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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1998
Page
7
City parks and recreation department is responsible for trash collection in Centennial Park. Winds from Hillcrest Shopping Center push debris into multiple parks, and staff aim for weekly service while addressing wind-driven trash as quickly as possible.
Readers are guided to call the Journal-World Access line at 865-5000 with category 7478 to hear a recorded prompt asking them to leave their question for Sound Off. The notice provides the contact method and procedural steps for submitting inquiries.
A vehicle in the 2600 block of Scottsdale lost a word processor and other items valued at $4,320 between 6 p.m. April 24 and 8 a.m. Monday. A color television worth $1,800 was stolen from a residence in the 1300 block of Wakarusa between 8 p.m. Wednesday and 5:15 a.m. Thursday. A window break caused $200 damage. Police investigated aggravated criminal sodomy and aggravated indecent liberties against a 9-year-old girl in the 1900 block of East 19th, with a report made public Thursday. Emergency calls logged by Fire Medical show multiple fire and medical incidents including alarms at Sigma Chi, Free State High School, Louisiana, and various EMS calls and transfers.
Hospital dismissals include Sherri Ediger and baby girl in Lawrence Mona Heasty and baby girl Robin Crabtree and baby boy in Baldwin. Birth announcement for Scott and Tamara McClellen of Topeka reporting a daughter born Thursday.
A speaker endorses restrictions only as birth control and concedes abortion remaining as a possible option. The remark highlights tension between limiting and preserving access to abortion in policy discussions.
The schedule lists bookmobile stops at Checkers Foods and Wal-Mart with times 9 to 11 a.m. and 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Immunizations run 10 a.m. to noon at Lawrence Douglas County Health Department. A Betsy Beisecker Memorial Tea at First United Methodist Church supports Health Screenings. Sunday events include a retirement celebration for Centennial teachers and a Sunday afternoon concert by Raw Valley Shape Note Singers at the library, plus a Spanish English story time. Douglas County Commission meets at the county courthouse.
Lawrence police investigate four vehicle thefts across the city this week, including a gold 1985 Pontiac Grand Prix worth 4000 stolen from East 28th Terrace, a white 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo worth 6000 taken on West 25th, a brown 1992 Chevrolet Caprice worth 1000 taken near 26th and Redbud, and a 1987 Chevrolet Cavalier worth 2000 taken from West 29th Terrace but recovered. No injuries. The thefts are not linked. The March of Dimes walk will start Saturday at Holcom Recreation Center at 27th and Lawrence Avenue, with registration at 8 and the walk at 9.
A schedule of public events includes a reading of Ratna Sarumpaet's Marsinah at 5 p.m. in Smith Hall room 100 to spotlight her imprisonment in Indonesia. A contact number is provided for infant health information. Free weekly seminars at Cedar Branch Community Building discuss growth, family health, intergenerational behaviors, and spending addiction, with sessions every Thursday noon to 1 p.m. May 7 through May 28.
A Thursday morning blaze in a school dryer at Central Junior High forced more than 400 students and staff to evacuate for about an hour. Fire officials traced the fire to greased mop heads in the dryer, extinguished by a custodian before firefighters arrived. no injuries were reported and a replacement dryer cost was not yet available.
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