- The Eephus Pitch
- July 3, 2008
- Listening to sports talk radio the other night, one host — and I can’t remember who, but it’s not important anyways — was taking calls and emails about the Olympics. His whole perspective, and many of his callers’ perspectives, was that no true American sports fan cares about the outcome of the Games.
- De Soto students make KU honor roll
- July 3, 2008
- Thirteen De Soto students or De Soto High School graduates were among 4,900 undergraduates on the Kansas University spring honor roll released this week.
- Stutzman named to nursing board
- July 3, 2008
- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has appointed Serena Stutzman, MSN, RN, ARNP, of rural De Soto to the Kansas State Board of Nursing.
- Chamber offices closed
- July 3, 2008
- The De Soto Chamber of Commerce Office will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Fourth of July.
- Chamber meeting July 10
- July 3, 2008
- The De Soto Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon will be at 11:30 a.m. July 10 at Engineered Air. Ric Rambacer will speak on Engineered Air’s expansion.
- Through the pages
- July 3, 2008
- Natural Girl By Carl Hiaasen Fiction (2007) A beach read with a belly laugh would best describe this fun tale set in the Everglades.
- Merged Christian high school considered
- Future second school could be built in western Shawnee
- July 3, 2008
- If things go as planned, by the year 2012 high school students from Maranatha Academy, Whitefield Academy and Kansas City Christian, will be in one, larger building at the intersection of 135th Street and Quivira Road in Overland Park.
- KDOT JoCo bridge projects to start
- July 3, 2008
- Weather permitting, repair work will start Monday on two Johnson County bridges.
- Neighbors
- July 3, 2008
- The De Soto United Methodist Church’s youth group returned from its mission trip to Springfield, Mo.
- Board expected to approve bond
- July 3, 2008
- As she looks back on her year as president of the De Soto 232 Board of Education, Janine Gracy sees both setbacks and accomplishments.
- Common sense needed with fireworks
- July 3, 2008
- Fireworks are such an ingrained tradition of the Fourth of July and so easily obtained that bans are futile, as De Soto city officials conceded when they lifted the ban against their use three years ago. That does not make them a good thing.
- Voter registration deadline for primary approaching
- July 3, 2008
- The deadline to register to vote in the Aug. 5 primary is July 21.
- Informational meetings set for sales tax question
- July 3, 2008
- Johnson County government will have two informational meetings in July regarding the renewal of an existing quarter-cent sales tax for public safety projects and operations.
- County seeking election workers
- July 3, 2008
- The August primary election is a month away, and Johnson County Election Office officials are still looking for about 200 more poll workers.
- Community calendar
- July 3, 2008
- Local events for July 3-10.
- Johnson County Sheriiff’s report
- July 3, 2008
- Reports from June 25.
- IRS spins Karmic wheel
- July 3, 2008
- The letter I got from the IRS in the mail Monday looked like a check. It was about 7 seven inches long and 3 inches wide and tear-off perforated edges on both ends. It even said “Stimulus check.” But it wasn’t my much-anticipated personal boost to our slumping economy.
- Coach nets state coach of year award for 2007
- July 3, 2008
- The award was prestigious, although the praise was modestly heaped on others.
- Summer league team falls but remains #1
- July 3, 2008
- Compared to the rest of the summer, it was downright ugly.
- Passing league nears end
- In third week De Soto ties Piper before handling SM North
- July 3, 2008
- Another week brought newer and further-reaching strides for De Soto’s football team in
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