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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Feb 03, 2013

Page

4

Street poll on Super Bowl winner on Massachusetts Street

Readers on Massachusetts Street weighed in on which team should win this year’s Super Bowl. The street poll asks for resident opinions, reflecting local sentiment and sports chatter.

Paisano’s worker comments on Ray Lewis fatigue

Justin Lee, a Paisano’s student employee, voices fatigue over constant Ray Lewis chatter, saying the 49ers topic is overexposed and worn thin by repeated discussion. The remark reflects ongoing annoyance with the omnipresent spotlight on the athlete.

Justin Lee Paisano’s The 49Ers Ray Lewis

Lawrence street work planned this week

City of Lawrence maps shows sealing of street cracks east and west of Monterey Way and north of Sixth Street with temporary lane closures. KDOT continues work on 23rd Street Bridge between Haskell and Barker, plus utility work and shoofly removal. Concrete rework on Nicklaus Drive Palmer Drive and Hogan Drive east of Inverness Drive. Traffic mostly open but possible street closings. Kansas 10 23rd Street traffic reduced to one lane in places. speed limit kept at 45 mph for 23rd Street O Connell Road intersection upgrades with turn lanes and new signal. Intersection work due by March 29. signalization by June.

Kansas Highway 10 23Rd Street O’connell Road

Library bids farewell to old building before expansion

The Lawrence Public Library Foundation will host a farewell of the 707 Vermont St. building on Sunday February 10 with doors at 2 p.m. Residents may walk through the empty structure and sign a wall. City leaders Mayor Bob Schumm and Commissioner Aron Cromwell will speak at 2 30 p.m. Light refreshments follow. The library currently operates from the former Borders at Seventh and New Hampshire until the $19 million project finishes in April 2014.

Lawrence Public Library Foundation Vermont St Bob Schumm City Com Aron Cromwell Lawrence Public Library Borders Seventh and New Hampshire Streets

Sign error on Kansas highway mile marker near Lawrence

Kansas Department of Transportation officials say a sign on Highway 56 misstates distance to Lawrence, reading 14 miles while city limits are nine to ten miles away. The error is not a federal violation and will be corrected in the 10-year cycle. questions to 832-7297 or soundoff@ljworld.com.

Lawrence Lawrence City Limits Highway 56 Eric Nichol Kansas Department of Transportation KDOT Ljworld.com

Rollover Crash on US 59 Near Lawrence

Authorities responded to a one-vehicle rollover on US 59 two miles south of Lawrence near North 1000 Road. At 4:36 p.m. Saturday, EMS reported one person transported to Overland Park Regional Medical Center with nonlife-threatening injuries.

North 1000 Road Lawrence Lawrence-Douglas County Overland Park Regional Medical Center

PP Births Katy McCabe and Matthew Butterworth

Lawrence couple Katy McCabe and Matthew Butterworth welcomed a son on Saturday.

Katy McCabe Matthew Butterworth Lawrence

Corrections: Public religious symbols story misnamed Mark Tallman

An Associated Press correction notes the Journal-World misidentified Mark Tallman and his Kansas Association of School Boards affiliation in a Saturday report on public religious symbols.

Associated Press Journal-World Mark Tallman The Kansas Association of School Boards

United Way backs Lawrence students with long term education plan

Kansas study shows one in eleven Lawrence students read at grade level and nearly a quarter lack math proficiency. A 2011 Annie E. Casey Foundation report explains risk of dropping out. United Way of Douglas County partners with the district and Boys and Girls Club to boost elementary achievement, investing 405,468 dollars in 2012 to support kindergarten readiness and fourth grade outcomes.

Kansas State Department of Education Lawrence Annie E. Casey Foundation Douglas County United Way of Boys and Girls Club Erika Dvorske United Way Colby Wilson

Power Hour Kits aim to boost academic enrichment with volunteers

The United Way funds two academic enrichment coordinators to help Boys and Girls Club and Lawrence school district implement Power Hour Kits. Retired teachers Becky Spradlin and Lynn Heffley design activities to extend learning after school for 1,200 students daily, aiming to raise test scores and close achievement gaps.

Mike Yoder Journal-World Photo Angelina Terrazas Abigail Stallworth Ainsley Stallworth Boys and Girls Club Lawrence Jane Buxton United Way Community Impact Committee United Way Board of Directors Zach Hall Bgclk.org Wilson United Way Rick Doll Monica Dittmer Becky Spradlin Lynn Heffley Pinckney Dvorske

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