Holiday Bureau aids Lawrence families this season
Nonprofit partners Penn House Ballard Community Services Salvation Army and East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp call for volunteers to adopt a family in the annual Holiday Bureau drive. Participants buy clothes shoes and gifts for each family member and give a grocery gift certificate for a holiday dinner. Kyle Roggenkamp of Ballard says the investment of a few hundred dollars brings happiness to a family.
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Lawrence
Penn House
Ballard Community Services
Salvation Army
East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation
Holiday Bureau
Kyle Roggenkamp
Roggenkamp
Turkey Trot Draws Haskell Nation Runners and Pet
About 100 participants ran the Turkey Trot 5K on the Haskell Indian Nations University campus. Ken Fangohr of Lawrence ran with his yellow lab Lucky and joined by Pam Fangohr. Lawrence High School runners dominated, with Andy Freeman and Keegan Mathis finishing first and second.
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Haskell Indian Nations University
Lucky
Ken
Fangohr
Lawrence
Fanghor
Pam
Ken Fangohr
Andy Freeman
LHS
Keegan Mathis
Keegan
Renee Merritt
Lecompton
Regional police join Global Police Tweet-a-thon online
Ottawa Police Department participated in the second Global Police Tweet-a-thon alongside over 100 agencies from Lyon County to Kenya. Lawrence and Douglas County officials weigh social media manpower while Ottawa only has one tweeting staffer.
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Ottawa Police Department
Lyon County
Kenya
Lawrence
Douglas County
Lauri Stevens
Boston
Adam Weingartner
Ottawapd
United States
Weingartner
Ottawa Police
Stevens
Trent McKinley
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Cnnlinn
Scoocnil
Richard Gwin
Journal-World Photo
Logan Werner
The
American Legion
Sixth St
Turkey
Stephen Montemayor
Ontemayor
Ljworld.com
Jworld.com
Lied Center Presents
the Chamber Music Society OF Lincoln Center
Dvorak
Schumann
Brahms
Zak Bolick
Intrust
Lesoulfoi
Zak
Vermont Street
FDIC
Intrust Bank
Columbia
Vermont
Wakarusa
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