Lawrence Schools Foundation honors two Golden Apple teachers
Sunset Hill Elementary special education teacher Debra Williams and Liberty Memorial Central Middle School math teacher Shakiyya Bland win this year's Golden Apple Awards, receiving 1500 dollars each after an April ceremony. Nominations came from teachers, students, parents, or community members with multiple letters of recommendation cited in a Lawrence Schools Foundation press release.
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Debra Williams
Sunset Hill
Shakiyya Bland
Liberty Memorial Central Middle School
Lawrence Schools Foundation
Bland
Williams
Kim Henrichs
Liberty Memorial
Henrichs
Lawrence students named National Merit Scholars
Three Lawrence public school students have been named National Merit Scholarship winners. Anna Sophia Westbrook of Free State High Jacob Ziegler of Free State High and Joo-Young Lee of Lawrence High will receive 2500 scholarships. Westbrook Ziegler and Lee also made the Journal-World Academic All-Star team this year.
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Lawrence Public School
Anna Sophia Westbrook
Jacob Ziegler
Free State High
Joo-Young Lee
Lawrence High
Westbrook
Amy
David Westbrook
Ziegler
Debby
Brad Ziegler
Lee
Journal-World
Lawrence
Kansas
Memories of Mom for Mother's Day Submissions
Readers are invited to share cherished memories of their mothers for Mother's Day. Send submissions to news@ljworld.com by noon Friday with Mother's Day in the subject line. Include photos if available and consider submitting online at ljworld.com/mommemories for publication Sunday.
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News
Jworld.com
Ljworld. Com
Mommemaories
Births at Lawrence and Baldwin City
Mike and Emily O Connor of Lawrence welcomed a boy on Tuesday. Stephanie and Chris Perry of Baldwin City welcomed a girl on Tuesday.
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Mike
Emily O’connor
Lawrence
Stephanie
Chris Perry
Baldwin City
Homeland Security Secretary to Speak at Landon Lecture
Jeh Johnson, secretary of Homeland Security, will deliver a Landon Lecture on May 27 at Kansas State University in Manhattan. Former general counsel of the Defense Department and long national security veteran, Johnson visits as the campus prepares the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility near the campus this summer, a DHS project.
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Secretary of Homeland Security
Landon
Department of Defense
Kansas State
Jackie Hartman
Johnson
Manhattan
Animal Disease
Department of Homeland Security
Lawrence Eyes Survey To Gauge City Services And Downtown Perceptions
Lawrence commissioners approve a 29500 survey by ETC to measure arts culture parks infrastructure and nonmotorized transport plus perceptions of police fire EMS utilities traffic code enforcement transport parks and city staff. The study will compare with 2007 2011 and past Lawrence results and report in a forum dominated by Justice Matters topics including mental health and affordable housing.
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ETC
Lawrence
Matthew Herbert
Jeremy Farmer
Leslie Soden
Justice Matters
Lied Center
Toni Wheeler
Wheeler
Integrated Animal Health
Biosciences Company
Australia
Bioscience and Technology Business Center
Kansas University
West
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