Trust Women PAC disbanded amid abortion clinic funding questions
TOPERA AP Kansas based abortion rights group Trust Women PAC closed operations after facing critics who allege the PAC financed the start of Dr. George Tiller's Wichita clinic. FEC records show limited candidate contributions and $4 262 in penalties. Burkhart defends the decision as focus on direct care.
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Social Service League weighs thrift store move amid rent, rehab
The Social Service League Thrift Store near Ith and New Hampshire struggles to pay its $2,000 monthly lease while facing a temporary relocation during hotel construction. Leaders plan to stay put due to closed alley access and a coming internal renovation funded with about $30,000 in grants, as the store extends hours to 40 per week to attract donations and sales.
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Jean Ann Pike
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Rhode Island Streets
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Lawrence
Doug Compton
Law
Fiesta grows from small fund raiser to crowd of 12000
As of 5 30 p m Friday the fiesta spirit spreads to a throng expected to reach nearly 12 000 by the final night Food including enchiladas will be served Saturday from 6 to 10 p m with a Mariachi group and church fiesta dancers performing between A live band closes the party nightly from 8 to 11 30 p m Former chairman and co organizer Buddy Langford said the fiesta began in the early 1980s after St John split its parish It grew beyond any plan to grow and go Lemus noted the event now typically attracts a large crowd and community participation
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Fiesta weekend blends food music and history in Lawrence
Friday and Saturday events feature Mariachi Girasol and Picante with DJ Ritmo, St Johns Fiesta Dancers, carnival games, and moonwalks for kids. Funds raised support St John’s Catholic School Spanish program and scholarships while recalling the La Yarda community’s railroad era roots in Lawrence. Forecasters expect humid days with 90s highs easing by evening.
Lawrence firm wins fifth place in Governor's award
Grandstand Glassware and Apparel of Lawrence earned fifth place in the Governor's Appreciation Business of the Year Award for expanding its East Hills Business Park operations. The firm led by former Kansas University player Chris Piper grew capital investments to over $6 million, expanded production and warehouse space to 150,000 square feet, and increased staff to 97 full-time equivalents from 45 since 2011. The same text notes KU School of Pharmacy ranking and residency trends cited by Associate Dean Harold Godwin, highlighting growing post graduate training options for Pharm.D. graduates.
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Library to open health resource center at Seventh and Vermont
LMH expands library with a health resource center opening July 26 featuring a health education librarian and monthly topics in 2015. The center will host stroke month displays, talks by survivors and a neurologist, and move some LMH courses like Build Your Village and Stepping On to larger library spaces, funded by a $50,000 capital campaign donation.
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