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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 2016
Page
2
LJWorld.com invites readers to suggest poll topics to Nikki Wentling. Each poll collects at least 1,000 responses from site users, reflecting diverse public opinions on current issues.
Douglas County residents favor mental health centered solutions, with 49 percent calling the crisis intervention center very important and 33.2 percent important. County officials, including Sheriff Ken McGovern, favor alternatives to expanding the jail. The county plans a public design phase with Treanor Architects at a $60,000 initial fee on Bert Nash land north of Second Street.
With Floyd freed by new DNA showing innocence, legislators and law enforcement weigh requiring recorded interrogations. Kansas debates push by Sen. Haley aims to protect the innocent and possibly compensate the wrongfully convicted. other states vary.
Vanchena and three undergraduates joined effort started at K-State to transcribe and encode WWI periodicals from KU's Max Kade Center. Poems will be online with historical and political context. student Caelan Graham notes migrants' varied German American loyalties offer new war perspectives.
The World War I Diary of José de la Luz Saenz notes a poem Good-bye Broadway Hello France as a sad parody of a Yankee song. Saenz recounts 1918 service in France and Germany and Mexican American experiences in the United States war effort. Viva Pershing is cited in the piece.
Vanchena notes German-Americans faced virulent nativism during WWI era before U.S. entry, with tar and feathering and enemy alien registrations, even for American-born spouses. Poems span hardship and patriotism, battlefield horrors, and homesickness, remaining relevant to refugee crises and loyalties. Andrew Crist highlights poetry as accessible, concise war depictions. KU reporter Sara Shepherd can be reached at 832-7187 or sshepherd ijworld.com.
Lawrence Kansas readers can reach the News Center at 645 New Hampshire St with office lines and a general hotline listed for inquiries. The main number is 785 843 1000 and a toll free option 800 578 8748 is provided for callers outside the local area.
Readable fragment shows Saturday Powerball numbers 16 19 32 34 57 with Powerball 13 and mentions Fridays Mega. No clear outcome or additional details available.
The Journal-World obituary policy states that information about running obituaries is available by calling 832-7151 Obituaries run as submitted by funeral homes or the families of the deceased.
Dain and Katie Hammerschmidt of Eudora greet a baby girl on Saturday. Kyle and Elizabeth Coleman of Lawrence celebrate the arrival of a baby boy on Saturday.
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