Lawrence Datebook Highlights Local Events
All day events include Grandparents Day at the pools in Lawrence with multiple centers listed and contact numbers. The Farmers Market runs at two times, plus a wastewater plant tour in Eudora. Other items include an Upward Bound Powwow, an acoustic jam session, immunization clinics, WIC voucher pickup, a Douglas County Commission meeting, a school board budget presentation, Lecompton and Traffic Safety meetings, and health screenings for seniors at Pinecrest Apartments and Lecompton. Includes dates, locations, and phone numbers for community notices.
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Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center
Overland Drive
Swim
Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center
Farmers Market
10Th and
Vermont Streets
Eudora
Seventh St
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Maine
Douglas County Commission
Mass
Lawrence-Douglas County Health
Lawrence
McDonald Drive
Lecompton
Elmore St
Traffic Safety Commission
Sixth
Massachusetts
Pinecrest l
Walnut St
Douglas County Health Department
Tenth and
Big Brothers
Big Sisters of
Douglas County
E. Eighth St
Suite
Fire and EMS Call Log Highlights From Lawrence Area
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical reports multiple Thursday responses including smoke detector activations at 2727 Iowa and 2411 La. A false alarms at 4931 W xth shapes and 1555 Irving ran albe, several medical emergencies across areas such as East 21st Terrace Sage Brush Drive Harvard Road Packer Road and Clinton Parkway, plus vehicle and injury accidents on New Jersey Street West 19th Street and more. The Journal-World notes it prints only select police reports and limits identifications.
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Irving
Albe
Mass
East 21St Terrace
Sage Brush Drive
Harvard Road
Packer Road
West 19Th Street
Iowa Street
Clinton Parkway
Oak Street
New Jersey Street
West Sixth Street
St. Andrews Drive
Durham Court
Clinton Place
Louisiana Street
Andrews Drive
East Seventh Street
Lecompton
No births at Lawrence Memorial Hospital Friday
Lawrence Memorial Hospital reported no births on Friday. The Journal prints corrections for significant errors and invites readers to contact editors with concerns by phone or email.
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World
Ljworld.com
Total robbery case goes to jury at Lawrence store
Duwone Flowers testified that clerk Keith Jones asked him to help stage a fake robbery at Total convenience store on Sept 24 2000. An eight woman four man jury began deliberations on whether Flowers is guilty of aggravated robbery, with the judge briefed to resume Monday after no verdict by 5 30 p.m. Flowers, who faces a separate 4 1/2 year sentence for attempting to rob Wendy’s restaurant in December 2000, denied carrying a gun and said he intended to stash the money outside.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Duwone Flowers
Keith Jones
Jones
Flowers
Deliber
Robert Fairchild
Wendy’s
W. 23Rd St
Total
Area Briefs and Local Incidents Around Lawrence
Burglary at Pet World on 23rd Street involved a rock entry and full grown ferrets valued at 285 dollars and the cage at 100 dollars. A fire damaged part of Meadowbrook Apartments maintenance shed with no evacuations and limited damage data. Two Olathe teens injured in a two-vehicle crash near Baldwin Junction. drivers and passengers named with hospital treatment and injuries. A 9-week old puppy rescued from a hot car on Vermont Street. dog recovering with owner Ozawkie. Lawrence school board expected to grant Supt Randy Weseman a 5 percent raise to 127000 dollars, with a three-year contract renewal.
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Pet World
W. 23Rd St
Lawrence Palice
Meadowbrook Apartments
Lawrence Douglas County Fire & Medical
Bristol Terrace
Rob Kert
Kort
Olathe
Baldwin Junction
Jessica M. Alexander
U.S. Highway 56
U.S. Highway 59
Kansas Highway Patrol
Alexander
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Tammy Tokaishi
Jay S. Mannen
Topeka
Lawrence
Randy Weseman
Weseman
Contact details for Lawrence Journal World staff and ar ticle tips
The text lists newsroom contacts and departments for the Lawrence Journal World including City Editor Mike Shields and News Editor John Taylor with phone numbers and email addresses. It also provides ad classifications and circulation support hours and redelivery policy.
Why Lawrence mailmen walk instead of drive
Lawrence residents ask why some mail carriers now walk routes. Postal officials set routes and may switch to walking or park and loop variations for efficiency. Postmaster Bill Reynolds cannot discuss individual routes. callers can leave Sound Off questions at 832-7297.
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Lawrence
Bill Reynolds
Reynolds
Supreme Court drug tests in public high schools divide readers
On Massachusetts Street Kristin Callaway gathers opinions from Sara Beyerlein a South Junior High student and others including Chris Carter Lawrence headmaster Jim Kimsey Cornelia Go and Robert Reusing about the Supreme Court ruling allowing random drug tests in schools. Readers weigh in with mixed views on student privacy and school interest in keeping campuses drug free.
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Supreme Court
Chris Carter
Lawrence
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