Caring legacy plans to ease into retirement as Bert Nash CEO
Editorial notes David Johnson to retire after 14 years guiding Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center in Lawrence. He plans 17 months of transition, aiming to break ground on a new mental health crisis intervention center as Douglas County considers jail expansion. The project aims to divert inmates with mental illness to services to reduce arrests and promote stability. Johnson built partnerships, doubled the budget, expanded services, and fostered statewide leadership, leaving a strong legacy for Lawrence before returning to Iowa for retirement.
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Obama Cuba Summit Hopes Dimmed by Venezuela Tensions
Escalating U.S Venezuela friction threatens to eclipse the Panama Summit of the Americas where Obama and Raul Castro were expected to meet. The gathering marks Cuba’s return to inter American diplomacy amid bilateral talks to restore embassies and ease sanctions. Venezuela sanctions escalate regional strains and delay hoped announcements.
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Raul Castro
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Panama
Cuba
U.S
U.s.-Cuba
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Maduro seeks Latin support as U S Venezuela fray looms
Andres Oppenheimer notes Maduro calls for regional unity against U S sanctions while Cuba Eyes influence ahead of a hemisphere summit. He cites Obama Castro rapprochement as likely central, with Maduro possibly challenging U S pressure unless hard figures on corrupt bank holdings appear.
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Feinberg
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Middle East
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Iowa
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Miami Herald
Waterworks well excavation advances in Lawrence
Water has reached the excavation of the new Lawrence waterworks well. Dirt removal, once done by shovels, is now done with a sand dipper secured for this purpose. When completed, the well will furnish an inexhaustible supply of water, according to the contractors in charge.
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Our Whole Lives sexuality education program in Lawrence
In the March 10 Double Take column Wes Crenshaw outlines a comprehensive K through 12 sexuality education program. It covers values relationships consent and gender with age appropriate materials and involves parents. The Our Whole Lives curriculum was developed by the Unitarian Universalists and the United Church of Christ and is taught locally by facilitators at the Unitarian Fellowship and Plymouth Congregational Church. Judith Galas Lawrence.
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Unitarian Universalists
United Church of Christ
Lucky
Lawrence
Unitarian Fellowship
Plymouth Congregational Church
Judith Galas
Journalists also guilty in Simons Saturday column
The writer notes a harsh, uncivil public sphere and argues honesty and leadership are often lacking. He questions why journalists with access to the public are not singled out in a list of those who lie or mislead, suggesting a broader critique of media accountability.
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Journal-World
Lawrence
Ijworld.com
Dolph Simons, Jr
Community Living Opportunities fills Lawrence recycling gap
In a public forum letter Bob Kidder praises Community Living Opportunities for stepping in to serve Lawrence commercial clients after the city failed to provide curbside recycling. CLO partnered with Hamm Inc. and local businesses to sustain meaningful work for clients with special needs through a commercial recycling program.
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Lawrence
Community Living Opportunities
CLO
Wal-Mart
Hamm Inc
Bob Kidder
Speech limits and free expression on campus provoke debate
A letter argues that free speech and press limits do not bind a national SAE fraternity, cites the Constitution and 14th amendment, criticizes political correctness as misused, defends the University of Oklahoma's diversity mission, and condemns imagery of blacks hanging from a tree. Anne Haehl.
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SAE
University of Oklahoma
Anne Haehl
Lawrence
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