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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 2010
Page
1
The Lawrence Women's Chorale, active for 22 years, performed its last concert Friday after completing 700 practices and 50 performances. The group announced plans to disband and pursue new projects.
Free State basketball posted a 64-37 boys victory and a 51-35 girls defeat against Shawnee Heights on Friday. The page 1B item also notes international security concerns and quotes Hillary Rodham Clinton criticizing the Mideast peace process stalemate on page 8A.
Coming Sunday features recipes and a look at a long standing Kansas deer hunting tradition. The piece highlights community customs, seasonal cooking ideas, and the historical role of deer hunting in local culture. Readers gain insights into traditional dishes and regional practices tied to the season.
David and Suzanne Booth bought James Naismith authored pages with the original 13 basketball rules at Sotheby’s in New York for 4.3 million dollars. They aim to house the documents on the KU campus or in a new museum, potentially near Phog Allen’s statue. The auction also featured a Lincoln signed Emancipation Proclamation copy selling for 3.7 million.
David Booth moved with his family to Lawrence in 1959 living near Allen Fieldhouse. A Lawrence High School graduate, he earned a KU economics degree in 1968 and an MBA before studying at the University of Chicago. The Booth Family Hall of Athletics at Allen Fieldhouse was financed largely by David Booth and relatives in honor of Gilbert and Betty Booth.
The only U S flag from Custer's Last Stand at the Battle of Little Bighorn sold Friday at Sotheby's for 2.2 million dollars. A unnamed American private collector was identified as the buyer.
City crews start a four phase $4.2 million Kasold Drive reconstruction from Clinton Parkway to 31st Street with one lane of traffic per direction. The project, extending 2008 work, aims to widen to four lanes with medians and turn lanes, completing by December 2011 with traffic delays and dust for residents. City funding covers about two thirds of the cost.
Governor Parkinson selected Barbara Kay Huff of Lawrence to fill the retiring Judge Jean Shepherd’s seat on the Seventh District Court in Douglas County. Huff, 53, has practiced since 1991, taught at KU Law, and previously served as public defender and criminal appeals attorney.
Gov elect Sam Brownback named state Rep. Lee Tafanelli Rozankie and Ernest Garcia to head Kansas public safety. Tafanelli would be Adjutant General Homeland Security and Emergency Management while Garcia would be superintendent of the Kansas Highway Patrol. Both require Senate confirmation and replace retiring leaders Ted Bunting and Terry Maples. Tafanelli, 49, a colonel, has 30 years in the Kansas Army National Guard and has Iraqi deployment experience. Garcia, 64, a Garden City native, is a retired Marine lieutenant colonel with 35 years in active and reserve duty.
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