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- Shawnee Scout earns Eagle rank
- May 13, 2008
- Derek Boettcher, 18, of Shawnee, has earned the rank of Eagle in the Boy Scouts of America.
- End of session refocuses attention on filings for office
- May 13, 2008
- With the end of the Kansas Legislature’s 2008 session last week and an imminent June 10 filing deadline for legislative seats, lawmakers now may turn their attention to this November’s elections.
- Mother’s habits altered by Great Depression
- May 13, 2008
- Sunday was Mothers Day.The day got me to thinking about my own mother, who’s been gone now for just a little more than 20 years. Though she was blessed in many ways, my mother had a hard life.
- Trial date to be set in police shooting
- May 13, 2008
- The 18-year-old accused of shooting a Shawnee police officer in his bullet-proof vest is scheduled for a court date next month to determine his trial date.
- Letter: Responsible e-recycling
- May 13, 2008
- E-waste contains many environmental toxins and meets regulatory standards to be classified as hazardous waste. Shipping e-waste to China, Africa, India, Mexico and Venezuela is simply irresponsible.
- Council OKs role in drainage projects
- May 13, 2008
- Shawnee is doing its best to begin more projects that will keep residents’ properties from flooding.
- Editorial: A tax, by any other name
- May 13, 2008
- The Shawnee City Council likely will look into extending franchise fees to residential electric and natural gas customers as part of its 2009 budget discussions.
- Holman awarded for Pioneer Crossing Park
- May 13, 2008
- The Kansas City Area Historic Trails Association has presented Shawnee Parks and Recreation Director Neil Holman with an award for his vision and leadership in the acquisition, preservation and historic trails interpretation in Pioneer Crossing Park.
- Park to open for overnight fishing
- May 13, 2008 in print edition on A7
- The first of four overnight fishing opportunities planned at Shawnee Mission Park Lake during 2008 will take place May 31.
- Med-Act service slated for upgrade
- May 13, 2008
- Johnson County Med-Act service soon will be upgraded in western Shawnee from a one-person Paramedic Advanced Response unit to a full-time ambulance.
- Shawnee Mission school board OKs increase in health insurance
- May 13, 2008
- The Shawnee Mission USD 512 Board of Education on Monday approved 6-0 a health insurance package that includes a 14.5 percent cost increase.
- American dreams begin in Shawnee
- City resident strikes up friendship on Internet site, opens home to Slovenian visitors
- May 13, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Danijel Hren’s dream is to buy a 1959 Cadillac and drive the old Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles. Making that dream much harder is the fact that Hren lives not in the United States, but in the eastern European country of Slovenia, and up until a week ago, he had never been to America.
- Northwest, Mill Valley send golfers to state
- May 13, 2008
- Two Shawnee Mission Northwest golfers qualified for the Class 6A state tournament.
- SM North’s Moore 2nd at state again
- May 13, 2008
- Kevin Moore, a Shawnee Mission North junior, placed second on Saturday at the Class 6A state tennis tournament at Goddard High School.
- NW cheerleaders hold clinic
- May 13, 2008
- The Shawnee Mission Northwest varsity cheerleading squad will play host to a cheer clinic this summer for students entering first through ninth grades.
- Mag honors Shawnee student
- May 13, 2008
- A Shawnee youth was honored by a national children’s literary magazine.
- MVHS senior is grand champ
- May 13, 2008
- Mill Valley High School senior Bjorn Sparrman was named grand champion for the Congressional Art Competition.
- SMART Start seeks applicants
- May 13, 2008
- Shawnee Mission’s SMART (Science, Math, and Reading Time) Start program is now accepting applications for the 2008-09 school year.
- Mill Creek Middle School honor roll
- May 13, 2008
- Mill Creek Middle School has announced the names of students who have earned a place on the school’s third-quarter honor roll.
- Mill valley high school graduating seniors
- May 13, 2008
- Mill Valley High School has announced the list of its Class of 2008 graduating seniors.
- New Shawnee gymnastics studio holds open house
- May 13, 2008
- Tumblebuggs, a new gymnastics studio at 12418 W. 62nd Terrace, is opening June 1, and an open house will be from noon to 2 p.m. May 24.
- Sandsculpting festival this weekend in Shawnee
- May 13, 2008
- Dave MacKay decided that while volleyball is certainly fun, there had do be something else to do with the sea of sand at Shawnee Mission Beach Volleyball. So why not build some sand castles?
- Shawnee salon aims for inviting feel
- May 13, 2008
- When Sonya Harding was deciding on a name for her salon, she had the goal of brightening her customers’ day. “I just thought nobody could be in a bad mood if we answered the phone ‘Hello, beautiful,’ and it’s fun to say,” she said.
- Mill Valley softball team storms into state tournament
- May 13, 2008
- The Mill Valley softball team is headed to state.
- Mill Valley hangs tough, falls to defending baseball state champs in regional finals
- May 13, 2008
- A late rally wasn’t enough for the Mill Valley baseball team to overcome a deficit in its 6-3 loss to defending Class 5A state champion St. Thomas Aquinas on Monday night at the 3&2 East Complex.
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Talking points
Do you know who you’re voting for in November?
“Chuck Baldwin; he’s the Constitutional Party candidate. It’s the only conservative choice on there, as far as I can tell.”
