Lawrence Datebook Highlights Community Events
8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Building a Better Community Bert Nash Mental Health Summit at Lied Center. 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Food Fare 2001 at Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds Building 21. registration 3.50. 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Cohousing site tour at Delaware Street Commons. business meeting 10 a.m. to noon. 9:30 a.m. Registration for Most Beautiful Baby Contest at West Ridge Mall. competition 10:45 a.m. Noon to 4 p.m. Lawrence Humane Society Adopt-a-Pet at Petco. 7 p.m. Saturday Nites Main Event youth lock-in for grades 3-6 at East Lawrence Center. 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Caring Hearts Dance at Ramada Inn Regency Ballroom Topeka.
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Bert Nash
Secornty Summit
Lied Center
Douglas County
Fairgrounds
Delaware Street Commons
Del
West Ridge Mall
Topeka
Lawrence Humane Society Adoptar Pet
Petco
Jawa
East Lawrence Center
15Th St
Ramada Inn Regency Ballroom
S.E. Sixth St
Burglaries and thefts reported in Lawrence area
Five microphones and a guitar were stolen from Assembly of God Church at 3200 Clinton Parkway with losses listed at 800 dollars. A 1998 Hyundai Tiburon was vandalized in the 200 block of North Michigan, with damage listed at 1,000 dollars. A stolen 1986 Ford Crown Victoria was found at a residence on Stairstep Road after leads from the Sheriff's Department. An injury incident involved a 40 year old man pinned by a vehicle on Valley Lane. Emergency calls include multiple fire, medical, and vehicle accident responses across Lawrence and nearby areas.
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Assembly of God Church
Clinton Parkway
North
Michigan
Lawrence
Douglas County
Midwest Motors
Second St
Valley Lane
Phillip E. Lersman
Lawrence-Douglas
Maine Street
West 31St Street
West 27Th Street
Main Street
Eudora
Massachusetts Street
West 13Th Street
Connecticut Street
New Hampshire Street
Iowa Street
Eisenhower Memorial Drive
Lecompton
Overland Drive
Vermont Street
Fifth Street
West Sixth Street
Inverness Drive
Birth Announcements Include Girl for Betts Family
Bill and Angel Betts of Garnett welcome a baby boy on Thursday. W Stitt Robinson, former Kansas University history professor, was misidentified in a photo caption in Friday's Journal World.
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Bill and
Angel Betts
Garnett
W. Stitt Robinson
Kansas University
Journal-World
Kansas Day celebration introduces Kansas heritage at Fort Leavenworth
Fifth grader Madison McClain time travels back to the 1870s as a U S Cavalry officer during Kansas Day at Eisenhower Elementary. Students role play frontier life with period costumes, crafts, livestock, and a one room schoolhouse reenactment. Volunteers from the Frontier Army Museum help guide the immersion as teachers emphasize heritage and agriculture.
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Fort Leavenworth
Madison McClain
U.S
Madison
Eisenhower Elementary School
Fort’s
Germany
Kansas
Ken Cheves
Lawrence
Debbie Sack
Regina Shaver
Buffalo
Molly Hadfield
Morgan Warner
Shaver
Molly
Morgan
Alice Swan
McClain
Friends of the Frontier Army Museum
Eisenhower
Mike Yoder
Journal-World Photo
Eisenhower Elementary
U.S. Cavalry
Lawrence Briefs: Woman Arrested After Altercation Near Sixth
A 23 year old woman protesting a DUI arrest was arrested for battery on a law enforcement officer and disorderly conduct after hurling an object at an officer during the arrest of a 22 year old man in the 1500 block of West Sixth Street. Police found marijuana on the driver. both suspects face pending charges. A Free State High student was suspended amid an alleged sexual battery in a school restroom involving a 18 year old suspect. Probation details not released. Police investigate theft of 500 year old Chinese cloisonné porcelain ducks and jewelry from an 89 year old man's Brandon Woods Terrace apartment. valued at 2000 dollars. The elderly man died before a meeting with his son to file a report. investigation ongoing.
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Lawrence
West Sixth Street
Mike Pattrick
Pattrick
Free State
Douglas County
Contact Details and newsroom staff contacts
Directory style notice lists local and toll free numbers for the Lawrence Journal-World and its web feedback form. It provides phone lines for City Editor Mike Shields and other editors, along with addresses and emails for various departments and circulation inquiries. It also notes hours for newspaper delivery and redelivery services.
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Mike Shields
News
Ljworld.com
Cat killing case moves to district court in Douglas County
Sound Off readers discuss the escalating cat mutilation case reported by the Journal-World. The case has been transferred from municipal to Douglas County District Attorney’s Office for possible charges. no decision made as of Friday. Calls to the municipal court clerk or municipal prosecutor provide appearance dates. The paper will continue coverage and notes PETA concerns on page 3B.
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Journal-World
Municipal Prosecutor's Office
Douglas County District Attorney’s Office
PETA
Should campus police be armed debate on campus safety
On the Street panel at KU and Washburn discusses arming campus police. Levi Chronister reports contrasting views from Andy Anderson Dana Brown and Matt Gibbon about whether armed officers are appropriate, noting safety versus risk and campus context.
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Andy Anderson
Lawrence
Dana Brown
Matt Gibbon
Washburn
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Tall
P.O
Jworld.com
LAW Enforcement
Lawrence Douglas County
23Rd St
Kei Daloe
Carpenter
Diane Buck
Buck
Watkins
Baldwin
Vinland
Lynda Allen
Native Sons and Daughters of
University of North Carolina
Dean Smith
Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker
Kansas State University
Jon Wefald
June Windscheffel
Native Sons and Daughters
Kansas Ben Topeka
Capitol Plaza Hotel
National Agricultural Center
Hall of Fame
Bonner Springs
Lidsey Wepking
Wepking
Lawrence Briefs
Police
Lawrence Public Schools
N.H
Richard Brack
John Taylor
Bernie Re
Ann Gardner
Ngardner
Chuck Woodling
Jan Biles
Jon Niccum
World.com
Mark Fagan
Mfagan
al Bonner
Maria Preston
Mpreston
L Jworld.com
Joe Lewis
Levi Chronister
Chris Rittenmeyer
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