Law School Group Debates Closing Six Elementary Schools
A Lawrence group tasked with cutting six elementaries Cordley Hillcrest Kennedy New York Pinckney and Sunset Hill down to three or four in two years convened for a final session. The split groups favored preserving all schools versus consolidating, with the latter hesitating to specify closures amid board doubts. The draft release criticized the board for altering the task and questioned the value of volunteers’ toil without clear direction.
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Lawrence
Central
East Lawrence
Cordley
Hillcrest
Kennedy
New York
Pinckney
Sunset Hill
Kansas fatality rate stubbornly steady
On a February afternoon near Lawrence Kyle Snyder 22 of Lecompton died when his pickup slid on snow packed gravel and struck a BNSF train at 50 mph. The crossing has crossback signs but no lights or gates. Snyder was the second train related fatality in Douglas County in a decade with 2011 losses nearing 19 nationwide.
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Richard Gwin
Lawrence
Kansas
Kyle Snyder
Lecompton
East 950 Road
Snyder
BNSF
Douglas County
Jeannie New Moon
Second Street
North
Federal Railroad Administration
Cancer Center at KU pursues National Cancer Institute designation
Roy Jensen says KU Cancer Center aims for NCI designation but will remain mission focused regardless of outcome. Center emphasizes collaboration among researchers in cancer biology prevention control and drug discovery alongside economic impact as 143 faculty 430 research staff and 81 administrative workers totaling 637 jobs in 2010 support the enterprise.
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Kansas University
Cancer Center
National Cancer Institute
Roy Jensen
KU Cancer Center
Ku’s Cancer Center
Lisa Harlan-Williams
EU Center
Mother of CLO client files lawsuit over alleged wrongful death
A McLouth woman has filed a Douglas County District Court lawsuit against Community Living Opportunities Inc. claiming her son Timothy D. Gibson, 51, died in 2010 due to injuries from a fall while being transported at CLOs Monterey Way Cottage. The suit accuses CLO employee of negligent care and seeks accountability for Gibson’s quadriparesis and subsequent death two months later. CLO denies the allegations and says Gibson was well cared for for over two decades.
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Mother of
CLO
McLouth
Community Living Opportunities Inc
West Lawrence
Leaders of Community Liv
Ing Opportunities
Douglas County
Josephine VanDruff
Monterey Way
Timothy D. Gibson
Gibson
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Hillside Village
de Soto
Tim
School consolidation group holds final working meeting
The school consolidation group schedules its last working meeting Tuesday and the assembly will attend.
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