Water and the Future of Kansas conference in Lawrence
A daybook of activities lists events in Lawrence from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. including a Water and the Future of Kansas conference at the Holidome, health screenings for seniors, immunization clinics, storytimes at the public library, a homeless concerns meeting, a youth book club, Big Brothers Big Sisters info session, infant toddler playgroups, and a Lawrence City Commission meeting. Various venues include Lecompton Community Building, 200 Maine, and Trinity Episcopal Church.
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Water and the Future of
Kansas
Lawrence Holidome
McDonald Drive
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Lecompton
Elmore
Lawrence-Douglas County
Maine
Lawrence Public Library
Coalition of Homeless Concerns
Trinity Episcopal Church
Bookworms Unite
Big Brothers
Big Sisters of
Douglas County
E. Eighth St
Infant-Toddler Coordinating Council
27Th St
Lawrence
Emergency calls from Lawrence fire and medical services
Lawrence Douglas County Fire & Medical released a list of recent activations including several fire calls such as a building fire at 239 Ill and a gas leak on Kansas Highway 10 east of Lawrence, plus numerous medical emergencies across multiple streets and neighborhoods.
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Lawrence Douglas County
Greenway Circle
Campus Road
Kentucky Street
Harper Street
Tenn
Maine
Ill
15Th St
24Th St
Kansas
Lawrence
Maverick Lane
Lawrence Memorial Hospital Sees No Births On Monday
Lawrence Memorial Hospital reports no births on Monday. The quiet day reflects a brief pause in deliveries at the city hospital, with no complications or unusual incidents reported.
Ninth-Grade Cellist Wins Third Place in KC Concerto Contest
Correction: Brian Flescher, a ninth-grader at South Junior High, earned third plate in the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra High School Concerto Contest. The Journal World misidentified him in Sunday’s edition.
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Brian Flescher
South Junior High School
Kansas City Symphony Orchestra
Journal World
Kansas University to break ground on new engineering building
KU officials and donors will break ground for an 80,000 square foot $15 million private funded engineering building south of Learned Hall. The 3 story facility will house electrical engineering and computer science offices, labs, and a 230 seat classroom with a new named multimedia classroom. Sunrise Telecom financier Paul Chang pledges $500,000 toward the project.
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Kansas University
Learned Hall
Jill Hummels
School of Engineering
Paul Chang
Sunrise Telecom Inc
San Jose
Calif
Sunrise Telecom
Sprint
Verizon Wireless
SBC Communications
John Scarffe
KU Endowment Association
Paul
Virginia Miller
Hays
Paul Miller
Millers
Frank
Barbara Becker Lawrence
Frank Becker
Becker Corp
el Dorado
Charlie
Jane Spahr
Shake Heights
Ohio
Charlie Spahr
Standard Oil Co of
Spahrs
Hummels Saic
Collision at highway junction injures passenger in Perry vehicle
At 12 55 PM Monday a two vehicle crash at U S 24 and County Road 237 in Jefferson County injures Helen L Young 66 of Perry who rode in a 1987 Ford driven by George E Holliday Jr 54 also of Perry. The crash involved a 1989 Mercury driven by Ozankie and a 1987 Ford. Young was taken to St Francis Hospital in Topeka for evaluation. condition not released. Other items note a KU event with Carla Stovall and a Lawrence police arrest after a disturbance on Alabama Street.
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Jefferson County
Carl J. Kunz
Ozankie
George E. Holliday Jr
Perry
Holliday
Helen L. Young
St. Francis Hospital
Topeka
Lawrence
Alabama Street
Mike Pattrick
West 24Th Street
Lawrence Man
Teen named Youth of Year for Boys and Girls Club
Tamario Amey, 16, is the 2002 Youth of the Year for the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence. The award, sponsored by Reader's Digest and run by Boys and Girls Clubs of America, honors character leadership academics and service. Five regional winners from state winners win $5,000 scholarships and advance to the national contest in Washington DC.
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Tamario Amey
Lawrence
Reader's Digest Assn
Boys and Girls Clubs of America
Washington, D.C
Contact details for The Journal World staff and ads
The page lists newsroom and staff contacts including City Editor Mike Shields and News Editor John Taylor. It provides phone numbers for editorial departments, editors by role, and changes to advertising and circulation contacts. The contact page also notes online feedback forms at the paper site and a classifieds ad line.
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Call City
Mike Shields
News
Ljworld.com
Lawrence crematories regulated by state board begin inspections
The reader asks about local crematories in Lawrence and regulatory status. The only crematory in the immediate Lawrence area is at Rumsey Yost Funeral Home and Crematory, located at 601 Ind. Kansas requires crematories to be licensed by the Kansas Mortuary Arts Board as of January 1. Beginning later this year, crematories statewide will face periodic and random inspections.
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Lawrence
Rumsey-Yost
Kansas
Kansas Mortuary Arts Board
Call Sound Off Line for Public Questions
Call Sound Off at 832-7297 to hear the recording and leave your question. The service asks callers to record their inquiry and submit it for consideration.
On the Street on the Street
At Free State Brewery residents weigh KU basketball value amid bench strength. Randy Fitzgerald calls KU’s bench the nation’s best scoring boost while Keith Langford’s off bench impact and Nick Collison’s steady play draw praise from locals. Dan Penn cites Kirk Hinrich’s consistency balancing Aaron Miles’s inconsistency.
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Datebook
P.O
LAW Enforcement
Arizona Street
23Rd St
Florida Street
Pinecone Drive
New York Street
Harvard Road
West 11Th Street
Princeton Boulevard
Maine Street
Silver Leaf Lane
Baldwin
Orchard Lane
West 23Rd Street
Massachusetts Street
West Sixth Street
West 10Th Street
Broadview Drive
Journal-World
Melissa Lacey
Journal-World Photo
Eudora High School
Sarah Abel
Abel
Langston Hughes
Terry Rombeck
KU College Republicans
Carla Stovall
Stovall
Pine Room
Kansas Union
N.H
Richard Brack
Ijworld.com
John Taylor
Jworld.com
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflower.com
Ann Gardner
Chuck Woodling
Jan Biles
Jon Niccum
al Bonner
Dave Toplikar
Mark Fagan
Mfagan
Joe Lewis
By Michelle Burhenr
Free State
Duke
Randy Fitzgerald
Keith) Langford
Nathan Reed
Nick Collison
Drew) Gooden
Collison
Dan Penn
Kirk
Chad Bundy
Food Service
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