City sanitation workers describe weekly tasks and pay rules
Sanitation staff in the city work daily from yard waste to bulk pickups and business collections. About 60 percent participate in a task incentive paying eight hours for completed work. typical routes take six hours, with five hours for neighborhood cleanups. Party switching at polls: unaffiliated voters must declare a party to vote in Tuesday’s primary. otherwise no ballot questions are available.
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Sanitation Department
Bob Yoos
Yoos
Douglas County
Patty Jaimes
Jaimes
Sound Off question line details from Journal-World
Instructions for submitting a question to Sound Off via the Journal-World Access line, including the phone number 865‑5000 and category entry 7478, followed by a recorded prompt requesting the caller to leave their question.
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Journal-World Access
Journal-World News
J-W
Four injured in Kansas Highway 32 collision near Tonganoxie
Four people were treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a Friday afternoon crash at the Kansas 32 Leavenworth County Road No. 1 intersection near Tonganoxie. Kevin Sneed and John Morgan collided after Morgan pulled into the intersection. Morgan was admitted to LMH and passenger Lola Mitchell was LifeFlighted to KU Medical Center. Sneed and his passenger Brett Bidnick were treated and released. A separate birth: Brad and Michelle Graf, Ottawa, welcomed a boy Friday.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Kansas
Morgan
Lola Mitchell
Tonganoxie
Kansas University Medical Center
Sneed
Brett Bidnick
Bonner Springs
LMH
Children's Network PTA PTO Fair at Douglas County 4‑H Fairgrounds
The Douglas County PTA PTO Fair runs 10 a.m. to noon on August 6 at the 4‑H Fairgrounds with booths from Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence DCCCA Bert Nash and local schools to highlight services for children and door prizes. An atomic bomb remembrance vigil from noon to 1 p.m. August 6 at Ninth and Massachusetts invites symbols for peace organized by the Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice. Lawrence High student Tom Johnson is chosen for the Kansas Masonic All-State High School Band.
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Douglas County
Nash Community Mental Health Center
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Ninth
Massachusetts
Partici
The
Lawrence Coalition For Peace and Justice
Band members receive instruction for state program
Johnson sponsored by Lawrence Masonic Lodge No 6 and Katey Lohmann sponsored by ACADIA Masonic Lodge join 200 students statewide for band instruction through Aug 6. The group performs at halftime of the East West Shrine Bowl at Haskell Stadium on Aug 6. Lohmann, a junior, was first chair French horn this spring and will play mellophone with the all state band.
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Johnson
Lawrence Masonic Lodge
Katey Lohmann
LHS
Acadia Masonic Lodge
Lohmann
Haskell Stadium
Sunflower State Games and Local Community Events
Lawrence datebook notes Sunflower State Games events at various locations with a contact line 865-4490. Sunday schedule includes Linwood Lions Chicken Barbecue to fund Lions scholarships, Douglas County Charity Pro Rodeo at 4-H Fairgrounds to aid Big Brothers Big Sisters, and Clinton Lake Fisheries program at Clinton Lake State Park. Also a political polling note with Access contact 865-5000 and vote categories 3500 and 3501.
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Volkswalk
Volkswim
Linwood Lions
Linwood Community Building
Douglas County
Fairgrounds
Harper
Big Brothers
Big Sisters
Clinton Lake Fisheries
Clinton Lake State Park
Richard Sanders
Kansas
Department of Wildlife and Parks Fisheries
Personal views on alcohol marijuana and sex freedom
The speaker weighs harm from alcohol and marijuana and argues for personal choice in consumption and sex. They acknowledge not doing drugs and question imposing rules, asserting individual autonomy despite mixed views.
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Children’s Network
Coalition
Acadia Masonic Lodge No. 9
Kansas Masonic
the Journal-World
Lawrence High School
Tom Johnson
Lawrence
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U.S
Robert Casad Jr
Cindy Vandekerkhove
Lenexa
Scott Padon
Overland Park
Dinorah Bommarito
St. Louis
Journal-World
Bill Snead
Bob Nordyke
Caroline Trowbridge
Tom Fisher
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Chuck Woodling
Nancy Smith
Mason King
Gwyn Mellinger
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