HOOT program helps first time buyers in city
The HOOT plan serves low and moderate income households with up to 25000 dollars for down payment repairs or closing costs. Forgiveness occurs over seven years as owner occupancy continues and up to half of the loan may be forgiven with no interest or monthly payments. Full repayment is due if owner occupancy ends. contact Tenants to Homeowners Inc or the housing department for guidelines.
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Mike Wildgen
Department of Housing and Neighborhood Development
Wildgen
Homeowners Inc
Call Sound Off Line for Journal-World Queries
Readers are instructed to call the Journal-World Access line at 865-5000 and enter category 7478 to leave a question. A recording guides listeners through the process.
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Journal-World Access
Ljworld.com
Burglaries and Thefts Reported in Local Area
Stolen items include a John Deere push mower worth 1348 from the 1700 block of Bulene between Aug 6 and Sunday. Also stolen were two lanterns a cooler and other items valued at 2090 from a residence on Jefferson Way between 1 am and 6 30 pm Tuesday. Police report a rape and aggravated sodomy case involving a 16 year old girl between May 1 1995 and Aug 31 1996 in the 3300 block of Iowa. Sheriff reported Linda Gall Roggenkamp 42 Bald win arrested for child abuse assault and battery. Kansas Highway Patrol cited Davy Ray Knifong 24 for possession of stolen property open container drug paraphernalia marijuana and drug tax stamp violations. He posted 6100 bond and is due Aug 20. Emergency calls logged including vehicle fires alarms medical and a possible work accident at Riverfront Plaza Outlets. On the record a preliminary hearing for Michael Shumway 43 was postponed. he faces aggravated battery failure to yield right of way and failure to report an accident. The hearing was rescheduled for Aug 27. Birth noted for Mel and Janette Kroeger a boy.
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Bullene
Jefferson Way
Iowa
Kansas Highway Patrol
Davy Ray Knifong
Kaifong
Douglas County
Highway Patrol
Michael Shumway
Lawrence
Shumway
Gary Boyd
Douglas County Dist
Atty
Jerry Little
Douglas County District Court
FSHS Booster Club Hosts School Barbecue Fundraiser
Free State High School families are invited to a barbecue for parents and students from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday in the school parking lot. Donations support the booster club scholarship fund. T shirts and sweatshirts will be sold. Additional activities are planned for the Sept 18 homecoming football game. For details call Joyce Tallman or Chris Heider.
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Free State High School
FSHS
Joyce Tallman
Chris Heider
Skateboard attack suspects sought after Lawrence battery
Police seek two men who battered a man with skateboards Thursday night at 14th and Tennessee. A 7 p.m. call led to a victim found on the ground, transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. One suspect is a 6 foot 1 inch Black male about 220 pounds in his early 20s. the other has a Mohawk and is white.
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Lawrence
14Th
Tennessee
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Should juveniles convicted of murder face harsher sentences
Sam Melsinger reports on opinions about juvenile murder sentencing. Daniel Benson from Lawrence argues rehabilitation fails and calls for reevaluation at 18 or 21. Randy Falk of Champaign says youths 15 or 16 can be tried as adults, while 11 to 13 should not be.
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Daniel Benson
Lawrence
Randy Falk
Champaign
Ill
Datebook items for Lawrence area events and notices
Datebook lists a morning of children story time at Lawrence Public Library plus Civil War Days tours, a PAT fundraiser garage sale, Household Hazardous Waste collection, ALDS Project Red Ribbon Flights at the airport, Lawrence Bird Expo, Habitat for Humanity dedication, and health board and commission meetings. Also included are bookmobile stops and a senior health screening, with submission details for items.
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Steve Jansen
Watkins Community Museum of History
Pat
Lawrence High School
21St
Louisiana
Douglas County
County Public Works
Lawrence Municipal Airport
Kansas River
Lawrence Bird
Pinecrest II
Walnut
Eudora
Lawrence- Douglas County
Douglas County Fairgrounds Improvement Committee Meeting
The Douglas County Free Fair grounds improvement committee will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the auditorium of the sten sion office at 2110 Harper St.
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Douglas County Free Fair Fairgrounds Improvement Committee
Stension
Harper St
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Lawrence Humane Society
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Old West
Patrick Sumner
Eighth Street
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Saint Mary's College, Leavenworth
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Pier One
Lawrence Public Library
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