Teen center debate parks downtown option in city plan
Mayor Jo Andersen calls for a centralized teen center, open to all sites including South Park Recreation Center or Community Building basement, urging public ideas during office hours. Separate notes discuss HyVee traffic plans, Lone Star Lake fishing hours and licenses, and county rules on camping, boating, and fish size limits.
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Lower Star Lake
Lawrence
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Massachusetts
John Young
Sound Off Contact Information for Journal-World Readers
Readers are instructed to call the Journal-World Access line at 865-5000 and choose category 7478 to leave questions. The recorded prompt guides callers to submit their inquiries and participate in the Sound Off feature.
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Lawrence police report burglaries and multiple incidents
Law rence police reported thefts at Kansas Furniture Outlet and a Wheatstate Drive construction site. A man threatened a victim with a knife outside Haskell complex and claimed a NASA mission. Fire, ambulance, and court records cover false alarms, accidents, and marriages in the area.
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N.H
Lawrence
Wheatstate Drive
Kerick and Cole Construction Co
Topeka State Hospital
Haskell
NASA
Fire Officials Probe West 22nd Street Blaze
Fire investigators determined a early Tuesday fire in the 1600 block of West 22nd Street began in the utility room. Foul play is not suspected. Ernest Koleber, 63, was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital in fair condition after escaping with his wife Iva. Firefighters arrived at 3 13 a.m. and found flames and heavy smoke causing $25,000 damage to the house.
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Rich Barr
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Ernest Koleber
Koleber
Iva
Deadline nears for road dust program in Douglas County
Douglas County Public Works reports all but one township participate in a dust control program. Clinton and Wakarusa Townships joined, with a 5 p.m. next Wednesday deadline for applications. Crews may treat a 500-foot road section with liquid calcium or magnesium chloride for a $35 administrative fee plus $200 for materials and labor. Applications at 1242 Mass.
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Douglas County Public Works Department
Clinton
Wakarusa
County to receive flood fund report
Douglas County commissioners will receive a report Wednesday detailing new state funding for flood damaged property. The plan would provide labor for repairs to public areas such as township roads, with the county supplying equipment. Meeting 6:35 p.m. in the county courthouse commission room. Memorial service for Eleanor Sisson Malott 94 Ithaca NY, 1 p.m. Saturday at Danforth Chapel. Private interment in Pioneer Cemetery.
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Jim Chappell
Commission
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Massachusetts
Eleanor Sisson Malott
Ithaca
N.Y
Danforth Chapel
Kansas University
Malott
Kansas Union
Pioneer Cemetery
Deane Death Highlights Obituary and Teen Driving Talk
Former EU chancellor Deane died January 14 1994 in Ithaca. A May 3 presentation at South Junior High from 7 to 8 pm will discuss teen driving with a local insurance agent and police officer on restricted driving laws liability and the effects of alcohol and drugs on young drivers. Free and open to parents. Co sponsored by Project Freedom and TIPSS at South.
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Project Freedom
South
Lawrence Datebook listing of campus events and concerts
At Kansas University events calendar schedules NCAA softball Kansas vs Creighton at Jayhawk Field and NCAA baseball Kansas vs Oklahoma State in a doubleheader at Hoglund Stadium. A joint city county school committee meets at the county courthouse. Concerts include Lawrence Arts Center Chorale at Ninth and Vermont and Harriet Lerner talk at Lied Center. Noon event Day on the Hill with Urge Overkill and local bands on Campanile Hill.
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Campanile Hill
Public Hearing on South Lawrence Trafficway Route Question
Polls ask if the public hearing process should reopen for the South Lawrence Trafficway route with voting options 3500 yes and 3501 no. Lawrence school board involvement in county sales tax talks debated while poll results note not scientifically accurate.
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South Lawrence
Lawrence School Board Involvement Questioned In Tax Debate
Lawrence resident Rachel Eilis, a KU student, questions the school board’s role in county sales tax decisions. She says the schools are totally different and her stance is not to support involvement.
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Rachel Eilis
Lawrence
Carolyn Kelly
Topeka
Correction on Phog Allen burial site stated
A Journal-World correction clarifies that KU basketball coach Phog Allen is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery after an earlier report misidentified his gravesite.
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Journal-World
Phog” Allen
Kansas University
Oak Hill Cemetery
Births Report From Lawrence Eudora Oskaloosa
Randy and Tracy Samuels of Lawrence welcomed a boy Thursday. Mr and Mrs James Mason of Eudora welcomed a girl Tuesday. Joe and Vicki McAfee of Oskaloosa welcomed a boy today.
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Randy
Tracy Samuels
Lawrence
James Mason
Eudora
Joe
Vicki McAfee
Oskaloosa
Journal-World tip lines and staff contacts listed
The notice lists departments and editors including Gwyn Mellinger and Tom Fisher with phone extensions 832-7165 and 832-7104. It invites readers to share story ideas and provides the J-W News Tip Hotline number 865-5000 and access line 3800.
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