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By Staff Report
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August 20, 2008
- Shawnee police reports filed from Aug. 13 to 19.
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By Benton Smith
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August 20, 2008
- After four years of supremacy, Mill Valley’s reign as the top athletics department in the Kaw Valley League is over.
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By Caroline Boyer
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August 20, 2008
- Participants in this year’s Tour de Shawnee on Sunday will see a little less of the city than usual.
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By Leann Sulzen
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August 20, 2008
- Although members of the class of 2010 just started their junior year, college is on many of their minds as they prepare to narrow their choices.
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By Caroline Boyer
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August 20, 2008
- The Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission on Wednesday will discuss whether District 2 Johnson County Commissioner John Segale should have used campaign funds for a billboard promoting both his re-election and the countywide sales tax, approved by voters earlier this month.
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By Caroline Boyer
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August 20, 2008
- Some residents along Monticello Road say the city didn’t even try to answer their questions before it began condemnation proceedings for right-of-way to widen the road south of Shawnee Mission Parkway.
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August 20, 2008
- Standings for all sports for the Kaw Valley League during the 2007-08 school year.
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August 20, 2008
- The Shawnee Police Department will have additional officers on streets and highways from now through Labor Day aggressively enforcing Kansas drunk driving and other traffic laws.
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By Scott Rothschild
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August 20, 2008
- Slower commutes and steeper fines could be down the road under a proposal advanced last week by the Kansas Energy Council.
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August 20, 2008
- David Hanson of Shawnee has been named system-wide services manager for the Johnson County Library. He will manage youth services, outreach services, web content and adult programming operations for the 13-branch library system.
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Dispatch Staff Report
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August 20, 2008
- The KC Jazz fastpitch softball team placed second at the USSSA 13-and-under World Series on July 19 in St. Louis.
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August 20, 2008
- Shawnee Knights of Columbus Council 2332 will hold its 44th annual family summer picnic Sunday, Aug. 24, at the Knights’ park at Shawnee Mission Parkway and Midland Drive.
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August 20, 2008
- WAVES National Heart of America Unit 9 will have a luncheon meeting at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at the American Legion Dwight Cowles Post 470, 7500 W. 75th St., Overland Park.
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Dispatch Staff Report
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August 20, 2008
- A bridge repair project is expected to cause some delays on eastbound Kansas Highway10 in the coming days and weeks.
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August 20, 2008
- Recently, my opponent in the 39th House District signed a pledge with a group, Americans for Tax Reform, not to approve any tax increases while he represents the people of the 39th House District.
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August 20, 2008
- Rep. Judy Morrison, R-Shawnee, again has partnered with The Office Depot Foundation to donate backpacks containing essential school supplies as part of the foundation’s Eighth Annual National Backpack program, in partnership with the National Foundation for Women Legislators.
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August 20, 2008
- The Kansas Department of Labor’s annual Workers Compensation Seminars, a resource for reliable workers compensation information for professionals in Kansas, will be held in two locations in September.
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August 20, 2008
- The National Recreation and Park Association recently elected Michael Meadors to serve as President-Elect on the board of directors for the American Park and Recreation Society, a branch of the association.
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By Caroline Boyer
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August 20, 2008
- Before the Shawnee City Council considers its first tax increment financing application since the city adopted a policy allowing the economic development tool, Council members will review all the requirements that go along with it.
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By Scott Rothschild
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August 20, 2008
- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius last week kicked off the start of the state’s next transportation program. But funding will be a challenge.
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By Chris Wristen
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August 20, 2008
- With an ever-changing lineup of schools, it’s not easy to determine the best sports year ever for the Kaw Valley League, but it definitely is fair to say that 2007-08 ranks among the best.
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August 20, 2008
- The Shawnee Mission Northwest football team will conduct its annual Gold Card fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23.
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August 20, 2008
- Fresh off of a 9-2 campaign in 2007, the Shawnee Mission Northwest football team enters the 2008 season with a No. 13 ranking in the preseason Metro Sports High School Football Super 25 poll. Missouri-based Rockhurst claimed the top position.
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Dispatch Staff Report
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August 20, 2008
- Deffenbaugh Industries announced Aug. 13 that 63 new disposal trucks, which are significantly more environmentally-friendly than the company’s former trucks, would be placed into operation immediately in the Kansas City metro area.
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By Pete Logan
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August 20, 2008
- “Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back!”
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By John Beal
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August 20, 2008
- My stepfather had a saying about advancing age. “Growing old is no disgrace,” he would say, “but it’s sure inconvenient.”
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Terry Rombeck
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August 20, 2008
- Kami Brant’s affection for dogs began with Grandma.
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August 20, 2008
- If you’re already concerned about the level of civil discourse in American today, you shouldn’t watch a video now circulating on YouTube of two debate coaches “discussing” an issue earlier this year in Wichita.
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By Caroline Boyer
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August 20, 2008
- The economy may be slowing down, but Shawnee is doing all it can to increase economic development for the future.