawnee residents east of Pflumm Road may put their large items out for pick up April 26; residents west of Pflumm should put their items out May 3.
- Effort to save teacher’s job fall short
- April 8, 2008
- The crowd of about 50 students and parents didn’t sway the De Soto USD 232 board of education at its meeting Monday night.
- Keeping Kids Safe
- Sunflower House volunteer passionate about children
- April 8, 2008
As the children approached the table, eyeing the stuffed animals behind it, the volunteer in the bright yellow shirt asked if they’d like to play a game to earn a stuffed animal.
- Bratkovic: Local teams win with Kansas’ title
- April 8, 2008
- So, I figured Kansas University had lost when I left my brother’s house to take my mother home on Monday night. There were six minutes left in regulation of the NCAA Men’s Championship game.
- Former mayor eyes election to County Commission
- April 8, 2008
- Jim Allen of Shawnee filed Monday to challenge John Segale for the District 2 seat on the Johnson County Board of Commissioners.
- Eagle golf team takes flight during first year
- April 8, 2008
- Give them sticks and they will come.
- Election turnout pegged at 15 percent
- April 8, 2008
- With the votes canvassed and outcome declared official, it’s now known that just over 15 percent of Shawnee’s registered voters cast ballots in the April 1 city elections.
- SMNW soccer team has winning week
- April 8, 2008
- The Shawnee Mission Northwest girls soccer team had a bumpy stretch of games last week, but emerged with a 2-1 record. Northwest drilled Topeka West, 7-0, in the season opener on March 31. Taylor Isenhower overwhelmed West’s defense by scoring five goals. Teammate Molly Slechta scored two other goals. It was a great start for a Northwest team that also played Topeka West in the 2007 opener.
- Local Scout earns Eagle
- April 8, 2008
- When other boys his age dropped out of Boy Scouts, Nolan Howlett stuck to it.
- NCAA title has KU fans reveling
- Shawnee residents join celebrations in Lawrence, San Antonio
- April 8, 2008
- “It was just a great feeling. A lot of these kids don’t remember ‘88. ”
- Mill Valley uses double play to defeat Bishop Miege
- April 8, 2008
- When Mill Valley and Bishop Miege have met on the athletic field of competition this year, the games have produced dramatic plays. During football season, in district play Bishop Miege trailed late in the game. The Stags completed a long pass to the two-yard line and the receiver got out of bounds. The Stags thought there were a couple seconds left on the clock. The referee ruled no time was left, and Mill Valley won.
- Riverview diabetes walk raises $19,800
- April 8, 2008
- Ten-year-old Jake Drees wrote a letter to his school about his experience with diabetes.
- Letter to the editor: Annoying calls
- April 8, 2008
- Sadly I did not get to vote this past week for mayor of Shawnee
- Mill Valley Boys team places second in meet
- April 8, 2008
- Shawnee Mission West won the Mill Valley Invitational with 152 points. Mill Valley placed second with 112 points . Mark Grinstead threw 142-feet-7 in the discus to win the event. Shawn Stene placed third with a toss of 124-3.5. Chris Mayer of Mill Valley placed fourth with a throw of 118-11. Matt Huderle placed sixth in the triple jump with a distance of 37-0.
- Bring on the tomatoes, but let’s forget the fish
- April 8, 2008
- Ah, spring the time when a young man’s fancy turns to love and an old man’s to home-grown tomatoes.
- High-tech advances can’t better KU pride
- April 8, 2008
- My little sister, Anna, text-messaged me Monday night from the Massachusetts Street mayhem in Lawrence after the Jayhawks’ NCAA triumph.
- Mill Valley girls win at home
- Team scores 258 points with athletes scoring in every event at meet
- April 8, 2008
- With multiple girls placing in numerous events and standout performances by a few athletes, the Mill Valley girls track and field team crushed the competition during its home invitational on Thursday. “I thought for the weather conditions our kids competed very well,” coach Mark Peck said. “It was wet, cold and cool. I was pleased with some of our marks and times.” The Jaguars scored 258 points and defeated the second place De Soto, who finished with 89 points.
- North baseball loses two games
- 05:47 p.m., April 8, 2008 Updated 01:26 p.m.
- Shawnee Mission North lost a pair of baseball games last week. The Indians lost to Shawnee Mission West, 6-1 on April 1. North had no hits in the game, scoring on an error.
- Rock Chalk Jayhawk
- April 8, 2008
- The Kansas Jayhawks are perched atop the college basketball nest, and KU fans couldn’t be more proud.
- Brull leads Northwest at Olathe meet
- April 8, 2008
- Brooke Brull had another big week for the Shawnee Mission Northwest swim team in 140-38 dual win against Leavenworth. She followed that up with two first-place finishes at Saturday’s Olathe swim and dive invitational, setting the pace for a dynamic senior campaign.
- Aerus honors gift cards
- April 8, 2008
- Consumers holding unusable Sharper Image gift cards and gift certificates may redeem them at participating Aerus locations, including one in Shawnee, for 50 percent off any Aerus purchase.
- Agent accredited
- April 8, 2008
- David Teasley of Edward Jones in Shawnee has achieved the professional designation of Accredited Asset Management Specialist.
- Thunder off to strong start
- April 8, 2008
- St. James Academy soccer player Bethany Smith is taking advantage of scoring opportunities this season. She has scored five goals and led the Thunder to a 4-0-1 record this season. Smith and Rachel Weimer give the Thunder a one-two scoring punch this season. Weimer has three goals and two assists. “We are excited to have both of them, they are tough to guard with one defender,” coach Rick Enna said.
- Dealership awarded
- April 8, 2008
- Shawnee Mission Ford, 11501 Shawnee Mission Parkway, has earned Ford Motor Company’s highest honor, The 2007 President’s Award.
- City to feel pinch of valuation slowdown
- April 8, 2008
Lower-than-expected appraisal values in Johnson County mean Shawnee will receive about $723,000 less in property taxes than originally projected for 2009, if the city’s mill levy remains the same.
- Urgent care site open
- April 8, 2008
- Shawnee Mission Urgent Care has opened a new location on the main hospital campus in Merriam, Suite 150 of the Shawnee Mission Medical Building, 9119 W. 74th St.
- Fashion raises funds
- April 8, 2008
- Encore Unique Boutique, 11006 Johnson Drive, will have a Fashion Show and Fundraising Party Saturday to benefit Sunflower House,
- Entrepreneur receives NFIB award
- April 8, 2008
- Kevin Tubbesing, president of Stag Commercial in Shawnee, has been named the Solveras/ NFIB Small Business Champion for Kansas by the National Federation of Independent Business.
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