Lawrence Datebook highlights busy week in Douglas County
The Lawrence Datebook lists a packed schedule of events through Friday. Highlights include the 24th annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships at South Park, astronomy public observing at Memorial Stadium, immunization clinics by the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, multiple city and county meetings, farmers markets, and community informational sessions.
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Kansas State
South Park
Astronomy Associates of
Lawrence
Memorial Stadium
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Maine
Douglas County Commission
Mass
Eudora
Eudora City Hall
Seventh St
Farmers Market
Vermont Street
Big Brothers
Big Sisters of
Douglas County
E. Eighth St
Sixth
Massachusetts
Wakarusa
31St St
Ters
Eighth St
Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission
Community Mercantile
Iowa
East Central
Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp
American Legion Hall
Baldwin
Batard Center
Elm
East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp
Edgewood Community Center
Haskell Ave
Lawrence-Douglas County records note no emergency responses Friday
The Journal-World reports system notices from Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical showing no responses on Friday. The Lawrence Humane Society took in a stray Yorkie female ten years old. Douglas County District Court issued multiple marriage licenses listing pairs from Lawrence and nearby towns. The paper notes it does not print all police accounts and provides standard reporting thresholds for burglaries assaults and robberies.
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Lawrence-Douglas
Douglas County District
Michael Frederick Graveman
Tanganoxie
Jennifer Ann Schmitz
Lawrence
Caroline Marie
Alejandro Villamar
Michael Gregory Hickam
Melissa Ann Long Kirch
Elizabeth Boast Lindstrom
Cady Alan Ross
Liang Zhang
Yu Wang
Julia Marie Born
Journal-World
Births in Lawrence and Perry celebrate newborns
Robert Padilla and Gaynell Jessope, Lawrence, welcome a boy born Saturday. Ronald W. and Heather Reed, Perry, welcome a girl born Saturday. A correction notes the spelling of slain social worker Teri Zenner’s name in Thursday’s Journal-World. WorldNet, part of The World Company, plans phone service expansion to Eudora, Tonganoxie and Basehor by end of 2004. Saturday story timeframe clarified.
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Robert Padilla
Gaynell Jessope
Lawrence
Ronald W
Heather Reed
Perry
Teri Zenner
Journal-World
WorldNet
The
World Company
Eudora
Tonganoxie
Basehor
Local Newspaper Staff Contacts and Departments Listed
A directory of editors and department contacts is provided with names titles phone numbers and emails for the Lawrence Journal-World offices including editors Brack Taylor Shields Gardner Woodling Paget Niccum Lawhorn Toplikar and others plus ad circulation and classified lines and general contact methods.
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John Taylor
Ljworld
Mike Shields
Mshields
L Jworld
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Chuck Woodhing
Jworld
Mindie Paget
Mpaget
Ijworld
Jon Niccum
Jniccum
Sjworld
Chad Lawhorn
Clawhorn
Ljworld.com
Wagle defeats Knight in GOP primary. faces Clark and Harter in November
Kansas primary results show Susan Wagle of Wichita winning the GOP contest over former Wichita mayor Bob Knight by 5 536 to 3 091. Wagle, a conservative, will challenge Democrat David Clark Jr. and Libertarian Donald Harter in the November general election after University inquiry found her sexual video allegations unmerited.
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A: Journal-World
Wagle
Wichita
Bob Knight
Kansas Secretary of State
Waele
Knight
Kansas University
Dennis Dailey
David Clark Jr
Donald Harter
Wagele
Should The Public Know Political Donor Identities
An opinion survey at The Malls in Kansas asks if donor identities should be public. Julian Ivanov and Lori Streit offer mixed views, while Travis Levin supports disclosure to reveal motives and reduce hidden agendas.
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Kansas
Lori Streit
Eudora
Travis Levin
Lawrence
Competency exam sought in KU graduate student slaying
Overland Park teenager Andrew Ellmaker, 17, is charged with first degree murder and aggravated battery in the stabbing death of Teri Zenner, a Kansas University psychology graduate student. His attorney requests a competency evaluation to determine fitness for trial at a Johnson County hearing.
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Clathe
Kansas City
Andrew Ellmaker
Overland Park
Eilmaker
Teri Zenner
Kansas University
Johnson County
Zenner
Ellmaker
Joseph Dioszeghy
Brenda Cameron
Prosecutor’s Office
John Fritz
Fire damages trailer. fundraiser set for cystic fibrosis patient
A Saturday night blaze at a mobile home in Harper Woods Trailer Community caused about $5,000 damage after a pan on a stove caught fire and spread to a wall. A woman escaped unharmed. A benefit dance is planned Aug 28 at Ottawa VFW Post 5901 to aid Kristi Medlen O'Dell, who relies on a respirator and seeks a double lung transplant. Kansas University will tour 54 high schools and colleges Aug 29 to Sept 3 as part of Rock Chalk Roadshow. Copies of 1930s Kansas Civilian Conservation Corps newspapers are available via interlibrary loan, including titles from Ottawa and Lawrence.
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Harper Woods
Harper St
Lawrence Douglas
Kort
Kristi Medlen O'Dell
O'Dell
Ottawa
Veterans of Foreign War
Town
Kansas University
Kansas
McPherson
Pratt
Liberal
Colby
Beloit
Marlesa Roney
Lisa Pinamonti
Kerry Rutledge
Kansas Civilian Conservation Corps
Lawrence Public Library
Ashland
Burlington
Burr Oak
Cawker City
Concordia
Council Grove
Effingham
Farlington
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Riley
Garnett
Horton
Ionia
Kingman
Kingsdown
Lawrence
Lebanon
Lone Star
Marion
Marysville
Meade
Neodesha
Oberlin
Osage City
Oskaloosa
Parsons
Quinter
Reading
Rozel
Scammon
Seneca
Spivey
Toronto
Valley Falls
Wellington
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Lawrence- Douglas County Health Department
Babcock Place
Datebook
P.O
Ljwoarld.com
Lawrence Humane Society
Stephen Mark Fletcher II
Andrea Ngozi Chikezie
James Martin Bolton
Joni Lea Wilkening
Missoula
Mont
Anthony Joseph Farinacci
Nancy Sue Ness
Adam Theodore Taylor
Nathan Andrew Worley
Jessica Lynn Huffman
Journal
News Center
Call City
Richard Brack
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
World Online
Dave Toplikar
Dtoplikar
Jworld.com
World.com
al Bonner
Abonner
Joe Lewis
Soares
Joutt
Robbie Walker
HOYT
Arlene Walker
WarWorld Photo
Susan Wagle
Awichita
By Robert Riley
Malls
23Rd
Louisiana
Julian Ivanov
James Worford
Topeka
Civilian Conservation Corps
Christine Kenney
Utr le US A Onno Een
Igco
Luuning
Iowa Street
Froerpantose Essenna
Bryan Bloom
Kiamsey Yfeet
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