Happy Tuesday, Blue Valley!
Today’s forecast: Mostly sunny and still superbly cool. High: 77. Low: 59.
One thing to know today
Local standout student Noor Haideri has earned another honor.
The Blue Valley High senior has been named the Vice President of the Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) National Student Leadership Council for the coming school year.
In that position, Haideri will be one of 16 students to represent the thousands of students involved in SADD nationwide.
“Noor’s passion and commitment to the safety and well-being of herself and her peers makes her an ideal candidate for SADD’s National Student Leadership Council,” said SADD Interim Director Jessica Hugdual, SADD Interim Director. “Noor will be instrumental in providing insight to help create national strategies that address the emerging and ever-changing health and safety issues facing our students.”
Haideri founded Blue Valley High School’s SADD chapter and is already on Kansas’ SADD Leadership Council.
She recently garnered more praise and attention for winning the Breakthrough Junior Challenge, a global science competition that netted her a $250,000 college scholarship.
Post’s top Monday stories
- Westlake Ace Hardware to close longtime Overland Park store
- What’s happening with first Popeyes in south Overland Park?
- Hundreds attend memorial service for Blue Valley North grad who died from the heat
- Leawood plant-based restaurant eyes fall opening
- Lenexa pedestrian killed in hit-and-run on I-35
Other local news
- AMC settles lawsuit over preferred shares. A Delaware judge signed off on a settlement that allows the Leawood-based theater chain to convert preferred shares created during the pandemic to common stock, a move that could help the struggling company raise $120 million in capital. [Wall Street Journal]
- Overland Park woman charged in rural Kansas chase. Macie Blanks, 26, faces multiple charges, including attempting to flee a law enforcement office and aggravated endangerment of a child, stemming from a July chase in Hiawatha, Kansas. [WIBW]
- Preliminary work begins on Brookridge site in Overland Park. Developers say they hope to start constructing buildings for the $2 billion megaproject sometime this coming spring. [Kansas City Business Journal]
A thousand words
JoCo Library patrons got first-hand introductions to a number of activities earlier this month at the Community Connections Fair at Central Resource Library in Overland Park, including juggling, fly fishing and playing the French horn. Photo via Instagram.
