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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1998
Page
7
The privately owned Holiday Park pool will not reopen this summer. Owner Dennis Barritt plans to build five houses on 3103 W Ninth, saying repairs are costly as chlorine has damaged pipes and city competition with a new pool weighs in. Land developed in the 1960s anticipated replacement in about seven years. Construction date not set.
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Lawrence resident Krederick Timms plans a 62 mile trek starting just after midnight on February 18 from Lone Elm to Lawrence weather permitting. He has no car for three years and says he walks everywhere to stay fit. He previously walked from Baldwin City for church and will dedicate the journey to Megan, a friend who died.
A string of medical emergencies and injuries across multiple blocks and towns including New Hampshire Erie North 200 Road Wellsville and East 1400 Road. Entries mention medical responses, a non transport status at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and several birth notices including a girl and a boy born in Lawrence and McLouth over Friday and Saturday.
Today features a 3 p.m. Spanish English storytime at Lawrence Public Library 707 West. County Commission and county court at 11th and Massachusetts, 7 p.m. Lawrence school board at the service center 3705 Clinton Parkway. Bookmobile visits include Holcomb Park 9 to 10 a.m. and multiple neighborhood stops with storytimes, plus a township meeting at 400 West 31st. Registration required for toddlers.
Sam Mellinger reports on a new state measure restricting late term abortions. Martin Miller, a lawyer, states that abortion is for women to decide and that many men should stay out of the issue, stressing personal choice and limited public control.
Jennifer Vannatta, 24, of Leawood, a Kansas University graduate, was crowned Miss Kansas at Pratt Community College defeating eighteen contestants. She will represent Kansas in the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City on September 19, 1997, taking over from Lesley Moss. Runner-ups include Shantel Ringter, Susan Prince, Deanna Teske, and Kandee Marchel from Sylvan Grove, Hays, St. Marys, and Liberal.
Cynthia Homberger received the PhD Alumni Award from the KU School of Nursing. Cynthia M. Mulford earned the Cornelius Grotzinger Award for Audiology and the Lawrence Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship. David Weroha won the June Hull Sherrid Scholarship. Separately, Rhonda Elaine Veal and Monisha Danelle Smith, both of Kansas City, were arrested for forgery after attempting two bank forgeries in Douglas County.
Several local residents received special honors as part of Kansas University's graduation in May. From the School of Medicine Leila Lara Reduque and Jennifer Lynn Weiford were honored. Reduque received the Kasumi Arakaga Distinguished Professorship Award for academic and clinical excellence in anesthesiology. Weiford received the Mahlon H. Delp Award for the Kansas City campus for integrity and compassion.
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