Also from May 7
Couples
- Engagement: Gandy and Moodie
- Engagement: Lewis and Crozier
- Engagement: Barron and Hood
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
All stories
- Mill Valley wins KVL soccer title
- May 7, 2008
- Mill Valley won its first Kaw Valley League girls soccer championship Tuesday night when it shut out Bonner Springs, 10-0, at Mill Valley High School.
- Mill Valley tops Ward for softball victory
- May 7, 2008
- The Mill Valley softball team had a perfect day for the first time this season.
- Rise and shine
- SMNW’s Botteron soars to victory in pole vault at SM North Relays
- May 7, 2008
- Christen Botteron proved she was more than a match for Mother Nature while claiming a first-place medal in her showcase event at Friday’s Shawnee Mission North Relays.
- Mill Valley girls chase title No. 8
- Lady Jags hope to continue KVL domination
- May 7, 2008
- The Mill Valley track and field team will hit the road to Carbondale today for the Kaw Valley League championships, and the MVHS girls know they have a target on their backs.
- Controversial decisions cost SMNW swimmers at league championships
- May 7, 2008
- The Shawnee Mission Northwest girls swimming and diving team finished eighth at the Sunflower League swimming and diving championships, yet Cougar coach Scott Virden believes that his squad should have finished much higher if not for a pair of officiating decisions.
- Tiny Eagles come up big at SMN
- May 7, 2008
- For the Maranatha Academy track and field team, the old adage of playing up to your opponent’s ability rang true at Friday’s Shawnee Mission North Relays.
- Firefighter settling into retirement
- May 7, 2008
- A year ago, after more than 16 years as a firefighter, it was Mike Gordon who needed the help, when he suffered an unexpected brain aneurysm.
- Jaguars take two from Braves
- May 7, 2008
- Monday was a perfect day for the Mill Valley baseball team.
- Helping hands abound
- May 7, 2008
- There seems to be no end to the charitable works of Shawnee residents — and for that the entire community should be thankful.
- Rationale needed
- May 7, 2008
- I read with some disbelief the article regarding the Museum Connections class at Monticello Trails Middle School.
- Reporter’s lament: Show me the funnel cloud
- May 7, 2008
- As the sirens howled last week, I stood on the deck, faced the southwest and scanned the skies, to no avail. No wall cloud, no descending funnel, nothing but a few raindrops and the sun peeking under a bank of clouds off to the west.
- Recycling presents mixed bag
- Deffenbaugh reports 2007 dropoff in city
- May 7, 2008
- Sixty-eight thousand, seven hundred and eighty-two pounds of aluminum. 171,953 pounds of steel. 240,737 pounds of plastic. A whopping 6,396,714 pounds of paper.
- E-recycling event attracts hundreds
- May 7, 2008
- It took him about 11 years altogether, but Robert Arnold finally got rid of items taking up space in his house Saturday at Shawnee’s first e-waste recycling event.
- Blasting off
- Weeklong space camp encompasses all subjects for Prairie Ridge students
- May 7, 2008
- As part of their weeklong space camp, Prairie Ridge third-graders were assigned the task of making a model thermal protection shield for a space shuttle.
- De Soto school board hears bond plans
- 12:00 a.m., May 7, 2008 Updated 02:50 p.m.
- The De Soto USD 232 Board of Education got a first glimpse at its bond wish list Monday night, with a preliminary price tag of about $72.85 million.
- Local firms find fun with in-store pets
- May 7, 2008
- Smokey the cat used to rule the roost at Hartman Hardware.
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Talking points
How often do you go to the library?
“I almost never go there at all — only with my wife, Kim. She checks out, I’d say, at least three books a week. The kids go with her, and she teaches them how to find things.”
