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Longtime Prairie Village resident turns 102 years old
Harold Hamann, a resident of Prairie Village, celebrated his 102nd birthday on March 6.
Hamann served in the U.S. Army during World War II before earning his degree in electrical engineering from the University of Iowa.
He, his wife and their three daughters moved to Prairie Village in 1960. He now lives in the second home he’s ever owned in Prairie Village.
Hamann told the Prairie Village City Council on March 2 that he has lived in New York City, Chicago and Philadelphia, but Prairie Village is one of the nicest places to live in his opinion.
He said he appreciates his neighbors and has lived a good life, though his hearing isn’t too good these days.
“Other than that, I’m still enjoying life,” Hamann said.
Overland Park staffer named clerk of the year for Kansas
Elizabeth Kelley received the Mildred Vance City Clerk of the Year Award from the City Clerks and Municipal Finance Officers Association of Kansas. She has served as the City Clerk in Overland Park for around 20 years.
The award is given annually to city clerks who exemplify dedication to the profession and who make contributions to their communities.
Olathe middle schoolers make good role models
Students in Santa Fe Trail Middle School’s Achieving through Individual Motivation program have been making regular visits to neighboring Washington Elementary School.
Shortened to AIM, it’s a leadership and community service-oriented class offered at Santa Fe Trail and other Olathe middle schools for eighth graders who have applied and been selected through an interview process.
It serves as a precursor to Olathe’s Advancement Via Individual Determination, or AVID, program offered at the high school level.
While at the elementary school a couple of times a month, these AIM students from Santa Fe Trail lend a hand in the classroom, talk to the younger students, and help out in an effort to make a positive impact and forge connections as role models, according to a school district Facebook post in March.
Prairie Village police officers earn life-saving awards
In early March, three Prairie Village police officers received life-saving awards for two separate instances.
First, Ofc. Casey Dalton received a life-saving award for his quick and “exceptional” performance of chest compressions on an individual who had collapsed and was unresponsive. The individual was experiencing a narcotic overdose.
Ofc. Hunter Longoria and Ofc. Pat Mahoney also received life-saving awards for distributing Narcan to an individual who was experiencing an opioid overdose on a separate occasion.
Chief Eric McCullough said it was confirmed that the “rapid administration of Narcan was the direct cause of saving the patient’s life.”
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