Also from November 25
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- Networking business aims to help women ‘celebrate themselves’
- November 25, 2008
- For seven years, Michelle Harris loved leading weekly meetings as a sales director for Mary Kay cosmetics.
- County Commission adopts levy for Research Triangle
- November 25, 2008
- A 1/8th-cent sales tax to fund projects and programs for the Johnson County Education Research Triangle Authority will become effective on April 1, 2009.
- New court manager thanks fate for job
- November 25, 2008
- Mary Dalton wasn’t really looking for a job when she went to the opening day of the new Shawnee Justice Center.
- Fire trucks go solar to save on fuel
- November 25, 2008
- The Shawnee Fire Department is planning to cut its fuel use down with a little help from the sun.
- Residents, city focus on Monticello Road
- Meeting allows neighbors to offer input, alternatives for street that serves four schools
- November 25, 2008
- Shawnee is working to determine the best way to fix a road that experiences traffic problems only one hour a day for two-thirds of the days in a year.
- Students eligible for top scholarships
- November 25, 2008
- Fifteen area high school students are semifinalists in the 2009 National Merit Scholarship Program.
- City makes do with thin blue line
- November 25, 2008
- In an effort to make sure the city remains within its budget in the face of a weak economy, the city has held off filling vacant positions — but it’s beginning to show.
- Weaver’s goes ‘green’
- November 25, 2008
- Weaver’s Auto Center Inc., 6502 Vista Drive, recently converted its paint operation to an environmentally-friendly basecoat, DuPont Refinish Cromax Pro, which it touted as the most productive waterborne basecoat available.
- Tubbesing completes course
- November 25, 2008
- Kevin Tubbesing, CEO and President of Stag Commercial, has successfully completed the 2008 Leadership Kansas course, a nationally-recognized leadership program.
- Old Shawnee Days announces main stage band
- November 25, 2008
- The Old Shawnee Days Society has announced the headline band for 2009.
- Area youths honored for earning Eagle Scout awards
- November 25, 2008
- Three area Scouts have earned their Eagle Award, the highest achievement award bestowed by the Boy Scouts of America.
- Monticello Trails Middle School honor roll
- November 25, 2008
- Monticello Trails Middle School has announced its honor rolls for the first quarter.
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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!

