County Comm Ads Stir Debate on funding and rights of way
Sound Off questions who pays for a published apology ad by the county. The act will be funded by Douglas County taxpayer funds. The piece also notes Sixth Street right of way onto Kansas River Bridge, and asks about Bert Nash 50th anniversary funding. Bert Nash says no public funds support the anniversary program. educational events are funded from Bert Nash Trust Funds.
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Kansas River Bridge
Sixth Street
Bert Nash
Pat Roach Smith
Bert Nash Center
Douglas County
Paull and Walker Comment on Health Choices
Levi Chronister and Lauren Paull discuss healthy living with LHS student remarks, while judge Nathaniel Walker from Selma, Ata endorses moderating fats and oils, favoring olive oil for sautéing and cooking as a healthy habit.
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Nathaniel Walker
Selma
Ata
Lawrence Datebook highlights events for the week
Health screen for people 60 and older at Babcock Place 1700 Mass with a fee. Planning Commission meets at city hall. Spring recognition reception at Liberty Hall. NAACP meeting at Watkins Community Museum. Immunization clinic at Eudora city hall with a fee. Haskell Indian Nations University Powwow on campus. Farmers Market opening day on Vermont block. Submit items to Datebook by phone or mail.
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Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission
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Sixth
Massachusetts Streets
Lawrence
Liberty Hall
NAACP
Watkins Community Museum of History
Eudora City Hall
Lawrence-Douglas County
Datebook
Ijworld.com
Lawrence.com
Brownback revisits John Brown history on Senate floor
U S Senator Sam Brownback read a statement on the Senate floor marking the 200th anniversary of abolitionist John Brown s birth. He cautioned that Browns excesses and hatred for slavery should not be romanticized while noting sacrifices by Black and white allies. Transcript available at jworld com. Kansas University final exam notices list Anjal Sharma Francisco Ulloa Valerie Renegar and others with times and venues. Douglas County deputies investigate a May molestation report involving a 14 year old boy and a 12 year old girl.
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U.S
Sam Brownback
Senate
John Brown
C-Span
Brownback
R-Kan
Brown
Douglas County
Southeast Douglas County incident at Wellsville residence
Sheriff Loren Anderson described the allegation as inappropriate touching involving two Wellsville school students at a residence in southeast Douglas County. No arrest has been made. the report will be referred to Douglas County District Attorney Christine Kenney Tonkovich for possible charges.
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Douglas County
Wellsville
Loren Anderson
Douglas County Dist
Atty
Christine Kenney Tonkovich
Burglary and theft reports span campus, road areas
A 20-year-old reported three computers valued at 8500 stolen from Phi Delta Theta at 1621 Edgehill between 345 and 7 am May 2. A 45-year-old said a boat trailer worth 1200 was stolen between 4 am April 20 and 8 am Saturday from near Road 442 on US 40. Hillcrest School reported a shattered glass door with 300 damage between 5 pm Friday and 8 am Saturday. A 43-year-old woman woke at 12:15 am Tuesday to an unidentified man speaking through her bedroom window in the 17900 block of Rhode Island.
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Edgehill
U.S. 40
Hillcrest School
Hilltop
Rhode Island
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