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St., Mission, KS | (913) 432-2080 | SunflowerMed.com 2 • MISSION Your Hometown www.sunflowermed.com Contents Thanks 6 Toppers Pizza is family-owned treasure in Mission f e mem ies 8 SMN student receives more than 1 “How about we publish a Mission Magazine?” million in scholarship offers 12 SuperKidz Club brings family fun Back in 2009, those seven little words experience to Mission sparked an interesting conversation about how The City of Mission could 17 City Newsletter help our small businesses showcase their business. Sitting across the desk 22 Neighborhood Grant Program brings from our former City Administrator residents together Mike Scanlon, we picked up a Kansas Magazine and began brainstorming we all sat on the fl oor of Mission City 24 Bulletin Board ideas about how we could create Hall’s Chambers. The fun we had and something similarly wonderful in the smiles and hugs we received were 26 A look back on a historical courthouse Mission. Fast forward to 2020 and, beautiful. in Mission as you read this, you know we Fast-forward to 2019, and by have succeeded in bringing you an spreading the word about this 28 José Ramirez on 10 years at outstanding product. As we’ve done wonderful program in the pages of the Moss Printing since that fi rst issue in February 2010, Mission Magazine, the Holiday Family we continue to introduce you to Mission Adoption Committee was able to adopt 32 City of Mission gifted poster signed by 107 families — families of children who businesses and Mission residents who 11 Pearl Harbor survivors have allowed us to sit in their offi ce or attend our Northeast Johnson County living rooms as they tell us stories about schools. With the help of our entire 34 Mission Magazine revisited: Quinn Appletoft their passions and adventures. community, we not only provided these That success story is linked to another families with food, we also wrapped story, even though this project actually gifts for the entire family and their originated fi rst. Answering a phone pets! The givers — our residents and call in early November 2006, a Mission businesses — and the receivers all had senior citizen called asking if I knew of a very memorable Thanksgiving and anyone in Mission who helped elderly Christmas, sharing many tears and hugs. families who could not or would not be It was a win-win for everyone. having a happy holiday. My reply was, It has been my pleasure to work with “I do not know of anyone, but let me both of these ventures! Memories check and I will get back with you!” resurface every year around the holidays After making some calls and speaking as you watch so many volunteers “make with very caring residents/business it happen.” To you, our readers, thank FEBRUARY/MARCH 2020 owners, six very dedicated friends you! We wouldn’t be successful without jumped on board to form the Mission you reading our Mission Magazine, PUBLISHERS ...................................... David Small Holiday Family Adoption Program, shopping our Mission businesses or which made it possible for us to help donating your time, talent and monies EXECUTIVE EDITOR ....................... Barbara Bayer these families! to the adoption program. You make our EDITOR ............................................Denise Elam So, in 2006, we collected canned job so much easier! ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE .................. Angie Riffel goods and bought groceries for 10 However, time marches on — and Mission families; carefully placed them Father Time along with my family have GRAPHIC DESIGNER .................. Megan Seymour all in a wicker laundry basket, wrapped asked me to slow down; nevertheless, PHOTOGRAPHY .......................... Cathy Donovan them up with cellophane and tied a both programs will continue under the EDITORIAL BOARD ......................... Stoney Bogan beautiful red bow around the basket! As guidance of their new leadership. I this need grew, we started adding gifts would just like to say a very big thank Cathy Casey to the food you for making these programs so Suzie Gibbs Your Hometown heart-warming for so many — including baskets; gifts Mary Horvatin that were me! NovemberFebruary/March 2019 2020 donated and Enjoy. Kristin Inman wrapped Kathy Lockard by loving Mark Raduziner hands as Published by MetroMedia, Inc. On the cover: 4210 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Suite 314A SALLY AND KRIS MILLIGAN, OWNERS OF TOPPERS Fairway, KS 66205 PIZZA IN MISSION. PHOTO BY DENISE ELAM. Phone: 913-951-8425 Additional copies of Mission: Your Hometown magazine are available at participating advertisers. You can also view it on the city’s website, www.missionks.org. To advertise in Mission Magazine, contact Angie Riffel at 913-951-8446 or [email protected]. February/March 2020 • 3 Unmatched ER Care for the Unpredictable When you or a loved one has an emergency, you need an ER team you can count on. At AdventHealth, we know every second counts. That’s why we have four convenient locations to care for you — mind, body and spirit. When minutes matter, choose the experts. 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People, Pizza and Prompt delivery Toppers Pizza is a family-owned treasure in Mission By Denise Elam An hour before Toppers Pizza offi cially opens districts and businesses in the area. for the day, Sally and Kris Milligan are hard “We give them a great offer because at work rolling and tossing 75 balls of pizza we want to work with them locally,” Sally dough into the air. explained. The pizzas are for students at Shawnee The couple opened Toppers nearly four years Mission East; the husband-and-wife team ago, bringing the Wisconsin-born franchise to frequently make large orders for school the Kansas City area in July of 2016. They also Ringing this bell at Toppers is one way team members congratulate each other on a job well done. 6 • MISSION Your Hometown opened a location in Lawrence, Kansas. Guild; they Toppers is known for its made-from-scratch, never-frozen have a “I le dan bae w dough, which the Milligans and their staff make fresh each gentleman morning. there who c ia t cmi “Our prices are awesome, our pizzas and cheeses are helps us fresh and never frozen; it makes a huge difference in stretch the a h p fd t hg .” taste.” dough three -Sa y Mi in Sally jokes that Toppers is “Jimmy John’s but with pizza” days a week,” Sally because delivery times are so freaky fast. emphasized. “I love “We like to have the pizzas to the customer within 30 donating because we minutes of ordering. We’re really set apart by our delivery can impact the community times.” and help feed the hungry.” Besides the classic pepperoni and cheese pizzas, Toppers Giving back to the community has features a few specialty items, including a “Loaded Tot- had a profound impact in the couples’ lives, far beyond zza” pizza, with a ranch sauce base, mozzarella cheese, what they could have imagined. tater tots, applewood smoked bacon and green onions “Of course you want to be involved in the community drizzled with nacho cheese. The buffalo chicken pizza is a as a business owner, but I think it’s taken on a life of its top seller, too, featuring a mild buffalo sauce, mozzarella own,” Kris explained.