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Tweet The nominations are out. And the cast and crew of SM East’s The Drowsy Chaperone couldn’t be much happier. Starlight Theatre on Thursday officially released the nominees for this year’s Blue Star Awards, honoring the best of Kansas City-area high school musical theatre. SM East learned last week that it had 10 nominees among [...]
Tweet Prairie Village resident Tom Jones is among the three KU School of Engineering alumni to earn this year’s Distinguished Engineering Service Awards. The annual awards go to engineering grads who have maintained a close relationship with the school while making significant contributions to the field professionally. Jones graduated from KU in 1967 with a [...]
Tweet The Westwood Foundation has announced its 2013 scholarship winners, one for undergraduate college work and one for post-graduate education. Caitlin Beatty won the Merit Scholarship which provides $1,000 per year for undergraduate study. She plans to major in nursing at the University of Nebraska. The award for vocational or post-graduate study went to Crystal [...]
Tweet It’s always sunny in Johnson County, according to a national group advocating for openness in state and local government. The Sunshine Review announced last week that Johnson County had earned its third consecutive “Sunny Award” for transparency on its website. The county achieved the best-possible rating of A+ in 2013. It received an A [...]
Tweet Northeast Johnson County resident Lynn Mitchelson has been named Johnson Countian of the Year by the Johnson County Community College Foundation. Mitchelson, of Mission Woods, is a banker who founded Corporate Woods State Bank in 1980. He also served on JCCC’s Board of Trustees from 1996-2011. In addition to his work at JCCC, Mitchelson [...]
Tweet Mission Mayor Laura McConwell has picked up a second metro leadership award in as many weeks. McConwell was honored with the 2013 Leadership Award by Smart Growth America, which held a national conference in Kansas City last week. McConwell and Lee’s Summit Mayor Randy Rhoads were recognized for the strategies their cities are using [...]
Tweet Zagat, the prestigious international ranker of fine dining, just keeps dishing out love for Prairie Village’s Cafe Provence. Zagat on Sunday unveiled its list of the top restaurants for service in 25 major American cities — and Cafe Provence got the nod in Kansas City. In November, Zagat listed Cafe Provence as the top [...]
Tweet SM East students crowned a new king and queen as part of this weekend’s Sweetheart Dance festivities. Senior Anna Sheridan was named queen during halftime of the boys basketball game Friday, and senior Jack Sernett was named kind at the Sweetheart Dance at SM East Saturday. Sheridan is a three sport athlete, competing in [...]
Tweet Mission Mayor Laura McConwell and Prairie Village City Councilor are among the recipients of Kansas City Business Magazine’s 2013 Kansas City Influential Women Awards. McConwell earned the recognition based on her leadership accomplishments, career achievements and a dedication to bettering the Kansas City community. McConwell was nominated by Mission Councilor Debbie Kring. “I am [...]
Tweet What with the sheets of ice and snow covering lawns and limbs, visions of a sunny spring ceremony under a Prairie Village tree in full bloom probably seem awfully far away, don’t they? Well, snap out of your winter weather funk, Villagers, because the city’s annual Arbor Day festivities will be here before you [...]
Tweet The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi this week announced that Mission Hills native Emily Brandmeyer has been initiated into the selective honor society. Brandmeyer, a 2009 graduate of SM East, is studying nursing at the University of Kansas Medical Center. To qualify for Phi Kappa Phi, one of the oldest and most selective [...]
Tweet Two local elementaries were among the Shawnee Mission schools recognized this month for ahead-of-the-curve efforts to reduce waste and conserve resources in Johnson County. The Johnson County Board of Commissioners named Briarwood, Brookwood and Tomahawk to its list of Green Business Award winners. Brookwood received a Gold Level honor for its program composting cafeteria [...]
Tweet The Prairie Village Post was among the four winners of this year’s Prairie Village Community Spirit Awards, announced during the Patriotic Service at Wednesday’s VillageFest celebration. Now in their tenth year, the awards honor individuals, organizations and businesses that “give their time and service in an effort to improve the quality of life in [...]
