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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1999
Page
5
The city of Lawrence has never sponsored an Easter egg hunt in Clinton Park. A private group may have in the past. Parks director says Centennial Park hosted it, but this year moved to South Park due to anticipated shelter and bathroom renovations.
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Lawrence High School science Olympiad team competed at the Kansas State Competition in Wichita. Members Gabe Burt Martha Clifford Steven Davis Lee Dunfield Fallon Farokhi Veronica Gao Eli Gourley Justin Hume Bill Kinnersley Esther Magnuson Dmitry Meerson Brad Quellhorst Mike Sawyer and Kristin Wong earned multiple medals. Coaches Danielle Lotton-Barker and Tom Birt led the squad. Kinnersley and Gao won gold in Chem Lab while Sawyer and Kinnersley earned gold in Physics Lab. Kinnersley and Meerson earned silver for Can’t Judge a Powder by its Color.
Kaw Valley Rentage Alliance hosts Friday workshop in Lecompton on sustainable growth with talks by Rhonda Janke Larry Kipp Bruce Snead and Tim Rues a walking tour led by Rues and a keynote by Ken Strom. Registration starts 12 15 p m at the Territorial Capitol with an evening meal at the United Methodist Church.
Lawrence Community Theatre previews Grace and Glorie a fatherly tale about a 90 year old Virginia hill woman and her city hospice volunteer with Malin and Peggy Sampson in the cast. Thunderbird Theater announces The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday in Hiawatha Hall on the Haskell Indian Nations University campus with tickets at the door.
Today at noon to 1 p.m. University Forum hosts Douglas County Judge Jean Shepherd on Privatization of Foster Care with optional lunch at 11:30. A 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. negotiation session between Lawrence school board and Lawrence Education Assn. follows at the district service center.
To submit items for consideration in Datebook, call 832-7148 or write to Datebook PO Box 888 Lawrence 66044. Datebook's e mail address is datebook at jjworld dot com.
KU student Levi Chronister Karsten Phelps of Lawrence says he opposes Kevorkian's 10 to 25 year sentence arguing he provided a basic human right and that the victims consented, so punishment is unwarranted.
A Lawrence resident reported a 1285 loss from a vehicle on Schwarz Road. An 18 year old Haskell student was battered at Broken Arrow Park after a night at Los Amigos. Two men, Albright and Smith, were jailed on drug charges, later released pending tests. Fire and EMS responses include structure fires, medical calls, and transports across multiple blocks in Lawrence and nearby areas. Marriages licenses issued listed several couples from Lawrence and surrounding cities.
Local notice: an error appeared in Tuesdays Journal World about applicants for the Postal Service Battery Examination. The Postal Service will accept applications through Friday at the main post office 645 West and Jayhawk Station 1519 West.
Lawrence student Juan Heath hatched a flower delivery caper that sent a 19 pound concrete Jayhawk on a 3500 mile journey through nine states. He returned the statue to the Belots with photos and a note before confessing and being forgiven. Heath plans a Florida trip this summer with the statue.
The speaker argues for appealing a verdict, contending a suspended sentence would have halted the appeal. They believe the matter must be resolved in the courts to determine outcomes and accountability.
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