Northwest growth plan eyed for developing district
At city hall about 90 residents heard about the Northwest Development Plan as Lawrence planners chart growth from 51 homes in the last census toward commercial zones along Sixth Street and Wakatusa Drive. Maxi Slankard and Madeline Chaney outlined concepts including parallel access roads to separate high intensity uses from rural areas. Planning commissioners will review the draft plan on Oct. 25.
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Max Stankard
Free State High School
McDonald's
Slankard
Sixth Street
Wakatusa Drive
Stankard
City Hall
Bob Moody
Wakarusa Drive
Madeline Chaney
Chaney
Lawrence-Douglas County
Enrollment hopes rise for Ottawa schools
Ottawa district's public schools trail budget headcount by about 20 students as of Monday but Supt. Don Duncan remains hopeful that numbers will improve by the Sept. 20 official Kansas headcount. He cited 2,368 full-time students across Ottawa's five elementary schools, the middle school and high school, with half-day sessions continuing this week due to heat.
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Ottawa
Don Duncan
Kansas
Duncan
Eudora weighs joining regional mutual aid pact
The Eudora City Council unanimously directed city attorney John Cooley to study a sample ordinance creating a disaster aid cooperation policy with dozens of Kansas small cities. JoAnn Becker noted current countywide ties, while lawmakers in 1994 opened outside-county aid options. Cooley will report back in about two months.
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Eudoraa
Eudora
Kansas
John Cooley
JoAnn Becker
Douglas County
Winfield
Oklahoma
Cooley
Oskaloosa District Advances Five Year Strategic Plan
Oskaloosa district officials and teachers met for a long range planning session to shape a five year strategy. The group aims to improve finances, operations, instructional quality and community relations to sustain performance through admin changes.
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OskaLoosa
Tonganoxie debates annexation and dog laws at Monday meeting
The Tonganoxie City Council discussed annexing 80 acres owned by the school district and debated continuing the Rottweiler and pit bull ban amid recent attacks. A Sept. 11 hearing will decide the fate of the breed rules, with a public meeting set for Sept. 25 on annexation.
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Tonganoxie
Herbert Robbins
Ed Young
Woman Attacked With Knife Near KU Campus
KU Police hunted a Great Bend man after he accosted a former girlfriend at knifepoint at Wescoe Hall about 11:20 a.m. Monday, demanded a kiss, then fled south. The 19 year old victim was uninjured. this followed three recent reports to local police about the same man. The woman described multiple prior incidents dating back to April, including assaults, threats, and stalking.
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Great Bend
Kansas University
Rose Rozmiarek
Wescoe Hall
Rozmiarek
Lawrence
Rick Nickell
Stewart Avenue
Accident near Midland Junction kills KC man
A head on collision on U S 24 59 two miles north of Lawrence killed Donald E. Caughron 64 of Kansas City Missouri. His vehicle crossed the center line into an eastbound Kaw Transport semi driven by Alphonso R. Neal 51 also of Kansas City Neal was uninjured. Firefighters used the Jaws of Life to extract Caughron from the wreckage.
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Kansas City, Mo
U.S
Ter
Alphonso R. Neal
Kansas City
Neal
Kaw Transport Co
Freightliner
Douglas County Ambulance Service
Jaws of Life
Caughron
KU Army ROTC holds mock court martial for cadets
Kansas University Army ROTC class staged a court martial with six officers finding Richard Wilson guilty of dereliction of duty for not passing out name tags. Lt. Col. Don Denmark, program commander, said the exercise aimed to teach military justice and its seriousness.
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Army Rotc
Kansas University
Army Reserve Officer Training Corps
Richard Wilson
Don Denmark
Denmark
Dondi Dix
Ottawa death notices span nine pages of tributes
Obituaries and funeral notices outline services for Glen Spitzer 96 of Ottawa and Mildred Wood 99 of Santa Monica with burial plans in Kansas. The items list birth dates and places, multiple relocations, and survivors including spouses, children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Memorials are directed to diabetes and other charities.
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Ottawa
Glen Spitzer
Highland Cemetery
Paul Winkler
Spitzer
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Calumet
Okla
Ashby M
Minnie M. Phillips Spitzer
Canada
Kansas City
Lawrence
Arizona
New Mexico
Meyers Creamery
Christian Brothers Floar Service
North Viaduct
Beckner
Printy’s Auction House
Mary Martha Hill
Kan
Esther Whitcomb
Santa Monica
Portland
Ore
Railroad
California
Jack Wood
Denver
Margaret Bartlett
Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home
Wellsville
Thelma Jessie Burgoon
Wilson and Son
Walnut Creek
Paola
Dale “Bud” Burgoon
Glenna Rae Orwig
Janet Dalene Neal
Branson
Sharal Newland
Pamela Mignot
Clyde Livans
Dickson
Kenneth Evans
Valley Falls
Bertha White
Esther Vink
Lane
Joanna Burchett
Eudora
Lola Jean Jones
Zwolle
Franklin County Heart Assn
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Trowbridge
Journal-World Writer
Terry Bellinger
Bellinger
Oxford Road
Apple Lane
Nickel
Midland Junction
Pennsylvania
Laird Noles Ford
Nabi
Mildred Wood
Amelia Ruth Taylor
Toruka
Olathe
Grace Episcopal Cathedral
Topeka
Overland Park
Frank and
Kathy Taylor
Kansas Neurological Institute
St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church
KNI
Charles Leroy King
Warren- McElwain
Delbert White
Hubbel Hill
Tonganonie
Mr. King
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Silas
Flossie Mae Harvey King
Grandview
Sabrina Thompson
Flossie R. Brown
Leavenworth
Margaret Gordon
Minot
N.D
Wilma Gray
Aurora
Cole
Florence Wilson
Chicago
Ind
Delores J. King
John Harvey King
Ronnie King
Burgoon Services
Mer Frank
Lawrence Humane Society
Amber
Lawrance Humane Society
Renee
Sponsored
Laird Noller
West
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