Lawrence High senior among 575 winners of Achievement Scholarships
Jerrell Herod of Lawrence High School is among 575 recipients of the Achievement Scholarship for undergraduates. He will receive a $2,000 National Achievement Scholarship funded by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. His field is biomedical engineering and he participates in multiple school groups. The program, started in 1964, honors academically promising Black American students. Additional college funded winners will be named later this spring.
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Lawrence High School
Jerrell Herod
National Merit Scholarship Corp
Johnny
Herod
Lawrence
Jerrell
LHS
Governor appoints banker to Kansas Credit Union Council
Governor Bill Graves named Francois Henriquez II of Lawrence as a member of the Credit Union Council. Henriquez, senior vice president and general counsel of U S Central Credit Union, Overland Park, is a Columbia Law School and Yale graduate and serves as Drury College trustee and Black Chamber member. The period blood drive in Lawrence collected fifty seven pints for the American Red Cross during National Blood Donor Month. USGS led donor totals with four. University National Bank and Douglas County Bank each had three donors. Other contributors included Westminster Inn, Scotch Fabric Care, CritiCare, Myers Liquor, Kansas Public Service, Pizza Hut, Carol Lee's Donuts and Joe's Donuts.
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Bill Graves
Francois G. Henriquez II
Lawrence
Credit Union Council
Kansas Department of Credit Union
Henriquez
U.S. Central Credit Union
Overland Park
Columbia Law School
New York
Yale University
New Haven
Conn
Drury College
Springheld Mo
The
Black Chamber of Commerce
American Red Cross
Lawrence Knights of Columbus
Knights Hall
U.S. Geological Survey
University National Bank
Douglas County Bank
Westminster Inn
Scotch Fabric Care
CritiCare
Myers Liquor
Kansas Public Service
Pizza Hut
Carol Lee’s Donuts
Joe’s Donuts
Senate debate tightens abortion rules in tentative vote
The Senate tentatively approved a ban on partial birth abortions except to save the mother's life and advanced an informed consent bill. It would require physicians to give comprehensive interviews with more information, while keeping an eight hour waiting period. An amendment to require parental consent for those under 18 failed.
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Toreka
Senate
Kansas
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
EPA
House Education Committee
Senate Education Committee
Barbara Lawrence
Richita
House
Lawmakers fix error in tax bill in Kansas
The Kansas Legislature moved swiftly to correct a constitutional flaw in the tax relief school finance bill. A trailer provision would apply the $20,000 exemption to all residential property, adding about $2 million in relief for the 1997-98 tax year and totaling $119 million, with $94 million to property taxpayers.
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Toreka
Carla Stovall
Bill Graves
House Taxation Committee
House
Senate
Graves
Jo Tim Carmody
Overland Park
Stovall
Mary Horsch
Phill Kline
Shawnee
Horsch
Perry voters set to elect three to Perry City Council
Incumbent DeAnn Hope Seib seeks re election along with candidates Dick Annis Phil Hack Thomas Holroyd and Dean Sage in the April 1 race. Sage and Leib address water infrastructure growth and fiscal issues while Annis emphasizes long range planning and recreation funding. Hack and Holroyd did not respond to questions.
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Perry City
DeAnn Hope Seib
Dick Annis
Phil Hack
Thomas Holroyd
Dean Sage
Perry-Lecompton School Board
J-W
Perry
Sage
Leib
Annis
Journal-World
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loWa
Hillcrest Shopping Center
Dave
Gary Fisher
Wahoo
Erraplan
Emporia State University
Phil Kline
House Appropriations Committee
Statehouse
Harland Ct
Welder
Deann B
Main St
Cedar St
Burlington Northern
Santa Fe
Lawrence Christian Center
Ministry of
Gene Bacon
Vermont
Daniel A. Nicholson
Unflower
Johnson County
Kansas River Valley
Kansas River
Kansas Humanities Council, the
Blanche Bryden Foundation, the
Kaw Valley Heritage Alliance and
Friends of Ktwu
First United
Clinton Park Overlook
Virgil Brady
Vermont St
First United Methodist Church
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