The Shawnee Dispatch / Shawnee chamber's leadership class graduates

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June 24, 2008

The following are the recent graduates of the Shawnee Chamber of Commerce's 2008 Shawnee Tomorrow Leadership Program:

Jeff Belgum, Porter Funeral Home and Crematory; Courtney Berry, Media On.; Andrew Biehl, Great Western Bank; Ryan Cipolla, Courtyard by Marriott; Vicki Denk, Water One; Jeanine Giersch, Bank of Blue Valley; Kelly Grisnik, The Sweet Life; Ken Henton, Hoefer Wysocki Architects; Ann Hoelting, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City; Jessica Huston, Shawnee Economic Development Council;

Wade Kordonowy and Gus Lind, GBA-George Butler Associates.; Eric Loving, Capitol Federal Savings; Scott Mackiewicz, Kleinfelder; John Mathews, Bank of Blue Valley; John Mattox, Shawnee Fire Department; Barbara May, Pinnacle Bank; Candice McField, Merrill Lynch; Katie Messer, Northwestern Mutual; Jim Morgan, Shawnee Police Department; Diane Myers, First National Bank of Olathe; Leslie Stichka, CommunityAmerica Credit Union and Erich Ulmer, Workforce Partnership.

Talking points

Do you think Veterans Day should be a prominent holiday?

Absolutely. We wouldn’t be able to sit here and eat lunch like this if it weren’t for the veterans. We’ve got millions of people that fought and died to save this country; it should be more than a bank holiday.

— Byron Arthur

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