Grandparents’ rights laws call for custody and visitation
Readers ask how grandparents can obtain custody guardianship or visitation. Kansas statutes allow grandparents to petition for visitation if the court finds it in the child’s best interests. Missouri already has similar rights. Kansas courts have granted grandparent visitation even against opposing parents. For details contact Norma English at Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in Wichita.
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Missouri
Kansas
Alan Alderson
Topeka
Alderson
Norma English
P.O. Box
Wichita
Police Reports Highlight Local Assault and Injuries
Kimberly Sue Taylor was arrested for aggravated battery and criminal damage after a beer bottle attack at Coyotes in Lawrence. The victim, treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, and Taylor remains in Douglas County Jail without bond. Also noted are condition reports for several others, fire and ambulance calls, and a birth for Mr. and Mrs. Jason Monroe.
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Kimberly Sue Taylor
Lawrence
Coyotes
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Taylor
Douglas County
Lawrence residents reappointed to film services commission
Lawrence figures Jack Wright and Judy Billings were among three reappointed to the Kansas Film Services Commission by Gov. Bill Graves. Wright chairs the commission and works at a casting agency, while Billings leads the Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau and is a former chairwoman. New members include Barbara Nash of Olathe and Kathy Foss of Liberal.
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Jack Wright
Judy Billings
Lawrence
Film Services Commission
Kansas
Bill Graves
Wright
Billings
Haskell to Hire Personnel Director
Administrators at Haskell Indian Nations University will establish a personnel office after the 1998 act allowed independent hiring. A campus team is drafting the job description and plan with a goal to hire in the spring after plans are submitted by Jan. 15.
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Haskell Indian Nations University
Haskell
Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIA
New Mexico
Congress
Clinton
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Administrative Systems
Bob Martin
Pennies for Patients drive sweeps Kansas schools
Lawrence brief notes that from January 25 to February 12 students across Kansas will collect pennies and spare change for Pennies for Patients. Schools may honor a community patient or be matched with a patient by the Society. Top fundraising class at each school wins a party with prizes including gift certificates for supplies and equipment.
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America
Lincoln
Kansas
Wales Datebook highlights community events
On Monday January 4 the Douglas County Commission meets at the county courthouse. Health screenings for residents 60 and older occur at Babcock Place with a fee. A Holiday Toy Tea Party for children five and up is at Lawrence Public Library auditorium with registration required. Listings include enrollments at Southwest Junior High and athletic affairs at Lawrence City Hall and Lecompton building.
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Mass
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Lawrence Public Library
Douglas County Commission
11Th
Massachusetts
South Junior High
Lecompton
Lawrence- Douglas County
Lawrence City Commission
City Hall
Sixth
Southwest Junior High
Lawrence
Datebook Submissions Information
Call 832-7148 or write Datebook P O Box 888 Lawrence 66044 Email datebook jworld com for submissions and notices in the paper.
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Datebook
P.O
Lawrence
Jworld.com
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