All stories
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By Elvyn Jones
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May 31, 2001
- The De Soto school board approved a new science curriculum last week after receiving assurance that teachers will welcome discussion of dissenting theories when teaching evolution.
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By Elvyn Jones
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May 31, 2001
- For Bonnie Montgall, success was turning a generation of De Soto High School students into readers.
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By Michael Sudhalter
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May 31, 2001
- Two old basketball rivals will unite to operate a basketball camp at De Soto High from June 4 through June 8.
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By Randy Smith
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May 31, 2001
- The usual suspects came through again for Mill Valley this past weekend.
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By Randy Smith
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May 31, 2001
- Experience paid off this past weekend for De Soto’s Julie Beck.
Making her second trip to the Kansas State High School Track and Field Championships, Beck exited the medal stage with a pair of medals as she equaled her freshman season’s mark.
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By Jackie Hosey
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May 31, 2001
- Ashley Perkins pitched a near-perfect game in her last outing as a high school softball player.
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By Theresa Abel
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May 31, 2001
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By Elvyn Jones
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May 31, 2001
- As he listened to musicians play a 40-year-old country tune on the De Soto Community Center’s stage, Harold Johnson’s feet kept taking him back to the dance floor.
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By Elvyn Jones
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May 31, 2001
- Diana Zwahlen said a new organization is interested in improving the community by making use of the overlooked resource of local artistic talent.
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By Michael Sudhalter
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May 31, 2001
- Call me old school but I like to watch contact racing. Dale Earnhardt’s pass on the grass, off the track arguments and anything Cale Yarborough did in a race car epitomize the sport fans call racin’.
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May 31, 2001
- For the second time in a month, the city has had to borrow money to cover needed infrastructure projects. Last week, the Explorer reported that city administrator Gerald Cooper went to the council to finance $465,000 in bonds for street improvements. At the end of the story was an interesting fact: the city currently doesn’t require permits for parking lot improvements.
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By Elvyn Jones
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May 31, 2001
- Even its organizers were surprised by the response to this weekend’s Barn Art Your Way event.
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By Elvyn Jones
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May 31, 2001
- The De Soto Relay for Life will keep the keep the Lexington Trails Middle School track busy throughout the night of June 8.
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By Elvyn Jones
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May 31, 2001
- The Olathe school district’s decision to dissolve a nine-year-old special education cooperative will not affect students in the De Soto school district, said De Soto district special services director Joe Vitt.
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By Elvyn Jones
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May 31, 2001
- Michael Ash credits his artistic development to a 20-month tour of duty in one of the most remote places on Earth.
