Lawrence Datebook: Morning health screening and city events
Lane Lawrence Daybook lists events from 9 a.m. to 6:35 p.m. Health screening for 60 plus at Babcock Place 1700 Mass. Résumé help at KU Career & Employment Services KU Kansas Union. Books and Babies storytime at Lawrence Public Library. Registration required for 11:10 a.m. session. Big Brothers Big Sisters meeting at 21 E Eight St Suite 6. Kaw Valley Older Women’s League talk on supplements. Volunteer Income Tax Assistance for low income elderly and disabled at Resident Services and Salvation Army. Homework Nights at Lawrence Public Library Zone. Douglas County Commission meeting at the county courthouse.
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Career & Employment Services
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Marie Cross
Haskell Ave
Salvation Army
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Mass
Datebook Schedule for Lawrence Area Events and Meetings
Thursday events include WIC voucher pickup at Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department 200 Maine Suite B and prescribed burning at Kanwaka Township Hall. Résumé help for disabled individuals at Ballard Community Center 708 Elm, HAND Advisory Committee at city hall, and a Lawrence school board and city commission candidate forum at Lawrence High School 1900 Louisiana. Also MAP P training at Kaw Valley Center 1202 E 23rd St Suite B and Rock Chalk Revue at Lied Center. Eudora school board meeting at 1002 Elm St. Datebook contact 8232-7254 or datebook world.com.
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Kanwaka
Kansas University
Career & Employment Services
Kansas Union
Ballard Community Center
Elm
Lawrence Public Library
the Zone
City Hall
Sixth and
Massachusetts Streets
Lawrence School Board
Lawrence High School
Kaw Valley Center
E. 23Rd St
Rock Chalk Revue
Eudora
Elm St
Datebook
P.O
Lawrence
Jworld.com
Record of emergency calls from Lawrence Douglas County Fire & Medical
A list of fire and ambulance responses from Monday including smoke detector activation at 500 W 11th St no fire, natural gas leak at 333 W Ninth St, false alarm at 1000 Sunnyside Ave and multiple medical emergencies across several blocks such as Massachusetts Street, Miami Street Baldwin and West Sixth Street. Also notes transfers on Maine Street and The Journal-World policy on reporting burglaries and arrests.
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11Th St
Ninth St
Sunnyside Ave
Massachusetts Street
Miami Street
Baldwin
Vermont Street
East 25Th Street
Iowa Street
West Ninth Street
West 31St Street
Raintree Drive
West Sixth Street
Maine Street
West Fourth Street
Harvard Road
West Third Street
Hospitals Births Dennis and Charlotte Walsh Daughter
Dennis and Charlotte Walsh of Lawrence welcomed a baby girl on Monday at the local hospital. The birth adds a new member to the Walsh family with both parents reported as healthy and pleased.
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Dennis
Charlotte Walsh
Lawrence
Bailey backs super abatement plan in city race
Lawrence City Commission candidate Scott Bailey said he favors a super abatement of 75 percent taxes, to be decided by a four of five city commissioners, after his comment was misrepresented in a previous forum story.
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Lawrence
Lawrence man to face jury in cat mutilation case
Brett R. Rizzo, 22, of Lawrence, is set for a June 13 jury trial in Douglas County District Court on a misdemeanor charge of mangling a cat and disposing of its body at Meadow Brook. The cat named Mama Cat was found Jan 16 with blood on a wall balcony and door. Rizzo was arrested after police investigated.
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Brett R. Rizzo
Douglas County District Court
Robert Fairchild
Rizzo
David Brown
Meadowbrook
KU professor wins Pew National Fellowship for Carnegie Scholars
Tracy Russo assistant professor of communication studies at Kansas University receives a Pew National Fellowship for Carnegie Scholars among 30 winners. She gets a $6000 stipend to build an online lab examining how students perceive others online, with two two week sessions in California. Her study analyzes interactions in online education courses and how perception varies among students.
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Kansas University School of Education
Henry T. Frierson
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Dianne E. Ashby
Illinois State University
Larry H. Ebbers
Iowa State University
Angela Lumpkin
State University of West Georgia
Eileen Oliver
California State University-San Marcos
Jerry D. Bailey
Institute For Educational Research and Public Service
Tracy Russo
Kansas University
Russo
Pew
Carnegie Scholars
California
KU Chamber Choir Set for Short Murphy Hall Concert
The Kansas University Chamber Choir and Instrumental Ensemble perform a 30 minute program at 7 30 p m Friday in Murphy Hall Room 130 before joining the American Choral Directors Association national convention in San Antonio March 16 17. Simon Carrington directs the KU choral activities and the Chamber Choir with Lori Dunn as accompanist.
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Murphy Hall
American Choral Directors Assn
San Antonio
KU Chamber Choir
Simon Carrington
Lori Dunn
Cottonwood hosts one day art show at Lawrence Arts Center
Cottonwood Retirement Services presents its third annual Kaleidoscope art show from 1 30 to 3 30 p m Sunday at the Lawrence Arts Center featuring about 50 works by 11 artists including paintings pressed flower collage cards and sculptures Works will be sold via silent auction Proceeds support Cottonwood Inc a nonprofit aiding developmentally disabled individuals For details call Julie Prideaux at 785 242 2085 OLATHE KS KC Area Archivists meet at 2 p m Thursday open to public at Johnson County Archives tour led by Jerry Motsinger will cover county historic records and cemeteries Steering Committee gathers at 10 a m Thursday info 913 715 0400
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Cottonwood Retirement Services
Lawrence Arts Center
Ninth St
John Thomas Allen
Lawrence Barnes
Bernard Berger
Teresa Brown
Jules Marshall
Bill McKenzie
Randy Sparks
Carol Thiry
Ruby Jean Thomas
Charles Tipton
Linda Vigna
Cottonwood Inc
Olathe
Kansas City
Johnson County
Johnson County Administration
Jerry Motsinger
Motsinger
Market analysis of Ottawa to be presented tonight
Doyle Hyett of Hyett Palma will unveil January conducted market analysis at the Ottawa quarterly town meeting. Ottawa Main Street Association will use the results to guide downtown restoration and revitalization efforts. The session begins at 7.
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Ottawa
Doyle Hyett
Hyett Palma
Alexandria
Ottawa Main Street Assn
Cholesterol Screenings Offered At Lawrence Memorial
Lawrence Memorial Hospital announces an open cholesterol screening today from 9 30 to 11 30 a m in the HealthSource Room. The fee is 5 per person no appointment needed fasting not required and results arrive in about five minutes per Aynsley Anderson community education coordinator.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Aynsley Anderson
Baldwin Property Taxes Lead Douglas County Mills
Baldwin residents pay the highest levy in Douglas County at 129.713 mills, per City Administrator Larry Paine. Eudora licenses run 105.3 mills and Lecompton 87.7, while Lawrence varies from 101.5 to 103.6 mills. Paine cites lower commercial assessment in Baldwin as a factor in higher rates. Sound Off questions can be left via 832-7297.
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Baldwin
Douglas County
Larry Paine
Eudora
Lecompton
Lawrence
Paine
Should Cheney resign over health concerns
On the Street asks residents in Lawrence about Dick Cheney's health and potential resignation. Opinions vary from support for him continuing to serve to calls for replacement if health worsens. most emphasize the need for a capable backup and current performace.
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Dick Cheney
Contact us information page for Lawrence Journal-World
Local and toll free numbers for service plus city editor and staff contacts. Provides email addresses and web feedback link for stories, classifieds, circulation and delivery questions. Lists editors including City Editor Mike Shields and Managing Editor Richard Brack with direct lines.
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