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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 2011
Page
2
A tourist boat with 188 on board sank quickly in Kuibyshev reservoir amid wind and rain. Two bodies recovered. survivors say about 30 children gathered in a cockpit before sinking. Crews opened two lifeboats, only one released. By morning, two bodies found in 66-foot deep waters.
Rescue teams recovered 67 bodies from a passenger train wreck near Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh. Soldiers used gas cutters to access mangled coaches as officials investigate the cause while over 100 injured were pulled from the 12 shattered cars amid reports the Kalka Mail emergency braking saved cattle on the tracks.
Pentagon chief Leon Panetta, on a trip from Afghanistan to Iraq, urged Iraqi leaders to decide soon on keeping a residual U.S. force beyond year's end. He warned of rising U.S. deaths from Iranian-made bombs and prepared talks with Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki as Iraq remains politically divided and lacks defense and interior ministers.
Cambridge will start paying public employees a stipend to offset federal taxes on health insurance for same sex spouses. About 22 workers face the tax, with costs ranging from 1500 to 3000 dollars annually. city estimates the program will cost roughly 33000 dollars.
A 13 year old girl, Mikal Bond of Maple Hill, was hit by a Ford pickup driven by Kathy Robb after failing to stop at a stop sign on North 1100 Road and East 1500 Road. She was flown by LifeStar to a Kansas City area hospital in critical condition. The crash occurred about 7:30 a.m. Sunday during the Lizard Under the Skillet ride by the Lawrence Bicycle Club. The pickup driver and a passenger were uninjured.
The Endacott Society at Kansas University offers a singing club and other activities for faculty and staff retirees, with about 400 eligible, 100 regularly attending. Led by Roberta Spires and Bruce Linton, the group meets at the Adams Alumni Center, has sponsorship via an endowed fund and dues, and welcomes spouses and Alumni Association members who contribute.
KU graduate student Emily Mangus works five hours daily in Learned Hall to develop an injectable gel like substance for liver regeneration. The project aims to extend life for transplant candidates or provide treatment, supported by a three year NSF Graduate Research Fellowship worth 90000 dollars. Mangus conducts experiments under sterile hood conditions with mouse cells in a 24 well plate, hopeful for breakthrough.
Cory Berkland and Michael Delamore, associate professors of chemical and petroleum engineering, praise Mangus a doctoral bioengineering student. Delamore notes her talent in education, research, and outreach and cites her potential to aid patients if she develops a new liver regeneration technology.
Nine schools plan to offer fresh snack options, expanding access to healthier choices. Officials say program aims to improve student nutrition and promote active, balanced meals across districts.
Nine Lawrence elementary schools will again offer in classroom snacks funded by a 147,650 USDA grant to boost healthy eating. The program covers Broken Arrow Cordley Hillcrest Kennedy New York Pinckney Prairie Park Schwegler Woodlawn and Sunset Hill, with snacks weekly for many students eligible for free or reduced price lunches. Last year nearly 3,500 students sampled 37 items including pears, squash, grapes, cantaloupe, kiwi and more, and the program aims to reach about 50 per student this year despite sixth-graders moving to middle school.
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