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Monday NewsLink is powered by Budget Blinds of Lee's Summit, a local business helping make local news possible in Lee's Summit. [Local Stories | Local Business | Community] Happy Memorial Day. Take a moment today to remember the people who made it possible for us to argue about committee assignments at city council meetings and cheer for our kids at district soccer games. Both of those things happened in Lee's Summit this week, and we've got all of it — plus the Mavericks in the ECHL Western Conference Finals and local high school teams with their seasons on the line. It's a good week to be reading local. — Nick Parker, Link 2 Lee's Summit publisher Top of the news in Lee's Summit
[Local Stories] Council committee assignments become point of contentionTuesday's Lee's Summit City Council meeting opened with a public clash between Councilmember Cynda Rader and Mayor Pro Tem Hillary Shields over committee assignments. Rader, who had requested seats on Finance and Budget and the Community and Economic Development Committee, rejected the slots she was given and accused Shields of sidelining her — Shields defended the process and the council voted 6-3 to approve a revised slate. The same meeting brought a conceptual pitch from Graham Packaging, a global plastics manufacturer eyeing 215,000 square feet at Lee's Summit Commerce Center that would bring 82 jobs at an average wage above $83,000 annually. No formal vote was taken on Project Kings, but council members signaled broad support. 
[Local Stories] LSR7 closes spring with honors, security update and major contractsThe Lee's Summit R-7 Board of Education wrapped its May meeting Monday night with a full slate of recognitions, a detailed safety briefing, and millions in approved contracts. Science teacher Chris Walker from Lee's Summit North was named Teacher of the Year, field tech specialist Zachary Pros took Support Professional of the Year honors, and students from all three high schools turned in national-level achievements in culinary arts, JROTC, archery, and more. The board also approved a $2.15 million design contract for Pleasant Lea Elementary and received a comprehensive update on district security upgrades, including surveillance systems, access controls, and emergency coordination protocols with LSPD, the FBI, and Homeland Security. Sponsored ContentA bi-weekly look into the homes and market that make Lee's Summit a community Local Moves: At Home A 2.5-acre retreat along Jackson County parkland comes to market in northeast Lee's SummitThis week's Local Moves features 3909 NE Beach Road, a five-bedroom, 2.5-bath home on 2.5 wooded acres backing directly to Jackson County Parks and Rec. Listed at $719,500, the property includes a detached outbuilding with a finished bonus room, exposed vintage woodwork, and recreational access to Lake Jacomo and Blue Springs Lake just minutes away. Properties like this — private acreage with real character and county parkland as a backyard — almost never come available in this pocket of northeast Lee's Summit. 
Click the photo to see the full listing gallery and details → Sponsored content presented by Mike Maksin, The Hern Group/KW. Local SportsIt was a big week for Lee's Summit-area teams in the state playoff picture. St. Michael the Archangel's girls soccer program claimed its fifth district title with a comeback win over top-seeded Notre Dame de Sion, and the Guardians have two more teams — baseball and girls soccer — still alive headed into this week's sectional and quarterfinal rounds. And just down the road at Cable Dahmer Arena, the Kansas City Mavericks' 10-game playoff win streak came to a heartbreaking end when Fort Wayne scored with 25 seconds left to tie the ECHL Western Conference Finals at one game apiece. St. Michael the Archangel wins fifth district title with 3-2 comeback over Notre Dame de Sion Summit Christian, St. Michael baseball and girls soccer all alive in state playoffs Fort Wayne stuns Mavericks in final seconds; series heads to Indiana tied 1-1 Local Events[Local Stories | Local Business | Community] A good week to get out in Lee's Summit. The Wednesday Downtown Lee's Summit Farmers Market kicks off Wednesday morning as an easy mid-week reason to head downtown. Thursday brings the Bluzboys Thursday Night Jam at VFW Post 5789 for live blues. Friday night, head to Legacy Park for the Night Flight 5K, a run under the lights starting at 9 p.m. Saturday is loaded — the Saturday Downtown Lee's Summit Farmers Market opens at 8 a.m., and Roll On the Rock Island at Paragon Star Sports Complex also gets going at 9 a.m. for something more active. Saturday afternoon, The Running Well Store holds its Lee's Summit Grand Opening at 10 a.m., and in the evening, Summit Theatre Group's Better Together Cabaret runs May 30-31 at $18 a ticket. Cap it off Saturday night with RED: A Taylor Swift Tribute at Legacy Park Amphitheater at 8 p.m. — $16 tickets. Sunday, HEART hosts a Community Cookout at Longview Lake at noon. If you, or your organization, have an event you'd like listed in Lee's Summit's only community calendar reaching more than 20,000 people, just click here and hit the "CREATE AN EVENT" button. — Nick Parker, Link 2 Lee's Summit publisher Your local events listing is brought to you by Bridge Space, a local coworking and event space helping make local news possible in Lee's Summit. What Lee's Summit readers have been clicking
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Monday NewsLink is powered by Budget Blinds of Lee's Summit, a local business helping make local news possible in Lee's Summit. LOCAL STORIES | LOCAL BUSINESS | COMMUNITY Good morning, Lee's Summit. It's been a quiet week at the podiums of city hall and the school board, but a loud one everywhere else. A former Titan takes the field tonight for a national championship, and Green Street has turned into the best seat in town for World Cup soccer. Let's get into it. — Nick Parker, Link 2 Lee's...
Monday NewsLink is powered by Budget Blinds of Lee's Summit, a local business helping make local news possible in Lee's Summit. [Local Stories | Local Business | Community] It's been a big week in Lee's Summit — and not all of it for the right reasons. Downtown Days is done, at least as we've known it, after what became an all-too-familiar Saturday night in the heart of our city. But this community doesn't sit still, and there's plenty of good work happening alongside the hard conversations....
Monday NewsLink is powered by Budget Blinds of Lee's Summit, a local business helping make local news possible in Lee's Summit. [Local Stories | Local Business | Community] This week's news is carrying a lot of weight. Downtown Days ended the way it has the last two years — badly — and the community conversation about what comes next is already underway. We've got the news report and a column from someone who was in the middle of building that festival for years. Both are worth your time....