Lawful Questions and Local Event Details in Lawrence
The text references Frank McCourt and his works beyond Angela’s Ashes, notes a 1997 Pulitzer Prize, and mentions a 1970s Red Dog Q Inn near Liberty Hall. It lists Jefferson County commissioners William K. Rhodes and others with term dates, plus upcoming Special Olympics activities in Lawrence including June 25 27 at KU facilities and November 20 21 at Royal Crest Lanes and KU Robinson Center with contact 832 7920.
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Angela's
Frank McCourt
Lawrence Public Library
McCourt
Lawrence
Evertts
Annette Deghand
Lawrence Parks and Recreation
Kansas University
Kansas
Royal Crest Lanes
Ku’s Robinson Center
Call Sound Off Inquiry Line for Questions
Readers are directed to call the Journal-World Access line at 865-5000 with category 7478 to leave a question for Sound Off after a brief recording.
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Journal-World Access
Baker Wetlands field day sponsored by student group
Baker University's Earth We Are group and the Jayhawk Audubon Society sponsor a wetlands field day from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. today. The public may walk or drive through with stations on canoe trips snake demonstrations and plant and animal identification. Participants enter on the east side at Haskell Avenue and 35th Street.
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Baker University
Earth We Are
Jayhawk Audubon Society
Baker Wetlands
Haskell Avenue
35Th Street
Public meeting seeks input on district facilities plan
The Lawterice school board invites site council members parent organizations and concerned residents to a 7 p.m. meeting Monday in the Free State High School auditorium to discuss facilities planning and a potential bond issue. Fort worth information call the Service Center at 832-5000. The event aims to include the public in consensus building.
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Lawterice
Free State High School
Leni Salkind
Coast Guard Auxiliary to Offer Navigation Class
A basic coastal navigation course will be offered at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Community Action Center 837 N Harrison Topeka. Perry Lake Flotilla 31-9 of the U S Coast Guard Auxiliary will conduct the class covering an introduction to coastal navigation and the marine magnetic compass.
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Community Action Center
N. Harrison
Topeka
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
Perry Lake Flotilla
Nautical Charts and Navigation Course Offered
A course covering dead reckoning piloting and navigator’s tools is offered at a cost of $45. This includes course registration, textbooks, and navigation instruments. For more information, contact Jewell or Paula Welch at 785 272 7808.
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Call Jewell
Paula Welch
County health board reschedules April meeting
The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Board has rescheduled its April meeting to 5 30 p m on April 27. The session will be held in the health department s large conference room on the first floor.
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Lawrence-Douglas
Lawrence Datebook highlights diverse events in city
4 p.m. Constitution Hall lecture on John Brown's Other Raid by Patrick Brophy of Vernon County Historical Society Bushwhacker Museum in Nevada MA. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Baker Wetlands Field Day at Haskell Ave and 35th Street. 4 p.m. Mary Paretsky Memorial Concert by Cotton-Wood Winds at Lawrence Public Library. 9 a.m. Douglas County Commission meeting, 7 p.m. Lawrence school board budget and facility plan discussion at Free State High School auditorium. Bookmobile visits Hy Vee and Prairie Park. Submit Datebook items to 832-7748 or datebook@world.com.
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Mary Paretsky
Lawrence Public Library
Dianne Hamersky
Tim Burfeind
Janet Ashburn
Todd Hershberger
Stuart Levine
Paretsky
Constitution Hall
Lecompton
Patrick Brophy
Vernon County Historical Society
National Library Week
Douglas County Commission
11Th
Massachusetts
Lawrence School Board
Free State High School
Overland Dr
Online use frequency shifts across settings
A respondent describes a high early dependence on the Internet, now reduced to a few times weekly. They report checking email frequently, about four times daily, and note access at work, home, and school making online activity easy.
Lawrence radio station earns spot on Rolling Stone list
A Lawrence station KLZK The Lazer named among ten US rock stations that “don’t suck” by Rolling Stone in its April 30 issue. Program director For manic calls it an honor and notes the list highlights stations bucking cookie cutter trends as KLZR previously shifted to an alternative rock format.
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Lawrence
United States
Rolling Stone Magazinne
KLZK
the Lazer
Roger “the
America
KLZR
KLAR
Lawrence County Names in Weekend Family Notices
A Saturday listing includes Leks BigtHs Scott and Gina Petry with a girl, plus Aaron and Jennifer Johnson with a girl, both in Lawrence.
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BigtHs Scott
Gina Petry
Lawrence
Aaron
Jennifer Johnson
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