Bikers Trace Run for the Wall Route to D C
Hundreds of motorcycles will travel Interstate 70 toward Washington D C for the Run for the Wall memorial pilgrimage. Bill and Nancy Cassity join the riders to honor Russell Dean Martin missing in 1963 and plan to place his MIA bracelet at Arlington National Cemetery before returning it to his family.
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Lawrence
Interstate 70
RFTW
Bill Cassity
Nancy
American Legion
Bill
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
Washington, D.C
Russell Dean Martin
Martin
Cassitys
Arlington National Cemetery
Missouri
Dorothy Cassity
Dorothy
Nancy Cassity
Lucas Town Builds Largest Public Toilet in Kansas
The Kansas town of Lucas, famed for Grassroots Art Center and S.P. Dinsmoor sculptures, unveils a $100,000 public restroom and invites bids on eBay for a first flush. A celebration on June 2 features events from 10 a.m. onward as bids, now 19 with a high of 110, compete for the honor at 3 21 p.m.
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Lucas
Garden of Eden
S.P. Dinsmoor
Kansas
eBay
New PREA rules aim to cut prison rapes nationwide
The Obama administration issued new PREA regulations affecting federal prisons and detention facilities and threatening loss of some DOJ grants for states not adopting the standards. Kansas officials cited awareness but offered no details on possible changes, while advocates praised PREA as a way to reduce staff and inmate sexual assaults.
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Obama
Kansas
Department of Justice
Kansas Department of Corrections
Jan Lunsford
Bureau of Justice
Journal-World
Louisa Stannow
Just Detention International
East Lawrence Block Party at Health Center
Heartland Community Health Center will host an East Lawrence Block Party from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. June 3 in its parking lot at Seventh and New York streets. The event features music games face painting an inflatable moon bounce and healthy foods like turkey hot dogs salads fruits and vegetables in collaboration with East Lawrence Neighborhood Association and Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department.
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Heartland Community Health Center
East Lawrence
Seventh
New York
The
Health Center
HCHC
Forum at Lawrence Wesleyan Church Offers Free Health Checks
In Lawrence the Wesleyan Church hosts a free event tied to the Community Health Assessment which identified east Lawrence as a diabetes ER admissions hot spot. The first 100 attendees receive a coupon for a free blood sugar and blood pressure check at HCHC.
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Lawrence
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Mwellcommons
Raymond Dattilo
Facc
Holiday Inn Holidome Convention Center
Lawrence, KS
St. Francis Heart and Vascular Center
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System
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