County tax renewal prompts annual vote on emergency center costs
Douglas County Commission reviews the 71 cent tax on phone bills each year to decide renewal and potential adjustments tied to emergency communications center costs. Clerk notes candidates must be 18 and residents of their district. Sports travel policy varies by institution. no universal Big Eight rules. Ramada Inn may add a stair lift. elevator not feasible. Holcombe batting cages opening hoped by end of May.
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Douglas County Commission
Craig Weinaug
County Commission
Douglas County
E Patty Jaimes
Commission
Journal-World Sports
Chuck Woodling
Kansas University
Connie ‘Barnes
Ramada Inn
Call Sound Off Line For Journal World Readers
Readers are invited to call the Journal-World Access line at 865-5000 and select category 7478 to leave a question for Sound Off. A recording guides callers to submit inquiries.
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Journal-World Access
Ottawa City Manager Scott Lambers Granted 4 Percent Pay Raise
Ottawa commissioners approved a 4 percent raise for city manager Scott Lambers after a favorable evaluation, boosting salary from 64 050 to 66 612. In other business, rights of way and easements were accepted for a Hidden Meadows expansion on the southeast side. Kansas University hosts a National TRIO Day reception from 2 to 4 p.m. in Strong Hall. Budig Hall construction at KU begins with at least five cranes assembling four piece trusses.
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Ottawa
Scott Lambers
Lambers
Hidden Meadows
Kansas University
Strong Hall
TRIO
Heart of Kansas University
Budig Hall
Hoch
Dave Schaecher
Police Reports Reveal Vandalism and Threats in Lawrence
A Lawrence woman reported a rear door dented on a 1989 Nissan van in the 1900 block of Delaware with about 1000 dollars in damage. Another McLouth resident said an unknown man threatened to harm her at work over debts, while a 17-year-old was held after firing a 9 mm handgun in North Lawrence. he was released to a guardian. Fire and ambulance calls followed including carbon monoxide false alarms, water leaks, electrical issues, and various medical emergencies around town.
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Lawrence
Delaware
McLouth
T. County Drug Enforcement Unit
Perry
North
Emprise Bank
Iowa
Mass
Steve Johnson
KPL
Massachusetts
Fraser Hall
Kansas University
Yorkshire
Subway
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Maine
Pocahontas Hall
Haskell Lndian Nations University
Local Births and Names Noted in Brief Entries
Biatus Tiffany Wiedel of Clearview City is listed as a boy born on Tuesday alongside noting a girl named Michelle peak Lawrence and a boy named Mike Asley with a Wednesday reference, indicating a sequence of birth notices that are partial and fragmentary.
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Biatus Tiffany Wiedel
Clearview City
Mike Asley
Michelle Peak Lawrence
Car thieves strike again in Oskaloosa
OSKALOOSA Jeff Herrig undersheriff says the city logged its fourth and fifth motor vehicle thefts of the year with two pickups stolen from separate locations. All reports show unlocked cars left with keys inside. Three of the vehicles were recovered near Oskaloosa. one in Lawrence. Toyota remains missing. Sheriff’s office notes many prior thefts involve loans or repossessions.
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Oskaloosa
Jeff Herrig
Jefferson County
Herrig
Lawrence
Herrlg
Sheriff’s Department
African American History Month events fill Lawrence calendar
A series of afternoon and evening programs in Lawrence mark African American History Month. Highlights include poetry by Patricia Spears Jones at the Kansas Union, panel on gangs with city and police officials, a program on historical portrayal by the Lawrence Alliance, and a “Monday's Girls” film at KU. Several library storytimes, a Brownback listening tour stop, and the Lawrence Garden Show run through the weekend. The calendar also lists immunization clinics at Cordley School and a state-wide community celebration at New York School.
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Cordley School
Lawrence-Douglas County
Grant School
Route 3
Rod Bremby
Dan Affalter
Lawrence
Shelley Diehl
Different
Sixth
Massachusetts
Lawrence Alliance
Lawrence Public Library
Patricia Spears-Jones
Wescoe
Kansas University
Sam Brownback
Perry Middle School
Perry
Douglas County
New York
Martin Luther King Jr
New York School
N.Y
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Ce Nee Abi Eers
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King's Excavating Co
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John Wake
Dave Aceti
Cook
Billy Beeson
Walter, Lawrence
Scott Smith
Glass Company
LAW Enforcement
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Prairie
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Taverness
St. Luke's Hospital
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Walnut
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Ohio
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LMH
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