Sounds Off on Computer Fax Calls and Lotto Law Debate
Home phones ring hourly at night with a computer generated fax tone. Local phone‑company options are limited. long‑distance origin blocks fail and call blocking tech is ineffective. A spokesperson notes tracing is hard. changing numbers for 30 days remains a possible stopgap. The piece also covers a state lottery debate tied to fund‑raisers by CASA and Cottonwood rubber duck race, with officials denying illegality and insisting entries were donations.
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Southwestern Bell
Mike Scott
Cottonwood
CASA
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Mary Horsch
Attorney General's Office
Call Sound Off Line With Access Category 7478
Readers are instructed to call the Journal-World Access line at 865-5000 and enter category 7478 to hear a recording inviting them to leave a question for Sound Off. The notice provides procedural steps for submitting inquiries.
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Journal-World Access
Journal-World News
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Snake Phobia talk at Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Joe Collins, zoologist and editor at the Kansas University Museum of Natural History, will host a free one hour program titled Snake Phobia at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The talk starts at 7 p.m. in the hospital auditorium. Call 749-5800 to enroll or for more information.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Joe Collins
Kansas University Museum of Natural History
LMH
Collins
Center For North American Amphibians and
I Tiles
Lawrence
Church to honor two longtime members in service appreciation
Lawrence's Second Christian Church will recognize Birdia Williams and Mable Edwards at a 3:30 p.m. service Sunday at 1245 Conn. Williams has 49 years and Edwards 51 years of church service, totaling 100 years between them. Turner said attendees from across the country and a former pastor will attend. For more information call 843-2118. In other news, four Lawrence police officers and 12 to 15 Big Brothers program boys head to Lone Star Lake for a two day camping trip featuring cookout, archery, and horse riding.
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Second Christian Church
Conn
Birdia Williams
Mable Edwards
Cynthia Turner
Williams
Edwards
Turner
Lawrence
Lone Star Lake
Rick Nickell
Damon Thomas
Scott Chamberlain
Jay Bialek
Mike Monroe
Multiple Injuries and Fire Calls Reported in Lawrence Area
Lawrence police report two car crashes injuring Shirley Williams of Eudora and Andrew Scoular of Lawrence, with Kilgore cited for failing to yield. Additional injuries from a 23rd Street auto crash and a motorcycle mishap near 21st and Iowa noted. Fire department responded to false alarm, gas odor, and a good intent call. Divorces listed for numerous couples, and births noted for Chad Cline and Nicole Garrett in Lawrence.
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Shirley Williams
Eudora
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Eighth
Andrew Scoular
Ohio
16Th
Barker
William Kilgore
Johnson Ave
Scoular
Kilgore
Charles Ritter
Salina
West 23Rd
David Wheaton
Lawrence
21St
Iowa
Wakarusa
Inverness
Lawrence datebook highlights in Lawrence events
A daily listing of local events includes a Tour de Cure fundraiser at Haskell's Coffin Sports Complex with 7 30 a m check in, bake sales at Prairie Park Neighborhood Association and 706 Locust in Eudora, an immunization clinic at Holcom Recreation Center, a retirement reception for Dan Jaimes at Central Junior High, and an advocacy group meeting at Lawrence Senior Center. The day ends with a Lawrence school board meeting and a public opinion poll on pole signs and a medical license voting prompt via J W Access.
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Lawrence
Haskell
Coffin
The
American Diabetes Assn
Prairie Park
East 27Th
Ponderosa
Christopher Moore
Locust
Eudora
Holcom Recreation Center
27Th St
Dan Jaimes
Central Junior High
Lawrence Senior Center
Lawrence School Board
Clinton Pkwy
Living: D-Day veteran shares his story
A brief feature profiles a World War II veteran recounting his D-Day memories. Highlights the veteran's service, hometown ties, and reflections on the war's legacy for readers.
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Yankees
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