Four Harrisonville High School graduates will become the tenth class inducted into the Distinguished Alumni Wall of Fame during winter Homecoming activities at the high school Friday, Jan. 24.

William Mills, Victor Blaine, Shaun Holden, and Kelli (Wolf) Moles will be formally inducted during a banquet Jan. 24 and will be introduced to the community prior to the varsity basketball game at approximately 7 p.m. that night.

The Wall of Fame induction is sponsored by the Harrisonville Public School Foundation.

Mills graduated from Harrisonville High School in 1972. He has been a business and civic leader in Harrisonville ever since.

Mills owns and operates Family Center with four locations including Harrisonville, Butler, Paola, Kan., and Winterset, Iowa. He also was the developer for Mill-Walk Mall in Harrisonville.

Mills served as the mayor of Harrisonville from 1993-1995. During his tenure, he started the Mayors Christmas Tree fund to support the Ministerial Alliance. Today, he continues his governmental involvement as chair of the Planning and Zoning Board on which hes served for 20 years. Hes also a director of the TIF Commission for the improvement of 291 Highway.

Within the community, Mills has volunteered and led several organizations. He is the past president of the Harrisonville Public School Foundation and continues to serve on that board. He was a Founding Donor and continues to give to the organization through personally matching the donations made in the Mill Walk Mall Fountain.

He is the past president of the Harrisonville Rotary Club. Through Rotary, Mills participated in an international service project traveling to Ecuador to bring clean water to schoolchildren. Hes also organized the annual Casco picnic and hosted three foreign exchange students.

He is past president of the Harrisonville Area Chamber of Commerce. He was also a founding member of the Chambers Ambassadors program.

Mills also serves on the Harrisonville Schools Financial Advisory Board and has actively supported and served on steering committees for district bond and levy campaigns.

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Four grads to be inducted into HHS Distinguished Alumni Wall of Fame