Lawrence Datebook Highlights Thursday Schedule
Lawrence Douglas County Health Department immunization clinics and senior health screenings appear alongside library programs at 707 Vt and 200 Maine. Activities include Books & Babies Storytime for infants, Young Adult Arts & Crafts, Homework Night, and Evening Storytime. Community events cover a Marine Corps birthday celebration, Red Cross blood drive, a Ko note lecture, Farmers Market, and a Douglas County Commission meeting. Services and events recruit preregistration and provide contact numbers for Lawrence venues and institutions.
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Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Maine
Lawrence- Douglas County Health Department
Babcock Place
Mass
Lawrence Public Library
Lawrence Marine Corps
Dole Institute of Politics
Big Brothers Big Sisters of
Douglas County
Sixth Street
Suite A
American Red Cross
First Christian Church
University Forum
Sandy Praeger
Ecumenical Christian Ministries
Oread Ave
Kansas
Kate Meyer
Spencer Museum of Art
Farmers Market
Vermont Street
Books
NAACP
St. Luke A.M.E. Church
Ninth and
New York Streets
Police log shows multiple crimes and a forgery incident
Lawrence Police report 250 calls in 24 hours with 29 incidents including two burglaries and three thefts. A check and prescription forgery aimed at Ketorolac at Medical Arts Pharmacy surfaced, with the Oct 22 transaction reported later. An injury crash on 27th and Iowa injured a 20 year old. McClenahan cited for inattentive driving. Burglaries involve a $5,355 loss including a $3,500 laptop on North Michigan Street. Fire and gas emergencies included several incidents Monday.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
27Th
Iowa
Melissa S. Oshel
Joshua K. McClenahan
McClenahan
North
Michigan Street
Births Reported at Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence Memorial Hospital issued birth notices for Tuesday and Monday listing families and newborns. Jerry Trober and Amanda, of Eudora, welcomed a girl Tuesday, while Michelle Sanchez and Carmen Sanchez of Lawrence, welcomed a girl Monday. Amallah Hawkins and John Hawkins of Lawrence welcomed a girl Monday.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Jerry
Amanda Trober
Eudora
Michelle
Carmen Sanchez
Lawrence
Amallah
John Hawkins
Journal-World policy on correcting errors noted in space
The Journal-World states its policy to fix all significant errors brought to editors, inviting readers to call 785 832 7154 or email news ljworld com if they believe a correction is needed.
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Datebook
P.O
Lawrence
Ljworld.com
Journal-World
Call City
Mike Shields
Journal-World contact and staff directory
Community newspaper telephone numbers and staff emails are listed, including newsroom editors Richard Brack John Taylor and Mike Shields, along with departments for advertising circulation and living entertainment sports and obituaries in Lawrence Kansas. Local partners 6News and World Online are noted.
Fiscal gains lift Douglas County Historical Society
The Douglas County Historical Society reports a brighter financial outlook with year to date income over 60,000 above 2003 and a net gain of 16,484 despite rising expenses. A two phase fund drive has pledges totaling 68,000, and future plans include expanded exhibits and walking tours at Watkins Museum in Lawrence. New board members were elected at the annual dinner meeting at KU’s Dole Institute.
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Douglas County Historical Society
Historical Society
Watkins Community Museum of History
Mass
Jerry Niebaum
Historical Society Board
the Historical Society
Dole Institute of Politics
Kansas University
West
Niebaum
Rebecca
Phipps
Lawrence
Napoleon Crews
Charles Derby
Bennett Griffin
Phil Humphrey
Ralph King
Jim Martin
Bill Myers
Steve Sublett
Lynne Zolliner
Lawrence claim of Willard as local heavyweight champ
A reader asks if a former world heavyweight champion lived in Lawrence. Jess Willard, born in St Clere Kaw, lived in Lawrence as an adult with his family until selling the home in 1921, later moving to California and dying in 1968. He won the title in 1915 by defeating Johnson in Havana and lost it to Dempsey in 1919.
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Lawrence
Jess Willard
Hope
Jack Johnson
St. Clere
Kaw
Jim Mace
Willard
Los Angeles
Johnson
Havana
Cuba
Jack Dempsey
Readers Ponder Cigarette Tax to Fund Health Plan
A Kansas city street poll asks if a 50 cent cigarette price hike should fund a $50 million health care plan. Respondents span Eudora, Coventry, and Lawrence with varied support. Opinions mix fairness, public good, and personal choice.
Veterans Day Closings In Lawrence and Douglas County
State and federal offices in Lawrence and Douglas County will close Thursday for Veterans Day while some services stay open. Banks and postal services shift hours. KU classes proceed. transit and meals programs operate. libraries and newspapers run normal schedules.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Sunflower Bank
Quail Crest Place
U.S. Postal Service
Ottawa
Oskaloosa
Eudora
Tonganoxie
Baldwin, McLouth
DeSoto
Franklin, Jefferson
Leavenworth
Kansas University
Haskell Indian Nations University
Lawrence Bus Co
Lawrence Transit System
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World Online
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