Teachers learn teamwork through school fitness games
South Junior High teachers and students kicked off the new year with team building exercises in the gym, featuring cone races and balloon relay activities. Principal Russell Blackbird and teachers like Gwen Wedd emphasized cooperation, consistency, and making learning feel like family as they return to classes in September.
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South Junior High
Gwen Wedd
Wedd
South
Rus
Sell Blackbird
Boulder
Colo
Dave Olson
Olson
David Lawrence
Missa Lacey
Journal“World
Joshua Stigers
Jennifer Brown
South Junior High School
Lawrence names Randy McGrath permanent municipal judge
Randy McGrath, a Lawrence attorney, will become the city's permanent municipal court judge Oct. 1, replacing retiring George Cait. He has served as pro tem about 50 times yearly and has presided over roughly 200 trials including Douglas County cases. The part time post will keep his private practice ongoing.
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Randy McGrath
McGrath
Lawrence
George Cait
Douglas County
Andy Ramirez
Wildgen
Municipal Court
N.H
Assistant D A heads into private practice
Douglas County District Attorney John Wilcox, 30, will leave the office Monday to join Peterson and Associates in Kansas City, Missouri, as a litigation associate focusing on civil work. He has prosecuted since May 1996 in Division 1 and will be replaced temporarily by former Dist. Atty. Mark Knight. Wilcox graduated KU Law in 1994 and lives in Olathe.
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Douglas County Dist
John Wilcox
Kansas City, Mo
Wilcox
District Attorney's Office
Dist. Atty
Mark Knight
Dist
Atty
Christine Kenney Tonkovich
Peterson and Associates
Country Club Plaza
Kansas City
Olathe
Kansas University School of Law
District Attorney’s Office
Franklin County
District Attorney
Theft hits Yel oc House Variety Store owner says checks forged
Carrie Neighbors, owner of the Yellow House Variety Store, reports 24 checks stolen from her appliance and electronics shop. Police have questioned at least two suspects including a former employee. About $5,300 in checks have been returned and Commerce Bank froze the account. Neighbors appeals for any known checks to be returned and resolved.
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Carrie Neighbors
Yeloc House
1904
Mass
Coast To Coast Hardware
1832
Dillons
Mercantile Bank
Commerce Bank
Yellow House
Lawrence teen given probation for high school dance sex act
Vincent Walker, 18, was sentenced in juvenile court for aggravated criminal sodomy tied to a Jan. 10 incident at Varisty Theatre during a high school dance. He faces supervised probation through Douglas County Youth Services until ISP conditions are set and completed. The act involved a 13 year old girl, and Kansas law prohibits sexual relations with someone under 14.
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Lawrence
Vincent Walker
Douglas County Youth Services
Walker
Douglas County
Jean Shepherd
Kansas
Varsity Theatre
Mass
KU professor leaves for Anchorage endowed chair
Carole Rich, associate professor of journalism at Kansas University, resigns to join the University of Alaska Anchorage as holder of the Robert Atwood endowed chair. She will teach writing ethics and online journalism and has authored two journalism books.
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Carole Rich
Kansas University
University of Alaska- Anchorage
Rich
Robert Atwood
The
Anchorage Times
Dents
Alaska
McGraw-Hill
Arizona University
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Sun-Sentinel
Metro
Hartford
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