Northeast Johnson County morning roundup

Photo via SM East swimming.
Photo via SM East swimming.

Annual Shawnee Mission East Swim and Dive “Makin’ Waves” clinic set for Saturday. Young swimmers will once again have the opportunity to train with members of the most successful boys swim and dive team in state history. SM East’s annual “Makin’ Waves” clinic returns to the Wiley Wright Pool this Saturday, Jan. 21. Organizers are offering two sessions, one for kids aged 10 and younger and one for those aged 11 and up. The clinic is open to all interested swimmers, not just those residing the SM East area. For more information, visit the clinic website here.

Shawnee Mission East band helps pep up Chiefs fans. Well…the game may have been a let down. But SM East students did get to help Chiefs fans properly prepare for this weekend’s Divisional Playoffs game against the Steelers. The band came out to 610 Sports’s studios in Mission on Friday to play at a Chiefs pep rally the station put on:

City offices closed in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. City offices throughout northeast Johnson County will be closed today in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.

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Jay Senter
Jay Senter

Jay Senter is the founder and publisher of the Johnson County Post.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he worked as a reporter and editor at The Badger Herald.

He went on to receive a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas. While he was in graduate school, he also worked as a reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World.

His reporting has appeared in the Kansas City Star, The Pitch and The New York Times, among other publications.

Senter was the recipient of the Johnson County Community College Headliner Award in 2023.

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