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- Ottawa boys squeak past North
- January 7, 2009
- Playing its first game in three weeks but its first without leading scorer Zach Wheeler, the Shawnee Mission North boys basketball team turned in its best all-around performance of the season Tuesday night.
- Mill Valley boys edge Gardner
- Rainbolt leads Jags with 22 points
- January 7, 2009
- After going a month without playing, the Mill Valley boys returned to the court Tuesday night and picked up a statement victory as they defeated Gardner-Edgerton, 66-64, at GEHS.
- Maranatha boys roll over McLouth
- January 7, 2009
- Enough with the big schools, the Maranatha Academy boys finally played somebody their same size.
- Police calls, Jan. 7, 2009
- January 7, 2009
- Shawnee police calls from Dec. 31, 2008, to Jan. 6, 2009.
- Northwest girls nab first victory
- Cougars use fast start, heavy defensive pressure to claim 48-41 decision against BV West
- January 7, 2009
- There was no premature celebration from the Shawnee Mission Northwest girls Monday night.
- Birth of a program
- Depth makes St. James a force on wrestling mat
- January 7, 2009
- A year ago St. James Academy was a one-man army with then-freshman Ryne Cokeley as the Thunder’s lone true threat on a weekly basis. Things are vastly different this season.
- Bonner business in running for 8 Wonders list
- January 7, 2009
- A Bonner Springs business is among the 8 Wonders of Kansas Commerce finalists.
- Curbside recycling in focus during series of meetings
- January 7, 2009
- The city of Shawnee has planned three meetings to discuss curbside recycling. At the meetings, city staff will provide a brief history of curbside recycling and the process for deciding the future of curbside recycling in Shawnee. Johnson County Environmental Health staff also will discuss the County’s Solid Waste Plan, including a possible yard waste ban from the landfill.
- Unjust portrayal
- January 7, 2009
- The Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council (GKCIC) has recently become aware of the release and circulation of a DVD, “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West.”
- Jaguar JV wrestlers solid at Leavenworth
- January 7, 2009
- The Mill Valley High School junior varsity wrestling team turned in a strong all-around performance on Dec. 19 at the Leavenworth JV Tournament.
- Students included in honor society
- January 7, 2009
- The Kansas University chapter of Phi Kappa Phi honor society has initiated 147 student members, including several from the Shawnee area.
- Maranatha girls fall to St. Mary’s, 49-42
- January 7, 2009
- A winning streak wasn’t in the cards for the Maranatha Academy girls basketball team as it dropped a 49-42 decision Monday night at home against St. Mary’s of Independence.
- Knights to stage pitch tournament
- January 7, 2009
- Shawnee Knights of Columbus Council 2332 will conduct a 10-point pitch tournament Jan. 25 in their hall, 11221 Johnson Drive.
- Junior Outlaws improve to 16-3-2
- January 7, 2009
- The Kansas City Junior Outlaws opened 2009 with a tie and a victory on Saturday and Sunday on the road at Sioux City, Iowa.
- Facility adds punch to family fitness
- January 7, 2009
- In Shawnee’s newest fitness facility, the dominant features are the 34 punching bags hanging from a massive rack, boxing gloves hanging on the walls and even a boxing ring in the back.
- Enumerate powers
- January 7, 2009
- For a Congress that routinely disregards the Constitution’s limits on its powers, the Enumerated Powers Act has become necessary.
- Hillman, Woods chosen for Kansas Shrine Bowl
- January 7, 2009
- Two of the top high school football players in Shawnee have been selected to participate in the Kansas Shrine Bowl on July 25 at Wichita State University’s Cessna Stadium.
- Infused opens
- January 7, 2009
- A new restaurant is now open in western Shawnee. Infused, 5358 Roberts, opened for business on New Year’s Eve, specializing in creating its own infused alcohol, from blue cheese-stuff olive vodka to papaya rum.
- Cleaning time
- January 7, 2009
- Has anyone stood in line at the Shawnee post office during the holiday season?
- Shawnee native will be guest speaker
- January 7, 2009
- Shawnee native Brent Chapman will be a featured speaker at the 55th annual Kansas City Boat and Sportshow, which takes place from today through Sunday at Bartle Hall in Kansas City, Mo.
- Firm continues layoffs
- January 7, 2009
- Perceptive Software, 22701 W. 68th Terrace, announced Monday that in a second round of layoffs, it had eliminated 53 positions, 49 from its Shawnee headquarters and four from its office in the United Kingdom. Perceptive cut 23 positions in mid-November.
- SM North swims against malaria
- January 7, 2009
- On Saturday, Dec. 20, the Shawnee Mission North boys swim team participated in its third annual “World Swim Against Malaria,” which is a global grassroots swimming initiative to raise money to purchase chemically treated mosquito nets to distribute around parts of the world where malaria is a major killer, primarily in Africa. Every dollar raised goes to by these $5 bednets.
- Rivera an honorable ambassador at KU
- January 7, 2009
- There was a certain tinge of excitement that everybody in Kansas City who watched the San Diego Chargers edge the Indianapolis Colts in the NFL playoffs must have felt on Saturday night.
- Passenger rail subsidy no different than others
- January 7, 2009
- I’d like to add my two cents’ worth to the support for Kansas’ plans to study the feasibility of expanding passenger rail service from Kansas City to Oklahoma.
- Jaguars just want to play
- Mill Valley boys haven’t played a game in 4 weeks
- January 7, 2009
- Call the Mill Valley boys the Mystery Men.
- Disturbance ends peacefully
- January 7, 2009
- A domestic disturbance forced Shawnee Police to shut down a Shawnee neighborhood street last week.
- Cougar bowlers set to hit the lanes rolling
- January 7, 2009
- Two very different teams will make up the combined forces of the Shawnee Mission Northwest bowling program that begins competition in January.
- Final phase of Green Energy Resource Lab underway
- January 7, 2009
- A 2-year-old student-initiated green project has taken another step forward in the Shawnee Mission School District.
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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!
