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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1998
Page
5
Ann Roggero of Lawrence Memorial Hospital cites lengthy searches to place qualified staff. She notes regional and national recruitment can be required due to unique healthcare skills and low local unemployment.
Readers are urged to call the Journal-World Access line at 865-5000 and enter category 7478 to hear a recording inviting them to leave their questions. The notice provides the number and instructions for submitting inquiries via the sound off service.
Police logs outline thefts including a change machine and 500 tokens from River City Car Wash worth 2500, a 199 Dodge Spirit valued at 5000, and currency stolen from a Mitsubishi Eclipse with 3000 damage. A battered report notes a 45 year old Lawrence woman threatened at a bar, plus a suspected arson at Mercantile Bank with no major damage. Emergency calls list multiple fires, medicals, accidents, and a grenade discovery in Rhode Island. Births announce a girl for Christopher and Tiffany Lenhardt.
Baker University student Michael Lynch a Mission senior is among 10 finalists for the NAIA Sears Directors Cup Postgraduate Scholarship. Four recipients will receive 5 000 scholarships and be announced later this month. A Douglas County Corrections Advisory Board meeting is set for 4 30 p m Wednesday in the courthouse second floor commission room. Six students were chosen for the Research Experience for Undergraduates program from over 150 applicants.
Paul Garrette researched and wrote the paper last fall in the Europe 1350 to 1789 course taught by John Richards, visiting assistant professor of history.
Baker University senior Jennifer Burroughs from Clearview City has been chosen for a summer research project at Kitt Peak National Observatory. She joins five other students to study Hubble images over two months, pursuing physics and mathematics alongside psychology.
Baytown, Mo., senior Scott Garrette of Baldwin Baker University won first place in the Kansas History Teachers Association Undergraduate Student Paper Competition. He will accept the award and present his paper, Leonardo's Effect on Painting, at the organization’s annual conference on April 18 at Bethel College.
Kansas senator Bob Dole will speak at Benedictine College commencement at 10 a.m. May 16 in Ralph Nolan Gymnasium. The college will award Dole an honorary doctorate of humane letters during the ceremony.
Douglas County Commission meetings at the county court house 11th and Massachusetts. Bookmobile stops include Hy-Vee Clinton Parkway and Prairie Park with health screenings for seniors at Lecompton and Babcock Place. Evening Lawrence City Commission at city hall. Health department sponsorship and fees noted. To submit items call 832-7148 or mail to Datebook.
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