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Lawrence year in review highlights 1999 events and local stories
A year in Lawrence and nearby areas covered weather, school changes, and notable events. January brought a light snow, KU projects, and political shifts. February saw fires, athletic milestones, and facility plans. March featured KU basketball run, water projections, and crime notes including a murder in Brooklyn and a swastika arson arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oread
City Commission
Lawrence Athletic Center
Mesa Way
Rick Sells
Kansas University
Raef LaFrentz
Denver Nuggets
Lawrence
McDonald Drive
Roy Williams
Marian Washington
Oklahoma
Williams
Washington
Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment Assn
Consolidated Barb Wire Co
Michael Chandler
New Orleans
Kentucky
Kansas
Superdome
Douglas County
NBC
Chicago
Alyssa Buecker
Amy Watkins
Brooklyn
N.Y
Hunter College
School of Social Work
Watkins
Casbah
Mass
Aaron Hale Culwell
Lawrence Arts Center
New Hampshire
Glenn Livingood Penzler