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   Shawnee Dispatch (Newspaper) - December 5, 2007, Shawnee, Kansas                                CHRISTMAS AROUND The Shawnee DECEMBER 2007 ONLINE 44 0000 7 75 cents Student tourists Clear Creek displays world INSIDE Commentary BUILDING BLOCKS Cougars put together a one play at a CITY INCUMBENTS Survey results drive examination of possible drug testing even in the 2007 I cant concern myself with what That is why as part of a spe The which was formed in Kansas Communities that Care may be what is cial school board is looking November emphasized at their drug and alcohol use is Mill Valley High School what others are Novak I into requiring that seventh through 12th community meetings last week that data about the same in the De Soto School Principal Joe Novak said that doesnt think if we commit to education then we grade students who participate in school District as it is in Johnson County and mean there isnt a have to look at our kids one at a activities submit to drug s See FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS KEVIN AFTER A LITTLE old Josh Marvine was brave enough to the Shamash to light the other menorahs for his first time Tuesday night as his cousins Grace and Noah Josh and his parents Chuck Marvine and Joyce of were celebrating the first night of Hanukkah with other relatives in Family keeps the CAROLINE BOYER Josh Marvine says its pretty easy to explain to his friends that he doesnt cele Its not really hard because the kids I know only celebrate but they know about the 7yearold And I really dont care about religion I care about my friends being my Josh does hope that this his Joyce Rosenberg and Chuck Marvine of will let him celebration of which began Tues day by letting him light the first cau The Marvine family is one of a small few Shawnee families who will celebrate Hanukkah over the coming But they say that though many in society are focused on they have found a diverse community in Shawnee that is accepting of their as Rosenberg said the family also includes 4yearold Alex and 6montholdl chose to live in Shawnee four years ago because they saw the diversity in the Our neighbors are so wonderful and Rosenberg At Joshs Benninghoven tary Rosenberg do an See 2nd hotel for site CAROLINE BOYER Shawnee is about to get its third On the Shawnee Planning Commission approved a planned unit development and rezoning for a 9 1 room Holiday Inn to be constructed directly west of the Courtyard by Marriot on the northwest corner of Midland Drive and Interstate Though some com missioners and residents expressed the hotel was approved with just one commissioner voting in oppo hotel planned fpr a development a nearly of the Mill Creek Plaza development in the 17700 block of Midland The new development was billed as Mill Creek Plaza though it will be constructed by different Like Mill Creek which contains the Hereford House restaurant and an office the Hol iday Inn development will be constructed in The site plan showed the Holiday Inn on the north side in phase one with the same orientation as the Preliminary plans show two other lots south of the hotel a al footprint of a office building in the and a restaurant adjacent to Midland The property was zoned agricultural and planned devel and would be rezoned to commercial neighbor It currently includes remnants of a fonner tree a home and a statuary business that will be removed from the The site plan shows the hotel at 6 1 square feet and four stories with an indoor pool and 1 square feet of meeting area and 600 square feet of office The hotels roofline would just meet the citys previously imposed limit of 45 feet for the though some sec tions of the roof will extend slightly above that Tom architect for the said devel opers played with the hotels design and site plan to fit in more rooms and keep the building below 45 but the option was the only one that allowed them to get near the desired room Residents of the Red Oak Hills neighborhood to the north also expressed concerns about a a trash See NEW Page 3A Vet recalls how Pearl Harbor changed things CAROLINE BOYER Albert Henke carefully out the ber bullet that may have saved his Part of a chain strapped around his it blocked a square piece of petal a German that penetrated the window over This is the one that almost took me had it that he holding up the piece of flak and Henkes diary log for the his noted the intense heavy and very I thought they had me when the piece Albert Henke hit under my he Gives you sort of a jolt to have your knee knocked off the track and then see in the It was one of the many times the Shawnee resident was inches away from death during his 50 missions aboard a Fortress in Twice flak barely missed his head once his electric heat meant to protect him from the 65below tempera shorted out and caught One of 153 in his 800member gun nery class to survive the Henke also watched 55 planes explode in midair during along with others who See Page 2A Family finds meaning in nativity scene CAROLINE BOYER This the Kelley family decided they wanted to do something a little bit more meaningful than hanging the usual Christmas We just wanted to do something that reflected the true meaning of Christ Robert Kelley They came up with the idea of creat ing a nativity scene in front of their and then the family thought of taking part in the scene to make it a living they even sought out and bought some sheep to add to the It just became more and more as we went Irene Kelley So this on Monday nights and some Saturday the family will take a couple of hours in the starting around 7 to stand in the Robert portrays Joseph and Irene portrays one of the Their children fill other parts daugh ters Morgan and Taylor portray Mary and a and son Baylen portrays another The family attracted some atten tion between and Satur day in the Grey Oaks the first time they stood in the nativity CAROLINE Lenexa First with live sheep nearby in a Neighbors stopped as they drove by or walked through to and the Kel are Robert and who decided this year to do a living nativ ity scene in their front leys said they spent time in between those visits talking about the scene they See Page 3A Call us 913 962300O Fax 913 9623004 Online  

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