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City workers patch potholes in Shawnee.

Photo by Caroline Boyer

Bree Young and her daughter, Kinsley Young, both of Overland Park (from right), watch the Shawnee St. Patrick’s Day Parade with Olivia Stiens and Rebekah Straub of Shawnee. Though the misty rain and cooler temperatures may have resulted in fewer entries in the parade, the crowd along the parade route was about the same as last year’s.

Photo by Caroline Boyer

Shawnee Mission North Coalition members traveled last month to Greensburg to help with rebuilding efforts.

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Interested parties gather during an open house last month around a chart showing phases of construction of a new interchange at Kansas Highway 7 and Johnson Drive. This past week, representatives from businesses in the area met with transportation officials to express their concern about access issues during the construction.

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Gloria Hember

A bulldozer pushes a large pile of bottles out of the way to make room for more bottles to come at the Ripple Glass recycling plant. The plant sees up to 20 tons of bottles per week.

Photo by Melissa Treolo

Janine Linnell holds the duck that got her duck collection started at Jake’s Place, 12001 Johnson Drive, which is decorated with more than 200 rubber and plush ducks to help promote sales of tickets for the Great Duck Race that follows Shawnee’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade.

Photo by Caroline Boyer

The “Kansans Tell Their Stories” exhibit is now making its Shawnee stop on its statewide tour and will be in the foyer at City Hall, 11100 Johnson Drive, through April 23. The exhibit includes several boards with information the humanities council has gathered in the past five years through various projects.

Photo by Caroline Boyer

Michelle Distler

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Savannah Moss, 6, left, De Soto, and Catherine Grosdidier, 10, Eudora, right, help package meal bags Saturday for Haiti at Eudora Elementary School. A volunteer group called Numana Inc. organized the Kaw Valley Feeding Haiti event to prepare more than 164,000 meals to ship to Haiti.

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Shawnee Mission Northwest junior A.J. Spencer corrals a rebound during the Cougars' 54-52 loss to Leavenworth in the Class 6A substate finals.

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Shawnee Mission Northwest junior Trey Fruehling fires a 3-pointer against Leavenworth.

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Shawnee Mission Northwest junior A.J. Spencer gathers himself before putting up a shot during the fourth quarter against Leavenworth. The Pioneers edged the Cougars in the substate finals, 54-52.

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Shawnee Mission Northwest junior Drew Goodger scores on a put-back during the fourth quarter against Leavenworth. The Pioneers beat the Cougars in the Class 6A substate finals, 54-52.

Photo by Chris Wristen