Heat relief comes to Cordley and West junior high schools
Cordley School gained central air conditioning during summer break easing the afternoon struggle for students and staff. West and Pinckney schools still lack air conditioning and plan to install next spring or summer, while teachers like Antonia Wagner recall rooms over 100 degrees and past fainting episodes. Gina Lorenz notes the mood improves with cooling.
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Hershiser
Cordley School
Gina
West Junior High
West and Pinckney
Antonia Wagner
Wagner
Heat prompts early dismissal at West and Pinckney
West Junior High and Pinckney School will dismiss at 12 42 p m and 1 p m respectively today and Friday due to extreme heat. Other schools keep regular hours, with lunch before dismissal and staff urging light clothing and plenty of water while awaiting cooler weather.
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West Junior High
Pinckney School
West and Pinckney
Bill Montgomery
West
West and
Pinckney
Central Junior High School
Montgomery
Tari R
Urnalworld
Rosemary King
Usd 497
Scott Helm
King
Harker back in ICU after more surgery
Brad Harker, 20, remains in fair condition in the ICU at Ohio State University Medical Center after a three hour brain operation to repair a spinal fluid leak and treat a skull infection. His father Jay says he will stay in ICU until about Sept 2 before moving to a private room and then back to rehabilitation by mid September.
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Brad Harker
Columbus
Ohio
Jay Harker
Ohio State University Medical Center
Harker
Brad
Triangle
Ohio State University
Lawrence High School
Fraternity
Columbus All-Americans
Fund Established to Aid Harker Family in Brad Harker Case
A fund has been set up to assist the Harker family with Brad Harker’s hospitalization expenses. Donations may be sent to First Bank Kansas Brad Harker Fund, Attention Kent Earl, 544 Columbia Dr, Lawrence 66049.
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Harker
Brad
First Bank
Kansas
Brad Harker
Kent Earl
Columbia
Lawrence
Regents plan lobbying overhaul for state universities
Kansas Board of Regents and university leaders met at The Barn to discuss strengthening lobbying strategy for state universities. KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway and executives urged coordinated efforts for the 1996 legislative session, focusing on House Appropriations and Senate Ways and Means committees, with campuses handling campus controversies.
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Valley Falls
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas University
Robert Hemenway
Regents
John Hiebert Lawrence
Stephen Jordan
Ted Ayres
Stafus
Ayres
Lola
Bob Talkington
Kansas Senate
House
Senate
University
Talkington
Hemenway
House Appropriations Committee
Bricks Returned to East Lawrence Street After Repairs
In East Lawrence Kent Saturday steps from his lime stone curb onto a red brick street exposed during repairs on Rhode Island Street. Crews used a robotic mill to strip asphalt, revealing bricks and prompting residents to weigh brick charm against asphalt smoothness. City officials await neighborhood reaction with asphalt off the street for a few days.
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East Lawrence
Kent Saturday
Rhode Island
Roadtec
Kent
Saturday
Suit filed against owner of NiteOwls
Plaza Properties Ltd. files suit in Douglas County District Court seeking $2,000 rent for two months at NiteOwls 804 W. 24th. Jeff Wallace, owner, says a tentative agreement was reached. he signed a May lease. Week start notice demanded vacate or pay within 10 days. Wallace reportedly took no action.
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NiteOwls
W. 24Th
Jeff Wallace
Plaza Properties Ltd
Douglas County
Wallace
Rex Redlingshafer
Fairway
Fri
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Cordley
Gina Lorenz
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Sherry
Board of Regents
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KU Medical Center
KUMC
Richars Gwin
Joanny-Worko Pore
Juicers
North Lawrence
Eudora
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