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A strong team: BLHS teacher, student collaborate on children’s book
By Matt Erickson
July 5, 2012
Teacher and coach Tim Johnson needed a way to make weightlifting seem fun and interesting to 9-, 10- and 11-year-olds. He found his answer in an unexpected place this spring: a South Korean exchange student from whom he’d hardly heard a word all year.

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Update: Amber Alert cancelled after 16-year-old girl found
By Andy Hyland
05:04 p.m., July 5, 2012 Updated 09:20 a.m.
Authorities issued an Amber Alert on Thursday following the disappearance of a 16-year-old girl in Leavenworth.
City band will move indoors again tonight
July 5, 2012
The extreme heat has caused the Bonner Springs City Band to move its concert indoors again tonight.
Sporting KC finds relief in Montreal
By Staff Report
July 5, 2012
Goals from Kei Kamara, Graham Zusi and Jacob Peterson in the second half brought Sporting KC (10-5-2) back from a 1-0 deficit against the Montreal Impact at Stade Saputo and returned it to one point shy of first in the Eastern Conference.
A strong team: BLHS teacher, student collaborate on children’s book
By Matt Erickson
July 5, 2012
Teacher and coach Tim Johnson needed a way to make weightlifting seem fun and interesting to 9-, 10- and 11-year-olds. He found his answer in an unexpected place this spring: a South Korean exchange student from whom he’d hardly heard a word all year.