Lawrence Datebook highlights busy city schedule
A packed day in Lawrence features health screenings for seniors at multiple sites, immunization clinics, toddler and storytimes at the library, a Sogetsu Ikebana presentation, a Prairie Acres Garden Club event, a farmers market, and various meetings. Additional items include a Big Brothers Big Sisters informational meeting, a Lawrence City Commission session, hospital board meeting, and multiple library programs for children and teens.
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Eudora
Pinecrest II
Walnut
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Maine
Lawrence Public Library
Sue Looney
Sogetsu
Loose Park Gardens
Prairie Acres Garden Club
Farmers Market
Vermont Street
Big Brothers
Big Sisters of
Douglas County
E. Eighth St
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital Board
LMH
Lawrence- Douglas County Health Department
Babcock Place
Mass
Books
East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp. Food Distribution
Penn House
Big Brothers Big Sisters of
Children’s Room
Jay
Leslie Seifert Cady
Judicial & Law Enforcement Center
E. 11Th St
Douglas County Commission
River City
Lions Club
Perkins
W. 23Rd St
South Park
Fastest growing and shrinking Kansas counties since 2000
Since the 2000 census Johnson County has grown fastest in Kansas at 5.6 percent, per the U S Census Bureau. Jewell County in north central Kansas has lost 7.8 percent of its population.
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Kansas County
Johnson County
U.S. Census Bureau
Jewell County
Kansas
Call Sound Off Hotline Instructions
Readers are urged to call the Sound Off line at 832-7297 to leave questions. A recorded prompt guides callers through the process and requests the user to submit their query for potential publication.
Bus services merged for KU and Lawrence debated
In Massachusetts and Kansas University communities, residents discuss combining KU and Lawrence bus services. Joy Harris says cutting waste would help. Amber Green cites reduced gas costs. Beth Jones notes housing areas needing KU buses. Christy Church expects time savings from shared routes.
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Massachusetts
Kansas University
Lawrence
Beth Jones
Clarksville
Tenn
Christy
On the Record Emergency Calls and Stray Dogs
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical logged a Sunday shift of five fire incidents including a building fire at 2201 Harper Street and a smoke scare at 609 West 29th Terrace plus alarms and a trash fire. Stray dogs brought to shelter include a 1 year old neutered Chihuahua with blue collar a Labrador Dane mix a Mastiff and a Basset Hound and a 10 year old Bichon Frise with a black collar.
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Harper St
29Th Terrace
Lawrence Ave
E. 11Th St
Mass
N.H
Chihuahua
Hospital report notes births and animal details in brief
Lawrence Memorial Hospital reported no births Monday. The Journal World notes it does not print all police reports. It generally covers burglaries with $1000+ losses, serious assaults, holdups, and robberies, protecting victims and withholding names until charges.
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Journal-World
Corrections fix captions and omit student in story
The Journal-World corrects a photo caption misidentifying George Francis Mark Kaplan and Dave Evans. Hannah Frydman competes in National History Day in College Park and earned third in junior individual documentary Defying the Constitution at the state contest. she was previously omitted from a Sunday Arts & Living piece.
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Mark Kaplan
Dave Evans
Journal-World
George Francis
Kaplan
Evans
Hannah Frydman
College Park
Central
Frydman
America
Journal-World contact and staff directory
A dense contact page lists newsroom editors and department heads at Journal-World with phone lines for subscriptions and billing plus specific line items for obituaries photo reprints and classifieds. includes in-town redelivery guarantee and outside Lawrence numbers. Names include Richard Brack John Taylor Mike Shields Ann Gardner Chuck Woodring Mindie Paget Jon Niccum Chad Lawhorn Dave Toplikar Al Bonner Joe Lewis and more.
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John Taylor
Ljworld
Mike Shields
Mshields
Ann Gardner
Gardner
Chuck Woodring
L Jworld
Mindie Paget
Mpaget
Ljworld.com
Jon Niccum
Jniccum
Chad Lawhorn
Clawhorn
Lawrence district approves pay raise and Weseman renewal
The Lawrence school board unanimously renewed Supt. Randy Weseman’s three year contract and approved an average 3.5 percent salary and benefits boost for all district employees. Weseman will earn 130 320 annually with four weeks vacation plus standard health insurance and a five day professional sabbatical. The 3.5 percent raise for teachers hinges on LEA ratification. 750 classified staff will receive the same increase. Health premium costs rise 19 percent next year, shifting more cost to employees while life insurance was dropped for teachers in favor of enhanced vision coverage. The district projects at least 1.7 million in budget cuts to fund the changes.
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Lawrence
Randy Weseman
Scott Morgan
Weseman
Lawrence Education Assn
LEA
Austin Turney
Morgan
Lawrence School Board Briefs Honored Mary Loveland for Public Education Service
Mary Loveland was named the first recipient of an annual Award for Outstanding Service to Public Education in the Lawrence school district. She is completing her fourth term on the board, the longest-serving member in district history, saying the award honors 16 years of commitment. The board also voted to drop flood and earthquake insurance and consider terrorism coverage. annual property liability for 2003-04 is estimated at 269,100 with a 6.2 percent premium rise.
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Mary Loveland
Lawrence
Randy Weseman
Mary
Sue Morgan
Loveland
Scott Morgan
Jack Davidson
Rick Gammill
St. Paul Insurance Co
Gammill
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