Internet Restored at All KU Buildings After Fiber Cut
KU buildings on the Lawrence campus regained Internet service after a fiber cable cut disrupted connectivity for nearly three days. Some campus landlines remained out, with no definite repair timeline. Restoration completed around 6:30 a.m. Friday, as officials cited an efficient response from IT and facilities staff while noting ongoing testing and CETE impacts on state testing.
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Center For Educational Testing and Evaluation
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Associated Press
Visiting Scholar Serene Jones to visit Lawrence in April
The Theologian in Residence program announces Rev. Dr. Serene Jones visiting Lawrence as the 2016 Visiting Scholar in Religion. Jones will lecture on Revolutionary Love at 7 p.m. April 11 at First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St. in Lawrence. She leads the Union Theological Seminary as president, the first woman in that role in the seminary’s 179-year history, and has founded Institutes on Women Religion and Globalization and on Art Religion and Social Justice. The program is a joint effort by KU groups and Lawrence congregations, with all events free and open to the public. more info at plymouthlawrence.com.
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Lawrence
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First United Methodist Church
Vermont St
Union Theological Seminary
New York City
Interdenominational Seminary
Union
Institute For Women, Religion and Globalization
Institute For Art, Religion and Social Justice
American Academy of Religion
Yale University
Titus Street
Yale Divinity School
Kansas University
Ecumenical Campus Ministries
Department of Religious Studies
Kent Winters- Hazelton
First Presbyterian Church
Sunflower
Plymouthlawrence
Treehouse variations dot city blocks as lives unfold
In several neighborhoods, residents like Patrick Hangauer Juan Gonzalez and Matthew Stephens describe evolving treehouses built around living trees. Hangauer notes reinforcement around a dying trunk, Gonzalez favors rustic limbs and bridges, and Stephens crafts a bright teal, windowed retreat for his daughter Goldy with a library book inspired design.
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Hangauer
Hangauers
Juan Gonzalez
Locust St
Gonzalez
Barker
Matthew Stephens
Goldy
Stephens
Pinckney
Indiana St
Tips for building your own treehouse
Practical guide covers tree choice with top five strong options hedge mulberry oak walnut and cedar and weak avoiders willow cottonwood ash. Emphasizes safe height noninvasive supports anchored by forking branches and posts plus rot resistant cedar or treated wood and decklike sealing. A personal note recounts Jason Klinkinnett's treehouse built with repurposed materials and a quirky blue portal window while wildlife adfice adds caution about squirrels.
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Bussinger Nowak Engagement in Kansas News
Lawrence couple Larry and Veronica Bussinger announce the engagement of their son Taylor Bussinger to Jill Nowak daughter of Brett and Debbie Nowak of McPherson Kansas. Both KU graduates and teachers at Prairie Trail Middle School in Olathe. Wedding planned for June at Corpus Christi Catholic Church Lawrence. They will reside in Lenexa after marriage.
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Veronica Bussinger
Lawrence
Taylor Bussinger
Jill Nowak
Brett
Debbie Nowak
McPherson
Taylor
Jill
University of Kansas
Prairie Trail Middle School
Olathe
Corpus Christi Catholic Church
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Lenexa
Flournoy Longino Engagement Announces Gainesville Wedding
Chris Longino son of Linda and Bob Longino of Lawrence and Kelley Flournoy daughter of Charlie Flournoy and Sharon Chase of Gainesville Florida plan to marry in April 2016 in Gainesville. Chris a Free State High School and KU graduate with a criminology masters from USF works in Tampa for the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Kelley a PK Young Gainesville graduate, UF attendee, and Stetson law graduate, now a Guardian Ad Litem for Florida.
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Kelley Flournoy
Chris
Linda
Bob Longino
Lawrence
Kelley
Charlie Flournoy
Sharon Chase
Gainesville
Florida
Free State High School
University of Kansas
University of Southern Florida
Tampa
National Insurance Crime Bureau
PK Young High School
University of Florida
Stetson University
State of Florida
Sprague-Brunk and Grady announce engagement
Amanda Sprague-Brunk and Mark Grady become engaged as Amanda, daughter of Sprague-Brunk and Grady, and Mark, son of Lowell Grady and Jaren Gillis-Mey, prepare to wed. Amanda is a University of Kansas graduate and Child Protection Specialist with the Kansas Department for Children and Families.
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Gary Brunk
Joey Sprague
Amanda Sprague-Brunk
Mark Grady
Lowell Grady
Homosassa
Jaren Gillis-Mey
Lenexa
Amanda
University of Kansas
Kansas Department For Children and Families
Mark
Kansas State University
Topeka levee fix project kicks off after years of work
The multimillion dollar flood risk management project along the Kansas River in Topeka begins with a groundbreaking. City and Army Corps officials say the effort will protect 6,500 homes and 790 businesses while boosting flood management ecosystem restoration and local economic development. The 2017 federal budget added 8 million to finish the project, bringing total federal funding to 10.8 million with 4.1 million from the city.
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Topeka Capital- Journal
Brent Boles
Greater Topeka
Army Corps of Engineers
Larry Wolgast
Wolgast
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