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- All-Kaw Valley League teams
- June 4, 2008
- 2008 All-Kaw Valley League baseball, softball and girls soccer teams.
- Shawnee receives state grant for bike trail
- June 4, 2008
- The Kansas Department of Transportation has announced that the City of Shawnee has been awarded a Transportation Enhancement grant for the construction of Phase II of the Clear Creek Pedestrian/Bicycle Trail.
- A taste of summer
- Bars, restaurants offer specialty drinks for parched palates
- June 4, 2008
- Summer time for many means kicking back with an ice-cold beverage.
- Shawnee police calls, June 4, 2008
- June 4, 2008
- Police reports filed in Shawnee from May 28 to June 3.
- Deffenbaugh to enforce garbage pick-up limits
- Garbage collector restricts pick-up to six bags of trash per week
- June 4, 2008
- Don’t be surprised when that seventh bag of trash remains at the end of the driveway on the next day of garbage pick-up.
- De Soto Board OKs November bond vote
- 12:01 p.m., June 4, 2008 Updated 08:45 a.m.
- The De Soto USD 232 Board of Education voted Monday to place a bond issue not to exceed $72 million before voters in November.
- Museums’ merger means big plans for Wonderscope
- June 4, 2008
- Wonderscope Children’s Museum now has a little more fuel added to its drive to create a world-class children’s museum for the area.
- Council may pare out-of-town trips to save money
- 12:01 p.m., June 4, 2008 Updated 12:02 p.m.
- The Shawnee City Council will consider cutting its budget for items like trips to the National League of Cities conferences, but a decision won’t be made in the matter until later this summer.
- SMNW environmental lab to get new learning area under revised runoff plan
- June 4, 2008
- Community collaboration may have paid off for the Shawnee Mission Northwest High School environmental science lab.
- Moore endorses Obama
- Boyda decides to remain neutral
- June 4, 2008
- U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore, whose district includes east Lawrence, endorses Barack Obama for president, while U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda, whose district includes west Lawrence, promises to support the Democratic nominee.
- City eases off road construction projects this summer
- June 4, 2008
- Orange cones are one annoyance Shawnee residents won’t have to worry much about in their city this summer.
- District to draw on current funds for other projects
- Starside, Clear Creek and Lexington Trails slated for $3.65 million in upgrades
- June 4, 2008
- Classroom expansions to Starside and Clear Creek elementary schools and a reconfiguration to Lexington Trails Middle School’s entryway will be paid for out of capital outlay funds, the De Soto USD 232 Board of Education voted Monday.
- Parade entry to pay homage to organ donors
- June 4, 2008
- Though he’s only 27, Tim Collene’s life already has been saved three times thanks to organ donors.
- Shawnee youths among winners in bookmark design contest
- June 4, 2008
- A kindergartner and a third-grader from Shawnee were among the 10 winners of the Johnson County Library’s 2008 Bookmark Design Contest.
- Morrison won’t seek re-election to House
- June 4, 2008
- State Rep. Judy Morrison, who has represented the 23rd District in the Kansas House of Representatives since 1999, has decided against seeking re-election.
- ‘Tomatoes’ to fill Nieman Road before Saturday parade
- June 4, 2008
- Ducks raced their way through downtown after the Shawnee St. Patrick’s Day parade in March, and now, the tomato heat is on.
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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!
