Heat wave forces early dismissals across Lawrence area schools
With no relief in sight, Lawrence and nearby districts extend heat schedules this week. Pinckney and West Junior High dismiss early, St John School schedules vary by day, Baldwin and Ottawa also trim hours, while Tonganoxie High remains 1 15 p m. Lunches proceed before dismissal, air conditioning varies by building.
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West Junior High School
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Newton
Baldwin
Marion Springs
John Nuspl
Nuspl
Ottawa
Tonganoxie High School
Tonganoxie
McLouth High honors top academic achievers at banquet
McLouth High School recognized over 30 students with a banquet at The Barn bed and breakfast. Lt Gov Sheila Frahm gave the keynote urging high goals as parents praised academic excellence and athletic families shared pride in Casey and siblings who are honor students.
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Valley Falls
McLouth High School
Alynn Jackson
Sheila Frahm
Neal Weltham McLouth
Casey
Weltha
Marsha Funk
KU Aims to Raise Incoming Freshman ACT Score
Kansas University leaders pledge to raise the average ACT score of new freshmen by 0.2 points annually for five years. Chancellor Robert Hemenway stresses recruiting top students, supported by scholarships, to lift KU’s average from 23.4 toward 24.4 as the state faces a 20.2 overall ACT average.
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Kansas
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Shhulenburger
Educational Testing Service
Chancellor to host town hall at Kansas Union Ballroom
Chancellor Hemenway will hold a free town hall meeting at 7 p.m. in the Kansas Union Ballroom for students faculty staff and others. The program sponsors expect opening remarks followed by a Q and A session about undergraduate education with an informal reception on the union's fourth floor.
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Kansas University
Robert Hemenway
Kansas Union
Hemenway
Kent Kennedy
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Nator
Plan targets education hierarchy plan debated in state
Plan to reorganize education faces opposition with critics arguing the QPA goals divert focus from academics. Tanner Sloan and allies push for bringing the department of education into the governor's cabinet as a management move to streamline state government and budgeting.
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QPA
Tanner
State Board
Sloan
Department of Education
Multiple memorial services mark obituaries across states
Graveside services for Eddie S Tanner 61 Lawrence at Leavenworth National Cemetery and a long obituary sketch recounts his Air Force career Korea Thailand Japan Taiwan and the Combat Service Medal. Additional notices run for Richard Hetschel Kenneth Parker Elliott Lee with survivors and service details.
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Lawrence
Leavenworth National Cemetery
Leavenworth
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Rochester
N.Y
California
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Korea
Thailand
Japan
Taiwan
Alford- Clarke
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Eagles Lodge
Eunice P. Owens
Eric Smith
Eudora
Dennis Smith
Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home
Los Gatos
Calif
Kenneth W. Parker
Darling-Fischer Chapel of the
San Francisco Bay Area
Helen Johnson
Ida M. Rudnick
Kurt
Darlene Kayser
Steven Schwartz
Jack
Boise
Idaho
Bob
Overbrook
Kan
Elliott Lee
Rumsey-Yost
Lee
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Yvonne
Evelyn Wood speed reading pioneer dies at 86
Evelyn Wood, whose speed reading courses taught students including Jimmy Carter Burt Lancaster and others to read thousands of words per minute, died Saturday in Tucson Arizona at her daughter's home. Born in Logan Utah she started teaching in 1957 at the University of Utah and opened institutes in 1959 in Washington. Her son in law noted that President Carter and Kennedy aides studied with her.
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Ariz
Evelyn Wood
Jimmy Carter
Burt Lancaster
Wood
Logan
Utah
University of Utah
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Lincoln City
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