Also from September 23
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- School enrollment up in De Soto, down in Shawnee Mission
- September 23, 2008 in print edition on A1
- Neither De Soto USD 232 officials nor Shawnee Mission USD 512 officials were surprised when official enrollment numbers were calculated this week to send on to the Kansas Department of Education.
- Son battling leukemia, just like dad
- September 23, 2008 in print edition on A1
- In the past four months, James Dooley has had to learn a lot about being sick and having to go to the hospital.
- Justice Center doors open
- Visitors give stamp of approval to new $22 million complex
- September 23, 2008 in print edition on A1
- Tammy Manthei couldn’t keep the smile from her face Saturday as she excitedly welcomed the visitors who stepped into the new Shawnee Municipal Court.
- Survey supports western Shawnee center
- September 23, 2008 in print edition on A1
- Shawnee residents love their walking, hiking and biking trails.
- Cougars continue to search for right mix of runners
- September 23, 2008 in print edition on B3
- Early wet and cold weather kept Shawnee Mission Northwest cross country coach Van Rose from scheduling the normal early-season outdoor conditioning runs he would have liked in August and early September. Yet just as the Cougars hit a stretch of dry weather, the Northwest runners traveled to an Iowa meet in which temperatures soared and bodies suffered.
- High school football roundup
- Mill Valley, St. James, SMNW victorious; North falls in OT
- September 23, 2008 in print edition on B1
- During the first half Friday night, the Mill Valley football team looked like a state playoff contender. For much of the second half Basehor-Linwood did the same.
- SMNW soccer stays hot in league
- September 23, 2008 in print edition on B1
- Last week the Shawnee Mission Northwest boys soccer team established itself as one of the Sunflower League’s 2008 elite squads with a pair of victories over long-time powers Olathe South and Olathe East.
- Fast times the norm at WyCo Park meet
- September 23, 2008 in print edition on B1
- The Mill Valley boys cross country team placed third and the Maranatha Academy boys and girls finished fifth on Saturday at the Bonner Springs Invitational at Wyandotte County Park.
- St. James takes down best in 4A, 5A in Topeka
- Thunder topple state champs Hayden, Aquinas
- September 23, 2008 in print edition on B1
- For the St. James Academy volleyball team, Saturday’s dominant performance at the Hayden Invitational in Topeka answered plenty of questions.
- Letter: Keep regulation at state level
- September 23, 2008 in print edition on A4
- The financial crisis gripping our nation has many Americans on edge, and it may take some time before relative stability is restored.
- Editorial: Justice Center does city justice
- September 23, 2008 in print edition on A4
- Shawnee’s new Justice Center stands as a testament to what a community can do when it comes together as one.
- De Soto BOE to quiz candidates
- September 23, 2008 in print edition on A6
- The De Soto USD 232 Board of Education will play host to a candidates’ forum at its regularly-scheduled meeting at 6 p.m. Oct. 6 in its chambers, 35200 W. 91st St., De Soto.
- MVHS jagPRIDE receives award
- September 23, 2008 in print edition on A6
- The Allstate Foundation and National Organizations for Youth Safety have awarded Mill Valley High School’s jagPRIDE $1,000 for excellence in bringing safe teen driving to the Shawnee area.
- SMMC takes further step to go green
- September 23, 2008 in print edition on A8
- As part of Shawnee Mission Medical Center’s initiative to identify items within the hospital that can be reused or recycled, it has begun recycling blue wrap, a No. 5 plastic that is used as sterilization wrap for surgical instruments.
- Chamber offers candidate forums
- September 23, 2008 in print edition on A8
- The Shawnee Chamber of Commerce has partnered with the Johnson County Public Policy Council, the Kansas City, Kan., Chamber of Commerce and other Johnson County chambers of commerce to present two community forums next month concerning national legislative candidates in this fall’s election.
- Buenger leads MVHS tennis to 2nd
- September 23, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Mill Valley sophomore Lindsey Buenger highlighted a strong showing by the Jaguars at their home tennis tournament on Saturday.
- Mill Valley soccer holds off Tonganoxie
- September 23, 2008 in print edition on B2
- For 95 percent of Tonganoxie High’s 80-minute soccer match Monday night with Mill Valley, the Kaw Valley League opponents went toe-to-toe.
- Nowak’s first start sparks SMNW to victory
- September 23, 2008
- Two weeks ago he was in charge of extra points, field goals and kickoffs. This week he’s the new Cougar field general.
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