Students race cross country in Great Race caravan
Lawrence High School students prepare a decades-old Chevy for a cross country Great Race to Florida then California and back. Organizers Tenpenny and Crady follow on Harley bikes as the crew, including four drivers, budgets fuel, hotel rooms, and spare parts for the two‑week trip.
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Journal-World
Tenpenny
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Lawrence
Bailey
Ted Crady
California
Lawrence High Auto Club funds drive at Westside 66 for Race appeal
Lawrence High School Auto Club members will pump gas at Westside 66, 2815 W Sixth St, today from 8 to noon and 1 to 3, with regular unleaded at 1.92. Owner Richard Haig pledges 10 cents per gallon to the club's Race fund. donations accepted. Club roster includes Michael Davis, John Burton, Jacob Smith, Brandon Hardtaker, Ruth Wharton, A J Averson, Dane Morris, Brent Yulich, Kyle Cobb, Matt Flourie. The event ties to a wine and cheese race with cars from a 1919 Cole to a 1934 Indy 500 racer displayed in a makeshift parade tomorrow morning at Dillons parking lot. Public stops include Fort Scott and Ottawa. Staff writer Lindsay Hanson.
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Brandon Hardtaker
Ruth Whartman
A.J. Averson
Dane Morris
Brent Yulich
Kyle Cobb
Matt Flourie
Tenpenny
Lawrence
Dillons
Sixth St
Fort Scott
Ottawa
Overland Park
Boy drowns while riding dam water chute. brother dies
Brandon Dornbusch, 12, died after attempting to ride the spillway chute of a dam on the Chippewa River. His 14-year-old brother Justin attempted a rescue and was swept into the same hydraulics. Local deputy described the chute as deadly and not a water slide.
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Chippewa
Watson
Tim Christensen
Chippewa County
Minnesota
Brandon
Justin
Life magazine returns as weekly newspaper supplement
Time Inc restarts Life as a Friday weekly supplement in over 50 major papers this fall. The title dates to the late 1800s as a humor magazine and became a Time Inc weekly in 1936, with previous shutdowns in 1972 and 2000 before this revival.
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Time Inc
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New York Daily News
Miami Herald
City may boost budget for library in Lawrence plan
Lawrence eyes a 2.75 million library budget increase to raise per capita spending to 33.70, fund tech upgrades and expanded collections, and raise salaries. The plan, tied to grants and state funds, would require about a half-mill property tax increase totaling roughly 8.25 dollars per owner.
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Fee increases recommended during budget session
During Wednesday's budget session, commissioners recommended higher fees for several city services. Golf at Eagle Bend would rise 50 cents to 20.50 per round. public pool entry would rise 50 cents to 1.75 per day. trash pickup would go up 2 percent to 11.48 per month. A 30 June study session resumes the talks.
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Rundle
Boog Highberger
David Schauner
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