Lawrence USD 497 funds Alternative High School program
Lawrence USD 497 budgeted 368580 for the Lawrence Alternative High School in 1995 96 with about 200 students served that year and 140 current enrollment. LAHS offers a small structured setting for students at risk of dropping out, while meeting district service standards and providing continuity of education within the Lawrence community.
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Lawrence Public Schools
Lawrence
Bonnie Dunham
LAHS
Dunham
Call Sound Off In Journal-World Access Line
Readers are urged to call the Journal-World Access line at 865-5000 with category 7478 to hear a message requesting that they leave their question for Sound Off.
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Journal-World Access
Conversation with Zora Hurston program at Alvamar CC
The Lawrence AAUW chapter hosts a 7 30 p m program titled A Conversation with Zora Neale Hurston at Alvamar Country Club featuring Carmaletta Williams in a one woman portrayal of Hurston and Kansas University Chancellor Robert Hemenway who wrote Hurston biography. The event is part of African American History Month and is funded in part by the Kansas Humanities Council. A flag video show Stars of Freedom will be shown at Lawrence High School on Feb 9. It is a historical flag music video sponsored by the Kansas Army National Guard and won first place at the national Minuteman Mike Awards. Ten replicas of flags circa 1787 to 1814 will be on display.
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Mike Yoder
Journal-World Photo
Elease Richardson
Lawrence High School
Maya Angelou
LHS
Lawrence
American Association of University Women
Zora Neale Hurston
Alvamar Country Club
Crossgate Dr
Hurston
Carmaletta Williams
Johnson County Community College
Kansas University
Robert Hemenway
AAUW
Kansas Humanities Council
The
National Endowment For the Humanities
Stars of Freedom
Kansas Army National Guard
Adjutant’s General Association of the
United States
Public theater night features Mchtwa and Wolfe pieces
At Terra Nova Bookstore and Cafe 920 Mass Chance Smith, KU theater alum, performs at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday with monologues from Shakespeare. Martha Blue-Banning of Percy Lawrence has been elected to the board of Kansas Advocacy and Protective Services Inc, which advocates for disabled rights under federal protection.
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Chance Smith
Kansas University
Theater and Film Department
Terra Nova
Mass
Smith
Percy
Lawrence
Martha Blue-Banning
Kansas Advocacy and Protective Services Inc
KAPS
Groundhog prediction questioned in today's street poll
Street Today’s Question by John Wake asks residents if they believe the groundhog’s forecast of six more weeks of winter. The item captures public sentiment and names the columnist.
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Amelia Murtagh
Lawrence
Law enforcement report details fights and thefts in Lawrence
Police logged several incidents including a Saturday early morning brawl in the 400 block of Minnesota injuring three men, and a separate Monday encounter in the 900 block of Massachusetts where two victims aged 19 and 20 were battered by a group after a language barrier incident. The report also notes KU lounge chair thefts, a recovered 1993 Chevrolet pickup, multiple fire calls, ambulance responses, and a criminal charge against Robbin P. Roberts for aggravated battery.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Minnesota
Massachusetts
Argentina
Susan Hadl
Douglas County Ambulance Service
East 600
East 1000 Road
West 26Th
George Court
Harvard
Lecompton
Ninth
Iowa
Research Park Drive
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Eudora
DA decides not to file charges in shooting
District Attorney Mark Knight announced no criminal charges will be filed in the December 2 shooting death of a 38-year-old Lawrence man. The coroner and police found a personal safety related gunshot wound to the head, using a .22 caliber handgun. The victim’s 36-year-old brother was present. investigators could not determine when the altercation occurred or if the brother had his hands on the weapon when it discharged.
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Lawrence
Dist. Atty
Mark Knight
Knight
Garden club meeting time and topic corrected
The Countryside Garden Club will meet at 9 30 a m Friday at Charlotte Mueller's home. The program, Creating Gardens for Butterflies, features Mary Pat Feifarek and Caprice Thompson. A Journal-World graphic and a Monday column correction clarify Julius Hornberger is a Douglas County Senior Services bus driver. his brother Herbert lives in Sterling Heights.
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Countryside Garden Club
Charlotte Mueller
Mary Pat Feifarek
Caprice Thompson
Julius Hornberger
Julius
Douglas County Senior Services
Herbert
Sterling Heights
Lawrence Datebook Highlights Community Activities
A busy day in Lawrence features health screenings for seniors at Lecompton and Babcock Place with fees noted, plus storytime at Lawrence Public Library. After school immunization clinic at Broken Arrow School, a diversity dialogue at Kansas Union, and several family support and career events around town. College basketball KU vs Iowa State at Allen Fieldhouse closes the day.
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Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Kansas Union Ballroom
Kansas University
University Placement Center
Wakarusa Valley
Route 5
Lawrence
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