Lawrence Fourth of July events and markets schedule
Perry Lecompton Farmers Market runs 4 to 6 30 PM at Highway 24 and Ferguson Road in Perry. Tour of Lawrence bicycle races time TBA. Sister Cities by Kansas Summer Theatre 7 30 PM Stage Too Murphy Hall. Lawrence Originals Give Back Food Festival and Fireworks 4 PM food and music 9 45 PM fireworks Watson Park. First Time Homebuyers Workshop 9 30 AM to 1 30 PM United Way Building. Downtown Lawrence Farmers Market 7 AM to 11 AM New Hampshire Street.
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Mass Street Mile Race in Downtown Lawrence Sunday
Four Sunday Mass Street Mile starts at 9 a.m. in downtown Lawrence. Details and registrations available at massstreetmile.com. Datebook submissions accepted by mail or email. Meetings and Gatherings calendar updates in Saturday Journal-World. online listings at LJWorld.com/events.
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Police blotter notes no incidents for Thursday
Journal-World reports there were no police incidents to report on Thursday. The paper notes it prints burglaries only with losses of $1,000 or more unless unusual, protects victims by not naming them, and discloses arrestees only after charges. Assaults reported only if major injuries occur.
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Burger Stand at the Casbah opens July 1
Correction: The Burger Stand at the Casbah opened on July 1, not as previously reported on Thursday. The restaurant launched its service date to begin July 1.
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Mind er named new board president for district planning
Minder will lead the school board starting July 1 while studying district elementary schools after the board kept all elementaries open despite 4.6 million dollars in budget cuts for next year. He replaces Scott Morgan who remains on the board as a member. Mark Bradford chosen as vice president and chief of Lawrence Douglas County Fire Medical. The board plans boundary committee activation and ongoing dialogue on race and student achievement, with a July 19 meeting scheduled at district headquarters.
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Morgan's Year Ends With Budget Cuts Without Closings
Morgan's year as board president ended with a heated budget discussion and a compromise to cut 4.6 million without closing elementary schools. A community task force will study elementary schools this year while the district moves to four-year high schools and sixth to eighth grade middle schools in 2011 2012.
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Deaths Pierre Gerber, famed scholar and world traveler
Pierre Gerber born in Marseille educated in Strasbourg NYU classics and philosophy and taught at Rutgers Columbia UI Chicago Roosevelt University and Korea University. A versatile linguist and athlete he lived widely in the US Europe and Asia and died at home in Lawrence on April 25 leaving wife Elaine and daughter Michele. memorial service planned in spring and donations to charity for orphaned children requested.
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Funeral services for Steven V Reinert in Lawrence
Funeral services for Steven Vincent Vince Reinert aged 54 of Lawrence are set for 1 30 p m Wednesday at Warren McElwain Mortuary with a public viewing Tuesday from 5 to 6 30 p m at the mortuary family greeting hours.
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Lawrence group seeks Pepsi grant for school programs
Lawrence students and grads push for a $50,000 Pepsi Refresh Project grant to fund peer education anti bullying and anti discrimination programs at the district. With $4.6 million in cuts, outside funding could preserve positions for prevention efforts at LHS and Free State high schools. Rasmussen urges daily voting at refresheve ry.com/fyspeereducation.
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Parkinson backs Holland in Kansas gubernatorial race
Governor Mark Parkinson endorsed Democratic candidate Tom Holland over the Republican field, praising Holland Kultala as centrist leaders who can bridge divides. He criticized Trump era rhetoric, noted federal funds aiding the 2011 budget, and said he will campaign for Holland while staying silent on moderate Republicans.
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Kansas City picks new police chief Armstrong
Kansas City Kansas appoints Rick Armstrong as police chief replacing Sam Breshears who retired in June. Armstrong, a 32 year veteran and former deputy chief, rose from cadet through most ranks and holds degrees from Kansas University Mid-America Nazarene and Johnson County Community College.
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Submit Your Photos to Friends and Neighbors
The Journal-World invites readers to submit photos to Friends and Neighbors. Photos can be submitted online at LJWorld.com/submit/friend sandneighbors, or prints can be mailed to Friends and Neighbors, PO. Box 888, Lawrence, KS 66044.
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