Big Event showcases 3000 KU volunteers in Lawrence
The third annual Big Event saw about 3000 Kansas University volunteers from students faculty and staff perform service across 400 sites in Lawrence. They raked trimmed painted and planted at locations including Lawrence High School stadium and Hidden Valley Girl Scout Camp. The editorial thanks all participants noting the event grew from under 500 volunteers to about 3000 and emphasizes KU as a year round community asset.
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Lawrence
Lawrence High School
Westar Energy
Hidden Valley
Syria policy muddled as lawmakers seek clearer plan
Trudy Rubin reports on Senate Foreign Relations hearings where State officials struggle to explain the Obama administration policy for Syria. Ambassadors and intelligence chiefs caution that without a political settlement Assad could hold power, while Russia and Iran realities complicate any path to intervention or arming rebels. The piece decries nonlethal aid as insufficient, notes divisions over recognizing a rebel council, and highlights the grim reality of a collapsing Syria with mass displacement and rising extremist threats.
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Syria
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Robert Ford
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Ford
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James Clapper
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Robert Menendez
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John McCain
R-Ariz
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Russia
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White House
Bob Corker
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Old Hometown Residents See Rapid Growth Near East Hills
In southeast Lawrence, residents near King Radio and Farmland Industries note rising development as workers prefer nearby housing. The East Hills Business Park is expected to accelerate growth with homes under 65 000 dollars still common, says local developer Joe Langhofer. Engineers Day parades on April 16, 1913 featured floats from Civils Sanitaries Mining Electricals Chemicals and Mechanicals including a lakefront display and a locomotive built around an automobile by the Mechanicals.
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King Radio
Farmland Industries
East Hills
Joe Langhofer
Lawrence Daily Journal-World
H. A. Rice Bridge Co
Dalton Consulting Engineering Co
Lawrence Water
Water Company
Public Theater Woes and Kansas Health Bill Debate
A Lawrence reader blasts the town’s sole theater Hollywood 21 as run down and poorly managed and urges a Regal Group upgrade or rebuild. The letter also criticizes Kansas Senate Bill 163, calling it an attack on health coverage rules and Affordable Care Act compliance, urging transparency on senator votes. Richard Sengpiehl voices concern over GOP governance.
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Lawrence
Hollywood Theater 21
Hollywood 21
Saps
Regal Group
Regal
Southwind
Ben Lockwood
Kansas
Senate
Sandy Praeger
GOP
Richard Sengpiehl
Flags honor young children at Week of the Young Child event
Child Care Aware of Northeast and North Central Kansas will display 5860 flags about 20 inches high at the corner of 27th and Iowa in Lawrence to honor children in care. The event promotes high quality early learning and invites public support through the organization’s website newcks.childcareaware.org. Reva Wynadis, executive director, notes early years shape outcomes. Letters policy for Journal-World Public Forum outlines submission rules and contact details.
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27Th
Iowa
Lawrence
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