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- Wonderscope plans to merge again
- ‘Destination’ museum is groups’ goal
- February 19, 2008
- More changes likely are to come for Wonderscope Children’s Museum, 5705 Flint.
- Acquiring a feel for an ancient art
- February 19, 2008
- “Pick a card, any card - as long as it’s a card,” Wayne Regan said, holding out the fanned deck.
- Ward IV candidates are ready
- Neighborhood integrity, residents’ ability to air their concerns are chief issues
- February 19, 2008
- It’s down to the wire - on Tuesday, one candidate for the Ward IV Shawnee City Council seat will be out of the race.
- School board prepares to examine results of patron survey next week
- February 19, 2008
The De Soto School Board Monday will be one step closer to developing its next bond referendum.
- Police calls
- February 19, 2008
- Shawnee police calls
- Board OKs $19.5 million in NW bids
- February 19, 2008
- The Shawnee Mission School Board last week approved about $19.5 million in bids for Shawnee Mission Northwest High School renovations and expansions.
- Group hopes to preserve home ownership
- February 19, 2008
- A group of Shawnee citizens have joined a national organization in the effort to preserve affordable homeownership.
- Donohoe bill likely to spark controversy
- February 19, 2008
- Rep. Owen Donohoe, R-Shawnee, has introduced a bill likely to set off plenty of debate if it ever sees the light of a committee hearing.
- Couple mark 73 years together
- February 19, 2008
- This year’s Valentine’s Day was different than any other for one Shawnee couple.
- Planting program starts March 5
- February 19, 2008
- Get started with planning for spring plantings through a new program in Shawnee offered through the Johnson County Park and Recreation District.
- Family Stories continue at Shawnee Town
- February 19, 2008
- Shawnee Town will continue its Family Stories project next month with six interview dates scheduled through August.
- Inner-body experience
- Traveling exhibit teaches healthy habits
- February 19, 2008
- When first-grader Jordan Dean first learned she was going to take a walk through the body, she wasn’t thrilled at the idea.
- Northwest boys earn record number of wins
- February 19, 2008
- Northwest set a school record for wins in a season with its 14th of the year on Friday. No group of Northwest boys basketball players has ever done it better in the win/loss column. The school is nearly 40 years old and you would think they would have won more than 13 games in a season before. Players are a little surprised the total number of victories isn’t higher.
- Conferences: staying in touch
- February 19, 2008 in print edition on A10
- Advances in technology have improved communication between parents and teachers, but Hocker Grove Middle School Principal Debbie Pfortmiller is a strong believer that there is no substitute for personal contact.
- Maranatha kindergarten
- February 19, 2008
- Parents are invited to Maranatha Academy’s kindergarten orientation to find out about the program, meet the teachers and administrators and review the curriculum.
- Family ties draw Kaplan to Arizona
- February 19, 2008 in print edition on A10
- Shawnee Mission Superintendent Marjorie Kaplan said she thought about sitting back and relaxing after her retirement in July instead of taking on another job.
- Private school calendar
- February 19, 2008
- Wednesday/20 ¢ St. Joseph - Plant sale packets will be sent home. ¢ St. Joseph - School council meeting, 7 p.m.
- Congregation with no building concentrates on helping others
- February 19, 2008 in print edition on A5
- Bread of Life Christian Church doesn’t have an official home, but that’s the way the congregation likes it.
- Northwest boys win eighth straight game
- February 19, 2008
- Shawnee Mission Northwest’s 56-45 win over Shawnee Mission South moved the program into new territory on Friday. The win set a school record for victories in a season and improved the team’s record to 14-4 overall and 7-2 in the Sunflower League. The South game was decided in the fourth quarter. South’s Will Spradling made a three-pointer to make it a 41-40 game in the quarter, but the Cougars responded. They scored successive field goals with passes into post players and took a 47-41 lead.
- Shawnee Mission school calendar
- February 19, 2008
- Wednesday/20 ¢ Mathletics regionals, 4 p.m., Santa Fe Trail. ¢ North Night in Italy concert, from 5 to 8 p.m., cafeteria.
- De Soto school calendar
- February 19, 2008
- Wednesday/20 ¢ Mill Creek book club meeting, 7:30 a.m. ¢ Mill Valley Booster Club meeting, 7 p.m. ¢ Monticello Trails site council meeting, 4:15 p.m. ¢ Prairie Ridge Pizza Shoppe night.
- More choices
- February 19, 2008
- The writer is eager for more natural food and organic alternatives at supermarkets in western Shawnee.
- Deaf school images added to history Web site
- February 19, 2008 in print edition on A5
- Images documenting the Kansas School for the Deaf back to the 1870s have been added to the county history Web site, the Johnson County Library announced.
- Calkins places 3rd at state dive meet
- February 19, 2008
- About 1,100 sets of eyes stared at Luke Calkins as he stood on the diving board Saturday inside the Capitol Federal Natatorium in Topeka.
- St. James wins two games
- February 19, 2008
- St. James Academy defeated Maranatha Academy 60-31 on Friday as Mike Huppe made six shots from three-point range in the game and finished with 24 points. The score was 15-14 at halftime. In the third quarter St. James Academy outscored Marantha 18-6 and took co
- Dirty air
- February 19, 2008
- The proposal to build two power plants in western Kansas is a bad idea.
- Shawnee Mission North to induct coaches into hall of fame
- February 19, 2008
- Shawnee Mission North, a school with 86 years of athletic achievement, will honor four coaches Friday night as part of the first class of the school’s Coaches Hall of Fame. The inductees are Merlin Gish, Beverly Plump, Larry Taylor and Bernadette Wagner. The ceremony will take place at halftime of the boys basketball game betwen North and Shawnee Mission Northwest.
- The power of 10
- Mill Valley wrestlers qualify for Class 5A State tournament at Hutchinson
- February 19, 2008
- John Logan fell to the ground in the championship match on Saturday. And he wasn’t getting up. He injured his leg, and his match in the championship round of the Class 5A Regional Wrestling tournament was stopped. Later, X-rays would reveal he had broken his left tibia. Hours after qualifying for state, his season was over.
- Cougars set record at state
- Individuals swim best times
- February 19, 2008
- Despite pre-meet seedings that had their relay teams seeded in the 20s, the Shawnee Mission Northwest boys’ swim and dive team was determined to move its way up at Saturday’s Kansas High School Swimming and Diving Championships at Hummer Natatorium in Topeka. Although the Cougars didn’t win a trophy, Northwest put together several fine performances in the state meet. “We made a little statement,” Northwest swimming coach Scott Virden said. “We did pretty good.”
- Ethanol - it makes sense
- February 19, 2008
- Using ethanol will reduce pollution, decrease America’s dependence on foreign oil and stimulate the U.S. economy.
- Bates leads SMNW at league
- February 19, 2008
- In a Sunflower League Championship meet that featured some high team scores, the Shawnee Mission Northwest bowling teams had standout individual performances but lacked a finishing touch as a group. The Cougar boys team finished seventh and the Cougar girls finished eighth in the League Championship meet at Mission Bowl in Mission. The Northwest boys’ team finished with three of its top six bowlers landing in the top 25 spots. Junior Alex Bates led the Cougars with a total score of 650 pins and an average of 216.7 pins. Senior Nathan Highland followed Bates with a 19th place finish out of 72 bowlers. His total of 622 pins (207.3/g) put him just ahead of sophomore Nick Michalski whose 600 pins gave him a 200 average and a 24th place finish. Northwest finished with 2,453 pins for a per bowler average of 204 pins per game.
- Business Briefs, Feb. 20, 2008
- February 19, 2008 in print edition on A6
- Bayer official named to state organization, Tanner’s comes to Shawnee and more.
- And now, farewell
- February 19, 2008
- After five years, the Dispatch editor bids farewell to his readers.
- Cokeley qualifies for state tourney
- February 19, 2008
- St. James Academy wrestler Ryne Cokeley lost to Sharky Slyter in the championship match of the Class 4A Regional wrestling tournament. Slyter of Paola High School, defeated him 8-5.
- A Hair splitter
- Shawnee Mission East wins battle of brothers with big first-quarter run
- February 19, 2008
- The Shawnee Mission East Lancers delivered a knockout blow in the first quarter Friday night, propelling them to a 68-42 victory over Shawnee Mission North. The 101st meeting between the two schools in boy’s basketball was never in doubt. East’s defense forced several North turnovers and barely allowed a shot-let alone a score early in the game. East’s Curran Darling made a basket to give the team a 14-0 lead.
- Out & About Calendar, Feb. 20, 2008
- February 19, 2008 in print edition on A7
- Upcoming events for local venues, libraries and museums.
- Eagles compile 1-2 record
- February 19, 2008
- The weekend looked promising enough on Thursday. The Maranatha Eagles boys basketball team pulled off a convincing 60-41 win over Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy behind senior Joe Rowden’s 17-point, 6-rebound performance. Unfortunately for the Eagles, 5-13, that was the high note in a weekend full of basketball for Maranatha who fell to St. James Academy, 60-31, on Friday and Mid-Buchanan, 51-32, Saturday. In Thursday’s game, the Eagles jumped out to an early lead against the Rams by working the ball inside to senior center Jeff Kreiling. However, Brand battled back with strong play from junior swingman Jon Friedman and senior forward Naftali Rosenthal to even the score and take the lead. Foul trouble plagued Kreiling in the first half and the senior sat on the bench most of the second quarter.
- Whitmore wins regional title
- February 19, 2008
- Ross Whitmore’s sensational freshman season keeps getting better. On Saturday, the Shawnee Mission Northwest wrestler became one of a half dozen Cougar wrestlers to qualify for the Kansas 6A State Wrestling Championships next weekend after he claimed the Kansas 6A Region Two 119-pound Championship at Leavenworth High School.
- Shawnee Mission North girls basketball team’s upset bid falls short against SM East
- February 19, 2008
- Libby Jandl made a 19-foot jumper with 12.9 seconds remaining in the game to give Shawnee Mission East a 50-49 lead, its first since the first quarter. The shot proved to be the winner when Shawnee Mission North’s Mikenna Greathouse’s shot from the lane clanked off the rim at the buzzer. “The key was having (two) fouls to give,” said Shawnee Mission East coach Rick Rhoades. “It helped run the clock down far enough so they weren’t able to get set for the last shot. It really hurried them up.”
- Mill Valley students to protest Prairie Ridge PTA fundraiser
- February 19, 2008
- A group of Mill Valley High School students plans to protest a Prairie Ridge Elementary School PTA fundraiser Saturday because alcohol will be served.
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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!
