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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 2011
Page
1
Kansas University football coach Turner Gill watched his first full recruiting class sign national letters of intent at the Anderson Family Strength and Conditioning Center. Gill called speed the No 1 trait he sought as he filled the Jayhawks roster.
The Kansas Democratic Party released a missing poster for budget director Steve Anderson. It urges anyone who finds him to have him report to the House and Senate Budget Committees to explain proposed cuts to Kansas schools state employees the Kansas Arts Commission and Mental Health service providers.
Emilie Durgan, 24, a Lawrence resident, describes an emotional connection formed with Haitians during a mission trip. She and two other women worked to aid the people they met, unsure if language barriers were bridged yet felt the mutual bond.
Lawrence logged 8 inches of snow on Tuesday the most in a day since February 8, 1980. City officials credit residents staying home for easier street clearing and expect residential plowing to wrap up by morning. Crews prepared, salt and sand stocked, buses to run on schedule, yet icy overnight remains possible.
Lawrence will begin enforcing the snow removal sidewalk ordinance at 5 p.m. Friday due to the storm. Inspectors will not assess complaint locations until 8 a.m. Monday. Owners must clear sidewalks adjacent to their property. complaints can be called to 832-7700 or filed online at lawrences.org/pdf/code violation.
Dennis O Bryan owner of O Bryon Plumbing says freezing pipes are less common due to better care and repairs. He warns continued subfreezing temperatures could raise risk though recent snow may have insulated pipes. He advises letting faucets trickle and opening cabinet doors to heat pipes and notes low pressure as a warning sign.
Lawrence Memorial Hospital treated seven people for weather related injuries Wednesday bringing the storm total to 41. Belinda Rehmer LMH communications coordinator said most injuries were from falls. LMH reported 30 weather related injuries on Monday four on Tuesday and seven on Wednesday.
Lawrence will label charges as late fees on utility bills rather than adjustments after a Journal-World report showed customers unknowingly paid years of late fees. City officials said the change, made in-house, aims for clearer billing, with roughly 30 percent of bills carrying a late fee compared to lower rates in similar utilities.
Barely 12 hours after Mubarak vowed to step down, a club wielding mob chanting his name overwhelmed pro democracy demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Stones and gasoline bombs flew as pro Mubarak forces massed outside the square, defying Obama’s call for a transition.
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