Lawrence High Q team eyed for Super Saturday TV bid
Lawrence schools host two High Q teams under coaches Art Sloan and Cather Strawderman. The Super Saturday event at Washburn University in Topeka decides which team earns a televised berth on WIBW channel 13, with the 45 minute quiz and mid January broadcast. Christmas parade in downtown Lawrence features horse drawn entries at 11 a.m. Saturday.
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Call Sound Off Line for Journal-World Questions
Citizens are directed to dial the Journal-World Access line at 865 5000 and enter category 7478 to hear a recording inviting them to leave questions for the Sound Off segment. The notice provides no additional details beyond the call instructions.
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Stress Busters Work Well Under Pressure at KU Daybook
Lawrence Datebook lists noon to 1:30 p.m. event Stress Busters in the Daisy Hill Room at Barge Union, KU, sponsored by Emily Taylor Women’s Resource Center. Also Eldridge Hotel Gingerbread Festival public viewing 701 Mass and a John Steuart Curry slide program at the Lawrence Public Library.
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Gingerbread Auction Raises Ten Thousand Dollars
The Eldridge Hotel Gingerbread Festival and Auction raised about $10,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County. Winners include Ben Wilson in the 5 to 8 class Ashley Robinson in the 9 to 12 class John Bowman and Brandon Bowman in the 13 to 18 class Jenny Filarz won best gingerbread house Jeannie Robinson won second and Communicator third. Gingerbread displays are open for viewing with a $1 suggested donation.
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Holiday Vespers Broadcasts At KU With Delays
The 74th Holiday Vespars at Kansas University will be taped for delayed radio and TV broadcasts. Live shows are at 3 30 p m and 7 30 p m Sunday in Lied Center. KANU will rebroadcast at 7 p m Dec 22 1 p m Dec 24 and 9 a m Dec 25. KCPT TV Channel 19 will air the concert at 7 p m Dec 23.
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LHS and Free State Debaters Place in Tournaments
Lawrence High School and Free State debaters earned strong showings at the Miege Invitational. Teams posting four wins and one loss included Brad Quellhorst with Taek, Ashley Knight with Becky Wenger, and David Malone with Jeff Kincaid, placing second in Sweepstakes.
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Brad Quellhorst
Taekwon Kim
Ashley Knight
Becky Wenger
David Malone
Jeff Kincaid
Lawrence Briefs At Topeka and Oskaloosa Tournaments
At the Topeka High School tournament Chris Bates and Michael Yimer placed fourth. The LHS squad finished third at the Oskaloosa Invitational. Carolina Farwell and Erin Breeden placed fifth. Free State High School placed second at the Oskaloosa Invitational. Michael Hedstrom and Carrie Wallace finished fourth. The FSHS team of Deborah Finger and Nicole Harper finished fourth.
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Michael Yimer
LHS
Carolina Farwell
Erin Breeden
Free State High School
Michael Hedstrom
Carrie Wallace
FSHS
Deborah Finger
Nicole Harper
Gun control rhetoric on instant checks and criminals
A speaker argues that those needing a gun likely do not require it that day and supports instant background checks to remove dangerous individuals from access. The remark frames gun purchases as requiring safeguards to exclude prohibited buyers.
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Jennifer Roush
Lawrence
Jewelry theft and unpaid gas bill plague local report
Jewelry valued at 6792 dollars was stolen from a house on the 1000 block of Tennessee at 4 50 p m Monday. A Cuba Kansas company Walthers Oil reports a Douglas County business owes 10553 dollars for 12000 gallons of gasoline delivered Sept 16 to Oct 16 and sold to Judy's Junction 1419 Fast 900 Road. A 21 year old Olathe man was arrested on a warrant for aggravated indecent liberties involving a minor. Condition reports list several patients at KUMC after crashes. Emergency calls include smoke scare and multiple medical emergencies with transfers and no transport.
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Judy's Junction
Ken McGovern
Judy’s
Olathe
Baldwin
Lawrence records show medical calls and a criminal plea
On Tuesday at 11 27 a m medical emergencies occurred in the 300 block of Cattleman and 9 30 a m in the 1600 block of West Sixth Street. A non emergency transfer was noted at 11 08 a m from Lawrence Memorial Hospital and a 8 52 a m maples street call had no transport. Danny J Williams Sr aged 33 of Lawrence pleaded no contest to attempted aggravated indecent liberties linked to a 13 year old during 1996. Phillip and Lana Turner of Lawrence welcomed a daughter on Wednesday.
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U.S. Highway 40
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Harvard
West Sixth Street
Eudora
Broadmoor Drive
Danny J. Williams Sr
Lawrence
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