About six weeks ago former Lee’s Summit High School graduate Matt Tegenkamp took the first step toward possible Olympic greatness, qualifying for the Beijing Olympics in the 5,000-meter run.

A series of meetings that may have eased the tension between the R-7 School District and the Lee’s Summit Autism Support Group have been put on hold after members of the LSASG protested a conference at which an R-7 official was speaking.

Growing up on a farm in western Kentucky, Chelsea Daugherty has knowledge of agriculture broader than most high school sophomores.