City Flower Beds Bloom Beside City Hall In Lawrence
City workers and volunteers describe the summer landscape around Lawrence City Hall with blue ageratum, Queen Beatrix marigold, blue salvia, pink lythrum, red chrysanthemums, purple globe amaranth, periwinkle, and pink Nicotiana. The team of four full timers and eight seasonal helpers maintains beds through dry periods with water trucks and some automatic sprinklers. Water usage averages 8 million gallons daily this month, down from August 1984, as cooler weather reduces demand.
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City Forestry Department
Sixth
Massachusetts
City Hall
Miles
Nicotiana
Holland
Lawrence
Water Department
Roger Coffey
Swap Shop owner trims backlog as she plans changes
Mrs. Standard runs The Swap Shop with glassware and wood furniture, cherishing the people she meets. She plans to close in late January through February to visit family, hire helpers, and rethink purchases, aiming to be tougher and more selective while clearing space for her kids to furnish apartments.
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Mrs. Standard
Storms roll through Douglas County amid lightning and rain
Rain totals reached 1.64 inches at Sunflower Cablevision in Lawrence as a Saturday night storm swept through Douglas County. No major property damage was reported by the sheriff's department, though a tree may have been struck by lightning. SkyWarn spotters logged about 100 lightning flashes per minute while crews coordinated from the Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center. The storm lingered into early evening before moving on, with stronger winds and a tornado destroying a Wa baunsee County farmhouse and uprooting mobile homes in Lyon County from another system northeast of Council Grove.
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Robert Ellis
SkyWarn
Douglas County
Ing
Schurr
Ellis
Law
Perry’s Fall Festival Charms Families with Watermelon Fun
Saturday events drew a broad crowd at Perry’s Fall Festival. Becky Fehrenbacher, age 3, enjoys watermelon as mother Sharon assists, while at night 5 year old Bryan Berns attempts to pull a tractor-driven parade vehicle with his father Bruce guiding the route.
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Perry
Becky Fehrenbacher
Sharon
Bryan Berns
Bruce
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Kansas
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T.A. Mindrup
KPL Gas Service
Morris
Balay
Cabbage Patch Clinic
Southern Hills Shopping Center
Lawrence Memorial Hospital Pediatrics Unit
Jeff Klein
Perry Festival
Diet Center
Diet
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Iowa
Hillcrest Medical Center
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