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Northeast Johnson County morning roundup

Photo via Shawnee Indian Mission.
Photo via Shawnee Indian Mission.

Today is the last day to register for family campout at Shawnee Indian Mission this weekend. Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway this weekend is holding a family campout. The overnight will include a open-fire cookout before stories around the campfire. The event is open to families with kids ages 4 to 12. The cost is $20 for the first child, and $10 for each additional child. Parents must accompany kids. The registration deadline is today. Click here to register.

Prairie Village police hosting “Cookie with a Cop” at Great Harvest this morning. Prairie Village police officers will be on hand at Great Harvest Bread in Corinth Square from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today for a part of their informal community meeting series. The “Cookie with a Cop” event will give attendees the chance to chat with police officers (and get a free cookie).

NEJC natives elected to leadership positions at Kansas Boys State. The American Legion Boys State of Kansas Leadership Academy is under way at Kansas State University, and two area participants have been elected to leadership roles. Denny Rice, a rising senior at Shawnee Mission East, was elected secretary of state. And Nolen Wright, a rising senior at Kansas City Christian, was elected commissioner of insurance. Boys State runs through Friday.

About the author

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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