City commissioners not raised in Lawrence despite love for town
Five city commissioners on record claim affection for Lawrence though none grew up here. Jo Anderson moved to Lawrence in 1964 from Shreveport at 17, Doug Compton came in 1978 from Wellington, Bob Moody arrived in 1975, John Nalbandian in 1976, and Bob Schulte since 1970, after stints elsewhere. Ice rink at Buford Watson Jr Park faces drainage issues after floods and cannot be built this year.
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Shreveport
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Andersen
Wichita
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Wellington
Bob Moody
Norton
Almena
Colby Junior College
John Nalbandian
New York
Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Bob Schulte
Aspen
Colo
St. Louis
Leawood
Chicago
Call Sound Off Instructions for Journal-World Access
Readers are directed to call the Journal-World Access line at 865-5000 and choose category 7478 to leave a question for Sound Off. A recording guides callers to leave their inquiry.
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Lawmaker Poll Question On Tax Abatement Information
A public poll asks if the Kansas Legislature should approve a bill increasing legislative access to local tax abatement data. Voters are directed to call a main Access line at 865-5000 and select category 3500 for yes or 3501 for no.
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Poet journalist to the subject of speech Kansas Day event at KU
A Lawrence resident and Washburn graduate will deliver a Kansas Day speech on Franklin Marshall Davis Ad Astra Per Aspera at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union. John Edgar Tidwell, a 1969 Washburn graduate, will speak and edited Livin the Blues, Davis's autobiography. Tidwell is on leave from Miami University of Ohio to be the Langston Hughes Visiting Professor at KU, with Washburn English and the Center for Kansas Studies sponsoring the talk. A separate 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday discussion on Russian and East European studies will be led by Maria Carlson in Blake 211.
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Washburn University
Franklin Marshall Davis
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Kansas Union
Kansas University
John Edgar Tidwell
Washburn
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Tidwell
Miami University of Ohio
Langston Hughes
Blake
Maria Carlson
Kansas Univ Humanities Lectures Plan February Series
Berkeley will speak next week as part of Kansas University Humanities Lectures Series. Michael Rogin will discuss democracy and civil rights at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3 in Spencer Museum Auditorium. Two Feb. 4 colloquia address Racial Masquerade and Contaminated Origins. A discipline workshop for parents runs Saturdays through Feb. 26 at East Heights School with child care.
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Berkeley
Kansas University
Michael Rogin
Helen M. Foresman
Rogin
East Heights School
Haskell
Private remarks on Nikki Wright stir classroom chatter
Parents and staff discuss a preschool teacher Nikki Wright amid mixed opinions. A bystander dismisses concerns saying it’s her business and that she seems fine, while others call for respect and privacy in the school community.
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Nikki Wright
Lawrence
Multiple thefts and incidents reported in regional area
Police investigate thefts of seven VCRs valued at 1588 from Hanna's Appliance and other burglaries including a TV, computer video game and CDs. items stolen from homes near Baldwin and a Mission Hills home with a weekend use. injuries from a two car crash in Lawrence. several fire calls including a kitchen grease fire. admissions, dismissals and births listed for local residents.
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13Th Street
Baldwin
Douglas County
Deborah
Armstrong
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Sierra
Rebecca J. Holland
Warrensburg
Lawrence
Starvard
Kansas Day at Kansas Museum of History Rescheduled
A Living Sunday story misdated Kansas Day activities at the Kansas Museum of History Topeka. Activities are now set for Friday to accommodate school groups. For information call 1-272-8681.
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Kansas Museum of History
Topeka
Lawrence Datebook Schedule of local meetings and sports
At 6 35 p m the Lawrence City Commission will discuss public service grants at city hall. Barker Neighborhood Assn meets at Lawrence Community Theatre basement to cover sidewalks traffic and social activities. Douglas County Children’s Network meets at SRS offices to review Riverfront Mall booths and 1994 goals. Douglas County Planning Commission discusses limiting bars downtown and the Southern Development Plan. Douglas County Commission meets at the county courthouse. At 7 p m KU men’s basketball hosts Oklahoma State at Allen Fieldhouse Stillwater.
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Lawrence Douglas County Planning Commission
Sixth
Massachusetts
Douglas County Commission
11Th
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Stillwater
Allen Fieldhouse
Journal-World home delivery times and pickup numbers
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