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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 2006
Page
12
A city ordinance bans firearms within 200 feet of bars but makes a home storage exception. Residents living near drinking establishments may keep guns in their homes if not carried in public. The measure clarifies possession rules but not all properties qualify for the home exemption.
Call Sound Off at 832-7297 to hear a recording asking you to leave your question and participate. The notice directs listeners to voicemail and provides the contact number for submissions.
On the street asks if the city should lower West Sixth Street speed limit to 40 mph on Massachusetts Street. Quotes from Sarah Meng Chris Gorney and Clay Kucza give opposed and mixed views.
A Kansas debate over the sexual predator law centers on whether jurors can determine a defendant's likelihood to reoffend. The Foster case raised issues about prior determinations, polygraph evidence, and prosecutors heavily emphasizing a predator label to secure indefinite commitment at Larned.
Lawrence to Lawrence has chosen Lariviere, current UT Austin dean of liberal arts, as Kansas University provost. He will replace David Shulenburger, who leaves after 13 years for a national post, as the campus faces rising faculty salaries, graduate fellowships, and aging buildings. Lariviere emphasizes data driven decisions and will begin with two days of joint briefings with Shulenburger. His wife will join KU Center for Science Education. he travels to India for consulting work and serves on multiple boards. He leaves a 24 year Texas tenure to lead KU amid regional and national higher education dynamics.
Senior center music therapy boosts timing and mobility for 15 weekly participants including those with dementia. Students trained in classical music lead sessions where residents sing along and play instruments, finding nonmusical goals through rhythm and vocal exercises.
The Journal-World received a special citation from a coalition of media professors and attorneys. Randy Brown praised the paper at a Wednesday ceremony for investigative reporting that informs taxpayers how money is spent. Dolph C. Simons Jr. accepted the award for The World Company and its outlets 6News and Sunflower Broadband.
The city may change Sixth Street speed limits after current work ends, with a traffic study planned in May by KDOT to gauge actual speeds. In January the work zone issued 359 speeding tickets, about 36 percent of citywide tickets, while November and June showed wide monthly variation. Police say radar enforcement began at KDOT’s request and aims to slow entering drivers for safety as development grows near Sixth Street and Wakarusa Drive.
GNews staff writer Eric Westander is listed as the byline with Laura McHugh contributing information to the article. This note confirms collaboration between Westander and McHugh on the report.
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