Also from July 29
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Three men assault pregnant woman in Shawnee- July 28, 2008
- Three teens reportedly assaulted a pregnant woman Sunday in Shawnee in an attempt to steal funds from a local business.
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- Race for the Cure sign-up under way
- July 29, 2008
- The 25th annual Komen Kansas City Race for the Cure will take place at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 10.
- District’s eSchool enters sixth year
- July 29, 2008
- Shawnee Mission USD 512’s virtual school program helps homeschooled students in kindergarten through eighth grade keep pace with those attending Shawnee Mission schools, eSchool director Karen Faucher said.
- Levy inches up in Shawnee Mission
- Proposed budget scoots up .024 mills
- July 29, 2008
- Shawnee Mission USD 512’s mill levy will stay about the same for its proposed 2008-09 school year.
- Governor rules out tax hike for highways
- July 29, 2008
- Sensing the public would not tolerate an increase in the state gasoline tax at a time of record gasoline prices, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has pretty much closed the door on raising the levy.
- Wizards Juniors take 2nd
- Former Jaguar Nash helps KC advance to finals
- July 29, 2008
- After making a run to the finals of the 2008 U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Little Rock, Ark., the Kansas City Wizards Under 19 Juniors dropped a heartbreaking 1-0 decision to Solar 89 on Sunday and ended their season as the national runner-up.
- Head of the class
- Greathouse, Sawyer standout students, athletes for Indians
- July 29, 2008 in print edition on B1
- Try to pin-point the one area where Aaron Sawyer and Mikenna Greathouse stood out… Can’t do it.
- Correction
- July 29, 2008
- A story in the July 23 edition of the Dispatch contained an omission.
- Wristen: Shrine Bowl keeps focus on the kids
- July 29, 2008
- Chills settled in on Emporia State University’s Welch Stadium and the crowd stood paralyzed, frozen in the moment.
- Johnson County Community College honor roll
- July 29, 2008
- Johnson County Community College has released its student honor roll listings for the 2008 spring semester.
- De Soto USD 232 to change phone numbers
- July 29, 2008
- Telephone numbers will change for De Soto USD 232 buildings located in De Soto.
- Theatre in the Park ends summer with shipwreck
- July 29, 2008
- There is only one main character in “Titanic: The Musical,” and it’s not human.
- In the star light
- Shawnee children get stage time in Starlight’s “The Music Man”
- July 29, 2008
- Familiar faces will be smiling back from the stage at Starlight Theatre’s production of “The Music Man” this week. Seven Shawnee children have roles in the production, either in the chorus or in the band.
- To the editor: Pool rules make sense
- July 29, 2008 in print edition on A5
- To the editor: I’d like to respond to Ms. Harris’ anger at not being allowed to enter Splash Cove recently with her children (Pool rule panned, July 9).
- To the editor: Presidential choice
- July 29, 2008
- To the editor: Regarding Don Kellogg’s letter of July 16: As a mother of a son with Down’s Syndrome, I believe in the sanctity of all human life.
- To the editor: Good Samaritan wins praise
- July 29, 2008
- To the editor: We were three old ladies and one old man stopped in traffic on 75th Street just west of Quivira. Then a Good Samaritan in a pickup truck took time out of his busy day.
- To the editor: Pool rule panned rebuttal
- July 29, 2008
- To the editor: Regarding the Overland Park mom who wrote about Splash Cove pool: I’m a mother of three and know the work in getting kids somewhere.
- Beal: A modest proposal to encourage voting
- July 29, 2008
- Swift’s essay, “A Modest Proposal For Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland from Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public,” bemoaned the poverty that gripped Ireland. Now, after the passage of almost 300 years, I have a modest proposal of my own.
- Editorial: Unwanted leftovers
- July 29, 2008 in print edition on A4
- Long after they’ve spoiled, leftovers from a March 10 dinner continue to be served at the Shawnee City Council. Now it’s time for a pair of Council members to clean up the stink they’ve caused.
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Point of View
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!
