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1997 Lawrence year in review opens two-high city era
A year of milestone events in Lawrence includes Free State High School opening, KU signing exclusive Coke campus deal, a downtown fire, and shifts in city commissions and school board. January saw a merged Fire Medical agency and notable local deaths. The year detailed court cases, recalls, and notable sports feats shaping the city soil.
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Lawrence
Free State High School
Kansas University
Lawrence City Commission
Lawrence School Board
Douglas County Ambulance Service
Lawrence City
Douglas County
Lawrence- Douglas
Brian Paden
Fifi's
Iowa
Clyde Tombaugh
Paul Endacott
Tombaugh
Pluto
Endacott
Lawrence School
Cordley
East Heights
Grant
Riverside
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Robert Ohlen
Kanu-Fm
Howard Hill
Hill
KANU
Seth Dunscomb
Robert Ludlow
Native Sons and Daughters of
Kansas
Charlie Shoemaker
Bruce Klass
Sundance
Seventh
Marty Kennedy
Erv Hodges
Bob Moody
Lisa Blair
Jo Andersen
Alan Black
Kansas State University
Allen Fieldhouse
Arizona
Birmingham
Ala
Wildcats
U.S. District Court
Kansas City
Kan
South Lawrence
Baker University
Baldwin
California
Ottawa
Ivy Pacheco
Mary “Paulie” Pacheco
Judith Rombold
Wichita
Big Sur
Calif
San Francisco
Carol Linhos
Mary Loveland
Marey Wilkins
Lindos
Loveland
Wilkins
Kerry Altenbernd
James Hilliard
Austin Turney
Leni Salkind
Bonnie Augustine
Onzie Branch
T'S
Awrence High School
Princial
Brad Tate
Woodlawn
Gary Haworth
Tate
North
Haworth
Lawrence High School
Free State
Haskell Indian Nations University
LaFrentz
Paul Pierce
Jayhawks
Jayhawk
Angela Halbleib
Jerod Haase
Jacque Vaughn
Robert Hemenway
Japan
Hiratsuka
Hollywood Theaters
South
Clinton Lake
Orchid Club
Christopher Saemisch
Gene Meyer
Marguerite Carlson
Douglas County Senior Services
Scot Pollard
Detroit Pistons
Pollard
Utah Jazz
Vaughn
Greg Ostertag
Sherryn Sampson
Douglas County District Court
Colorado
Gary Mavity
Ottawa High School
Gary Patterson
Bob Frederick
Mount Oread
University of North Carolina
Latina Sullivan
Kansan
Daniel J. Hamman
Tennessee Street
Kerry Golden
Lawrence Municipal
Nike
Coca-Cola
Coke
Natural History Museum
Wyoming
Free State High
Brown Bear Brewing Co
Dirk
Eva Potter
N.Y