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- Wristen: Hillman should call SM North
- June 3, 2008 in print edition on B1
- There is an outside source of motivation that Trey Hillman’s Royals could learn from. He should contact Shawnee Mission North baseball coach Jayson Poppinga - a fellow first-year skipper - and invite the Indians out to the ballpark for a workout with the big leaguers.
- New Northwest construction to increase athletic options
- June 3, 2008
- Though the students have left for the summer, the noise around the Shawnee Mission Northwest athletic department will continue, if not increase.
- KVL coaches laud Lady Jags after record-setting season
- June 3, 2008
- The Mill Valley girls soccer team left no doubt that it was the Kaw Valley League’s elite squad when it rolled to an undefeated mark in league action this season.
- Library Board taps new chairman
- June 3, 2008
- Charlie Vogt of Shawnee has been elected the chairman of the Johnson County Library Board of Directors.
- All-Kaw Valley League honors within reach for Jags’ Malec
- June 3, 2008
- The Kaw Valley League may have been as balanced this season as it’s ever been, and in the process a rebuilding Mill Valley squad took a few lumps and finished with a 10-11 record.
- Wizards to play at SM North
- June 3, 2008
- The Kansas City Wizards will play host to a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup play-in game at 7 p.m. today at Shawnee Mission North High School’s North Stadium. Gates open at 6 p.m.
- KVA recognizes area players for academic success
- June 3, 2008
- The 2007 Kansas Volleyball Association All-Academic Team includes several area players.
- Mill Valley soccer pays homage to roots with new award
- June 3, 2008
- It wasn’t that long ago that the idea of having girls high school soccer in the De Soto School District was little more than a dream.
- Sittenauer makes jump to NCAA Division I level
- June 3, 2008
- The sky was the limit for Matt Sittenauer midway through his sophomore year at Lansing High, only at that point he didn’t know it.
- DAR to meet
- June 3, 2008
- The Shawnee James Ross Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 14, at Pegah’s Family Restaurant, 11005 Johnson Drive.
- Maranatha summer programs begin
- June 3, 2008
- School wasn’t even out for the summer before Maranatha Academy’s athletes were imploring their coaches for chances to work out, according to Eagles cross country coach Bianca Williams.
- Cougar camps relocated and ready to go
- June 3, 2008
- With the 2007-08 school year barely finished, Shawnee Mission Northwest varsity coaches of are wasting little time getting their athletes ready for their upcoming seasons.
- Resident named to Ottawa Dean’s list
- June 3, 2008
- Ottawa University recently announced the Dean’s List and Honor Roll recipients for the fall 2007 semester, which included a Shawnee native.
- Political Notes: Shawnee candidates for county commission, state legislature
- June 3, 2008
- John Segale, District 2 Johnson County Commissioner, recently formally announced his candidacy for re-election to his seat.
- Baseball camp offered for youths in Shawnee
- June 3, 2008
- Boys entering grades two through eight during the 2008-09 school year can participate in a Kansas City Kansas Community College baseball camp offered by the Johnson County Park and Recreation District in Shawnee.
- State releases job outlook guide
- June 3, 2008
- The Kansas Department of Labor recently released its 2004-2014 Kansas Occupational Outlook, which examines the fastest growing jobs and industries in Kansas at this time.
- Chamber awards scholarships
- June 3, 2008
- The Shawnee Chamber of Commerce recently announced the recipients of the Betty Charlton scholarships. Caleb Hall, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School senior, and Kelsey O’Hara, Mill Valley High School senior, each received a $1,500 scholarship.
- Lemonade stand to raise funds for cancer research
- June 3, 2008
- Hy-Vee stores in the Kansas City, Topeka and Lawrence areas, including the Shawnee store, this weekend will participate for the fifth year in the annual Alex’s Lemonade Stand to raise funds for children’s cancer.
- Editorial: Final resting place
- June 3, 2008
- Fredric J. Baur wasn’t a household name, but one of his inventions has wound up in any number of households - and now it also has become his final resting place.
- Editorial: Old Shawnee Days
- June 3, 2008
- Combine thousands of people, a full lineup of bands, games and contests, living history displays, a parade, carnival, concessions and crafts booths, add four days in early June and top it all off with the work of a dedicated legion of volunteers, and you have the ingredients for Old Shawnee Days.
- Letter: Smoking ban bill to be back in 2009
- June 3, 2008
- Eighty percent of Kansans do not smoke, yet $1 billion is spent by them on tobacco-related diseases each year. As well, $200 million in taxpayer dollars is spent on Medicaid costs due to those same diseases.
- The 1960s: Climbing high and falling far
- June 3, 2008
- There’s no question that the United States, and the world, were vastly different places on Dec. 31, 1969, than they had been on Jan. 1, 1960 … I can’t think of another decade in which we have climbed, and at the same time fallen, so far.
- Community works to find compromise on Northwest stormwater solution
- June 3, 2008
- Community collaboration may have paid off for the Shawnee Mission Northwest High School environmental science lab.
- School bond vote set for November
- De Soto School Board OKs $72 million measure for general election ballot
- June 3, 2008
- Voters in the De Soto School District will go to the polls Nov. 4 to decide whether to approve a bond issue not to exceed $72 million for additions to the district’s two high schools and construction of a new elementary school.
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