Transit buses loading curbside delay special needs riders
Mayflower Contract Services provides Lawrence public school bus service including wheel chair routes. Buses do not drive on private property without owner written permission. Loading takes one to two minutes for riders with disabilities, with stop arms and lights in use. People argue for parking lot loading, but policy requires street loading to protect safety.
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Sunflower Bus Co
Lawrence
Mayflower Contract Services, Inc
Tim Dennis
Mayflower
Dennis
Linda York
York
Question Line for Sound Off Calls at Journal-World Access
Readers are directed to call the Journal-World Access line at 865-5000 and enter category 7478 to hear a recording inviting them to leave a question for Sound Off. The notice provides the action and contact method without additional details.
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Journal-World Access
Film screening set for Enchanted April in Topeka
The Topeka Institute for Psychoanalysis and The Menninger Clinic present a free screening of Enchanted April at 7 p.m. March 7. The Seeley Conference Center at 5800 S.W. Sixth St. Topeka hosts the event followed by a discussion led by Alice Brand Bartlett, Menninger psychiatry professor.
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Topeka Institute For Psychoanalysis
Menninger Clinic
Menninger
Seeley Conference Center
S.W. Sixth St
Topeka
Alice Brand Bartlett
Historic Resources Commission Meetings Set for Thursday
The Historic Resources Commission will meet at 7 p.m. in city hall to review KPLs plan for a 115000 volt transmission line along the Kansas River south bank. The line would pass 275 feet from the S.T. Zimmerman house at 304 Ind but cause no negative impact per staffer Linda Finger. The agenda also includes nominations by the East Lawrence History Project to add seven homes to the Lawrence Register of Historic Places, with staff recommending approval for 940 941 and 945.
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City Hall
Sixth
Massachusetts
KPL
Kansas River
S.T. Zimmerman
Ind
Linda Finger
East Lawrence
Habitat Homefest raises funds for ninth Lawrence house
Habitat for Humanity volunteers report 10,200 dollars raised by Habitat Homefest 94 in Douglas County. Organizers plan a Sunflower Cablevision broadcast to boost donations for construction costs of the ninth Lawrence home. Patty McGrew notes the event as a mini telethon boosting year end effort.
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Patty McGrew
Habitat For Humanity Inc
Habitat
Douglas County
Lawrence
Sunflower Cablevision
McGrew
Datebook notes for Douglas County meetings and KU events
6:35 p.m. Douglas County Commission at county courthouse 11th and Massachusetts discusses anthropology consultant for South Lawrence Trafficway objections. 7 p.m. North Lawrence Improvement Assn. Odd Fellows Hall 615 Lincoln on Tanger Factory Outlets expansion. 7 p.m. Lawrence Alliance First United Methodist Church 946 Vermont Room 203. 7 p.m. Historic Resources Commission city hall Sixth and Massachusetts discusses KPL power lines and downtown zoning. 7 p.m. Multiculturalism and Diversity discussion Alcove B Kansas Union sponsored by KU Coalition Against Racism and Discrimination.
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Douglas County Commission
11Th
Massachusetts
South Lawrence
North Lawrence
Historic Resources Commission
City Hall
Sixth
KPL Power Lines
Alcove B
Kansas Union
KU Coalition Against Racism and Discrimination
Washburn poll questions tied to faculty pay raises debate
Access poll asks if Washburn University’s Regents inclusion should link to faculty pay raises. Voters call 865-5000 category 3500 for yes or 3501 for no. Poll results are voluntary and not scientifically accurate.
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Washburn University
Board of Regents
Debate on street Drue Kennedy and student persistence
Drue Kennedy, a cook, comments that spending money is wasteful since students will remain in school if they choose. Kansas University senior Jessica Pierson adds that a program might help disadvantaged students but seems impractical.
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Drue Kennedy
Cook
Lawrence
Jessica Pierson
Kansas University
Burglary and incidental incidents reported in local notices
Burglary at a residence in the 1900 block of East 19th yielded stereo equipment, compact discs, diamond rings, and trash cans stolen between 5:10 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Monday. Police report several injury and condition updates from auto accidents and hospitalizations in Lawrence area.
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East 19Th
Mary McGee
Ter
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Indiana
Shelter grant turned down in Kansas City region
Federal officials denied Lawrence's request for a 718000 grant to open a homeless shelter. The application, sent to Washington a month prior, was among 1040 nationwide seeking a share of a 25 million federal housing program. HUD Kansas City noted 20 demonstration projects were denied in Kansas and western Missouri.
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Lawrence
Washington
Larry Vaught
HUD
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Missouri
Obituary Correction for Curtis J. Thomas
Corrects the obituary published in the Journal-World for Curtis J. Thomas of Pierce City Missouri. The record states he died on Saturday February 12 1994, correcting prior inaccuracies.
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Curtis J. Thomas
Pierce City
Journal-World
Thomas
Dismissals Named in Lawrence Area Notices
Joyce Dexter and baby, Rae lene Baer and baby, Pamela Dumler and baby, Mary Rose Shaffer and baby, all listed in Lawrence area dismissal notices. Other details not present in readable text.
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Joyce Dexter
Lawrence
Raelene Baer
Pamela Dumler
Mary Rose- Shaffer
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