Lawrence considers district sports venue with Assists Foundation
Editorial weighs an early plan to partner with the Assists Foundation founded by KU coach Bill Self to fund a district sports and wellness center. It notes possible local high school field upgrades at both sites for 2.8 million with savings from turf and maintenance, avoiding tax burdens, and contemplates using leftover bond funds for other needs. The piece praises town-gown cooperation and notes ongoing planning and funding questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy Weseman
Kansas University
Bill Self
Self
Assists Foundation
Greater
Kansas City
Lawrence
Weseman
Haskell Stadium
Self’s Foundation
Lone Star Lake set to reopen after repairs in 1983
Douglas County plans an official May 30 reopening of Lone Star Lake for recreation, the first open season in three years. Caretaker Bob Steele notes the lake needs about four feet more water. the dam had leaks and was repaired. Work on four new Lawrence pools in Central Park begins soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Lone Star Lake
Lawrence
Bob Steele
Lawrence Municipal
Central Park
Firebird Club
23Rd
Iowa
UN urged to use humanitarian intervention in Burma crisis
Trudy Rubin notes the UN and aid groups face Myanmar's junta blocking food and aid after a cyclone, risking mass hunger and deaths. She cites R2P as a potential framework, debates among diplomats, and calls for pressure from neighbors like ASEAN, India, and China to force access without military action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myanmar
United Nations
Burma
Thailand
U.N
Sein Win
Kofi Annan
General Assembly
Darfur
Aung San Suu Kyi
France
Bernard Kouchner
Doctors Without Borders
China
Security Council
Edward Luck
Ban Ki Moon
Kouchner
Luck
Iran
Bam
Pakistan
U.S
Kashmir
U.N. General Assembly
Kenneth Roth
Human Rights Watch
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
India
ASEAN
CNN
Energy costs and big oil critique from a consumer advocate
The piece argues that energy prices reflect supply and demand and profit incentives, blaming three generations of entitlement. It criticizes Senate Democrats for courting voters while not boosting energy supply and attacking big oil, urging domestic energy solutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Energy policy shift urged to ease oil addiction
Cal Thomas argues against drilling for more oil and advocates a transition to alternative energy sources. He calls for repealing 17 billion in oil tax breaks, imposing windfall taxes on noninvesting firms, and highlights offshore drilling limits, ANWR vetoes, and foreign dependence while urging fuel‑efficient cars and public transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Robertson
Chevron
Robertson
Bush
Saudi Arabia
America
United States
Congress
Europe
Denmark
Norway
United Kingdom
Gulf of Mexico
Australia
Department of Energy
U.S
Clinton
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Anwr
Cal Thomas
Tibune Media Services
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Lawrence School District
Lawrence Daily World
the World
Trudy Rubin
Philadelphia Inquirer
Trudy Rubin Trubin
Phillynews.com
Cal Thomas Tms
Ecom
Lawrence Journal-World
W.C. Simons
Dolph Simons Sr
Dolph ¢. Simons Jr
Dennis Anderson
Ann Gardner
Chris Beil
Coroline Trowbridge
al Bonner
Ed Clambrone
Sara Wilhelm
Journal-World
Crael
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire
Smart
Kansas
P.O
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Dolph C. Simons Jr
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!