Datebook listings for Friday through Saturday events in Douglas County
The Lawrence Datebook itemizes county and city activities including year end audits at the Douglas County Treasurer and health department immunization clinics with fees noted. Also listed are canceled meetings, numerous health screenings for seniors, Big Brothers Big Sisters meetings, zoning appeals, MAP P parenting training, SPaRK meetings, and a Saturday housing site tour plus a youth lock in and a library concert. Contact numbers and locations are provided for each event.
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Douglas County
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Maine
Fairgrounds
Harper St
Lawrence
Delaware Street Commons
Del
East Lawrence Center
E. 15Th St
Record of emergency calls in Lawrence and Baldwin areas
Fire and ambulance responses listed by Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical. Instances include smoke scare false alarms at 2200 W. 26th St and 320 Industrial Lane and 619 E Eighth St, a system malfunction on 839 Miss, a structure fire at 1105 La. and multiple medical emergencies across Ousdahl Rd, Rhode Island St, East 21st Terrace, East 24th Street, Connecticut Street, Orchard Lane, Alabama Street, Maine Street, Ohio Street, Iowa Street, North Michigan and other Baldwin locations. The Journal-World notes it does not print all police reports and outlines its reporting thresholds and victim protections.
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Eighth St
Ousdahl Road
Rhode Island Street
East 21St Terrace
East 24Th Street
Connecticut Street
North Crimson Avenue
Baldwin
Orchard Lane
Alabama Street
Maine Street
Ohio Street
Rhode Island
Iowa Street
North
Michigan
Journal-World advises readers to report hospital errors
The paper states there was no report from Lawrence Memorial Hospital on Thursday and reminds readers its policy is to correct significant errors in this space. Readers are urged to contact the newsroom at 785 832 7154 or ljworld.com with any error notices.
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Datebook
P.O
Lawrence
Ijworld.com
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Journal-World
Ljworld.com
Mike Shields
News
Douglas County Commissioner Johnson to resign DCDI post
Douglas County Commissioner elect Bob Johnson plans to resign from the Douglas County Development Inc. board before his swearing in on Jan. 8. Johnson cites avoiding a conflict of interest and notes the county cannot have two commissioners on DCDI. A replacement will be named in the spring. Johnson may be named as the county’s representative or liaison.
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Douglas County
Bob Johnson
East Hills
Douglas County Development Inc
Johnson
Dcdi Board of Directors
Craig Weinaug
DCDI
Weinaug
County Commission
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
East Hills Business Park
Noria Road
Lawrence
Kurt von Achen
Burglary at Family Dollar Reports Major Loss
Nearly $3,000 in cash was stolen from Family Dollar at 711 W. 23rd St after entry through a broken front glass door. Damage to doors exceeded $1,000. manager found the break-in before 9 am Wednesday as police continued the investigation. Separately, a woman's apartment on West Sixth Street was burglarized with CDs, jewelry, watches and other items missing valued at $1,931 over the previous four days. Lawrence Memorial Hospital will offer cholesterol screenings after the new year, $5 each, 9:30 to 11:30 am in HealthSource Room. No appointment, fasting not required, results in five minutes.
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Family Dollar
W. 23Rd St
Lawrence
West Sixth Street
United States
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Maine
Aynsley Anderson
Winter Recess Playground District Competition at KCKCC
Sixth through twelfth graders from Douglas Franklin Johnson Leavenworth Miami and Wyandotte counties meet Saturday March 3 at Kansas City Kansas Community College for a regional event with theme Frontiers in History People Places Ideas. Top finishers advance to state May 5 at the Eisenhower Center Abilene then to national June 10-15 at University of Maryland. For entry details contact John Ryan at KCKCC 913 334 1100 Ext 263 ryanj toto.net.
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Douglas
Franklin
Johnson
Leavenworth
Miami
Wyandotte
Kansas City Kansas Community College
Eisenhower Center
Abilene
University of Maryland
John Ryan
KCKCC
Ryanj
Toto.net
Contact information page for Lawrence Journal-World staff
Local contact details list city editor Mike Shields and editors with their direct lines and email addresses. It also provides headquarters address, feedback options, and hours for paper circulation including call centers and classified ad placement.
City faces questions on enforcing mobile home park occupancy rule
City Manager Mike Wildgen explains that license requirements for mobile home parks, tied to the park owner, help identify landlords and enforce occupancy limits. He notes some parks lie outside RS-1 single family zones, including instances in planned residential developments.
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Mike Wildgen
Answering Sound Off: leave your question by calling
A prompt invites readers to call 832-7297 with questions for Sound Off. The message directs listeners to await a recording that asks them to submit a question.
On the Street on the Street quotes 2000 memories
Residents weigh 2000 memories beyond the election with responses from James Rayton a KU student in Lawrence and Teresa Reilly a nurse in Kansas City Kan. Rayton recalls a record cold winter while Reilly notes the year passed uneventfully with safety and health.
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James Rayton
Lawrence
Teresa Reilly
Kansas City
Kan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Douglas County Commission
Lecompton
Big Brothers
Big Sisters of
E. Eighth St
Baldwin City Council
Baldwin Public Library
Seventh St
Babcock Place
Mass
Big Brothers and
Baldwin-First United Methodist Church
Queen Bey
Friends of the Library
Liberty Hall
Cal
Lawrence-Douglas
Aera
Commission
By Joy Ludwig
Lludwig
Dean Nieder
Johnson’s
Jim Henry
Ap Joy Ludwig
Lawrence Memorial
Kshs.org
NationalHistoryDay
Kansas
Richard Gwin
Journal-World Photo
Kevin Shillington
Kristin
Centennial Park
N.H
Richard Brack
John Taylor
Jworld.com
Devin Walker
Dwalker
Ann Gardner
Chuck Woodling
Ewoodling
Jan Biles
Jon Niccum
al Bonner
Maria Preston
Mark Fagan
Mfagan
Wwwljworld.com
Joe Lewis
By Levi
Chronister
Eve Weeth
Jacob Imber
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