Latest photos by Ashlee Kieler

Brian Leuenburg, center, provided high notes during the De Soto Brass Band concert Monday at ... December 9, 2009	Denise Pener and her 17-month old daughter, Charlotte, participate during a Baby Sing and Sign ... November 24, 2009	Cooper Pflaum helps sort food items from Starside Elementary School’s food drive, which gathered items ... November 24, 2009
Liza Elwell tackles a table loaded with canned goods to sort during Starside Elementary School’s ... November 24, 2009	Starside Elementary School students, Dylan Nimrod, Chelyi Roddick, Colton Pasquale, Katey Hinds, Becca Clancy, Jillian ... November 4, 2009	Mill Creek Middle School sixth-graders Kelsey Mills (left) and Julia Whipple (right) kick rocks and ... November 4, 2009
The closed store on Lexington Avenue was one of three sites considered for a new ... October 28, 2009	Jack Deyoe, director of facilities and planning, talks to The Explorer about increased utility rates ... October 21, 2009	Tessa Scott, Jordan Kline and Cassie Zoller dressed as characters from Disney’s High School Musical ... September 30, 2009
Olivia Stutzman reads a book by flashlight at Starside Elementary’s READ Night on Thursday. READ ... September 30, 2009	Jasmine Green, Mill Valley senior, shows off the mural she hopes will motivate students to ... September 30, 2009	Starside Elementary School’s unofficial mascot Bob the Ball got a sidekick for the new school ... September 16, 2009
Justin Wagner, right, MCMS eighth-grader, and seventh graders Jesse Bedford, middle, and Matthew Walter pet ... September 2, 2009	Mill Valley High School principal Joe Novak surveys the construction site at the school. The ... August 12, 2009	Katie and Eric Andrews showed off their blue ribbons Monday. The sister and brother duo ... August 5, 2009
Entries in food contests line a table at the Johnson County Fair in Gardner. The ... August 5, 2009	Cheyenne Stucky takes a leap during the De Soto Youth Ministries program Thursday night. The ... July 22, 2009	Katie Hollis, right, poses as Sharpay in the Theatre in the Park’s rendition of Disney’s ... July 8, 2009
ashlee kieler/staff Sara Murphy, left, Sienna Wilting and Zane Chambers receive instruction from storyteller Jo ... July 1, 2009	Lane Hileman, 7, concentrates on making a flower with Floam during De Soto Library’s Dots ... June 24, 2009