Volunteers honored for Katrina relief with Wallace Galluzzi Award
23 Douglas County volunteers including 20 adults and three teens were celebrated at a United Way Roger Hill Volunteer Center event for thousands of hours of service. Recipients ranged from longtime Red Cross and Headquarters volunteers to Meals on Wheels deliverers, aiding housing, shelters, seniors, and Medicare guidance. Bud Waugh, a local amateur radio operator, was among honorees.
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Cottonwood Inc Opens New 16000-Square-Foot Work Center
Cottonwood Inc celebrated the grand opening of a new 16,000 square foot building to expand its work programs for people with developmental disabilities. The nonprofit serves over 600 individuals, including about 100 in its work program, with a five year 50 million dollar U.S. military contract to stitch military cargo straps, marking their 2 millionth strap last May and highlighting the mission Helping people with disabilities shape their own future.
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Silent Epidemic study links dropout crisis to attendance and support
The Gates funded report by Civic Enterprises highlights 3.5 million dropouts in the latest year, noting low diploma attainment for minority students and lifelong cost gaps. It credits focus groups with dropouts, urges better attendance monitoring and family follow up, and suggests programs like Gateway to College as remedies. It also remembers Eli Segal, architect of AmeriCorps, who died at 63.
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Portland, Ore
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Eugene McCarthy
George McGovern
Bill Clinton
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Washington Post Writers Group
I Hate The Phone Yet Love Its Pain In Life
Leonard Pitts Jr. reflects on love and fear sparked by a phone call about his ten year old grandson Eric being hit by an SUV. He traces the dread to a 13 year old tragedy, writes of the risk love imposes, and ends with Eric’s cheerful resilience and gratitude for life.
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Tam
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Wolverine
Leonard Pitts Jr
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Miami Herald
Public Forum Letter on SLT and Wetlands Law and History
A reader argues the Take a Stand backers ignore law and NEPA implications in the South Lawrence Trafficway debate. The letter questions EIS adequacy, cites the Federal Indian School Surplus Lands Act of 1962, and urges wetlands revert to Haskell property to prevent exploitation. It notes racist origins of drainage and calls for adherence to law.
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32Nd Street
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Mike Ford
Bonner Springs
Lawrence News Highlights From February 27 1906
The Lawrence Daily World notes the county treasurer received the state school tax fund amounting to 536,8333 in 1906. It commends the high school lecture course management as excellent with notable events planned. A push exists among Lawrence’s young men to form a good government league.
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Lawrence
Young Men's Good Government League
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