Budigs Establish $100,000 Professorship at KU
Gene Budig and wife Gretchen fund a $100,000 Budig Teaching Professor in Social and Behavioral Sciences at Kansas University. Scott Harris, KU debate coach since 1991, named inaugural recipient. his team won a 2009 national championship. The gift lifts the Budigs’ total giving to KU above $1 million.
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Alumni to honor four for dedication and service
Four Kansas University alumni will receive the Distinguished Service Citation from the KU Alumni Association on September 10. Anderson W. Chandler chairs Fidelity State Bank and Benjamin D. Hall is a University of Washington biology professor emeritus. Chandler’s Boy Scouts work spans local, state, and national levels. Hall’s career highlights biology and genome science contributions.
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Genome Sciences
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Topeka
Lawrence district plans true middle schools for sixth graders
Lawrence district leaders plan to shift sixth grade into new middle schools to expand activities for sixth through eighth graders. Southwest Junior High School offers Drama Club and model United Nations among other clubs, aiming to boost student engagement and community feeling after years of limited options for sixth graders.
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Megan McReynolds
Southwest Junior High
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Lawrence
Trish Bransky
Southwest Junior High School
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Southwest
Douglas County DUI arrests in weekend check lane
Douglas County deputies and allied agencies arrested 22 people on DUI related charges from Friday evening to Sunday noon. In central Lawrence, 278 vehicles were stopped in a Kentucky Street check lane with seven open-container citations and 18 other traffic stops. One DUI arrest included an unlawful marijuana possession charge. Kansas University Public Safety and Eudora police also reported DUI arrests over the weekend.
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Trial delayed in Lawrence bike path assault case
Douglas County judge presses back the trial of William Nichols, charged with aggravated kidnapping, attempted rape and aggravated battery after defense counsel cited new information. Nichols, 30, allegedly grabbed a 23 year old cyclist on June 16 near the Youth Sports Complex and Clinton Lake, two men helping the victim chased the suspect away, and authorities later arrested him. A new trial date is to be set at a Friday scheduling conference.
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William Nichols
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Clarke
Clinton Lake
Community Bike Pedestrian Counts Volunteer Notice
Volunteers are needed in Lawrence for bicycle and pedestrian counts at 11 locations in mid September. Counts occur Sept 15 10 am to noon and 5 pm to 7 pm Sept 18 noon to 2 pm with mandatory training Sept 13 6 pm to 7 pm and Sept 14 11 am to noon at Lawrence City Hall. Contact Jessica Mortinger for details.
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