- Fall colors starting to show
- October 7, 2009
- Hues of red, orange, yellow, green and purple glow in the sunlight against the pale blue sky.
- 5 Questions: Growing Pains
- Teacher offers tips for first-time gardeners
- April 22, 2009
- Vicki Darr teaches biology and helps students at Basehor-Linwood High School grow plants. She says a secret to gardening is to spend time in your garden.
- Adventure Center aims to connect children with nature
- June 26, 2008
- The TimberRidge Adventure Center adjacent to Kill Creek Park south of De Soto has been open for about six years now, and business is good, said Bill McGowan, outdoor education manager for the Johnson County Park and Recreation District.
- Antarctic marathon tests runners’ patience
- January 1, 2008
No one said running a marathon in one of the coldest places in the world would be easy.
- Holiday atmosphere brightens downtown
- December 4, 2007
- When winds forced some of the activities of Shawnee’s fourth annual Christmas Around Town event indoors, Susan Taylor took advantage of the shelter of City Hall.
- Hunter fascinated yet mystified by deer with 3rd antler
- November 27, 2007
Rex Covell of Shawnee was hunting alone last month when he harvested a deer that he can’t stop thinking about.
- Couple says real trees are the ‘green’ way to go
- November 27, 2007
The environmental costs of oil use aren’t limited to air pollution and oil spills like the recent ones in the Black Sea and San Francisco Bay.
- Shawnee children’s triathalon in the works
- November 14, 2007
- The Shawnee Parks and Recreation Department is planning yet another athletic event for next year that is sure to draw participants from all over the metropolitan area.
- Stay alert, patrol warns
- October 30, 2007
- Deer activity on and near Kansas’ roadways poses a seasonal traffic hazard.
- Police seek illicit hunters
- October 30, 2007
- When you walk through the woods, be on the lookout for deer — and for poachers.
- Missing chef casts long shadow
- September 25, 2007
- It didn’t seem the same without Al Bohnert.
- Fall Adventure Walks planned
- September 11, 2007
- Fall Adventure Walks offered by 50 Plus Department of the Johnson County Park and Recreation 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!
