Baldwin High Students Visit Senator in Washington
A group of 13 Baldwin High School students visited U.S. Senator Pat Roberts in Washington on January 23 during a trip to observe the federal government. The trip was organized by the Close Up Foundation, which takes students behind the scenes of government activities in the capital.
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Baldwin High School
U.S
Pat Roberts
Washington, D.C
Close Up Foundation
Washington
Hughes quiz Day 2 question in Langston Hughes series
A daily quiz celebrates Langston Hughes 100th birthday with a new question each day through February 14. The current item asks who was the model for Aunt Hagar in Not Without Laughter, with yesterday's answer noted as Stan.
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Langston Hughes
Langstonhuinhes
Lwarld Eam
Aunt Hagar
Stanon
Car Stolen While Left Running at Lawrence Store
Lawrence police report a 1994 Ford Taurus was taken from Sam's Food Mart on 1900 Haskell Ave after the driver left the car running. A short time later an officer found the car at a Total Gas on North Third Street. a 16-year-old Lawrence boy was detained and placed in the Douglas County Juvenile Detention Center.
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Sam's Food Mart
Haskell Ave
Lawrence
Total Gas
North Third Street
Douglas County Juvenile Detention Center
Paul Lee bank robbery sentencing delayed to Feb 12
Paul David Lee, 58, who pleaded guilty to attempting to rob Firstar Bank in Lawrence, had his sentencing postponed due to inclement weather delaying court paperwork. He entered the Ninth and Massachusetts street bank with a pellet gun, held bank president Chuck Warner hostage, and threatened to blow up the building before surrendering. no bomb was found. Lee’s attorney cited duress at the time of the crime.
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Topera
Paul David Lee
Firstar Bank
Lawrence
Lee
U.S
Sam Crow
Ninth
Massachusetts
Chuck Warner
Ronald Wurtz
Capitol Connections forum with area legislators
Area legislators will attend a Capitol Connections forum at the Hereford House to share views on the current session. Co sponsored by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce Southwestern Bell and the Lawrence Journal World the event covers school finance redistricting and taxes with audience Q&A. Tickets cost 12 meal included reservations at 865 4411 with more forums planned for Feb 23 March 23 and April 19.
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Capitol
Hereford House
Sixth Street
Wakarusa Drive
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Southwestern Bell
Lawrence Journal-World
Lawrence Schools Closed Third Day Due to Ice Storm
Lawrence public schools stay closed for a third day as ice covers roads and sidewalks. Supt Weseman cites unsafe bus routes and walking conditions while 4000 students must make up the absence later. KU Haskell and Baker University canceled or resumed classes as weather improves.
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Lawrence Public
Randy Weseman
Haskell
Karen Swisher
Swisher
Baker University
John Fuller
Residents cope with blackouts during ice storm
Lawrence residents faced cold and anger as an ice storm left Douglas County official disaster area. About 5000 homes and businesses lost power and many could not reach Westar Energy for outage updates. Community members shared warmth and aid while officials warned outages could extend through the weekend.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Westar Energy
KPL
Cynthia Davis
Delaware Street
Westar
Cynthia McCarvel
McCarver
Douglas County Declares Disaster Over Ice Storm Losses
Douglas County and state officials designated the county a disaster area after this week’s ice storm to pursue federal relief. Governor Graves followed with a state disaster declaration covering 22 counties, enabling eligibility for federal funds to reimburse governments and individuals. Officials expect reimbursement of about 75 percent of storm costs, including overtime for emergency responders.
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Douglas County
County Commission
Jere McElhaney
Bill Graves
Paula Phillips
Pulitzer winner Alice Walker honors Hughes at KU symposium
Alice Walker, Pulitzer prize author of The Color Purple, spoke at the Langston Hughes symposium in Lawrence Kansas, crediting two brothers for shaping her mental writing process. She discussed terrorism concerns, activism on women’s rights, and signed books at The Raven Bookstore after a Lied Center talk to about 1700 attendees.
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Alice Walker
Walker
Raven
E. Seventh St
Whoopi Goldberg
Danny Glover
Oprah Winfrey
Osama bin Laden
United States
Langston Hughes
Kansas University
Langston
Lied Center
Lawrence
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