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- Sobriety check slated overnight Friday in Shawnee
- July 9, 2008
- Shawnee Police and Johnson County Sheriff’s deputies will team together Friday night to identify intoxicated drivers in the city.
- Food, fuel costs tax schools
- Area districts, much like families, try to cope with ever-rising prices
- July 9, 2008
- Gasoline and food prices are draining households of cash. Now, imagine if you had to feed and transport thousands of children each day.
- Organizers envision more flags in ‘09
- July 9, 2008
- A small crowd watched solemnly Saturday as U.S. Marine veterans lowered the flag at Merriam Marketplace.
- Mill Valley ace Jones earns All-State honor
- July 9, 2008
- There are numerous ways a softball pitcher can catch the attention of coaches from around the state.
- Shawnee Mission Northwest High School Athletes of the Year
- Cougars thrived amidst changes
- July 9, 2008
- When asked to make a position change late in what already was a stellar high school basketball career, Scott Fruehling never flinched. Instead, he did what he was asked and took it to another level.
- SM Triathlon seeks boost from DeBoom
- July 9, 2008
- For the past 23 years, fitness fanatics and those wishing to test the limits of their endurance have known that one area event offered the ultimate Kansas City metro area rite of passage - the Shawnee Mission Triathlon.
- $75 million bond issue put to vote
- July 9, 2008
- The De Soto USD 232 Board of Education on Monday approved a bond resolution that the district discussed and planned for months - but at a cost of $2.5 million more than expected.
- De Soto board’s new president seeks unity
- July 9, 2008
- Newly elected De Soto USD 232 Board of Education president Larry Meyer took the outcome of his first meeting leading the board as a good sign.
- District considers delving into diesel futures market
- July 9, 2008
- De Soto USD 232 Board of Education members are mulling over investing in a fuel commodities program that could potentially save the district money.
- Forget the IQ
- July 9, 2008
- This letter is in reply to Mr. Otto Rieke’s letter to the editor, dated July 2, 2008, in the Shawnee Dispatch, titled “It’s about IQ.”
- Everest becomes SureWest
- July 9, 2008
- Leading independent communications holding company SureWest Communications (NASDAQ: SURW) announced Tuesday it will begin to operate its Everest Broadband unit under the “SureWest” name, effective immediately.
- Scoutmaster boasts flock of Eagle Scouts
- July 9, 2008
- Myrl Wear looked over the young men standing at the front of the church and smiled.
- County seeks poll workers
- July 9, 2008
- The August primary election is less than a month away, and Johnson County Election Office officials are still looking for about 200 more poll workers.
- Employers must file with state
- July 9, 2008
- Kansas employers with 250 or more employees are now required to file their quarterly wage reports and unemployment taxes electronically with the Kansas Department of Labor.
- Merged Christian high school under consideration
- July 9, 2008
- If all goes as planned, by 2012 high school students from Maranatha Academy, Whitefield Academy and Kansas City Christian will be in one, larger building at the intersection of 135th Street and Quivira Road in Overland Park.
- Find a way
- July 9, 2008
- I’m so tired of hearing about the short funding the city of Shawnee has. I wish I could go to my boss and request an increase in wages, every time my family needs extra money.
- Flag gratitude
- July 9, 2008
- We owe a note of thanks to the sponsors and many volunteers it must have taken to give us the Merriam-Shawnee avenue of flags.
- Changes are accelerating in Johnson County
- July 9, 2008
- As we waited for the fireworks Friday at Shawnee Mission Park, I had the occasion to reflect on how Johnson County has changed over the years.
- Hornets 2nd at Great Plains Shootout
- July 9, 2008
- A long holiday weekend proved to be a fruitful one for the Johnson County Hornets.
- Chamber’s Taylor graduates IOM
- July 9, 2008
- Mary Taylor, vice president of events and programs for the Shawnee Chamber of Commerce, has graduated from the Institute for Organization Management, a four-year, nonprofit, leadership-training program developed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
- Pool rule panned
- July 9, 2008
- As you can see from my address I am not a Shawnee resident but an Overland Park resident.
- USSSA softball state coming to Shawnee
- July 9, 2008
- Dozens of girls fastpitch softball teams from throughout the state will converge on the Mid-America West Sports Complex, 20200 Johnson Drive, from Friday through Sunday for the USSSA Kansas State Championships.
- SMNW grad Liggett pitches in title game
- July 9, 2008
- Cooper Liggett, Shawnee resident and junior at Colorado State University, pitched the championship game May 22 in the National Club Baseball World Series in Fort Meyers, Fla.
- Former NW swimmer lauded for academics
- July 9, 2008
- Krish Singhal, a freshman at Truman State University and 2007 graduate of Shawnee Mission Northwest, recently was announced as one of 63 student-athletes to make the 2007-2008 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Presidential Scholars list.
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Do you do anything to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?
“We are all Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. My family won the best in family floats in Shawnee’s St. Patrick’s Day parade a few years back. We got to have a big trophy for the year. My sons love throwing out candy on the parade route.”
