Lawrence Datebook Today Canceled Meetings and Events
Lawrence community schedule lists cancellations and multiple gatherings including a Hiroshima Nagasaki vigil, a teen girls book club at Central United Methodist Church, a traffic forum at the Lawrence Visitor Information Center, and a Traffic Safety Commission meeting. Also notes health clinics in Jefferson County and senior health screening, farmers market hours, and contact details for submitting Datebook items.
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Douglas County Commission
Lawrence Coalition For Peace and Justice
Hiroshima/Nagasaki
Ninth
Massachusetts
Douglas County
Central United Methodist Church
Mass
Lawrence
Second St
Traffic Safety Commission
City
Sixth and
Massachusetts Streets
Jefferson County Health Department
Walnut
U.S. Highway 59
Oskaloosa
Ifcountyks.com
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Lecompton
Lawrence Farmers Market
Vermont Street
10Th and Tith Streets
Burglary and theft reports span Rockford gear to Sears items
Police log details a theft from a car on Emery Road including two Rockford Folgate speakers a Punch 800 amplifier and 150 CDs with values totaling 3 090 dollars. A separate home burglary on Tomahawk Drive saw a Sears and Roebuck chainsaw two aluminum table showcases and 300 gun magazines taken. Also listed are numerous emergency calls and several marriage licenses issued in Douglas County.
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Rockford
Emery Road
Topeka
Lawrence
Tomahawk Drive
Births Nears and Akers Family in Lawrence
Adrienne Boyd Nears and Pete Akers of Lawrence welcome a girl on Saturday. Brian and Kathy Occhipinto of Lawrence announce a daughter born Sunday.
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Adrienne Boyd Nears
Pete Akers
Lawrence
Brian
Kathy Occhipinto
Photo miscaptioning in Journal-World corrections
A Sunday Journal-World correction clarifies a photo from a Jerry Lewis death story. The image misidentified singer Jerry Lee Lewis. the comedian Jerry Lewis appears above left, with the correct Jerry Lee Lewis shown above right.
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Journal-World
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
Lewis
Lawrence City Commission to discuss 2002 budget
The Lawrence City Commission will meet at City Hall at 6 45 p m on Tuesday to review the proposed 2002 city budget before adoption with public input invited.
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City Hall
Sixth and
Massachusetts
Lawrence City Commission to approve 2002 budget
After a public hearing Tuesday night the Lawrence City Commission is expected to approve the citys 2002 budget totaling 101 million dollars. The plan includes a levy of 24.773 mills, an .87 mill increase over the current levy, with a mill representing one dollar tax per thousand dollars of assessed valuation.
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Lawrence City Commission
City budget plan trimmed to curb property tax rise
City Manager Mike Wildgen unveiled the 2002 budget to Lawrence commissioners. Through multiple study sessions, the panel trimmed Wildgen’s proposal to rein in increases in property taxes.
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Mike Wildgen
Lawrence
City council agenda items reviewed and approved
Consent agenda covers minutes from several boards and commissions, grants approval of claims licenses and appointments, bids for geometric and sewer upgrades, plumbing code amendments, blight finding at 1820 Miller Drive, and multiple site plans easement dedications staff reports and joint funding contracts. Public hearing on 2002 budget and utility rates planned with potential funding for summer homeless shelter and an executive session on attorney client matters.
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City Commission
Neighborhood Resources Advisory Committee
Lawrence-Douglas County
E. 13Th St
Kansas Department of Transportation
Amino Brothers Co. Inc
23Rd Street
Barker Avenue
Engi
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Topeka Rep Tafanelli joins tax committee interim role
State Representative Lee Tafanelli was named to the Special Committee on Assessment and Taxation for the 2001 interim. The panel will study tax issues including volume based gas taxation, Kansas sales tax reforms, the Uniform Sales and Use Tax act, and Kansas Enterprise Inc. v Frantz tax classification. Interim work continues through summer and fall. In Washington, Jack Martin joins Rep Dennis Moore's staff as communications director, replacing Marc Wilson. Martin brings prior roles with the Virginia Democratic Caucus and Moore's campaigns, and will be based in Washington, D.C. with contact at 431 Cannon House Office Building.
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Topeka
Lee Tafanelli
R-Ozawkie
Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Enterprise Inc
Frantz
Washington, D.C
Jack Martin
Seay
Rep
Dennis Moore
Martin
Marc Wilson
Moore
Wilson
Boston University School of Law
Virginia
Democratic Caucus
Anthony Hensley
Senate
Washington
Cannon House
D.C
Turnpike tickets shrink with new printing equipment
Sound Off questions why Kansas Turnpike toll tickets are smaller after price hikes and printed by a Louisiana company. Lisa Callahan of the Kansas Turnpike Authority says the smaller type comes from the new equipment, despite reader complaints and no Kansas firm making that ticket type. Callahan notes parts for old gear are scarce, forcing the upgrade.
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Kansas
KTA
Callahan
Traffic Talk in Lawrence Compared to Nearby Cities
Local residents share views on Lawrence traffic. Regan French notes highway-style main strip and limited egress. Adam Sefchick says Lawrence less congested than Kansas City or Overland Park in general. Isaac Dimitt observes summer improvement with fewer students. Lisa Hill mentions Mass Street bottlenecks and scarce parking.
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Regan French
Kansas City
Adam Sefchick
Lawrence
Overland Park
Lisa Hill
Topeka
Mass Street
Contact details for the Lawrence Journal-World staff
The notice lists contact options for the Lawrence Journal World staff including City Editor Mike Shields at 832 7154, Managing Editor Richard Brack, Editorial Page Editor Ann Gardner, Sports Editor Chuck Woodling, News Editor John Taylor, and other editors with phone numbers and email addresses. It also provides advertising and circulation contacts and hours for customer service.
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Call City
Mike Shields
News
Lworld.com
Ljworld.com
Ann Gardner
World.com
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