Shrine memorabilia fans seek space in homes
A reader question on New Hampshire Street asks about personal memorabilia shrines. The item hints at home display ideas and prompts readers to visit page 1A for full story and responses from Giles Bruce.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 2013
Page
5
A reader question on New Hampshire Street asks about personal memorabilia shrines. The item hints at home display ideas and prompts readers to visit page 1A for full story and responses from Giles Bruce.
There were no incidents to report Saturday according to the law enforcement bulletin.
Earl and Stephanie McNish of Lawrence welcomed a daughter on Saturday. The birth adds to the family, with hospital arrangements not disclosed.
The Journal-World states a policy to correct significant errors brought to editors, inviting readers to call 785-832-7154 or email news ljworld.com to report mistakes. The notice emphasizes prompt corrections and reader engagement with the newspaper.
Kansas forecasters from the National Agricultural Statistics Service project a 2013 harvest surge for corn, sorghum and soybeans. Corn output is seen at 520 million bushels with yields about 130 bushels per acre, sorghum at 187 million bushels and 68 bushels per acre, and soybeans at 124 million bushels with 35 bushels per acre. Cotton and sunflowers note reduced acreage. January will publish more on sunflowers and dry beans.
Lawrence police investigated an early Saturday morning report of shots fired in North Lawrence near the Harper Woods River Side Mobile Home Community. Officers heard five or six shots and saw two cars speed away at about 2 a.m. bullet casings were found but no vehicle damage and no gunshot injuries reported. Police have not found the white car or suspects yet.
Sound Off notes that leaving grass clippings on sidewalks may violate city rules. The stormwater code bans blowing leaves and debris into streets, and excessive clippings could block a sidewalk. Mulching mowers return clippings to the soil to feed the lawn.
A reader is invited to call 832-7297 or email soundoff ljworld.com with comments. The note directs engagement through a phone line and an email address for Sound Off submissions.
A Shawnee woman Melissa Elaine Naumann aged 23 and Kansas City Kansas man Nicholas Ryan Wing aged 27 were arrested at 3 05 p m Friday at the Walmart at 3300 Iowa Street Lawrence. Both held in Douglas County Jail on suspicion of theft and criminal damage. Naumann faces two theft charges each about 500 dollars one charge for removing an electronic detection device and one for criminal damage Wing faces same counts plus a felony obstruction charge Wing has three prior Johnson County convictions two for drug possession and one for aggravated escape Wing was released from a state facility in May per corrections site.
Construction continues at the Sixth and George Williams Way intersection. The project adds a traffic signal and expands the median as phase two closes right lanes in all directions. Traffic moves to west Iowa Street pavement while east paving is redone. Minor lane remains in each direction as work advances toward mid to late November. Utilities repair water lines on Highland Drive from Oxford to Harvard and on Ponderosa from East 27th to East 28th Terrace with daytime closures. Intermittent street closures around the Lawrence Public Library 700 block of Vermont and Kentucky streets occur when debris is unloaded for construction.
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