Lawrence city faces debt from 1994 sales tax projects
City records detail four debt issues from a countywide sales tax approved in 1994 led by the Lawrence Aquatic Center at 2.445 million and the Community Recreation Center at 12.335 million. Proceeds funded the East Lawrence Recreation Center and the Adult Softball Complex while a redirected plan financed a joint health facility and an indoor aquatic center design remains undecided.
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Q. Lawrence
Mike Wildgen
Lawrence Aquatic Center
East Lawrence Recreation Center
Lawrence
Call Sound Off Line for Journal World Access
Readers are invited to submit questions by calling the Journal-World Access line at 865 5000 and selecting category 7478, where a recording instructs callers to leave their question.
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Journal-World Access
One arrested in stabbing in Eudora
A 43 year old Eudora man, Charles O Neill, remained jailed after a neighbor stabbing Friday night in the 1400 block of Acorn. Timothy Unrein, 42, was treated and released. O Neill was hospitalized briefly and charged later with aggravated battery.
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Eudora
Charles O'Neill
Acorn
Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Timothy Unrein
Lawrence City Band to Present Annual Children’s Concert
The Lawrence City Band will perform its annual children's concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the gazebo at South Park 11th and Massachusetts. The program features Sousa, Disney, Holsinger, Ellington, Goldman and others in a family friendly program.
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Lawrence City Band
South Park
11Th
Massachusetts
John Philip Sousa
Frank Erickson
David Holsinger
Ellington
Duke Ellington
G.H. Huffine
the Whistler
His
Arthur Pryor
Leroy Anderson
John Higgins
Hay bale accident injures man in Douglas County
Area brief reports a man was injured around 7 p m near 681 E 300 Road western Douglas County while lifting a hay bale in a wagon behind a tractor. He toppled before the wagon as witnesses said the wheels missed him. the axle rolled over his shoulder causing a break. He was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and released Saturday afternoon.
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Eudora
Greg Dahlem
Dahiem
Douglas County
Douglas County Fire & Medical
Wilson
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
States restrict teen driving, callers discuss driving age
Sam Mellinger asks readers about teen driving limits. Marian Martinez, KU graduate student, Lawrence, says teens must drive due to lack of transit and working parents. A respondent argues for driver education as a prerequisite, proposing permissive age with solid instruction.
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Marian Martinez
Lawrence
Lawrence datebook outlines bookmobile visits and health screenings
The Lawrence Douglas County Datebook lists Bookmobile stops at Holcomb Park Harvard Monterey Way and Broken Arrow Park with storytimes, plus health screenings for seniors at Lecompton and Babcock Place with fees. City events include Lawrence City Commission and City Band concert at South Park and various park storytimes and registrations.
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Y Am
Douglas County
11Th
Massachusetts
Holcom Park
Lawrence Avenue
Dad Perry Ark
Harvard
Monterey Way
Broken Arrow Park
31St
Louisiana
Lecompton
Lawrence- Douglas County Health Department
Lawrence Public Library
Lawrence City Commission
City Hall
Sixth
Centennial Park
Bucky’s
Ninth Street
Edgewood Park
15Th
Deerfield Park
Princeton Boulevard
Arrowhead
Babcock Place
Mass
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Douglas County Commission
Lawrence City
South Park
Brandon Woods
Prairie Commons
Vermont Towers
Presbyterian Manor
Drury Place
Brandon Woods Assisted Care Unit
Datebook submissions contact details
To submit items for Datebook call 832-7748 or write to Datebook box 888 Lawrence 66044. Email is datebook ljworld.cor.
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Datebook
Box
Lawrence
Ljworld
Burglary and theft reported at Alpha Tau Omega house
Lawrenc e police report multiple burglaries including two dark red leather sofas and 16 items totaling 17250 dollars at the Alpha Tau Omega house in the 1500 block of Tennessee between June 3 and 4. Several suspects arrested on various charges including theft narcotics aggravated burglary and DUI with bail set or held pending court appearances. Emergency calls list fires medical incidents and accidents across Lawrence and surrounding areas with hospital transfers and injuries noted. Short court notices include marriage licenses issued and on the record pairings, plus births in Lawrence and Baldwin communities.
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Alpha Tau Omega House
Tennessee
Lawrence
Lorenzo James McCoy
Topeka
Jess Shans
Douglas County
Lawrence Palice
David Christopher Fortin
Adrian Paul Burke
Ottawa
Justin Lee Carey
Tie
North 1250
Acorn
Eudora
West Campus
Baldwin
East 300 Road
Hiday
Lanwrence Memorial Hospital
Harvard
Inverness
West Sixth
Lawrence Merttorial Hospital
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Tom Wilson
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Katie Mangelsdorf
Pet
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Palm Beach Gardens
Fla
Marian Headley
Hutchinson
LAW Enforcement
Michigan
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Balin
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John A. Greeson
Wilona D. Decker
Chad C. Miller
Geraldine M. Coffman
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Ronald Curtis Mead
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Marcia Lynn Duid
Kelli R. Boehringer
Overland Park
Shane M. Curry
Richard Jones
Martha Hernandez
Jamies E. Jolly
Overbrook
Jody Lynn Snow
Jason Keith Moreland
Brandy Renee Finch
William Joseph Wolvington
Stephanie Dawn Ortiz
James H. McCormick
Patricia A. Bender
Bryant R. Bremer
Jill Elaine Kolesar
Ronald A. Spain
Andrea C. Alcala
Hayden E. Krizman
Kitball
Crangle
Justin Courtney
Jodi Spurlock
Joel and
Cyndi Phillips
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Roger Verdon
Rverdon
John Taylor
Jworld.com
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Agardner
Chuck Woodling
Jill Hummels
Jhummels
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