http://www.kansascity.com/318/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2008 Kansas City Star Shawnee/Lenexa 60 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:36:06 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@kansascity.com http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/715300.html http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/715300.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:16 CDT In the 23rd District Republican primary for the Kansas House of Representatives, two civic servants will be vying for the chance to take on Democrat Milack Talia in November. http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/715258.html http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/715258.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:58 CDT The bikes got a day off on Monday, but the 28 cyclists on a cross-country trek didn’t. Members of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity are biking across the country to raise awareness and money for people with disabilities. They stopped in on the residents at the Faith Village campus of the Bethesda Lutheran Homes and Services, which serves adults with mental disabilities. http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/715261.html http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/715261.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:48 CDT Brian McGinness, director of “42nd Street” at The Theatre in the Park, has a unique description of sets designed by Constance Ramos. http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/715552.html http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/715552.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:18 CDT Your story about the U.S. Transplant Games (“County residents vying in Transplant Games,” July 12) highlighted the tragic shortage of human organs for transplant operations. http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/715481.html http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/715481.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:18 CDT The excitement. The packing. The planning. The anticipation. We had all these and more as we prepared to take Carter, 11 months, and Kate, 3, on a family vacation to Colorado. We had an amazing place rented in the mountains…complete with gourmet kitchen, beautiful views, plenty of bedrooms and access to a great pool and playground. We had family joining us…and visions of slumber parties with the cousins and the possibility of skipping naptime bedazzled the kids. The grandparents... http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/715311.html http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/715311.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:48 CDT Are you frustrated that the flowers YOU grow never measure up to those gorgeous ones in magazine photos? http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/715632.html http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/715632.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:48 CDT After searching for a project to do, members of a Blue Valley Girl Scout troop found they had to look no further than their own school to positively affect their world. http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/715464.html http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/715464.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:16 CDT Keil Hileman says that when he gets an award or honor, it’s a little like a fish getting a medal for swimming. http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/709436.html http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/709436.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:39 CDT Though he certainly didn’t endure the hardships growing up that Oliver Twist did, Dakota Hoar can empathize with him. http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/709706.html http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/709706.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:04 CDT Sketches by 17-year-old Danny Hull of Olathe have evolved before the public’s eyes throughout July during his time as the first Summer Teen Artist in Residence at the Central Resource Library in Overland Park. http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/709707.html http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/709707.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:04 CDT As a child, Craig Denny enjoyed taking things apart to see how they worked. As an adult, his ability to put things together has served him well not only in his professional engineering career but in his civic and community involvement. http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/709371.html http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/709371.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:34 CDT We have a high school senior in our house. Technically he just finished his junior year, but if you ask him, he’s an adult. Anyway, he’s had a quite a summer. http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/709724.html http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/709724.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:19 CDT The Johnson County Landfill is expected to close no later than 2027. And if we keep throwing our trash away as fast as we are today, it could be full as soon as nine years from now. http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/709427.html http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/709427.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:44 CDT Johnson County Sheriff Frank Denning says experience makes him the choice to fight crime in a growing county. http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/709746.html http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/709746.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:29 CDT Lenexa’s ninth annual Waterfest will be 5-8:30 p.m., Aug. 2 at Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park, 87th Street Parkway and Lackman Road. http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/709769.html http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/709769.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:44 CDT In 1969 my hometown of 18,000 had a dozen grocery stores, seven liquor stores and one big box store — Gibson’s Discount. But in the universe occupied by three Keenan boys, our city had only one of the most important businesses: the bait shop. When you spent all day every day outdoors like we did, you defined your self-worth by what you could catch, clean and have mom deep fat fry. And nothing was more important than getting good bait. Minnows, frogs, crawdads, goldfish, salamanders... http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/705790.html http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/705790.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:20 CDT As a child, Craig Denny enjoyed taking things apart to see how they worked. As an adult, his ability to put things together has served him well not only in his professional engineering career but in his civic and community involvement. http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/705997.html http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/705997.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:10 CDT In 1969 my hometown of 18,000 had a dozen grocery stores, seven liquor stores and one big box store — Gibson’s Discount. But in the universe occupied by three Keenan boys, our city had only one of the most important businesses: the bait shop. When you spent all day every day outdoors like we did, you defined your self-worth by what you could catch, clean and have mom deep fat fry. And nothing was more important than getting good bait. Minnows, frogs, crawdads, goldfish, salamanders... http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/705860.html http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/705860.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:45 CDT George Guastello has two good reasons to be enthusiastic about appearing in “42nd Street,” which opens Friday at The Theatre in the Park. http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/705785.html http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/705785.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:20 CDT My cousin — a young mother of twin toddlers — sent an e-mail recently to friends and family. She was asking for help in diagnosing a skin condition on one of her girls. http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/706019.html http://www.kansascity.com/318/story/706019.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:30 CDT The Johnson County Library is joining the Johnson County Museum to present a free story time program for preschool age children and their parents at 10 a.m. Friday at the Johnson County Museum of History. The Museum of History is at 6305 Lackman Road in Shawnee. http://www.kansascity.com/308/story/710726.html http://www.kansascity.com/308/story/710726.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:44 CDT PENGUIN PADDLE: 5k swim event. Hosted by the Arthritis Foundation. 8:30a.m. July 27, Black Bob Pool, 14500 W 151st St, Olathe, KS. Register. www.leawoodchamber.org (913-262-2233) http://www.kansascity.com/308/story/715265.html http://www.kansascity.com/308/story/715265.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:21 CDT PENGUIN PADDLE: 5k swim event. Hosted by the Arthritis Foundation. 8:30 a.m. July 27, Black Bob Pool, 14500 W. 151st St., Olathe. Register. www.leawoodchamber.org (913-262-2233)