Automobile Registration:
All residents of Kansas must register all owned or leased vehicles. New residents have 90 days to comply. No city stickers are required. For additional information, please contact one of the following locations:
Dept. of Motor Vehicles: 6000 Lamar, Mission (913) 826-1800
Dept. of Motor Vehicles: 1327 "A" E. Santa Fe, Olathe (913) 826-1800

Driver's License:
Kansas Driver's licenses are issued at state offices. Driver's Licenses can be obtained Tuesday through Friday. For additional information, please contact one of the following locations:
Mission Office: 6507 Johnson Drive, (913) 432-2266
Olathe Office: 1839 S. Ridgeview, (913) 829-2501

Postal Service:
Main branch: 6029 Broadmoor, (913) 831-5334
Shawnee branch: 6201 Nieman, (913) 631-1042

Telephone Service:
Southwestern Bell - (800) 464-7928, www.sbc.com
Everest Connections - (913) 825-3000, www.everestkc.net

Cable Television/Internet:
Time Warner Cable - (816) 358-8833, www.twckc.com

Electric Service:
Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) - (816) 471-5275, www.kcpl.com

Natural Gas Service:
Kansas Gas Service - (800) 794-4780, www.kgas.com

Solid Waste Collection (trash):
Deffenbaugh Industries - (913) 631-3300

Wastewater Service:
Johnson County Wastewater - (913) 438-1220, www.jcw.org

Water Service:
WaterOne (Water District #1) - (913) 895-1800, www.waterone.org

Shawnee Mission School District (http://www.smsd.org)
The Shawnee Mission School district has been recognized repeatedly by both the US Department of Education and the Kansas Department of Education for its quality academic programs. The district's comprehensive curriculum provides a broad range of educational opportunities to accommodate the learning style of all students. The challenging curriculum supports the district's goals of: providing students with effective communication, analytical and problem-solving skills, encouraging intellectual curiosity and developing the knowledge, skills and values necessary for cultural literacy and responsible citizenship.

Elementary Schools:
Crestview Elementary, 6101 Craig Road, (913) 789-3550
Merriam Park Elementary, 6100 Mastin, (913) 993-3600

Middle Schools:
Antioch Middle School, 8200 W. 71st Street, (913) 789-3600
Hocker Grove Middle School, 10400 Johnson Drive, (913) 789-3500

High School:
Shawnee Mission North, 7401 Johnson Drive, (913) 789-3700

Shawnee Mission Medical Center (http://www.shawneemission.org)
74th Street and Grandview, (913) 676-2000

Shawnee Mission Medical Center's (SMMC) 54-acre campus includes a 383-bed hospital, a free-standing outpatient surgery, a community health education building and fitness center, as well as five office buildings and an associate child care center. They boast the largest medical staff in the metro—more than 700 physicians—including medical experts who pioneered practices now in use around the world. Their physicians and associates work collaboratively to care for nearly 20,000 inpatients and 180,000 outpatients annually.

Over more than 40 years, SMMC has earned a reputation for quality, compassionate care. Their Emergency Department is the busiest in Johnson County and first in the area to earn a Chest Pain Center accreditation. SMMC delivers more babies than any hospital in the Kansas City metro. And they have the shortest average hospital stays in the area. Whatever your health concern—from birth to surgical robotics, soccer physicals to diagnostic heart studies or fitness classes to minimally invasive surgery, Shawnee Mission Medical Center can help.

Antioch/Central Library (http://www.jocolibrary.org)
8700 Shawnee Mission Pkwy., (913) 384-8500

The Johnson County Library District serves Johnson County and the metropolitan area. Services include book lending, photocopy service, browsing room (current magazines and newspapers), study and meeting rooms, reference room, rental books (latest fiction and non-fiction), children's section (including toys and organized learning programs), exhibits, library tours, classes and free film and music programs. Anyone in Merriam is eligible to receive a permanent library card, which is valid in any Johnson County District Library.

Patrons in Merriam have access to materials in all Johnson County Library branches, as well as the Olathe Public Library, the Kansas City, Mo. Library, and the Johnson County Community College Library. All materials not available at the Antioch Library can be delivered to the site within two days, provided they are available at another library branch.

Historic Merriam:
Membership in Historic Merriam is open to anyone interested in helping to preserve the City's past. Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Irene B. French Community Center, 5701 Merriam Drive. For information, contact Myra Jenks at (913) 432-3042.

Kiwanis:
Kiwanis is a worldwide service organization for individuals desiring personal involvement in the leadership and improvement of their communities. The Kiwanis meet on a weekly basis. For more information, visit their website http://www.kiwanis.org.

Optimist:
The Optimists sponsor activities dedicated to bettering youth. For more information, visit their website at http://www.kansasoptimist.org.

Johnson County Rotary Club:
An organization of business and professional leaders who provide humanitarian services and encourage high ethical standards in all vocations. For more information visit their website http://www.rotary.org or call (913) 302-6402.

Merriam Community Association:
A nonprofit organization that serves the residents of the City of Merriam with scholarships and donations for community needs. For more information on this organization, call (913) 722-1033.

Merriam-Shawnee Lions Club:
The Lions clubs offers people the opportunity to give something back to their communities. From involving members in projects as local as cleaning up an area park or as far-reaching as bringing sight to the world's blind, Lions clubs have always embraced those committed to building a brighter future for their community. For more information, call (913) 236-3294.