Lawrence Datebook evening and afternoon community events
A busy Lawrence Datebook lists immunization clinic at Health Department 200 Maine 843-0721 from 9:30 to 11:30 and 1 to 4:30. Storytime sessions at the Lawrence Public Library for 2-year-olds and for children 3 and older. Ecumenical Holy Week service at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church with soup meal. Douglas County Senior Services board meeting at Lawrence Senior Center. Bookworms Unite! club for 8 to 12-year-olds at the library. Big Brothers Big Sisters information meeting at 211 E Eighth St. Housing Authority board meeting at Babcock Place. Infant-Toddler Coordinating Council playgroups at One of a Kind Childcare Center. Lawrence City Commission meeting at City Hall. Wakarusa Township board meeting at 300 W 31st St. Submit items to Datebook by phone or mail.
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Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Maine
Lawrence Public Library
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church
Douglas County Senior Services’ Board of Directors
Lawrence Senior Center
Bookworms Unite
Big Brothers
Big Sisters of
Douglas County
E. Eighth St
Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
Babcock Place
Mass
Douglas County Infant-Toddler Coordinating Council
27Th St
Lawrence
Sixth
Massachusetts Streets
Wakarusa Township Board
31St St
Burglaries and thefts reported in Douglas County
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office probes the disappearance of a portable welder and an acetylene torch kit and tank from Hamm Quarries in Florence. A 34-year-old man reported the items missing after leaving them at the site Friday. A llama on a nearby farm was killed by two dogs on March 16. the value was 500 dollars. Local emergency calls list multiple fire and medical responses through Sunday and Monday.
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Douglas County
Planning Commission meets at City Hall this Wednesday
Agenda highlights routine Planning Commission business at 6 30 p m on Wednesday at City Hall located at Sixth and Massachusetts streets. Members will discuss zoning and development items before adjournment.
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City Hall
Sixth and
Massachusetts
Planning Commission
Lawrence planning commission meeting agenda and zoning items
The agenda covers minutes approval for Feb 27, reports from committees, public communications, and consent items. It includes final development plans for The Legends at Kansas University and Heritage Baptist Church No. 2, patterns for Wakarusa Village, zoning code amendments, multiple rezonings and annexations, several preliminary development plans for The Ridge at Alvamar and Oakley Addition, and requests for rezoning and plats for Riverridge areas. It lists developers Peridian Group Inc. for several parcels and various property owners, with specifics on acreage and locations across Lawrence.
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Planning Commission
Kansas University
24Th Street Place
Inverness and
Crossgate Drives
Peridian Group
Inverness Park Limited Partnership
Heritage Baptist Church No
Heritage Baptist Church Inc
Wakarusa Village
West Sixth Street
Wakarusa Drive
Bartlett and West
Carolena Ltd
Henrys Flower LLC
Record
Woodmont Company
Lawrence
City of
Commerce Plaza
South
Iowa
1St
Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission
Clinton Parkway
Lake Alvamar
Peridian Group Inc
Alvamar
Yankee Tank Investors
First Management Inc
Oakley Addition
Folks Road
Riverridge Road
Landplan Engineering
David Davison
Riverridge No. 3
Golden Rain Drive
U.S. Highway 59
Michael A
Cheryl A. Flory
Irving A
Esther L. Mitchell
Stull and
East 550 Roads
E. 550 Road
James
Kay Laake
Police Briefs: Stolen Car Evasion and Local Accidents
A 19-year-old man was arrested after allegedly attempting to elude police in a stolen 1990 Buick LeSabre taken from East Seventh Street. The car rolled off a highway after a pursuit near Lawrence, and the suspect was booked in Douglas County Jail. Four people were sent to Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a two-vehicle crash northeast of Lawrence, involving a 1991 Isuzu Trooper and a 2002 Honda Accord. A grass fire near Eudora destroyed 72 hay bales valued at 2160 dollars on a Vernon Hadl farm. firefighters from Eudora Palmyra and Wakarusa battled the blaze.
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East Seventh Street
Kansas River
Eighth
Oak Streets
Lawrence
Douglas County
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Loyd Alumbaugh
U.S
East 1500
Isuzu
Sandy Sharon
Eudora
North 1000 Road
Vernon Hadl
Roger Johnson
Palmyra
Wakarusa
Contact details for Kansas journalist staff and services
Local news staff contacts include City Editor Mike Shields and News Editor John Taylor with phone numbers. Advertising and circulation departments list key contacts, hours and in town redelivery guarantees.
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John Taylor
Ljworld.com
Mike Shields
Haskell Indian Nations University drops summer school
Sound Off notes Haskell University canceled its summer session after the U S Bureau of Indian Affairs raised the college budget by only 250000. Officials say dropping summer school saves 300000 to 400000 and the decision was announced once funds were known. A Journal World story ran February 16. Call 832-7297 to participate.
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Haskell Indian Nations University
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Buzzard
Journal-World
Cute KU Players Spark Middle School Poll
At Central Junior High School students name Aaron Miles Drew Gooden and others as the cutest KU basketball players. Mercedes Beckum and Kati Daniels weigh in, with Gooden favored for looks by several seventh to ninth graders.
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Central Junior High School
Mercedes Beckum
Aaron Miles
Kati Daniels
Hinrich
Collison
Gooden
Langford
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Datebook
P.O
Jworld.com
LAW Enforcement
Lawrence Douglas County
Haskell Ave
Monterey Way
Muirfield Drive
Ala
Maine Street
Merion Court
Harvard Road
North Second Street
Baldwin
West 23Rd Street
Naismith Drive
West 22Nd Street
East 1450
Massachusetts Street
Ridge Court
Elm Street
Engel Road
Kentucky Street
Kasold Drive
Lawrence Humane Society
Hard Sell
Richard Gwin
Journal-World Photo
Ryan Ross
Prairie Graphics
Checkers
23Rd
Louisiana Streets
Lawrence Smith
Tonganoxie
Eula Smith
N.H
Call City
News
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflower.com
Ann Gardner
Richard Brack
Chuck Woodling
Jan Biles
Jon Niccum
Jniccum
Dave Toplikar
Chad Lawhorn
Clawhorn
al Bonner
Joe Lewis
Haskell University
By Michelle Burhenn
Rolydia Diaz
Drew Gooden
Jenesha Jones
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