Lawrence Datebook highlights for weekend events
Saturday features include Farmers Market on Vermont Street and Craft Show at Ottawa Middle School with Hours from 9 to 4 and 9:45 to 1 for Tenants to Homeowners workshop at United Way Center. Sunday offers Habitat Swing Time and guest WWII veteran talks at Lawrence Public Library, plus water garden society and youth advisory programs. Community notices include immunization clinics, storytimes at Lawrence Public Library, and City meetings.
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Farmers Market
Vermont Street
Ottawa Middle School
13Th
Ash Streets
Ottawa
First Southern Baptist Church
Sixth St
Ridge Court
Lawrence Public Library
United Book Club
Lawrence Water Garden Society
Gordon Powell
Lawrence Visitor Center
Second St
Lawrence Habitat
First United Methodist Church
Richard Hewitt
Homer Frank
Europe
Lawrence police report and campus injury updates
Police say a 54-year-old Lawrence man was arrested on suspicion of threatening a 20-year-old acquaintance with a knife after an unprovoked lewd comment. Student Sara Anne Driessel remained in critical condition after a roof fall in the Dread neighborhood. fire calls listed at several city sites. The Journal-World notes it prints only selected police reports and protects victims’ identities.
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Lawrence
Dan Ward
Ward
Sara Anne Driessel
Kansas University
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City
Journal-World
Hospitals Births in Lawrence and Nearby Towns
Joseph and Carolyn Wright of Lawrence welcome a boy born Wednesday. Anne Marie and Tom Price of Lawrence have a girl born Wednesday. Jason Kent and Jennifer Kent, with David Borland and Laurie Borland of Lawrence, greet a girl born Thursday. Timothy Robb and Boni Biesheuvel of Lawrence announce a boy born Thursday. Joe Schwartz and Jennifer Schwartz with Dan Harlan and Jessica Harlan of Tonganoxie celebrate a boy born Thursday.
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Joseph
Carolyn Wright
Lawrence
Anne Marie
Tom Price
Jason
Jennifer Kent
David
Laurie Borland
Timothy Robb
Boni Biesheuvel
Joe
Jennifer Schwartz
Dan and
Jessica Harlan
Tonganoxie
Corrections on University Daily Kansan Pacemaker claim
The correction notes Michele Burhenn served as editor of the University Daily Kansan during the 2003 2004 academic year and that an earlier Jour nal World story misstated her tenure while reporting the Pacemaker award win by the paper.
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Michele Burhenn
Kansan
Journal-World
Local Newsroom Contacts and Subscriber Details
The Lawrence Journal World provides subscriber service hours and a detailed contact list. City Editor Mike Shields and editors including Richard Brack Ann Gardner Chuck Woodling Mindie Paget Jon Niccum Chad Lawhorn share phone numbers and emails for news business and sections. Contact numbers include main lines such as 832 7194 832 7154 832 6362 and 832 2222 for classifieds.
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Call City
Mike Shields
News
Jworld.com
Wwwaliworld.com
Mshields
Ljworld
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Chuck Woodling
Tia
Jniccum
Ijworld
Chad Lawhorn
Clawhorn
Jworld
Kansas cigarette tax would rank 71st nationwide
Governor Kathleen Sebelius proposed a 50 cent per pack tax increase. If the full 30 cent increase passes, Kansas would move to 71st in the nation for cigarette tax. The information comes from the governor's office.
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Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas
Governor’s Office
Call Sound Off Voice Line for Public Questions
Readers are invited to call 832-7297 to leave questions for Sound Off. A recorded prompt instructs callers to submit their queries by message. The item directs audience participation and provides the contact method.
Accessibility on KU campus judged by students
KU students from Lawrence and Leavenworth survey say accessibility varies by building. Respondents name Wescoe Hall Budig Hall Art and Design Building Strong Hall and ramps and parking as issues. Some say access is possible with effort but others disagree citing limited ramps and few accessible entrances.
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Patrick McNamee
Kansas University
Leavenworth
Wescoe
Budig Hall
Marc Moilanen
Lawrence
Strong Hall
Rural development plan eyed by city and county leaders
Lawrence and Douglas County commissioners reviewed a proposed Horizon 2020 chapter to replace the five acre exemption with a twenty acre rule, shift plats to city approval, and impose an impact fee. Officials warned the plan could raise costs and sprawl while planners pledged revision and further debate.
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Lawrence and
Douglas County
Lawrence-Douglas County
Bob Johnson
Lawrence
Charles Jones
Angino
David Schauner
Schauner
Full
Planning Commission
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Maine
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East Lawrence Center
E. 15Th St
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Elmore
Peace Corps
Datebook
P.O
World
Law Enforcement
Lawrence Douglas County
15Th St
Inverness Drive
Wescoe Halls
Jayhawk Blvd
Iowa
Lawrence Humane Society
Awneenwee Journal-Womp
News Center
Richard Brack
Our News Partners
Cody Howard
6News
Howard
Synflowerbroadband
World Online
Dave Toplikar
Ljworld.com
al Bonner
Joe Lewis
By Robert Riley
Jefferson
Derby
Crystal Kemp
KU Junior
Samantha Dravis
IGF
Naval Rotc
Menber
Jeremy Carroll
Desloge
Soares
Journal-World Photo
Lawrenceplanning.org
Jere McElhaney
Smith Center
Brandonwoods
Brandonwoods Terrace
Brandon
Ceres
Bart
Tal Bateman
Maine Street
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