Quail Run Students Shine in News Bowl Kansas Top 20
Quail Run School sixth graders earned a tie for 17th place among 703 teams nationwide in News Bowl 1997, with 3 074 teams from 2 200 schools tested in March reporting January February events. Lawrence district schools including Hillcrest Sunflower and Cordley ranked high in Kansas. Mercantile Bank of Lawrence financed the Lawrence entries.
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Quail Run
Real News Hawks
Elaine Schmidt
Inverness Dr
Schmidt
Kansas
Lawrence
Hillcrest School
Hilltop Dr
Sunflower School
Deerfield School
Lawrence Ave
Cordley School
Pinckney School
Schwegler School
Ousdahl Rd
South Junior High School
Lexington Trails Middle School
DeSoto
Mercantile Bank of Lawrence
Duke Talent ID program recognizes area students
A state recognition ceremony for Duke University Talent Identification Program invitees will be held May 31 at Emporia State University. Southeast Midwest and Southwest area seventh graders scoring in the top 3 percent on a national test are named, including students from Lawrence and nearby districts such as Ottawa McLouth Tonganoxie and Eudora Junior High and Middle Schools.
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Duke University
Emporia State University
Southeast
Midwest
Southwest
Lawrence
Central Junior High
Karl Eyleen-Higley
Dawn Filkins
Caitlin Kennedy
Damienn Patton
Eric Southard
Anna Thurmaier
South Junior
Nicholas Allen
Patric Bengtson
Kenneth Easthouse
John Nickell
Nathaniel Blum
Brett Bolton
Bryn Brown
Scott Chaussee
Kelli Criswell
Royal Elmore
John Garner
Tabitha Gibbon
Todd Groves
Rebekah Heacock
Catherine Kelly
Samuel Knowlton
Richard Quintana
Emily Shafter
Chandra Shenoy
Drew Smith
Christopher White
Southwest Junior High
Jeffrey Cravens
Hunter Davis
Lynn Feng
Mallory Frye
Scott Konzem
Charles Leifer
Elise McDoneld-Campbell
Erin Morgan
David Parkinson
Kenneth Swadley Jr
Xin Xin
Rebekah Zemansky
Joah Buchanan
Eudora Junior High
Cale Drumright
Adam Hathaway
Bryce Huschka
Kyle Sullivan
Ottawa
Sherri Brakesick
Katrina Cook
McLouth
Matthew Marietta
Oskaloosa
Jacob Aguiar
Bryan Gurss
John Hughes
Tonganoxie
Lawrence to fund sewer upgrades and boost biosolids handling
City commissioners approve 7.9 million in bonds for two sewer projects. A biosolids handling area at the Wastewater Treatment Plant will cost nearly 7 million and include a belt filter press to drain water. A North Lawrence pump station and relief sewer aims to prevent backups during heavy rains.
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North
Lawrence
Debbie van Laun
van Laun
Contractor and commissioner clash over race and bids in Lawrence
A minority contractor Harold Shephard of C&S Construction accused city officials of discrimination in bid awards during a council meeting. City Manager Mike Wildgen proposed unbundling sidewalk work to help small firms while the commission approved spending up to 468,625 for Natatorium equipment and pool upgrades at Lawrence High School.
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Bonnie Augustine
Shephard
John Nalbandian
Nalbandian
Augustine
Harold Shephard
C&s Construction
Baldwin
Carl Knox Natatorium
Lawrence High School
Lawrence
Mike Wildgen
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Amae and
Waiting For Guffman
Amy
Gary
the Brute" Albright
Tokyo
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Tiger
Takada
Sunflower
Cablevision
New Hampshire
Lawrence City Commission
Lawrence Convention & Visitors Bureau
CVB
Judy Billings
Billings
Douglas County
Commission
Lawrence Hotels
City Malling Downtown
Hollywood
Hillcrest
From & Achele's
Renees
Jerry Maguire
Tigi Dickinson
Dickinson Cinema
Iowa Street
Austin P Powers
Jayhawk
Tom Jones
Lawrence Journal- World
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